12 Ɛlɛ́, mankaɖɩɣ-mɩ se: Elii tɛm kɔm, ɛlɛ́, ɛyáa tasɩm-ɩ, palabɩ-ɩ mbʋ́ pɔsɔɔlaa yɔ. Ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ pɔkɔŋ ɖʋʋ Ɛyʋ Pɩyalʋ maɣmaɣ kʋñɔŋ.»
Alɩwaatʋ ńdʋ́ lɛ, Lɩm Sɔʋ Sɔnzɩ Laɖʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ kɛwɛ salaka taa. Peeɖe ɛnɩ tʋmɩyɛ nɖɩ́ Krɩstʋ lakaɣ yɔ ɖɩ-taŋ nɛ ɛkʋsɩ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa taa lɛlaa nɛ etiyi-wɛ se powolo
Alɩwaatʋ ńdʋ́ʋ́ Yesu pazɩ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa yɔɔdɩnaʋ nɛ ɛkaɖɩ-wɛ se pʋwɛɛ se ewolo Yeruusalɛm nɛ ɛtɔɔ kʋñɔŋ siŋŋ Yuda ñɩma sɔsaa nɛ pɔ-cɔjɔnaa sɔsaa nɛ pa-paɣtʋ wɩlɩyaa pe-nesi taa nɛ pakʋ-ɩ nɛ ɛsɩ nɛ kɩyakɩŋ naadozo wiye lɛ, Ɛsɔ fezi-i.
Yesu cosi-wɛ se: «Toovenim lɛ, pʋwɛɛ se Elii ɛlɛyɩnɩ kɔm nɛ ɛɖaɣnɩ pɩtɩŋa payɩ.
Peeɖe ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa ɖiɣzinaa se Lɩm Sɔʋ Sɔnzɩ Laɖʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ tɔm eheyaɣ-wɛ.
Nakʋyʋ wiye Yesu tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa kpeɣli patɩŋa Galilee egeetiye taa. Peeɖe eheyi-wɛ se: «Pɔkɔŋ Ɛyʋ Pɩyalʋ kpaʋ nɛ paɖʋzɩ ɛyáa nesi taa
Pakʋyɩ pʋʋ yɔɔ nɛ petiki lɛ, ɛpaɣ-wɛ se: «Ɩtaaheyi nɔɔyʋ mbʋ́ ɩnawa yɔ nɛ pʋkɔɔ pɩsɩɩnɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ Ɛyʋ Pɩyalʋ fema nɛ ɛlɩɩnɩ sɩɖaa taa yɔ.»
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Lɩm Sɔʋ Sɔnzɩ Laɖʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ kɔm mɩ-cɔlɔ nɛ ɛwɩlɩ-mɩ mbʋ́ pʋtʋʋzaa yɔ pʋ-nʋmɔʋ nɛ ikizi. Ɛlɛ́, tikee mʋyaa nɛ halaa mbá pɛpɛdɩɣ pa-tɩ yɔ, paba ñetisi ɛ-tɔm. Halɩ ɩna ḿbʋ́, ɛlɛ́ ɩtɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ se itisi ɛ-tɔm.»
Yesu cosi-i se: «Kpayaa ñɛwɛnɩ pɔŋ nɛ sumasɩ ñɛwɛnɩ ɖandʋ. Ɛlɛ́, Ɛyʋ Pɩyalʋ ma mɛnfɛyɩnɩ ñʋʋ ɖɩɖʋyɛ.»
Ḿbʋ́ pʋwɛɛ: ‹Lɩm Sɔʋ Sɔnzɩ Laɖʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ kɔma, ɛɛtɔkɩ tɔɔnaɣ, ɛɛñɔʋ sʋlʋm. Ɛlɛ́, ɩtɔŋ se ekem aleewaa.›
Ɛkɔm ɛ-maɣmaɣ ɛ-tɛ, ɛlɛ́, ɛ-ñɩma tamʋ-ɩ.
Ɛnʋ paɖʋzɩ mi-nesi taa ɛzɩ Ɛsɔ kamaɣzʋʋ nɛ ɛɖʋ ɖooo lɔŋ yɔ nɛ ɩtɩŋnɩ mbá paaɖɔŋ paɣtʋ yɔɔ nɛ pakam-ɩ kaamaŋkaɣ yɔɔ yɔ pɔ-yɔɔ nɛ ɩkʋ-ɩ nɛ ɛsɩ.
pʋwɛɛ se mɩ nɛ Izrɛɛlɩ ñɩma, mɩtɩŋa payɩ ɩtɩlɩ se: Nazarɛɛtɩ tʋ Yesu Krɩstʋ weyi ɩkam-ɩ kaamaŋkaɣ yɔɔ nɛ ɛsɩ nɛ Ɛsɔ fezi-i nɛ ɛlɩɩnɩ sɩɖaa taa yɔ, e-ɖoŋ taa ɛyʋ ɛnɛ ɛ-yɔɔ cɛba nɛ ɩnaɣ-ɩ mɩ-hɛkʋ taa nɛ ɛ-alaafɩya.
Náyʋ weyi ɛ-wayɩ mɩ-cɔzɔnaa keyebi wɛʋ kaŋ kaŋ? Halɩ pakʋ mbá patɩŋa payɩ paayɔɔdaa se pɔkɔŋ lʋlʋʋ Weyi Ɛtʋʋzaa yɔ. Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, ɛnʋ ɩɖʋzɩ koyindinaa nesi taa nɛ pakʋ-ɩ.