Ioni 20:9-17

⁹(Ta nawale nuadi ge daʼeqaʼuya Buki Nugwenugweina ena vona weaqina, vonigo Ieisu luaqiaqiea be ʼaligega nayaʼitoto ʼevivi.)

¹⁰ʼInega toʼabiboda magilafudina iʼevivi itauya edi ʼebetoaya.

¹¹Ta Meli tovotovolo debaʼunu nana ʼiawanaya ta doudou. Ta me ena dou tunulugu ta gamona ʼitea.

¹²ʼInega Yaubada ena tovaleʼewayavo magilafudi ma adi kaleko wadawadaeana Meli ʼitedi itoabui itoatoa Ieisu ʼwafina ena ʼebeʼenoya, taha ʼunugeinega ta taha ʼaqenega.

¹³Ta ivetalaʼaiea ivonaya, “Vavine, tolaʼai weaqina udoudou?” ʼInega Meli vona ʼeviviedi vonaya, “Egu Kaiwabu niʼa iʼewea, ta yaʼa ge eda alamania maʼinaya iaʼuya.”

¹⁴Vonedi gumwala ʼinega tunugivila ta Ieisu ʼitea gwavunaya tovotovolo, ta Meli nuana nawale ge daʼeqaʼui vonigo omoʼe tauna Ieisu.

¹⁵ʼInega Ieisu vonea vonaya, “Vavine, tolaʼai weaqina udoudou? Togama usalisalia?” Ta Meli ʼoloto nana ʼitea ta vonaya be tauna talaqa nana ana tofewa, ʼinega voneaya, “Kaiwabu, ʼeguma Ieisu ʼwafina niʼa uʼewea ta utauyea mali diʼwea, e ʼinega una vonegu maʼinaya uaʼuya, be ʼinega yaʼa ena tauya diʼwe nana ʼinaya ta ena ʼewea.”

¹⁶Ta Ieisu vonea vonaya, “Meli.” ʼInega Meli valialia Ieisu diʼwenaya, ta me Ibeliu bonadiega voneaya, “Laboni.” (Ta Laboni ana givila Toveʼita).

¹⁷ʼInega Ieisu vonaya, “Ge una kafigu, mana nawale ge eda vane ʼevivi Tamagu ʼinaya. Ta ʼesi una tauya taigwavo ʼidia ta una vonedi vonigo yaʼa yavanevane Tamagu ta Tamami ʼinaya, yaʼa egu Yaubada ta omiʼa wese emi Yaubada ʼinaya”