18 Tɔm ńdʋ́ nɛ lɛɛtʋ sakɩyɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ sazaɣnɩ ɛyáa samaɣ nɛ ɛwɩlɩɣ-kɛ Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm.
Ɛwɛ ɛzɩ falɩyʋ ɖɔkʋʋ ɖaakuɖe nɛ ɛfalɩɣ nɛ esuu pee kpou taa nɛ piyele ɛɖʋʋ lɔtʋ miŋ weyi eeɖeŋ wiɖiyi kaʋ yɔ ɛ-taa yɔ.»
Alɩwaatʋ ńdʋ́ʋ́ ɛkalɩ wiyaʋ sɔsɔ Eroodi, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛɛlɛɣ e-neu halʋ weyi payaɣ se Eroodiyaadɩ yɔ nɛ ɛla kɩwɛɛkɩm lɛɛbʋ ɖɔɖɔ sakɩyɛ.
Ɛ-yɔɔ Yohanɛɛsɩ lɩzɩ aseɣɖe nɛ ɛma kubuka se: «Ɛ-tɔm mɔyɔɔdaɣ se: ‹Ma-wayɩ lɛ, weyi ɛkɔŋ yɔ, ɛkɩlɩ-m, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛɛwɛɛ nɛ pʋcɔ palʋlɩ-m.› »
Tɛʋ fema lɛ, Yohanɛɛsɩ na Yesu wokaɣ ɛ-cɔlɔ. Peeɖe eheyi ɛyáa se: «Ɩna Ɛsɔ Heɣa. Ŋ́gá mʋʋnɩ ɛyáa tɩŋa payɩ kɩwɛɛkɩm.
Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ mana ḿbʋ́, pʋ-yɔɔ mankaɖɩɣ-mɩ toovenim se ɛnʋ lɛ Ɛsɔ Pɩyalʋ.»
Pɩyɛ tasɩ-wɛ tɔm ndɩ ndɩ heyuu se ɛwɩlɩnɩ-wɛ se pɩkɛ toovenim nɛ pɩlabɩ-wɛ hʋnʋm. Eheyi-wɛ se palɩzɩ pa-tɩ kɩdɛkɛdɩŋ ɩnʋ ɩ-hɛkʋ taa nɛ Ɛsɔ ya pa-ñʋʋ.
Ɛtalaa lɛ, ɛɖɔŋnɩ sɩŋʋʋ sɩŋʋʋ nɛ ɛkɛdɩɣ Ɛsɔtɔm sakɩyɛ nɛ pɩlakɩ ɛyáa hʋnʋm. Pʋwayɩ lɛ, ewolo Grɛɛsɩ ñɩnɖɛ taa
Weyi ɛha ɛ́lɛ́ se ɛyɔɔdɩnɩ lɛlaa nɛ pɩlabɩ-wɛ hʋnʋm yɔ, pʋwɛɛ se ɛ́lɛ́ ɛla ḿbʋ́. Pʋwɛɛ se weyi ɛhaɣ ɛ-ñɩm yɔ, ɛha-pʋ nɛ ɛ-laŋɩyɛ tɩŋa. Weyi ɛcɔŋnɩ lɛlaa yɔɔ yɔ, ɛcɔnɩ pɔ-yɔɔ camɩyɛ. Weyi ɛsɩŋnɩ pɩlabɩmwaa yɔ, ɛ́lɛ́ ɛsɩnɩ-wɛ nɛ laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ.