“ʻO wau nō ke bapetizo aku nei iā ʻoukou i ka wai, no ka mihi; akā, ʻo ka Mea e hele mai ana ma hope oʻu, he nui aku kona mana i koʻu, ʻaʻole au e pono ke lawe i kona mau kāmaʻa; nāna ʻoukou e bapetizo aku i ka ʻUhane Hemolele a me ke ahi.
A hele akula lākou i o Ioane lā, ʻī akula iā ia, “E Rabi, ʻo ka mea me ʻoe ma kēlā kapa o Ioredane, nona āu i hōʻike ai, aia hoʻi, ke bapetizo lā ʻo ia, a ke hele nei nā kānaka a pau i ona lā.”
ʻĪ maila ʻo Paulo, “Bapetizo maila ʻo Ioane i ka bapetizo ʻana o ka mihi, i ka ʻī ʻana mai i kānaka, e manaʻoʻiʻo aku lākou i ka mea e hiki mai ana ma hope ona, ʻo ka Mesia nō ia, ʻo Iesū nō.”