1 Reen oaton naan nge John Baptist a noa noan eew desert me noan Judea iwe a rhaepiy tae aan fenai.
“Een naeyi, wopwene ffai pwe profeta we naiun Deus na oarosaen taegias. Een wopwene mmweei Soamwoon wopwene oamoannatae ennepan,
Ennetaen, ipwe aengaenigaemi, pwe John Baptist ina e taegias saengiir aeremas towunap kka reno wooan soanop. Iwe nge manna oarosaen git me noan Mweoiu Naaeng ina e taegias saengi John.
A aepesa pwe, “A itto oatowe, Mweoiun Deus a arapeto. Oawpwe toagun saengi aaemi monofit nge oawwa niugiuw Kkepas Mwamwaai een.”
Ra paniuwaeni pwe, “Aaemweoi re iura pwe John Baptist, nge aaemweoi re iura pwe Elijah, nge aaemweoi re iura pwe Jeremiah aere aaemweoi profeta.”
Weni mwirin aar rhooan pweipwogin kkepas kkewe naiun John ra noa, Jesus a kkepas ngaeniir aeremas kkewe reen wunuunun John: “Igine oawwa noa reen John noan desert we, meeta minne oaw niuwaennei pwe oawpwe noa weri? Efoarh fetin e mwoaroro reen aaeng?
Oatowe rhooawe naiun John ra noa, Jesus a kkepas ngaeniir aeremas kkewe reen wunuunun John: “Igiwe oawwa noa reen John noan desert we, meeta minne oaw niuwaennei pwe oawpwe noa weri? Efoarh fetin e mwoaroro reen aaeng?
Oaw ssiuweniy wegitaegimi pwe epwe pwaeri noa pwe oawwa toagun saengi monofitimi.
Pwe John Baptist a itto reemi nge a pwaeri ngaenigaemi aan na e mwamwaai, nge aaemi oawse niugiuniug reen. Nge rhooawe rhooan iyoiyon tax me rhooapwutoi chuwaai kkewe ra niugiuniug reen. Inamwo iga oawwa weri minneen, nge aaemi oawse ssiuweniy aaemi niunniuwaen pwe oawpwe niugiuniug ngaeni.”
Erhaepetae reen miniwe profeta Isaiah a foatogitiw pwe, “Deus a kkepas, ‘Ngaang ipwene fang tiw naeyi rhooan pweipwogin kkepas me weni mmwoamw pwe epwe noa maeneti ennepoamw.’