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Jesu -o ɲɛn Laza fɔn -ɲɛn ˈwi ˈla
Jesu -o -pɔn kɛɛ gbangban ˈˈkɛhan ˈba hɔn Betani -kɔɛɛ fɛn. ˈBa maan ˈba -le Laza, nanmɛ ˈo nɛnshɔ ˈˈkɛmuën, Mari ˈle, Matë -man. Lë ˈkö, Jesu -o -nɔn hɔn Judɛn ˈsöe ˈe ˈˈkan ˈlö, Mari ˈle, Matë -man, -ba -ɲɛn tsabi -ze -she Jesu bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘-Wɔ fafa! Laza -wɔ lo.’ ˈE maan Jesu -o ˈkɔfɛn ˈˈze. -O -she lë ˈˈkɛmuën ˈpɛ -bo ˈyi -o hɔn, ˈe -nunmën ˈakö -o -she ˈo -nunmëndasɔ ˈˈba bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘ˈMun -le ˈze -a ze Betani, ˈekun Laza -wɔ la, -mɛn ze ˈˈtan ˈo.’ ˈO -gbɛsɔ ˈˈba -ba dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘ˈEyi Laza wɔ sɛ la, -e ˈˈle ˈo ˈˈɲan ˈˈsan man.’ Jesu -o -gba ˈe ˈla -she mmiɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘Laza -o -wuö.’
Jesu -o -nɔn -tsɛ Betani, Laza -o -wuö -a pö ˈo -e -she lë ˈˈkɛdzhi. Tsabiɛ -kpe ˈnun -ba -bë Mari ˈle, Matë -man ˈyako -le ˈpa. Matë -o -nɔn -tɛɛn ˈkun Jesu kɛ -tsɛ lɔ, -o -tshuo -fë -ze -wɔn kɛ. -O dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: “ˈPayi, ˈbu -nɔn hɔn ˈe -bɛ ˈnun, mɛn nɛnsɛɔn ˈo ˈˈwuö.” Jesu -o -she kɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘Bu nɛnsɛɔn ˈo -bë dzhuɔ -kpë hɛnpuɛn ˈpɛ. -Bu -buö ˈe bɛn ˈˈyɛ -she -anunmanhɔɛ?’ Matë -o -shuo kɛ ˈˈmɛn: ‘Aan, -mɛn -lɔ ˈkun ˈo -bë ˈˈɲɛn fɔn ˈwilatshufɔnɲɛn lëɛ nɛn.’ Jesu -o -she kɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: “-Mɛn -le ˈwilatshufɔnɲɛn nanmɛ hɛnpuɛn.”
ˈEyɛ -nunmën Matë -o -ze -hën Mari ˈakö -o -she kɛ -nda ˈkun Jesu kɛ -tsɛ lɔ. Mari -o -tshuo -fë -ze -wɔn Jesu, ˈakö tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ba -da kɛ -nunmën. -O -bo ˈshakpɛ ˈmɛn lɔ kɛ hian, ˈakö -wɔ ˈwuën -wuën. -O -she Jesu bɛn ˈyi -nda: ‘ˈPayi, ˈbu -nɔn hɔn ˈe -bɛ ˈnun, mɛn nɛnsɛɔn ˈo ˈˈwuö!’ Jesu -o -nɔn -hën ˈkun ˈe bɛɛn -yɛ kɛ dzhi -wuën -kpe ˈnun, -e -vö ˈo ˈˈwɛn ˈakö -o -mɔn ˈo -ye ˈwuën -wun fɛn. Tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ba -nɔn -hɛɛn ˈkun Jesu kɛ ˈwuën -wuën, -ba dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘Jesu -o -yɛ Laza ˈla gbɛkpo.’ ˈE maan ˈba tën -ba dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘ˈˈƝan -kɛ fɛn maan -o ˈˈle -kɛke ˈvɛtsuun ˈo kɛɔ -wuö?’ ˈˈƝan -kɛ maan Jesu ˈo -le nanmɛ?
Jesu -o -ze ˈˈdzhui nɛn ˈlö, -a -nɔn bo -kpe ˈkö -kan ˈe ˈmɛn. -O -she tsabiɛ ˈˈba bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘ˈMun -pɔn boe ˈɲɛn.’ ˈE maan Matë -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘-A pö ˈo ˈe lë ˈˈkɛdzhi man ˈˈyi! Kölö -wɔ piɛn -ɲɛn.’ -Ba -pɔn boe -ɲɛn, ˈakö Jesu -o -ye ˈsaka, -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘Mɛn Yi, -nansɛn ˈkun -bɔ ˈmɛn tɛn. -Mɛn -lɔɛ ˈkun lëfɛn ˈkpakpa -bɔ ˈmɛn tɛn, ˈe maan tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba hɔn ˈe -bɛ fɛn maan -mɛn bɛn ˈˈyi ˈˈdzhuɔ ˈɲɔn ˈba nɔn lɔɛ ˈkun bu maan ˈbu -ɲɛn ˈmɛn -bë.’ ˈE -nunmën ˈakö -o -ko hö dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: “Laza, -tën bu!” ˈAkö hiantan -kɛ ˈkö -e -le: Laza -o -tën bu -ɲɛn ˈˈdzhui ˈla, -a -nɔn -ka baba ˈo dzhi. Jesu -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: “ˈMun san -kɛ ˈkɛ ˈˈyɛ ˈɲɛn ˈo dzhi, ˈakö ˈmun fɔn ˈo -hunlɔ ˈze ˈo ze.”
ˈBa ˈwɛn ˈba -hën ˈe ˈˈyɛ, ˈba -kpe ˈnun -ba -nɔn woye hɔn Jesu fɛn. ˈE maan ˈba tën -ba -ze dzhu ˈe bɛɛn -ze Fariziɛn ˈˈba. -E -nɔn -tshuɔ ˈeyɛ nɛn, Fariziɛn ˈˈba -ba köe ˈkun ˈba -kun Laza ˈle, Jesu -man. Jesu ˈo -gbɛsɔ ˈˈba ˈla, ˈo ˈwɛn -a ˈˈkpɛ Jida Iskariɔtë, -o pö -ze -hën Fariziɛn ˈˈba ˈakö -o bie mmiɛ bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘Mɛn sɛ ˈmun bokan ˈze mɔn sɛ Jesu ˈpɔn, ˈˈɲan maan ˈmun -tɔn ˈmɛn?’ -Ba dzhui ˈkun ˈba -tɔn kɛ -shika ˈtɛntɛn 30, ˈeyɛ -e -le -ze Jida -o kö ˈkun ˈo -le -le ˈe ˈɲɔn Fariziɛn ˈˈba ˈba nɔn ˈpɔn Jesu.
“-Zö gbɔgbɔɔ -o -le -Zö ˈwɛn ˈˈwɔ tsa ˈˈpɛ ˈɲɛn, nanmɛ Kpɛnyi -kɔkɔɛ Joova -wɔ -kɛ -le tsa ˈˈpɛ ˈɲɛn ˈwi ˈˈmën ˈɲɛn.”—Somën 68:20