5 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.
Alɩwaatʋ ńdʋ́ʋ́ ɛyáa samaɣ kpɛzɩnɩ hɔɔlɩŋ tɩŋa nɛ patɩŋɩɣ ɛ-wayɩ. Paalɩnɩ Galilee nɛ Tɛtʋ Hiu egeetiye taa nɛ Yeruusalɛm nɛ Yudee nɛ Yɔɔrdaŋ pɔɔ wayɩ.
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.
Yohanɛɛsɩ ɛnʋ, esuwaɣ toko ŋgʋ́ palʋnɩ kpaŋnɔ siɣá naalɛ tʋ hʋndʋ yɔ. Ɛtɔɔlaɣ tambaɖɛ nɖɩ́ palabɩnɩ tɔnɛ yɔ, nakaŋ nɛ tɩŋ num ɛtɔkaɣ.
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.
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.
Yohanɛɛsɩ lɛ, ɛ́lɛ́ ñaawɛ ɛzɩ kanɖʋ ŋgʋ́ pɔsɔba nɛ kɩ-ñalɩmɩyɛ ñalɩ mɩ-yɔɔ yɔ. Pʋ-yɔɔ mɩ-laŋa hʋlʋmɩnɩ ñalɩmɩyɛ ńɖɩ́ alɩwaatʋ pazɩ.
Pa-taa mbá paapazɩ wɛnaʋ lidaʋ Krɩstʋ yɔɔ yɔ, pa-taa sakɩyɛ heyaɣ pa-kɩwɛɛkɩm ɛyáa ɛsɩndaa keɣlee
Ɛ́lɛ́ cosi-wɛ se: «Ɩlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ nɛ pala paa mɩ-taa weyi lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ Yesu Krɩstʋ hɩɖɛ taa nɛ pekpeɣ-mɩ mɩ-kɩwɛɛkɩm. Peeɖe Ɛsɔ haɣ-mɩ e-Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu.
Pʋ-yɔɔ meheyiɣ-mɩ se iheyi ɖama mɩ-kɩwɛɛkɩm nɛ itendi Ɛsɔ ɖama yɔɔ nɛ mɩ-yɔɔ cɛ. Weyi ɛtʋʋzɩ Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa yɔ, yee ɛsɛ Ɛsɔ nɛ ɛ-laŋɩyɛ tɩŋa yɔ, ɛ-Ɛsɔ sɛʋ wɛɣ ɖoŋ pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ.