1 Mangkai joo too, malemi Puang Isa ngguririkki tana Galilea. Cia'mi pole lako tana Yudea, sanga ia to pekaamberan to-Yahudi jio nnangah bangmo lalan madoang la mbunoi.
Ianna pakario-rio kamu' tau lan mesa' kampong, palai kamu' lako kampong laen, nasaba' sitonganna Aku', Anak Mentolino, ngkuan kamu' kumua, ‘Te'dapa napura to kota jio Israel milelei, kuratu pole' keanu'.’
Apa ia tonna kitami joo tomendulu bara'bah kumua ratui to anakkana joo ampu bara'bah, sipangkada-kadami joo tomendulu nakua, ‘Inde'mi pale' to la mpumanahhi tee bara'bah. Tabunoi, antaala ngasanni tee manahna.’
Ia tonna sa'dingngi kapala imang sola guru agama joo kadan-Na Puang Isa, nnangahmi lalan la mbunoi. Apa malaja'i, nasaba' jangngah ngasan tuu lako tobuda ssa'dingngi to pangngajah-Na.
Susimi tee pangngakuanna Nabi Yahya lako ba'tu pira-pira imang sola to-Lewi, to nasua pekaamberan to-Yahudi jio kota Yerusalem ngkutanaii kumua, “Indariki'?”
Sipangkada-kadai joo pekaamberan to-Yahudi nakua, “La male umborika ia tee tau, nate'damo tawa'ding ssitammuanni? La malerika lako to-Yahudi to torro jio tangnga-tangngana to-Yunani naajahhi to to-Yunani jio?
Kupauan kamu' katonganan to kusa'ding jio mai Puang Allataala. Apa ia to mipugauk, nnangah ora kamu' lalan la mbunona', na ia to panggaukan susi joo, te'da napugaukki Nabi Ibrahim.