23 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 yɔɔdaɣ ḿbʋ́ lɛ, ɛyáa samaɣ woki ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ ɛlakɩ-wɛ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ. Peeɖe eheyi-wɛ se: «Đʋmaa mɩ! Aheyi-mɩ se ise Ɛsɔ pana wena akɔŋ-mɩ kpanaʋ yɔ?
Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Yesu nɛ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa powolo Yudee egeetiye taa nɛ pacaɣ peeɖe kɩyakɩŋ nɩɩyɩ nɛ palakɩ ɛyáa lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ.
(Alɩwaatʋ ńdʋ́ lɛ, Eroodi taɖʋdɩ Yohanɛɛsɩ salaka.)
Ɛ-naŋgbanzɩ wɛ ɛzɩ ñɩ́ɣ́yʋ́ʋ kazɩnzɩŋa ñɩŋgʋ ŋgʋ́ paɖʋ miŋ taa nɛ kɩsɛɛ yɔ nɛ panɩɣ ɛ-nɔɔ ɛzɩ lɩm sɔsɔm falʋʋ yɔ.
Đɔɖɔ lɛ, manɩ pʋyɔɔdʋʋnɩ ɛsɔdaa ɛzɩ lɩm sɔsɔm falʋʋ yɔ yaa ɛzɩ tɛʋ nazʋʋ ɖoŋ yɔ. Kɔkɔɖɛ nɖɩ́ manɩɣaɣ yɔ, ɖɩwɛ ɛzɩ cɩmɩŋ maɖaa makʋʋ cɩmɩŋ yɔ.
Pʋwayɩ lɛ, manɩɩ pʋyɔɔdʋʋ ɛzɩ samaɣ sɔsɔɔ nakɛyɛ nɔɔ yɔ yaa lɩm sɔsɔm falʋʋ yɔ yaa tɛʋ nazʋʋ ɖoŋ yɔ se: «Aleluuya! Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Kɩpaɣlʋ ɖɛ-Ɛsɔ Đoŋ Tɩŋa Tʋ sɩ e-Kewiyaɣ.