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Aizek ka bel nsaa maŋ naa wu nɛnɛ nɛ e tre mo pibinyɛn nimuso Isɔɔ kachako ŋ kaŋɛ mo: “M pibi.”
Nɛ Isɔɔ shuli ŋ kaŋɛ: “Ma nde.”
Nɛ Aizek kaŋɛ mo: “To, naniere ŋ ki enyɛn nimu nna na a maŋ nyi kachɛ nɛ meeŋ wu. Amoso koso n ta fo akpansɔ, fo keta nɛ kumo be atanyembi n yɔ kupuŋ to n ya mɔ eblaŋ ko m bar ma. Fo kaŋ bar loŋ be eblaŋ na fo ta kumo n daŋɛ ajibi belbelso mo nɛ mee sha ga na m ba sa ma nɛ n ji n nɛfa fo pɔɛŋ nseŋ wu.”
Aizek ka daa malga asheŋ ere kikɛ a sa mo pibinyɛn na nɛ Isɔɔ mo nio Rebɛka yil nseŋ nu amo kikɛ nyam. Isɔɔ ka baŋ ta n choŋ kupuŋ to nɛ Rebɛka kaŋɛ mo pibinyɛn Jeekɔb le: “Keni, n nu fo tuto ka bee kaŋɛ fo da Isɔɔ fanɛ e ya mɔ eblaŋ ko m ba wora ajibi belbelso ko n sa mo nɛ e ji nseŋ nɛfa mo Enyɛnpe na be anishito pɔɛŋ nseŋ wu. Amoso, m pibi, bugi asoe n nu nfe nseŋ ya wora kusɔ nɛ mee shin nɛ ŋ kaŋɛ fo ere: Lar ketaman n yɔ asɔbɔya na to n ya pɛ mboefɔlbi lelabi anyɔ m bar ma nɛ n wora ajibi belbelso nɛ fo tuto bee sha ga na, ŋseŋ ta amo n ya sa mo nɛ e ji n nɛfa fo pɔɛŋ nseŋ wu.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Jeekɔb bishi mo nio Rebɛka le: “Nɛ n da Isɔɔ be eyur so kikɛ ka kɔ afuibi nɛ ma alɛ peya maŋ kɔ ere a? Nɛ ŋ kaŋ wora loŋ nɛ n tuto beta ma a? Nɛ k ba loŋ k beeŋ wora fanɛ mee fule mo nna nɛ nɛfa na e ki kɔnɔsho n sa ma.”
Nɛ mo nio kaŋɛ mo: “M pibi, shin nɛ loŋ be kɔnɔsho na e baa la meya. Fo ere e wora kusɔ nɛ mee kaŋɛ ere de. Ya pɛ kaboe na m bar ma.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Jeekɔb ya pɛ mboe na m ba sa mo nio nɛ e wora ajibi belbelso mo nɛ Jeekɔb mo tuto bee sha ga n yili nseŋ ya ta mo pibinyɛn nimuso Isɔɔ be asɔbuuso lela ga nɛ a daa wɔ mo ere Rebɛka be ebu to na m ba buu mo pibinyɛn kekarkarso Jeekɔb. Kumo be kaman nɛ e ta mboe na be nwɔl na m mɛa m mɛa Jeekɔb be enɔana nɛ mbe kubɔ be kakpa nɛ afuibi daa maŋ wɔtɔ na so. E ka loge ade kikɛ na nɛ e ta ajibi belbelso na nɛ bodobodo nɛ e wora na n sa Jeekɔb.
Nɛ Jeekɔb ta ajibi na n yɔ mo tuto kutɔ n ya tre mo ŋ kaŋɛ: “N tuto.”
Nɛ mo tuto shuli nseŋ bishi: “M pibi mo nna?”
Nɛ Jeekɔb kaŋɛ mo tuto le: “Ma, fo wurkoŋ Isɔɔ nna. N wora kusɔ nɛ fo yɛ n ya wora na nna. Amoso jande, niŋi to n chena n ji kusɔ nɛ n ya nya kekpaŋ to m ba ere pɔɛŋ nseŋ nɛfa ma.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Aizek bishi mo: “Nuso nɛ fo wora n ya nya eblaŋ na m ba manaŋ loŋ?”
Nɛ Jeekɔb kaŋɛ mo: “Enyɛnpe fo Ebɔrɛ na e chɛ ma to.”
Nɛ Aizek kaŋɛ mo: “Firgi n taga to nfe, m pibi nɛ m beta fo ŋ keni m pibi Isɔɔ gbagba e la fo ŋko mannɛ mo nna.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Jeekɔb yɔ mo tuto Aizek kutɔ nɛ e beta mo ŋ keni nseŋ kaŋɛ: “To, ebɔl ere la Jeekɔb be ebɔl nna, ama fo enɔana ere bre la Isɔɔ peya nna.” Aizek daa maŋ pin fanɛ Jeekɔb nna ŋkpal mbe enɔana ka daa kɔ afuibi fanɛ Isɔɔ peya na so so, amoso e daa shin nna nɛ e nɛfa mo. Ama pɔɛŋ nɛ e nɛfa mo na e daŋ bishi mo le nna: “Fo m pibi Isɔɔ gbagba nna ere a?”
Nɛ Jeekɔb shuli ŋ kaŋɛ: “Mm, ma nna.”
Kumo be kaman nɛ Aizek kaŋɛ mo: “Kumo ere m pibi, ta kusɔ nɛ fo ya nya ashi fo kekpaŋ to m ba daŋɛ na m bar ma nɛ n ji nseŋ nɛfa fo.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Jeekɔb ta ajibi na n sa mo nɛ e ji. Kumo be kaman nɛ e sa mo yabra belbelso nɛ e nuu. Ade kikɛ be kaman nɛ mo tuto Aizek kaŋɛ mo le: “M pibi ba nfe nɛ n lala fo so.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Jeekɔb yɔ nɛ mo tuto e lala mo so. Aizek ka nu mbe asɔbuuso na be efɛa nɛ e nɛfa mo nseŋ kaŋɛ le:
“Cha, ma kebia ere be efɛa
baa du fanɛ kasawule mo
nɛ Enyɛnpe nɛfa nna.
Ebɔrɛ e shin nɛ bunyaŋ
e shi ebɔrɛso m ba sa fo nsawule kayul
nseŋ shin nɛ fo kasawule
e baa walɛ a wora ajibi damta.
Kumo e la fanɛ adɔjibi kama
nɛ a shi ayu be yiri to be adamta
n ta yabra belbelso n ti so.
Ebɔrɛ e shin nɛ efuli pɔtɛana be basa
e ba kaa bunyaŋ fo
nɛ basa be nnanto e baa gbir fo kumuli.
Baa la fo sipoana kikɛ be ewura
n shin nɛ fo nio be bibinyɛn kikɛ
e ba kaa gbir fo kumuli.
Ebɔrɛ e shin nɛ bekama nɛ baaŋ sho fo kɔnɔ
e nya kɔnɔsho
nɛ bekama malɛ nɛ b nɛfa fo
e nya nɛfa.”
Aizek ka baŋ nɛfa Jeekɔb n loge nɛ e baa lar mo kutɔ nɛ mo da Isɔɔ malɛ shi mbe kekpaŋ na to m ba kaa luri. Ndoŋ nna nɛ Isɔɔ gba ya wora ajibi m bar mo tuto m ba kaŋɛ le: “N tuto, niŋi to n chena n ji kusɔ nɛ n ya nya kekpaŋ to m ba ere pɔɛŋ nseŋ nɛfa ma.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ mo tuto Aizek bishi mo: “Fo wanɛ nna?”
Nɛ Isɔɔ kaŋɛ mo: “Ma, fo wurkoŋ nna.”
Nɛ Aizek be eyur kikɛ chicha mo nɛ e bishi: “To, nɛ wanɛ malɛ e ya ji kekpaŋ n daŋɛ m bar ma na? M baŋ ji kumo nna pɔɛŋ nɛ fo ba na. Ma alɛ teŋ nɛfa amodoŋwura. Kashenteŋto malɛ, m maaŋ naŋ tiŋ n laŋɛ nɛfa na.”
Isɔɔ ka nu mo tuto be mmalga na nɛ e boŋ to awɔrso kagbenejijaso ŋ kaŋɛ: “Kumo ere fo nɛfa ma alɛ gba. N tuto, jande nɛfa ma alɛ gba!”
Nɛ Aizek kaŋɛ mo: “Keni, fo sipo teŋ ba m ba fule ma n sɔ fo nɛfa na.”
Nɛ Isɔɔ kaŋɛ mo tuto: “Mbe kela nyɔsopo nna na e ka puni ma. E daŋ kesɔ ma kekurge to be kenimu nseŋ naŋ sɔ ma nɛfa ere na. Alawude e ka bee ji Jeekɔb.” Kamalga ere be kaman nɛ Isɔɔ bishi mo tuto: “Ama fo maŋ yige nɛfa kaman yili ma a?”
Nɛ Aizek kaŋɛ mo pibi Isɔɔ: “N teŋ ta mo ŋ ki fo nyɛnpe nseŋ ta mo niopibiana kikɛ ŋ ki mbe nyɛrbi. N ta ayu be yiri to be asɔ duuso kikɛ be kanya nɛ yabra belbelso kikɛ be kanya n sa mo. Amoso m pibi shɛŋ maŋ naa wɔtɔ nɛ meeŋ naŋ tiŋ n wora n sa fo.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Isɔɔ bishi mo tuto: “N tuto nɛfa koŋwule nɛ fo kɔ a? Jande nɛfa ma alɛ gba.” Kumo be kaman nɛ e fara a shu awɔrso.
Nɛ mo tuto Aizek kaŋɛ mo:
“Bunyaŋ maaŋ shi ebɔrɛso m ba wushi fo kasawule;
fo echenakpa nɛ kasawule lela malɛ beeŋ baa wɔ kufɔ.
Fo tokobi so nɛ feeŋ baa bɔla a ji;
fo alɛ beeŋ baa la fo sipo be kayɛrbi nna.
Ama kachɛ nɛ fo ba diewu bre,
feeŋ sɔ fo kumu ashi mbe enɔ to.”

Ndoŋ nna nɛ Isɔɔ fara a kishi Jeekɔb ŋkpal nɛfa nɛ mo tuto daŋ sa mo na so nseŋ fɛ mbe kumu to le: “K maaŋ naŋ chɛr nɛ n tuto e wu nɛ an shu mbe keeli. Keeli na be kaman meeŋ mɔ n sipo Jeekɔb.”
Rebɛka ka pin kesheŋ nɛ Isɔɔ kre na nɛ e shuŋi n tre mo pibinyɛn kekarkarso Jeekɔb ŋ kaŋɛ mo le: “Keni, fo da Isɔɔ bee kre kemɔ fo nna m bishi kuwule. Amoso, m pibi, nu nfe nseŋ wora kusɔ nɛ mee sha kekaŋɛ fo ere. Lar nfe manaŋ n shile n yɔ n siponyɛn Leeban kutɔ ashi Haran. Ya kaa wɔ mo kutɔ gbrɛ nɛ fo da be agbo e yɔɔ nɛ mbe kagbene e wushi nɛ e teŋ kusɔ nɛ fo wora mo ere so pɔɛŋ nɛ n shuŋi n tre fo. Ŋkpal manɛ so m maa sha fanɛ m paŋ menyi benyɔ kikɛ kachɛ koŋwule.”
Rebɛka ka malga le ere be kaman nɛ e naŋ kaŋɛ Aizek le: “Ma ere, Hitebi to be mbichebi nɛ Isɔɔ ta ere be asheŋ baŋ lar ma ebɔl nna. Nɛ Jeekɔb malɛ naŋ ta Hitebi ere to be eche ko, kumo ere ŋ ka wu bɔ.”

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