¹He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

¹ Noonu Yeesu woo ca moom fukki taalibeem ya ak ñaar, jox leen sañ-sañu dàq rab yi, tey faj jàngoro yépp ak wéradi yépp.

²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

² Fukki ndaw ak ñaar, ya Yeesu yónni woon nag, nii lañu tuddoon: ku jëkk ki mooy Simoŋ mi ñuy wax Piyeer, ak Andare mi bokk ak moom ndey ak baay; Saag doomu Sebede, ak Yowaana rakkam;l

³Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname was NU omits “Lebbaeus, whose surname was” Thaddaeus;

³ Filib ak Bartelemi; Tomaa ak Macë, juutikat ba woon; Saag doomu Alfe, ak Tade;l

⁴Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

⁴ Simoŋ, mi bokk ca mbooloo, ma ñu tudde Ñi farlu ci moom seen réew; ak Yudaa Iskariyo, mi nar a wor Yeesu.

⁵Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.

⁵ Yeesu yónni fukk ñooñule ak ñaar, jox leen ndigal ne leen: «Buleen dem ci ñi dul Yawut mbaa dugg ci benn dëkku waa Samari.

⁶ Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁶ Waaye demleen ci bànni Israyil, ñoom ñi réer niy xar.

⁷ As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’

⁷ Bu ngeen demee nag, yégleleen naan: “Nguuru Yàlla Aji Kawe ji jegesi na.”

⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers TR adds “, raise the dead” , and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

⁸ Fajleen ñi wopp, dekkal ñi dee, fajleen gaana yi te dàq rab yi. Cig neen ngeen ame, mayeleen cig neen.

⁹ Don’t take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.

⁹ Buleen dajale wurus, xaalis mbaa xànjar ci seeni maxtume.

¹⁰ Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

¹⁰ Buleen wut it mbuus ngir tukki mbaa ñaari turki, ay dàll mbaa aw yet, ndaxte liggéeykat yeyoo na dundam.

¹¹ Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.

¹¹ «Bu fekkee ne agsi ngeen ci dëkk bu mag mbaa bu ndaw, nangeen fa seet ku fa am faayda, dal ca moom ba kera ngeen jóge dëkk ba.

¹² As you enter into the household, greet it.

¹² Bu ngeen di dugg ci kër nag, nuyooleen.

¹³ If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹³ Bu fekkee ne kër ga yeyoo na ko, na seen jàmm wàcc ci ñoom, waaye bu ko yeyoowul, na seen yéene dellusi ci yéen.

¹⁴ Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

¹⁴ Koo xam ne gàntu na leen, mbaa mu tanqamlu seeni wax, génnleen ca kër ga mbaa ca dëkk ba, yëlëb seen pëndu tànk.

¹⁵ Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

¹⁵ Ci dëgg maa ngi leen koy wax, keroog bésub àtte ba, waa réewu Sodom ak Gomor ñooy tane dëkk boobu.

¹⁶ “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

¹⁶ «Dégluleen, maa ngi leen di yónni, mel ni ay xar ci biir ay bukki. Muusleen nag niy jaan, te lewet niy pitax.

¹⁷ But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

¹⁷ Waaye moytuleen nit ñi, ndaxte dinañu leen jébbal àttekat yi te dóor leen ay yar ci seeni jàngu.

¹⁸ Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

¹⁸ Dees na leen yóbbu ngir man ci kanami boroom réew ak i buur, ngir ngeen seede ma ci ñoom ak ci ñi dul Yawut.

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

¹⁹ Boo xamee ne nag jébbale nañu leen, buleen am xel ñaar ci li ngeen di wax, mbaa ni ngeen koy waxe. Ndaxte ca waxtu woowa sax dingeen jot li ngeen war a wax;

²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

²⁰ du yéenay wax, waaye Xelum seen Baay mooy wax ci yéen.

²¹ “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

²¹ «Mag dina joxe rakkam ci dee, baay joxe doomam; ay doom it dinañu jóg, bañ seeni waajur, di leen reylu.

²² You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

²² Te yéen nag, ñépp dinañu leen bañ ndax sama tur; waaye ku muñ ba muj ga, mucc.

²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

²³ Boo xamee ne fitnaal nañu leen ci dëkk bii, demleen ca ba ca kanam. Ci dëgg maa ngi leen koy wax, dungeen man a wër dëkki Israyil yépp, te Doomu nit ki ñëwul.»

²⁴ “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

²⁴ Yeesu teg ca ne: «Taalibe gënul kilifaam, te jaam gënul sangam.

²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

²⁵ Bu taalibe yemee ak kilifaam demin, doy na; jaam it ni sangam. Ndegam tudde nañu boroom kër gi Beelsebul, astemaak waa kër gi.

²⁶ Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

²⁶ Kon nag buleen leen ragal, ndaxte amul dara lu nëbbu, lu ñu warul a biral, mbaa luy kumpa lu ñu warul a siiwal.

²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

²⁷ Li ma leen wax ci biir lëndëm, waxleen ko ci leer; li ma leen déey, yégleleen ko ci kaw taax yi.

²⁸ Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. or, Hell.

²⁸ Te buleen ragal ñu man a rey yaram, te mënuñoo rey ruu, waaye ragal-leen Ki man a sànk yaram ak ruu ci safara.

²⁹ “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius. An assarion is approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor. ? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,

²⁹ Ñaari picci rammatu, ndax duñu ko jaay ci dërëm? Waaye benn ci ñoom du daanu ci suuf te soobul seen Baay.

³⁰ but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³⁰ Seen kawari bopp sax, waññees na leen.

³¹ Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

³¹ Kon buleen ragal dara, yéena gën ndiiraanu rammatu.

³² Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

³² «Koo xam ne nangu nga ma ci kanamu nit ñi, man itam dinaa la nangu ci sama kanamu Baay, bi nekk ci kaw.

³³ But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

³³ Waaye ku ma gàntu ci kanamu nit ñi, man itam dinaa la gàntu ci sama kanamu Baay, bi nekk ci kaw.

³⁴ “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

³⁴ «Te it buleen defe ne, damaa ñëw ngir indi jàmm ci àddina; ñëwuma ngir indi jàmm, waaye jaasi laa indaale.

³⁵ For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

³⁵ Ndaxte ñëw naa ngir féewale doom ak baayam, doom ju jigéen ak ndeyam, jabar ak goroom;

³⁶ A man’s foes will be those of his own household. Micah 7:6

³⁶ te nooni nit ñooy waa këram.

³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

³⁷ Ku ma gënalul sa ndey walla sa baay, yeyoowuloo ma; ku ma gënalul sa doom ju góor walla ju jigéen, yeyoowuloo ma.

³⁸ He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.

³⁸ Koo xam ne kii nanguwuloo ñàkk sa bakkan, ba mel ni ku ñu daaj ci bant, te nga topp ma, yeyoowuloo ma.

³⁹ He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

³⁹ Kuy rawale sa bakkan, ñàkk ko, te ku ñàkk sa bakkan ndax man, jotaat ko.

⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

⁴⁰ «Te lii itam am na, ku leen nangu, nangu na ma, te ku ma nangu, nangu na ki ma yónni.

⁴¹ He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

⁴¹ Ku nangu yonent ndax yónnentam, dina jot ci peyu yonent; te ku nangu ku jub ndax njubteem, dina jot ci peyu ku jub.

⁴² Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

⁴² Ci dëgg maa ngi leen koy wax, koo xam ne kii may na kaasu ndox mu sedd rekk kenn ci ñi gën a ndaw, ndax sama taalibe la, kooku du ñàkk yoolam mukk.»