1 Nyii kwɔnaŋna-ŋǝsi ethisi elŋe ŋa ŋǝṯiny-ŋi akkɔ ŋothɽor tig-tig, ŋiɽaŋal-ŋi ŋǝni ŋaalɔ, kila linaanɔ Laawḏikiiyyǝ, nǝ kila tatap liti limǝ-nyii ese kiyǝnǝ kinnǝni mac. 2 Mindaŋ mǝ rɔgwor reeŋen firllathala, nǝ ethi ɔɽɔmaṯṯi dɔŋw ṯamɽa-thi, mindaŋ ethaavi ŋɔrṯɔwa tatap ŋǝthi ṯilŋiṯṯa-na ṯir rerrem ṯǝthi ṯilŋithinǝ ṯir min-min, mindaŋ ethi-mǝ elŋe ŋiɽaŋali ŋǝthi Allah ŋuluccunǝ, ŋindǝr-ṯǝ ŋǝni Kwɔrɔstɔ. 3 Nǝ ŋɔrṯɔ ŋǝthi ṯǝthinǝ yǝnǝ-ŋǝ ṯilŋiṯṯa-thi tatap luccini duŋgwun-nǝ. 4 Ŋandica-ŋǝsi ŋɔ mindaŋ mǝŋǝsi kwizi kweere ere kǝɽinyjǝlɔ mac, ŋiɽaŋal-ŋi ŋaami. 5 Nuruccǝ-ŋǝsi-nǝ kinnǝni tok kwir aŋna, nǝnyii-tǝ ǝni kwɔnaanɔ yǝy-lɔ kwir ṯigɽim ŋaaŋa-li, nǝnyii nyeŋlena etheese niizaama kwaalɔ kwisaaw, nǝ ṯǝnḏǝlɔ tetter ṯaalɔ ki-ṯǝmminǝ-nǝ ethi Kwɔrɔstɔ-na.
Ŋimiitha ŋir min-min ethi Kwɔrɔstɔ-na.
6 Nǝ kaka mǝgwɔ ǝmminici Kwɔrɔstɔ-ŋw kwǝni Yǝcu kwir Kweeleny, ŋwɔṯaŋw, dirnaṯṯir duŋgwun-nǝ, 7 lǝnḏǝlɔ kidi-kidir, lǝccinǝ duŋgwun-nǝ lifirlli tetter ki-ṯǝmminǝ-nǝ ṯaalɔ kaka-ṯǝ ŋa ŋǝccǝr-ŋǝsi @allima. A urǝnni-nǝ deddep shukwur-gi.
8 Aŋrathir mindaŋ mɔŋweere kweere mac kwɔŋǝsi ṯuusici ŋaɽinyi ŋaalɔ ṯǝthinǝ-thi yǝnǝ ṯir ŋǝɽiyǝŋ ŋǝthi ŋizigwuŋǝŋ, ṯǝṯi ruuthǝ ki-ṯa@liim-na ṯǝthi lizi, ki-rigɽim-nǝ tok rimthi ṯurmunǝ ṯiti ṯinḏi naanɔ-gwɔ Kwɔrɔstɔ mac. 9 Kaka ninanni-gwɔ ṯobii@a ṯir min-min ṯǝthi Allah kaŋna-na wǝthi Kwɔrɔstɔ wir ŋizigwunǝŋ, 10 ŋwɔṯaŋw nǝthi ŋimiitha ŋir min-min duŋgwun-nǝ, nɔŋw-ṯoro kwir nda lǝthi ŋirǝ-iis tatap nǝ sɔlṯa tok. 11 Nǝ duŋgwun-nǝ tok nǝ uɽunni ṯuuɽunnǝ-thi ṯiti ṯir ṯǝthi rii mac, laakin nɔŋworo ṯuuɽunnǝ ṯǝthi Kwɔrɔstɔ, ṯigǝdinnǝ-thi ṯimǝ-thi kǝdinnǝ ki-ŋɔma-na ŋǝthi ŋikiya ŋǝthi aŋna. 12 Kinaŋw naari-ŋa @ammiḏa, nǝni laaninna Kwɔrɔstɔ-ŋǝli, nǝ ki-ma@muuḏiiyya-na tok, nǝ diiɽǝ Kwɔrɔstɔ-ŋǝli ṯǝmminǝ-thi ṯaalɔ, ŋɔma-ŋi ŋǝṯhi Allah wɔmǝ diiɽǝ ŋunduŋw ki-ŋiɽany-na. 13 Kinaŋw naayi-ŋa ki-ŋikiya-na ŋaalɔ, noro lizi lir Umam liira Sherii@a-na. Laakin kirem tǝ, Allah wɔmǝ-ŋǝsi miithǝ Kwɔrɔstɔ-ŋǝli; mindaŋ nɔŋw fivrici nyuŋwsi ŋikiyaŋi ŋǝri tatap. 14 Nɔŋw iɽinyaci nyuŋwsi kǝmsu-lɔ kallinna ki-rogɽo rǝri nǝ laazim ǝŋgir ɽaanyasi. Laakin nɔŋw avrasi ṯaay ṯette, mindaŋ nɔŋw pǝthǝ relme-ri ŋwuuɽi naana. 15 Nɔŋw urṯunǝlɔ wur ŋeeleny-ŋi nǝ ŋɔma, nɔŋwsi ruusi mǝthǝl, nɔŋwsi mɔltha ki-ṯillasa-na kii ṯuuŋwun.
16 Ŋwɔṯaŋw ǝṯi duŋgwǝcǝ kweere mac, ethi allasi ŋaaŋwɔsi ŋiɽaŋali naana ŋeere ŋǝthi ethne wǝṯi yee alla kweere kwǝṯi ii, alla ŋǝthi @iiḏ, ya ŋǝthi ǝwǝ wiyaŋ, ya ŋǝthi Sǝbiṯ. 17 Na ǝthi wɔ tatap oro suurǝ domony kwǝthi kwomne ŋgwa kwinḏi ethiila kwaathan-gi; laakin ŋa ŋir rerrem tǝ, nǝr naani ethi Kwɔrɔstɔ-na. 18 Ǝṯɔŋw kǝmthinǝ kweere ŋaaŋwɔsi mɔkaafa naana mac, ŋgwa kwinḏi-ŋǝ ethaavi, ṯǝjlinnǝ-thi ki-rogɽo ṯir ŋidiny, nǝ ṯɔgwɔgwɔccalɔ ṯǝthi kwogwɔcce limeleka-lɔ. Nǝ kwizi kwɔrtɔtɔŋw kwǝni kwippiŋǝ rogɽo ruuŋwun fikir-gi kwǝthi ŋizigwunǝŋ domony, 19 kwiti kwimthi Kwɔrɔstɔ-ŋw kwir nda mac, kwǝṯi-gwɔ aŋna tatap mithǝnnǝlɔ kidi-kidir, ǝṯɔŋw iithithi kǝzir wir ŋwɔɽɔjɔ-ŋwɔɽɔjɔ mindaŋ ǝṯɔŋw peŋe kaka ŋinaŋnasi Allah.
Ethi ai nǝ ethi miithi ethi Kwɔrɔstɔ-na.
20 Ŋaaŋa lǝni-pǝ limǝ ai Kwɔrɔstɔ-ŋǝli, mindaŋ nǝ kǝdinnǝ ki-rigɽim-nǝ rǝthi ṯurmun. Nǝ ŋaaŋa lotho linannathi-ta kwokwony kaka nǝṯoro lǝthi ṯurmun kɔthɔ? Ŋaaŋa lotho lirɔɔmɔ kwokwony ǝthiyǝ-lɔ wɔ wǝni-ŋwɔ: 21 “Ǝṯi mɔmmɔ ŋgwa mac”, “Ǝṯi nyiŋla ŋgwa mac”, “Ǝṯi mithi ŋgwa mac”? 22 Nǝ kwomne ŋgwɔ tatap kwǝṯi ernene mɔŋw ǝrrini, kwir kwomne kwǝthi ṯa@liim ṯǝthi ŋizigwunǝŋ domony. 23 Aw ŋiɽaŋal ŋɔ ŋǝṯi kǝzinni oro kaka ŋǝthi ṯǝthinǝ yǝnǝ ŋiri, ṯɔgwɔcca-thi limeleka-lɔ ŋɔmaŋi-na, nǝ ṯǝjlinnǝ-thi ki-rogɽo ṯir ŋidiny, nǝ ṯǝwɽǝ yǝy-lɔ ṯǝthi aŋna; laakin ŋɔ tatap nǝreere ǝthi faayitha kweere mac ethi iirici aŋna sɔɔrɔma kithaay.
© Nuba Ŋireeɽe New Testament © The Bible Society in Sudan, 1993.