3 Ɛsɔ ɖʋzɩ Yohanɛɛsɩ nesi taa ɛ-tɔm ḿbʋ́ lɛ, ɛpazɩ cɔʋ hɔɔlɩŋ weyi ɩwɛ Yɔɔrdaŋ pɔɔ nɔɔ yɔ ɩtɩŋa ɩ-taa nɛ esusuu ɛyáa se: «Ɩlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ nɛ palabɩ-mɩ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ nɛ Ɛsɔ kpeɣ-mɩ mɩ-kɩwɛɛkɩm.»
Meheyiɣ-mɩ se: «Ma lɛ, malakɩ-mɩ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ nɛ pɩwɩlɩ se ɩlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ. Ma-wayɩ lɛ, weyi ɛkɔŋ yɔ, ɛkɩlɩ-m. Halɩ mantatɩɩmʋna se mankpaɣ ɛ-naataŋgbala nɛ mɔnɖɔkɩ. Ɛkɔŋ-mɩ labʋ sɔnzɩ nɛ Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu ɖoŋ nɛ miŋ.
Ŋ́gʋ́ yekina nɛ Izrɛɛlɩ ñɩma sakɩyɛ pɩsɩnɩ pa-Kɩpaɣlʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ.
ŋwɩlɩ ɛ-ɛjaɖɛ taa ñɩma ɖa se ɛkɔŋ-ɖʋ kpeɣu ɖa-kɩwɛɛkɩm nɛ ɛya ɖa-ñʋʋ.
Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu tibi Yesu yɔɔ lɛ, ɛlɩɩnɩ Yɔɔrdaŋ pɔɔ nɔɔ nɛ ɛpɩsɩɣ. Peeɖe kitolisi-i nɛ kiwoni-i lakʋ taa
Pʋnɛ pɩtɩŋa payɩ pɩlakaɣ tɛtʋ cikpetu ndʋ́ payaɣ se Betaanii yɔ, tɩ-taa ɖenɖe Yohanɛɛsɩ lakaɣ ɛyáa lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ yɔ. Tɛtʋ ńdʋ́, tɩɩwɛ Yɔɔrdaŋ pɔɔ wayɩ.
Peeɖe powobi Yohanɛɛsɩ cɔlɔ nɛ pɔpɔzɩ-ɩ se: «Wɩlɩyʋ! Ŋtɔzʋʋ abalʋ weyi ña nɛ ɩ ɩɩwɛ Yɔɔrdaŋ pɔɔ wayɩ nɛ ŋheyi-ɖʋ ɛ-tɔm yɔ ɛ-yɔɔ yaa we? Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, ɛlakɩ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ nɛ ɛyáa tɩŋa woki ɛ-cɔlɔ!»
Pʋcɔ nɛ Yesu pazɩ ɛ-tʋmɩyɛ lɛ, Yohanɛɛsɩ kosusi Ɛsɔtɔm Izrɛɛlɩ ñɩma kpeekpe se pɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ nɛ palabɩ-wɛ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ.
Peeɖe eheyi-wɛ se: «Toovenim lɛ, Yohanɛɛsɩ ñalakaɣ Izrɛɛlɩ ñɩma lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ se pɩwɩlɩ se pɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ. Eeheyi-wɛ se ɛ-wayɩ lɛ, nɔɔyʋ kɔŋ, pɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ ɛ-yɔɔ. Ɛnʋ lɛ Yesu.»
Anaanɩyaasɩ tɛm-m heyuu ḿbʋ́ lɛ, ɛpɔzɩ-m se lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, ɛbɛ manɖaŋaa ɖɔɖɔ yɔ? Pʋwɛɛ se mowolo palabɩ-m lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ nɛ mentendi Kɩpaɣlʋ nɛ ɛñalɩ-m man-kɩwɛɛkɩm.»