2 Akhabhabhʉʉzya abhabhombi bhaakwe akhatɨ, “Wʉnʉʉyo wu Yookhani uMwozyi azyushile kufuma kʉ bhafwe. Ye nongwa ɨnɨ, akʉbhomba amayele amapɨtɨ anza ganaago.”
Bhakhamwamʉla bhakhatɨ, “Bhamu bhakʉtɨ we Yookhani uMwozyi, bhamu bhakʉtɨ we Eliya, bhamu bhakʉtɨ we Yelemiya awe weeka mu bhakuwi abhamwabho.”
Abhantʉ abhinji bhakhɨnza kʉkwakwe na kʉlonga kʉtɨ, “UYookhani atábhombile ɨshɨlolesyo shoshonti, ɨleelo zyonti zye uYookhani álonjile kʉ zya muntu ʉnʉ zya nalyoli.”
Bhakhamwamʉla bhakhatɨ, “Bhamu bhakʉtɨ we Yookhani uMwozyi, bhamu bhakʉtɨ we Eliya, bhamu bhakʉtɨ we mukuwi ʉmo mu bhakuwi abhɨ maandɨ.”
Nalyoli ɨnkʉbhabhʉʉzya kʉtɨ, mʉ bhantʉ bhonti bhe bhapapiilwe na bhantanda, atafumiiye nʉʉmo we mʉpɨtɨ kʉmʉshɨla uYookhani uMwozyi. Ɨleelo, umuntu we munsi nhaani mʉ wʉmwene ʉwa kʉmwanya, we mʉpɨtɨ kʉmʉshɨla ʉweene.
Mu nsiku ziila we uYeesu alɨ ku Naazaleti áfumiiye uYookhani uMwozyi akhalʉmbɨlɨlaga mu shilozu ɨsha mu Yudeeya. Akhabhabhʉzyaga abhantʉ akhatɨnjɨ,
Pe panaapo ʉmwene ʉwɨ nsɨ yiila, we ɨtaawa lyakwe áamɨle wu Heloodi, akhɨmvwa zye uYeesu akhabhombaga, kʉnongwa ye bhakhamʉlongaga poponti paala. Bhamu bhakhatɨnjɨ, “Wʉnʉʉyo wu Yookhani uMwozyi azyushile kufuma kʉ bhafwe. Ye nongwa ɨnɨ akʉbhomba amayele amapɨtɨ anza ganaago.”
Ʉmwene uHeloodi akhɨmvwa ɨnongwa zyonti zye uYeesu akhabhombaga. Zɨnɨɨzyo zɨkhamʉzyʉgʉnhanya nhaani, kʉnongwa ye abhantʉ bhamu bhakhalongaga bhakhatɨnjɨ uYeesu wu Yookhani uMwozyi azyushile kufuma kʉ bhafwe.