Bodo became involved. They brought his offering, which was a cow, to the place where the top-ranking people gathered to make important decisions. They said, "Yes. These people say they are important, and you say they are your uncles. Is it you, then, who attack them? Yakpawolo, it reaches to you, and it reaches the whole party between whom we poured cold water."

And so we stayed here, but we were going back to our home fire. Ours is the original fire in Gizima, and we sent our fire out for others to warm themselves.

The one who first built our fire was Boawui and his fathers. He brought the firewood and distributed it among us. In our family, whether you were poor or rich, you had to participate in cases and decisions.

We went to Wulimeh, though our older brothers came from Wolehmia. Anything we did we had to clear with them, and any case brought to us was not judged unless it was referred to them. That is our relationship.

Thus Zaawu watched over the state of the land, and wherever a dispute occurred, he would go and settle it. Bodo came and participated also, and we grouped our residences according to family units. No disagreements developed.

There was a short case at Fasawalazu, and it was there that Zaawu became sick. We were unable to help him.

At that time a leopard was troubling the

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land, more fierce than any other leopard ever heard of. Zaawu went to perform the divination required to capture him. He was still there when James arrived in the country. James came to make war. They sent a messenger across the river to say, "James says he is going to Misa-du. Send some people to accompany him on the journey."

If they had let James go on with his journey, our present boundary would be Misadu. But they did not let him continue. All except Zaawu, however. He grew exhausted trying to persuade them. And so our boundary remains Muluyia. That is our tough luck.

And then, as it goes, one man fights with his neighbor, and so it was that we fought with Zevala Lokpani and Malaa-ga Woya, and we went there and destroyed the place.

Again it was Zaawu who brought concord to the land. He was in Yella, here, and the mat was here and we all came and sat at his feet.

And that is how we came to settle here in peace. Anything we did we laid before the whole land, and in cooperation we would refer it to Folomo or Daa Koli or Woya.

One of the assemblies met at Zapa. I myself went with the others, and together we broke the arrow there, as a sign of peace. From that day to this, even

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after Zaawu died, the old conflicts have
not revived.

We were living here, well settled, when
we saw you, you educated people. And where
we end, that is the boundary. And because
of Zaawu's good reputation, they supported
him with two hands, especially here in
Yella.

He cared for this town and said, "This
is where all of the tribes meet." He was
concerned for this town and for all the
family lines represented here. No impor-
tant elder had any fault to find with Zaa-
wu.

Therefore Zaawu prospered exceedingly.
These, here, are the people of his land.

The signifying cottonwood trees he plan-
ted where he poured the cold water were
seven. They planted them in Balagwalazu.
There is one in the center, and the others
encircle it.

I who have recounted this history, my
name is Kawbaala Lavileh, in Yella.

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11 September 1971

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UAGADU

300 - Sonikeitis te ſeni ná
zie, ſelegoitis yoozu;
Beebeegiti e te va te
zee-leve-bai wulo ga
Sonikeitis.

700 - Sonikeitis te zee-leve-
bai wulo ga Bæbeægitie.

700 - Aloibiaitis te laa le So-
nikeitis wu te le zooni.
Kè te vqani ga kolo vai
ta zeli-wo fai.

700-900 - Uagadu yui zu yie
woolo.

900-1060 - Uagadu yui levege zui
bogope ba folo-lii-zu vele
Afeleka vaa va.

1076 - Alamolavedegiti e So-
nikeitis 6oo veni.

1076 - 1200 - Uagadu yui mee
wulu.

1235 - Sonikeitis te važa ta
masadai bea zui ya.

UAGADU

Faa wolo-zayagi nii vilege zui ta va
é Afeleka yui zu maa le voozani ve va.
Fai nii yei ma kwena wulu gila ge le lev-
ga. Zui nii na daa-zeigi ſeni ga Uagadu.
È ſeni zie ſelego yoozu, na ya ga Seaco-
go ta Naije. Uagadu yui maazuve ſoni ga
zuu voo walai daa ga Sahala. Nu ta nepo
ge le ſeni kwèè pele bocooogi weni Uaga-
du vaa ma, bovelaale siegi na zu te le
neni de kwèè pele daazu. Yuuloitii ta
le ſeni de vaami Afeleka ó no ye ga nu
wele ta nepo. Tima baaza ge le ſoni de
Yuuloitie ya ó no ye ga mote ta gove dè-
de, ſabu waya yeko, oo kpede balaa nu ya
tóó. Siegi na zu zuu ta nepo ge le ſoni
ná volo to tili ga Ameleka. Na zu lebi-
ga ga folo.

Zii teniga te ſeni ná ligii zu. Tani-
gatè ſeni ga Siiseè, Delaamee, Kàatèè,
ta Sela. Kè zii bogaope niitie te ſeni
kaala ma, ta laa-zeigi wo-kulo-zu ſeni
ga Sonike. Na vaa ma to to lili ga So-
nikeitis.

Zii woi to bo é ſeni ga Maade. Zii woi
nii zu to masa gwala lili ga "gaana". Na
vaa ma zuu balaa-su veaitie to Uagadu
yui lili ga Gaana yui, bovelaale to ye
tea, "Gaanaitie beteve te yee ju bai",
na ya ga masa gwalaitie te Uagadu. Na ya
é kée volo zui na to tili wolo ga Goo
Koo é kpete yuu wolo-zayagi nii ná daa-
zeigi ziyini é séi boo va, towo ta Uaga-
du te le ſoni.

Tei de faa maa wūgi menini é vile Ua-
gadu va, na ya ga kwenagi 300 zu, zii ta
wuloni Afeleka yui maazu vele te va te

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zee-leve-ba wulo ga Sonlikeitie. Na ya
Yee na te ye ga masa gwala na ga kwena wu
dooluo. Te Yeni ga Baebeegitie. Tei kwe-
na 500 leveni Sonlikeitie te Baebeegitie
600 veni Sonlikeitie te ye wano ga masa
gwalai.

Zoi é kee Sonlikeitie te yee leve Bæ-
beegitie va é veé nu mazii ta npe ba, to
ga kolu ya é Yeni te ya. Kolu lamaa Yé-
ni zui wu ná ligii zu. Na ya Yee na Sö-
nikeitie te Yeni ga nu maa wu to tii Ye
ga kolui nii, ta yilekpu ka wano mayele-
Yelegi Yeni te ya sie tamaa leveni. To
mu, kolu zoolaa vage koo-woo vai ma é le-
ve gulu zoolaa va, ó no ye ga kolu boei
soolaa. Na vaa ma Sonlikeitie te zee-le-
ve-ba wuloni.

Gaama zu, numaitie te Uagadu kali bakpa
gila ka ná daa-zeigi zoiyai te va to tíli
ga Uagadu-Bida. Te laani ga kaalii nii
ga to faa woia zu ta laa walai vaa va. Na
vaa ma te maa-nee zeini faa woia va, ma-
sa gwalaitie ta zowoitie tie máa 6e ga pa-
go kee vaa ma nu me le lo ná. Te laani
ga kaalii Yeni ga gove 6 bo te va é te wu-
lo faa boei zu é te bete. To zalaya wulo
kaalii ma wo, na ya ga Uagadu-Bida, tie
6oo lili ga Uagadu veaitie.

To ga gaama ga tei Sonlikeitie te Yèni
ga masa gwalaitie, Uagadu yui beteni.

To kpala-ga lii ye, tie dowolo-bazi zei
ná ta suzui, geze é veo tulu-su zoolaitie
va. Kè nii lei 6 te bete.

Te zele lii Yèni balaa, na ya ga seye,
kolu bulu-kpulu soolaa, é veo suo wolo ye-
ke ba. Kè ná lei 6 te bete.

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Nii é ke te bete é Yèni ga podi-loo.
Nii é ke podi-loo é te bete to ga ta yui
mavepé Yila ka to kpolo wulo ná, zolave
vele Ya to zèni kulo la, Uagadu wo ge Yè-
ni te yoozu. Na vaa ma numaitie niitie
kpolo-yòi Yèni te ma, keni to leve Uaga-
du, na wulu niitie zèni-yòi Yèni te ma,
keni no to damodai Yè.

Kpolo wuloni zuu voi zu nii é ga folo
yee-za-su vele vaa va. Na ya Yee na
duoitie Ya to kulo. Numaitie Yaazo te Yè-
ni ga folo wow-yee-su vele, kpolo maba-
la Yèni te ma.

Zènigi wo ge wuloni folo wow-yoo-su
vele ve to ná lili ga Wàgalà. Wàgalai-
tie ta bo ga te wologi boeive te ma. Na
Ya Yee na te wuloni Posia. Te laa woi
Yèni ga Fulaani.

È wulo Wàgalaitie wulu, nu ta npe ge
le Yèni zèni kulo-zuve wèni. Bovelaale
Wàgalaitie te Yèni ná loowisu.
Gaama zu, Wàgalaitie te le Yèni ga pile-
kowo-Ya vea. Podi balaa to do te keèni
ga mumu podi. Te keèni ga pelei nii-zu
vele:

Sonlikeitie to pele wulo ga zuu balaa-
su-wodi-loo veaitie tie va ga tie kakei
Ya Wàgalà yui wobave. To buloi lowa ga
kpakpa tie ke Wàgalaitie te kwè ga ta sa
ná. Na ya Yee na to podi-loo zoolaitie
wu ga gile-gile kakei Ya te buloi nài te
li wulu.

Na ya Yee na Wàgalaitie to va kèegitie
zu aisi Ya te zeba do te zènigi wu-podi-
loo zoolaitie woba ga nii te wòini. Ta
balaa to li wulu.

Na ya Yee na podi-loo veaitie to sa va

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kono ga te wele zenigi va. Ani ò vens na
te yaazu to ùuloi lowa te zê ná te li wu-
lù kono.

Na ya yee na Wâgalaitie to va ná kono.
Yee ta to zenigi ta vee zoitie va te ziyi
ná.

Ani podi-loo veaitie te yii ò la na,
to zenigi ziyi te ùuloi lowa te dê ga te
yii laave ta sa ziyizu ná.

Na ya yee na Wâgalaitie to va te soo-
lai niitie ziyi te li wulu te wo taa zu.

Wele! Te podi looni te le weloni yii-
ni bá ò no ye ga te boc yiini pò. Na ya
ga mumu podi.

Wâgalaitie zeni ge yeni te ya, kè kpo-
lo le nèni te ya. Na ya yee na kpoloi vaa
ma te zèni tamaa looni.

To ga faa vii bè ga de gaa ya ga velei
Uagadu veaitie te leveni la te bete. Nu-
maitie yaazo niitie te zèni podi looni è
vaa kpolo wodi va, keni to leve Uagadu laa
walai na zu to tíli ga Kùbi. To ye na
yaazu ga podi-loo zoolaitie, masa gwalai
ò ke te navolo ve. Yo ye na wono liizu
ga zenigi, masa gwalai ò ke te navoloi ve
wono. To mu zèni ka te yèni fèezu ga na-
volo.

Na ya yee na podi-loo veaitie to ye na
levesu keni to ye laa-mii nèni mavoone
veezu è vee te laa-zuve va, yee ta volo te
maa zoolaa è vee nèni ùulu-kpuluga va.
Podi-loo veai niitie taniga te zeini ná.
Kùbi ya è yèni ga dowo-loo laa walai folo
lii-zu vele Afeleká vaa va siegi na zu.
Niitie ò zoo è te yeeà dowoi na zu ta ga:
nike, baala, kòei gulo, lèezè, gulu vaa

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voo, sèye. kpozo, kolu boc, see yige,
boc yala-zu woti, diyi, è vee dua va.

Duoitie te yèni ga koo-luoitie te to
wuloni fii-boc ziitie zaama ná woba.

Taa walai na ga Kùbi gáa wèi ye su
fele ga liitii.

Mazave yilagi zu ya è yèni ga dowo
balagi. Aloibiaitie ta Bocbagei, nii-
tie te wuloni ná maazu vele Afeleká vaa
va ga podi-loo vea, ta ya te yèni zeini
na. Te yèni ga zèli-wo bea. Na mavaa
ma ve vele Kùbi vaa va mezeli yèni ná
puu kai fele, è vee kolo velea va.

Zolave vele ya masa gwalai yèni la è
vaa faa woiai va. To ná lili ga Gaaba.
Sonlìkeitie te yèni ná te le nèni ga ze-
li-wo bea, kè te lai ye ga govei nii è
ga kaalii to tíli ga Uagadu-Bida.

Masa gwalai na pelai vagai ye ga ka-
vele teego. Te tóni ga gulu ta kwoti,
è le nèni ga polo ta mùli ga velei zoi-
tie boolo-zu te yèni la. Kpànagai ye
ga ò zoo è masa gwalai maa bè koo-woo
zie su. Siyigi litegi ye mà balaa.
pelai boo wu zele nènia ya te yèni ná
ga tamaa niitie te zòwòi baazagei, ga
te bú va. Na ya yee na wudaitie te bè-
tei ye ga pete tetele.

To mu masa gwalai beteni ye ga ka-
vele teego. Te ye tea ná sèyei yèni ga
seleki è vee tono-ba woti va. Zènigi
vei ye ná boologi ma. Dòto-maa-bè wo-
lui koo-woo-zuve è yèni ná tii-yee
veaitie ya, te nàigai ye ga zèni. Ná
soitie maa-yili zoolai betei ye ga zèni.

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Ná gilewuitie wó-ba wolói ótóí ye ga zó-
ni. Duu zinaitie te zóni seler-selóni ta
wúdeyaitie ya.

To ge ſeni Uagadu ga masa gwalaitie
ta Yilekpu ka maa nac zóni kpuume ye te
ya. Keni zóni fuke no ya yá ye numai zoi-
tie ya. Te ſeni tea zóni kpuumei kpakpai
é leve te pe ba zui ya é ſeni Uagadu ma-
sa gwalaitie ya. Te ſeni tea ná bii ſeni
ga pawú 60, na ya ga kwena dosava luu ná
bii liigo. Te ſeni tea zóni kpuumei nii
ya masa gwalai ó ná soi laa lo bá.

Tei masa gwalai zaani te doowuni pele
ta wú ga tee, nii tógi faa woia zu mávaa
ma. Te daa-mii ſeni loowuni pe kóba ta
kpoale ſeni é vee séyéa va ta soolaabulu-
puluga ga wóiya ó ye má govea laa zu.
Ná tii-ye veaitie baláa, maa nac to ye
kóba pelei wú ani to na pelei nii maazu
laa wúlusu ga polói. Na ya ga to te loo-
wú ga te mavului masa gwalai woba.

É ſeni ga togi te ya ga ani masa gwa-
lai ta ó zaa na to ná seelái duu zunui lo
pó ga, kpoó luu zunui laale.

Na vaa ma Uagadu masa gwalai ótóni ná
zui óte. Ké numaitie te yii laani ga
tie navolo ve, bovelaale é le ſeni ga na-
volo ve, bovelaale é le ſeni ga navolo
lamaa, na ya yee na te wóini ga podi-loo-
zuve é Kúbi, te yii lai é ſeni masa gwa-
lai ná tuo velei ma ta tuoi é ſeni bosu
zui zu ga ná gometii.

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Uagadu yui nii é wooloni kwena wú saa-
go yee wú. É leveni zuu bogope ba folo-

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lii-zu vele Afeleka vaa va. Aloibiaitie te ŋeni koo woozu wolo Yuulo yui zu tio zuu taniga boo ve. Kè tei te vaani te laa le Uagaduitie wu, te yee le zieni te wu. Keni Aloibiaitie to li wulu, kè ta-niga te ŋeni ná ga sei. Niitie ya te vaa-ni ga kolo vaa ta boga zoli-wo faa. Ta woloi zaala zu ya da zoo de faa wolo-za-yagi nii wèe da è vile Uagadu yui va.

Kè tei Kwena wū saago vagoi niitie te leveni, faa ta ŋeši nii è kœni Uagadu yui ŷii wulu. Nà ŋeši kwenagi 1000 zu, na ya ga kwena wū taa wuo levega sa.

To mu numaitiè te ŋeni tea kaalii na dāa ga Uagadu-Bida ŋeni le. Na ya ga è ŋeni ga te yee vaa ga te nu buse leve kaalii nii wo ga naza nu lomai nii pagei è leve te po ba. Nà ya to téve pò ga kwena.

È ŋeni ga kwena gila pa naza nu lomai nii maa nac to téve pò, ná dāa-zeigi ŋeni ga Sia. Kè wulu6o yila ge ŋeni ná dāa ga Amadu Seefeedookootee, è ŋeni wōini è kù-lo ga náza. Tei è zalaya vai menini è vi-le naza nu lomai nii va, zii yaa wālani ga tamaa. Na vaa ma è loowuni faà woia zu è ye su zowoitis te va ga te zalayai wulo. Tei te yavele bëteni ga te Sia leve kaalii wo, Amadu wuloni è laa le Uagadu-Bida wu-è wūgi leve gá, na ya ga kaalii ya. Mawū-gi ta loni gá wono, Amadu è nà leve gá wono, ta lo wono gá, è téve gá, ta lite wono è lo è téve gá, nà ya te ŋeni keezu nà ye lofela. Wūgi tabono ge le sa loni gá. Ama du zeba do sa è Sia zo è bize la ná soi wo ma, nu le te veteni kono tai na zu.

Numaitie te yii yaa wālani, bavelaale te te maa-bac wovei vaani.

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Na wului folo nac bakpa wala wuloni è kee kpalagitis te nala-nala, to neniitie te za. Pulu bakpa wala looni ná. Na ya yee na Sonikeitis, niitie te le ŋeni yeni pului zu, te ziyini ná.

Kè nii mavac-bái ya ga te zili nui wū kuloni ná. È ŋeni ga zoli-wo faa Yala goo-wo nui ta è ná do Yala fai wuloni ga tee. Kè nu lamaa te vileni pú-lu ga ná kala dopoa. To te lili ga Alamolavedegitis. Alamolavedegi niitie te zilini ga Sonikeitis, na ya ga Uagadu veaitie, bavelaale te bëtsi ye te yee zu bai, nà ya yee na te le ŋeni laani ga ta do luo velei.

Na vaa ma te malo-tuoi gila dāa ga Abu Bake è gbá seini masa gwalai la ma nii è Kūbi è kpóo ve. Na ya yee na Alamolavedegitis te masa gwalai nii zolo woni, te navolo wulo numaitie ya ga ta yaa-bai te ke te yee zei ta Yala fai wu na laale te te vaa.

Na ya è ŋeni ga Uagadu yui mavaa-wo-lo-zaya pagoi wèe.

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È kwēni ga a da tii γε ga daa-mii ηε-
ni pele naago zu? Da tii γεε la ga de ye
ηetea. Da tii γεε la ga é de zu baa da
lii-γεε vai ma. Da tii γεε la ga de yii-
ma vaa γε. Da tii γεε la balaa pe Gala-
feli vai zu.

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DAA-MII DENI YA KÈ DE YÈ DETEA

Daa-mii ŋenii da mí, towaa máa wote de
wuu-zuve é ye ga de mayai, de manamai, de
malubu, de wologi, de wûdeya é vee mata
lamaa va. Kè è le no ga daa-mii ŋeni ma-
zii gila ka tii niitie bogope ke. Mokolu,
gulu-wulu ta numunu ta de mayai bete. Da-
bai, tsaai, ta kaleitiè ta de malubui
bete. Gulu-wulugitiè ta dabaitiè ta de
manamai bete. È yasu è lii la.

Nui taniga ta ye tea ŋini yie ya è ga
daa-mii ŋeni sólowogei sa sú ta le sa vee
bá, bovelaale towaa mokolu, gulu-wulu, da-
ba, numunu, te pe ta lii ye de lotoi zu.
Towaa maa-veli bo de lotoi zu è de lotoi
bogope kete. Kè daa-mii ŋeni bulu-kpu-
lu boole-zu ta tii ye de lotoi zu ga te
laa-ma gile-gile.

Daa-mii ŋeni mazii vago wulo è mí

Nà vaa ma towaa γe ga faa yaa-wua ga
de daa-mii ŋeni mazii wulo nii máa nèè de
mí. Vui zowoitiè te γe daa-mii ŋeni zei-

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zu ya loolu. Te zei-zu ya kpe-kpe ga ve-
lei ta tii yee la de lotoi zu. Tis ya:

Niitie ta yee

mokolui

wii (nii ta kpe-
te ga felavai)

kpazii

zowoigi

botogi

malakui

kputegi

Dabaitie

suo labai

kalei

tsewu

tseŋai

towoi

tenagi

Nini yieitie

nini yiie

nini yiie mawuloi

siize (nini yiie
kpai gaa yiyai)

Gulu vaitie

numunugi

numunu pole-vele

maazagi

wui tuwui

numunu kpaazagi

bul3ogi

wui kenee

wui. kpeele

Gulu-wulugiti

gulu-wulugi

kpasagi

poboi

towoi

kpeelei

wui kizegi

kilikemai

Nu bogope ge kwëni ga de leeni te le
boni de ma ga maa nse de niitie bogope
mi. Kë wui zowoi woi ziri ga gaama: nà
Ya ga niitie bogope te vage towo ta
kë de loto-zu wodo. Ani è wöini è lui è
bakpa ga pago, daa-mii neni ve zëea yá
wulo daa-mii neni zei-zu looluo niitie
zu ga folo nepo.

Tani su nui ta Ya ye tea mòoleve. Kè
è me le no wèè nii va. Page è Yi gaa zie
ga velei ya daa-mii nenii niitie zolo wo
da. Nu nepo ka zoo è tsewuà lo baa towaa
sii-zii-neni zei nà kpala ga oo nà tulu
su. Manui Ya Yaa baa na, towaa zoo è kë.

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Daa-mii ŋeni vago-wulo-lalai

Seebe ya vee yiè ani è le daa-mii ŋe-
ni mazii wuloni ga pago è mí.

Daa-mii ŋeni taniga ani è le ye te mii-
ni ga pago, ya zeebe. Seebei nii boo yo-
wui de vaa ma ve Looma zui zu to ga kwa-
sioko, nii ya lopaitie zo niitie te le ni-
ni yiè zolo woni ga pago, oo tseŋai è vee
dabai va. Kwasioko ya lopaitie ta wùgi-
tie-zu ye kess-kess'é kë te wogi le boo gá
ga kpakpaa. Ani ta lopo wolo wuo na ga
manai, towo dée le ye niko nini-yie veeni
zéea, nà ya yá kë kwasioko zeebei malopoi
zo. Towaa kë volo lopoi za ani te le ŋeni
màw wokoni.

Gaama zu, ani nuwuti balaa le ye. da ba,
tsenai, tsewu, kale, tena miini, towaa
zeebe, bovelaale manamai le lee dótoi zu
ga pago. Nà ya yee na, naza nui nii ma-
namai le lamani lotoi su, towaa laa-nowo
wo duu yaazu. kë nui nepo manamai le dó-
to zu se, toku ge zei ga è le daa-mii ne-
ni maziitie miini ga pago ya kë nu mana-
mai va, manui wologi-zu ya leve no mele-
melè, towaa ye sa no niiwó-niiwó. Faa wo-
lo balaa ya vee na bá, maa-mu ka wolo
zéea.

Ani volo lopoi le ye nini yiè, tseŋai,
kale-wulo zolo woni ga pago, yee ta towaa
faa vee wu-kpoloi va na ŋeteai-zu è yesu
è za.

Ani kono nu le ye da ba miini è vee te-
na ba ta suo mooyè ta tseŋai, è wuu zu ya
ye wulozu, pala ya ye loozu è wologi ma,
ta è maaye ya ye yeezu bobo.

Duuyègitie te le ye nini yiè, tseŋai,
kale-wulo zolo woni ga pago, te le zeiya
ga pago ó no ye ga te laala ga pago. Te

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Yai wōi-suvetie ta le gá. Te wowi ya
ŋai te le sa zakpaa ga pago ta na ziesu,
ná vaa ma ta wulo sú te zu biligai.

Nu le ye numunu, numunu pěle-vele ta
woli kene, bolo ta wui kize solo woni,
manui yīgěi le ǎanaga. Lopaitie ta do
vele bōoboo ma. Manui mayai ya ye laba-
zu pe, muulukui ya ye dá. Koolei ya ye
vaazu mǎ, towo zee boga bokogiti ta le
gá no.

Ani è le ye daba, těnai, kale ta ņini
yie zolo woni, è Yaazu-Yezegi maa ya ņi-
di; tani su towaa è Yaazu-Yezegi nala-ńa-
la. È le ye gulu-wulu miini ga pago è le
zooga ò wele ga kpidi.

Tani su ani è le ye daa-mii ņeni zei-
zu looluoii nii miini, ya ye na wolo za ya-
su, ya zeebe. Faa ya ye è mamoyěi va
oo è wuu-zu zoolai ta va. È yīgěi ya wu-
lo ya ña de ga nu niine. Tani su faa ya
vee è Yaazu-Yezegi va oo è yii.

Sìe tamaa zu nu ya lii na sale velei
la, seyilegi oo sale-yai ta fé è ya te
le ga sale gaama zu, kě ta ga daa-mii ņe-
nia. Na zu-wulo-zuye ya ga wui zowoitis
te numunu mavaa yaa-wuaitie ziyini bá te
kpete ga mayiei è seyilegi zu oo ga sale-
Yai. Sale-yai ta ya na nii ya zoo è nu-
munu zee naago na tii ye. Sale-yai ya
zoo balaa è koko laa-vega suo mooyě ná
tii yeè balaa. Na ya ga è le sa lia ga
ò numunu zee nago yaa zie doo no laali-
ma koko laa-veda gila suo mooyě ve.

Na ya yá kě nu taniga te le zeebe-
zu ta sale-yai boale ga folo nepo. È le
ga seebě vaa no mǎ, kě to ga daa-mii ņe-
nii nii è le ga nii kuloai numunu to yi-

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likpu ba kè gulu-vaa lamaa è vee daba va
ta gulu-wulu tamaa va. Wui zowoitis te
niitis te mavagoi wuloa bá te. kpěte ga sa-
le-yai. Numaa ta sale-yai nii boale ga
ani te le suo mooyě, bolo oo numunu solo
woni. Sale-yai nii mazii ya wui kala-
moitis ta fé lopaitie ya ta daa-mii ņeni
kolo velei wu.

## Daa-mii-bo fai è leve keè-zu va

Ya mokolu ta gulo boei lamaa mii na,
yà bakpa, towo yee ta nii ya faa ye ga è
yii. Wui zowoitis te ye numaitie te wa-
la bakpai ta za kavu è leve numaitie va
te loto-zu venee.

Ani ya kpolo mii na ga tamaa towo è
mamamai le leve-tevesu ga pago, kpoloi ya
zie zei è wolo ga, nii wo ka kě è ve.

Ani ya zuga lamaa mii na, ya zuga zee-
be zolo wo nii yá kě è viyili yee ta è za
wolo ani te le è maa wokoni.

Ani ya doo boale na ga tamaa faa ya ye
è mamoyěi va ta è wuu-zu zoolaitie tani-
ga va.

Na vaa ma è welè sa ná va ga velei è
la ga faa yaa-wua ga è daa-mii kpoobogi
wo ga pago.

Me le ye tea nii ya no wuigitie vaa ma.
Ani seebě vaa ve, oo saa vaa, ta ya ye ga
Loomagitie pe. Na lei de balai ma? Kě
de pe da no ga nu busea. Ani wui zowoi
Ya Looma nu laa na, nii yá welè bá kúu
zu to no ya yá welè bá wui kwele nu wuu
zu. Ani Looma nu ya maa neè te fodo ve
zéea, wui kwele kpalaa ka va no te fodoi
wulo bá te fé Looma nui na ya, ani te ma-
vodoi ya ga kavelo. Da no ga nu gila de

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bete velei zu.

Nà vaa ma, me le daa-mii ñeni lene-go'i
nii ziyi ga soloya. Wele na va boo se-se
ga folo nere è daa-mii ñenii ta mi yà wulo
daa-mii ñeni zei-zu looluo'i zu de te laa
woga.

## Daa-mii ñeni nala-nala oo daa-mii ñeni nowo ya kë è zeebe

Daa-mii ñeni ya nowo ani yà séi zuwâ-
ve, toku ge zei ga nu ßuse ta boga to ñe-
niitie ta boo tie wui zuwâve. Nà ya yèè
na nu ßuse pe to ñeni pe ta zic ná te
kpoi vaza ve nere ta li na, pèlei wu bala
pe. Nà vaa ma, daa-mii ñeni ya zoo è yè
ga zafo seebe è è zo ani yà malaa-mii ñe-
nii zei na zuwâve.

Daa-mii ñeni ya nowo pe ani duuli oo
gove ñeni fikaa ta vee na bá. Duuliitie
ta vee kpoov va. Ta na liizu, ta ya ye te
wowoitie va te lii la. Ta vee na yà laa-
mii ñenii va, ta kpoi vaza máazu. Pupui-
tie pe ta nii mazii ye no è yee kpekpegii-
tie va. Nà vaa ma keni yà yà laa-mii ñe-
nii maazu vee.

Diyi-yilia ya fulu ñeni vele-velegiti-
vaa niitiè te daa-mii ñenii zu. Nà vaa
ma towaa ye ga faa vago tei da daa-mii ñe-
ni lamaa yili. Ya gili na, pu koko maa-
wuoi zu è máazu vee ga ñeni me le wow bá.

Níke nini yie maazu-vete fai ya ga fai
gáa wuai, towo é ga fai kpai, bovelaalé
fulu ñeni vele-velaga lamaa ta zoo te yè
nikè nini yie zu, niitie ta va ga seebe.
Nà vaa ma te to daani zuu lamaa zu ga
taitie ta nikè nini yie zow wulo, kè tei
ta gili ga maa-wù. Te le kèè ó nè, kè
ta kpádi boo ga pago ga è fulu ñeni nere

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paa yá ye sú. Nikè nini yie si yà gèea è
kèi-keigitie zu oo nii è kopu zu, te pe
te Yilive ga te va ga pago ga nu kpoale.

To ga faa vago ga duuyègitie te nini
boale. Ani yá na ng na, duuli le vee ni-
ni yie si va, nu le pua kpoale ñeni zu nii
Yee ta máa le wuoni, è le séiya volo ga
Yee ta è nala-nala. Nà vaa ma ani yà ni-
ke nini yie vee na duuyègi ya, wele ná
va ga page, máa wuoi ga velei dée nu ni-
ni yie ya va da.

Daa-mii ñeni ya nala-nala ani yà daa-
zu yee na ga sú wooza. Pelè lamaa ya na
ga velei da daa-mii laa-zu yee la. Gila
ka ga è fò ga velei da keè la ga kize,
kpasa, è vee yava va. Ta ya wono ga è
gee ga velei da kèè la ga molo. Gila ka
ga è máa yili ga velei da keè la ga daba.
Ta ya ga è kpolo bokpene má ga velei ta
keè la ga kale. Nikè nini yie laa-zu ya
bete ga velei ta maa baa la nii è yoke-
yeke towo máa ya wote: ta tíli ga siize.

Daa-mii ñeniitie ta ye kèi-kèi su te
laa-zu beteve de ga maa-wù ga giliai.
Nà ya yá ke fulu ñeniitie te le zo oga to
le sù to kàla-nala. Ta dàa wulu kpan ga
fàga me le wu daa-mii ñenii ma è sù.

Faa niinai numaitie te pètèga to ga
daa-mii ñeni laa-zu-bete vai koolè zu ga
è me le nala-nala. Ta daa-mii ñenii lei
ga maa-vilea yie òana ga kwoti yavele,
nà ya yá kè fulu ñeni vele-velègi ta ne-
pe ge me le bete sú. Ani ta daa-mii ñe-
ni lei na ng na è òana, towaa ye laani
ga kwena tamaa, kè ani yà síyi nà ná, to-
waa ye no ga maniine, ya pète ga te nikèi
vaa no za oo te towoi wuloa no za.

Faa-wu yaa-zie veaitie te welee ñeni-

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voo vele maniine va. Te ŋeni wolo ŋeni
voozu foloi ya oo tayai ma, kě nii zu ta
zoo te tsaŋai vo é vee níke ŋini yie va
ta soo-yie, kafe ta tii pe.

To mu a de wulove gaa-naa zu ga tei ta
ŋeni niitie vo. Yee ta naza nu ya Zozoo
nui duí yie zeebe towo keni níke ŋini yie
no ya yá bálo. Tovo níke le Zozoo o no
ye ga bili ga do ŋini yie i ziyi. Tovo
zui ta ya na máa woozai ga kavele teego,
níke ya ná ga nii ta ŋini yie i wulo te
fó te téve Labia, nii timai ya vaa la. Te
zeba te va ga ta podi-loo velei wu Zozoo.
Manaza nui ya zóo no é li é ta yee a é té-
ve dúi wo ná valo. Níke ŋini yie-voo vai
ya yá kě nii ye.

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DAA-MII ŊENI YA YAA-BAA VE DE YA

Nu ya yee na ŋiizu, é le laa mia. Ná
Ya ga de le faa ta npe kce da na ŋiizu,
ná ma de le laa mia. Nii é miini ó vee
laazu, to ya ye é wuu zu é yeeu gela-bo.

Kè yá ye na ga folo, da ye tii yeezu
die kě ga gaa-baa. Nii mavaa ma keni da
laa mi titi ga folo. Daa-mii ŋeni ya gaa-
baa ve de ya. Daa-mii ŋeni ya bo de lo-
toi va ga velei kovi ya bo da ŋabu va.
Towaa gaa-baa ve de ya ga velei kovi ya
ŋada-wodo bakpai vee la ŋabu ya ta ŋabu
wui kpakpai.

Ná vaa ma a de yi gaa zie nui nii ma
nii yá la é nii subu é wu ziyi é li tii

yeezu, kě é le laa miini. Towaa tii ye
ga pago? Ná tii ya ye ya pěte ga manui
ya ye ŋiizu, bōvelaale gaa-bai daa-mii
ŋeni ya fě nu ya é le ta zolo woni. Ma-
nui vii ya bce, towo towaa ye no yeezu
kala-dodo. Ná ma, numaa ta ta lii mavai
ye yaazu ga faa, ta laa mi ga subu to
vee liizu ta lii yee-zuve.

Zuitie fikaa zu zinaitie ta tii baana
ke, keni ta daba mi ta kale é vee zowoi
ba ta kpoolo-voo, níke ŋini yie, kafe é
vee numunu ba, te nii bogope mi to vee
laa leesu tii wu. Te yaa ya sa yá baa,
towo ta sa ta tii ye ga tamaa.

Tani su ta tii loo zei ga yalava do-
zita subu. Foloi ya gáa lo na ta be ta
lii va te li te laa mi kono. Kpoko sa
ta bólo na, ta li te laa mi kono. Ya wé-
le numai niitie ta lii va yá ye tea,
"Kpo! Tii bakpa ve!"

Zuu vikaa zu numaitie ta no ta kafe
kpoga níke ŋini yie i boale te kpoolo-
voo mi. Ta na yee na, ta sa ta ta lii
loo zei. Folo wuigi ya kpaa na kpekpe,
ta li te tii boga níke ŋini yie boale,
te kpoolo-voo mi. Niitie boga pe ta no
ga te gaa-baa ve numaitie ya ta lii vaa
ma.

Looma zui zu zinaitie ta tii loo zei
to vee laa miizu. Folo wuigi ya na kpaa-
zu, te taniga ta keelo-loo kpoale. Kě
nii le ga daa-mii ŋeni. Keelo-loo ka
gaa-baa ve te ya no te negi ma ta te wū-
gitie zu, kě é le gaa-baa veea te ya te
wokegitie zu ta te wulu-zaamavatie. Ta
yaa-bai wo sú le volo woozani. Manui yá
tii ye no keelo-loo ma folo npe towo é
le laa miizu ga pago ó vee laa leesu tii

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wú, towaa bólo kavu, to mu volo towaa zee66. Gaama zu, manui le zooga 6 tii maa-nec ye é ye velei nui. Ya tii yee la nii é laa mia 6 vee tii loo zeizu.

A de gaa ya ga tei a de wöini de zu 6aa tii ye6zu, pá6e a de laa mi do vee tii lóó zeizu. Ná ya yee ná, yála va-téniga ya leve na de laa mi wono.

Wui zowoitie te Yêgelese yui zu te tii liigoi wöoni Yele na, te weleni ná va ga tei é Yeni ga koo-woo ziegi zu towo numaitie te le 6ega tsa6ai boga dába zolo wo, zui malonoi yiini bú. Nii Yseni ga tei numaitie te Yeni fii-6ee libi ye6zu towo tii venei ye sa. Tei sa daa-mii ņeni vani kono, numaitie te tii vago yee-ni, te pe te kapa pago zolo wo.

Zui taniga zu numaitie sikaa te le laa mia ga folo gaa-lo-ga. Ta laa mi 6oo ga kpo6o volo yaa 6aa-6aa. Ta laa mi ko kono sa 6oo ga kpidi, tani su Yalava puu-go oo puugo kai gila. Numai niitie ta tii ye ga subu te nii ga kpo6o volo, kpi-di ta tii ye kono.

Numaa ta ga tee towo ta ta liitie ye ga tee, te ta laa-miigitie wo ga tee. Kê ve nep6 numaa ta ta lii 6aanagi ziyi na ga faa Yaa-wua, ta laa mi to vee tóó zeizu, te laa mi kono ta lebi na k6e6zu.

### DAA-MII DENI YA GA NU YII-MA
DENI

Nada ta nep6 zui zu, numaitie ta na

yii-ma ye6zu, ta kuy ya.

Yá na ga Amel6e, ani zunu wóive ga naza nu, towaa tíli é lii la daa-mii bo-suve ga te laa mi. Tani su ta ye ná ga Yalava felego oo saago tis no laa mi sii tis yep6.

Ani Kolai maa veaitie ta na Ziize Yaa voloi mawuu-zu-nec wulozu, ta tse wec-kele-dudu ta vaa na nii tévegei tse6aa va ga gili-zi looluo. Ta daa-mii ņeni zei-zu puugo kai felego oo puugo kai looluo yili.

Wolo-woloi-zu Loomagitie to kuu yaa ani to yii-ma yee na, te laa mi te vile ga tamaa. To laa mi na ga vike te vilei sa ga tamaa, to li pele ta wu te wú pili te gaa Yili. To wú pili na to li wono te vee ga laa-mia.

Yá na ga Dulu Kolo taa zu, dáa-mii bo-suve ta ya ná kuu-ya ziegi ya ziiti na ná, ta dáa-mii ņeni zei-zu zee felego yili oo yee ta zee saago. Ta s6i teeve wala gila ma. Yá no ya li ná è daa-mii ņenii mazii è wöini, è síyi è pú ya do laa-mii wokoi zu.

Numaitie vike ta na ani te wöini te yii-ma ye ta li ga daa-mii ņeni do6oi zu oo gaalai zu oo tani su zie woba, tani su gizi loso te zei sa tis laa mi. Te wuu zu ya nec ani ta na nii ye6zu.

Ani Loomagitie te wúu zu ya nec na ta níke vaa ga velei ta kee la ani ta na zade kuu yaazu oo ta na zinaa wuu yaazu.

Gaama zu volo ta te le -ma vai 6ogope daa zei ga daa-zei pago nii, ná ya ga kuu.

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4

A DA TII YC GA DAA-MII ICNI
A DA YALA-FELI VAI ZU

De le no tii yee ga daa-mii neni ga
de loto-zu wodo 6 no ye ga da lii de kee-
zu 6 no ye ga da yii-ma-yee vai. A da
tii ye ga daa-mii neni ga velei da Gala
feli la. Ziiize yeni tea, "Nà ya gè ga
zevu bolo-voi," é boc laa wo koo daa-
mii neni va ta a da valolai.

A de tii ye ga daa-mii neni ga a de
zalaya wulo la. Wolo-wolo Luusiitis to
suo vaa ga te Gala zii la, te Gala mama.
Nii zu de Loomagitis te le de Kolai na
do zalayai Yaa Yaani ta de no ta teewu
oo bili wulozu ga zalaya.

Nà ya yee na Kolai maa veaitie ta
kpoolo-voi mi te doo boale ga te yee-zei
vai Kolai wu ga velei é laa-nowo woni la
pee pulu-wulu likpii ma da wolo-wolo ye-
vui vaa ma. Ta ye ma zevu-vee mii-neni-
gi.

Loomagitis niitis te le de nii ziyini
ga gaama ga Gala ka gaa-baa zéea ta ne-
teai maazu é vee wòila va, ta de no gove
woozu ga velei te Yawoloni to kee la.

Maa-nee Ya daa-mii neniitis ma numaa
ya ta Yala fai zu. Nà Ya ga Duusiitis
te dòdoni Gala koloi zu ga te me le bùi
suo mi é vee suo vikes va. Maa le neni
nèeni to hikè nini yie boga daba mi ga
sie gila do no laalima ga te te la koko
gila su, anee balaa te te maa wuoni tei

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te gilagi ziyini kokoi va to vee zoi zei-
zu su. Kolai maa veaitie wo te dòdoni Ga-
la koloi zu ga Ziiize é maa-nee ziyini nii
bogope ba, na ma ta sa ta te bogope mi.

Loomagitis te le de nii Yaa Yaani, maa-
nee Ya de daa-mii neni lamaa va te ya.

Maa nèè zèli-wo beaitie te vili zi su,
siegi ta ya ziiti na kwenagi vaa ma.

Kolai maa veaitie fikaa ta vili zi su,
kè è le ga to te bogope faa ma. Te wöi-
ni te dè ga Gala ga tei balaa daa-mii ne-
ni é ga faa Yaa-wua te loto vaa ma ta ta
yii-ma-yee vai, te wöini te de ga to mu
te yee Ya Gala ma niitis bogope faa ma.
Nàtiis ta ga gaa-baa laa-mii boga, zii-
ma-yee laa-mii boga, ta doto-zu-wodo laa-
mii boga. Nà vaa ma te le laa mia. Ta
no yi gaa ziesu è vile Gala ba.

FOOD

We use food in four ways: to keep us
alive; to give us strength for work; to
enjoy ourselves; in practicing our reli-
gion.

FOOD KEEPS US ALIVE

The food we eat is changed inside our
bodies to become bones, blood, muscle,
skin, hair, etc. But not just one kind
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make bones. Meat and eggs and fish make
muscle and flesh. Greens and meat make
blood. And so on. Some people say that
milk is the perfect food, because it does
the work of rice, greens, meat and oran-
ges, and is changed inside our bodies to
make all of our parts. But most foods are
used more in one way than another.

## THE RIGHT FOODS

It is very important, therefore, that we eat the right kinds of food. The doctors say that there are five groups of food based on the different uses they have in our body. They are:

<table><thead><tr><th>CEREALS</th><th>MEATS</th><th>FRUITS</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>rice</td><td>meat</td><td>oranges</td></tr><tr><td>wheat</td><td>fish</td><td>limes</td></tr><tr><td>corn<br>(TUBERS)</td><td>poultry</td><td>grapefruit</td></tr><tr><td>potatoes</td><td>eggs</td><td>bananas</td></tr><tr><td>yams</td><td>beans</td><td>pineapples</td></tr><tr><td>cassava</td><td>peanuts</td><td>pawpaws</td></tr><tr><td>eddoes</td><td></td><td>plums</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>tomatoes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>VEGETABLES</th><th>MILK</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>greens</td><td>milk</td></tr><tr><td>okra</td><td>butter</td></tr><tr><td>eggplant</td><td>cheese</td></tr><tr><td>beans</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>pumpkin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>squash</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>green peppers</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>onions</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>cucumbers</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Everyone knows that our mothers did not tell us to eat all of these foods.

But take the word of the doctor who spent more than 20 years studying: these foods are all good and necessary. If you want your child to grow up well, he should eat something from each group every day.

## SICKNESS FROM NOT EATING RIGHT

If you do not eat enough of some foods, you will get sick.

The most deficiency disease for us here is kwashoirkor, that attacks little children who do not get enough milk, or eggs and meat. If their mother washes them too soon, and does not give them cow's milk bought from the store, the children get thin, their stomachs swell, their hair turns red and falls out, and eventually they will die, if they are not treated.

In fact, not eating enough meat, eggs, chickens, fish, peanuts and dried beans can make adults sick as well by making their blood poor. A woman who has this deficiency will have a harder time delivering her child. Anyone in this condition will be weak and tend to get sick oftener with any other disease, instead of recovering rapidly.

Sometimes several lack of meat, eggs, fish, chicken, milk, etc. can damage the brain of a child for his whole life.

If you do not get enough meat, peanuts, liver, eggs, etc. you may get skin ares, running stomach and swelling all over.

If babies do not get enough milk, eggs, fish oils, they will not sit or crawl

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properly, their joints enlarge, and when they walk, their thin legs will bend and grow curved.

If anyone, but especially children, does not eat enough oranges, limes, tomatoes, cabbage, green peppers, etc., his teeth may become loose, his bones will hurt, his gums will bleed, he may get fever, and his legs and arms will swell.

If you do not get enough meat, eggs, fish, milk, your eyes may go dim or be otherwise disabled.

If you do not eat enough greens, you may not be able to see well at night.

Sometimes if you do not eat enough of the five kinds of food, the sickness caused by the lack will not appear until you are older. Your liver may be affected, or other internal organs. You may lose your teeth at an early age, or your eyesight, or your heart may become ill.

Many times when a sick person goes to the hospital, the injections or pills the doctor gives are not medicine, in the drug or leaf sense, but are really food. That is, the doctors have been able to take the valuable part of the orange out of the orange, and make it into a pill, or a liquid, and you receive it that way. For instance, one pill a doctor may give you may have the strength of 40 oranges, or a whole pan of liver, so that you do not have to find 40 oranges to eat every day, or a whole pan of liver.

That is why many people who are not sick take a pill every day. It is not medicine for any illness, but it is food

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taken not only from oranges, but other fruits and meat and vegetables, that the doctors have compressed into a pill. People take this pill every day in case they are not able to get oranges, or cab-bages, or liver. It is this pill that the teachers sometimes give to the school children along with their food.

You can also get sick from eating too much.

If you eat too much rice and oil, you will become fat, and this will affect your heart. People who are fat tend to die sooner than people who are thin, according to the doctors.

If you eat too much salt and your blood is not circulating properly, the salt holds water in your body, and you swell up.

If you drink a great deal of alcohol, your liver becomes diseased.

If you eat too much sugar, you will get a sugar illness that may cause you to become unconscious, and even die.

So you can see how important it is that you eat enough of the right kinds of food. Do not say this is only for foreigners. We are all human beings, and if the doctor cuts open the stomach of a Loma person he sees inside exactly what he sees when he cuts open a foreigner. When a Loma person needs blood, a foreigner's blood of his same type can go right into his body and mix with his own blood. They are the same.

Therefore, good food for one is good food for another. Make sure that from your

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garden, farm, market or store you will
be able to eat every day a food from
each of the five kinds mentioned above.

## DIRTY OR SPOILED FOOD CAN CAUSE ILLNESS

Food gets dirty from being on the ground because people and animals relieve themselves on the ground and people and animals walk there and carry the feces everywhere, even into the house.

Food gets dirty from flies and other insects settling on it. Flies also sit on feces, and when they leave, carry some on their feet. When they sit on food, they spread the feces there. The same is true of roaches, ants and other insects. Therefore, food should always be covered.

Cooking kills the disease-bringing germs that are on food and in food. Therefore, it is good that many of our foods are cooked. When it is cooked, put the food on clean plates and cover it to keep it clean and safe.

Keeping milk clean is especially important and especially difficult. Milk can easily carry germs that bring many diseases. For this reason it is a law in many countries that people who sell milk must cook it first. They do not let it boil, but they heat it a great deal, enough to kill any disease-carrying germs in it. All the milk that you buy in tins, or dried as powder, has been cooked enough to make it safe to drink.

Food gets spoiled from being kept too long. There are several ways to preserve food. One is to dry it, as you do with

peppers, okra, tomatoes, etc. Another is to parch it, as you do with rice. Another is to smoke it, as you do with meat. Another is to rub it with salt, as they do with some fish. Milk can be preserved as cheese, which is milk soured and fermented.

Food in cans is preserved by first cooking it so that all germs are killed, and then sealing the can very tightly so that no air or new germs can enter.

The newest way people have discovered to preserve food is by freezing it. Food is quickly made very cold and hard, so that no disease-bearing germs can live in it. Food frozen like this can be kept for years, and when you thaw it out, it seems as fresh as if you killed the meat today, or picked the beans.

Formerly the food was dried in the sun, or on a tayai over a fire. But now scientists have special ways of getting the water out of food. They can even dry eggs, milk, soup, tea, coffee, almost any liquid.

## FOOD GIVES US STRENGTH TO WORK

One does not eat while he sleeps. That is because he is not doing anything, and does not need much strength.

But during the day we are working and using strength, and so we need food every several hours. Food gives strength. Food helps our body as wood helps fire. It produces strength as wood produces light and heat.

Therefore, consider the man who gets

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up in the morning and goes to work with-
out eating. Will we work well? His work
will rather be like sleeping - weak and
small. Therefore, if people really take
their work seriously, they eat in the
morning before they begin it.

In some countries, when the men who do
hard work get up in the morning they eat
meat, fish, potatoes, bread, eggs, milk,
coffee and oranges. Then they have stren-
gth and can do a great deal of work.
They may start at 6 in the morning. At
noon they stop their work and eat again.
Then in the evening when they have finished
their work, they eat again. They do an
admirable amount of work.

In Loma country men start out to do
their work in the morning before they
eat. Then many of them drink some palm
wine in the middle of the morning. But
this is not food. Palm wine gives them
strength in the tongue and the head, but
not in the arm and back, and not for
long. The man who works like this every
day, not on food, but on palm wine, will
get tired quickly and perhaps even get
sick. And he will certainly not do as
much work as the man who ate food before
he began to work.

People are different and arrange their
work and eating differently. But
everywhere that people take their hard
work seriously, they eat before they be-
gin, and then again after they have
worked for several hours.

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## Teela, nui te teveni Gala faa ma

De maliyii Ziize yeni tea, "A li. Wa yê ga nà seelea Yelusulêê lai zu ta Yudiiya yui yaazo zu é yêê Sameelia va é yê sa su é ziiti zui wêê ma."

Koloi nii vilege zunu ta va daa ga Hosê Teela. 3 goo-meni kuloni de maliyii na togi nii zu é daani de ya. Ani a da lii na Gala faa ma, zase ya da maa zolo wo pulu? Daa-nowo-wo kpakpa ya Hosê Teela maa zolo woni fai nii wulu. Moolsi yê sis tamaa zu. D zee6e faa 6awu gie yêê la. To nêê wulo su. D li sis 6aa-6aa su woozaa ma yîs wow wulo nazai ya ta dea é yêê po pala wu veai zoitis va. Deaitis taniga ts le 6ega woolo tis za.

Kè ani a da Gala goo meni na, da kuu-zu-nêê 6akpa maa zolo wo. Hosê Teela na dei kuu-zu-nêi nii kessi é tii 6akpa yê Gala faa ma. Na zu-wulo-zu ya ga é vaani ga nu lamaa ga te Gala kwêê te tii yê mavaa ma. Ê liini ga Gala palesi zuu zu woozaa zu. Na ya yêê na zii-laa luo wala yeni nà yeteai zu.

Teela yai ma ga zunu loma é kwessni ga Gala ge wôini é li Saina yui zu é faa wo na numaitis ma é vile Ziize va.

Saina ya ga zui nii gwala maa woozai Teela yaa yui va. Na ya ga Yêgelese. Timai ó zivi na Yêgelese é yê é ziiti Saina ó lebi pele zu é leve yalo dooluo va. Na mazisgi zu Saina veaitis ta le neni faa ta menini de ó vile Gala dui va oo Gala goi. Niitis te te zivini ga gaama é vile Gala ba maa veligsi Yêgeleseitis ta dei va è yê velei no te lotoi maa veligsi la natis ta dei va. Vele no na é la ga te maa-yili

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zoolaitis ta te laa-mii ŋenii é vss
te vss vaitis va.

De yeea Gala 6alavs nu ps faa ma.
Zii-mai ya ga nu ps ge faa msní é vile
dui va. Na ya é ksni é pu zunu lomai
Teela yii zu ga maa nssva yá woolo na
é li é yá Saina yui zu ga ná seele.

Teela wo ge liini Saina. Dii maa
wūgi é boni kaa wenagi ŋeni na mazis
su ga zee felego kai vile. Sislaa
liigoi é ksni Saina puai kii ma to
puu kai vile. Ná ya é zaani na kśi
ma sa ga kwena zee lofela kai sava.

Ksi ma niitis vsszu, zsseni ka te
vsní ga ná daa-nowo-wogitis? Zsseni
ka wono te vsní ga ná kuu-zu-nsi?

Daa-nowo-wogi niitis ya é te woni:

### Deni vala zeea

Teela ó teya yá liizu Saina é všni
wōi ysszu é sale 6ete lii maa woli
kss vaa ma yís dárita lii yá Saina
veaitis vaa ma. Kè navoloi é všni
zéea pšeni yá ga viks ga é li kolo
všleši wu. Sis tamaa zu daa-mii ŋeni
všni ga kpoolo-voó ta zis é vss gulu
vaa va. Sis liigoi ó bo ga é li kolo
vše wu gelaa-bo pele vile-gile ó zoo
é yá ga sís ziví. Físebu é li Zozoo.
Kaa ó li na kè navolo le ŋeni. Teela
ya ó kulo-yss wo ga é kai mavoons-vee
vss la.

Tei sa na ta ksni, é li sa Saina.
Maazu veaitis te všni Yēgelese ts le
6ega ná navoloi leve sís ta zu. Tovo
nii 6alaa to fe zéea pšeni yá ga viks.
Foonsi kwena gila faa ma é všni ga

Teela vilini timai ta zu ga é li
Saina yui zu. Timai ksni pele zu
ga yalo dooluo.

Fukpa
Dolo

Pele yaala-yaala ta všni zis-va gee,
su daa logsi kakei va. Na ya Teela
všni niizu bu yís mavoons ve.

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$ 320, towo pelsi é yeni bu yís na ma-
voons-vee yé ga 480 kwena ma. Na
ma pels yaala-yaala ta yeni zis-ya yee
su daa logsi kakei va tima vile-suvs,
na ya sa é yeni niizu bu yís mavoone
ve. Na ya yes na daa-mii yesii 600
6aa nspg gs le yesi ma na no ya ó mi.

Teela yesi ma Saina sis tamaa zu é
le 6ega ys ga kwésaga ga vs ó navolo-
zolo wo na é daa-mii yesi yeea la na
wulu voloi vaa ma.

## See6s

Teela le yesi ga nu vele-kele ná
lopo wolo laa zu. To mu folo gwala
vii 6si ys ga é li kolo vels wu. Ksni
dee ó ys kala bosu pels wu. Tei towo
sa é wooloni su 6aní.

Kè seegs laa leoni bu. Ksí ma sale
wolo velsi wu na ta wolo yesi tekpe ga
koole vile zees6 paa. Ksí ma Saina
soo wuloni ma, koole vile laa le bu,
kozo yowú so. Kè salei te kpesni bè
yavu towaa é baloni. È seegs lamaa
woni volo Saina.

Tei kaa wenagi ziitini zee haago
kai felego zu é yani leзу tima zu é
6eyé é loo. Govei lu6u. Kowoitis tis
sa za ma ga pels-pels. Dayitaitis
boni ga é le sa wolo-wolo zooga ó zis.
Yalo tamaa yee wu keni ó la no é laa
zei. Kè é yani valozu ga pels-pels é
yesu sa yís zoo yís zis wono.

Sisitis boga ta ná numaitis

te yaa-yes vai ma

Te Teela yaani no é ks getea ga

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kwena zee felego kai vile yís wulo dee
va ta keea ga é li Saina. Yalo tiigoi
é ksani pele zu sisi nii ma tevegsi yé
dooluo va. Dee le yesi kwëni ga ani
towaa wels sa ba wolo-wolo. Kwena dofe-
la ya é ksani Saina ó teva liizu wulu
Yëgelese. È liilaa yesni Saina puu
kai vile. Kwena tiigoi wogi é ksani na
tevegsi yé kwena zee felego kai looluo
va. È liini 6alaa ps Amelks ta Ose-
toilia. È liini zui zoitis zu Yuulo
yuu 6uumsi vaa va.

Ani Teela ó ys na sisi niitis wosu
su-wulo-zu ya ga názai vss dea va ta
tišni te yaa ó wss ma. Sis tamaa zu
ksni Teela boga názai to yaa wss ma
toku ge zei ná ná doto-zu-wodo lalai
va ta ná tii-ysés vai. Deaitis to wollo
na Saina yui zu ó te leve wulu Yëgelese
ga te li kolo vels wu.

Tei Teela yesi Saina é sis zu woozaa
woni é le ga ná maazu vele zui na vaa
va. Sis tamaa zu sisi natis te yesi ga
faa 6oei mavaa ma. Bovelaale wûmo vea
boga nu-vaa vea te yesi na. Na ya yes
na fâga wala ó va zis 6aazagitis ya towo
kée ka ó zei su zisi ya yís li sisi ma.

Sis gila su é ziitini taa ta zu ve
ná veaitis to le yesi wôini ga wës. Na
ma te Teela zoni ná wû devai va te dova
na ta wolo ys sa no tekpe te paa. Te
maazu nu walai ta yee vili sa mavai zu.

È yesi liizu sis ta ma kpoo lii-yes
nui kweligitis wûmo é zivi pulu. È
ys wono na wulu zis ma náubui ná saleitis
yáazo zu nala-nala. Na ya ga salei nii
é yesi zeea ga é seegs veaitis valo la.

Nas-wulo-su vai

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Sis tamaa zu Teela baitis te le
6ega goi yaa ya. Tei ds é liini Saina
ga maa wû pa, misili wuigi zoitis te
yaazu wudeni maazu, bovelaale nu Bulu-
gi nii é yasi pulu Yêgelese yui zu é
le nasi wooloni. Na ya wulo na su na-
volo maa nsi le nasi zêea.

To mu Sainaitis te zilini la ds ga
maa wû toku ge zei dotoi maa-veli fai
va ta dai ya. Na wû devai yaa wele-
kwelegi yê, natis wo ta dsi yis lei.
Te lamaa te yasi kaazu ga gove yowû.

Kê kpoo zis-puluitis to nss wulo
su ga yee ta. Nii to mansi wulo su
gila ge yasi ga tei sa é lebini Saina
é kpatoni sa ga yis maa yili ga Sainai-
tis maa-yili vele. E deveni wono
ga yis na wûgi wo ga natis wûgi-wo
pelei. Na ya ga wû deva gabii no ó
ziyi ko pulu é wulo gaazuve. Na ya
wulo na su, é le nasi baa wěitis zaa-
ma. Ta Sainaitis te yasi no tai zu
600600. Niitis yaazo ya baitis to ma-
nss wo ma.

Daza nui nii balaa Teela yasi wôizu
é kulo ga naza, tai te yasi naza nui
na maazu vatsu te boni ma ga é ms le
laali naza nui ma, bovsllaale gaa le
ba. Na ya ga Teela yaa le ba.

Tei wono Teela liini wulu Yêgelese
é yaa baa ga é numai zoitis zolo wo
te li te Gala goi wo Saina, nu lamaa
nsani ma tis bo ga na tii le lebiga
su, bovsllaale nu Bulu kpakpa le nasi
pulu navolo lamaa ó yê te ya.

Tii-yasi

Teela tii yasi ga kpaanaga daa-

nowo-wo ge ziiti ma ga mawulo-su-nu-ma.
Diai ma Saina ga maa wû pa, é tii baa-
baa ksani é daa-nowo-wo gaa ya ga su
lonoi. Tei é liini na ga maa wû, é tii
yasi ga é Sainaitis te laa zii woi maa
woli. Kê é yasi no bosu numaa va yis
Gala goi wo te ma. Daa-woo-leve-bo nu
ya é yasi te yoozu ta tisni.

Sis ta zu to vilekpu no ya é yasi
ga sale-bets nui sale vels ta wu taa
walai zu. Sale velsi nii lii ge yasi.
ga Zozoo sale velsi lii-tii sei-zu fele-
go.

O li wo yis Gala goi wo numaitis ma
nadi vatis Gala pels le nasi natis. O
ys na sisi niitis wosu sis tamaa zu nada
vago le bega yê zêea ga é nii na, mii-
nani maa nss le bega yê zêea ga é mi.
Faa bsei yasi zalsni maazu sis tamaa
zu te laa les vai zu bu.

Ani balaa ó yê na Yêgelese yui zu ó
yê tii yaszu ga yee nps yis Gala koloi
maa veli Sainaitis laa woi zu.

Saa vai

E yê velei no é la ga nu ta nps,
saa vai ó lo Teela va. Tei duu maa wûgi
ksani petea ga kwena dosava é zee6ani
é za Saina. Tei wono kwena saago wuloni
su, duu zunu gila ge zaani. Na mawenagi
no naza zunu lui ta yaani nã za. Dowo
felego wulo no su naza nui to yagi é za.

Tei na ta ksani, Teela kavele batisi
ga zoitis taniga te wulo Yêgelese yui
zu te yê ba Gala na tii-yê vaa ma.
Kwena gila su Sainaitis te laa lsi
numai niitis wu te nu yee looluo kai
losava vaa te va. Maa-wôi bakpa looni
Teela ma fai niitis yaazo zu.

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Mavaa wuloai vs è vs fai nps yá
nu laa-nowo wo kpgops ge zitiini
Teela ma. Kè tei towo wōiyai vs ga
Gala, é faa va-pa tamaa maa zolo woni
ná ñeteai zu ñalaa ps.

## Tii zu-lonoi

Teela na tii zu-lono ñeni ba. È
Yeni wōi yessu ga é li Saina ga é nu-
maitis yala bo é vile Gala ba ta Gala
dui. È nii wo kseni. Tei Teela
vileni Saina yui ma ga maa wū, gaazu
maa yis looni ma kuu-zu-nss vele ma,
è mama fe Gala bs. Ksi ma ds ñetea
nu wulu zee felego kai looluo ya te
bataize ysni la Sainaitis zu ná tii
é too zeini saala zu.

Teela liai ma Saina ga maa wū kwena
dofelai é kseni na to no ya tii-yes
vai boolo zu laa logsi vs ba. Kè ó
teya vs zaazu é kpo-ba woni ga é va
ga misili wuiga Saina. Nu liigoi é
vaani ga tis ga te bo ba te tii vs
tevegsi vs wulu gila ba.

È Yeni wōi yessu é li ga Gala goi
ga na maazu vele zui vaa va, kss vaa
ma é 6o numai niitis va to ls ñeni de
Gala goi msnini. Towo é nii yseni.
O teya vs zaazu é wseni na va ga
misili wuiga vsa Gala goo-wo bea va
te yani nadsi yaazo Saina yui vaa va.

Navoloi é Yeni Teela ya na tii loo-
zei-zuve pnsi vs, to 6owoi vaa vaa-
yss vaa balaa ma. Kè tei sa é Yeni
liizu ga yee luo vele, navolo Yeni sa
na é tii kulo wo ga é nu wulu gila
kulo Yêgelese yui zu é va ga tis, na-
voloi nii 6o te va te tii vs vatis na
woozaí Saina vaa va.

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Booboo su Gala ge tii ysni ga zunui
nii ga ná zii-mai vs zui zu. Tii zunui
nii ksni su-lonoi zu woolove ma.

Teela de vele-yeleni é vile velei
va é Gala goo-wo tii loo zeini la na yis
zolowo zéea ns na. È yeni tea, (1) Ks-
ni wa numaa yaa zis ga te li te Gala
goi wo. (2) Ksni wo ks numaa te yee
zei Gala pelsi na wu wa too zei wo ks
su 6aa. (3) Ksni wa navolo yaa zis yis
lo Gala pelsi wu lii-yes vai zu.

Kè Teela faa ta woni de ma balaa wono
é vile velei va é leveni da yis navoloi
zolo wo Gala na tii vaa ma. È boni
ga é le wolo-wolo navolo velini. È
vs é faa woni no numaitis ma é vile Sai-
na va. Ani Gala go wōi na te navolo ve
to fe. Sis gila su é fai nii woni nu
ta ma nà vs ma, "Gè yeni no vaazu dala
dooluo veezu tii nii vaa ma. Kè tei
sa è faa zu wuloa é vile mavai va, gà
sa gà dala wù dooluo ve."

Pelei nii ya Teela leveni da navolo-
wulo vaa ma, 6ovslaale é laani la ga
fai niitis te ma6ala ma ná tii vaa ma
Gala ka na laa zo bé. Nii no é yeni ga
ná dsi su é yeni ga é yavele ôts ga é
maa zolo wo.

## Zii-laa vai

Gala ge faa nss wala ysni Teela vs
balaa ps. È zii-laa ysni zii zu. Da
nii vats pele lamaa zu.

Tei Teela moolsi vs pelsi é yani nii-
zu bu gwala yowuai é yani tea, "Dada ns-
ps gs le nsni gé wu-maa-wo nu vagoi ya
ga é wu da na. Booboo su nui tibigi
de wōila nui va towa zolowo zéea yee

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Saina nu

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nepo ga é ye tea, 'Gè le lua faa yowù
va, govelaale yà kòba."

Tei te laa leoni Teela wu na Gala
goo-wo sisi ta zu é yoni tea, "Kùu zu
le de wolo-wolo nsoni ng na ga gè boe
é vile Gala na wòilai va ta de yoozu-
bets Ziiize Kolai ve da Galani."

Tei Teela duu naza nui zaani é yoni
tea, "Gala ge le ziyini gé wulu. Dùi
le vilini. Tei Gala ge siyini gè le
yoni wòi ye ga gè siyi wulu."

Na wulu wono tei nazaï zaani é yoni
tea, "Gala ge welsni na va ga page é
sivi. Na le ga soloya vaa vago màvaa
ma, govelaale Gala maa buova bà é leve
velei va wolo maa buoai yaga la bà."

Nii ya é boni é vile ná daa-nowo-wo
fai va. È yoni tea, "Fai yaazo é yessu
te pe te wuai kii ma te vage numai nii-
tis yaazu te Gala wòini. Tuoi Gala ka
bo ga nu kulove ga tuoi duu keea ya bo
da, na ya ga duu keeai wòiyai ga dui.
Towaa va bu no faa zu-buua vaa ma ga
zii-zuuli vaa ye ga dui, kss vaa ma su
lonoi ya solo wo é me le solo wo faa
yaa-wãla yense maazu."

Booboo su na yavele yii-lai ya ga
tono-ba nani bakpa nu vaa ma. Tono-ba
bakpa nsoni na yoni Teela ya, govelaale
é yoni tea, "Gè yoni yotea baa gè zaani
gà ga de malivii na do."

Tei Teela ziyini Saina ga mamaa wû
pa é va wulu é yoni tea, "È ye balaa
powù wulu gila ge yoni zèea, ó ye no
Saina yui vaa ma. È ye balaa zèvui
zei-zu yoni zèea ga wulu gila, Saina
yui wo go ye ga te pe. Ba! È le ga

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púlu, te vela.

ŋaza nui nii zaala zu ŋa zoota yaga
la su ŋe yoozu ziitia.

dede kotoo

--piite zoi

faa wolo-zaŋagi nii vilege ŋaza nu Ŷi-
la ba ta ŋe má dede kotoo, to kpovomeš
wui zu, ŏokeza.

kè teí dɛ́ è ŋeni ga ŋaza nu loma vu-
dali, è ŋeni ga báa pɛ́ tuo nu. è yɛsu
pɛlezɛ́i baakele yɛminigi zu te kè ga na-
za nu yeema ná tuo-vele vagoi vaa ma ta
ná daa-bai.

sodasiitie to só zie vile fai ma te
dáa-nowo wo, le bega luo.

siegi na ma pɛ̃ te ŋeni dowoi loozu ná
ōkeza, ani kpoɛi ɔ̃ loo na dowoi zu, ná
Ya ga makitii zu, ɔ̃ li zozoo mavaa-wogi
ma.

na ma, polo-zaŋagɔ̃ sa, kè to no de
ŋazaitie1 luo ōokeza.

yōgɔ̃

--lavile gilewogi.

nà faa wolo-zaŋagi vilege ŋaza nu ŋi-
la ba ta ŋe má yōgo.

tei gè ŋeni zèlimɛɛ, zunu ŋila ge ŋe-
ni ná ta taa veaitiɛ te bœni. tei te
faa-wogi woni, wěi veeni, kè taa zeigi-

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tìe te ŋeni ŋaa 6aazu ga te faa ta ŋe ga
wěi.

kè yōgo é wěi lilini é kavelei zu wu-
lo má. é ŋe má, "fai nii te boga, ma le
sakpe. va bu nii ta vaa ma è teve te wo."

yōgo boni zunui va ga tamaa. è ye le
ŋoni, to zunui vaa, oo te faa ta yee
la.

kodi gboolu

--yalawu

ŋaza nui nii laa wulove ná tii vaa zu
é kœzu ga pago numaitie vaa ma, ta ŋe
má kodi gboolu.

towaa kai-lodai wo é gui loo woza-vili
veaitie vaa ma tii tii ŋe, na wulu é gui
loo ŋaza zowoitis vaa ma. kè ŋaza nui
nii goo nœve ga tamaa gui loozu.

le ŋeni woozi, fai nii ta nœpe giè ŋe
numaitie ta kpeeloo su ga ŋi-su vele. na
Ya ga kai-loda vai é vœ gui-loo vai va.
to ná tii ŋeɛzu ga pago siegi nii zu.

luopu yogawu

--noluba wuole

luopu yogawu Ya gè faa wonszu é vile
bá. to ga fisebu nu.

nii é kœ saala la má, é too zeini ŋe-
ni ōulu-kpulu sôwo-wuloa va. ná zu de,
kolui ya è ŋeni ga kapagi. ɔ̃ li wui tu-
wu vasai zu é vaa la yie sôwo wulo. ɔ̃
li koiya yie yaawo ŋeni ōulu-kpulugi ŋeea

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yíe vaa la yíe sōwo wulo.

Yee ta, anè balaa ɔ ye ga sama yie
wu, duuyègi è ye zéea, ɔ dá wùno è mulu
zìe leve da ga yala-wo no è kòiyà lowòi
lo.

è yèni nà yèezu è yèsu è bili zaa
Yèea. nà yíe sa kono guu wo yíe nà zò-
wo wulo.

ó wu zìyi pe to yìla yíe li kpedebu
yíe va ga kpolo wooloi nà. zolopo ɔ sí-
Yi è le bega sa nèni ta npe da má.

nà ya è yèga kéezu è yèga su siègi nii
ziitìa. è boo vele loga sa volo ga pani
pele. nà ya è saala laa má. towo folo
kì ge le baani kwèli ta npe ma. kè le
ga wèe vaa vele.

## bebe

--sayigi

bebe yèni ga zowo wala è ga zìyida nu.

zowo liitìe ɔ ke taniga ya. ɔ zade kuu
Ya; tife baya lamaa yèni zéea.

lopaitie taniga to zeebe na, keèni no
to lii la pò ga è máa woko. tife baya
lamaa yèni zéea. nu lamaa yèni kwèni ná
zu ga ɔ sale lii ye.

naza nu yìla ge yèni ná, dàa ga yama
gono è dúi yaani bèbe looma bá. è yèni
ga seebe-seebe duu. kè bèbe yaa baani è
kúlo su. nii zu sa lopoì boo ya sa ga
naza lopo.

tei sa dàa wuloni ga vike, wui fai wo
gàa bociyai de kodigitie maazu ga boc-
boo su, bèbe bowoi to ye sìyizu kpo su,

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ani yee ta ɔ ye na wøi yèezu è li sìe ma.

nèni lamaa yèni zéea. nà ya ga ná pelei
laa veni ga názaitie, towo te vapagei. kpo-
ko npe ná laa ɔ ve. zinaa, názaa, kè zi-
naitie boolo-zu to li ná ga te naza yaa
zìe.

kè mama bèbe zaani, è yèni ga maa-wøi
wala vaa. velei ɔ sale bete la duuyègitie
vaa ma è vee nui npe ba ɔ ye zeebezu. ná
tuo-vele vagoi keèni tei è zaani te saa-zu
vai yèeni ga bolo.

gè de wèleni nu ta va niitie è yèni ke-
zu ɔ damodai ye zìyida.

## gaamai

--mooze lavile

naza nui nii wooli-ma vaa yèeni, nà vaa
ma ga wøi yèezu gè faa wo è vile bá.

è duolaa yèeni, nà mu ka è daa zìitini
zunui nii ma è yèga zéea. kè tei kaa yòwøi-
tie te vaani wù-maa wosu, te màvai vileni.
sa vulu velei ma, nà vaa ma è yèni sa ga
woolo vulu.

gaamai duu yaani ná zini pelei zu ga ta-
maa, kè te pe te zaani, keni gilekpu kpèi
no ya è wulo su. velei balaa na laani la
ma, fe tei toboliitie ta do leaitie no ya
sa te yèni wòini. na mavele ma toboli
leaitie te boo laa-zei seini bá. to ye má
"kili-kili". gè le nii zu-wulo-zu wèni,
 kè kulove è ye molo-ziye laa-zei. to pe
lii na pò ve, fèni ɔ te wono siye, ani sa
na laale, fèni ɔ molo leve te wo te siye.

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te leeni kpalaa pe te ta do laa-zei
seini gaamai va. nātiē to γε má, "tēγε-
lē-ba".

gaamai toβoliitie te γeni ga nu lofela,
na maluo no γa te γeni dāa wu ta tiēni é
vēs te lea va. nā γēēzu te zinigi yie loo
ga seebe. te pe te lo-su γeni seebei nii
maa-woko vai va ga gile-gile. kē tei sa
zunui lebini seebei zu, gaamai toβoliitie
te tóo sa ya, te zinigi wo ge le sa valo-
ni.

tei sa te zinigi zaani, gaamai toβoliit-
tie te zeini te zinigi deaitie ve ta zunui
kaa yōw leaitie. kē gaamai γeni tea,
"dèa γa ga te pe, gē le kce go zei te ta
vē."

na vaa ma, tei sa zini ge le γeni bě, é
yee vilini zowo vaa zu, é γe sa ga sale
lama-lama maa nu. nā wo ka sa nā wūfe-
mai γeni su.

gaamai ziēni ga nii veleitiē faa-nēē-
γee vaa, zowo vaa, zowo velei γa sa é γe
mā ta ziizē tie wui. é zeba do sa é na
salei γaazo vili é vile ziizē wulu.

su le woozani gaamai γaazu wu. na γa
sa to bo má te γe ná, "saleitiē γa na te
yee γalea è γaazu. maa nei è va wulu è
saleitiē ziyi."

kē gaamai le sa kceni. nā mazašu ma,
nu lama-lama go maa-wōi vaa la má. to
kōma ga mokolu tani su folo saago. te le
γeni kce to māa zeyei balaa wuo to no zie
vile bě ga é wuo.

gaamai ó zoo é kwena zee felego γe kai-
su ziizē na pelei ma. velei balaa é γeni
zeini la wo taa-zuve, ziizē nu le γeni nā
gaamai le wolo-wolo ziyini ziizē wulu.

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niitie ta gaamani te γeni nāda γila te pe
ta de nā zee-la-ma vai wosu é vile ziizē va.

de maliyii gaamai ziyini é γee sa ga kwe-
na gile, gaamai na zee-la-mai γa de tii
γeezu nā numaitie zaama.

YAMA

--Yakpazuo Gehgeh

There was once a woman in Zota named Yama,
who was an outstanding person. Her husband
was an important chief. (Zota is in Kpelle
country.) Therefore, there was no chief who
was as wealthy as he.

For this reason, his fellow chiefs plot-
ted how they could attack him to capture him
and kill him.

Yama happened to be his favorite wife, the
beloved one.

When the attackers arrived, they did not
find the chief at home. So they caught Ya-
ma, and said to her, "If you do not show us
where your husband is, we will kill you."

She said, "Fine."

So they carried her away to a town called
Lowo. She stayed there for 4 years and then
they brought her back to Zota. There she
bore a son, and he, too, became very wealthy.

So those who plotted earlier to kill her
husband, now plotted to kill her son.

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But when they went to attack him, Yama proceeded to outwit them.

She said, "Sit down and eat, why don't you?" The food she indicated was old, hard banana mush. She explained, "We are strangers here ourselves. This is not my home. If I were a citizen of this town, I could reveal to you the whereabouts of the chief. But I myself am a slave here. So no need to be on your guard, my friend. Relax and eat the banana mush."

Then while they were sitting, eating, the woman went outside and set fire to the house and burned it.

Thus she captured an important military leader. And those he was commanding, fled.

Because of this woman, Yama, the town Zota has survived to this very day.

## DEHDEH KAWTO

--Peter George

This story is about a woman named Dehdeh Kawto, from the Kpovomeh Quarter in Bokeza.

Even when she was a very young girl, she excelled among her companions. Then, during President Barclay's administration, they made her the supervisor of women because of her fine characteristics and her natural authority.

If the soldiers would attempt to seize her for not heating their bath water properly, and make her suffer, she would not be afraid of them.

During that time a large market was

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held at Bokeza. If quarrels broke out there, it would be Dehdeh Kawto who settled them.

Dehdeh Kawto is old now, but she is still the leader among the women in Bokeza.

## YAWNGAW

--Lavileh Gillewogi

My story is about a woman named Yawngaw.

When I was in Zelimei, there was a man visiting there who had a quarrel with the townspeople. When they took the matter to court, the visitor was pronounced innocent, but nevertheless, the townspeople wanted to do him some damage.

Yawngaw, however, was aware of this, and called the man and explained everything to him. She said to him, "Let these people have their way. Don't disagree with them. Give them what they want."

By doing this, Yawngaw really helped the man. If she had not been there, the townspeople would probably have killed the man, or done him some serious harm.

## KWODI Gbolu

--Yalawu

A woman whose named is praised in our town, Wozi, for the fine work she does, is Kwodi Gbolu.

Gbolu is a bone setter. She also sings for the women when they are planting rice on the farms. In addition, she sings for the lady zoes. She is a wonderful musician with a fine voice.

If she were not in Wozi, the people would

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be in despair for lack of a bone-setter,
and a splendid musician. But she is, in
fact, here, and conducting her work in
praiseworthy fashion.

LUOPU YOGAWU

--Moluba Wuoleh

I am writing about a Fisebu lady named
Luopu Yogawu. It was her business ability
that earned her great respect.

She started by selling only small quanti-
ties of a few commodities. That was dur-
ing the time when iron money was still in
use. She would go to the place where pine-
apples grow and pick some and bring them to
sell. She would travel to Kwenya and buy
a variety of small articles and bring them
back and sell them.

Sometimes, even in the Rainy Season, and
with a baby, she would put the baby on her
head and cross the river and go to the
Kwenya market.

Finally she bought a goat and bred it,
selling the kids.

She even made the trip to Sierra Leone
and bought salt there. The man who carried
it had all he could do to manage the load.

She continued in her enterprises even up
to the present. She has built now her own
house and roofed it with zinc.

All of her success has earned her great
honor in Fisebu. But it has not made her
stingy with her wealth. Neither does she
seek to increase her wealth by attracting
rich lovers.

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BEHBEH

--Sayigi

Behbeh was an important zo in Zigida.

Among her activities in the zo profession
were conducting the girls' initiation, and
the use of many leaf poultices.

If any children were sick, they would
take them to her for treatment, because of
her reputation for a large variety of leaf
poultices.

One lady I know of, named Yama Gono, had
named her daughter after Behbeh. The little
girl was a sickly child. But Behbeh exerted
all her skill and brought the child safely
through the danger years. She is now a
young girl.

Behbeh was really famous around the
country, and since the pressure of provin-
cial government was growing, whenever she
went on a trip, they took her in a hammock
(like the government officials).

Behbeh was a wealthy woman, that is, she
had her home filled with women, and pretty
ones at that. Every evening the house would
be crowded. Men, women, everybody. But
the men were there mostly because of the
girls.

When Behbeh died, there was great grief
in the land, because of the way she could
give medical treatment to babies who were
ill. Out of regard further for her fine
personal qualities, when she died they held
a tremendous funeral feast.

I have never seen anyone able to equal
the skill and achievements of Behbeh in
Zigida.

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--Moses Lavileh

A woman named Gaamai led a remarkable life
that I wish to share.

Gaamai was a slave and belonged to a certain man. But when her relatives came to redeem her, her former owner paid her dowry as a free woman, and she stayed with him as his wife.

Gaamai had many sons, but only one of
them lived. Nevertheless, her neices and
nephews all loved her. These children even
had their own name for her. They called her
"kili-kili, which I think comes from the
rice-beating vocabulary; for whenever they
came to visit her, Gaamai would beat up some
food for them.

Even the children's mothers had a name for
Gaamai. They called her "Pure Heart".

Then one day their husband became sick.
Each one of them tried her special skill in
treating him. But when their husband con-
tinued to be sick, they began to lose inter-
est, and finally he died.

After his death, Gaamai's neices and neph
ews and her husband's children met to dis-
cuss their affairs. But Gaamai said, "All
of these I regard as my own children, and
will not be as a wife to any of them."

Since she had no husband, she began to
practice "zo" medicine. She learned many
leaves, and earned high respect.

It was when she was high in her career as
a zo that she met Jesus, the Son of God.
Thereupon she discarded all of her medicines
and became a follower of Jesus.

Not long afterwards, she became blind.
The people said it was retribution, and she
had better go back to her old medicines. She
refused. They neglected her, and often left
her without food, clean clothes, and bath
water. But she never renounced her faith,
which inspires people even today.

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DÊNÎ-WÔF ZUNU
LUU LOZITAITIÈ

Zunu luu lozitaitie ya te yega ná te lee boga té yeea te za. Ta boc no ya to boc liyii yili. Ta boc liyi yilia boeini te la ga tamaa, ná ya é késni te liesi wu ziyi é li taa gila su é wêê zo ná. Tei é wêi nii zoni numaitie te bóni má ga, Wo yeea yesi gê vê ga nu. Ná vaa ma siagi nêpe é yavelê ya bete la yá va è li ga è nazai." È ye tea, "Zêe ya bú."

Zinaa lipaitie te liè liini wulu è te yi daa wodo. Naza nui nii mávaa te wuu-zu nèni ga tamaa.

È yèni ga folo gila liè yelei è lopo wolo yelei levè te nazai luo. Tei liè yelei bóni leye yelei ma ná wu ziyi yie sa li te nazai luo. Tei è liini díi vai è numaitie wuu-zu nèni. Môc nui boga noko nui te bóni ga siagi nêpe zunu lomai yá wu ziyi la ta te nazai ta li. Kê mòc ye- ni má, "Yii loo è ná geze baku felegoi wolo vele bè kái wíè sa li." Lopoi vaani bú.

Tei gela boni, lopoi gezei vili kpa-kigi zu. È yèni seyei velezu môs wo yie sa diyi yili. Tei zunu lomai yèni seyei velezu, púlui sóni ga tamaa. Môs wo ge yè má, "Be bá sa gè li gè va ga zìè gè moko-lui loo."

Tei môs liini zíave, zunu lomai liini pelei wu, yie gulu-wulugi mi sú. Tovo ya, volo môs yèni gílizu suoi wo ge sú ga bolo. È yèni no nii yèezu è môs woo mèni yie va. È yèni sa è ziyi ná ga maa-vilea. Ná ma

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é ná boologi vašni diyii la é ōuogi ve ō
wũmo é leve sa yíe li. Tei mɔ̃e vaani, nà
γɛ má, "Mɔ̃e, yíi loo è nà ōuogi ve è yà
woologi ze."

Zunu lomai wũſeni ga tamaa. E wuloni
kpakigi zu é vela. Tei é liini díe γɛ má,
"Wo kěni γɛ le?"

Lopoi bōo γeni díe ma, "Diɛ, te le volo
sōni ga-pago."

Díe γɛ má, "Gà vaazu è liesi ta levesu
nà."

Te kěni no ná ga folo gila te li e ze-
ba do é γɛ te loolu kelei ma, "Li è va
ga de ōazai."

Tei nà liini numaitie te le kěni to
déyei-γɛ̃ vai zu wulo má. Te wuu-zu nac-
ni wono díi vai ma. E liini é wele mɔ̃e bo-
ga noko te va te kpalagi zu é leve é li
ná. Yoloi é liini la kpalagi zu, noko suo
vaani towo numaitie tie sa yavelé bete ga
te va taa zu. Te γɛ sa má, "Be bá è n̥ázai
diyi yili è mí sa díe li taa zu." E γɛ
tea, "Ba."

Tei te vaani taa zu, pului sōni ga kpi-
di ga kavele teego. E wuloni ōeteave,
Tei pului ōoeini dá, é žei pelso woba.
Tei é lebi ni ná é wu ziyi é le pelso wu
é ná kpeleyai ziyi yíe sa li kpalagi zu.

È ziitini no è zeba do è daſaí ta ziyi
nii numaitie te zěni tayai ma è pɛ̃e molo
γeze lamaa va. È diyi yilini towo è le
wuloni mokolui ma do no laali maa, daſaí.
È laa miini no sa ga gusu-laa yoozuve towo
nii wōi sa má. È leve no sa è la yíe nii.

Numaitie te wu ziyini taa zu tie sa
gáa zis, kê te γeni tea, "Towaa γɛ sa lia

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kpalagi zu." Tei te liini kpalagi zu te
péteni laani yíe nii. Mɔ̃e máa lowa é γɛ
má, "Mɔ̃e, gela boga."

Tei é wu ziyini é wũſeni ga tamaa. E
vela sà le kěni ó va wulu. E liini díe
gáa-zaya kɛ é γɛ díe ma, "Te laa lœni bù,
nà γa é kɛ gè vela."

Tei sa nu felego liini te le ōeni vaa-
ni gá te ōaza, lopaitie te li e kpeſeni ga
é déveitis te naa kelei leve. Velei ōa-
laa nà liini la numaitie te wuu-zú nɛ̃ni
kono ga díi vai. Te γɛ má, "Gé diyi yili?"

È γɛ tea, "Ba."

Te γɛ má, "be bá mu gé ziese ta wulo è
li è wuo."

È vaani nà wu. E liini no wuozu yíe
wele maaza kpoei ōakpa wala gila ba laani.
Towo maaza kpoei nà wo ge γeni beli γa.
Suo ta γa ó va yíe numaitie ta zuoitie mi
nà γa é kěni tie maaza kpoei nà la ná
tuo. Tei é nà vöteni é wuloni no sa kpa-
kigi zu ga máa-yākai é li é yizi maazagi
ma ga yee felego pe, towo belii wo ge só.
È γeni sa belii γa zeleni ga máa-yākai.
È γeni ōobesu lopaa fikaa te pěte te γɛ
tea, ta liizu te bó.

Zunui γɛ te ma, "A mɛ lɛ bó-goo!"

Lopaitie wo te le gōi menini. Te lii-
ni te bó nu wutiitie ma te va. Tei te
kulaní belii γa, è le sa seve ziyini è
velani no sa ga máa-yākai. E liini è γɛ
díe ma, "Te laa lœni bù te γɛ te dōwa."

Nà γɛ má, "Gà vaazu è liesi ta levesu
nà."

Tei lopaitie te naa kelei liini, nu-

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maitie te wuu-zu nœni dïi vai ma pe. Zunui nii wo go ye na ziezu, kpolo, kize, gulo, to ye zéea ná bœbœgi zu. Tei é zii-tini, -numaitie te ye má, "Gé diyi yili?"

È ye tea, "Ooi."

Numaitie te ſeni no diyii yilizu te pœ-ma-zeye gila siyi te fè lopo wolo gila zéea ga è lii la kéea nui wo. Tinei wo ge ſeni púuzu. Nà vaa ma te vœm zeye wali na maa bitini te dá goowoi zu te pœ lopoi wùmo ga seyei me le yebe. Lopoi liini ga seyei keea nui wèlèni bà, towo yie wele. È ye tea, "Kpo! Mokolu voo ya numaitie ta mí ve?"

È nii woni no è guloi wulo è pù má yie sa kpolo bœkpœnè má. È ſeni no nà yeezu te názai yie va gá ná mokolui. È ye tea, "To ye le? Zebè ya è seyei boeiya?"

Keea nui wûſeni è wulo ga pèlèi boolave vele è vela. Tei è liini. è ſeni die ma, "Te le ſeni kòoni nà ya è kèe gè vaa ga kpidi."

Tei sa te nu naago pe te le vaani ga náza nui, lopaitie te lieti è wulu lete-ma leyei bocobogi leveni. Dèyei nii è ſeni no nini va nà yie-siyi.

Tei è liini è ſeni ga gaazu-wodo wèe. Gela boni te li kpalagi zu mòe ſeni má, "Mòe, yii loo è nà suboei ta wolo wulo wie li." È vaani nà wu.

È ſeni suboei wulozu foloi kulo è va sa kwotai wu è wele nà va ga tenagi lama-gei ye kwotai zu. È leeni boc kwotai zu è tenagi wu ziivegi zu ga tamaa. Dii-zuve wulu tii-ye-zuve, è ſeni sa míizu. È ye-ni no vaazu ziitizu, tena kai gila ge

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loo. È ſeni tena kai gilagi na yaa ziezu yie gáa zie è ye su te názai yie va ga kò-nògi Zunui le ſeni kwèni ga náza nui ya vaazu. Náza nu lomai va è tena kai gilagi ziyi è ye do zunui ma, "Tena kai gilagi nii ya è gáa ziezu? Towaa."

È wûſeni è vela. Tei è liini è ſeni die ma, "Numaitie te le volo sòni ga pago."

Tei te pe te liini te le ſeni vaani ga náza nui, kèni sa lopaitie te lieni liini ná wono ga è va ga te názai. Tei è liini te le ſeni dèyeitiè-yee vaitie woni má. Te gáa-záya kœni ga ani è ſeni wòi yeezu ga te diyi yili. È vaani bú. È vileni sa tai zu yie daali-ma wo yie lo yie wulo.

Tei sa kpidii ſeni yeezu towo te le ſeni vaazu ga mokolui, è vileni sa yie maaza kpoitiie mi pèlèitiè woba. Nà ya ga maazagi niitis te zélégi ye sòwo-wulo vaa ma. È ſeni sa nà yeezu è ye su è li mòeni ta vele walai woba. Towo è le ſeni kwèni ga nàtiè ta velei ya na.

Tei è liini mine, baala sìne gila ge ye-ni nà. Baalagi ſeni pele yaa ziezu ga è maaza kpoei mi. Zunu lomai li sa è zei kalagi ya. O li è maazagi ta wulo è va è zei kalagi ya è mí. Nii wogi sa è ſeni kèzu è ſeni wàlasu baalagi ma. Tei towo è liini è ye to maazagi ta wulozu bà, baalagi túboni kpeka-zuve. È le ſeni yepeni bavelaale numaitie to gòo meni. È ſeni no tea, "Baalagi nu le túboa ne nu ò li bocve. Gà nà dei woto kulozu."

È liini sa è gulu gila siyi è va è zei yie baalagi maa kpowũ. Tei è ſeni zèini nà náza nu lomai dee woloni sa ga diyii yili è ye dúu náza nui ma, "Va sa è li ga è woo nui na mokolui."

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Naza nu lomai wo ge seye welegi yilini
má é mokolui zei wûmoyis sa li. E wuloni no neteave zunui kâ ga baalagi ya na
wono yis va. E gulu guumsi la naza nu lomai zu. Nà le neni volo zoosu ò kpee loo.
E leoni no geezu é loo. Nûmaiti te va
sa na te welbá ga zunui ya é dôwaa ne na.

Tei te zunu lomai vətəni te yəni tea,
"Gé lui le yega nii ya. Ani ya ye na
zéea, towaa paa. Le volo yega zéea."

Tei nii yeoni, zunu lomai le neni volo
kwëni ga nii ò kë. Numaiti te dêyeitî
yeezogitîs zu wuloni má. Mayela-bogai é
wulo tai va ga ya yāka.

Tei é liini é bóni dêyeitîs ma ga nii
te kèni é vee sa nii va to boo é kèèni
é te pe su wulo te ma. Nii ya é bá:
neni-wôi faa le vani.

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THE 6 GREEDY BOYS

- John Sakui Malakpa

Once there were six boys whose mother
and father were dead. They had to cook
for themselves. When they were fed up with
cooking for themselves, their oldest bro-
ther went to one town and took a girl
there as his lover. The people told him
that his father had been nice to them,
therefore, whenever he was ready, he
could come for his wife. He said, "Fine."

He returned and told his brothers the
news. They were really happy to hear of
this girl.

One day the oldest brother sent the
youngest brother for their wife. The
people welcomed him, and his parents-in-
law said that whenever he was ready, they
could leave. But his mother-in-law said
to him, "Please weave my 2 rolls of
thread for me before you go."

The boy agreed. The next day he pre-
pared the loom. While he was weaving,
his mother-in-law was cooking. The weav-
ing made him hungry. His mother-in-law
said to him, "Let me go for water before
I divide the food."

The boy agreed. While she was gone to
the waterside, he went into the house and
began to eat the soup from the pot. She
was cooking beans with plenty of meat in
it. While he was doing this, he heard
her coming, so he tried to get away quick-
ly without being noticed. In his haste
he covered the pot with his hat and put

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the pot top on his head and went out.
When his mother-in-law came she saw him
and said, "Please let me have my pot top,
and take your hat back."

The boy was greatly embarrassed. He
left the loom and fled. When he reached
home, his brother asked him, "What happen-
ed there?"

The boy said, "Brother, they did not
treat me well there."

His oldest brother said to him, "I will
send one of your older brothers."

One day later the oldest boy said to
the fifth born, "Go and bring our wife."

When he went, the people did not tell
him any of what his little brother had
done. The people were glad to have him
come, too. Both his parents-in-law were
on the farm, so he passed through the
town and went there. When he reached the
farm, his father-in-law had killed an ani-
mal and they were just about to leave for
town. They invited him to eat before go-
ing to town, but he said, "No."

Back in town that night he became
hungry. When he was very hungry he got
up and went outside and sat beside the
house. When he had sat there for a long
time, he re-entered the house, took his
cutlass and went to the farm.

As soon as he reached the farm, he
took some of the fresh-killed meat the
people had left on the drier and some rice.
He cooked a large amount of food, more
than he could finish. When he had eaten,
it was still before dawn, and he became

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very sleepy. He lay down right there and
slept.

When the people woke up in town, they
began to look for him, and said that he
may have gone to the farm. When they
went they saw him sleeping. His mother-
in-law tapped him and said, "Son-in-law,
day has dawned."

When he got up he was very embarrassed.
He ran away and never returned. When he
reached home, his brother asked him what
happened. And he said, "They made trouble
with me and that is why I fled."

After two unsuccessful attempts by the
two youngest brothers, the oldest brother
decided to send the fourth brother. The
people welcomed him and said, "Should we
cook?"

He said, "No."

They said, "Let us get some water for
you to bathe."

He agreed to this. When he went to
bathe, he saw one big ripe banana hang-
ing on a trap. There was an animal that
used to eat the people's animals in town,
so they put the banana on the trap to
catch it. When he saw it, he left the
bath fence undressed and grabbed the ba-
nanan with his two hands, and the trap
snapped shut. He was caught naked in the
trap, and hung swinging there when some
children saw him and said they were going
to inform the people.

The boy said, "Don't tell the people."

The children did not listen to him,
but went and told the older people to

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come. When they took him out of the trap,
he did not take any clothes, but fled
naked.

When he reached home, he told his
brother, "The people argued with me, they
even wanted to fight me."

The oldest boy said, "I will send one
of your older brothers."

When the fourth brother went, the
people welcomed him also. Whenever this
man used to go on a trip he would take
salt, pepper and palm oil in his travel-
ling bag. When he reached the town the
people said to him, "Should we cook?"

He said, "Yes."

While the people were cooking, they
took a blanket and gave it to a little
boy to carry to the man. It was raining.
So the people wrapped the big white blan-
ket up and put it in a gourd and set it
on the boy's head so it would not get wet.
The boy carried the cloth, and when the
man saw the white cloth in the gourd he
said, "Oh? The people here eat dry rice?"

When he had said this, he took the
palm oil from his bag and poured some on
the white cloth and began to sprinkle
some salt over it. While he was doing this,
the promised wife brought his food. She
said, "What is wrong? What has made the
cloth red?"

The man was too embarrassed. He went
outside through the back door and fled.
When he reached home he said to his bro-
ther, "They did not feed me, that is why
I have come in the middle of the night."

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After 4 brothers had failed to bring
the woman, the oldest boy sent the one next
to him. He had taken care of this boy
from the time he was weaned.

The boy made a good impression on the
people. The next day they went to the
farm and his mother-in-law asked him to
brush some of an old rice farm for her
before they left. He agreed.

On the farm the sun was exceedingly hot,
and the boy decided to come to the thatch
shelter and rest. When he saw that there
were plenty of peanuts in the attic, he
climbed up and put some of the peanuts in-
to his pockets. He was eating them on his
way back to work. Just before he reached
there, one peanut fell. He was looking for
the peanut when his wife came with his
food. The girl came and picked up the pea-
nut and said, "Is this the peanut you are
looking for? Here!"

He was embarrassed and ran away. When
he went he said to his brother, "The peo-
ple did not treat me well."

After all 5 of them had failed to bring
the lady, the oldest boy himself had to
go for her. When he went they did not tell
him any of what his brothers had done.
They asked him if he wanted them to cook.
He agreed and went around greeting people.

When it was getting late and the people
had not brought the food, he began to eat
the ripe bananas that were hanging by the
houses, that is, the bananas that were
hung for sale. He kept on until he came
to his mother-in-law's house, although he
did not know whose house it was.

There he saw a ram, and this ram, too

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was trying to eat the bananas. The boy
went and took some of the bananas and sat
on the ledge of the house and ate them.
This aggravated the ram. Finally, the ram
hit the boy on the shin. The boy did not
talk out loud because the people would
hear him, but he said to himself, "This
ram will not hit me and get away with it."

He got a stick and came and sat waiting
for the ram. While he was sitting there,
the girl's mother had finished cooking and
she said to her daughter, "Come and carry
your husband's food." She tied a white
lappa on and went.

When she stepped outside, the man
thought it was the ram coming again. He
struck the girl with his stick. She could
not even cry out, but jumped up and fell.
The people came and saw that the man had
knocked her down.

When they saw this they said, "Our
child will not be the wife of this man. If
she marries him he will kill her. She
will not stay with him."

The boy did not know what to do. The
people told him all that his younger bro-
thers had done. The next day he left the
town empty-handed.

Back home he told his brothers every-
thing that happened. The point of it all
is: it is not good to be greedy.

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NAZA-WULO VAA

Naza-wulo vai ya ga fai gaa wuai de vaa
ma neteai zu. ë le ga da boc ya de kess ga
faa yaa-wua. Kê de yeea Gala ka ê kênîi
ga faa maa-nec-nêc de vaa ma ê tuuyiê loo
má. Nà ma, faa yaa-wuai gila nu buse na
neteai vaa ma, to ga naza-wulo vai oo zu-
nu-wulo vai. Nà ma kênî a da kesè da de
máazu vete ga pago.

De kwëni ga pago ga zunu ya na sa ga
nu kpooc vaa ma, ani de naza nu le zéea, to-
waa laa-nowo wo pele lamaa zu. Nà ma, tow
waa wöî yë è naza wulo. Kê nii pago de
kè dai de ga zunui oo naza nui, a de da luo
velei bogop de ga yii ani a da luo veli.
Ya yii yii zo na de felego pe do yee yii
wulozu. Kê ani de gila ka tuo velei ta
ye ná wulu, de yii wulo, de le yega má.

Na wulu kono ani de felego pe de luo
velei lec ga yii ga pago, a de me le sa
máa veli kono ga yowua. Ani de felego pe
de gila ka fai nii ta yee na, kpoè ya va
pèlèi wu.

Dai de ga Loomagitiê da bo ga sakpe goo
de ye tea, "Tabolo-kulo nu ya wuzê loowu."
Nà zu-wulo-zu ya ga ani ya wêê zo na è
wöini è kulo ga naza, towò è ga tuo vele
yowù zunu oo tuo vele yowù naza nu, a we
le wa luo vele yowùitiê lec ga yii ga maa
wù? Kênî yee ta wa yii wulò na wo yee wa
luo vele yowùitiê leзу ga yii, ani zunu
ya tuo vele yowùa, oo naza nui ve, ani wa

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nii yee na ga yiini, a ke tii we le wōini
ga yiini. Nà ya za é vaazu ga gaa-wee vaa
lamaa da yui zu.

Fai fele kelei ya ga Gala ge naza-wulo
vaa wuloni netea é tuuyie loo má. To ga
faa maa-ncc-ncc de pe de yaazu. Nà vaa ma
tuoi wa too zei wa é nazaì é wo felego pe
wo yii la, wa wulo na sa ga yee luo vele,
a me le sa maa-veli bo kono ga yowua. Na-
tie ya te vaazu ga kulo-zini-bei. Bove-
laale faa yilagi nii ya za mavaa-wogi goei-
yai kuuti lamaa zu da yui zu.

Towo gaa-wee vai loo le zeiyà boove zu-
nu boga naza nu te yoozu. Too ya zei faa
ta va. Faa maa-wùgi ya ga velei wolo da
numaitie to naza wulo la de ziya pùlu.
Nà zu-wulo-zu ya ga, de le sa yii maa woli-
zu ga pago die yii wulo.

Page é ye de yi ga ga fai nii maa-woli-
zu bai é leve kolo velei va da li bú, to
ga naza-wulo vai. Bovelaale ani nu ya lii
na kolo vele wu Labia yui nii zu, é ye sù
é ziiti kolo puugo kai lozita zu, da ye
tea manui woloa kolo ma, kesee? Ancs ba-
laa è woi taa npe su é kolo wona ga pelei
ta npe é ye sù é lii la, ya kwee. Bove-
laale è maa wolia sa. Kè nà le ga naza-
wulo vai.

Ani naza nu ya è ya è wōini kono è ta
balaa kulo, oo naza yeni è ya towo è le sa
è ya è wōini è ta bono kulo, keni ya manui
na tuo velei maa woli ga pago è vee kúlozu.
Me le yi gaa zic mawolo-zayagi na tuo velei
ma. Nà wulu a me le wo luo vele vagoi maa
veli wo too zeini. Bovelaale Gala ge wo
mazevse vee kii la. A de me le yaa wee.

Fai é keezu gaa-wee vai gooiyai da yui

zu to ga zunu le ziitia naza-zeiya ma é na-
za wulo. Towo zobo ge le yee bê ò te maa-
zu vete ta nazaì. Ani naza nu ya wele na
baitie ta zoolaitie va, towaa zii wulo. Na-
za nui wo è le yi gaa zia ga te yaa baa te
neni yaa zic te boc maazu vete da. Tei to-
wo é yee sa ga Tomo neteai de ya, a de me
le wele de woo nui na soolaitie va to de
yii wulo ga de wulo da zinigi ya.

Ani wa ga moolè vea, a yaa baa wa è woo-
nui wo moolè-neni yaa zic wo wa neteai yee
la.

Fai pagei è ye de yi ga è vile naza-wu-
lo vaa va dai de ga zinaa to ga naza nu
wōini é me le lo boo nu ma nazaa zoola vaa
ta npe su. Nii npe a pête boc naza nu ya,
è wōini ta ye zéea. Towo yài è ga zunui ani
de è yee le zia tuo velei nii wu, bovelaale
neni le è ya à géea la, zii le laa. Nà ma
naza-wulo vai le ga faa wolo. Zunu ya na
è naza wulo; page ani ya ga moolè nu, è le
ga naza nui, wa to wa yaa baa wo moolè-je-
tea ye.

Kè yài è ga naza nui, me le yi gaa zic
ga zii-ma-yeè è vaitie te bosu, ya vaazu
tiigoi wosu. Yee ta ya vaazu tiigoi wosu,
kè keni wa è woonui wo felego pe wo yaa
baa wo tii ye ga kpaanaga nada yila. Bove-
laale nui npe ya pête soolaa lamaa zéea
yie yii-ma ye, kwee ga na netea loo-zei-
zuve è laa-nowo woni de ga maa-wu.

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Zebe ya é gaa-wee vai zu yowua? To ga
nii Gala ge pèè kii la wo kala-halaga. Nà
wului towaa va ga zii-laa làla zui zu, kaal-
limaa ani wa duu yaa na wo yaa we. Towaa

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Yë ga faa 6anaga ga wo leaitie te Yë ga
goo-meni bëa. Bovelaale wo leaitie te le
ta neteai Yëe ga kuu-zu-nëe bovelaale te
mawùgi le Yëë Yile. Nà vaa ma to ga faa
vagà ani wa Yii wulo na wa naza nu, ... wo
ta Yë faa yowù Yëë na ga boo nu, a sù vaa
wo, wo me le Yaa wëë. To ga Gala na togi
nala-nalaga, è yëë da. Bao de nala-nalaga va.

To ga Gala na togi naza

Gë le no fai nii wosu de vaa ma dai de
ga kodigiitis, kë to wuigitie pe faa ma.
è le vani wai wo ga wuigitie wo kodi na-
za nui zo ga wëë wo gáa wolo ga wa vaazu
kúlozu ga naza, wa wo wë le kúloa.

Fai kono è fai nii zu yowùa to ga ani
è duu Yaa kodi naza nu va, è le kolo wëni,
è ëe bà è wui naza nu wulo ga naza, kpeë
Ya loo wa velei wu. Ani naza nui è kúloa
è le ga nu vago, è le welëë è leaitie maazu
va ga pago. Do zunui yà kúlo, yài è ga na-
za nui, ani wa è woo nui lei wo kà, sië ta-
maa zu è woo nui le welëë máazu va ga pago.

Nenii fàga ya vaa la è wo, fàga ya na
vaazu keni ya yee yata ma.

Dai de ga zinaitie, ani è woo nui naza
Ya na wulozu zéea, towo è le faa yowù yëni
ga názai, è le vani do wuu zu nèè naza nui
na vaa ma ga de kúlo ga naza. Yee ta ani
nu ta ya na wulozu pòo nui ya, siogi nii zu
te li ga mavaa-wogi kuutii zu, nui taniga
ta Yë kuutii woba ga ani naza nui ya wulo
na te woi ya è va è ye te ya. Nà le ga faa
vago nu è ké. Fai na è kèèzu ga è woi, ya
Balaa naza nui ya daamodei ye ga yiè ti.

Nà ma nii pagei naza-wulo vai zu, to ga
wo yiini maa woli ga pago. Fai npe è wa
neteai zu, wo dè ga yiini. A de me le de
luo vele vagoi maa veli ga mayowù.

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Nà ya Yee na ani ya ga moolè zunu, me
le Yi gaa zic ga kpete naza ne no ya kúlo
ga naza. Wa de wa nèè sië tamaa zu too-
zei-zuye; sië tamaa ya leve na, è le sa wù-
fera yie. Nà ma nui wa to wa wüfe-mai ya
ga tii, wa ya pagei wo yii wulo. Nà zu-wulo-
zuve ya ga, zunu pe naza nu pe da wüfe-mai
Ya ga tii Gala gaazu. Kë zunu ya è naza nu
maazu. Nà ma a de wüfe Yii ma.

Yài è ga naza nui, me le Yi gaa zic ani
ya ga kpete nu zunù ga moolè nu è le wüfe-
ga má. Ani zunui ya ga moolè nu, yài è ga
názai, page è kwëë ga ya balaa pe è Yee ga
moolè naza nu. Ani kono naza nui ya ga
moolè naza nu, towo wo yii wöini, yài è ga
zunui ya balaa è Yee ga moolè zunu. Wo fe-
lego pe Gala è wo Yee su yilekpu. We le sa
sù fele wo luo velei bogope su.

Nà ma a wüfe Yii ma wo tii Yë naza yi-
la ga goo-la-ma. Tii nepè nu ya Yë kèèzu,
ani wa è nazaai goo-la-ma ya wa velei wu,
wa tii Yë ga pago. Kë-ani-goo-la-ma le nà,
we le tii Yee ga pago. Nà ya Yee na, zii-
laa lala ya va wo wo.

Nà ma wöilai Gala ge kpetee a de me le
gáá wée. A de wüfe Yii ma da de nazaite.
Nà ya a kë neteai Gala ge fèea de ya de kë
ga kuu-zu-nee.

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MARRIAGE

- Sumoiwuo Sakui

Marriage is an important part of our
life, for God our father has given it to us
as a wonderful thing and blessed it. And
so we should take care of it.

We know well that if a man is all by him-
self, without a wife, he suffers. Therefore,
he will want to marry. But it is good if
we, both men and women, show each other our
characters to see if we please each other.
But if we conceal part of our character,
and marry, the marriage is not likely to
stick. Furthermore, if you both reveal your
characters before marriage, then do not
change them for the worse. If one of the
partners does that, there will be quarrel-
ling in the house.

In Loma we have a proverb: A man who is
marrying a single girl does not reveal his
hemorrhoids. The meaning of this is, if you
have a lover and wish to marry her, why
don't you show her your real character? For
if you marry before you reveal your char-
acter, you really do not love each other.
It is this today that is bringing so much
discord to our land.

The next thing is that God created mar-
riage and blessed it, and made it a wonder-
ful thing for us. So if you start out with
a good conduct that pleasing to your mate,
do not change for the worse. This is what
can cause divorce or separation, the most
common kind of case being tried in the
courts today. But divorce does not occur
for no reason at all. And one reason is

that we are no longer marrying according
to the custom of our forefathers, that is,
we are not studying carefully our marriage
partners before marriage.

If you have one wife and you want to mar-
ry another, or if you were married before
and want to marry again, you should know the
person's character before you marry her.

This kind of learning is harder than
school. For if you finish high school, you
are considered educated, and you can read
any book that is written. But marriage is
not like that. In choosing a new wife, you
cannot think about the one you already
have, or one you had formerly. You must
know her without help from another source.

Many divorces are caused these days by
men marrying before they are financially
able to do so. If the wife sees the posses-
sions of her neighbors, she will become en-
vious. She does not realize that her neigh-
bors had to work for some time before they
acquired their possessions. Even though it
is the new day of the Tubman era, a wife
should not watch the possessions of her
neighbors and be jealous, and think of leav-
ing her husband. If you are poor people,
you and your husband work together to gain
the good things of a poor person's circum-
stances.

One thing we husbands must remember is
that a woman does not want to be inferior
to her neighbors. Anything she sees them
have, she wants it, too, and if you are not
able to afford it, she will not be content.

Therefore, marriage is not a light mat-
ter. If you are a poor man, and you want to
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the woman, and the two of you work for the
things of a humble life. And if you are
a woman, do not try to keep up with the
pleasures of your neighbors. Maybe you will
acquire them, if you and your husband work
hard together. Remember that the people who
have possessions have worked to gain them,
and suffered at the beginning.

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What makes divorce so bad? For one thing,
what God has joined together, you have
spoiled. For another, it brings discontent,
especially if you have had a child. It
will be very difficult for that child to
learn obedience, and he will not have a hap-
py life, for the authority over him is not
single, but split.

So if married people offend one another,
it is much better to forgive one another
and not separate. It is a violation of
God's law and a violation to ourselves as
well when marriage partners separate.

I am not saying this only for uneducated
people, but for educated ones as well. It
is not good that you who are educated people
take an uneducated woman and pretend to her
that you are going to marry her, but never
do. And it is further bad if you have a
child by the uneducated woman, and then
marry an educated woman. For if the woman
you have married is not a good person, she
will not care for your children by the un-
educated woman. Or if you are a woman and
have a child by another man than your hus-
band, perhaps he will not care for your
child. What the wind brings to you, when
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hang on to it.

Another thing, my neighbor's wife
is divorcing him and he has done nothing
wrong to her, it is not right that we should
be glad so that now we can marry the woman.
Sometimes a man is waiting outside the court
for the divorce to be settled so that they
can marry the woman. This is not good. In
fact, what the woman has done to her husband,
she is likely to do the same to you.

And now to repeat: It is a good thing to
know each other well before you marry. Then
when you marry, do not change your charact-
er for the worse.

If you are a poor person, do not consi-
der marrying only a rich woman. You may
get along at the beginning, but later she
is likely to lose respect for you. It is
well for people to marry who can respect
each other equally. But do not forget that
though God made men and women of equal dig-
nity, the man has authority over his wife.
So, ladies, if you marry a poor man, be pre-
pared to live the life of a poor wife.
God has given the two of you one.

Whatever your work is, you and your wife,
if there is harmony in your home, you will
work well. But if there is no harmony there,
you will not do your work well. Discontent
will undermine everything.

So the love that God has created, let us
not separate it. Let us respect one another
in marriage and live with joy the life God
has given us.

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vele no na

By

Wesley Sadler

faa wolo-zaya puugo
kai losava ya koloi nii
zu.

faa wolo-zaya gila
kolo laya gila.

na ya ga faa wolo-
zayagi gila too zeive
kolo laya gila ma, é
wes mawolo layagi ma.

Woozi

February, 1955

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tuo-zei

nu yila ge yení tii yeezu kpetea. o
vee vaazu wulu po taa zu e ñeni lamaa
yeeani kse vaa ma e na numaitis zaba ga
pago. e kokoa yeeani ta wui seyea e vee
kowo-ya woloa va ta laboa. kasoi wooloi
ye.

tei zunui nii zitini po taa zu, na
numaitis te tuoni ga vike te wuu zu nse
te kuu yaa, bovelaale ta wess vagoi e vaa-
ni wulu kono te wo taa zu. te tuo zeini
ga molo yese ta gulo e vee daba lamaa va.

tei gela boni zunui e na numaitis yaa
leoni ba e te zabani ga soolaitis e geea-
ni kpetea. e koko veeni deo ya ta wui
seye felego. e kowo-ya wolo ve deyei ya
ta dsei. labo ya e fe keea ya ta wui
seye. e na soolaitis wuu zu nseni ga
seye ta koko. te mamani te daa maa le,
bovelaale ta nui e te zoni ga pago.

vele no na maa nse de gala tuo zei la,
bovelaale gala ka va de wo wo. to ga nu
de vaa ma e leve nu bogope ba. towaa ya
do zaba ga ñeni yaazo de wöini ñeteai
vaa ma. towaa ya de zaba ga foloi ta
tinei e vee guluitis va ta zisi e vee
neni bogope ba da pete hetea. soobo su
gala ka ga saba-neni-vee nu de vaa ma.

maa nse de gala tuo zei. maa nse de
tuo zei ga navolo da vaa la gala pelei
wu ga laali volo nape. maa nse de tuo
zei ga da lii. na ya ga maa nse de tii
ye mavaa ma die numaitis yala bo e vile
ba die bo to va die te. yii 15 ga to va
gala pelei wu.

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mama-fee vai

sie nu ta zitiņi masa gila na tai zu e
ye ma, "masagi, kwēē ka." masagi vaani bu
e zunui zo ga pago. kpidi o vēē vēēzu
masagi hazai vaani ga ziē badi po e saba
ve zeea ta pēē-ma-zēye e vēē pelē vago va.
o vēē laazu masagi kooni e vile.

tei gela boni zunui wu ziyini e li masa-
gi wo e ye ma, "ga sa liizu." masagi ye
ma, "lo de ga ta wolo, maa nēē e laa mi o
vēē liizu. taa nepē ge le vē woba. ya
ziyi na ve o vēē laa miizu ya laa-nowo wo
pelei zu. pulu ya ye yiē." zunui ye ma,
"zēē ya bu." ē zei. masagi hazai mokolu
lamaa yilini faa ma ta daba. zunui miini
e vile e wu ziyi e yili sisi woga va.

wo kaa! masagi e zunui zoni ga pago. e
daa-zu veeni e ko fele e vile. kē zunui
le masagi mamani. o vēē yilizu sisi woga
va, e le yeni ma, "masagi, ya ga nu māvaa
ma. e soni ga pago. e mama." zunui le
na woni masagi ma. e ziyini na e le mamani.

na yēēzu masagi ye na numaitie ma, "kuu
zu le nēeni ga bēnē wo lo bālāa. gē zunui
lāa-zu veeni, kē e le mamāni. ē wu ziyini
no e li e yili sisi woga va. zii le laani.

vele no na gala kuu zu le nēē la ani
de le mamaga nēniitis vaa ma e feezu de
ya wo. maa nēē de gala mama do vēē laa
miizu, bōvelaale towa. e feeni de ya.
maa nēē de mama do vēē laa zu ga kpidi,
bōvelaale towa e welezu de maazu va.
maa nēē de gala mama wo.

maa nēē de ma le yeema e ye velei sīe
nui yeemani la.

2

su pagi

nu yila ge ziyini kpetea ga e li wulu
wo taa zu. o vēē zitizu na, e zeebēni
ga vike. kpidi yila e lēeni taa zu e li
taa masagi na pelai la e zei kalagi ya,
bōvelaale su le nēni baani ga e le bu.

masagi vaani e pēte e ye ma, "abe ve?
ya zeebezu?" zunui ye ma, "ga zeebezu."
masagi ye ma kono, "bēnai. e weē ka e
yesu e valo. ga bo hazai ma ga ē va ga
ziē vile e vaa ma e wuo la e le nā pelai
wu e la." zunui ye ma, "zee ya bu. ga
ke, kē gē wōini ge kwēē--- abe vaa zu e
vaazu bōsu ba ne ni? e de wolo pēteni.
e le nā daa-zeigi wēni bālāa."

masagi gaa wote zeea e ye ma, "nā le
ga faa bānaga ga nu o gaa ya. ya zeebe-
zu. e le zooga o bo boo va. na vaa ma
maa nēē gē bo yie." masagi weleni zunui
maazu va ga pago. nēni ta nepē e yeni
wōini bālo vai ma e feeni zeea. su le
woozani zunui valo e masagi mama e wu
ziyi e li wo taa zu.

e yeni ga yee ta weē yila ge va e ye
masagi ma, "ya ya ē ga masagi, nui e bōni
dūi ve e bālo?" masagi ye ma, "ooi."
manui ye masagi ma, "nā boo ge vaa e wo
ga ge e mama ge ē laa maa le, bōvelaale
faa nepē ē kēeni dūi ve kulove no e ye
ya ke be."

vele no na e la ga nui nepē ya faa
vago. yeē na nu ta nepē be, kulove no e
ye ya ke ziize ve, bōvelaale ziize wo ka
ga die. na vaa ma, da na bōsu yiini ba,
da bōsu ziize va.

3

toto fai

nu felego yeni tii yeezu ga kpaanaga ta
balagi zu. tei te ta lii loo zeini foloi
yeni toozu ga vike. fodoi wuloni te ma yie
vile. kei tei e yeni ga kpoko ya lei-lei,
ge wolo teigi vee ni te maazu, fagai va
tinei pu ga maa yil. nu felego niitis te
laa-nowo woni. ke te le yeni zooni to be
ta lii va e yesu te wolo. koolei vaani te
ma te beli.

tei kpidi yeni vaazu veezu, te ye yil
ma, "a de li wulu taa zu de ziti na nada
wodoai o vee beazu." na yeezu te ziyi na
te li taa zu ga kpize. tei te zitini taa
zu, te gila ge leeni ta velei wu ga maa
vilea e loto nabui va e woole. zoi le na
yeeni. e loni pelai la no. e le lotoni
nabui va ga e woole.

nui e yeni woole su e ye ma, "loto nabui
va e woole. me le lo pelai la yie beli."
zoi le gaa woteni zeea. na vaa ma e ziyi-
ni nabui woba e li po e ye ma, "abe ve?
wele ba, ge le sa belizu. koolei le sa
vaazu ma. dii de zei nabui woba e woole."
zoi ye ma, "ba. ga lo ve."

wo petega ga gilagi keeni ga kele-yele.
koolei vaani ma, na vaa ma e lotoni nabui
va e woole. zoi le keeni ga kele-yele.
e loni pelai la e laa-nowo wo.

vele no na kele-yele nu ya loto da keea
gala ba. kele-yele nu ya kwese ga gaa-baa
bogope ka gala zeea ta woi la lamaa. ya
loto na gala ba, towaa woole ga gala na
woi lai. gala ka su-baa. towaa zii lo
ga na woi lai.

4

pelo laale

wui gila ge ziyini dulu kolo taa zu e
va looma. to yilekpu no e yeni vaazu. nu
ta le yeni pulu. e le yeni de wolo vaani
looma, na vaa ma e le yeni pelei weni ga
pago.

folo yila e zitini pele zaala naagai zu
e lo e wele te va e ye boo ma, "ge li ga
pele zabe? naago ya ve. ge le pele vagoi
weni ga ge lii la looma. ga zei ve ge nu
ta maa kpowu ge gaa-zaya ke." e zeini e
na maa kpowu.

su le woozani kawoloi va. wuigi ye ma,
"keea, ge woini e bo ba. wovee ge li loo-
ma, ke ga le pele vagoi weni te naago pe
su. de gaaazu." kawoloi ye ma, "pele vagoi
leezu vii beeve be, bovelaale ge lia looma
ga tamaa." e ye ma kono, "pelei nii e nu
yoe-za su vele ya li ga yie looma." wuigi
mamari e lii la e ziti looma.

tei e zitini zozoo, ta numaitie te wele-
ni va te so ga pago te gaa-zaya ke te ye
ma, "e vaa ve ga polo?" e ye te ma, "ba."
te ye ma, "ya yilekpu no e vaa! e pelei
wesni ye le?" e gaa wote te ya e ye tea,
"tei ge zitini pele zaala naagai zu, ge
na maa kpowu ni e yesu nu ta va. na yeezu
ge gaa-zaya ke ga e pele vagoi le gaaazu
ge lii la looma."

vele no na maa nse de gala gaa-zaya kee
la dui ziize na daa-zeigi zu. gala koloi
ya deezu ga die ga gala ka ga kpo-ba-wo nu
de bogope faa ma. ani de le kweni nii maa
nse de ke, a de gala gaa-zaya ke. towaa
gaa-wote pagoi ve de ya yie bo die de ke
ga kele-yele pole, nada yowu zu laale.

5

## goo-meni tala vai

è kwěni ga goo-meni tala nu ya laa-nowo wo.

zunu yila ta nāzai te yeni liizu taa yila su. pelei yowúai ye, kpaawoitie pe. to vee zitizu tai zu, zunui ye nāzai ma, "da ziti na taa maa-voeigi ma, be ba ge leve na luo vele, bovelaale kaawoi le vani." nāzai vaani bu. na vaa ma tei te zitini na, nāzai ziyini pelei zu ga ta wolo, zunui leve. su le woozani te ziili ve kpaawoi o ye na. ke e le neni na. goloai ye.

zunui ye nāzai ma, "wele! zisi veni ga tamaa e golo." nāzai ye ma, "da leve ye le?" zunui weleni gulu va laani zisi maa-zu e ye nāzai ma, "dii de leve gulu maazu. da yasoi ya de ya sava. a de li ga tis ga gile-gile gulu maazu. maa yašve." e ka-sa yila seini wûmo e lii la e leve e sei kakaci ya e lite ga e li wulu e ya ga ka-soi zoi. ke e weleni nāzai va yis leve ga kaso felego. e le gōi menini ga e li ga kasoitie ga gile-gile. gulu maa yāi ye ga vike. e biyěni e loo zisi wu ta kaso felegoi. zunui vilini zisi wu e kulo ta kasoitis e te la kakei ya e fûi ga ma vilea. kê te nala-nalagei ye. nāzai kpee looni, bovelaale na soolaitie te yeni te zu. zunui ye ma, "abe vaa zu e le gōi menini? kele-yelege e leve yis. su mosogi ya ga ya laa-nowo wo."

vele no na e la ga ani de le gala goi meniga, da laa-nowo wo, gala kele-yelege e leve de bogope ba. è kwěni nii maa nse de ke. gala zii-mai de vaa ma to nà koloi zu. ɔ ye ga faa vago ga de dodo folo npe kee vaa ma de zii-mai wěe. na wulu maa nse de gala feli wo de gaa-zaya ke.

6

## kele-yele

folo yila masagi numaitie lilini wo taa zu e ye te ma, "folo-nee ya. tetegi vooove ga vike. ge le wōini ga nu ta npe go loto pele ta va ga somo. ga nii wosu wie. bovelaale da lai vage. ge le wōini o yala." taa veaitie te vaani bu.

na yeezu masagi ye te ma, "maa nse wo bogope wo pete ga zis lamaa ye wa velei wu ga sie npe -- subu, foloi, kpoko." te vaani bu kono.

masagi ye tea, "wo vee wulozu taa zu, a me le be nabui va o ye wa velei wu. a paa." numaitie te vaani bu.

e ye te ma kono, "a me le gulo badi taa zu. wo kwěni ga na le ga kele-yele faa." taa veaitie te yee zeini bu ga vike te ye yii ma, "masagi boni ga gaama. a de zis ga togi niitis kee vaa ma de me le tai nala-nala. a de ye ga kele-yele nu."

vele no na gala ge boni la de ma ga de me le boo nala-nala ga faa yowù. maa nse de ye ga kele-yele nu.

vele no na kele-yele nu ya zis nāa ye da e sei na pelei wu folo nse zu agee na pelei me le yala, maa nse gala goi le de yigi zu agee de zu baa de me le faa yowù ye.

maa nse de gala koloi lodo de goi meni de zis ga na togitis. gala ka na gaa-bai leve na to-siyi nui wo, bovelaale to-siyi nui ya zoo e loto gala ba e kwěe e vile pulu e zii-loo zolo wo ta kele-yele.

7

nu vagoi

moolè nu yila ge vaani taa zu e ye na
ga sei. su le yeni baani, na vaa ma e yaa
baani ga e nu wala yaa zie e ye ba.

faa-yowǔ-yee nu yila ge yeni tai na zu.
e ye moolè nui ma, "ya e ye ba, ga welè e
maazu va giè e wo giè seye ve e ya." moolè
nui le yeni kwěni ga zunui yeni ga faa-yowǔ-
yee nui. e liini po e ye ba.

faa-yowǔ-yee nui le soni ga pago. é le
kooni ga folo nepé, é le daa-zu vago veeni
zeea. e wulo na wulu e yaa baani ga e maa-
le nui yii lo ga e faa yowǔ ye. moolè nui
le vaani bu e ye boo ma, "zunui nii le boga
ba. é le ga nu mavaa ma. ga yee wulo bú."

moolè nui na yeeni e li nu vagoi wo e ye
ba. faa-yowǔ-yee nui yii yaa walàni ga
vike, kè e le yeni zooni o faa ta nepé ke
bé, bovelaale nui nii moolè nui yeni zeea
ga niin e ye ni ga nu wala e leve faa-yowǔ-
yee nui va. nu vagoi nii wèleni moolè nui
maazu va ga pago. te boni yii va ga tamaa.

vele no na e la ga maa nse de ye nu
vagoi va.

kè da nu vagoi vete ye le? gaa-wotegi
ya ga --- gala dui ziize ya ga nu vago de
vaa ma. gala to bò o teveni de wo. na
vaa ma ziize ya ga nu vago e leve nu
bogope ba. wòi la lamaa ya zeea ta kele-
yele e vee gaa-baa va. da lii na po ve
de ye ba, towaa welè de maazu va yis bo
dis yis de yaa nekpe.

8

dasegi

nu saago yeni ta yasoitie betezu tie
te yili ga kpaanaga ga tinei ma le pu te
ma, bovelaale te yeni wöini te sie wulo
kpetea vaa ma ga sama yie.

tei te yavele beteni ga pago te ziyini
tai zu te li. tinei puuni ga maa yìì,
zisi ve, kpaawoi ta wolo.

to vee zitizu pole walai zu, te lotoni
kpaawo wolo-zaya ba te lo te welè su va.
te gila ga ye te ma, "dii de leve su. ë
le woloa." baitie te ye ma, "ba. maa
nse de gili do vee levesu su." gildgi ye
te ma, "gà le kes. ga sa levesu." e lii-
ni na luo e leve. ks ò vee wulozu su,
kpaawoi woloni e loo zisi wu.

wo petega ga zisi vegeri ye ga tamaa,
bovelaale sama yis yeni le. baitie te
lobani te ye zunui ma e yi ni zisi wu,
"lase! lase!" zunui ye te ma ga woo wa-
la, "gè le zooga! gè le zooga gò lase."

te gila ge yeni loni kakei ya e vili
zisi wu e lase ga maa vilea e boi zo e
vaa la kakei ya e balè e ye ma, "titi
fai yesèni. è le zooga à lase, ks e yaa
baani ga è leve kpaawo wolo-zaya su ga
sama yis à vee koòsu. maa o nse ga è
dase fai maa woli à vee fai na mazii yeezu."

vele no na maa nse de ziize mavaa maa
woli la. towaa bo dié ga de me le ye
faa yowù zu, de ma le laa-nowo wo boove.
towaa bo dié ga de ks ga kele-yele e vee
ki pago va.

9

gaa-zaya-keè vai

e yeni ga yee ta ziize nu yila ge yeni
laa liizu dée ma pò taa zu. tei e yeni na
e weleni seebe nu va laani pele la. zunui
nii doto zu le yeni wodoni ga vike. e wulo
na wulu palai yeni ba. ziize nui ye seebe
nui ma, "noko, benai. seebe nii ta palai
te lebiga yie?" seebe nui gaa wote zeea e
ye ma, "goi. te lebiga ba. ga sa laa-nowo
wosu. ge le zooga go zie-zie. ge le zooga
go faa ta nepe ka bo vaa ma. te sale la-
maa yeeni zeea, ka é le baloni."

ziize nui ye ma, "na le vaani. è liini
sale velei la?" seebe nui gaa wote zeea
kono e ye ma, "ba. ge le liini na." ziize
nui maa wöini ga vike, bovelaale e le yeni
wöini o wele nu ta nepe ba yie laa-nowo wo.
na vaa ma e ye seebe nui ma, "maa nee e li
sale velei la. ya vaa na bu, ga li ga yie."
seebe nui ye ma, "be ba ge keea yaa-zaya
ke. ge le zii-mai weni."

na yezu seebe nui kéea lili e gaa-zaya
ke e vile dii vai va sale velei la. keea
vaani bu.

e ye velei seebe nui liini la keea wo
ga e zii-mai wèè, maa nee de li de yeea
gala po ga de zii-mai wèè. pele felego ya
na da kée la. gila ka ga de de yeea gala
na koloi lodo. gòi ya su de vaa ma. da
dodo na, da zii-mai wèè. fele kelei ya ga
de gala feli de gaa-zaya ka ga e yii-mai
le ga die de zie la.

10

daa-zu-bete vai

kpete nu yila ge yeni na pelai wu ga
kpidi zaama yie na navoloi lodo. tamai
ye ga vike, bovelaale e yeni daa-zu bete-
zu ga kwena tamaa. é le bega navolo ta
nepe fe nu ta ya, na weé vagaitie balaa.
e le bega navolo ta le doo-zu vago zu ba-
laa. tei nazaitie to wöi na ga koko oo
boolo, e le bega geea te vaar ma. 'e daa-
zu beteni no bo vaa ma. boobo su kpete
nui gaazu-voo wuloni ga nu booppe.

e yeni ga yee ta moolé nu li po e ye
ma, "su lebiga ge de mokolu miini. pulu
ya ma ga vike. ga zeebezu. su le baani.
ge wöini é bo ba." kpete nui ye ma, "ze-
bé ga ke yie?"

moolé nui gaa wote zeea e ye ma, "ko
ga seni gila no ge li ge molo yez. yeea
gé gili gé mi." kpete nui ye ma, "ba.
gé le kee. ge le na navoloi loo yeni ta
nepe pulu." moolé nui ziyini pulu ga
kuu-zu nee lala. bovelaale mooléi ye ga
vike.

kpete nui dui vaani po e ye ma, "keea,
navolo lamaa ya e ya. e yega daa-zu be-
tezu e ziyi na zunu loma zie su ma. maa
neè è luo velei maa veli è bo numaitie
va ga ya navoloi yie kui yee te ma yie te
wo. su le woozaa ya za. ya zaa na, é le
zooga o li ga ya navoloi."

vele no na è la ga maa nee daitie de
ziize woi wení de me le ziiize woi laa-zu
bete, ke de wu ziyi de lii la de numaitie
yala bo da. ziiize nu boobo ge le ziiize woi
laa-zu bete boo vaa ma no. towaa numai-
tie woo la kée vaa ma te pe te siyi ga
gaama te wulo tono ma. da na yee na,
gala ka tuuyie loo de ma.

11

kpo-ba-wo fai

e ſeni ga yee ta zolopo yila ge ſeni tu-
wui levesu. tei e ſeni yiizu, balegi leve-
ni e loo e boo zaya ga doo zoi. fodoi
wuloni ba ga tamaa fii be. e yaa baani ga
e wu ziyi, ke e le ſeni zooni o lo, bove-
laale wúgizu ſeni litesu ga tamaa. e looni
zuwáve e ye na.

nu yila ge leveni na vele yie wulo na
kpalagi zu. e wele zolopoi va laani fodoi
yie wulo ba. e li po e vile mebi ya e ye
ma, "noko, yaazo lao. wu ziyi. wu ziyi.
ga bo yie e ziti taa zu." zolopoi yaazu
laoni e ye kpo-ba-wo nui ma, "ge le zooga
go lo. ge yiini gului zu ge boo zaya ga
do o zoi. fodo lamaa wuloni ba. fii bbeve
ga vike."

kpo-ba-wo nui seyei yilini palai ya e
kpekpe e to e bo ba ga e ziti taa zu. tei
te ſeni lotosu tai va, nu taniga te vaani
te pete te li wulu te va ga bebei te da su
te lii la taa zu te da sabai ma nabui woba
na pelei wu. zolopoi ſeni kpo-ba-wo nui
ma, "è mama ga tamaa. tei ge ſeni ladni
zuwáve ge laa-nowo wo fii yie bbe, è vaa-
ni po è bo ba. ya ga kpo-ba-wo nu vago.

vele no na gala dui ziize la ga kpo-
ba-wo nui de bogope faa ma. da na yi gaa
ziizu, towaa va de wo e kele-yele fe de
ya. da na luozu, towaa va e de yii lo.
da na maa wöizu ga boobó su faa yowú vaa
ma de keeni, towaa de zu vaa ye.

na ya ga ziize ya ga kpo-ba-wo nui de
vaa ma ani de wöini, ani zee-la-ma ya de
ya mavaa ma, ani da gaa-zaya ke.

12

pulu

zunu yila ge ſeni liizu sie ma. ta ſazai
te na kasoi beteni. ſazai ye ma, "māa
nse e li ga molo yeze ta e ve gulo va."
zunui ye ma, "abe vaa zu?" ſaza nui ye
ma, "zui nii è vaazu levesu su -- è le
nu ta nepo kwěni na. te le looma goo wo-
ga. gè kwěni na ga keni ya li ga ya
boo laa-mii ſenii ageè è me le laa-nowo wo?

zunui vaani bu e molo yeze ta wuuni na
kasoi zu ta gulo.

tei e zitini zuu balaagi zu e peteni
ga ſazai boni ga gaama. numaitie te na
te le ſeni wöini to daa-mii ſeni zow
wulo, bovelaale ta dei le lamani. nu ta
le ſeni na o ko, na vaa ma e boo wooni ga
daa-mii ſenii e ſeni na kasoi zu.

vele no na e la ga da lii na sies ma,
maa nse de li ga da looma kolaitie e vile
gala ba ta dui ziize, bovelaale gala koloi-
tie ta zoo te de wo ga gala goi ve nepo de
na.

daitie de gala kwěni, daitie de gala
dui ziize mavaa ziyia ga gaama, de wǒini
ga gala goi ga sie nepo e ye velei de wōi-
ni la ga daa-mii ſeni. ani de le laa mia,
pulu ya ye de ma. ani de le gala goi me-
niga ga folo nepo, oo ani de le gala goi
lodoga ga folo nepo, pulu ya ye de ma
mavaa ma.

na vaa ma, ve nepo da lii na, maa nse
de li ga looma kolaitie e vile gala ba
ke vaa ma de te lodo de zu baa ga gala
goi.

13

su-vaa-yegi

e yeni ga kpidi yila nu ta níke saago
wulo taa zu e li ga tis kpala gila su tai
woba. nikaitis te leve-teveni kpalagi zu
tis moloi mi. tei gela boni, kpalagi nala-
palagasi yé kpowú.

zunui nii e liini ga nikaitis kpalagi zu
ga te moloi mi e yeni ga faa-yowú-yes nu.
e nii yesni bavelaale kpala keea nui wóí
zíyini má. tei kuu felego leveni, masagi
faa-yowú-yee nui lilini e yes ma, "numaitis
ta sa bosu ga ya ya é liini ga nikaitis ga
te moloi na mi." faa-yowú-yes nui yes tea,
"ba. bObo su ge le kesni. zunui wóí ya
má." nu saago vaani te meni nii faa-yowú-
yes nui boni. te yes ma, "ya zee vaa wosu.
kpidii na nikaitis te moloi miini la ge
saago gé yeni doboi zu tai woba gie suo
yaa zie. ge é yeseni yie li ga níke
saagoi. ya ya é kesni."

te soni te pili kpidi vele wu. e lebe-
ni na. e le wulu yaa veni na faa yowúi va
e kesni ga kpala keea nui. na wuloa su e
zilini la e leve keezu va. kè e yeni wóí-
ni ga e wulo kpidi vele wu. na vaa ma e
tilini e yes ma, "boi, ge wóini è su yaa yes.
bobo su ge faa yowú yesni ga yie, kés maa
wóive. ge le damo dai yee kono, bavelaale
ge wulu yaa voga na faa yowúi va." kpala
keea nui yes ma, "è de wulu yaa veni. ya
sa zilizu gáazu. na vaa ma ge le zooga
go è zu vaa yes. ya maa wóí na ga bobo
su, ya vaa na pò ga ki pago, ga è zu vaa yes.

vele no na gala koloi bosu la de ma ga
gala ge le de zu vaa yesa da vaa yowúitis
vaa ma e yesu de wulu yaa ve de maa wóí
de va pò ga ki pago.

14

gala ge le kee

è kwèni ga keea vago ya bo dui va.

e yeni ga yee ta zolopo yila ge li
keea bObogi wo ve e yes ma, "keea, wóive
e bo ba." keea yes ma, "zæbe gá ke yie?"
zolopoi gaa wote zeea e yes ma, "nu ta
faa yowú yesni gáazu. ge wóini ge kpolo
la ma. ge wóini è seele woo ve ga è
weleni zunui nii va yie li na pelei wu
yie na soolai ta wúmo." keea yes ma, "bo
ma ga gaama, zunui nii è ya zoolai ta
wúmoni?" zolopoi yes ma, "ba, ke ge wóini
è seele woo ve yes na."

keea yes ma, "ya ga dùu bobo. ge wói-
ni ge bo yie wo, kés ge le nii yes. na ya
ga faa yowú." zolopoi yes ma, "è veceve,
keea." keea yes ma, "ba. ya vaa na pò è
gaa-zaya kes ga ge bo yie faa vagoi vaa
ma, ga kes. faa yowú laale." keea le
vaani bu.

vele no na gala ge le vaa bu la ani
da gaa-zaya kes ga è bo de va de faa yowú
yes. gala dui zilize boni de ma ga kesni
da wóí ga yiini e yes velei è de wóini la.
na vaa ma gala ge le da veli woi yaa
wotega ani da gaa-zaya kes na ga è yes
de va de faa yowú yes.

fai nii yes wo yigi zu --- gala ge le
zooga o faa yowú ta npe kes. e yes gala
ge boni de va ga de faa yowú yes, ò to
bóo lógi loo. gala ge le ma yes wo-wo-wo.
ani de wóini ga gala ge da veli woi yaa
wote, maa nes de faa yowú bogope kulo de
yigi zu ga maa wú. da na yes na, de le
gala felia ga woo yowú.

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yee ta gala ge le kee

ani è lui é è yaa zaya keoni ga è kaali
ve zeea è yaa wo da, ya fe zeea? mayaa-
wotegi ya ga "ba", bovelaale è è lui wöini
ga vike.

zinaa taniga te liini masagi wo te ye ma,
"masagi, gè wöive è bo giè gè mode doo bala
da." masagi ye tea, "ba, ge le kee."
zinaitis te ziyini na te li te mode doo
lamaa zei ta boc. tei è beteni te teveni
te wui doo yili la te ta zowò wulo te ta
boale. wui doi na tai nala-jalani. e nu
lamaa zoni e ke te le ta lii yeoni e ke ga
te kui lamaa zo nu taniga ma ga te wui doi
yeea. na vaa ma molo le heni te ya ta na-
volo. te laa-nowo woni.

è kaa --- masagi nii e sakpeni te ya tei
te gaa-zaya keoni ga e bo tiè te mode doo
bala da --- e keoni ga kele-yele pele,
bovelaale e yeni kwèni ga wui doi le vani
loamagitie vaa ma. masagi nii keoni ga
kele-yele pele, bovelaale e zooni e pete
nii le vani te vaa ma.

vele no na gala ka zoo e pete da nii le
vani de vaa ma. yee ta da gaa-zaya ke ga e
heni ta ve de ya. ani e le vani de vaa ma,
e le feea. ani è lui è è yaa-zaya keoni ga
è kaali ve zeea è yaa wo da, è le feea zeea.
bovelaale è kwèni ga kaali le ga gaa-wo
heni vago.

vele no na e la ga ani gala ge kwèni ga
nii de felini le vani de vaa ma, e le feea
de ya. maa nèè de nii ziyi ga gaama de
yii le de ye yiini ma, "boobò su gala ge
kwèni nii pagei de vaa ma."

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nii de balai ma gala ka pete

wels nii va --- e yeni ga yee ta zolo-
poi li keea wo ye e ye ma, "keea, gè wöi-
ni e bo ba gè nä pelei maa le. ge le
zooga go ke nä yilekpu sama yie o vee
vaazu."

keea sakpeni zeea e ye ma, "ba, gè le
boga yie o ya velei maa le." zolopoi yii
yaa walàni ga vike e ye boc ma, "ge le
keea yaa-zaya kee kono heni ta nepè faa
ma. e le wöini o bo ba."

kè keea yele-yelegi ye e leve dui va.
e yeni kwèni ga tolòki-zie nu yeni vaazu
ga pani kala tamaa po taa zu. è kwèni
pe ga pani kalagi vage pele maa-lees vai
ma e leve tetegi va. è deveni ga è ta
yeea dui vaa ma e bo ba e nd pelei maa
lees la. na vaa ma e boni dui ma e ye ma,
"ba, ge le boga yie."

su le woozani tolòki-zie nui va ga
pani kala tamaa po taa zu. keea ta yeea-
ni mayaa ma e tili e ye ma, "ya vani kala
ka. lii la e ya velei maa lees la. page
ga tamaa e leve tetegi va." dui mamani
ga tamaa, bovelaale keea boni ba e leve
nii ve e gaa-zaya keoni ga e ke.

velo no na gala ge de wöini la ga
tamaa. to ga de yeea boo-bogi. kele-
yelege e leve de va. nii de balai ma
towaa pete. na vaa ma ani de gala gaa-
zaya keoni ga e yeni ta ve de ya, ke è
le vaani bu, maa nèè de me le yii yaa
walà de me le yee wulo gala fai wu de yii
le. bovelaale nii pagei de vaa ma towa
fe de ya.

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e le peni luozu. zii le peni wulozu ba.
numaitie va le peni pelai wa te ya te deeni
ga te wa ma le peni weni. te le peni
ga ari le ma. te le peni nu ya wuai na
mawai fu i yao yaadi. te le peni
gan wuai ga tei e le waani bu wa ma
nada te. te le peni gan yaani zabui e
kesati e le yao villai salo ya nape su.
ta wu au le peni maani te paa bove-
la le ta le fad maani ga ya yani.
ta le peni na yaani oso la le
peni ari le maani. ta ta wad vaani, na
ya ga nyu ta anani, e yaani ga ziize nu.

nu wa wuai daa wala laa waloni. e
ya mui maan laan ya ba kola-kola,
"li e vila na pala deo, zinaitie
boga laa le peni pelai wu, nii e boni te
muni. ta nii te be ma ga te le peni
wuani ga naza nu ta nape pelai wu siegi
na zu.

nu yaa wuani yilini mawai va e ya
tea holo li e vila na pala deo.
zunui e yaani wuani na, ananui wala
zoaitie va e wadai le va e walo
betoi ma ta walo le paa mui ya ba
te ya, yaa yilayi ye e leve zinaitie
zamai wu zu fu. tei e zilini poe nu
wa walo, poe nu bo ma na e zei na betoi
wui lae e goo-meni kuleni.

nu yaa wuai wu bu ziyi ga e wala
zinaitie va te yaani wuuni koba. tei
e wu bu ziyini ga na, e peteni ga naza
te yaani loni kpo zeyci zu. e ye zinai-
tie ma, "a be ba nazaaitie te le bu."

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siegi nii zu nu nape ga le sakpeni.
nazaitie te leeni bu.

nu yaa wuai vaa laa wolo yie ye
tea, "a bolo ga hua faa la na ga e
ya wo ma ga ki gaa-zia."

na nape deo vaa ka kpee loa. nu
yaa wuai yee la zee ma e ya ma, waa
bee ya e toozui? e le welozu ba go
kpee loozu. na wo ka je zaazu."

zunu yila ge ya tea, "ge le ya luoi
yaa yaa. e le besu ge va go li nada
bee nu wo e waa ma. e le sale ta nape
kpetee zowo nape zeea tai nii zu."

nu yaa wuai ya te ma, "mayaa-wotegi
ya ga ga ya ziize nu."

tei e nii wuani, numaitie te aeni
pelai wu e le wala yilini nazu va te
gila ge ye tea, "ge kweni ga ya ga
ziize nu, ka veloi balaan e la ga ziize
nu, abe wuazu e le sale betee?"

nu yaa wuai yee la zee-zuva e koloi
ziyi kpassai nazu e ya teon, "koloi nii
ya daa ya giti. ta ga gala kola, nii
nape e su ta ma gama. a wui le nii e
boga wo aani, de paa gala to yilekpu.
keni wa wu i ga wo vaa nla ga wo yigi
zu boga pa ta wo kpo veloi boga pa su e
vaa wa yaa-hai boga pa ba. to naa wu gi
ya."

nu yaa wuai koloi vaa da e loowo ga
ta wolo, bovelaale kpoloi ye ga tamaa.

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["su la wuai neni, tei e gaa yaani ga\nsaa wuai neni, tei e gaa ya ga\ngaa wuai neni,

mamá ka ga gá gala feli gala gilekpu no.
gá za za oo kpidii oo pina. kě gě le
luozu. boveshale ge kušni ga gá wolo-
wolo yevui zolo wo gě ye gala koba ta
dui ziize. kùzu nee wala nepe gě le
yeo na o leve na va. gala dui ziize
kuluni e wolo-wolo yevui zolo wo. e
ki-to boni ga taitie nepe ta mama ziyi
ga gaama ta damodai ye. gě siyia ga
gaama ga gá zaa na ga wolo-wolo yevui
zolo wo.

palesi wu yeni bu-bu. nu yaa wuai
laani kpe. na pels deo vileni wùbi ya
palesi wu kobave e ye poo nu ma, "ge
siyia ga gaama nii wa ma e boga ta
velei e getea yeni la tei boo e yeeni
ga ziize nu. ge siyia ga gaama."

zunu ta loto nu yaa wuai na běei va
e ye tea, "ge siyia ga gaama su wooza,
kě ge yeni luozu ga ge ka numaitie te
kwě. gě le sa luozu. gě boga sa nupe
ma ve ya ge wošni ge ye ga ziize nu.
ge boga sa ga gá vile sala dui ziize
wulu. gě yee wulo sale wai zu tete.
ge siyia ga gaama ga gaa-baa bozope ka
gala zeea. ge siyia ga gaama ga é de
na gaa-bai ta nepe feeni sale ya oo
govea oo-yeni ta nepe. ge siyia ga
gaama ga na gaa-bai bozope ka zeea to
boo wad ma. ge siyia ga gaama ga towaa
tii yeo la e bo da de va."

nu looluo baalaga te faa yilagi woni
palesi wu.

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pu yaa wuai lao wolo koma e ye tea,
"kuu zu neeve. gula ka buuyia loo
wie. gala dui ziize ye buuyia loo
wie. zee-la-ma ya wo ya."

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## zuu-Yeea vai

By
M. D. Miller

Translated By

Yiela Koikoi

March woozi
1959
1000
116

# zuu-Yeea vai

yái è looma dowo woloi lodoni kuløgi
12 ma 1958, è tenegi nii lodoni looma zunu
gila ge boni ga ná numaitie é vile zui vaa
va. zunui nii boni ga é liini gada ta zui
nii vaa va é numaitie Yaa-zaYa ke ga ve ó
tii Ye ná. numaitie te boni ga te le zuu
veea zéea. te Teni tea ta ga wēe, zui ma-
leve le te la.

gaamai zu te le geni ga wēe. te mæme
goloni te Teni wolo zui nii no ma tie tii
Te ná. kè to ga gaama ga deve le te la zui
nii vaa ma te Yeeani te tii Yee wolo ma.
kaamai Ya ga te le zui Yeeani, oo te le so-
lo woni ga gometii na gaa-bai.

zuu zolo-wo fai Ya sa ziilizu looma.
zuu zolo-woga zu-wulo-zu Ya ga zébe? keni
de pe da fai nii Yaa Ya. na laale siegi ta
Ya vaazu zitizu nii loomagitie ta balaa ta
Te su ga wēe te Yaa yui Ya, ta te Yeeani te
wolodave.

# kce vele wolo-zayagi

wui fai ó teYa Te vaazu looma, zui mavaa
Yaa wéeYai Te ga pelei nii zu vele. wolo-
wolo veaitie Ya te taitie yowo-zu wēe-pele-
gitiæ laani. zui é tai ma ga kwēe-pelegi
wuu-zu vele to tai vaa ma. na zu-wulo-zu
Ya ga to taa veaitie vaa ma.

ani nu ó wōi na é tii Te Yee ta kpa ba ta

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balaa su, ve 6 ná w6i 6 ná veli kpa6a keea
nui má. ani 6 wolo na ga tii Te, zui na 6
Te kono ga kpa6a keea nui wo.

zui zu wooloi Te. na Ta Yee na numaitie
to zui nii liigoi zolo wo to w6i te tii Te
ma ga sie nape. zuu vala ge le geni laani
tie.

z6bci é kce maw6lo-
zayagi maa ya veli?

tei wui faa vaa zui nii zu ta gometi Yaa-
baa, de pele niine wu-da zoga sa. abei é
ke6 da maa veli boo ti? keni de maa veli
bovelaale na zu-buove sa ga zuu le Yee ná
6 kulo-Yee-wo nu pe faa ma.

è welea na va ga nu taniga ta sa kookoo
seizu ta kofi e ve6 loova balaa va. zuu
liigoi sii-zii genii niitie ta siri tevege
molo lii-Yee-zu Yila ba. na ma numaitie ta
zuu bakp w6i Yesu.

na wulu kono nu lamaa Ta vaazu ga niitie
te w6ini ga zuu. numaitie te wulozu kpetea
va é ve6 sa zoo lavetie va zui nii vaa va,
te w6ini ga zuu ve sa. su le sa vaazu woo-
zasu ga nu felego yie gada Tila w6i Te.

ani nu felego Ta gada Tila w6i na, kpo6
Ta sa yá loo. towo 6 teTa Te kpo6 nii zu
betezu maa nei pele ta Te na ya zoo è leve
da è kw66 ga nui po ge ga zui. gometii Ta
welezu na yée luo vele va ga siegi ta Ta
vaazu zitizu numaa tie zuu magapi wo. na
ma gometii Ta sa pele ta betee loo zeizu ga
nii nu Ta leve da yie Te ga zuu keea nu. na

Ta Yee na, è ziri sa za ma, ani kwena tani-
ga ta leve na, nu ta yie faa wo pilegi
qada ta va yie Te tea, "ge w6ini ga zui
nii," ya zoo é Te tea, "na Ta ge ga zui
nii keea nu. ya zoo no è tii Te zui nii
ma kui ma ga da è ya ga è ke ná." na Ta
Yee na kolo Ta Te le ya ga nii ya Te ga go-
metii na gau-bai yie de ga ya Ta è ga keea
nu. kpo6 vaa ta nape ge le Yee na ani no
ya woloi beteve maa-wulo-zu le ba.

kce vele nííneí

zuu zolo-wo pele niineí Ta ga nii. ma-
maa wügi pa nu ta nape ka zoo é zuu zolo
wo. na Ta ga nui napegi é kui zu towa
zoo é zuu zolo wo - é Teni ga moolé nu oo
gaza nu balaa. zuu Ta Te ga nu ta nape po
nii navolo Ta Te zéea ga é d6 pulu.

fai fele kelei é vile zuu-zolo-wo pele
niinei va to ga keni ta d6 boo ma do te
zui w6o.

po-k6ogi niitie te gila toove b6o wu --

kè te wòogi gaalu fai zu no Ta da kwèè da
ga gáave liigoi nii toai la b6i wu.
ani ya yui Ta gaa wooloi, è le w6iya wèè 6
va 6 ya wèè-pelegi ta wolo balaa wulo ba
yie Te tea, "pò ka." ani ya yui wòoge maa-
wulo-zu n6pe ge le ba, mawòogi woneè kolo ma
ma, manui le zooga 6 na Te.

ani ta Te na ya yui w6osu ta yàkpa-zuve

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wōo ta kogi-zu e vēs gaavē va. na Ta Yēe
na ve vele yākpa-zuve Ta lii la ta nā wōo.
na Ta ga ani a lii na ga folo-wulozu vele
oo folo-liizu oo folo yee-za-su vele oo
folo wowo-yee-su vele.

kōogi vaa vai nii Taazo Ta koloi zu dāa
ga ŋeni-wōo fai. ani tē le de pateni, gila
siyi ē maa woli. numaa ta bosu ga to ga
looma koloi baa Telei gila. kē ani dē wōi-
ni dē Ti daa wodo ga ya yui wōoga ga velei
maa nēs é wōo da, page dē mazei boobo bo dē
maa woli ga zii-loo.

fai sava kelei e vile zuu-zolo-wo pele
niinai va to ga keni kolo Ta Te dē ya yīs
bo ga ya Ta dē ga zui keea nui. koloi nii
Ta zoo é bo ga ve ya yui na ta tiigoi, na
Ta Yēe na é bo ga dē mavoon-vee Yēe. faa-
wū-da veaitis ta yée-wo pile su. na Ta Yēe
na ani su-vai Taa wodove maa-wulo-zu le bá,
é le wolo-wolo zooga dō napi wo kono dē Yēe
vaa ma ga ya yui keea nu. kuuti nēpe oo
looya nēpe ka zoo é yee zei koloi nii wu
ani no gometii nii Ta de gaa-bai zéea.

kolo zolo-wo pelei

velei ya koloi zolo wo da nii yá de ga
ya Ta dē ga zui keea nui, to ga nii --

1--yā taa veaitis Taa-zaTa ka ga te va
bu ga dē zui ta Yeea.

2--ta koloi ve dē ya nii yá de ga te vaa
bu.

3--yā li ga koloi paatii wo é yee-wo pi-

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le su.

4. ya koloi ziri kono dē lii la palamai
wo é damodai Yē.

5. na wulu keni dii sii yee -wo pile su.

6. na Ta Yēe na ya zuu-wēē-teve nu lili
é va é zui wēēgi leve ga eko liigoi dē wōi-
ni dē gēea. eko liigoi na Ta yā wu koloi
na ma te yee-wo pileg su.

7. na Ta Yēe na ya zuu-wēē-teve nui voo-
noi ve ga seni felego nāi eko Tila faa ma
dē gometii voonsi ve ga seni felego nāi eko
Tila faa ma. kpgogea ge Yē ga dala gila
eko Tila faa ma.

8. gometii na do voonsi Ta yā fé kani-
kulo wuigi ya kēs vaa ma é kolo ve dē ya nii
yā de ga dē zui manavoloi veea.

9. ya koloi na ziri dē lii la dulu kolo
taa zu gomei wo ga é yee-wo pile su.

10. ta sa ta dii vēē bá. dii woloi nii
Ta de ga zui na Ta ga dē wo. na Ta Yēe na,
nu nēpe ge le tii Yēe na keni dē vaa bu.

tene-goí

koloi nii ya solo wo ya yui vaa ma towaa
wone wui goo zu. maa nēs é ye dē Ti ga ga dē
nu ta zolo wo yīs woi nii Tile-giledai zu
wulo yīs looma goo zu. maa nēs dē laa la ga
fai niitisa te koloi zu te Taa-Taave yīs d
teya yee-wo pilesu su. ani no ya yee-wo pi-

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le na koloi su, a ka ti pele le a Tees na
ga b faa ta nape maa veli su. maa nes è
laa la boo ga maa-wulozu le ya yui mawo-
gi va.

gé menini ga zuu ta dono su looya é ná
nui vaeni, na Ta ga nui nii looyai boo Te
ná fai bao la, é zuu zii gilagi na zowó
wuloni ma ga nii wolo é sowó wuloa nu ta
boni ma. na zu-wulo-zu Ta ga kóogitis no
é puuni nu maa wúgi na koloi ma, to no Ta
é puuni kono nui nii na do woloi ma. nu
zei-zu felegoi niitie te navolo leve pò
zui mavaa ma. nii Teni ga pele vago looyai
vaa ma ga é bete ga maa vilea na Ta TEE
na taa veaitie te moolé. é Te zunui yii
laani boo ma é koloi lodo, ó kwéé ga zui
nii é Teni geeazu é Teni ga nu dono ná
dei.

gé faa ta menini kono e vile kawolo Ti-
la ba. é vaani looya ta wo ga nà ná zui ma-
wolo bete. looyai mu gé koloi woneni ga
zui Te ga to boo wo. é zunui wulo sa ga
na wulu vele. kè kawoloi yee-wo pileni
su. é le dodoni oo no Te ga é su vaitie
Taa Ta, kè é yee-wo pile no su. na zu-
wulo-zu wo ge ga faave sa fai niitie wu
koloi boga.

tei kawoloi zaani, looyai é zui boo zo-
lo wo sa, towo nu ta nape ge le bega faa
Te ó vile fai nii va.

na ma koloi lodo boo sese è kóogitis
lii velei vete b ya teTa yee-wo pilesu su.

ta nu lamaa Taazu zui zu é leve niitie

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va te zaazu. na ma zui nii é ná maa Ta
sa vensu ga Tele kelei.

me le la b nii agee è me le Taaze lao
ga subu ta b wele na va ga ya zeini nu ta
ná zuu ma. yee maa woko na sa. ya ve sa
boo ya Taalaitie ve, wo zui ta Teea.

ani navolo le de è ya ó tii-kulo wo,
sei-zei geni-zeiya loo zei na za zui ma.
ani siegi Ta ziti na ga te géea, yai sei-
zei geni zeiyai yle zui ma, ya Ta maa nei
è Te ga nu maa wú è géea.

+

-7-

bobo su

By

Roslyn Sadler

Translated by

Peter Woloba Howard

Wesley Sadler

Woozi

January, 1956

1200

52

tuo-vaa-wogi

waititɛ w'o nii lodosu w'o maa welia
nii e ga faa vagoi nui vaa ma ya zoo'é kolo lodo é pons boo laa woi zu.
nii ya ga faa niinɛ looma zui zu. 'é
le ga faa niinɛ zuu lamaa zu:

numaa te kolo-wonɛ loo zeiya
towaa yɛ ga kwena wulu dooluo. e
ziri siagi na ma te faa yaa wuaitie
wonɛ e yɛni ga tie ta ta numaitie.
na vaa ma de faa lamaa wɛni e vile
te va. de kwɛni nii te miini ta nil
te tɛni ma ta velei te luoni la e
vaa faa lamaa va te kɛni. de nii
wɛni bovelaale nii te ponseni da zoo
de dodo sa.

numaitie ta damo dai yɛɛzu za.
na ya ga ta sa kolo wonɛzu yie vile
faa yaa wuaitie va e yɛɛzu ga tie.
kwena tamaa ya leve na sa numaitie
ta niitie lodo de te wonɛzu te kwe
velei de la. numaa ta kolo wone na
e vile te luo velei va ta te leaitie
e vɔɛ natiɛ te leaitie va, nu le
yeemaa tuo wolo-zanagitiɛ ma. na
vage.

ya faa lamaa lodo koloi nii zu
e vile fai taniga va numaitie te
kɛni wolo-woloi zu. faitie è vaazu
te lodosu ta ga gaama vaa boobo. fai
niitie te yɛni ga boobo su. da zoo
de te lodo za bovelaale tei te
yɛni, numaitie te te wonɛni.

1

## boobo su 1.

gaama vaa wolo-za'ragi ya e vile velei va numaitie te tii yEni la ga navoloi ga maa wu.

kwena wulu saago levega masa gwala yila ge yeni na daa ga keloose. kpatsei ye ga bolo bovelaale ve to zenigi wulo na ta kanigi, po' ge yeni ga natie zui na zu. masa gwalai keloose na yeminigi o vee ziilizu, numaitie to woligitie veli bo yiini zeea. na ya ga nu o baala fe kee faa ma, oo tii gila fe molo yezo zu paa-maa-zeye vaa ma. numai niitie te le geni tii yEni ga navolo ga bene e ye velei za de keezu la.

kè masa gwalai keloose e peteni ga feli-bo fai yeni faa lamaa wulozu. na vaa ma e na zenigkeit ta na kanigkeit beteni e zee wulo bu. na ya ga e zenigkeit boga kanigkeit beteni ga navolo e zee wulo bu. na yeezu e. yee wo pile te va ga nii lii go navoloi gila ge yeni le. masa gwalai keloose e na daa-zeigi woneni pe navolo yile-gilegi ma. tei numaitie te masa gwalai keloose na daa-zeigi veteni navoloi ma, te tii goi vaa ziriini ga gaama bovelaale e yeni ga tele-bo nu.

2

nui taniga te zuu balaa su te wöini ga pele vii-baa nii geni-yeea vaa ma. na vaa ma e ziyi masa gwalai keloose na yeminigi zu numaitie ta tii yeezu ga navolo.

## boobo su 2.

siagi nii zu gaa-baa masa gwala yeni zuu ta balaa su ga sei. koo-woo vea lamaa te yeni zeea. e zuu lamaa wuloni te yeni na zui woba e te zu veaitie ye ga na duo. e beteni ga kavele teego, bovelaale zuu lamai e kuloni e su geniitie ziyi ve.

3

gaa-baa masa gwalai nii na daa-
zeigi ſeni ga nebukeneze. é taa
bakpa wala loni boo ve, mavaa maa
yikigei. é tai nii laa zeini ga
beebaluu. faa lamaa waneve e vile
tai nii va. e ſeni ga taa vagoitie
te gila. kpakpai ſe ga gwala.
looma tai bogope e vee mababai
bogope ba o kulo-yee wo beebaluu
lai mazirigi zu. e wulo niitie
wulu looma kpalagitie bogope to
kulo-yee wo siriigi nii zu. boobo
su tai nii bakpai ſe ga gwala.

duoi e ſeni gaa-baa masa gwalai
nebukeneze ya tevegei ſe wulu ba.
duoi niitie te siri toni ſe na tai
ma. siriigi woozai ſe ga tamaa,
kiligei ga kavele teego. siriigi
woozai ſe nu va ga gili-zu yee
looluo. e ſe nu yee looluo te loni
Tiini kala ga to zoo te wale siriigi

4

wulu va. siriigi ſiligei ſe ga vike
ga nu naago o zoo e lo ga ſee-ri da.

siriigi koo ge ſeni da ga wu
gila. kpogi rile-gilegi ſeni ga
kpaava wolu, te zu bai.

zis wala ſeni laani tai nii zú
e maa leve. zis walai nii bakpai
Te e ziili de su, nii nu ſa teve
yie li belesenai. zisi nii laani
siriigi wu e tai maa leve e la
siriigi wu ga zoolave vele tai va.
wo pataga ga tei gaa-baa masa
gwalai nebukeneze siriigi loni na
tai ma e toni zisi maazu kee vaa ma
zisi yie leve na tai zu tie sara
tie kpoale ga zie me le bea te ya.
na vaa ma nu nepo go koo loo na te
ma, zie o ſe te ya ga te kpoale.

e ſeni ga folo ſila masa gwala
balaa keela leve ga e ſeni vaazu
ga koo ga e tai nii wulo. numaitie
te ſeni tai nii zu te gani, te le
gani luozu. te ſeni kuu ſaazu tie
Taa wo, bovelaale ta lai zu bai ſe
te betei. gaa-baa masa gwalai
nebukeneze yii le wuloni ba ga e na
koi zu woolo. é le kavele-bete nepo
boni koo vaa ma. daa-mii gani lamaa
Teni na tai zu, ta zie. siriigi
bakpai ſe, koozai, kiligei. na vaa
ma numaitie te yii le wuloni te va.

tei te woo yowbitie te vaani,
te weleni siri zereitie va te laa
wulugai, numaitie te tai zu. te
woo yowbitie ta masagi kele-yelegi
Te ga gwala. é na koi zirini e lea

5

la ga zic walai. tei te maa
woozani tai va ga nu le bega zoo
o te vete, te zic walai nilini e
vo su.

tei te Yeni zic walai nilizu,
numaitie te Yeni tai zu te Yeni
Yaa wosu tie kuu ya, bovelaale te
kaani ga te woo yowoitie te liini,
ta le bega va wulu. ka te woo
yowoitie te Yeni vaazu wulu tie yil
ga zic voi. te looni sirigi wu zic
voi zu te le tai zu te nabukeneze
wulo ta na tai ga faa vii-bee,
bovelaale te woo yowoitie te wuloni
ga tie ga te le geni zooni to koo
wo ta tieni.

bobo su 3.

masa gwalai e tai nii wuloni
sirigi Yeni ma e zuu wala zolo woni
ga e lo maazu. ta boo yui Yeni
zeea e vee zui bogope ba e kuloni.
maa nee Ys nii masagitis yil la zui
na zu. ke e le te yil laani. te
Yeni woini ga zuu lamaa.

tei masa gwalai zaani, nui e
tai wuloni sirigi ma, potogi Yeni
wōini e zuu balaa kulo. è deveni
ga o koo wala leve ga e zuu balaagi
nii wulo. zuu balaagi nii Yeni zic
bakpa wala wulu. na vaa ma keni na
koi o zic bakpa walai nii leve keè
tamaa zu. tei no koi Yeni zic
walai levesu, faaga wala vaani e

6

keëgitie wu. nii masagi yil yaa
wālani. ka e deveni ga e yaa baa
kono ga e li e zuu balaagi nii
wulo.

kè siagi nii zu o vee wulozu na
zui zu ta na koi, e keela woo-wo
bea leveni zui nii malaitie zu ga
taa yile-gilegitie te zisi ta leve
po ve ta poloi ta ga te d ee la ga
ta Ys bu, te le gapi woo la.

taa veaitie lamaa te Yeni luozu,
na vaa ma te zisi ta leveni masagi
nii wo ve ta poloi ta ga maa vilea.
ka tai felego le vaani bu ga te
zisi ta leve masagi nii wo ve ta
poloi ta. tei masagi na keela woo-
wo beaitie te vaani taa felegoi
niitis zu, numaitie te te zoni te
te vili zic yerei zu tiee Ys te ma,

7

"poloi ōa na ta zieši. nii wo wōini
--a siyi." na ōezu taa felegoi
niitie te wu kii ma ga te koo loo
masagi nii ma.

masagi nii ōaa baani sie tāmaa
zu ga e taa felegoi niitie wulo e
faa la te ma. kē e le ōeni zooni.

boobo su 4.

zunu tabono kpoobogi da zoo de
faa lodo kolo zu e vile ba e ōeni
ga wulubo wala ōila daa ga anaba.
anaba zaa e ōee ga kwena wulu felego
wū gila. na koi zu wooloi ōe. na
koo-woo veaitie boolo kele go zei
soo wo ma. anaba o tii ōe ga seetie
ga te li ga na koo-woo veaitie ta
rasoitis.

gaa-baa wala ōeni anaba ya. ve
nepo e liini na e zooni e koo
yowōitis wulo.

e ōeni ga folo ōila anaba li e
koo loo numaa ma ga e te wulo. te
laa ōeni ga looma. kē anaba le
zooni o looma veaitie wulo. looma
veaitie te anaba na koi wuloni. vele
rā e ōeni la.

tei looma veaitie te menini ga
anaba ōeni vaazu koo loozu te ma, te
koo wala ōaa leeni ba te li ga te
ko. zinaa felego ōa te ōeni looma
veaitie ta woi wū tuo. gila ge ōeni
ga zolopo. zunu la ōeni su, zii-ma

8

ga e napi wo ga maa vilea e me le
kpowū bo. wū tuo nui zoi ōeni ga
nuwuti e leve zolopoi va. e ōeni
pe ga zunu, kē e ōeni ga zii-loo nu,
kele-yelegi. zolopoi ōeni wōini e
li e koi loo anaba na koo-woo
veaitie ma ga maa vilea. kē nuwuti
tene boni ga te loowu gizigitie ma
te na maa kpowū kse vaa ma anaba na
koo-woo veaitie te bolo to ōe na te
rāa ziesu. zolopoi le ōeni wōini ga
nii, kē e vaani bu ga na ta wolo kē
no.

folo lamaa zu koo zei-zu
felegoitis te raazu laani riini ma,
kē te le kooni. daa-wulo-zuve anaba
ri ge vileni gbana raa bidia va ga e
looma veaitie bēs la gizigitie ma ga
te koo wo. nii ra e kēeni--e nike
wulu felego raa leeni ba e somo gili

9

te melaitis va. kpidii na e gabu
loni somogitis va e na wulu-boi
taniga wulo su ga te wu niksitis ma
te li ga looma veaitis ta buwui wo
vele. niksitis te liini si! te
maazu bu gizigi ma. loomaitis te
welani gizigi wovo wu va te ka ga
koo wala Yeni vaazu te wo vele. na
Yeezu somogitis te Yala te zили
nike melaitis te weagi ma. tei
niksitis te gabui Yaa Yaani te
wologi ma, te bogope te vœni ga
bizea tis le wuu-wu, gabui yis vaza
te maazu. tei loomaitis te na
veteni te velani tis luo. na Yeezu
anaba li ga na koi ga te ziti te ma
te ko.

kè anaba na koo-woo veaitis te
le geni zooni to loomaitis wulo.
loomaitis te anaba na koo-woo
veaitis bœni te li ga wulu vele.
su le woozani anaba li wulu na zui
zu bovelaale keela woo vaani po ga
zuu ta balaa ge Yeni liizu na zui
zu ga e koo loo na. anaba le zooni
wolo-wolo ma ga e loomaitis wulo.
daa-wulo-zuve loomaitis te anaba na
zui wulo. tei te nii Yèni anaba
zaa geni boaleni e za agha no
loomaitis te me le so.

bobo su 5.

e ziri siagi nii zu ma loomaitis
ta Yaa-bai zu wooloni. te ta woi zu

10

baani te zuitis bogope kulo te Yeni
te woba te lo te maazu. ta yui
Yèni ga zuu bakpa walai zui bogope
su.

ta yui yèni ga bakpa su bai e
yèsu e Yè ga kwena wù dozita. siagi
nii zu gaa-bai Yèni loomaitis ya
zui bogope maazu--maziagi zu Yè te
ziize Yaani na.

wo kwèni ga ziize dee meele e
vee zoose va te Yèni liizu bapelemee,
bovelaale looma womotii boni ga maa
nès nu bogope ge na daa-zeigi le te
wo taa zu. wo kwèni ga te ziize
Yaani bapelemee tei meele ta zoose
te Yèni na daa-zei-dee vai ma.

tei ziize Yèni ga zolopo nu
lamaa vile pulu, sili veaitis te
zeini ma ga te paa. ke ziize zili

11

li wooza la. e ſeni ga doso vago.
numaitie to faa wo e vile velei va
o doso lai ſe e la ga pago.

folo yila weyčo tse e leve da
Tseni boologi va sava, e le wu
pileni daa wu. tei te nii woni zuu-
balaa-su nui ma, e yii ſaa wālai e
wāla ga keni weyoč tse ya za fai nii
vaa ma. na wuluboitis te weyoč tse
zoni te vaa la po. e boni weyoč tse
ma ga o su vaa ye e be ba e li boo
ve ani o gulu-vaa laa na dui wu mo
kuloai ga numunu e zu wulo dui va ga
boolo e gulu-vai wo wumo ga mea. nii
Tseni ga faa baanaga ga nu bo nu ma
ga e ke ga duu, bovelaale ani weyoč
tse o voola na gulu-vai va ga ta
wolo no, o dui wo wu ba. na ya zuu-
balaa-su nui yi ge ſeni ba ga e ye.

14

kè weyoǒ tè è le geni luozu. e
gulu-vai laani dui wuimo e bo ma ga
e me le luo. na Tèèzu e zu wulo
dui va ga boolo e meai zei kilegi
Ya e tete gulu-vai ma dui wuimo e
qai kilegi zu e meai vili. meai
gulu-vai zoni e faza.

taitis nepa te ſeni loni na tis
wels nii va te lobani ga kuu-zu nes
tis gos nii vaa ma e ſešni. nii
zuu-balaa-su nui yii ſaa wālani ga
vike. na Tèèzu e wels meai ta balaa
ba weyoǒ tse na kilegi wulu e gaa-
zaya ke ga zebu ya meai na ma. weyoǒ
tse ye ma, "e ye ge dui vaani, go e
vaa ga meai nii."

tei zuu-balaa-su nui nii menini,
e boni na wuluboitis ma ga te weyoǒ
tse zo te lii la koidi vele wu zis
walai wuluve. wuluboitis te weyoǒ
tse vilini keègi zu tis lii la zis
wuluve. kè tei te ſeni levesu,
faaga wala vaani. te ya poǒ. weyoǒ
tse wulo te ya.

za logi zu numaitie ta faa wosu
zui na zu e vile zii-loo nui nii va.

15

wũ-teve-ga vaa

By

Wesley Sadler

woozi

July 1958

1000

101

-- wũ-teve-ga vaa --

gé wõini wo wele nu saago va. ta ga --

gaza nui yɛloodia
masagi yɛloo
bataize-Yɛɛ zɔ

maki na koloi Ta faa ta wosu wo ma e
vile te nu saago va. poneve toso lozita,
too-zeiyai mawoi puugo kai lofelai va. na
Ta ga poneve maki 6: 17.

masagi yɛloo keɛni te bataize-Yɛɛ nui
zɔ wũgi leve ga. gaza nui yɛloodia boni ma
ga ɛ kɛ. nii mazabui Ta masagi yɛloo e zɔ
vaani ma.

masagi yɛloo e dɛrɛ gazai wuloni zeea.
dɛrɛi na daa-zeigi ɛni ga félé. fele
gazai na daa-zeigi ɛni ga yɛloodia. nii
masagi yɛloo keɛni e ɛni ga faa yowũ wala.
tei bataize-Yɛɛ nui zɔ menini, e liini
masagi yɛloo wo vɛ e Yɛ ma, "ɛ lɛ to su ga
è lɛrɛ gazai wulo zéea."

woi nii gaza nui yɛloodia yil Taa wālani
ga vike. na vaa ma masagi yɛloo keela leve-
ni te Tizi zɔ ma te gili te pili kpidi vele
wu gaza nui yɛloodia vaa ma.

maki na koloi Ta bosu de ma ga gaza nui
yɛloodia zilini ga zɔ ŋi su. e ŋeni wõini
e paa. e zilini ga zɔ bovelaale e luoni
ba. zɔ ŋeni ga bataize-Yɛɛ nu vago yiɛ bœ
numaitiɛ wo e vile tuo vele maa-veli faa va
e vɛɛ bataize-Yɛɛ vaa va kɛɛ vaa ma ta

- 1 -

vaa yowũi zu vaa yɛ. dúdla yui ŋaazo pe
e vɛɛ yɛlúsùlɛɛ lai zu va te liini po vɛ
te laa ŋaze ma e bataize ŋe ga tiɛ yóodl
yiɛi wu. gaa-baa lamaa ŋeni zɔ ya numai-
tiɛ maazu, masagi yɛloo pe.

na vaa ma gaza nui yɛloodia luoni zɔ
va. e ŋeni wōini e yɛ masagi ya. ɛ le
peni wōini o li wulu masagi derei ſele wo
o yɛ zeea ga gaza. a wele fai nii va ga
pago. yɛloo ŋeni ga masa gwala, nu lamaa
pulu, kpeſei ŋe ga vike e leve dêrei ſele
va. boobo su yɛloodia le geni wōini o
wulo masagi ya. e peteni ga gaa-baa ŋeni
zɔ ya masagi maazu. ɛ le geni wōini ga zɔ
o masagi ŋigi maa veli ga e têve wulu ſele
wo vɛ. na vaa ma yɛloodia ŋeni wōini e zɔ
vaa.

kè yɛloodia le kuloni ŋaazu. wo dodoga
ga gaa-baa ŋeni zɔ ya masagi yɛloo maazu.
maki na koloi ŋa bosu de ma ga masagi luoni
zɔ va pe. kwɛɛ fai ma be ga zɔ ŋeni ga gaa-
laa nu. na vaa ma e maa bɛɛni, ɛ le bega
be nu ta nepɛ ba o nada zei ba. tei masagi
o zɔ woi meni na, ki da o vili, kè o wui lo
goọ ma ga kuu-zu nɛɛ. na vaa ma yɛloodia
le zooni o kulo ŋaazu ga masagi zɔ vaa.

kè na leɛni ga zéea tei yɛloo ŋaa voloi
ziilini. yɛloo kuu ŋaani na voloi na numai-
tiɛ vɛ ta wuluobo ŋaa wuaitie e vɛɛ géealàli
nu ŋaa wuaitie va. te bogope te vaani ga
kuu-zu nɛɛ ga te laa mi te ŋaa wo. yɛloo
wuu zu nɛɛni pe.

gaza nui yɛloodia duu gaza nui booogi
vaani kui ma e ŋaa te vɛ. e ŋaani ga pago
e yɛloo yii la ta maa wɛitie. na vaa ma

- 2 -

yɛloo ŋe ma, "gaa-zaŋa ke geni nepɛ ma e
wōini gā fe e ya." é woto leveni zeea é
Te tea, "geni nepɛ ya gaa-zaŋa ke mā gā fe
e ya, anee balaa é ŋe ga kwèligí mazevè ŋila
kpalaa."

na ŋeni ga geni lamaa yɛloo o fe yɛloo-
dia duu gaza nui ya kaa vai ma no. kè
yɛloo le geni ŋi gaa ziezu ga pago siegi
na zu. kuu zu nei ŋe ga vike. maa wɛitie
lamaa te ŋeni kôba. boobo su é le boeni
yɛloodia duu gaza nui wo ga kele-Tele.

kè gaza nui le geni na wèni. nii yeelo
boni mā e siyi ga gaama e li dee yɛloodia
wo vɛ e faa ta wo ma e vile ba e ŋe ma,
"zEBEi Gà kalama ŋaa zaŋa?"

wo peteni de ga yɛloodia ŋeni ga kuu-zu
bolo nu yiɛ faa yow ŋe yiɛ wōi ga e zɔ vaa.
na vaa ma é ŋe duu gaza nui ma, "bâtáize-
TÉÉ ZÔ wûgi."

e keee! "bataize-Teè zô wûgi." na ŋa
é boni duu gaza nui ma. ?kuu-zu bolo vai
Tèni le?" ?faa-yowù-Teè vai? boobo su.
boobo su. yɛloodia le geni wōini to kulo
masagi yɛloo ya te ke é li wulu ſele wo.
na vaa ma e ŋe tea, "bataize-Teè zô wûgi."

duu gaza nui liini wulu yɛloo wo ga
kpize ga maa vilea é ŋe ma, "gè wOini è
bataize-Teè zɔ wũgi ve zèea koko zu ga maa
vilea."

maki na koloi ŋa bosu de mā ga yɛloo
maa wōini ga tamaa, kè kótoi vaa ma é teve-
ni e vɛɛ maa wɛitie vaa va é le geni wōini

- 3 -

ó woi yéve zéea.

a wéle yéloo va. a wéle ba. é le
qeni wōini ó woi yéve zéea, dovelaale e
woto leveni maa wéitie Yaazu. ?yéloo
Téni ga fii-bee nu, kelee? é Teni wōini
e nu vaa e me le woi yéve. fii bei Té.
fii bei Té. fii bei Té. e Teni ga gaa-
luo-luo nu. ?wé le wúfega má ga ta wolo
balaa, kelee?

yéloo maa-bee wuluboi Téni ga maa vilea
ga e va ga zó wúgi. e Té velei wo kwéni la,
zó viligei Té kpidi vele wu. maa-bee wulu-
boi sodasi taniga lilini te le kpidi velei
wu te wúgi leve ga e vaa la koko zu e teve
qaza nu lomai wo.

a Tí gaa zíe e vile na va ga ta wolo.
zó Téni ga gaa-laa nu. é le faa yowú ta
népe kéni ga nu. e boni no yéloo ma e Té
tea, "é le to su ga è lere gazai wulo zéea."
kè yéloo kéni ga te wúgi leve ga.

maki na koloi Tá bosu de ma ga qaza nu
lomai wúgi leveni dee yéloodia wo.

bè Tá e Téni ga nu vago te saago pe su?
wa gaa-wotegi ve ga maa vilea wo Té tea,
"bataize-Yéé nui zó."

a de wéle te zu va ga gile-gile.

qaza nui yéloodia. Qaza nui nii Téni ga
qeni-wóí nu. e Téni ga fele qaza boobogi.
tei masagi yéloo deveni ga e kulo dère fele
ya, qaza nui vaani bu. é le boni boo ma o
Té tea, "kéni ga faa vago Té gè yé poo nu

-4-

fele ya gè moolè bé gè góo meni." é le boni
qo na boo ma. e wuloni fele ya e li e yé
masagi yéloo ya.

kè bataize-Yéé nui zó faa yowúi veteni
tefelego pe te Téni készu e Té yéloo ma,
"é le to su ga è lere gazai wulo zéea."

qaza nui yéloodia menini, zii Taa wālani
ga vike e yéloo Taa-zaYa ke ga e zó vaa.
yéloo le vaani bu, kè e késni na wuluboitie
te zó zo te gili te pili kpidi vele wu qaza
nui yéloodia vaa ma.

kè yéloodia yii le geni laani de. e
zilini ga zó Ri su e pele Taa zie ga é pāa
vai zolo wo. kè é le kuloni Yaazu e yesu
masagi yéloo bo yéloodia duu qaza nui ma ga
e geni nèpe māa-zaYa-kes wo ma é fe zéea.

wo kwéni ga duu qaza nui liini dee yéloo-
dia wo ve e Té ma, "zébe gà kalama Taa zaYa?"
e Té ma, "bataize-Yéé zó wúgi."

a wéle fai nii va ga gaa wodoa. Qaza nu
lomai liini dee wo ve. yie síyi ga nu vago
yie wéle ba ga tele-bo nu yie yee la ma ga
e Téni ga dee vago. wo kwéni ga duu dee na
tii maa wúgi Tá ga e dui lo ga to pele, e
me le zii lo ga e faa yowú Té. kè yéloodia
Téni ga kuu-zubolo nu yie geni wói Té.
boobo su e Téni ga nu-vaa nu. é le geni ga
duu dee vago ga ta wolo balaa. é gaa-wote
feeni dui ya e Té ma, "bataize-Yéé zó wúgi."

qaza nu lomai dee woo menini -- e li wulu
ga kpize ga maa vilea masagi wo ve e Té ma
"gè wōini è bataize-Yéé zó wúgi ve zèea koko
zu ga maa vilea." a wéle ba ga dui Téni

-5-

vilesu dee na faa yowūi wulu yie boo qala-
qala. e Teni ga dee yeloodia vaa vai.

masagi yeloo. wo petega de ga yeloo vii
bei Te, gaa-luo-luogei. faa maa wūgi e
keeni to ga e dêre fele qazai wuloni zêea.
fele kelei Ta ga é ná wuluboiti leveni ga
te Tizi bataize-Yee nui zō ma te gili te
pili kpidi vele wu qaza nui yeloodia vaa ma.
maki na koloi Ta bosu die ga yeloo luoni zō
va. kwêe fai ma be ga zō Teni ga gaa-laa
nu. kē na le geni ga faa gáazu é pilini
kpidi vele wu qaza nui yeloodia vaa ma, nii
e Teni ga geni-wōi nu wala yie zili ga zō
yie wōi Te ga é paa.

kè a wele ba pe ga yeloo zō maa deeni.
tei ő ző woi meni na, ki da o villi, kě ő
wui lo goo ma ga kuu-zu nee. na Ta deezu
ga die ga yeloo Teni wōini e faa vago ta
wolo Te.

tei káa voloi zitini, fii deeni e gaa-
luo-luo faa Te. qaza nui yeloodia duu
qaza nui Taani be ta numaitie te na káa
voloi vaa ma. wo petega ga e Taani ga
pago, yeloo yil la e titi faa Te e Te ma,
"geni npe ya gáa-zaTa ke mà gá fe è ya,
anee balaa é Te ga kwèligi mazevi Tila."

kele-Tele nu le nà woga qaza nu loma ma
kaa vaa ma e boni be. yeloo Teni wōini ga
máa wěiti te siyi ga kpete nu. pagei ga
vike.

wo kwěni ga qaza nu lomai liini dee
yeloodia wo ve é Te ma, "zebei gá kalama

Yaa zaTa?" dee Te ma, "bataize-Yee zō
wūgi." tei qaza nu lomai nà woni yeloo
ma, e wuloni la e maa wōi.

gé wōini gé wo Yaa-zaTa ke -- ?e Te wo
Teni ga yeloo, zêbe Ta wo ke? ani wa ga
kele-Tele nu, ani nu wōi Ta wie, wo Te qaza
nu lomai ma, "ba. gé le kee. na Ta ga
faa yowū wala. è lee Ta ga nu-vaa nu.
ziyi ve."

kè yeloo vii bei Te, gaa-luo-luogei.
é le geni ga zunu. gaa-baa Teni zeea, kě
e tii Yeeni la ga yowuá e maa-bee wuluboi
Te ga maa vilea ga é li e zō wūgi leve ga.

bataize-Yee zō. wo faa lamaa wěni e
vile zō va. wo kwěni ga zō Ta e bataize
Yeeni ga de Yeea gala dui ziize. wo kwěni
pe ga o boe numaitie wo e vile tuo vele
maa-veli faa va e vee bataize-Yee vaa va
kee vaa ma ta vaa yowūi zu vaa ye. maa
Tiliai Te ga suo wolo saama Tiliai ga kolo
zaama-Yili. koto kpoga koēi gulo Ta o mi.

e Teni ga zō e boni e vile ziize va yie
Te tea, "nui é pùlu é vaazu fize woge ba.
gè le kulo-Yee woni ga gè maa yil gè na
savala tokoi laa vūi. gè bataize Yeeni ga
wie ga ziei, kè towaa bataize Te ga gala
na gaa-bai."

wo kwěni pe ga zō boni e vile ziize va,
yie Te tea, "gala na baala zuwui Ta, nui
yá faa yowū ziri zui va....gè wěleni gala
na gaa-bai va e wulo gee-zuve e yil ziize
ma e Te biiboku e ye bá....gala, nui é
tèvèni ga gè bataize Te ga ziei, é Teni

- 6 -

- 7 -

mà, 'nui è wèlèè, nà gaa-bai va è yìi má è
yè bá -- towan yá bataize Yè ga nà gaa-bai."
zō Yè tea kono, "gè pètega gè seele woo ve
ga nui Ya è ga gala dui."

zō Teni ga gaa-laa nu yie tii Yè de
Yeea gala faa ma ga kEE vele. ë le gala na
tii Yèni ga e se Yè lamaa zolo wo ta navolo.
a wèle ba kono ga maa Tiliai Yè ga suo wolo
no, saama Tiliai ga kolo zaama-Tili. koto
kpoga koëi gulo Ya o mi.

zō gala goi woni nu lamaa ma. ë le no
ga e liini moolè veaitie wo. e liini kpe te
veaitie wo pe ta podi-loo veaitie e vee
kpala-ga lli-Yee veaitie va. ë liini masa-
gitiè wo pe.

é liini masagi yeloo wo.

wo pètega ga zō Teni ga gaa-laa nu. a
wèle ba sa ga e Teni ga zii-loo nu pe.
yèloo Teni ga masa gwala, gaa-baa lama-lama
ge zeea. kè e le na numaitie zoni ga so
pele. ani to kEE na zii Yaa wāla, o navolo
wulo te ya o te vili kpidi vele wu. Yee
ta o te vaa. ná daa-zeigi le geni ga ta
wolo balaa nu lamaa Yaazu.

zō Teni na wēni. é kwěni pe ga yěloo
faa yowǔ wala Yèni tei e děre ſele qazai
wuloni zeea e Yè kpo o vaa ma. zō kaani
ga kěni nu-wǔ-tuo vea te zic ga gala na
togitiè ga sie vele kes vaa ma ta numaitie
te wěle ta luo velei va te yìi lo te damo
dai Yè.

na vaa ma e liini yeloo wo ve e Yè ma,
"é le to su ga è lere qazai wulo zéea."

- 8 -

zō kwēeni Yè ga dìi vai yèloo wo ve ga woi
nii e Yèni ga faa boei wala. kè na le geni
ga faa gáazu. nii yèloo kěeni la wo kwěni.
è keela leveni te Yizi zō ma te gili te pili
kpidi vele wu gaza nui yèoodia vaa ma.

kè na le kěeni zō o bolo tii va de Yeea
gala faa ma. è Tilini kala-bo boga va yie
gala goi le ga yèloo tei sa balaa e Teni
kpidi vèlei wu. wo kwěni ga yèloo o wui lo
goo ma ga kuu-zu nee, kweē fai ma bè ga zō
Teni ga gaa-laa nu.

zō kwěni Yè ga ani o be bosu yèloo ma ga
é le geni to su ga e dère qazai wulo zeea,
yèloo o kulo kpidi vèlei wu e be ba e li.
kè zō le bèga be bosu yèloo ma ge ni. zii
loi Yè, gaa lai. e Tilini boga va ma e
vile faa yowǔi va kEE vaa ma e me le za
faa yowǔi zu.

yèloo paani.

zii-loo veaitie te zuu bokope su ta va
bu ga zō Teni ga zunu boobo. te bogope ta
bo ga zō vagei Yè e leve nu bogope ba e
wulo zìize wulu.

- 9 -

gé même gwalani te yiini ga yôwoi.
é wuloni gala ta é yii. ve é yiini
na ta ye na ma misadu. misadu ya geni
yui zu.

niitie te yiini ga yôwoi te yani
ga yama luu lofela. yama luu lofela
zu-wulo-zu ya ga te nini yilagi boale-
ni. niitie ya sa daade vea te wuloni
te zu. te lee laa yani ga yama, na ya
é kse te ya te ma yama luu.

ta laa-zeigitie ya -- na ya ga
velei te levegei la yii va:

zevala

biiliwu

woima vaale

loliye

soba

zuva

yess

gô vee yiizu ve gé yaa weeni su
fele. biiliwu yani ga gé mazeve yila,
zevala ga gé mazeve yila.

Biiliwu e vee sa zoitie va te yani
pulu natie te liini gizima. zevala e
vee sa zoitie ya te yani pulu natie
te vaani ziem.

zevala vac pulu va te manu wutii ya
ga woima vaale, na ya ga wuole nu zu-
wui. natie ta ziyida.

2

ani woima vaale ya wele na wulu va,
towaa wele loliye va. na ya ga zugbu-
mee nu zuwui. na ya za ga koei-koei
boiwuni. natie ya te zeini woozi.
loliye ya po ge ga ziem aui bogope,
na ya ga nii pegi é geni ta nii pegi
é labia kokolo pelei laa woi ma.

ani loliye ya wele na wulu va, to-
waa wele soba va. soba nu zuwui ya
é zeini sedimee ta dopamee, geni yui
zu.

soba ya wele na wulu va towa wele
zuva va. zuva wele wulu va é wele
yess va. gaa-bela bea felegoitie te
mazuwui ya ziyida boga gyiezu.

wo dodoga sa wo kwèè velei gé wu-
loni la ta velei gé yiini la ve za-
gé na. zabui sa é keni gé yii é
yeni ga sili ta koo. koo boeini gé
la ga vike. niitie gé yiini gé te
vete, te zilini ga gie.

gé yani na e yesu gé yeea za. gé
deve ga gé li gé nike ya zic kse vaa
ma gé vaa la gé saac wui ya. nikei ya
de gé gaa ziezu.

na vac ma nu zei-zu lofelai niitie
te ta ya zaa na gé le saac wuu yaa,
dovalaale te le te même gwala zaa wui
yaani. gé ya weeni su fele ga gé
li gé nikei yaa zic e ye velei wo do-
doga la.

tei gé wu ziyini gé vaani ga koko-
logi, na ya ga teve-bai mawoo ya-c-wui
gé mêmei te boni. (nii ya gé meniga

3

woozi ya ga tai te puuzu yee fele
tei te tai wuuni ga maa wu koi vaani
é na wulo, na ya ga te yee leveni tai
zu veaitie va. te ziyini na te li.

taa woloi mamasagi yeni ga gami.
keeani te yani gizima. é yani ga
makabu wui zu nu.

é ziyi taa niinci-wuu volo ma é
loo za ma, yee ta é yee ga kwena zee
loaita. tei bo te tai wuuni feea
pelaitie te to loni felego ya de na,
ta de goloni. mavalcitis ta ga ka-
woloi kokulo kodoku na pole walai
ta koluba bili-bili-ke-ma na pole wo-
loi.

é ziyi taa niinci-wuu volo ma taa
masagitis gè yi ge te zu ta velei te
yeni la ga masagi ta ga --

gami
geevolozii kòdolo
daaveli
golo
duu-luu moluba
mamulu
koboi wudo
moluba yoko, nii de é na.

masa gaa-wuaga te yani na, kè te
le yani ga taa masaga. e yè velei
bime yani la. é yani ga koo keea é
ga zuu masa.

zii liigoi niitis te woozi ziyigi
zu te malaabe nui ya ga yama zee yè.
te mazuwui wuloni yebeizu.

zui nii woozi ma wuuni to ga maka-
bu yuu.

wai napa wo koloi nii lodoga, gè
zigi zu wa wòi la ga kavele teego.
gè woloni wo wa wòillai le ga gis e vile
koli nii va ga damodai-yes, kee vaan
ma wo fan maa woli e vile wa yui va
wa ka loaitie wo za na wo leaitie vaca
ma.

8

Wōilai é zunu boga naza nu te yoozu

1

Gala ge zunu boga naza nu
te 6eteni za6u ma

Tei Gala ge zui 6eteni ta gee é vss te
zu ŋeni yaazo va, ŋeni yaa belagi sa é
kpetsni é veni ga nu buse. Nu buse maa
wūgi Gala ge kpetsni é veni ga zunu.

Ponsva ngi ni Gala koloi zu mawoi ga,
"De malivii Gala ge zunu 6eteni ga poloi
é sivini zuwāva é vululai mayavui wu su.
Nu buse va sa ga vulu ŋeni."

Kè Gala ge vani tea, "È la vani ga zunu va ma to wilekpu. Ga kpo-ba nu 6ata-zu nii ya zolowo ma."

Na ma Gala go kesni zunui nii bao ga
kpakpaa. Ksi ma niizu, Gala ge keke sava
vai gila kuloni su é kpets ga naza nu é
vaa la sa zunui wo. Zupui vani sa tea,
"Nii va ga nu vai nii kuloai māyai zu é ga
dotoi nii kuloai màlotoi zu. Dáa va ga
naza nu, bovslaale kulove zunu loto zu."

Vele yaa Gala koloi va nii vavele zu
wulo la: To vassu tea, "Na ma zunu va be
dée va ta kóea é wata nazaí va. Na va
vasa na te va ga doto wilekpu."

Gala ge zunu 6eteni ta naza nu, Kè
towo é nu buse mazii zei-zu felego: niitisa
6eteni za6u ma. Na wo ka ga é te 6eteni
ga te va ga ŋeni wilekpu. È, te 6eteni ga
te zolowo viini faa ma, tis neteai va vili
ma, te wōiyai ga vili te va sa ga nu vile-
kpu na mavelei ma.

Vele va na Gala ge naza-wulo vai mavaa
maala leveni la. Zabui Gala ge zunu 6eteni

-1-

la ta naza nu to ga te vs ga neni vilekpu.
Te nii-wuloai ya ta vsa la ga neni vilekpu.

Ziize boni ga sis-pului ya' ra zunu boga
nazaî te yoozu to ga te ra ga neni vilekpu
é ga nii ya' ra ma wo. Na ra ga te nii-wulo
vai ra ga Gala na deve te vaa ma é ga devei
ya' zco é te ra su vilekpu ga boo6oo su.

Vele yaa Ziize kavele zu wuloni la. Te
nsni tea, "E zivi boo getea-loo-zei volo
ma Gala ge zunu bAteni ta naza nu. Nii ma-
zabu ma zunu ya be kéea va ta dée é vata
nazaî va. Na ya vss na te felego te ra ga
nsni vila. Te la sa wolo-wolo ga nu felego,
kè ta ga nu vila nä mavelei ma. Na ma nii
Gala ge pua kii ma maa la nseni nu nsp s go
gaa wos." (Maki 10.6-9)

Zunu boga naza te yoozu zis-pululai maa
velige sis-pululai mazii ta nsp s ba ya' ra
numaa yoozu. Daza-wulo zis-pului zu, nu
zii zei-zu felego ya bo su te ra ga nu yile-
kpu. Zunu boga naza te yoozu zis-pului nii
ziviye wöilai la ya' ra te ya viini faa ma.
Wöilai za6u zu no ya zunu boga naza ta vss
la su vilekpu ga boo6oo su. Gala ka ya' zu-
nu boga naza nu te bo su. Towaa nii ra
wöilai mavele ma ya' ra zunui boga naza nui
te yoozu.

Gala ge zunu bAteni ta naza nu
ga te wöi ga vii

Wöila zu-wulo-zu lamage. Wöila mazii
lamago. Wöilai ya' ra zunu boga naza nu te
yoozu maa velige wöilai zoitis va.

Nii de wöini de wöilai nii yaa ra é zunu

-2-

boga naza te yoozu, keni ds a da fai nii
yaa ra ga maa wu pa. Na ra ga velei de
betsi la dai de ga nu busea. Keni a da
faa wss é vile velei va de lotoi betsi la.
Na ya vss na nii wono é ga de yii-ma vai,
keni da na yaa ra.

De lotoi

Zunu boga naza nu te bata velei maa
veli-feliga. De lotoitis maa veli-feliga.
Gala ge de bAteni na ni za6u ma.

Na ra ga é zunu bAteni ta naza nu ga te
ra ga nu buse maziitis te maa veligai yii
va, kè towo te ra ga nseni niitis ta ra
su vilekpu.

Daza nu lotoi batavs ga é
ra ga nui ya' ra ga duu dee. Na
zu-wulo-zu ra ga towa ya' zco é
ko siyi. Lopoi ra ra kúu zu
yísaákpa. Towa yá zco é duu
ra. Towaa ra nini loozu da yísa
Gala zo ma é yssu éákpa ga
yísa sáala zo sáoo ma.

Gala na devei ra na naza nu
vaa ma. Kè naza nu la zooga ò
nii ra to soo yee ma.

Gala ge zunu bAteni ga ta naza nu tis
nii. Nii vss vele ma, zunu boga naza nu
ta bo su te ra ga za6u nu vulu nii:s wulo
getea, nii ya' ra ga te luu. Gala ka nu
buse maa woolo zunu boga naza nu te lotoi
bo pele ma su.

Kè zunu boga naza nu te nii vai la no
duu-yaa vaa ma. Zunu boga naza nu ta ta
wöilai la ga nii pelei nii zu vele. Na
ra ga te nii vai. Zinaa ps, nazaa ps,
nii-psa-l-wu-wöi ra de zo. Zunu boga naza
nu ta nii kes vaa ma te viini mawöi wulo
ma. Nii ra balaa ps ga Gala na deve.

-3-

## De mayii-vili fai viini kuu zu

Gala ge zunu 6eteni kss vaa ma w6i yis
vili naza nu ma é naza nu wo kpes kss vaa
ma w6i yis vili zunu ma. Gala ge nu zii
zei-zu felegoitie 6eteni kss vaa ma ta nii-
w6i yis viini so.

Lopo woloi ya woolo na sa yis sa va da-
kpa kulozu oo yis va kpea wulozu bu, dotoi
maa ya sa a ya velisu. Na zu-wulo-zu ya
ga zunu lomai ya sa a ya yaa zu ga zolopo,
zobo ge sa b6 ga é naza nu yeke ka. Daza
nui wo ka sa a ya yaa zu ga naza lopo, zobo
ge sa b6 ga é zunu yeke ka. Zunu lomai nii
sa dakpa kuloai b6 bu towaa zoo é ko ka
naza nu va. Daza nu lomai w6gi sa kpeai
towaa zoo é ko siyi é duu ya.

Velei no nu niinsitis te lotoi maa ya ya
velisu la, vele no na te yii-mai maa ya ya
velisu la. Na ya ga zunu yeke oo naza nu
yeke kss w6i ya sa a ya te zosu. Vele ya
na Gala ge de 6etess la.

Nu ßuse maa v6lige vulu n6nii zoitis
yaazo va Gala ge te 6eteni. A de maa veli-
g6 zunu w6i vai boga naza nu w6i vai zu ta
velei a da mayekegi yaa la.

E ya velei nii la. Suoitie ta la, na ya
yaa na tis sava. K6 ta nii ya ga mazi6gi
6oo6oo te mazaitis ta 6oozo na. Na mazi6gi
la ya ni ziiti6i ta la laa.

A de maa veligs. Dakpa nu boga kpea nu
ta zoo te nii ga sis ta nsp8. Dii-psls-wu
vaa maw6i ya no de ma ga yee nsp8. Nii ma-
zabui ma page to ge ya nu ßusea ta nii-psls-
wu vai ma. E la pele ma ga velei no maw6i
la de ma dis ka n6 na.

Na ma numaa te toga 6etave ga niitis ta
numaitis 6e teve te yii-ma vai 6ogope kss
vaa va nii-psls-wu yekegi zu. To ts6ve é

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vile naza nui nii mazii va zunu ya vile
pulu. To ts6ve ga nu ma le kizi-ma wo,
ta toi wono é vile baa-wulo-ma w66-zis-
boga va. To ts6ve é vile ya va naza nu
boga zunu ta w66-zis bo na ta si6gi ta
w66-zi6gi wo da.

Nu zis vai ga togi niitis, na bala
ziyia ba, maa nssva nu boo zu zo naza-
w6i ma ta zunu-w6i. Daza nu yeke-kaa
logi boga zunu yeke-kaa logi ta la ga
fai ya kulo-yaa wo ga nu zis la. Zinaa
ps, nazaas ps, keni ta lu6o boo ma vigi
zu te viini maw6i vaa zu.

Gala ge de 6etave dai de ga nu ßusea
ga de w66-zis bo. De 6etave b6 wono ba-
laa ps ga da zoo de boo zu zo fai nii
maw6i ma.

## W6ila boga nii-psls-wu w6i

Sis ta zu numaa vigi maa ya ya p6o
é vile faa felegoi niitis va. Natis ta
ga w6ila boga nii-psls-wu w6i. Nui ta-
niga ta ka ga ta no ga faa gila. E la
n6 na. Te maa ßuova wii va, k6 pele ya
te yoozu.

## Dii-psls-wu w6i

W6ilai ya ya zunu boga naza nu te
yoozu ta nii-psls-wu w6i ta la b6ni.

E ya velei nii la. Yee ta w66-zis-
bo w6i ya zunu ta zo ga kpakpaa. Towaa
w6i ya no é na maw6i wulo boo ma. E la
bala naza nui nii mazii vaa ma ya vile
pulu. Na ma towaa ya naza nu mazii ta
nsp8 gaa ziszu nii no ya laa zei bu z6ea
ga ta to te nii.

-5-

Vele no na é la ga nazaitis taniga. Ta laa zei bu zunu naps zéea ga ta tisni te nii, ani no na ya navolo veezu oo yis genii nii ve te ya woi ya ve te ma. Yee ta ta ka no ga te zunu-woi wulo boo ma. Ta nii ya ga zinaa lamaa.

Na le ga wöila. Zunu boga naza nu ta vile wulu wöila yas vele le yas le te yoozu. Na yavele zis-pului ya ve no ga te nii-pals-wu wöi wulo boo ma. Yee ta zunu ya wöi ya é naza-wöi wulo boo ma, naza nui wo ge laa zei bu zéea. Ná vai wo tii no na ya yas. Faa ta naps ga le yas na ó nua-maa felegoi natis ya su vilekpu, keni no te lotoi na ya kii ma.

Na yavele zis-pului ya zunu boga naza nu te yoozu mavai le pele ma. Gala ge de batave ga wöila ya de ya viini faa ma. Nii é kuu zu to ga zunu boga naza nu ta bo na su nii-pals-wu vai zu, ta bo balaa ps su pelei zoitis yaazo zu vele. Na ya ga ta bo su ta yi-gaa-zisi zu ta te yas vai.

Dii-pals-wu-wogai to vilekpu kpeĝbezevele no é le ga wöila. Wöila no a ka nu felego ya ga geni vilekpu.

## Wöila

Dii-pals-wu-wogai to vilekpu le kuloni bu ga é ya ga wöila. Faa felegoi niitis te yoozu wulove.

Kè te maa buovs kii ya. Na ya ga nii-pals-wu-wogai ya ga wöilai vaa vai ta. Na ya ga wöilai é zunu boga naza nu te yoozu.

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Kè wöila wala bapave é leve nii-pals-wui to vilekpu ba.

Wöilai nii mazii gè vaazu ma to no nu felego yoozu. Na ya ga wöilai a ya zunu boga naza nu te ya viini faa ma.

Ani ya nii yavele wöi wo na ga naza nu, a ka tii è wöives la, é leve nu ta naps ba. Wöilai ya wé è ya mávaa ma towa leve wöilai ya yá ya zá ya naza nu ta bono naps faa ma. To mu folo to vilekpu no ya ya wöi la naza zu. È le wöi yas ò ya wöilai yaa yas te yoozu ta naza nu ta bono.

Vele no na é la ga naza nui. Wöila ya ya zéea è vaa ma, é leve zunu ta bono naps ba.

Wöilai nii a ya wo yoozu gwala ya leve nii-pals-wu va no. To mu wa nii-wöi ya viini ma. Kè wa wöilai ya leve wa nii-pals-wu wöi-wulo vai va no boo ma.

Wa wöi ya ga wis geteai ya vii ma. Wa wöi ya wis bo vii va wis bala zo vii ma. Wa ya ná maa-wöi-wöi kulozu ga wo viini zii la. Wa wöi ya wis yas vii wo. Wa wûfe vii ma. Wa wöi ya wo ya su vilekpu pelei yaazo zu.

Wa ya na geteai yas zu kii ma, nii yavele wöilai zu ya ya no wo lo lozu ma wo ya. Nii ya a ya ga wöila boo boogi loo-zei-zuvs bavlaale tova é ga wöilai é wo felego no wo yoozu.

## Wöila boo boogi

Zunu boga naza te yas vai ga geni vilekpu ga gaama wöilai, fai na ya ziri da tova da tili ga "wöila boo boogi." Gaama wöilai nii ya ya na zunu boga naza nu

-7-

te yoozu ta vi-gaa-zisi ya ve vile. Te
zo6slsi ra ve vile. Te yavele ya 6tsa ga.
te vi kulo 6oo zu viini faa ma.

Zunui ls yee no vi gaa ziszu é vile to
6oo vaa va ga maa wû, kè towaa 6ala ds na-
zai vaa ma ga maa wû pa. Vele no na é la
ga naza nui. Kavele ya 6tsa ga é vi kulo
6oo zu poo nu vaa ma.

Taitis ta nii yavele wöi wo ga viini,
zoi npep é te ya ta sìs-sis ya. Zunui ls
yee tea, "Dnii nii ya ga nà do." Daza nui
wo ge le yee tea, "Dnii nii ya ga nà do."
Kè ta ye tea, "Nii ya ga gá do."

Zunu boga naza ta nii yavele wöi wo na
ga vii, ta wöi ve te ye vii ma é yssu ta
ngeteai 6ea zui zu. Ta wöi ve te 6o te duu
ya, te 6o te te leaitis wulo su. Ta wöi ve
ga goo-la-ma ta velsi wu. Ta 6ala zo vii
ma tis vee vaitis ve vii ve.

Wöilai nii mazii wala levegs nii-pels-
wui to vilekpu ba. Ya zoo è wöi ng ni ga
è nazai ansa 6alaa wa to faa 6e yoozu wu-
lozu wo yoozu. ? Ani è nazai ya zee6s na
ga wa to we le zooga wo ve niizu nada vila,
yà sa ya 6e wöi vaa va la? € le ng na.
Bovelaale wa to wa su vilekpu pelei yaazo
zu. € le no ga wa to wo nii vai.

Nii yavele wöilai ya ve na zunu boga
nazai te yoozu, a ka tii ta sa ga nu vile-
kpu ga gaama. Vele vaa Gala koloi é na
yavele wöilai yavele zu wulozu la.

To yoozu tea, " Wöila ya ga zii-loo ta
tuo laa nss. Wöila le ga sili vaa oo yoka-
tevea. € le ga kpo6-vaa-woolo-gaazu vaa
oo 6aala-6aala-boga. Wöila le ga nu wili
6oo yii-ma luo-woga va. € le ga nu yii vaa
yis wäla ga faa vii-6ss oo faa-wäla-ma luo-

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woga. Wöila le ga nu kuu-zu-nss wulo fai
nii zu é le pele ma, kè to ga nu kuu-zu-
nss wulo gaamai zu. Wöila-wuloa ya ga nu
zis fai yaazo wu é fai yaazo zivi ga gaama,
ki-to-su ve ma fai yaazo zu yis yii la fai
yaazo ya. Wöila le wolo-wolo wøøga."
(1 Koliitis 13.4-8)

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Wöilai é Kolai maa zunu
boga maa naza nu te yoozu

Gala ge zunu 6etsi ta naza nu ga te
vile vii va gaama wöilai zu. Nii no ya
ke gaama wöilai nii zolowo to ga zunui
boga naza nui ta vii wulo na. Na ya ga
ta deve na ga te ye ma wo, na ya yee na
te ye su vilekpu pelei yaazo zu.

Nii yavele wöilai le yee zunu boga
naza nui te yoozu yá so no ga wøø, towo
le seiya ga naza. Tø le yee su vilekpu
ga 6oo6oo su. Tø le yøga ma wo.

Wöila 6oo6oogi ya ga nseni su ya ve
woolozu ma. Nii wogi no yá ke sú yis
woolo ma to ga zunui boga nazaiz te wü
ka 6ado na viini faa va no tis ngeteai ve
kii ma é ga nu vilekpu faa yavele. Ani
te vaa ya wess na ma, towaa ve ga faa
6aanaga ta wöilai woolo.

Wöila vaa wulovs ga galui yá zunui 6o-
ga naza nui te vss kii va é te vili. Ani
ks-su-yilekpu fai yá ve te yoozu maa ya
nss na numai zoitis yaazu, a ka tii galui
te viliai la kpaanags.

Zunu boga naza nu ta vii wulo na, ta
numaitis ta te zivi ga neni vilekpu. Te
yee vai su vilekpu ta yee zei na wu. Ta
ve zunui yii loozu ta naza nui ta wöilai
zu yá ve te ya viini faa ma. Ani kpos

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ya loo na te yoozu, ta yaa 6aa ga te te woo
la ma.

Faa taniga wonaGa Gala koloi zu é vile
zunu boga nazai te yoozu vaa va. 'E ya velei
nii la.

Ziize na keelai Poo kolo wonaani Kolai
maa vea taniga wo su woi ga, "Nii ya é ga
Gala zii-mai... To ga wo yile-giledai wo
kwës ga velei wa naza yaa zis la boo vaa ma.
Wo ks ga fai maa wuai wo ks ga 6aa-la-ma vaa.
È ls ga wo ks no naza-wöi-wulo-ma vaa ma è
ya velei zii balaagitis ta kss la niitis te
ls Gala kwëni. Gala zii-mai ya ga nu ms ls
6aa wo boo nu ma ò woia do ma názai vaa zu,
è ya velei ge na yeni la ná luo gé wo lns
da. Su-wulo-zu ya ga Gala gs ls de lilini
ga de ya ga nui maa ls ziyini, kè é de lili-
ga ga de ya ga nui maa wuai." (1 Tasslonai-
kaitis 4.3-7)

Ponsve wono Gala koloi zu mawoi ga, "A
6e ba naza-wulo vai ya ga fai 6aa ya ya ma
wo ps wo ya. Na ya yac na page naza-wulo
vai ya ga fai maa ls woolaga. Bovelaale
naza keea nu oo nui zini ge b6 ta wës-zo fai
vac wës-zis-boga va ka6awo vs ta tabolo,
Gala ka faa vss te va fai nii zu." (Hiibu-
luitis 13.4)

Na ya wulo na ba, Gala koloi ya faa wosu
de ma é vile zunu boga nazai te yoozuve va
ga to ga velei Kolai boga ná numaitis te
yoozuve la. To yoozu tea,

"A wolo viini bs wia ks Kolai na wüfe-
mai zu. Zini-bs veaitis, a wolo wo woo
veaitis vs è ya wa ya ksszu de malivii vs.
Bovelaale nui é ga zunui to ya é ga nazai
mawügi è ya velei Kolai la ga Gala pelsi ma-
wügi... Velei no Gala pelsi woloai la Kolai
vs, vele no na pagsi zini-bs vea te wolo la
te woo veaitis vs faa yaazo zu.

"Vai wo ga naza kss vea, a wöi ga wo

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nazaitis è ya velei Kolai wöiya la ga
Gala pelsi é mi kulo 6oo zu mavaa ma...
Vele no na balan é la ga naza kss veaitis.
Pages te wöi ga te nazaitis è ya velei te
6oo lotoi wöini la..." (Efesoitis 5.21-28)

Na mavelei ma, zunui boga nazai ani
ta ga Kolai maa vea, te yoozu vai ya wulo
è ya velei Kolai boga Gala pelsi te yoo-
zuve la.

Wa boga è nazai wa ls
no 6oni su wöilai va é wo
yoozu ò wës mins va. Wo
boga balaa su ps ga velei
wo yile-giledai wa Kolaini
wo la su yilekpu.

È nazai ya wüfe è ma é
wolo è vs è ya velei de
woloai la Kolai vs, dai de
ga Gala pelsi vu vea. Na
ya ga Kolai nii é ga de ma-
wügi. Kèbs ya yagi ya va
nii wu ga maa vilea ga è
nazai yis ks ga yis, kelsi?

Kè yài è ga poo nui, wels nii va page
è ks!

Wöilai mazii pagsi è bo ga è nazai to
ga wöilai nii mazii Ziize boga ga dis,
dai de ga Gala pelsi wu vea.

Ziize ysvui yeni de vaa zu. ?Nii ya-
vele wöi wogé è va ga è nazai? Na ya ga
wöilai nii é ga nu-vi-kulo vai 6oo ysvui
zu?

Gaama wöilai-yaas vai numai niitis
yoozu è ls ga fai kpai ga nu ls zooga ò
ks. Na ya ga Kolai maa zunui nii nazai
ga Kolai maa nu.

Wöilai nii ya zoo é ya wo ya ga 6oo-
6oo su. Bovelaale Kolai maa vea ta ga
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A 6e ba gè sale vai yavelei le nii é
le vani wo kè. Salei nii è da yui zu,
to su sava. Mamaa-wûgi ya ga nu-valo za-
le. Fele kelei ga maa-yiki-ma zale. Sa-
va kelei ga kuu-zu-bolo zale.

Sale saagoi niitis zaama, Gala koloi
le bosu ga de 6e nu-valo zalei va. Page
de yee ka bá kpãa. Su-wulo-zu le ga
waitiæ balaa wo ga zowoitis we le zooga
wo ye ga Ziize nu. Wa zoo wo yee la.
Ani no wa yee wulo na kuu-zu-bolo zalei-
tiæ zu è vœ maa-yiki-ma zale vai va, wo
yee la de yeea Gala to yilekpu ma.

Waitiæ balaa wo ga zowoitis wa seele
woo ve è vile Gala ba ga to yilekpu ka
gaa-bai zéea, velei balaa we de kœzu la
wo va pò. Mazeele woi ya ga, ani wa na
sale betezu wa ye tea, "Zowo le má, Gala
ka è má."

Wo woi ya ga gaama ga gaa-bai pe ka
Gala zeea. Kè wa no na wosu ga laa-woi,
wo yi daa le wodoni sú ga to yilekpu ka
gaa-bai zéea. Bovelaale nii è bosu, we
le yee zeizu bú. Nà ya ga wo wôini ga
zui nii-zu wûfe-mai no. We le yi gaa
ziesu de zaa vai ma.

Fai wolo è kœni da numaitiæ tis yee
ka kuu-zu-bolo zalei va to ga, ani nu ta
ô faa yowû yee na wolo ga nu, nui te faa
yowûi yee la è ga zowo towo gaa-baa le
zéea ô sú loo, manui na do yaa-bai ô ye
ga è manui vaa ga sale. Kè gâ wo yi
daa wodozu sú ga pagá ga a 6e na va. Bo-
velaale wâla-kulo nu ya sa de ya, ta fe-
le.

Zui nii-zu yelei ya ga gometii. Bove-
laale ani nu ya faa yowû ta nepè kœ na
ga boo nu, gometii ya a de wâla kulo faa

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ta nepè su nu ya ke ga boo nu. Nà ya yee
na, Gala taa wâla-kulo nui ya ga Gala.
Gala ka è ga faa-zu-loo nu walai è leve
nu ta nepè ba. Nà ma, a 6e kuu-zu-bolo
zale vai va wo yee ka nu-valo zaleitis
va kpãa.

Zowoi è ga nu-valo nu towaan è ga zowo.
Kè nui è ga nu-vaa nu, è le ga zowo, to
no ga kuu-zu-bolo nu. A yi gaa zie ga pa-
go è vile boo va wai wo ga kodi sowoitie
ga Gala ka wo lilisu ga wo ye ga po-pele-
wu nui ta. Towo wo lamaa wa de yeea Ga-
la na tii yezu lei zu zowo lii zu, kè
wo pe taale. Bovelaale wo vikaa wo wöi-
ni wo va te Gala zie wu wo wûmo, kè wa
luozu wo vaitie va ga te me le zili ga
wie.

Kè gâ wo yi daa wodozu sú ga 6e ya
pagsi è zili ga yie - nu buse baa Gala
ge zili ga yie? Kigi zu 6e bá nu buse
zili ga die Gala ge wöi ga die zee-la-
mai zaala zu a ye de ya mávaa ma.

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Masagitis! Nài de yeea Gala ge dàa
wie ga duu wo kà de yeea Gala na tii ma-
vele ma, gâ wo yi daa wodozu mavai zu,
è ye velei gè gáa yaa la.

Kpee-yie ya gâazu wo vaa ma wo zaa vo-
loi vaa ma, wai we le yeè zeizu Gala goi
wu Ziize na daa-zeigi zu. Kè gâ masa
kpaaza naago mamasu da yui zu, niitis te
vaazu pele wulozu ga wie wo va Gala po.
Nàtis ta ga Palama Yile, Paatii Yakpazuo
Seli, Jesipi Sale Kolofo, Taa Masagi Ko-
luba Yâiwolo.

Masa saagoi niitis te yi gaa zieve boo
zu te kwèè ga de yeea Gala na gaa-bai

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levege fai bogope ba é zui zu. Nà ma, te
vaani pò te Gala zic wu te wûmo.

Sú-wulo-zu ya ga masa naagai niitie te
yi gaa zieve boo su te kwéé ga zui nii-
zu masadai wéé ka bá. Ké masadai kwéé ge
le bá to ga Gala taa masadai. De pe da
vaazu zaazu. Nà wo ka yee na, yài è yee
laa no zui nii-zu masadai ma, ya neteai
6ea ya na.

A Gala goi nii lodo é Gala koloi zu
Luki na koloi zu 16.19. Gala goi nii ya
de lene ga pago é vile zui nii-zu masadai
va é vee kono masadai va é Gala ta. Te
le ga tii boo fāa-fāa. Wai wo ga masagi-
tie, a yi gaa zic lec masagite zu te yee
sa ga Kolai maa vea. Te le sa ta masadai
yeezu zui nii zu? De ya é wo yee ga ma-
sagi, Gala baa nu buse ve? Kigi zu Gala

ka a va nu na masada wu, nu buse ó yee
vaazu bú. Nà ma nui é wo yee ga masa,
wa kpoolasu wie wulu yaa ve bá? Page wo
yee zei bú ga kuu-zu-nec te Gala zic wu
wo wûmo.

Gà wo yi daa wodozu Gala taa vai zu
é de yee luo vele. Ani yee ta nu ya è
lili na ga ya ga Gala nu bocóboó, è wuu-
zu ya ncc? Ani kono nu ya è lili na ga
ya ga Devele nu bocóboó, è wuu zu ya ncc?
Kigi zu è wuu zu ya ncc ani ta è lili ga
Gala nu. Bovelaale nu è luo vele vagoi
Ya ta è lili da ga Gala nu, anee balaa
te bेge de Gala zic wuuzu è wûmo. Kè
zaabui ta nu lili da ga Devele nu to ga
tuo vele yowûi nu ya kúlo, kelee?

Towo ani nui le de vaani Gala po to
Gala zic wu è wûmo, to de ga Devele na
masadai-zu nui ta. Tei towo da boo da
zoo de masada felegoi niitie yaa leve,
page wo va de ye ga Gala na masadai-zu
nui ta.

Wuigitie! Nu ya gulu lo zeye zu é
gaa wolo, kè è yee le è yaa wologa. Wa
boo Gala ka yapezu wo wo ná koloi zaala
zu yie wo lili wo ga a de va pò. Zebai
de kono wo maa-kpowùsu wo taniga we de
vaani pò? Wo liini no kolo velei wu wa
boo wa yii-ma-yee vaa ma kè wo me le Ga-
la zii-mai ye? Zabui é keeni Galà é yee
bako wie ga wo kolo wéé to ga wo ye ga
gáazu zui zu de li ga goi zoitis wo te
de kwèni ga pago.

Zabui é kezu gi koloi nii wane wo
wo to ga wo vikaa tei de wo yeni liizu
kolo velei wu wo yee zeini Gala fai wu

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ga kuu-zu-næg kpo-bai vaa ma kolo velei
ó bo ga wie. Kê tei sa wo wuloa kolo ve-
lei wu, ani ta na Gala pele wu, wo vikaa
we le sa volo wû tetesu ná.

Towo keni da'kwêe ga wui fai ya ga tee,
Gala fai ga tee. Wa dei gê le lebisu fai
nii zu wulozu wie, bovelaale wo Gala daa
woi wêni ê leve ba. Nà ma yài balaa ê
lia ga wulu vele, ga pee veezu yîê kai ga
ê va wulu baala-maazu-vete nu vagôi wo,
bovelaale to ê yaa ziezu.

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Dai de ga yagbaitie, ga koloi nii wo-
næzu wo wo gê wo yi daa wodo vala-wonaa
neteai zu de sú é vile kono neteai niinai
va é Gala taa de vaa ma ani no da yee laa
na Ziize ma. Dai de ga yagbaitie, ki daa

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vilige neteai zu wo taniga wo kæzu. Bo-
velaale tai te ga nu wolo-zayagitie fai
é ga kpesa ņenii te luo Gala fai zu to ga
te yee laave govsitie ma é vee ta zalei-
tie va. Bovelaale te yi-to-su le ņeni ma
é wulo govei wulu tà sale. Kê de lamaa
sale le de ya ó no ye ga de yi to govea
va ga towaa de wulo faa zú. Towo wo la-
maa we le kono vaazu wo ye ga Ziize nu.

To mu, gê le fai nii wosu wo ma ga kè-
le-yelege de yeea Gala fai zu é leve wo
va. Nà mu ka titigei wo zaama bovelaale
wo yee ya faa lamaa zu nii a wo wulo faa
zu zui nii zu zêc le sú. Kê towo zii
laave ve. Kê nà zii-lai le zui nii zu, to
Gala taa.

Velei da yui yaazu laosu la faa lamaa
zu ga pago, é le vani do yeema Gala ma do

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no ye boo yii-laa zu. Kè de yi gaa zie
nui zu è boga de va è va ga zii-lai da
yeminigi zu. Tôwo nii wogi da ke Gala be
è zii la to no yilekpu. Nà ya ga de mávaa
ziyi ga gaama de yee la má è leve nènii
bogope ba. Da bo sakpe goo zu die ye tea,
"Ya ye nà è yà wèè maan wui, ye zèea." Sù-
wulo-zu ya ga do ye de de yeea Gala na
daan-zei pagoi wo, de ye ga ná pelei-wu nu
ta.

De yii-mai lamage nii zu pe, nà pe ge
yèève nii pagei è ye ga de yii-mai è leve
kpogope ba to ga de Gala gaa zie ga maa-
wù pa. Bovelaale Gala ta ya è ga zii-ma-
yèè bogope mawèè pele ma.

È ye velei no è la ga ani ninge gi ya mo-
lo wota zu molo lamaa è kotai zu, towaa
låa mi è la è nii è yaazu lao è ta mi. Nà
ya yèè na è yaa wo. Vele nowo na è vaazu
yèezu la de vaa ma dai da Ziize vaa ziyi
ga gaama, da ye ga pò-pele-wu nui ta.

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Dazaitie, ga koloi nii wone wo wo gè
wo yi daa wodo sù ga wa ya wo ga gé wulo
yizi bao-bao, bovelaale wa ya Gala zee
badogei wie ga wo gé vile zui ma. Velei
wa kogi ziyi la, wo ye moolezu molo-toto
duuyègi wu è ye su wo dui ya, a ke tii wo
mole loo zeiya ga wo dui wulo sù. Kógi-
ziyi ziegi ma wie, è vee kaa siegi ma va,
5 no ziili dui wulo-su ziegi ma wie, be
ya wa ye zée ma? Kèbe Gala be, kellee?

Kè ani sa wo lui ya na ga kpakolo bao
vaa ma, ve nepe wa ye ná è le vaa ná,
yiè no boo yii-ma vaa ye, wo yii ya la?
Mayaa-wotegi ya ga ba. Bovelaale nu ya
duu ya ga è è wulo faa zu, kè è le duu
Yaa ga è è yii zuuli.

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Vele nowo na wo vikaa wo kezu la ga
goo-meni tolai ga Gala. Kè wo pe taale.
Bovelaale nazaa vikaa te yi gaa zieve maa-
zu-vete tiigoi zu Gala ka bo ga tia. Te
mávaa ziyi ga gaama te ná zisi wu te wû-
mo.

Wai wo ga gé wulo yizi itie wo lamaa we
le kpo-bai wèèsu Gala è bosu ga wie è vee
gé va gai gé ga zinaitie. Gà fai niitie
wosu wie ga kavani goo, bovelaale Ga-
la ge tèvoga ga gè gaamai wo wie.

Da bo ga sakpe goo de ye tea, "Nu le
ye Boi mi fuye vaa ma ya mí sú-wele vaa
ma." Nà ya ga ani we le ye yi gaa zièni
velei ma Gala ge bosu la wie, wie gé ya,
a yi gaa zie de zaa vai ma nui vaa ma è
vaazu liizu ga nui ya mavaa ziyi ga gaa-
ma wo ta zu. Nà ya ga Gala duu Ziize Ko-
lai. Bovelaale saala zu ya da wolo-wolo
yavui maa zolo wo da Gala zeea.

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Gè numaa laa woge kpe-kpe koloi nii
zu gè pónèè, kè è le no wèèni nàtiè va.
Nui pe ka Gala na kpo-bai ziitizu má bao
kpow. Vele nowo na è nui pe tîlisu la ga
de va ná masadai zu. Nu ta nepe dàa le
wuloni sù. Ani balaa ya ga zowo mazii
ta nepe, ani no ya yee ka na nu-vàlo
life-bayai va, nii le ga nu-valo yele vaa
la Gala pelai wu è fé Gala zeea. Towaa
li ga kasoi na yie. Bovelaale kasoi nepe
de le zia bú, towaa zie bú de vaa ma. È
le no ga sale vai to yilekpu. Zii-zele-
gi nepe è wie, nii è yèezu ga zabu we le
vaazu Gala po, á va ga kpogope wo fé
zèea. Towaa zii-laa ve wo ya wà nèteài
vaa ma ta è zaa vai ma. Kièèa-wodoi ya
na gè fèea wo ya.

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ZOES, CHIEFS, ED-
UCATED PERSONS,
YOUNG PEOPLE AND
WOMEN!

- Sumoiwuo Sakui

I am writing this book to enlighten you about our death. For many people are ignorant about where we go when we die. This book will bring joy to some of you concerning God's word.

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Zoes, why is it that many of you hear God's word, but do not happily accept it? Especially you who are leaders. The answer is that you do not want to give up the medicines your ancestors used in their life and that your relatives have been relying on ever since.

Let me describe the kind of medicine that it is not right to use. In our part of the country we have three kinds of medicine. The first is healing medicine, the second is frightening medicine, and the third is harmful medicine.

Of these three medicines, God's word does not tell us that we must give up healing medicine. Rather, we should hold on to it firmly. Nor does it say that zoes may not become Christians. They may do so! It is only necessary that they give up harmful and frightening medicines and rely on God alone.

Even as zoes, you already testify that God alone has all power, even though you do not come to him. For when you are preparing medicine you say, "It is not

the zo, but it is God." You are right that all power belongs to God. But even as you are admitting that, you do not realize that he is the only one who has ultimate power. You do not accept what he says because you want the acclaim of the world. You are not thinking of death.

The reason our ancestors depended upon harmful medicine was this. If someone did wrong to another person, and that person was unable to make him correct the wrong, then if he were a zo, he did have the power to kill him with medicine.

But let me now inform you that zoes should give up that practice. Now we have two agents of redress for wrongs. For redress in this world there is the government. For if anyone does any wrong to his fellow, the government will bring the wrong-doer to justice. For redress in heaven, there is God. God is the greatest source of recompense.

Therefore, leave harmful medicines alone, and stick only to healing medicines. The zo who is a healer is a real zo. The zo who kills is not a zo, but a wicked person.

Consider, you who are zoes, that God is calling you to come into his house. Many of you are already doing God's work without knowing it, along with your zo work. Some of you do know it, and want to join the church and be baptized, but you are afraid that your colleagues will hate you. But whom would you rather have hate you, men or God? I think it is better to strive for God's love, even if our fellows hate us, for the faith we

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have in him.

Chiefs! I, whom God our Father gave to you as a son, and you bore me for his work, I wish to tell you about that work, as I have understood it.

I weep for the day of your death, you who have not accepted God's word in the name of his Son. But among you there are four chiefs whom I thank, who are showing you the way to come to God. They are: Paramount Chief Gilleh, Clan Chief Yakpa-zuo Selli, Justice of the Peace Charlie Crawford, and Town Chief Koluba Yahnwolo. These four chiefs have thought things through, and realize that God's power exceeds everything in this world. So they came to him, and were baptized. This means that these chiefs realized that there is a limit to the kingdom of this world, but to God's kingdom there is no limit. We are all going to die. When that happens, those who have relied only on the things of this world, for them life is over.

Read in God's word Luke 16.19. This passage advises us carefully about the kingdoms of this world and of heaven. They are not at all the same.

You who are chiefs, consider the chiefs who have become Christians. Are they no longer administering an earthly kingdom? Who, in fact, made them chiefs in the earthly kingdom, God or men? I believe it is God. He must agree to a person's holding a position before men choose him. Therefore, the one who has

brought you to your high position, are you insulting and rejecting him? It is well for you to accept him joyfully and be baptized.

Here is some information we have about what is ahead of us. If someone were to call you a true Christian, you would be pleased, would you not? If, then, someone were to call you a person of the Devil, would you be pleased? I think you would rather be called a Christian, because they call a good person a Christian, even though he may not yet be baptized. On the other hand, it is a wicked person that they call one-of-the-devil. Yet, if a person has not been baptized, he is in a sense in the devil's kingdom! Since we ourselves can judge the difference between the two kingdoms, it is certainly better for us to join the kingdom of God.

Educated people! If you thrust a stick into a hole, it may fool you, but your hand will never fool you. God is speaking to you constantly through his word, and calling you to himself. What are some of you waiting for? Did you go to school in order to do your own will, and not God's? The reason God chose you to go to school is that you can be his representative on earth and take his word to those who do not yet know it.

I am addressing this to you, because many of you accepted Christianity when you were going to school, gladly in gratitude for the help you were receiving. But now that you are out, many of you never even nod your head in the direction of the

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church.

We should realize that religion and school are distinct and separate things. You know these things better than I, for you have studied them. Therefore, I will not go on trying to explain, but will only plead with you who have left the way, to return to the good shepherd. He is searching for you.

My own generation, young people like myself, I speak to you, too, about the life the future holds for us who believe in Christ. I do not understand the life some of you are leading. For it is the spirits that are an obstacle to many old people's faith, for they have no hope in anything but spirits and medicine. But many of us do not have any medicines at all, and no hope that the spirits will help us out of trouble. Nevertheless many of you are not becoming Christians.

I am not speaking to you as one who is wiser than you in Christian matters. Indeed, I am the foolish one among you, for many of you are skilled in many profitable things that I know nothing of. But I have peace. And my peace is not of the things of this world, but from God.

The way our country is opening up and developing in so many ways should not cause us to forget God and concentrate on our own interests. Rather we should think of him who is our helper and who has brought us peace in our time.

And there is just one thing that we can do to please God, and that is to have

faith in him above everything else. We have a proverb, "If you want to sing your lover's praises, stay with him." This means that before we can tell the good name of God, we must belong to his house, that is, the church.

The distractions of our life are more now than ever before. Nevertheless, what should concern us most is to find God first of all, because with God are the ultimate pleasures.

If the rat is in a full rice storage loft, he will eat and lie down and sleep and then wake up and eat some more. Then he will dance and play. This is the way it will be for us who believe in Christ when we are with him in his house.

Ladies, I speak to you, too, for you are the true mountain of our source, you are the ones chosen of God to put us on this earth. As you bear us in the womb, and labor with us until the child is born, you have undertaken the job of raising us to adulthood. During all of your struggles, in whose hand are you, if not God's? But then when your child is grown up and independent, if he does not stay with you or visit you, but pursues his own pleasures, will you be pleased? No. We bear children so that they can help us, not so they can give us pain.

Nevertheless, that is how some of you are behaving towards God because of your disobedience. Not all of you. Some of you have indeed considered the extent of God's care over us, and have believed him and been baptized. But many of you seem

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as yet unaware of God's great help, both to
both to women and to men.

I ask your indulgence as I say all
those things. For God has sent me to
speak the truth to you.

We have a proverb: "If you don't eat
a yam for its taste, you eat it for its
beauty." This means, if you don't consider
God's help to you in child bearing,
then think of our death and him who will
take those who believe to himself, that
is, Christ, God's son. It is through
him that we receive everlasting life
from God.

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I have addressed certain people in
this book, but my words are for more than
these alone. God's help extends to every-
one. He calls everyone to his king-
dom, no one excepted. No matter what
kind of zo you are, if you just would
keep the leaf that heals, and take the
leaf that harms to God. He will assume
the burden of it, as he assumes any bur-
den that is too heave for us. Not only
medicine, but any grief that you have,
or worry, bring it to God. He will take
it from you and give you peace for your
life, and for your death.

This, then, is the message that I
have for you.

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sie-wo nui

gove dodei

zEBE pagei sie vaa zu -- nu wow-ya,
baa gove dodei?

e yeni ga yee ta nu yila ge ziyi
zozoo ga e li dulu kolo taa zu. e ziseni
wowo ya e ke pelei zu ga folo taawuo. e
gizi lesni e gizi lipi e zie e laa mi e
nii e zie.

pele niinei to ga nu vili gove dede
zu e li sie ma. nui ya ziyi na zozoo e
li dulu kolo taa zu gove dede zu, towaa
wove. sie bala le yee ma ta daa-mii
kpala e ve s nii bala va. e le gizi lea,
e le gizi lipiga, e le zia, e le laa mia,
e le niiya -- bovelaale gove dde ya wove
da. towaa wove da ga maa vilea e leve
koowa va. boobo su towaa wove da e leve
weni nepe ba.

zEBE pagei -- pele wolo-zayagi, baa
pele niinei?

sale-betei

sale velei la

zEBE pagei nu-valo vai ma -- zui nii
zu zalei, baa wui salei?

siegi nii zu nu lama-lama-lama ka lii-
zu sale velei la balo vai ma. ta liizu
sale velei la wui salei vaa ma, bovelaale
te kweni ga wui sale ya ga sale vago e
leve sale bogope ba zui nii zu.

nu lama-lama-lama ge yee wuloni kala
zale-bete vai zu e veo salei na mazii
bogope ba, te yee la wui salei ma e sale
velei la. folo yila su nu wu saago ya li
sale velei la e leve na va balaa.

abe vaa zu nu lama-lama-lamagi niitie
ta liizu sale velei la wui salei vaa ma?
abe vaa zu te yee laave wui salei ma?
mayaa-wotogi ya ga -- te kweni ga faa
niinei vage e leve faa wolo-zayagi va.
na ya ga te kweni ga wui salei vage e leve
sale bogope ba e zui nii zu. boobo su
faa niinei nii vage e leve faa wolo-zayagi
nii va.

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È vaa bu ga kpedei vage suo vaa vai ma
e leve kilegi va ta tokpoi?

È vaa bu ga laboi vage pele ma wodo
vai ma e leve somogi va?

È vaa bu ga bokii vage zis-zaya vai ma
e leve polo liyii va?

È vaa bu ga pani pelei vage e leve
doo laya pelei va?

È vaa bu ga tolokii vage kaso-ziyi vai
ma e leve ka o ziyi nui va?

È vaa bu ga gove dedei vage sisa-wo fai
ma e leve nu wowo-ya va?

È vaa bu ga wui salei e salo velei la
page nu-valo vai ma e leve zui nii zu
zalei va?

kigi zu ya va bu ga pele niinai niitis
te vage e leve pele wolo-zayagi niitis va.

pele niin e wala vagoi looma sisi ni
zu e leve niitis va. to ga gala dui zii se
mavai. wele maa niini felegoi niitis va.

8)

gilagi ya dezu ga yie ga zunui yie
dawoi wo. zunui nii le ga ziize nu. to
felizu boo ve, bovelaale gaa-baa ta nepe
ga le dawoi ya ga bene wolo balaa. zunui
nii ya keezu ga pele wolo-zayagi zu vele.
è le gaa-baa zolo woga ga pelei nii, ta
zii-loo e vee wolo-wolo yevui va. gaa-
baa bogope ka gala zeea ta dui ziize.

wele maa niinigi zoi va. to dezu ga
yie ga bataize-yeo nui yie mii heni fe
ziize nui ya. mii henigi nii ya zevui
ve. mii henigi zolo-wo nui ya nii yeezu
bovelaale e gala dui ziize mavai ziyia
ga gaama, è woini e zii-laa zolo wo ta
zii-loo e vee wolo-wolo yevui va. è le
keezu ga pele wolo-zayagi na ya ga è le
dawoi woozu, è le govei woozu, è le salei
velizu. to keezu ga pele niinai na ya ga
to gala felizu ziize na daa-zeigi zu, to
keezu ga pelei gala dui ziize dæni la la.

zebe pagei nu bogope faa ma -- pele
wolo-zayagi, baa pelei gala dui ziize
dæni la ga yie?

mayaa-wotegi ya ga -- pelei gala dui
ziize dæni la ga yie, li è māvai maa
woli è siyi ga gaama è wulo faa yowù zu
e wolo-wolo yevui zolo wo.

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["## What is Sin ?", "by", "G. E. Currens", "translated by", "G. E. Currens", "Yella Quaqua", "Wozi", "Liberia", "March 1960", "140", "1000", "## zebę ya é ga faa yowû ?", "Naza nu gila ge yeni wolo zeini ná\npelasi wu yíe diyí-yili, boi va pó é ye\nmá, "? ná kokoi é siŋoni má vezeina é\nwo?" naza nui ye má, "ee ... gè faa yo-\nwû yæni. gè yeemani, gè le vaani la è\nwo. towaa. è mama, hoo.\"", "zunu felego yeni wolo na te ziliai\nga yii. te yeni ga yiini koo yôwo boc-\nboo. na ma folo gila te gila zii yaa\nwâlani boi ma zii wulo boc ga tamaa é\nbize é li ná pelai wu é ná kpedei ziyi\né too boi ma ná za. tei boc é looni ga\nfai nii yalama laa é yeni pôo. é zei sa\nyíe kpee loo yíe ye tea, \"edei! .. gè\nfaa yowû yee.\"", "numai niitse te felego pe te boni ga\nte faa yowû yæni. naza nui na yeemani,\nkokoi é siŋoni boi ma le yeni liini la\nwulu. zunui wo é kpedei looni boi ma\né pa. te felego te yeni tea, \"gè faa\nyowû yee.\"", "zeemai naza nui boni na le zilini\nnu-vaa vai mavaa yowûi zu zunui kæni.\nzeema boga nu-vaa te le ga tii. kè\nnaza nui boga zunui te felego pe te ku-\nloni la te bo ga te faa yowû yee.", "?faa yowû mu ka ga zebę?", "---", "faa lamaa ya na nu buse ya keni da\nfaa yowû laa-zei pe ba. ani ò ye è\nkpogope daa wo è le bega zoo. faa yowû\nlamage. faa yowûi mazii boga pe ge le", "1"]

ani nu ya nā nīkēi vaa na kuu zu. kē
ani ya li na zui ta zu ta nā lili ga
īidīa, nu nēpē gē le nīkē vaa na, bōvē-
laale nīkē ya ga te nēs. wui kwele yui
ta zu daa ga loosia, zunu le zeiya na o
wowo bēsa kii maazu, bōvēlaale na ya ga
faa yowū te yaazu. zuu lāmaa ya na ani
loōma nu ya li na é naza zei fele oo
sava ta pili kpidi vele wu, bōvēlaale
to ga faa yowū zui na zu veaitis yaazu.
nii é ga faa yowū wō yaazu, yee ta le ga
faa yowū nu bōnoga yaazu. na ya yee na
nii nui taniga ta tili ga faa yowū, yee
ta tovaa yē ga faa vago de yaazu...

? zěbě mu ka é ga faa yowǔ?

ani da yi gaa zic̥ na e vile faa zii
yile-giledai va da tili ga faa yowū, ga
velei te le wuloni la ga ve le wono
woolini, de yi daa ya vili. de le zooga
do gaa-zaya-kei nii yaa wote ga gaama.
ani da masa na nu buse na ki-gaa-zici ma
e vile nii va é ga faa yowūi, de woo le
laa ma wo. bōvēlaale nii é ga faa yowū
nui taniga yaazu é le ye ga faa yowū
zoitise vaa ma.

? zěbě mu ka é ga faa yowǔ?

mayaa-wotegi ya: faa yowū ya ga nii
nēpē é le ga de yeea gala zii-ma. faa
yowū ya ga fai nēpēgi é ga de yoozu-ŋala-
ŋalaga da de yeea galani. faa yowū ya
ga nii yá de maa wooza de yeea gala ba.

? zěbě ya é ga faa yowǔ?

nu ta nēpē gē le gaa-zaya-kei nii yaa
wotega ga gaama, ani yá yi gaa zic̥ na
nii ma no é nu buse yaazu ga faa yowū.

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zui ta zu ani zunu ya zei na é wowo bēsa
kii maazu to ga faa yowū.

nu nēpē gē le gaa-zaya-kei nii yaa
wotega ga gaama vele ani no yá siyi na
numaa luo vele la ta ta logitise. nu nēpē
gē le boga ga nii é ga faa yowū ani yá yi
gaa zic̥ na.no nu buse yii-mai ma.

? zěbě ya é ga faa yowǔ?

de le zooga do gaa-zaya-kei nii yaa
wote ga gaama, keni da siyi de yeea gala
zii-mai la. bōvēlaale nii é le vani de

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da tiəni ga su-vaa-yəgi yá bo ga die.
kávele beteve wo ga é da vaa yowüitie zu
vaa ye. kə kəni da loo ga da vaa yowüi-
tie yalama laa de maa wöi ga booßoo su
de wulu yaa ve faa yowü va de kpee loo
gala ma ga é de zu vaa ye.

ani da faa yowǔ ta nepo kce ná, a ke
ti de yeea gala ka de faa yowǔ yce la.
nii nepo da ke ga de woo nu é ga faa yo-
wǔ, to ga faa yowǔ balaa pe de kec ga
gala. faa yowǔ mazii ta nepo da ke ga
nu tabono towaa ye ga zafu de yoozu nala-
nala da galani. na vaa ma de yeea gala
ka é ga nui maa ncc de maa nccne ga é de
zu vaa ye, ani de maa wóive da vaa yowǔi
vaa ma.

faa wolo-zaya gila ka gala koloi zu
towaa de ga die ga gaa wodoa ga ani nu
ya faa yowǔ ta nepo kcc na ga nu tabono
gala ka é faa yowǔ ycc la. na ya ycc na
towaa de yi daa wodo su ga keni da loo
ga da vaa yowǔi yalama laa de laa wu ziyi
ma de bo gala ma, kec vaa ma é de yoozu
bete wono ga velei yá de zu vaa ye da.

masa gila ge yení wolo na to ye má
deeve. é yéní ga masagi yezoi veaitie
vaa ma, na ya ga numai niitie ta ziízeni
te yéní ga zii yíla. towo deeve ná heteai
yéni kwena tamaa leve to vcc ziíze yaazu.

deeve yèni ga masa pago túo vele vagci
tele bogci. ó yaa baa ga é zie ga gala
na togitie yíe masada ye ga gala zii-ma
vele. towo é yèni ga folo yíla é faa
yowǔ bakpa yèni.

deeve yèni zic-ziesu ga kpoko gila é
wèle naza nui ta va yíe wuo. naza nui wo

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pagci ga folo. naza nui nii wöi deeve
zoni. na ma é keela leveni túo. é zeba
do é so ga wèe.

towo naza nui nii zini ge yèni bê, nui
é ye ga deeve na wulufoi yíla. deeve ye-
ni ga nii wøega, kë naza nui poonu le
hèni na, bavelaale deeve na wulufoitie
te yèni koo woozu ta te woo yòwoitie.

tei sa deeve ko kœni naza nui nii
va é yèni kwèni ga nii é kœni é yèni ga
gala na togi-nala-nalaga. towo é yèni
wöini ga naza nui é ye zéea. na vaa ma
é keela leveni wulufo wu-tuo nui wo ve
ga é naza nui nii poonu leve koi baa-
zuve. te na yèni koo yòwoitie te paa.
deeve zeba do é bo naza nui na ma ga é
ye zéea, bavelaale poonu le nèni sa na.

na ta wolo kœni gala goo-wo nu vaani
deeve wo é bo ma ga faa yowǔ bakpa ya é
kcc. deeve yi gaa zicni gala goo-wo nui
woi nii ma zii dowa ga kavele teego é
maa wöi ga booßoo su.

é gaa yaani ga é le faa yowǔ yèni no
ga nu busei ta, kè é faa yowǔ booßoo kœni
ga gala pe. é laani la ga nii é kœni é
wàlani gala ma ga kavele teego, towo
deeve ó luo gala ba. na ma gala ka é
vaani pò ga gaazu-maa-wöi vele é laa wu
ziyi ná faa yowǔi ma é pee ve bê ga é su
vaa ye.

woi deeve boni gala ma ga é maa nccne
su-vaa-ye faa ma poneve gala koloi zu.
nii ya deeve boni:

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"oo gala, kavelei ya ya wōila
vaa-nei yee la, gaazu-maa-wōi ya
ηe na. kavelei ya yaazu-maa-wōi-
ya-wo pelei lamai la, na faa yowūi-
tie ōale zii ma ne na.

kulo na tele-bo tala logi zu,
nà faa yowùi wuo mà.

bōvelaale gè loa ga nà faa yowūi
yalama laa. nà faa yowūi ya no ga
tuo vele wo.

yà yilekpu no gè faa yowū yèè
ga yìè, gè wote gè faa yowūi nii
yè è yaazu.

velei no ya vaa-wogai boga ya
vaa-wo gaa-leveai te la ga gaama.

vele no na è la ga gaama ga gè
laani dèè ve ga duu faa yowū zu,
te kà faa yowū zu ....

yaazu ziyi nà faa yowūiti va,
nà faa yowūi yaazo wuo mà.

ziì zu bete, oo gala, è kīgi
yè ga maniine kono.

me le siyi yaazu. me le ya
yaa-bai wulo zeea.

yà wulo-faa-yowū-zu yaa-bai
mawuu-zu-nei ve zeea kono. yee
ka bà ga ya lami-zei yaa-bai."

masagi deeve nii è faa yowū yeeni. è
naza nui zoni ga wēe nii zini ge yeni bé.
è ko ke ba. è zeba do è pele yaa zie ga

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deeve pee veeni gala be è laa wu ziyi
nà faa yowūi ma è ye má, "ya yilekpu
no gè faa yowū yee ga yie ..."

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e laa mi e wote e laa mi. tei e woloni
e zunui mamani ga tamaa ta naza nui e bo
ga le neni de mii neni pagoi na mazii ta
mii ni wolo yile. na wee keeai boga na
wee dee te boni ma ga te wuu zu neeni ga
te pete e laa mi ga pago. te boni ma ga
ani no to ga te maa wee towaa ye laa miizu
wo yie vile.

mayee yeni ga laali volo. zunui boga
naza nui te boni folomo ma ga te yeni
liizu gala pelei wu. te gaa-zaya keeni
ani e yeni woini te li. folomo vaani bu.
ta tieni te li gala pelei wu. zunui boga
naza nui te luu naza nui vileni te wulu.
gala pelei maa le neni woozani, na vaa ma
te zieni.

tei te vaani pele bakpa walai la, ve
nu lamaa yaa leeni na ba, folomo ye zunui
ma, "nii ya ga pele bakpa. to ga pele
bakpa wala. kpakpave ga gwala ga nui
bogopegi e na tai zu looma ta wu bu ga
sie gila. zebе vele ya? zebе ya numai
niitis te keezu bu?"

zunui ye folomo ma, "gala pelei ya."

folomo ye tea, "nii no ya e ga gala
pelle yilekpugi tai nii zu?"

zunui ye folomo ma, "ba, gala pelei
kpakpai ga nii ya vele tai nii zu tevege
wú gila ba. gala pele vele-velangi lamave
e leve wú felego va."

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e wuloni ga folomo. e le neni kweni
nii o bo. e yeni yi gaa ziezu gala pele
woloi ma e na tai zu looma ta e ye velei
nu le zolo woga wo ga te na laa ve.

tei zunui boga naza nui te lotoni gala
pelei laave va, te loni ga te laa li nui
taniga ma. te folomo leeni ga nu yile
gilegi bogope, tis ye te ma, "ta ye zunui
nii ma folomo. to ga looma nu kulai
labia." nui bogope kuu zu neeni ga e pete.
te laa liini ma ga pago.

tei folomo leeni gala pele walai wu,
e yee veeni la kulo-vele-ma-la. kpakpai
ye. sei-zuve e yeni bu tevegei ye wú
dooluo va. kpakpai ye. nu lamaa yeni
leesu gala pelei wu tis zei. folomo
boga na wee keeai ta na wee dee te zeini.
gala pelei laa vega loo zeini sa boo no.
sei-zuve bogope nu zeini sa boo no natisi.
folomo ye boo ma, "numaitie te zui nii
zu te wöini ga gala ga boobo su ta dui
ziize. nui nii bogope te vaa ve ga te
gala feli ta daa maa le te mamá. kuu zu
neeve ga ga ve."

folomo wui loni gui ma ziize maveaitie
te tooni. e gala felini ga siagi te
gala felini la. e wui loni nii ma gala
goo-wo nui boni e vile gala ba. folomo
wuu zu neeni ga tamaa kee vai ma ye na.
ameleke vai yaa bidiai ye la. ke gala
pelle bakpa walai nii vai e vee ziize
maveaitie vaa va e kuu zu neeni ga tamaa.

tei gala-feliai wuloni ba, gala goo-wo
nui loni gala pelei la kee vaa ma numaitie

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to ye na wulozu netea e laa li te ma te
luo. folomo yení ga wúfe nu ga ta wolo
ga e laa li gala goo-wo nui ma ná. ke
ná weë kecai boga na weë dee te boni ma
ga e me le wúfe. te ye ma, "gala goo-wo
nui nii ya ga nu vago. to tii yeezu gala be.
kuu zu ya nee ga e laa li ma. ga bo ma
ga e wulove zuu balaa su. ga bo ma ga ya
ga ziize nu."

tei ta tieni te zillini gala goo-wo
nui ma, folomo ná weë kecai ye gala goo-
wo nui ma, "ná weë vagoi folomo ya. to
ga ziize nu kulai looma labia yui zu. é
kweni na na ga gala pelei nii nu le woloa
ga yi ga zic mavaa ma. kuú zu neeve ga
e ye ve."

gala goo-wo nui laa liini folomo ma
ga kuu zu nee e ye folomo ma, "kuu zu
neeve ga ya ve."

folomo ye ma, "ge ya yeela woi menini
e vile gala ba. e yení ga keela woo
vago. ge kpagope gaa yaani. é zii
wooloni ga tamaa."

gala goo-wo nui folomo luoni kono é
bo ma ga kuu ya nee ga é wele folomo va
kono gala pelei na wu.

tei folomo boga zunui ta naza nui e
vee te luu naza nui va te vaani wulu ta
velei la, naza nui folo liyii yilini te
zei ga te laa mi. folomo laa miini kono
e yesu e vile. folomo yení boc ma,
"numai niitis ta bo pa maazu vetesu ga
pagá e ye ga ye ga ta weë vagá."

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maboko voloi ná nu taniga te vaani
laa liizu zunui ma ta naza nui. tei te
yeni na zunui folomo le ga tie. daa-lii-
ma-veaitie bogope te wuu zu neeni ga ta
folomoni te yii weë. te gaa-zaya-ke
lamaa vilini folomo ma e vile looma zui
va. folomo goia yee laa wu ziyiaitie
vaa woni te ma ta peleitie vaa e vee
suoitie vaa va te doboi zu. e boni te ma
e vile velei va ná numaitie ta kpala-ga
lii yeë la looma. e boni te ma e vile
velei va ta seye vele la ta bebe ta bií
e vee saba va ta ná ya vele zoolaitie.
te zobele wala yeeni fai niitis meni fai
zu. numaitie te yilini gaa zaya-keitie
woga va. na vaa ma folomo boni te ma e
vile velei va loomagitie ta sale veli la
ta gove ta velei ta luo la te va. zunu
yila ge folomo na fai leve daa e gaa-
zaya ke e ye ma, "folomo, ya sale veli
ta gove?" folomo ye zunui ma, "ba, ga
ga ziize nu. go sale veli ta gove. ke
gé le sa ta yeezu kono e ziyi boc siegi
zu ma ge gala dui ziize vaa ziyini la ga
gaama."

na yeezu folomo bo te ma velei e yeeni
la ga ziize nu. e boni te ma e vile
velei va gala goo-wo nu liini la ná tai
zu daa-lii-ma ma e folomo ná numaitie
lili e faa ta wo te ma e vile gala ba ta
dui ziize. e boni te ma e vile velei va
ta ná weë vagoi taniga te ziize vaa
ziyini la ga gaama, ke nui bogope ge le
neni le. e boni te ma e vile velei va
ta ná weë vagaitie vikaa te yení zaitie
yala bosu la ta velei taniga te veeni la
ga yee laa gala ma ta duu ziize.

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tei folomo yeni laa wolozu, e duuli
wú menini. e too seini ga e faa ta wo
zoitié ma e vile ba. kē tei e weleni te
yaazu va e kwešni ga te le yeni kúgi
menini. na vaa ma e kaani ga nii e yeni
kigi zu le yeni ga gaama. ta numaitiš te
yilini laa woloo va.

folomo zokpa lšeni gee zu e duulii wú
meni kono. kúgi yaa wálani. folomo ye
woba nui ma, "gë duuli wú meniga. ya
balaa?" zunui zokpa lšeni gee zu e kú
meni. zunui ye tea, "ooi, gë kú meniga.
mavai yaa bidiva. bovelaale maa le nšeni
duuli o ye pele wu ga nii ya vele."

na γεεζυ βοο no fœa nu ta loba e.
ye tea, "de duuli wú meniga. habu ya
pelei va!" nui bogope zii le ganzu ga
maa vilea. lopaitie te vee ga lobaga.
zinaitie boga nazaitie te všeni ga te
leaitie liliga.

na γεεζυ folomo wele habu-zogi va e
bebe lumui woma te γeni bu ta numaitie.
folomo na wess keeai e wude e lo kpo-kpo
ga ga maa vilea e numaitie lili e ye te
ma, "habu loa pelei nii va. wo yii me
le le wo yaazu. a da ma do wo bogope
wo wulo. ga habu-vaa veaitie lili te
va te paa!"

numaitie te zunui woo menini te da
ma do te wulo. te le goloni netea wu.
tei te γeni nii γeεzu, wess koeai keela
leve habu-vaa veaitie luo ga te va te
habui vaa. nui bogope ge yaa lšeni ba
neteave, na ya ga nazaitie ta lopaitie.

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zinaitie te γeni yaa baazu ga te nabui
vaa. na γeεzu habu-vaa veaitie te wú
kulo, tis ta lalagi lowa ga gaa wálaa.
siogi na zu pelei γeni yalazu ga tamaa.
zis lamaa γeni habu-vaa veaitie ya. na
vaa ma te všeni ga pua nabui ya. taniga
te kaba pšeni pelei va. te gila ge le-
ni na kee vaa ma e zis wu nābui ya pelei
wōma.

hazaitie boga lopaitie te γeni ná
yaazu. habui γeni woolozu. habu-vaa
nui nii e γeni loni kabagi zu e γeni
faa baa-baa daa wu. e le γeni zoosu o
habui vaa pelei wōma.

te γeεzu ta ke pele wōmave wu su ve
habu-vaa nui γeni na. habu-vaa nui
looni ve komave wuuni na su e loo pele-
yalai wu.

nui yaazu kpee looni. te gila ge
lobani e leve zoitiē va e ye tea, "a
wele, komave wua su habu-vaa nui loo
mayeyi zu e loo pele-yalai wu."

zinaa felegoitiē te bizeni te li ga
pele-yalai wo vele. nu felego niitie
gila ge γeni ga folomo ameleke. to vee
ziilizu pele-yalai ma, zoi woloni
belakiti ma zoi wolo belakiti ma. te te
looni zisi wu habu-vaa veaitie te vaani
la te te wulo bu te te vee wú maazu te
zakpa pele-yalai wu.

numaitie te γeni neteave te ná maa
kpowúni. zinaa felego te zakpani ye
pele-yalai wu. te γeni kwěni ga taitie

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È DAZAA WÈNI?

Piite Yakpawolo yê:

Sakpegi nii gê sózu pîlge ßiiboku
va ê vile dosoi va ê vile see va.

Dosoi ya ê wu zi'yini wolo yiê suo
vaa. Suoi nêpêgi ê netea ê bûlo-zu
vaani.

È yê ga yee ta ê li sa do-bi zu kpi-
dii veemá, ê lê pelei yaani sa ó va taa
zu ê li ê wulo see maw to mu ê yeni káa-
zu ga kwota. È zei sa see wu ê nii ná.

Gusula yoozu see maa bêkpeneni no ê
luo sa. Dosoi wulo sa ê zêba ê kpedei
loo má. To mu, woza yeni wodozu sa.
See li ê loo.

Biiboku va ê zei máazu ê yê má, "Yà
wolo suo vaazu pe, yiè mí, kè nii ya ga
nà do."

Nà yê má, "Yà do ve yê le?"

È yê má, "Gè yia, fê bè."

Nà yê má, "Yà do ya na. Gà sa liizu."

È yê má, "È nazaan wěni?"

È yê má, "Ooi."

È yê má, "Kpede nãigi lo sú. Ve è
yega ná yiè see vaa, è li è lo ná."

È kãigi lo kpedei zu ê li ê lo ve ê
yega zeini ná.

Fuke woolo ge yeni Biiboku ya ê zêba
ê kúlo ê sìs see zokpala ê fê see wu zi'yi
ê lo. È yê dosoi má, "Tôo má."

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È tóo má. Nà ya ñiiboku ýeni dosoi ma,
"Yà zuoi zòwòi ya, kè yà lii na, nui ne-
pe ka zaa na, è ta ziyi è sìe sokpala è
fé, towaa valo."

Dosoi è fuke woologi zo sa ñiiboku ya
yìe sa li. Nà ye má, "È nazaa wěni?"

Nà ye má, "Ooi."

È ýeni má, "È nazaa wěni, kelees?"

Nà ye má, "Ooi." Yìe sà li.

Nà ta wolo ke ñiiboku tíli è va woo-
zala, è ye má, "È nazaa wěni, kelees?"

È ye má, "Ooi,"

"È nazaa wěni, kelees?"

È ye má, "Ooi." È leve yìe li.

Sú wooza ñiiboku tíli è le vaani.
Ñiiboku tíli kono è ye má, "Nóko?"

È le vaani.

Biiboku ye má, "Nóko!!"

È le vaani.

È daya bá è tíli kono, "NOKO!"

È ye má, "Wuuu?"

È ye má, "È ye mà è názaa wěni, ke-
lee?"

È ye má, "Ooi."

Nà ye má, "Aaaa." È zê bá è le taa
zu.

Zunu loma yila ge ýeni ná ná séelai-
tie te fele ná za. È li sa ná è ye tea,
"A lo deè, gè wele ná va."

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Numaitie tie pili te ye má, "È deè!
È yèga dobo zu yèmi ge vee è ma, yà ya
yà ye tea, "A lo gè wele ná va?"

Nu yila ge ýeni ná è ye tea, "Daa-o.
De pe de bala ya bògei. Lopoi zaa, nu
Ya ye è wele ná va wie ye tea ba?"

È le pelsi wu è kaso bologi wulo má
è dá è yee lo sú è fuke woologi wulo ná
è dàa vui è ta ziyi è sìe sókpala è fè
nà valo.

Zunu lomai na seela felegoitie wo te
vapagei ye ga kavele teego, kè te bóni
ga te le vaa wěe vaa wu. Kè tei sa zu-
nui ta zeelai valoni te boni nà ma ga te
le zooga to fóone zolo wo keni te ye
zéea. Te ye tea, "Gè le ye ýeni è ya ke-
ni sa gè ye gè woo naza nu ya."

Nà ya te yèga zunui na ya te felego pe
ve nepè sa saa ya loo na tie sa li tie
manui wu ziyi saa ya.

Te yèga sa na yèzu ve nepègi sa saa
ya loo na, ta keela leve no zunui na wo
ve, manui volo ó ye no tea, "Ani yá po-
mai wu ziyi na, gá nà numaitie pe gá li
gè ye zéea."

Nà ma nu busei ýeni sa lamasu zéea
tie fóone ve pe. È naza nui gila síyini
ga ná ye ga ná salei-laa-zu-bete nu, ó
Ye na ga liizu sìei ta ma è ye nà ma,
"Kolu, vaa na dii." Ta vaa na wulu è ye
nà ma, "Kolu, li ná è salei laa-zu bete."

Nà ya te yèga nà yèzu è ye su Kolu li
è wèe zo kui wulu. Ta vaa na sa ga sa-
lei-bete ýenii è gáa wèè è mazevi leve
ná wèè wo. Nà ya è yèga sú zunui nà be-
te è ye velei pónui betei la.

Nà ya è ye ga folo gila kpoko volo,

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zunui na é Kolu lili é yé má, "Kolu, è
mama, è boga bà ga kavele teego sa, kè
é yéga ná ga faa gila nii gè wōini è kè
bè. Kè gá wūfesu ga gè bó."

Kolu yé má, "Bó no."

È yé Kolu ma, "Gè wōini è è woonui na
salei ta ve zèea, anèè balaa é yé ga ta
wolo no, gá yé na liizu nada, ná è zèea."

Kolu yé má, "Nà no è yéga yèèzu tea,
'Gá wūfesu ga gè bó'? Nà no ya salei
zèea, è vèè yic máa neke!"

Nà ya é va pelei wu é salei wulo è ta
wu daya zu è máa live è wulo ga moloi
kpakigi zu è kwele è kpoolo boeigi wulo
bá é pú boologi fego è dáa yili. È wulo-
ni no ga é wuo è li ga fukci ná wěi wo.

Nà yèèzu keela yic va te yé gomèli
zaa. Nui è yèni te maazu yic te maazu-
vaa wo te va te yé zowoi ma, "Te è luoni
te è luo te yé de yé wulu dii, da wome-
lei yèè ga saa nu."

Zowoi yé sodasiitie ma, "A kpòwū gè
bó Kolu ma é va a dii."

Tei é Kolù lilini Kolu é ná kpoolo
boei kokoi ziyi é dòowu tis li.

Tei sa te liini ga kpidi, zowoi yé
tea, "A de be bá sa gela bó gè zunui
valo."

Numaitie te yé tea, "Tei to ya yá nu-
maitie wu ziyi nu nèpe ge kwěni, gá yé
sú sa yaa wosu gela bo."

Numaitie te nii boo yaa wosu. Kéea
nui yagi yé tea, "A be bá folo wuigi ta

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wolo va a da vaazu bálozu.

Nu lamaa vileni púlu te li, nu lamaa
yèni ná, bovelaale te yèni tea, "Gá wome-
lei zaa, to ya é vaazu bú ziyou."

Nà ya folo wuigi vaa te va sa jete zaa-
mave te ná bete te seye vèè ná boo ga pa-
go. Bovelaale te yèni kèèzu ga ani masa-
gi ya wu ziyi na towaa kwèè ga te yìi
laave bú-ziyi vai zu.

Te vaa ga kpooppogi te pîle te seyei
yale boo ga tamaa te pèè gá. Kéea nui va
è zei gá te va ga pomai te dá te yé má,
"To ná."

È yé Kolu ma, "Va ga salei."

Kolu li ga fukè woologi, towo kpoolo-
boeigi ya Kolu púuni sú è lii la. Nà ya
kéea nui è ta ziyi è sìe pomai zokpala è
fè è le kèèni, è ta ziyi kono è sìe sókpa-
la è fè è le kèèni, è yé boo nà yèèzu è
yé su fukèi bea. È le kèèni. È boologi
ziyi è kpoga bokpene è le zooni ó bú ziyi.

Nà ya numaitie te yé tea, "Oo! Zunui
nii de pe de kwèni ga to ya yá pomaitie
wu ziyi zui nii zu, to mu da nu-walai zaa
è le bú ziyni. Da sa da ke yé le de
yèea wu ziyi? Da boo de kwèni ga ná tii
wolo-zaya be towo è yé le báloa. A da
páa de pèè bá de dòowu."

Nu pe te yé tea, "Ná woi ya na."

Te zeba te zunui zo te paa te pèè go-
mèlei va te te loowu. Nà ya kpoji yezega
sa te pe te li wulu wo taa-zuvetiæ.

È yèni no ga gusula yoozu siegi no è
see vaani la biiboku yic va pètsesu, ná
maziègi ziitini no biiboku va kabai ma è
va ga fukci ta è pú dayai ma è kabai

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laa leve é zunui wulo é dá é fukèi ta
ziè sókpala é fè. Nà wu zìyi é zei.

Biiòboku yè má, "Kèbe gè yèni wolo
yia, 'E nàzaa wèni?' è yè tea, 'Fòi',
gè yè yia, 'E nàzaa wèni?' è yè tea,
'Fòi', gè yè yia, 'Aaaa.' È nàzai na yà
è salei wuloa boologi zu é maa live è
dòowu, nà wèi é sòga to yà è vaazu téve-
su pò." È yè má, "Gè masagi valo è vaa
ma?"

È yè má, "Ooi."

Biiòboku zèbado é fukèi ta zìyi é sìè
masagi zokpala è fè nà wu zìyi é zei.
Tukpogi é yèni zèea tei é zaani te dá ka-
bai ma é nà zìyini é biiòboku loa la pù!
È yè tea, "Gè wèni vaa!"

Bói yè má, "Oo!"

È yè nà ma, "È yè tea 'Oo' è le wele-
zu wèni va è yèga de wobave no zeini? To
na gè tukpoi laa sù è zaa."

Nà yè má, "Gè meniga."

Fukèi na biiòboku vaa la mavufui na sa
è yè dayai má è sìyini è sìè biiòboku zo-
pala è fè. Nà wu zìyi è sakpa pò yìe li
ga zèkèle mavele.

Mazìe ya na yá yè bòsu. Ya wele na
biiòboku va pelei ma è le zia ga lete.
Towaa zèkèle no è yè ya dówa. Duo na
biiòboku bóni, nà ya è kèè è le zia ga le-
te nii zu balaa pe.

Tei te vaani taa zù te te mawuu-zu-næ
wuloni ga tamaa, tie yè tea, "Fai sa vo-
lo è kèèzu kèni sà nu ya paa è pé pòmai
va è dòowu, gela ya bo na ta to te yè
wulu te va."

Nà ya yèni nèpègi te yè te fè keea nui

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na ya è yèni tea, "Máa zoga gè li pò taa
zu gè va."

Tei è liini è yè nàza nui ma, "Salei
Ya è ya, fè."

Nà yè má, "Ba. È le zèea."

È yè má, "To è ya, fè."

Nà yè wono má, "Ba."

Zowoi yè tea, "A gili."

Te gili è yèni galui zu è yè su kpoko
ziiti. Zowoi yè má, "Salei ve."

È yè tea, "È le zèea."

È yè su kono è yè su gela bo te yè má,
"Salei ve."

È yè tea, "È le zèea."

È yèni galui zu è yè su è za.

Nà ya yá kè wa nàza nu nèpe wo faa yè,
ane balaa è ga kèè-zo, towaa zakpe má,
ane balaa wo bó wa bólo, bovelaale te
meme gwala ya wolo è nà yèni. È kè de
vala salei nà ma. È yè nà laale, nu nè-
pe go no za de bú zìyi.

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DO YOU KNOW WOMEN?

Peter Yakpawolo says:

This story is about a dove, a hunter
and an elephant.

One time the hunter was out hunting
when night fell, and he could not find
his way out of the forest. Suddenly he
came upon an elephant, which he mistook
to be a shed. So he sat down under the
elephant and went to sleep.

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When morning came, the elephant shook
himself. The man got up then and shot
the elephant, and it fell dead.

Then a dove came and sat on the elephant
and said, "You may be the hunter, but this
animal belongs to me."

"How does it belong to you?" asked the
hunter.

"I said, give it to me," said the dove.

So the hunter gave the elephant to the
dove. "It is yours," he said, "Goodbye."

"All right," said the dove. "Do you
know women?"

"Yes," said the hunter.

"Load your gun," said the dove, 'and go
and stand at the same spot where you shot
the elephant."

The dove had some powder which he rub-
bed on the elephant's nose and blew on it.
The elephant revived and stood up. "Shoot
it!" said the dove. The hunter shot the
elephant.

Then the dove said to the hunter, "This
is the pay for your animal. If you rub
this powder on any dead person's nose and
blow on it, he will revive."

The hunter took the cloth packet of
powder and started off. The dove called
after him, "Do you know women?"

"Yes!" he said.

The dove said again, "You know women,
do you?"

"Yees!" called back the hunter.

After a few minutes the dove called af-

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ter him again, "You know women, do you?"

"Yeees!"

And from a still greater distance, "You
know women, do you?"

"Yeeees!"

The dove called after the hunter again,
and he did not answer. "Uncle!" No answer.
"Uncle!" called the dove. No answer. So
the dove went after him a bit and called
again, "UNCLE!"

Then came the answer, "Oooo?"

"You say you know women, do you?"

"Yes," called back the hunter.

"Aaaa!" said the dove, and then he let
him reach town.

There was a young man in town who had
just died. The hunter went to the house
and said, "Wait, let me look at him."

The people threw him out and said, "You
come with the slime of the forest all over
you and say 'Let me look at him?'"

But one person said, "Not so fast. We
are all helpless here. The boy has died
and this fellow asks to see him. Why should
you say no?"

The hunter came into the house, took out
the cloth packet from his load and rubbed
some of the powder on the boy's nose. He
blew on it and the boy revived.

The boy had two sisters who were so
beautiful that they said they would never
marry anyone. But now they said to the
hunter, "If you do not take us, we will
marry a woman before we marry any other
man."

So they stayed with the hunter, who was
now, indeed, a zo. Whenever anyone died,

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