Ikwo - 2014 WBT (NT) Non Drama

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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jis&#7885;su an&#7909; &#7909;nu madz&#7909; iri nri</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">M&#225;t 15:32-39</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Yo be ujiku lan&#7909;, igweligwe madz&#7909; dzukoru &#7885;do; to nwe iphe &#7865;phe e-ri; Jis&#7885;su ekua ndu etsoje &#7909;zo iya; s&#7909; &#7865;phe: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;L'imiko ndu-a d&#7909;kwa iya; l'&#7865;ke ya l'&#7865;phe n&#7885;waru abal&#7883; &#7865;to nta-a; t&#7885; d&#7909; iphe &#7865;phe gude, &#7865;phe e-ri. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Ya -s&#7909; t'&#7865;phe sw&#7883;ru &#7865;gu la; b&#7865; &#7865;phe a-dash&#7883;kwa m&#768;b&#224; l'esu-&#7909;zo; l'&#7865;ke &#7865;phe hats&#7909;kwaaru shi &#7865;ke teru &#7865;nya.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Ndu etsoje &#7909;zo iya as&#7909; iya: &#8220;?B&#7909; awe l'echi-&#7865;gu &#7885;waa b&#7865; aa-ph&#7909; nri &#7885;phu e-dzu ndu &#7885;waa eriri?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Jis&#7885;su aj&#7883; &#7865;phe: &#8220;?B&#7909; ishi buredi ole b&#7865; unu nweru?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.8.5"><span class="content">&#7864;phe as&#7909; iya l'&#7885; b&#7909; ishi buredi &#7865;saa.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Y&#7885; s&#7909; &#7885;ha ono t'&#7865;phe n&#7885;shia l'al&#7883;. Y&#7885; bya ach&#7883;ta ishi buredi &#7865;saa ono bya ekele Nchileke ekele; woru iya wash&#7883;a; n&#7909; iya ndu etsoje &#7909;zo iya t'&#7865;phe kekashiaru igwe &#7885;ha ono. &#7864;phe eworu iya kee. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">O nwekwaruphu &#7909;nwu ibiribe &#7865;ma, &#7865;phe ch&#7883;, &#7865; ta hadu l'igwe. Jis&#7885;su ewotaf&#7909;kwaa ya ph&#7909;; kele Nchileke ekele iya; bya eworu iya n&#7909; ndu etsoje &#7909;zo iya; t'&#7865;phe kekwaaru iya ph&#7909; ndu ono. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ndu ono ataa ya tajishia &#7865;pho; taphodo &#7885;phu a t&#7909;tujiru nkata-ivu &#7865;saa. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Ndu riru nri ono rukwaru &#7909;nu madz&#7909; ugbo iri.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:9 </span><span class="ft">Iphe &#7885; b&#7909; 4,000.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jis&#7885;su as&#7909; &#7865;phe t'&#7865;phe lawaru. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Y&#7885; bya abah&#7909;waphu l'&#7909;gbo y&#7865;le ndu etsoje &#7909;zo iya; y&#7885; b&#7909;ru &#7865;phe oje Daluman&#250;ta.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Eekfu t&#7865; Jis&#7885;su koshi </span><span class="heading"> l'&#7885;o Nchileke ziru iya</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">M&#225;t 16:1-4</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ndu F&#225;risii abyakfutashia Jis&#7885;su; &#7865;phe l'iya awata nt&#7909;tego. &#7864;phe eme t'&#7865;phe data&#7865;du iya; bya as&#7909; iya t'o meeru &#7865;phe iphe e-koshi l'&#7885;o Nchileke ziru iya t'&#7885; bya l'oswiya. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jis&#7885;su abya az&#7909;a ume; s&#7909;: &#8220;?Ng&#7909;nu meru iphe ndu &#7885;gbo k&#7865; nta-a b&#7909;kpelephu &#7865;nya iphe-&#7885;phulenya, e-koshi l'&#7885;o Nchileke ziru iya t&#7865; ya bya b&#7865; &#7865;phe an&#7885;duje ele? Kam&#7865;nu; t&#7865; ya karu unu: &#7864; to nwekwa iphe-&#7885;phulenya, ee-koshi &#7865;phe.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jis&#7885;su ph&#7865; aparu &#7865;phe haa; bah&#7909;shia l'&#7909;gbo; y&#7885; b&#7909;ru &#7865;phe oje az&#7909; eze &#7865;nyimu ono az&#7909; iya &#7885;phu.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">&#7884;nma &#7885;kwa l&#7865; k'&#7865;jo nzizi</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">M&#225;t 16:5-12</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Ndu etsoje &#7909;zo iya azahaa ogude nri; y&#7885; b&#7909;ruphu ishi buredi lan&#7909; b&#7865; &#7865;phe gude n&#7885;du l'&#7909;gbo ono. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Jis&#7885;su anmaaru &#7865;phe &#7885;kwa: &#8220;T'&#7865;phe kwab&#7865;kwa &#7865;nya; zejeeru iphe ekoje-buredi k&#7865; ndu F&#225;risii; m&#7865; k&#7865; H&#233;r&#7885;du.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#7864;phe awata okfuru ibe &#7865;phe: &#8220;M'&#7885; kwa l'&#7865;phe te gudedu buredi b&#7865; ookfu &#7865;ge ono.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jis&#7885;su amawar&#7909;phu iphe &#7865;phe ekfu; s&#7909; &#7865;phe: &#8220;?B&#7909; ng&#7909;nu meru iphe unu at&#7909;kashi l'unu te gudedu buredi? ?&#7884;riri unu te rudua l'iphe mu ekfu b&#7909; k&#7865; iphe ekoje buredi t&#7885;o? ?Nan&#7909; &#7865;ge &#7885; d&#7909; b&#7865; iphe te edojedu unu &#7865;nya? </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">?Unu nweru &#7865;nya; unu ta ph&#7909; &#7909;zo t&#7885;o. ?T'unu nweru nch&#7883;; unu ta n&#7909; iphe? ?To nwedu iphe unu anyataj&#7865;kpoo? </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">L&#7865; ya wash&#7883;ru ishi buredi ise, a n&#7909;ru &#7909;nu madz&#7909; iri l'&#7865;bo l'&#7909;kporo iri ph&#7909;; ?b&#7909;nua nkata-ivu ole b'a t&#7909;tujiru &#7885;phu &#7865;phe taphodoru?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.8.19"><span class="content">&#7864;phe as&#7909; iya l'&#7885; b&#7909; nkata-ivu iri l'&#7865;bo.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.8.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Y&#7885; j&#7883;kwaphu ephe: &#8220;Ishi buredi &#7865;saa ono, a n&#7909;kwaruphu &#7909;nu madz&#7909; iri ph&#7909;; ?b&#7909;nua nkata-ivu ole b&#7865; unu t&#7909;tujiru ibiribe iya?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.8.20"><span class="content">&#7864;phe as&#7909;kwa iya ph&#7909; l'&#7885; b&#7909; nkata-ivu &#7865;saa.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Y&#7885; j&#7883; &#7865;phe: &#8220;?To dodua unu &#7865;nya nta-a?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Nwoke, ats&#7885; &#236;sh&#236;; aph&#7909; &#7909;zo</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#7864;phe abya erua B&#7865;tus&#225;yida; yo nweru ndu dutaru Jis&#7885;su nwoke, ats&#7909; &#236;sh&#236;; r&#7885;o Jis&#7885;su t'o byia ya &#7865;ka. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jis&#7885;su esekputa onye &#236;sh&#236; ono l'&#7865;ka; dufu iya l&#7865; mkp&#7909;kpu ono; v&#7909;tsua ya &#7885;nu-mini l'&#7865;nya; bya ebyibe iya &#7865;ka; j&#7883; iya: &#8220;?O nweru iphe &#7883; ph&#7909;ru?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.8.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Nwoke ono elee &#7865;nya l'imeli; s&#7909; iya l&#7865; ya ph&#7909;ru madz&#7909;. Obenu l'&#7865;phe d&#7909;tsua ya l'&#7885; b&#7909; oshi, eje ije.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.8.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Jis&#7885;su abya ewota &#7865;ka byibe nwoke ono l'&#7865;nya &#7885;do; &#7865;nya am&#7909;saa ya. Y&#7885; ph&#7909;lahaa iphemiphe &#7885;bule dachangu. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Jis&#7885;su as&#7909; iya t'&#7885; lal&#7865;kwaphu; s&#7909; iya t'&#7865; b'&#7885; bah&#7909;hekwa l'ime B&#233;&#803;tus&#225;yida.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Pyita ekfu onye Jis&#7885;su b&#7909;</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">M&#225;t 16:13-20</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Luk 9:18-21</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.8.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Jis&#7885;su m&#7865; ndu etsoje &#7909;zo iya at&#7909;gbua jeshia mkp&#7909;kpu, n&#7885;gbaa l&#7865; Sizar&#237;ya F&#237;lipayi. &#7864;phe erua esu-&#7909;zo; y&#7885; j&#7883; &#7865;phe: &#8220;?B&#7909; onye b&#7865; ndiphe as&#7909;je l&#7865; ya b&#7909;?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.8.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#7864;phe as&#7909; iya: &#8220;L'o nweru ndu s&#7909;ru l'&#7883; b&#7909; J&#7885;nu Baputizimu; nweru ndu as&#7909;je l'&#7883; b&#7909; El&#225;yija; nweru ndu as&#7909;je l'&#7883; b&#7909; onye lan&#7909; l'ime ndu nkfuchiru Nchileke.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.8.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Y&#7885; j&#7883; &#7865;phe: &#8220;Unub&#7865;dua; ?unu s&#7909;kwanuru l&#7865; ya b&#7909; onye?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.8.29"><span class="content">Pyita as&#7909; iya: &#8220;L'&#7885; b&#7909; nggu b&#7909; Kur&#225;yisutu &#7885;bu, b&#7909; iya b&#7909; Onye Ndz&#7885;ta ono, Nchileke kweru &#7909;kwa iya ono.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.8.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Jis&#7885;su anmaaru &#7865;phe &#7885;kwa t'&#7865; b'&#7885; d&#7909;kwa onye, &#7865;phe e-kfuru iya.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jis&#7885;su ekfu l&#7865; ya e-je </span><span class="heading"> iphe-&#7865;huka; nw&#7909;hu</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">M&#225;t 16:21-28</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Luk 9:22-27</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.8.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Ya ndono; Jis&#7885;su awata ozi ndu etsoje &#7909;zo iya iphe; s&#7909; &#7865;phe &#8220;L&#7865; Ab&#7909;bu-Ndiphe jefutajekwa iphe-&#7865;huka, d&#7909; igweligwe. Ndu b&#7909; &#7885;gurenya; m&#7865; ndu ishi ndu ach&#7883;jeru Nchileke &#7865;ja; m&#7865; ndu ezije ekemu a-j&#7883;ka iya; woru iya gbua. A -n&#7885;o abal&#7883; &#7865;bo k'&#7865;to; ya eshi l'&#7885;nwu teta; bya an&#7885;du ndz&#7909; &#7885;do.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Yo kfua ya kfujaaru iya &#7865;phe ekfuja. Pyita ekuchi iya ekuchi; baaru iya mba; s&#7909; iya: &#8220;T&#7909;swekwa; t'&#7865; b'&#7885; r&#7883;kwaru onwiya &#7865;jo &#7885;riri.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Jis&#7885;su aghachiwaphu; lee ndu etsoje &#7909;zo iya &#7865;nya; gb&#7885;-chia Pyita nch&#7883;; s&#7909; iya: &#8220;Gbeshi iya l'&#7865;hu ngg&#7909;be S&#233;tanu ono! Uche-obu ngu b&#7909; uche-obu madz&#7909;; &#7865; t&#7885; b&#7909;du k&#7865; Nchileke.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.8.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jis&#7885;su abya ekukoo igweligwe madz&#7909;; m&#7865; ndu ono, etsoje &#7909;zo iya ono t'&#7865;phe byakfuta iya. Y&#7885; s&#7909; &#7865;phe: &#8220;O -nweru onye &#7885; d&#7909; t'&#7885; b&#7909;ru onye etsoje iya n&#7909;; t'onye ono wofu &#7865;nya l'&#7865;hu k&#7865; onwiya. T'onye ono vuta oshi-osweru k'&#7885;nwu iya vuru tsoru iya. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">L'iphe b&#7909; onye eme t&#7865; ya dz&#7885;o onwiya ndz&#7909; l'onwiya e-tufakwa ndz&#7909; iya; onye gudekwanu okfu &#7865;hu y&#7865;be Ab&#7909;bu-Ndiphe y&#7865;le k'ozi-&#7885;ma Nchileke tufaa ndz&#7909; iya l&#7865; mgboko-a a-dz&#7885;ta ndz&#7909; iya. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Mb&#7909;; ?b&#7909; ng&#7909;nu b&#7909; uru, madz&#7909; ritaru m'o -nwekotaru iphemiphe &#7885;bule, n&#7885; l&#7865; mgboko-a; tufakwanua ndz&#7909; iya? </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.8.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">?O nwekpooru iphe madz&#7909; e-gudekpoo gbata ndz&#7909; iya m'o -tufuwa iya? </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.8.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">K&#7865; l'onye ya d&#7909; iphere; iphere iphe ya ezi l'&#7885;gbo &#7885;waa, rigburu onw&#7865;phe l'ogori; megbua onw&#7865;phe l'&#7865;jo iphe-a -d&#7909; iya; b&#7865; iphere onye ono a-d&#7909;kwaphu y&#7865;be Ab&#7909;bu-Ndiphe teke ya e-gude &#249;gv&#249; k&#7865; Nna iya, egbu nw&#7883;inwii y&#7865;le &#7909;nwu ojozi-imigwe, d&#7909; ns&#7885; ay&#7883;ru l'abya.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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Yo be ujiku lanụ, igweligwe madzụ dzukoru ọdo; to nwe iphe ẹphe e-ri; Jisọsu ekua ndu etsoje ụzo iya; sụ ẹphe: “L'imiko ndu-a dụkwa iya; l'ẹke ya l'ẹphe nọwaru abalị ẹto nta-a; tọ dụ iphe ẹphe gude, ẹphe e-ri. Ya -sụ t'ẹphe swịru ẹgu la; bẹ ẹphe a-dashịkwa m̀bà l'esu-ụzo; l'ẹke ẹphe hatsụkwaaru shi ẹke teru ẹnya.”
Ndu etsoje ụzo iya asụ iya: “?Bụ awe l'echi-ẹgu ọwaa bẹ aa-phụ nri ọphu e-dzu ndu ọwaa eriri?”
Jisọsu ajị ẹphe: “?Bụ ishi buredi ole bẹ unu nweru?”
Ẹphe asụ iya l'ọ bụ ishi buredi ẹsaa.
Yọ sụ ọha ono t'ẹphe nọshia l'alị. Yọ bya achịta ishi buredi ẹsaa ono bya ekele Nchileke ekele; woru iya washịa; nụ iya ndu etsoje ụzo iya t'ẹphe kekashiaru igwe ọha ono. Ẹphe eworu iya kee. O nwekwaruphu ụnwu ibiribe ẹma, ẹphe chị, ẹ ta hadu l'igwe. Jisọsu ewotafụkwaa ya phụ; kele Nchileke ekele iya; bya eworu iya nụ ndu etsoje ụzo iya; t'ẹphe kekwaaru iya phụ ndu ono. Ndu ono ataa ya tajishia ẹpho; taphodo ọphu a tụtujiru nkata-ivu ẹsaa. Ndu riru nri ono rukwaru ụnu madzụ ugbo iri. Jisọsu asụ ẹphe t'ẹphe lawaru. Yọ bya abahụwaphu l'ụgbo yẹle ndu etsoje ụzo iya; yọ bụru ẹphe oje Dalumanúta.


Ndu Fárisii abyakfutashia Jisọsu; ẹphe l'iya awata ntụtego. Ẹphe eme t'ẹphe dataẹdu iya; bya asụ iya t'o meeru ẹphe iphe e-koshi l'ọo Nchileke ziru iya t'ọ bya l'oswiya. Jisọsu abya azụa ume; sụ: “?Ngụnu meru iphe ndu ọgbo kẹ nta-a bụkpelephu ẹnya iphe-ọphulenya, e-koshi l'ọo Nchileke ziru iya tẹ ya bya bẹ ẹphe anọduje ele? Kamẹnu; tẹ ya karu unu: Ẹ to nwekwa iphe-ọphulenya, ee-koshi ẹphe.”
Jisọsu phẹ aparu ẹphe haa; bahụshia l'ụgbo; yọ bụru ẹphe oje azụ eze ẹnyimu ono azụ iya ọphu.


Ndu etsoje ụzo iya azahaa ogude nri; yọ bụruphu ishi buredi lanụ bẹ ẹphe gude nọdu l'ụgbo ono. Jisọsu anmaaru ẹphe ọkwa: “T'ẹphe kwabẹkwa ẹnya; zejeeru iphe ekoje-buredi kẹ ndu Fárisii; mẹ kẹ Hérọdu.”
Ẹphe awata okfuru ibe ẹphe: “M'ọ kwa l'ẹphe te gudedu buredi bẹ ookfu ẹge ono.”
Jisọsu amawarụphu iphe ẹphe ekfu; sụ ẹphe: “?Bụ ngụnu meru iphe unu atụkashi l'unu te gudedu buredi? ?Ọriri unu te rudua l'iphe mu ekfu bụ kẹ iphe ekoje buredi tọo? ?Nanụ ẹge ọ dụ bẹ iphe te edojedu unu ẹnya? ?Unu nweru ẹnya; unu ta phụ ụzo tọo. ?T'unu nweru nchị; unu ta nụ iphe? ?To nwedu iphe unu anyatajẹkpoo? Lẹ ya washịru ishi buredi ise, a nụru ụnu madzụ iri l'ẹbo l'ụkporo iri phụ; ?bụnua nkata-ivu ole b'a tụtujiru ọphu ẹphe taphodoru?”
Ẹphe asụ iya l'ọ bụ nkata-ivu iri l'ẹbo.
Yọ jịkwaphu ephe: “Ishi buredi ẹsaa ono, a nụkwaruphu ụnu madzụ iri phụ; ?bụnua nkata-ivu ole bẹ unu tụtujiru ibiribe iya?”
Ẹphe asụkwa iya phụ l'ọ bụ nkata-ivu ẹsaa.
Yọ jị ẹphe: “?To dodua unu ẹnya nta-a?”

Ẹphe abya erua Bẹtusáyida; yo nweru ndu dutaru Jisọsu nwoke, atsụ ìshì; rọo Jisọsu t'o byia ya ẹka. Jisọsu esekputa onye ìshì ono l'ẹka; dufu iya lẹ mkpụkpu ono; vụtsua ya ọnu-mini l'ẹnya; bya ebyibe iya ẹka; jị iya: “?O nweru iphe ị phụru?”
Nwoke ono elee ẹnya l'imeli; sụ iya lẹ ya phụru madzụ. Obenu l'ẹphe dụtsua ya l'ọ bụ oshi, eje ije.
Jisọsu abya ewota ẹka byibe nwoke ono l'ẹnya ọdo; ẹnya amụsaa ya. Yọ phụlahaa iphemiphe ọbule dachangu. Jisọsu asụ iya t'ọ lalẹkwaphu; sụ iya t'ẹ b'ọ bahụhekwa l'ime Bẹ́tusáyida.


Jisọsu mẹ ndu etsoje ụzo iya atụgbua jeshia mkpụkpu, nọgbaa lẹ Sizaríya Fílipayi. Ẹphe erua esu-ụzo; yọ jị ẹphe: “?Bụ onye bẹ ndiphe asụje lẹ ya bụ?”
Ẹphe asụ iya: “L'o nweru ndu sụru l'ị bụ Jọnu Baputizimu; nweru ndu asụje l'ị bụ Eláyija; nweru ndu asụje l'ị bụ onye lanụ l'ime ndu nkfuchiru Nchileke.”
Yọ jị ẹphe: “Unubẹdua; ?unu sụkwanuru lẹ ya bụ onye?”
Pyita asụ iya: “L'ọ bụ nggu bụ Kuráyisutu ọbu, bụ iya bụ Onye Ndzọta ono, Nchileke kweru ụkwa iya ono.”
Jisọsu anmaaru ẹphe ọkwa t'ẹ b'ọ dụkwa onye, ẹphe e-kfuru iya.


Ya ndono; Jisọsu awata ozi ndu etsoje ụzo iya iphe; sụ ẹphe “Lẹ Abụbu-Ndiphe jefutajekwa iphe-ẹhuka, dụ igweligwe. Ndu bụ ọgurenya; mẹ ndu ishi ndu achịjeru Nchileke ẹja; mẹ ndu ezije ekemu a-jịka iya; woru iya gbua. A -nọo abalị ẹbo k'ẹto; ya eshi l'ọnwu teta; bya anọdu ndzụ ọdo.” Yo kfua ya kfujaaru iya ẹphe ekfuja. Pyita ekuchi iya ekuchi; baaru iya mba; sụ iya: “Tụswekwa; t'ẹ b'ọ rịkwaru onwiya ẹjo ọriri.” Jisọsu aghachiwaphu; lee ndu etsoje ụzo iya ẹnya; gbọ-chia Pyita nchị; sụ iya: “Gbeshi iya l'ẹhu nggụbe Sétanu ono! Uche-obu ngu bụ uche-obu madzụ; ẹ tọ bụdu kẹ Nchileke.”
Jisọsu abya ekukoo igweligwe madzụ; mẹ ndu ono, etsoje ụzo iya ono t'ẹphe byakfuta iya. Yọ sụ ẹphe: “O -nweru onye ọ dụ t'ọ bụru onye etsoje iya nụ; t'onye ono wofu ẹnya l'ẹhu kẹ onwiya. T'onye ono vuta oshi-osweru k'ọnwu iya vuru tsoru iya. L'iphe bụ onye eme tẹ ya dzọo onwiya ndzụ l'onwiya e-tufakwa ndzụ iya; onye gudekwanu okfu ẹhu yẹbe Abụbu-Ndiphe yẹle k'ozi-ọma Nchileke tufaa ndzụ iya lẹ mgboko-a a-dzọta ndzụ iya. Mbụ; ?bụ ngụnu bụ uru, madzụ ritaru m'o -nwekotaru iphemiphe ọbule, nọ lẹ mgboko-a; tufakwanua ndzụ iya? ?O nwekpooru iphe madzụ e-gudekpoo gbata ndzụ iya m'o -tufuwa iya? Kẹ l'onye ya dụ iphere; iphere iphe ya ezi l'ọgbo ọwaa, rigburu onwẹphe l'ogori; megbua onwẹphe l'ẹjo iphe-a -dụ iya; bẹ iphere onye ono a-dụkwaphu yẹbe Abụbu-Ndiphe teke ya e-gude ùgvù kẹ Nna iya, egbu nwịinwii yẹle ụnwu ojozi-imigwe, dụ nsọ ayịru l'abya.”

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