< Titus 2 >
1 I wu u ka hla njaaji ilan.
But speke thou tho thingis that bisemen hoolsum teching;
2 Gbi bi ciche lila du mba hi he vutu bey vu sunro be toh jaji ni mi kpakyeme ni itere u Irji.
that elde men be sobre, chast, prudent, hool in feith, in loue, and pacience;
3 Na ki imba be niko be ka vutu bi bana be tere totona du bana so ima u tehuwa na.
also olde wymmen in hooli abite, not sclaundereris, not seruynge myche to wyn, wel techynge, that thei teche prudence.
4 Du ba tsoro imba be tsitsama itere sunko wa balilo.
Moneste thou yonge wymmen, that thei loue here hosebondis, that thei loue her children;
5 Du mba hi be mlaya mba komba bata tee naki itere Irji a ni bi kerekereme.
and that thei be prudent, chast, sobre, hauynge cure of the hous, benygne, suget to her hosebondis, that the word of God be not blasfemyd.
6 Na ki u ka hla imirize du mba hey be sisuron.
Also moneste thou yonge men, that thei be sobre.
7 Ko ni konrime u ka zeren dedeme.
In alle thingis yyue thi silf ensaumple of good werkis, in teching, in hoolnesse, in sadnesse.
8 Hla tere be dedema. bewa bana toh itere Irji na Ishan ka temba.
An hoolsum word, and vnrepreuable; that he that is of the contrarie side, be aschamed, hauynge noon yuel thing to seie of you.
9 I miri ko mba wo tere ni tei komba ni mi kogeh mba na sunyu ni mbana.
Moneste thou seruauntis to be suget to her lordis; in alle thingis plesinge, not ayenseiynge, not defraudynge,
10 Du ba na tee yibi na. Mba ka ji kpakyeme U Irji gbahgbah me.
but in alle thingis schewinge good feith, that thei onoure in alle thingis the doctryn of `God, oure sauyour.
11 U imiri Irji ba toh didima wawumba.
For the grace of `God, oure sauyour, hath apperid to alle men,
12 Ani hla du keh ka memetee u gbu gblu tagah. (aiōn )
and tauyte vs, that we forsake wickidnesse, and worldli desyris, lyue sobreli, and iustli, `and piteuousli in this world, (aiōn )
13 Keh ta zere di ta gbey tee lulu ni ze sunro u ye ivere Irji tee bu.
abidinge the blessid hope and the comyng of the glorie of the greet God, and of oure sauyour Jhesu Crist;
14 Yesu a kpa hla tere u bu ni gbu gblu da ikheu ubu wawu. na ki khi ka hu hla terema.
that yaf hym silf for vs, to ayenbie vs fro al wickidnesse, and make clene to hym silf a puple acceptable, and suere of good werkis.
15 U ka tere ni gbe gble de tshoro ba jaji ndah na kpa u tsirina.
Speke thou these thingis, and moneste thou, and repreue thou with al comaundement; no man dispise thee.