20 alasɛ Heroɖesɛ eesi Yohanɛsɛ kifu, so nɛ akpɛ buka akpɛ yɛ, gɛ enyi yɛ asɛ anɔnɛna klɛ yɛshu bhui. Onu gɛ Heroɖesɛ enu Yohanɛsɛ ebuiɖuɖɔ nɛ eshuku, tsyɛ apɛ asɛ tɛ ezee nu yɛ ebui.
Pɔ onu buɖɔ sɛ, ‘Bu de banɔ kɔ,’ klɛ buu si banɔ nɛ kifu, alsɛ balɛ petee ba yɛkɛ kɛlɛ asɛ Yohanɛsɛ nɛɛ edzi atɔnu.”
Heroɖesɛ atrɔ sɛ tɛ eyi Yohanɛsɛ, pɔ eesi banɔ nɛ fu, alasɛ ba mɔ Yohanɛsɛ ansɛ atɔnu.
Yohanɛsɛ edzi kanɛgbɛ gɛ atɛ̃fu klɛ kɛ kɔ bubhubhui, klɛ nɔ pɛɛ kibe sɛ tɛ nɔ mɔ same nɛ yɛ kifutɛtã.
Gɛ Kpayaɔzakɔanɔ anɛ eshãdɔkasɛ nɛ be nu ana, ba kpa kidzo pɛ nɛ yɛ shu kɔ tiyiyi, alasɛ bee si yɛ kifu, alasɛ yɛ kɛdɔ kɛkasɛ nɛ yinɔ banɔɛza nɛ petee.
Babhlatɔ, gɛ dzi ansɛ eyi gɛ ba hwɛ atrɔ ɔklɛ gɛ aklagbu alɛ, be nu kibui, klɛ la gbla yɛkɛɛ lɛ nɛ same.
Kɛ bhɛtɛ alɛ kibi klɛ kɛfutsu alɛ so, bakpa aglɔ bisi sɛ, “Kide kibui nɛ kasɛ?”
Gɛ busɔlɛvu nɛ epupoaka anɛ kpayanɔgbla nɛ nu kibui nɛɛ be shuku, klɛ la nyɔnɛawɔ̃ nɛ kɛgɛ ba de kibui nɛm koeyi.