¹ Am ngëm lii lay tekki: dafa nuy wóor ne, li nuy yaakaar dina am, te it li nu dul gis nekk na.

¹And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

² Maam ya, seen ngëm a tax ba Yàlla seedeel leen lu baax.

²for in this were the elders testified of;

³ Ngëm a tax ba nu xam ne, Yàlla sàkk na àddina jaarale ko ci kàddoom, ngir li bët di gis, defarees ko ak lu bët mënul a gis.

³by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;

⁴ Ngëm moo tax ba Abel jébbal Yàlla sarax su gën saraxu Kayin. Ngëmu Abel moo tax ba Yàlla àtte ko ni ku jub, bi mu ko seedeelee ne, saraxam baax na. Te ci kaw ngëm lay wax ba tey, moom mi dee ba noppi.

⁴by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

⁵ Ngëm moo tax ba Enog jaarul ci dee. Yàllaa ko yóbbu ca moom, te kenn gisatu ko, ndaxte Yàllaa ko toxal. Ndaxte Mbind mi seedeel na ko ne, laata muy toxu, neex na Yàlla.

⁵By faith Enoch was translated — not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to — that he had pleased God well,

⁶ Waaye ku amul ngëm doo man a neex Yàlla, ndaxte ku bëgg a jegeñ Yàlla war ngaa gëm ne, Yàlla am na te dina neexal ñi koy wut.

⁶and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

⁷ Ngëm moo tax ba, bi Yàlla yégalee Nóoyin lu jiitu ci mbir yi dikkagul, mu ragal ba defar gaal ngir musal njabootam. Ngëmam moo tax mu yey niti àddina, ba noppi jot njubte, li Yàllay joxe ci kaw ngëm.

⁷By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

⁸ Ngëm moo tax ba Ibraayma déggal Yàlla. Bi ko Yàlla wooyee, mu dem toxu ci menn réew, ma mu waroon a jote ca Yàlla. Noonu la gàddaaye dëkkam te xamul woon fan la jëm.

⁸By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

⁹ Ngëm a tax ba Ibraayma sanc ci réew, mi ko Yàlla digoon, dëkk ci ay tànt ni doxandéem, moom ak doomam Isaaxa ak sëtam Yanqóoba, fekk sax Yàlla digoon na leen réew mi.

⁹by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,

¹⁰ Waaye nag Ibraaymaa ngi doon séentu dëkk bi sax, bi Yàlla tabax te sanc ko.

¹⁰for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor [is] God.

¹¹ Ngëm moo tax ba Ibraayma, li muy màggat lépp te Saarata mënul woon a am doom, Yàlla def ba mu jur doom, ndaxte dafa gëmoon ne, Yàlla lu mu dige def ko.

¹¹By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;

¹² Looloo tax ba, Ibraayma mi màggat lool, aw xeet jóge ci moom, baree ni biddiiwi asamaan, te sakkan ni suufu tefes, ba kenn mënu koo xayma.

¹²wherefore, also from one were begotten — and that of one who had become dead — as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that [is] by the sea-shore — the innumerable.

¹³ Ñoom ñépp dee nañu ci ngëm. Jotuñu li ñu leen digoon, waaye séen nañu ko fu sore ba nuyu leen, te nangu ne, ay doxandéem ak i gan lañu woon ci àddina.

¹³In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted [them], and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,

¹⁴ Ñiy waxe noonu nag dañuy wone ne, ñoo ngi wut réew mu ñu moomal seen bopp.

¹⁴for those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country;

¹⁵ Bu ñu nammoon réew mi ñu jóge, kon dinañu am jotu dellu fa.

¹⁵and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,

¹⁶ Waaye ñu ngi doon séentu réew mu gën, maanaam mi nekk ci asamaan. Looloo tax Yàlla rusul ñu koy wooye seen Yàlla, ndaxte defaral na leen ab dëkk.

¹⁶but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.

¹⁷ Ngëm moo tax Ibraayma naroon a rey Isaaxa ni sarax, bi ko Yàlla nattoo. Moom mi jotoon dige yi, moo demoon bay saraxe jenn doom ji mu am kepp,

¹⁷By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,

¹⁸ fekk sax Yàlla nee woon na ko: «Saw askan ci Isaaxa lay jaar.»

¹⁸of whom it was said — `In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;`

¹⁹ Waaye xelu Ibraayma jàppoon na ne, Yàlla am na dooley dekkal néew yi. Te dëgg-dëgg ci misaal dafa mel ni, Isaaxa dafa dee te dekki.

¹⁹reckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive [him].

²⁰ Te it ngëm moo tax ba Isaaxa barkeel Yanqóoba ak Esawu, di wax ci mbirum yëf yiy ñëw.

²⁰By faith, concerning coming things, Isaac did bless Jacob and Esau;

²¹ Ngëm moo tax ba, bi Yanqóoba nekkee ci sukkurat, mu barkeel kenn ku nekk ci doomi Yuusufa yi. Moo tax it mu màggal Yàlla, jafandu ci yetam.

²¹by faith Jacob dying — each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;

²² Ngëm moo tax ba, bi Yuusufa nekkee ci sukkurat, mu waxoon ci gàddaay gi bànni Israyil waroon a gàddaaye Misra, di joxe ndigal jëme ci mbirum néewam.

²²by faith, Joseph dying, concerning the outgoing of the sons of Israel did make mention, and concerning his bones did give command.

²³ Ngëm moo tax ba, bi Musaa juddoo, ay waajuram nëbb ko lu mat ñetti weer, ndaxte gisoon nañu ne, xale bu taaru la woon, te ragaluñu woon ndigalu buur bi.

²³By faith Moses, having been born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child comely, and were not afraid of the decree of the king;

²⁴ Ngëm a tax ba bi Musaa màggee, muy bañ ñu koy wooye sëtu Firawna.

²⁴by faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh,

²⁵ Bokk coono ak gaayi Yàlla yi moo ko gënaloon muy bànneexu ab diir ci bàkkaar.

²⁵having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin`s pleasure for a season,

²⁶ Ñu toroxal ko ngir Almasi bi mi ngi mel ci moom ni alal ju ëpp alali Misra yépp, ndaxte yool bi la doon séentu.

²⁶greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;

²⁷ Ngëm moo tax mu jóge Misra te ragalul merum buur bi. Dafa muñ, mel ni nit kuy gis Yàlla, mi kenn mënul a teg bët.

²⁷by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One — he endured;

²⁸ Ngëm moo tax mu sos màggalu Bésu Jéggi ba, di wis deret ci bunt yi, ngir malaakam Yàqkat mi bañ a laal taawi bànni Israyil.

²⁸by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.

²⁹ Ngëm moo tax ba bànni Israyil jaar ci Géej gu xonq gi, mel ni kuy jaar ci yoonu suuf su wow. Waaye bi ci waa Misra yi doon jéem a jaar, ñoom ñu daldi lab.

²⁹By faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up;

³⁰ Ngëm moo tax miir yi wëroon dëkku Yeriko màbb, gannaaw ba ko bànni Israyil wëree lu mat juróom-ñaari fan.

³⁰by faith the walls of Jericho did fall, having been surrounded for seven days;

³¹ Ngëm moo tax ba Raxab jigéenu moykat bi mucc, keroog ba ñuy bóom ñi déggadiloon Yàlla, ndax li mu teeru woon yëddukat ya teeru bu ànd ak jàmm.

³¹by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

³² Lu ma ci war a tegaat? Ndaxte awma jotu wax ci mbirum Sedeyon, Barag, Samson, Yefte, Daawuda, Samwil ak yonent yi.

³²And what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,

³³ Seen ngëm a tax ñu noot ay buur, di doxal yoon tey jot li Yàlla dige. Ngëm moo tax ba tey, ñu tëj gémmiñu gaynde yi,

³³who through faith did subdue kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of lions,

³⁴ fey dooley safara, rëcc ci jaasi, ñu génn ci néew doole, dugg ci kàttan, doon ay jàmbaar, dàq xarekat, ya jóge bitim réew.

³⁴quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.

³⁵ Ngëm moo tax ba ay jigéen gis ñu dekkal seeni néew, delloo leen ko; ñeneen ñi ñu metital leen, te bañ ku leen musal, ngir jot ndekkite lu gën.

³⁵Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,

³⁶ Ñeneen ñi dékku nañu ay xas ak ay yar, ay jéng ak kaso yi.

³⁶and others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment;

³⁷ Ñii, sànni nañu leen ay xeer ba ñu dee; ñii, ñu xar leen ñaar; ñii, ñu reye leen jaasi. Ñu ngi doon wëndéelu, sol ay deri xar ak yu bëy, di ay walaakaana; ñu di leen sonal, di leen fitnaal.

³⁷they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins — being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,

³⁸ Ñu ngi leen doon def noonu, fekk àddina sax yelloowul leen. Ñu ngi doon wëreelu ci àll yi ak ci tund yi, dal ci xunti yi ak ci kàmb yi.

³⁸of whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and [in] mountains, and [in] caves, and [in] the holes of the earth;

³⁹ Nit ñooñu ñépp, seen ngëm a tax ba Yàlla seedeeloon leen lu baax. Moona de, jotuñu li Yàlla dige woon,

³⁹and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,

⁴⁰ ndaxte Yàlla dafa tëral lu gën ci nun te bëggu leen a yeggale cig mat, fi ak ànduñu ci ak nun.

⁴⁰God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.