Gɛ bɛ dɔ̀ be sere gɛtɛ ti gyu ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ waanɩ tɩ san egyu-dɩrɛ wakʋn,
Itali gɛtʋnkwaa gaanɩ.
Bɛ ka Pawulo ma ɛbɛ gɛtɛ be gye bɛ tan fɔ bɛkɩ bɛ bɛ̀ sa bɩtà bʋʋndɩrɛ gɛtɛ bee kpèlè Yuliyo fɔ gʋlɔ.
Yuliyo nyawɔ è di egyu-dɩrɛ bɩtà bʋʋ bɛtalɛ bɔɔ bɛndɩrɛ fɔ baanɩ ɛkɩ.
Gɛ tɩ ma gyu ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ wʋkɩ gɛtɛ wu ye Adiramito ditele wʋʋ fɔrɔ Asiya gɩlan fɔ waanɩ.
Gɛ ti dubwa tɩ da.
Fɔ Makedoniya-te Arisitako gɛtɛ e ye Tesalonika fɔ ɛ̀ fɩya ma ɛtɩ.
Gɛtɛ kere gɩ kpa fɔ,
tɩ ma gyu Sidon ditele.
Dʋkɔ gɛ Yuliyo e we Pawulo gutunkoro,
gɛ ɛ tɛ wɔ osele ɛ̀ɛ̀ san wɔwɔlɔn ɛbɛ baakʋn,
fɔ bàà nya wo koro.
Gɛtɛ ti dubwa ti ye dʋkɔ fɔ,
gifiye gɩ tɔ gɩɩ gbɛrɛ gi tuma tɩ,
okoro tɩ ma dama Kiporo gɛtʋnkwaabi gɛtɛ butu bu silin gɩ fɔ gɩɩ gɩlan debiyan,
yema gifiye gɩn taa gbɛrɛ dʋkɔ.
Tɩ san ma ɛpʋ tɩ bɛ̀ dama Kilikiya ma Pamfiliya gɩlan,
gɛ tɩ ma ye Mira ditele gɛtɛ dɩ̀ sa Likiya gɛtʋnkwaa gaanɩ fɔ.
Dʋkɔ gɛ bɩtà bʋʋndɩrɛ fɔ e we ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ wʋkɩ gɛtɛ wu ye Alesanda ditele,
gɛ wʋʋ fɔrɔ Itali.
Gɛ e tiri tɩ ɛ ma sa waanɩ.
Ti di awi kpekpesi osele waanɩ ma tɩɩ-ɩsan dɩyɛɛ-dɩyɛɛ fɔ.
Okoro ma dɩfana gepepe,
pɛgɛ tɩ bɛ̀ gbɛma Kinido ditele.
Gifiye fɔ gɩn tɛ tɩ osele,
okoro tɩ ma dama Kireta gɛtʋnkwaabi gɛtɛ butu bu silin gɩ fɔ,
gɛ tɩ dama Salimone odon wʋʋ gɩlan,
yema gifiye gɩn taa gbɛrɛ dʋkɔ.
Ma gɛtɛ tɩ san ma ɛpʋ wuu-ikere-ikere gba fɔ,
tɩ fana,
pɛgɛ tɩ bɛ̀ nɩma ɔkankɩ gɛtɛ bee kpèlè alɛ,
Ɩkʋlɩ-yii-geyelakʋn-kpara,
gɛtɛ wʋ̀ gbɛma Laseya ditele fɔ.
Tɩ mɩna ɔya gepepe,
gɛ nkele gɩsaa gi ye gì de tɩ ma butu buu koro wʋʋ-ɩsan,
yema onyun wʋʋ gɛban gaawi fɔ i were bɛ̀ da.
Gɛ awi ɩtɔkɔ yɩɩ gama fɔ gifiye gɩɩ gɛgbɛrɛ okoro fɔ,
wʋʋn kɔlɔ ma ɛpʋ wo koro gɩɩ-ɩsan.
Okoro Pawulo ɛ tabʋrʋ ɛ tɛ bɛnɩ fɔ alan,
“Beteni,
na we gɛtɛ gengyi tɩn nyɩnla fɔ,
tiisele fɔ wʋʋ-ɩsan waà ka dɩyɩyɛ ma gyerebi-dɩrɛ wʋ ba.
Nka anyan ma ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ wʋʋ gɛmɩna wuuko,
ɛtɩ gbagba tɩɩ nkpa mɔ wʋ̀ fɩya.”
Mɔ bɩtà bʋʋndɩrɛ fɔ e to ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ wʋʋndɩrɛ ma wuufonte fɔ baade ɛ sa ɛ da Pawulo wade gɛtɛ ɛ dɔ̀ fɔ.
Ɩkʋlɩ yii geyelakʋn dʋkɔ wʋʋn kɔlɔ ma geyela okena-fila waanɩ.
Gɛlɛ wuu koro bɛnɩ fɔ kpekpesi bɛ dɔ̀ gɛtɛ tàà ye dʋkɔ tɩ san.
Bɔɔ bʋnʋn bʋ̀ gyaga gɛtɛ nkɩfɔ taà bè ye Fenike ditele gɛtɛ dì di Kireta wɔ-ɩkʋlɩ yii geyelakʋn gɛtɛ wù ten ofila wʋʋ gɛnʋ̀nkʋn fɔ,
fɔ tàà di okena-fila fɔ dʋkɔ.
Gɛtɛ gifiye bɛrɛɛ gɩkɩ gɩɩ gbɛrɛ gi ye gɩlan gatɩn fɔ,
ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ wuu bete fɔ bɛ̀ nyɩ̀ alɛ,
boo gelenbi fɔ gɩ lɛ.
Gɛ be tiira gɩwɔrɔnyan gɛtɛ gii gye ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ wù yela ɔkʋn-kɩlɩn fɔ be dubwa.
Gɛ tɩ tɔ tɩ san ma Kireta wɔpʋ fɔ wuu-ikere-ikere.
Wun di awi gɛ gifiye-dɩrɛ gɩkɩ gɛtɛ bee kpèlè alɛ,
Ofila-wʋʋ-gɛtakʋn wuu gifiye fɔ gɩ gbɛrɛ gi ye gɛtʋnkwaabi fɔ gii koro.
Gifiye fɔ gi tuma ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ,
gɛ wʋn mɩnɩ taa talɩ wàà san bʋnʋn.
Okoro tɩ yɛ gɛ gifiye fɔ gii tiira tɩ gɩɩ fɔrɔ.
Dʋkɔ gɛ tɩ ma dama Kawuda gɛtʋnkwaabi gɛtɛ butu bu silin gɩ fɔ gɩɩ gɩlan gɛtɛ gifiye gɩn taa gbɛrɛ fɔ.
Tɩ mɛ tɩ fana,
pɛgɛ taalɔ ɩ kya ɔkʋlɩbi gɛtɛ tì de fɔ.
Be tiira wʋ bɛ taga ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ waanɩ.
Gɛ bɛ ka ɔŋʋn bɛ ban ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ,
gɛtɛ gifiye gɩ kara gbena wʋ.
Gɩsaa gì de bɛ gɛtɛ bɛn nyɩnla fɔ waà bè tiira bɛ wʋ ma sa Libiya wɔ-ɩŋɛrɛ yaanɩ.
Okoro bɛ kaman ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ waayan fɔ,
gɛ wʋ yɛ ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ wʋʋ fɔrɔ dɩyɛɛ-dɩyɛɛ.
Gifiye-dɩrɛ fɔ gin kere gɛgbɛrɛ gɩ ya,
okoro gɛtɛ kere gɩ kpa fɔ,
be ye bee tiri atola fɔ akɩ be fun bɛ sa butu baanɩ.
Gɛ duwi-siyeefɛ daanɩ fɔ,
gɩnyan-kamasɛ gɛtɛ baalɔ ɩ kya fɔ be fun bɛ sa butu fɔ baanɩ.
Gɛtɛ wu di awi gɛ tɩn taa we ofila abɛɛ aŋorobi,
gɛ gifiye fɔ gɩ bɔ gɩɩ gbɛrɛ gɛ fɔ,
tɩɩ bʋnʋn bʋn mɩnɩ gyaga gɩnyankɩ gii koro gɛtɛ taà wura nkpa.
Awi kpekpesi ɩ bɛ̀ da gɛtɛ bɛnɩ fɔ bɛn taa di anyan-dilɛ.
Dʋkɔ gɛ Pawulo ɛ tɔ e yela ɛbɛ powu bɔɔ bʋnʋn,
gɛ ɛ dɔ̀ alan,
“Bɛndɩrɛ,
gengyi ɩ̀ daà nʋn maade gɛtɛ na dɔ̀ alɛ ɩ kara yɛ taà dubwa ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ ti ye Kireta fɔ,
nafɔ anlɛ tɩn daà bè tuma dɩfana ma gyerebi nyawʋ.
Mɔ nkenkele nyawʋ n tɛ dɔ̀ n sa yɩ,
fɔ yii duwe dàà nʋ̀n yɩ,
yema taanɩ ɛkɩ ɛn nan ku,
ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ wuuko nan mɩna.
Yema walan odente fɔ,
Wurubwarɛ gɛtɛ ɛwɔ n ba mɩ,
gɛ ɛwɔ gɛ n tɛ sʋma fɔ,
ɛ sa wɔsalɛ e ye gatala e bè yela maakʋn,
gɛ ɛ dɔ̀ mɩ alan,
‘Pawulo,
kara yɛ gɩsaa gàà ton wɔ̀!
Wù di gɛtɛ àà san a ma dɔ̀ aa gɔdɔ fɔ egyu-dɩrɛ Kesaro bʋnʋn.
Aa koro Wurubwarɛ ɛɛ dɩyɛ bɛnɩ gɛtɛ bɛ̀ sa ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ waanɩ fɔ powu.’
Gɛlɛ wuu koro mɩɩn bɛnɩ,
i wura oturu,
yema n te to Wurubwarɛ n di gɛtɛ ɛɛ̀ yɛ wàà ba waanɩ anlɛ gɛtɛ ɛ dɔ̀ mɩ fɔ.
Mɔ fɔ,
wù di gɛtɛ tàà ma yela gɛtʋnkwaabi gɩkɩ gɛtɛ butu bu silin gɩ bu tuma fɔ gii koro pɛ.”
Duwi fwo-naafɛ diidente fɔ,
gifiye fɔ gɩ̀ sangba gii tiira tɩ Adiriya wɔpʋ wuu koro.
Gɛtɛ wʋ mɛ odente wuu getite fɔ,
ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ wuu bete fɔ be we bɛ nyɩnla gɛtɛ tɩɩ gbɛma gɛtʋnkwaa gɩkɩ.
Gɛ bɛ ka ɔŋʋn gɛtɛ bɛɛ ka bɛ kɛrɛ butu baalun fɔ bɛ fɩna butu fɔ baanɩ.
Gɛ be we gɛtɛ dʋkɔbɛ waalun fɔ wʋ̀ ba bɩsɩrɩ akpilin kooron (120).
Gɛtɛ bɛ san bʋnʋn bɛrɛɛ,
gɛ be biri bɛ kɛrɛ fɔ,
wʋ̀ ba bɩsɩrɩ akpilin anaa ma fwo (90).
Gɩsaa gì de bɛ gɛtɛ nkɩfɔ taà ma wɔ dɩtaa tangbalan dɩkɩ dii koro.
Okoro be bè tiira awɔrɔnyan anaa gɛtɛ ii gye ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ wù yela ɔkʋn-kɩlɩn fɔ bɛ fɩna butu fɔ baanɩ,
gɛ bee tiri onyun gɛtɛ kere gàà kpa.
Ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ wuu bete fɔ be bugiti osele gɛtɛ nafɔ bàà serenti be kere tɩ bɛ ya.
Be tiri ɔkʋlɩbi gɛtɛ wʋ̀ kyaga ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ wuu koro fɔ bɛ gyaga butu fɔ buu koro.
Gɛ bɛ mɛ anlɛ gɛtɛ bee len bàà ka awɔrɔnyan-fon bɛ ma kyaga ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ wʋʋ bʋnʋn.
Ɛwʋ gɛ Pawulo ɛ dɔ̀ bɩtà bʋʋndɩrɛ ma bɩtà bʋʋ bɛtalɛ fɔ alan,
“Gengyi ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ wuu bete fɔ bɛn bɛ̀ sara ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ waanɩ fɔ,
ɩn nan wura nkpa.”
Okoro bɩtà bʋʋ bɛtalɛ fɔ bɛ ma kebi ɔkʋlɩbi fɔ wʋʋ-ɩŋʋn,
gɛ gifiye gɩ ka wʋ gɩ da.
Gɛtɛ kere gɩɩ ŋmaŋɩ fɔ,
Pawulo ɛ sa bɛnɩ fɔ powu aniya gɛtɛ bàà di anyan-dilɛ,
gɛ ɛ dɔ̀ bɛ alan,
“Ǹdò n di awi fwo-anaa gɛtɛ ì si ma awe yii gekpila,
gɛ ɩ ban yiinyun gɛtɛ ɩn ka gɩnyankɩ ɩ kya yiinyun.
Gɛlɛ wuu koro fɔ,
n tɛ fɔ yɩ gɛtɛ yàà di anyan-dilɛ,
fɔ yàà wura ɔkɛma ma nkpa,
yema yaanɩ ɛkɩ wo diyungu gba dɩn nan lulu.”
Gɛtɛ ɛ tabʋrʋ gɛlɛ e were fɔ,
ɛ ka boroboro,
gɛ ɛ tɛ Wurubwarɛ karan ɛbɛ powu bɔɔ bʋnʋn,
gɛ e sila waanɩ,
gɛ e gyu wuu gedi.
Gɛ ɛbɛ powu boo-ituru ɩ nʋ̀n bɛ,
gɛ ɛbɛ mɔ bɛ ka anyan-dilɛ be di.
Ɛtɩ powu gɛtɛ tɩ̀ sa ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ waanɩ fɔ,
tɩ̀ ba bɛnɩ gɛkpɩn ma akpilin asiyee ma fwo-kooron (276).
Gɛtɛ ɛbɛ powu be di bɛ kʋtɩ fɔ,
be tiri anyan-dilɛ gɛtɛ i kuruma fɔ bɛ fɩna ɛpʋ fɔ anɩ,
fɔ wàà wura wʋ tɩyɛra wʋʋdʋrʋ fɔ.
Gɛtɛ kere gɩ kpa fɔ,
be we gɛtɛ ɛpʋ fɔ wɔkankɩ wu tu wu gyu gɛtʋnkwaa gɩkɩ gaanɩ gɛtɛ ɩŋɛrɛ ɩ̀ sa dʋkɔbɛ.
Mɔ bɛn nyɩnla gɛtʋnkwaa-kɩlɩn fɔ.
Okoro bɛ mɛ baamɩnlɛ gɛtɛ gengyi nafɔ bɛ̀ talɩ fɔ,
baà fi ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ wàà ka bɛ wʋ san dʋkɔbɛ.
Gɛ be kebi ɩŋʋn gɛtɛ ɩ̀ kyaga ma awɔrɔnyan gɛtɛ ii gye ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ ì yela ɔkʋn-kɩlɩn fɔ bɛ fɩna butu fɔ baanɩ.
Gɛ be furu ɔŋʋn gɛtɛ bɛ ka bɛ kyaga omini gɛtɛ wuu fi-fi ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ.
Gɛ bɛ bʋma ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ wʋʋ dɩyan fɔ gatala,
gɛ gifiye gɩɩ gbɛrɛ,
gɛ gii tiira ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ wʋʋ fɔrɔ gɛtʋnkwaa gii koro.
Mɔ ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ wʋ ma gyu ma ɩŋɛrɛ,
gɛ wu ten wu yela.
Wʋʋ gatɩn wʋ nyɩ wu gyu ɩŋɛrɛ fɔ yaanɩ gɛtɛ wʋn mɩnɩ taa kpenti gba.
Gifiye-dɩrɛ gɛtɛ gɩ̀ sangba gɩɩ gbɛrɛ fɔ gɩ yɛ ɛpʋ butu fɔ bu gbena ɔkʋlɩ-dɩrɛ fɔ wʋʋpɩ.
Ɛwʋ gɛ bɩtà bʋʋ bɛtalɛ fɔ bɛ mɛ baamɩnlɛ gɛtɛ baà wolo bɛnɩ gɛtɛ bɛ̀ tan dikwo fɔ powu,
fɔ baanɩ ɛkɩ ɛn nan wura ɛ nʋ̀n getu e serenti.
Mɔ bɩtà bʋʋndɩrɛ fɔ ee len gɛtɛ èè to Pawulo nkpa,
okoro ɛn tɛ bɛ osele bàà mɛ boo gelenbi fɔ.
Gɛ ɛ tɛ osele alɛ,
beteni gɛtɛ baà talɩ bɛ nʋ̀n getu fɔ be gyegeye be firigi be gyu,
fɔ bàà nʋ̀n bɛ san gɛtʋnkwaa fɔ gii koro.
Gɛ ɛ yɛ bɛnɩ-kurumakyɛɛ fɔ bɛkɩ bɛ sara iyon panpasan yii koro,
gɛ bɛkɩ mɔ bɛ sara ɔkʋlɩ-gbenalɛ fɔ wuu-iyon-kpilin yii koro.
Anlɛ gɛ tɩ mɛ gɛ ti wura nkpa tɩ ma ye gɛtʋnkwaa fɔ gii koro.
Ti ye ɛpʋ fɔ anɩ tɩ ma gyu gɛtʋnkwaa gii koro pɛgɛ tɩ nyɩnla alɛ gɛlɛ wʋʋ gɛtʋnkwaabi gɛtɛ butu bu silin gɩ fɔ gii diyere n di Malita.
Dʋkɔbɛ wʋʋ bɛnɩ fɔ be ton tɩ gɛtɛ wʋn ma dɩkʋsʋ.
Gɛtɛ ɛsʋn ɛɛ nʋ̀n,
gɛ olili wʋ̀ sa okoro fɔ,
be len bʋtan bɛ sa ɔtan bɛ tɛ tɩ.
Gɛtɛ Pawulo mɔ ɛ tasɩ bʋtan è de ɛ̀ bɛ̀ sa ɔtan fɔ waanɩ fɔ,
ɔtan fɔ wuuwula wuu koro,
ɛwa e ye bʋtan fɔ baanɩ,
gɛ ɛ bɛ̀ kyaga wɔ gʋlɔ.
Gɛtɛ gɛtʋnkwaa fɔ gɩɩ bɛnɩ be we ɛwa fɔ ɛ̀ kyɔlɔga Pawulo gʋlɔ fɔ,
bɛ dɔ̀ bɛ tɛ bɛwɔlɔn alan,
“Ete nyawɔ ɛɛ̀ mɛ gɛ bɛnɩ boowololɛ ɛkɩ,
yema alɛ ma gɛtɛ wu tiri wɔ wu ye ɛpʋ anɩ gba fɔ,
ade-kpen ɩ̀ sangba ɩ̀ tɛrɛma wɔ.”
Ɛwʋ gɛ Pawulo ɛ ŋmanyan ɛwa fɔ ɛ fɩna ɔtan fɔ waanɩ,
mɔ gɩnyankɩ gɩn mɛ Pawulo.
Bɛnɩ fɔ bɛ̀ nyɩ̀ alɛ,
eè funa,
abɛɛ eè belen ɛ nʋ̀n disere-kɩlɩn èè ku.
Mɔ gɛtɛ be so gɛlɛɛ,
gɛ ben we gɩnyankɩ gàà mɛ wɔ fɔ,
be foma baamɩnlɛ,
gɛ be ye bɛɛ dɔ̀ alɛ,
ete fɔ è di gɛ ekpen.
Ɛnɩ gbaa ɛkɩ ɛ̀ sa dʋkɔ gɛtɛ bee kpèlè wɔ Pubilo.
Ɛwɔ n tɛ nya dʋkɔ wuu koro,
gɛ wɔ gɛtʋnkwaa gɩ̀ gbɛma ɔkʋn gɛtɛ tì yela fɔ.
E ton tɩ gepepe,
gɛ ti di gisela awi asiyee wakʋn.
Wʋ bɛ̀ ba gɛtɛ Pubilo wote ɛ̀ dɔ ee yeba ɔdʋnlɛ,
gɛ ɛɛ kyalɩ.
Gɛ Pawulo ɛ san wakʋn ɛ ma tiri onyun,
gɛ ɛ ka walɔ ɛ gyaga wo koro,
gɛ ɛ kya wɔ geyeba.
Gɛtɛ wʋ mɛ gɛlɛ fɔ,
beyebalɛ-kurumakyɛɛ gɛtɛ bɛ̀ sa gɛtʋnkwaabi fɔ gii koro fɔ mɔ bɛ ba,
gɛ Pawulo ɛ kya baayebabi fɔ powu.
Bɛnɩ fɔ bɛ ka gebù-dɩrɛ bɛ tɛ tɩ,
gɛ bɛ tɛ tɩ anyan kpekpesi,
okoro ɔkʋna gɛtɛ tii ye dʋkɔ tàà san fɔ,
bɛ tɛ tɩ anyan-kamasɛ gɛtɛ wù di gɛtɛ tàà wura.