4 Ḿbʋ́ Yohanɛɛsɩ kɔm ɛwɛɛ lakʋ taa nɛ ɛyáa woki ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ esusuu-wɛ se pɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ nɛ ɛlabɩ-wɛ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ nɛ Ɛsɔ kpeɣ-wɛ pa-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.
nɛ paa weyi ɛyɔɔdʋʋ ɛ-kɩwɛɛkɩm mbʋ́ ɛlaba yɔ nɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ ɛnʋ ɛlakɩ-wɛ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ Yɔɔrdaŋ pɔɔ taa.
Peeɖe Yeruusalɛm ñɩma tɩŋa nɛ Yudee egeetiye taa hɔɔlɩŋ tɩŋa taa ñɩma powokaɣ ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ paa weyi ɛyɔɔdʋʋ ɛ-kɩwɛɛkɩm mbʋ́ ɛlaba yɔ nɛ ɛlakɩ-wɛ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ Yɔɔrdaŋ pɔɔ taa.
ŋwɩlɩ ɛ-ɛjaɖɛ taa ñɩma ɖa se ɛkɔŋ-ɖʋ kpeɣu ɖa-kɩwɛɛkɩm nɛ ɛya ɖa-ñʋʋ.
Ŋgʋ́, Yohanɛɛsɩ ñaawɛ Enɔɔ tɛtʋ ndʋ́ tɩñɔtɩnɩ Salɩm ñɩndʋ yɔ tɩ-taa, nɛ ɛyáa woki ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ ɛlakɩ-wɛ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, lɩm kɔɖɔ peeɖe.
Paa pɩɩla ɛzɩma, ɩtɛm nɩʋ mbʋ́ pɩlabɩ Galilee egeetiye taa nɛ puwolo Yudee ñɩnɖɛ tɩŋa taa alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ Yohanɛɛsɩ susi ɛyáa lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ tɔm yɔ.
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.»