2 fi aiyaam ru’asaa al gusus Ḥannaan wa Gayaafa, ja kalaam Allaah le Yuuḥanna ibn Zakariyya fi_l xala.
mava Ḥannaan, ra’iis al gusus, wa Gayaafa wa Yuuḥanna wa_l Iskandar wa kullu_l kaanu min ahl beet ra’iis al gusus.
Bavdeen Ḥannaan rassalu marbuuṭ le Giyaafa ra’iis al gusus.
Wa_l walad kibir, wa biga gawwi fi_r ruuḥ. Wa kaan fi_l xala lighaayat yoom ẓuhuuru le Israa’iil.
Yuuḥanna gaal, “Ana ṣoot bikoorik fi_l xala, Ḥaḍḍiru sikkat ar Rabb, zei maa gaal an nabi Ishavyaa.”
Bavdeen al gusus al kubaar wa shuyuux an naas itlammu fi beet ra’iis al gusus al yasammuuhu Gayaafa.
Wa wakit maa kaanu maashiin, Yasuuv biga yakallim an naas al katiir van Yuuḥanna, “Maragtu fi_l xala tashuufu shinu? Geshsh bithazzu_l habuub?
Zei maa maktuub fi kitaab an nabi Ishavyaa, “Shuuf, ana barassil mursaal giddaamak, al biḥaḍḍir ṭariigak.