Sisaala, Tumulung - 1984 Edition (Drama NT)

Sisaala, Tumulung Old Testament

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Abɩraham fa hɩɛsa nɛ woruŋ, Wɩa pɛ ʋ lɛ wɩɩkala lɛ. Abɩraham bʋla pɩ ʋ dɩa tɩntɩnnɩ-hɩaŋ sɩɩ beŋ ʋ dɩa kʋŋkala, “Joŋ ŋ nɩsɩŋ hɛ mɩ naapuiŋ bʋbʋɔŋ. Mɩɩ chɛ dɩ ŋ ŋmɩɛsɛ La TƖƖNA Wɩa sɩ ŋaa wɩa-nyuŋ arɩ tinteeŋ kala arɩ ŋ bɩ jaŋ jaa tolo sɩ lɩɩ Kɛnaŋ tinteeŋ pɩ mɩ bie Aɩzɩk, nɩalɩŋ tʋɔŋ mɩ sɩ hɛ. Mʋ mɩ tinteeŋ, mɩ naambiiriŋ tɩtɩa tʋɔŋ a jaa haala kaa kʋ pɩ mɩ nanʋala Aɩzɩk.”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ tɩntɩnnʋ-la pɩɛsʋ, “Ka dɩ haal-la nɛ bɩ sɛyɛ dɩ ʋ to mɩ harɩŋ kɔ daha, mɩ kɛŋ ŋ bile kaa mʋ tintee-la ŋ sɩ lɩaa?”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ Abɩraham bʋl, “Pɔ ŋ sɩ́ mɩ bie kaa mʋ nɩmɛ. La TƖƖNA, Wɩa-la sɩ ŋaa wɩa-nyuŋ a kɛmmɛ kaa lɩɩ mɩ nyɩmma arɩ mɩ naambiiriŋ tʋɔŋ kɔ daha, ʋ bil niiŋ pɩmɛ arɩ ʋ jaŋ joŋ tinteeŋ deeŋ pɩ mɩ doho nɩaa. Ʋ jaŋ leŋ dɩ ʋ tɩndaara laa ŋ sɩpaaŋ dɩ ŋ wuo na haala lee-la a pɩ mɩ bie. Dɩ haal-la nɛ bɩ jaŋ to ŋ harɩŋ kɔ, ŋɩɩ-na mɩ ŋmɩaŋ-la bɩra bɩŋ dii, ama pɔ dɩ ŋ sɩ́ mɩ bie kaa mʋ nɩmɛ.” Ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ tɩntɩnnɩ-hɩaŋ-la joŋ ʋ nɩsɩŋ hɛ ʋ kʋhɩaŋ Abɩraham naapuiŋ bʋbʋɔŋ a ŋmɩɛsɛ arɩ Abɩraham sɩ dagʋ ŋɩɩ.
Ŋɩɩ nɛ tɩntɩnnɩ-hɩaŋ-la kɛsɛ Abɩraham bʋntaŋŋaba fii a pɛ paa Abɩraham kʋzɔŋ na-kala doho a lɩɩ mʋmʋ Aram Naharem tinteeŋ, taŋ-la lɛ Nahɔ sɩ hɛ. Ʋ sɩ mʋ yi taŋ-la dɩdaanɩŋ dɩɩrɩŋ, bʋa-la lɛ haalaa sɩ yie lɩɩ a ŋɩŋaa lɩɩŋ, ʋ leŋ bʋntaŋŋaba-la tuu pɩŋ viliŋ sɛmɛ.
Ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ sʋl Wɩa a bʋl, “Ou, mɩ TƖƖNA, mɩ kʋhɩaŋ Abɩraham Wɩa, pɛ mɩ lɛ dɩ mɩ na wɩɩ-la mɩ sɩɩ chɛ jɩnɩŋ, a dagɛ ŋ zile pɩ mɩ kʋhɩaŋ. Na, mɩ sɩ chɩŋ lɩɩ-bulo deeŋ sɛmɛ ŋ-la, taŋ deeŋ nɩaa toloo jaŋ kʋ lɩɩ dɩ ba ŋaa lɩɩŋ. Leŋ dɩ mɩ nɛ bʋla pɩ hantolibie, ‘Jaaŋ jaaŋ, mɩɩ sʋlʋŋ, ŋaa lɩɩŋ pɩmɛ dɩ mɩ nyʋa,’ dɩ ʋ bʋl, ‘mɩ jaŋ ŋaa pɩŋ dɩ ŋ nyʋa aŋ pɛ ŋaa pɩ ŋ bʋntaŋŋaba maa,’ leŋ dɩ ʋ nɛ ŋaa nɩɩ-la ŋ sɩ lɩɩsa dɩ ŋ pɩ ŋ tɩntɩnna Aɩzɩk. Dɩ ŋ nɛ ŋaa ŋ-la, mɩ jaŋ jɩŋ arɩ ŋ dagɛ ŋ zile a pɩ mɩ kʋhɩaŋ nɛ.”
Ʋ sɩ chʋɔlɛ Wɩa dɩ ʋ dɛrɛ, dɩ Rɩbɛka nɛ baasɛ nyuvie aa kɔ ŋɩɩ. Rɩbɛka ŋaa Bɛtʋɛl tolo nɛ, Mɩlɩka nanʋala. Mɩlɩka nɛ ŋaa Abɩraham ŋaana Nahɔ haala. Rɩbɛka zɔmɔ nɛ woruŋ, a ŋaa hapuŋ. Ʋ tuu lɩɩ-bulo a ŋaa lɩɩŋ hɛ ʋ nyuvie lɛ a kʋ lɩɩ.
Ŋɩɩ nɛ Abɩraham tɩntɩnnʋ-la mʋ chemu lɩma a bʋl, “Mɩɩ sʋlʋŋ, ŋaa lɩɩŋ mʋa ŋ nyuvie tʋɔŋ pɩmɛ.”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ bʋl, “Mɩ nɩhɩaŋ, ŋ jaŋ wuo nyʋa,” aŋ chʋgɛ nyuvie-la lɩma a hɛ ʋ nɩsɩŋ lɛ a wɛnsɛ lɩɩ-la pʋ.
Ʋ sɩ nyʋa dɛrɛ, ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ bɩra bʋl, “Mɩ jaŋ ŋaa lɩɩŋ pɩ ŋ bʋntaŋŋaba ma aŋ gbɛrɛ dɩ ba nyʋa dɛrɛ.” Ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ bɩsɛ ʋ nyuvie lɩɩŋ kala lɩma lɩma a hɛ pʋsʋŋ dɩ-nyʋɔlʋŋ, aŋ fá mʋ viliŋ a bɩra ŋaa lɩɩŋ a kaa kʋ pɩ bʋntaŋŋaba-la ba nyʋa a vɔgɛ. Ka baal-la bɩ wɩɩkala bʋla aŋ chɩna bibeŋ fii dɩ ʋ na dɩ La Tɩɩna jaŋ ŋaa dɩ ʋ wombii-la ʋ sɩ vɛnɛ ŋaa wombii-zɔŋ.
Bʋntaŋŋaba-la sɩ nyʋa lɩɩŋ dɛrɛ, ŋɩɩ nɛ baal-la joŋ sɛlɩmɛ nenii-pɩrɩŋ ba sɩ yie joŋo hɛ mɩɩsɩŋ arɩ sɛlɩmɛ kagunsuŋ balɩa a pɩ tolo-la. Ba yallɩŋ hɛyɛ. Ŋɩɩ nɛ aŋ pɩɛsɛ tolo-la, “Kʋbɛɛ tolo nɛ ŋ ŋaa, mɩɩ sʋlʋŋ bʋla pɩmɛ. Dɩpɩnɩŋ jaŋ hɛ ŋ nyɩmma dɩa lɛ dɩ la chʋa tɩtaŋɩŋ?”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ tolo-la bʋl, “Mɩ ŋaa Bɛtʋɛl tolo nɛ, Nahɔ arɩ ʋ haala Mɩlɩka nɛ lʋl Bɛtʋɛl.” Ŋɩɩ nɛ aŋ bɩra bʋl, “La kɛŋ pʋsʋŋ yadiilee yʋgɛ nɛ arɩ dɩpɩnɩŋ ma, ma sɩ jaŋ wuo pɩŋ tɩtaŋɩŋ.”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ baal-la tuu kpirimi a chʋɔlɛ La TƖƖNA aŋ bʋl, “Mɩɩ dɛnnɛ mɩ Tɩɩna, mɩ nɩhɩaŋ Abɩraham Wɩa, ʋ sɩ bɩ mɩ nɩhɩaŋ vɩa ta aŋ dagɛ ʋ zile arɩ ʋ wʋtɩtɩɩ, mɩ na dɩ La TƖƖNA nɛ kɛmmɛ vɛŋ wombiiŋ a kɔ mɩ nɩhɩaŋ nɩaa teeŋ.”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ tolo-la fá mʋ bʋla pɩ ʋ naaŋ dɩa nɩaa wɩalɩŋ kala sɩ ŋaa. Rɩbɛka kɛŋ naambii nɛ, ʋ yɩrɩŋ nɛ Labaŋ. Labaŋ sɩ na nenii-pɩrɩ-la ba sɩ yie joŋo hɛ mɩɩsɩŋ arɩ kagunsu-la dɩ ba hɛ ʋ dɩhaala nɩsɩŋ arɩ wɩɩ-la Rɩbɛka sɩ bʋla arɩ baal-la bʋla pʋ, ʋ sii mʋ Abɩraham tɩntɩnnʋ-la teeŋ dɩ ʋ chɩŋ ʋ bʋntaŋŋaba bʋbʋɔŋ, lɩɩ-bulo-la sɛmɛ. Ŋɩɩ nɛ Labaŋ bʋla pʋ, “Kɔ, ŋ ŋaa nʋʋ La TƖƖNA sɩ pɛ ŋ lɛ nɛ. Bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ ŋ chɩŋ jeeŋ harɩŋ? Mɩ wasɛ ŋ dɩpɩnɩŋ arɩ ŋ bʋntaŋŋaba ma leriŋ nɛ.”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ baal-la jʋʋ dɩa, Labaŋ puri chʋgʋsʋ-la sɩ saga bʋntaŋŋaba-la nyuŋ a kɛŋ pʋsʋŋ yadiilee kʋ pɩ bʋntaŋŋaba-la, aŋ kɛŋ lɩɩŋ kʋ pɩba, ʋ dɩ baala-la kala sɩ to ʋ harɩŋ sɔŋ ba naasɩŋ. Ŋɩɩ nɛ ba ŋaa kʋdiilee kʋ pɩ baal-la, ʋ bʋl, “Mɩ ha bɩ jaŋ dii see dɩ mɩ bʋl wɩɩ-la sɩ kɛmmɛ kɔ daha.” Ŋɩɩ nɛ Labaŋ sɩ, “Bʋla pɩla.”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ bʋl, “Mɩ ŋaa Abɩraham tɩntɩnnʋ nɛ. La TƖƖNA pɛ mɩ nɩhɩaŋ lɛ nɛ kɩŋkɛŋ, ʋ kɛŋ kɩaa woruŋ. Ʋ pʋ piesee, nɛsɩŋ, warɩpʋla, sɛlɩmɛ, tɩntɩnnaa, baalaa arɩ haalaa bʋntaŋŋaba arɩ kakusuŋ. Mɩ nɩhɩaŋ haala Sara hɩɛsa nɛ aŋ lʋl hambolibie a pʋ, ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ joŋ kʋŋkala ʋ sɩ kɛnɛ a pɩ bile. Ŋɩɩ nɛ mɩ nɩhɩaŋ leŋ mɩ ŋmɩɛsɛ arɩ ʋ bɩ maga dɩ mɩ jaa Kɛnaŋ tɩŋŋaa tolo a pɩ ʋ bie, nɩalɩŋ tinteeŋ lɛ mɩ sɩ hɔnɔ, dɩ mɩ mʋ ʋ nyɩmma dɩa, ʋ doho nɩaa tʋɔŋ, a jaa haala nɩmɛ a kaa kʋ pɩ ʋ bile.
Ŋɩɩ nɛ mɩ pɩɛsɛ mɩ nɩhɩaŋ, ‘Ka dɩ haal-la nɛ vɩa dɩ ʋ to mɩ harɩŋ a kɔ daha?’
Ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ bʋl, ‘La TƖƖNA mɩ sɩɩ to arɩ mɩ wʋtɩtɩɩ, ʋ jaŋ tɩŋ ʋ tɩndaara dɩ ʋ pɛ ŋ lɛ a leŋ dɩ ŋ wombiiŋ zɔŋ, dɩ ŋ wuo na haala mɩ nyɩmma dɩa lɛ, mɩ doho nɩaa tʋɔŋ a kaa kʋ pɩ mɩ nanʋala. Dɩ ŋ nɛ mʋ mɩ doho nɩaa teeŋ, a kɛŋ tolo kɔ koo dɩ ba nɛ vɩa dɩ ba joŋ haala pɩŋ dɩ ŋ kaa kɔ, ŋɩɩ-na ŋ laa ŋ tɩtɩa nɛ ŋmɩaŋ-la lɛ.’
Mɩ sɩ kɔ lɩɩ-bulo deeŋ bʋbʋɔŋ jɩnɩŋ, mɩ bʋla, ‘Mɩ TƖƖNA, mɩ nɩhɩaŋ Abɩraham Wɩa, dɩ ŋ nɛ jaŋ ŋaa dɩ mɩ wombiiŋ deeŋ mɩ sɩ vɛnɛ ŋaa wombii-zɔŋ, wɩɩ-la wɩaa mɩ sɩ kɔ. Na, mɩ chɩŋ lɩɩ-bulo deeŋ sɛmɛ nɛ, dɩ haal-la sɩ bɩ baal jɩŋ nɛ kɔ dɩ ʋ ŋaa lɩɩŋ dɩ mɩ bʋla pʋ: Jaaŋ jaaŋ, ŋaa lɩɩŋ pɩmɛ dɩ mɩ nyʋa,’ dɩ ʋ nɛ bʋla pɩmɛ, ‘Nyʋa lɩɩŋ ka dɩ mɩ ŋaa pɩ ŋ bʋntaŋŋaba ma, leŋ dɩ ʋ nɛ ŋaa tolo-la ŋ-na mɩ TƖƖNA sɩ lɩɩsa dɩ ŋ pɩ mɩ kʋhɩaŋ nanʋala.’
Mɩ sɩ chʋɔlɛ Wɩa mɩ tʋɔŋ lɛ ŋ-la a dɛrɛ, dɩ Rɩbɛka kʋ lɩɩ a baasɛ ʋ nyuvie ʋ vaaŋ lɛ. Ʋ tuu lɩɩ-bulo a ŋaa lɩɩŋ. Ŋɩɩ nɛ mɩ bʋla pʋ, ‘Mɩɩ sʋlʋŋ, ŋaa lɩɩŋ pɩmɛ mɩ nyʋa.’
Ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ chʋgɛ ʋ nyuvie ʋ vaaŋ lɛ lɩma lɩma aŋ bʋl, ‘Nyʋa ka dɩ mɩ ŋaa pɩ ŋ bʋntaŋŋaba ma.’ Ŋɩɩ nɛ mɩ nyʋa aŋ ka ʋ ŋaa pɩ mɩ bʋntaŋŋaba ma. Mɩ sɩ nyʋa dɛrɛ, mɩ pɩɛsʋ, ‘Ŋ ŋaa kʋbɛɛ tolo nɛ?’
Ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ bʋl, ‘Mɩ ŋaa Bɛtʋɛl tolo nɛ, Nahɔ arɩ ʋ haala Mɩlɩka nɛ lʋl Bɛtʋɛl.’
Ŋɩɩ nɛ mɩ joŋ nenii-pɩrɩŋ a hɛ ʋ mɩɩsɩŋ aŋ joŋ kagunsuŋ a hɛ ʋ nɩsaa. Ŋɩɩ nɛ mɩ tuu kpirimi, a chʋɔlɛ La TƖƖNA. Mɩ dɛnnɛ La TƖƖNA, mɩ nɩhɩaŋ Abɩraham Wɩa, Wɩa-la sɩ kɛmmɛ kaa vɛŋ wombii-zɔmʋŋ deeŋ mɩ na mɩ nɩhɩaŋ naambie nihiŋ dɩ mɩ pɩ mɩ nɩhɩaŋ nanʋala. Dɩ ma nɛ jaŋ dagɛ zile arɩ wʋtɩtɩɩ a pɩ mɩ nɩhɩaŋ, má bʋla pɩmɛ, dɩ ŋɩɩ ma dee, má bʋla pɩmɛ dɩ mɩ jɩŋ wombii-la mɩ sɩ jaŋ to.”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ Labaŋ arɩ Bɛtʋɛl bʋl, “Wɩɩŋ deeŋ lɩɩ La TƖƖNA teeŋ nɛ, la bɩ jaŋ wuo kaa lɛrɛ. Na Rɩbɛka nɛ ŋ-la, kɛnʋ kaa mʋ dɩ ʋ ŋaa ŋ nɩhɩaŋ nanʋala haala, arɩ La TƖƖNA sɩ dagɛ ŋɩɩ.”
Abɩraham tɩntɩnna sɩ nɩɩ wɩɩ-la ba sɩ bʋla, ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ tuu kpirimi La TƖƖNA sɩpaaŋ a zilu aŋ lɩɩsɛ sɛlɩmɛ arɩ hɔpʋla kpɩɛraa arɩ gɛnnɩŋ a joŋo pɩ Rɩbɛka, a bɩra joŋ kpɩɛraa dɔnsʋŋ ma sɩ yuŋŋie a pɩ Rɩbɛka naaŋ arɩ ʋ naambie Labaŋ. Ŋɩɩ nɛ ka Abɩraham tɩntɩnnʋ-la arɩ ʋ harɩ-tooroo kala dii kɩaa aŋ nyʋa a chʋa nɩmɛ.
Ba sɩ sie chʋchʋɔŋ, ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ bʋl, “Má leŋ dɩ mɩ mɩɩra mʋ mɩ nɩhɩaŋ teeŋ.”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ Rɩbɛka dɩbaala arɩ ʋ naaŋ bʋl, “Leŋ dɩ tolo-la hɛ la teeŋ tapʋlaa fii aŋ ka dɩ ma-na mʋ.”
Ama ʋ bʋla pɩba, “Má sɩ́ leŋe dɩ mɩ dieni, La TƖƖNA sɩ leŋe mɩ wombiiŋ zɔŋ. Ma hɛla wombiiŋ lɛ dɩ mɩ wuo mʋ mɩ nɩhɩaŋ teeŋ.”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ ba bʋl, “Leŋ dɩ la yɩrɛ tolo-la a pɩɛsʋ na.” Ba yɩrɛ Rɩbɛka a pɩɛsʋ, “Ŋ jaŋ to baala deeŋ harɩŋ mʋ?”
Ʋ bʋl, “Mɩ jaŋ mʋ.” Ŋɩɩ nɛ ba hɛ Rɩbɛka arɩ nɩɩ-la sɩɩ benu wombiiŋ lɛ, a pɛ Abɩraham tɩntɩnna arɩ ʋ nɩaa lɛ. Ŋɩɩ nɛ ba sʋl Wɩa pɩ Rɩbɛka a bʋl,
“La dɩhaala, Wɩa jaŋ leŋ dɩ ŋ pʋŋ a yi bʋɩba bʋɩ,
a leŋ dɩ ŋ doho nɩaa wuo ba dʋndɔŋŋɔɔ.”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ Rɩbɛka arɩ ʋ ketiee kɛŋ ba tɩtɩa hɛ dɔŋɔ a jɩl ba bʋntaŋŋaba a to Abɩraham tɩntɩnna arɩ ʋ nɩaa harɩŋ ba mʋ.
Bʋa-la lɛ dɩ Aɩzɩk fa lɩɩ Nɛgɛf tintee-hɩlɩɩ-la a kɔ Bɛɛ-Lahaɩ-Roi. Ŋɩɩ nɛ dɩdaaŋ kʋbala ʋ lɩɩ jɩl pɔkɔŋ nyuŋ dɩ ʋ kɛŋ ʋ tʋɔbɩɩnaa chɔ, ʋ bee na bʋntaŋŋaba dɩ baa kɔ. Rɩbɛka ma sɩ bee na Aɩzɩk, ʋ ŋaa bʋntaŋŋa-la chɩŋ, ʋ tuu aŋ pɩɛsɛ Abɩraham tɩntɩnnʋ-la, “Kʋbɛɛ nɛ baala deeŋ sɩɩ chenla pɔkɔŋ deeŋ nyuŋ ŋɩɩ?”
Abɩraham tɩntɩnnʋ-la bʋl, “Mɩ nɩhɩaŋ nɛ ŋɩɩ.” Ŋɩɩ nɛ Rɩbɛka joŋ ʋ nyu-kpala a tɔ ʋ sɩaa.
Ba sɩ kʋ cheŋ dɔŋɔ, ŋɩɩ nɛ Abɩraham tɩntɩnnʋ-la bʋl wɩalɩŋ kala ʋ sɩ ŋaa a pɩ Aɩzɩk.
Ŋɩɩ nɛ Aɩzɩk kɛŋ Rɩbɛka ba jʋʋ ʋ naaŋ Sara lɛbɩŋ. Ʋ jaaʋ, ba cho dɔŋɔ woruŋ. Aɩzɩk naaŋ sʋʋŋ harɩŋ ʋ ha kɛŋ kenyiri a tɩŋ ʋ sɩ jaa Rɩbɛka wɩaa.

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