Babilɔɔnɩ wiyaʋ lɛlʋ payaɣ se Dariyusi nɛ ɛkɛ Medii tʋ. Ɛɛnawa se Danɩyɛɛlɩ kaawɛ ndɩ nɛ ɛyaa lalaa, pʋyɔɔ ɛkpaɣ-ɩ se ɛkɛ e-kewiyaɣ taa ɛyaa sɔsaa ñʋʋdʋ. Sɔsaa mba, pataasɔɔlɩ Danɩyɛɛlɩ nɛ pasʋsʋʋ-ɩ, nɛ pe-liu kaawɛɛ se pakʋ-ɩ. Paanawa se Danɩyɛɛlɩ tɩmɩɣnɩ Yehowa tam nabudozo paa evemiye nɖɩ. Pʋyɔɔ powoba nɛ peheyi Dariyusi se: “Ðajaa wiyaʋ, pɩwɛɛ se ŋɖʋ paɣtʋ natʋyʋ se ñe-ɖeke koŋ pɩpɔzʋʋ se pɛsɛɛ. Nɛ ye nɔɔyʋ ɛtɩɖɔ paɣtʋ ndʋ tɩ-yɔɔ yɔ, pɛpɛɖɩɣ-ɩ mʋʋzɩŋ pɔʋ taa.” Tɔm ndʋ tɩkɛdɩnɩ wiyaʋ nɛ ɛɖʋ paɣtʋ nɛ ɛñɩɣ niye paɣtʋ takayaɣ ŋga ka-taa.

Danɩyɛɛlɩ tɩɩnɩ paɣtʋ ndʋ lɛ, ɛpɩsɩ ɛ-tɛ. Ewolo nɛ eluŋ mondoɖebɔʋ cɔlɔ nɛ ɛtɩmɩɣnɩ Yehowa. Abalaa sʋsɩ tɩnaa mba pasʋʋ ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ pamaɣnɩ-ɩ eɖiɣni tɩmʋʋ. Pese nɛ powolo peheyi Dariyusi se: “Danɩyɛɛlɩ kizaa se ɛɛñaŋ ña-paɣtʋ. Paa evemiye nɖɩ lɛ, ɛtɩmɩɣnɩ ɛ-Ɛsɔ tam nabudozo.” Dariyusi kaasɔɔlɩ Danɩyɛɛlɩ nɛ ɛtaasɔɔlɩ se ɛsɩ. Pʋyɔɔ ɛlakaɣ lɩmaɣza se ɛna nʋmɔʋ ŋgʋ kɩ-yɔɔ ɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛtɩŋna nɛ ɛya Danɩyɛɛlɩ ñʋʋ yɔ. Ɛlɛ, halɩ wiyaʋ maɣmaɣ taawɛɛnɩ waɖɛ se ɛlɛɣzɩ paɣtʋ ndʋ ɛtɛm tɩ-yɔɔ niye ñɩɣʋ yɔ. Ɛɛnaɣ se ɛla ɛzɩma lɛ, ɛtɛzɩ heyuu ɛ-ɛyaa se pakpaɣ  Danɩyɛɛlɩ nɛ pɛpɛɖɩ-ɩ mʋʋzɩŋ weyi ɩɩwɛ patʋ pɩdɩɩfɛyɩ yɔ ɩ-pɔʋ taa.

Ðoo ana a-taa, Dariyusi maɣzaɣ Danɩyɛɛlɩ yɔɔ siŋŋ nɛ ɛtɩpɩzɩ nɛ eɖoo. Tɛʋ fema lɛ, ese lɛɛ lɛɛ nɛ ewolo mʋʋzɩŋ pɔʋ cɔlɔ nɛ ekoo nɛ ɛyaa Danɩyɛɛlɩ se: “Ñɛ-Ɛsɔ pɩzaa nɛ ɛya ña-ñʋʋ na?”

Dariyusi nɩɩ nɔɔyʋ nɔɔ. Pɩɩkɛ Danɩyɛɛlɩ nɔɔ! Ecosi Dariyusi se: “Yehowa tiyiyu kɔma nɛ ɛɖɩɣ mʋʋzɩŋ nɔsɩ. Mʋʋzɩŋ tɩlabɩ-m nabʋyʋ.” Nɛ Dariyusi taa la leleŋ siŋŋ. Eyele nɛ palɩzɩ Danɩyɛɛlɩ mʋʋzɩŋ pɔʋ taa. Pɩtɩtɩɩkayʋʋ Danɩyɛɛlɩ ɖoli. Pʋwayɩ lɛ, wiyaʋ yɔɔdɩ se: “Ɩkpa abalaa mba palɩ Danɩyɛɛlɩ wayɩ yɔ nɛ ɩpɛɖɩ-wɛ mʋʋzɩŋ pɔʋ ŋgʋ kɩ-taa.” Patɩɩpɛɖɩ abalaa mba lɛ, mʋʋzɩŋ pʋʋtɩ-wɛ.

Dariyusi ɖʋ paɣtʋ tʋnɛ ɛ-samaɣ: “Pɩwɛɛ se paa weyi ese sɔɔndʋ Danɩyɛɛlɩ tɛ Ɛsɔ. Ɛyabɩ ɛ-ñʋʋ mʋʋzɩŋ cɩkpaŋ tɛɛ.”

Ŋtɩmɩɣnɩ Yehowa paa evemiye nɖɩ ɛzɩ Danɩyɛɛlɩ yɔ?