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Opfu, Chileke shi l'ọnu Nwa iya epfu
1
Lẹ teke k'azụ bẹ Chileke shi l'ọnu ndu mpfuchiru iya pfuru nụ ndiche anyi phẹ ugbo olemole l'ụzo,
dụgbaa iche iche.
2 O be lẹ nta,
bụwaa ikpazụ-a;
ọ bụru onye bụ Nwa iya bẹ o gude pfuru nụ anyi.
Ọ bụru l'ẹka Nwa iya ono bẹ ọ gbẹ mee mgboko mgburugburu;
tẹme ọ họtakwa iya phọ sụ l'ọo ya bẹ iphemiphe kụru ishi l'ẹka.
3 Nwa ono egbu nwịinwii;
shi ẹgube ono egoshi l'o nọepho gẹ Chileke egbu nwịinwii bụ ono;
tẹme ọ bụerupho gẹ Chileke dụ bụ g'ọ dụkota kpamu.
Opfu,
Nwa iya ono pfuru ereshi ire ike.
Ọ bụru ire ono,
oore ono bẹ o gude gudeshia mgboko mgburugburu.
Ọ safụchaaru ndiphe iphe-ẹji phẹ;
ọ gbẹshi je anọdu anọo l'imigwe l'ẹkutara Chileke,
bụ iya bụ onye ono,
kakọta ike.
Nwa ono ka ojozi-imigwe
4 Nwa ono bẹ Chileke meru;
ọ nyịbekota ụnwu-ojozi-imigwe;
ọ bụkwarupho ẹgube ono bụ g'ẹpha,
Chileke gụru iya dangokwaruphọ ẹpha k'ụnwu-ojozi-imigwe.
5 Lẹ-a;
?bụ ojozi-imigwe ole bẹ Chileke sụjeru:
“Ọo ngu bụ Nwa mu nwoke.
E -shi ntanụ-a bẹ mu
bụwaa Nna ngu.”
Ọzo bụru:
“Mu a-bụru iya Nna;
l'ọo-bụru mu Nwa.”
6 Tẹmanu kwaphọ teke Chileke dubataru Nwa iya ono,
bụ ọkpara iya ono lẹ mgboko bẹ ọ sụru:
“G'iphe,
bụkpoo
ụnwu-ojozi-imigwe
kẹ Chileke l'ophu
bakọtakwaru iya ẹja.”
7 A bya l'ẹka k'ụnwu-ojozi-imigwe;
ọ bụru iphe,
Chileke pfuru bụ:
“O meru
ụnwu-ojozi-imigwe
iya ẹphe bụru phẹrephere;
bya emee ndu-ozi iya
ẹphe bụru ọku,
enwu phoophoophoo.”
8 A byakwanụ lẹ kẹ Nwa Chileke ọbu ọ sụ:
“Aba-eze ngu gụbe
Chileke a-nọ ojejoje.
Ọ bụru apfụbekoto
a-bụru mgbọro-onye-eze,
ii-gude bụru eze ọbu.
9 Iphe,
pfụru ọto dụ ngu ree;
iphe,
apfụduru-ọto dụkwanu
ngu ashị.
Noo g'o gude Chileke ono,
bụ Chileke ngu ono họta ngu;
bya akwabẹ ngu ùbvù;
mee ẹhu nọdu atsọ
ngu ụtso;
ùbvù mẹ ẹhu-ụtso
ọphu kwata ka kẹ ndu
unu l'ẹphe gba nanụ shii.”
10 Ọzo bụru;
“E -shikpọo lẹ mbụ bụ
gụbe Nnajịuphu
meru alị mee iphe,
nọ iya nụ;
tẹme ọ bụru ngu gude
ẹka ngu mee igwe;
bya emee iphemiphe,
nọ iya nụ.
11 Iphemiphe ono e-mechaa
mebyishihukọta;
obenu lẹ gụbedua
l'a-dụ g'ị dụ.
Iphemiphe ono
e-mechakwaa kashịhu
g'uwe.
12 L'ịipyakobe phẹ g'a
pyakọberu ukpo;
woru phẹ gbanwee
g'a gbanweru uwe.
Obenu lẹ gụbedua
bụepho onye ị bụ bẹ
ị bụ;
Ị nọwaa g'ịi-nọdu
jasụ lẹ tuutuutuu
lẹ mịimiimii.”a
13 Tọo ?bụ ojozi-imigwe ole bẹ Chileke sụjeru:
“Nọdu mu l'ẹkutara
jasụ teke mu
e-me ndu ọhogu ngu
g'ẹphe bụru iphe,
ịi-zọpyabe l'ọkpa?b”
14 Sụ-a;
?bụ gụnu bẹ ụnwu-ojozi-imigwe bụkpoo?
Ẹphe tụkoru bụru ụnwu-ojozi,
a taa hụmadu l'ẹnya,
ejegbaaru Chileke ozi;
bya abụru ndu Chileke yeru g'ẹphe bya eyeru ndu oo-mechaa dzọta ẹka.