5 Ni mɛi ni yɔɔ Yerusalɛm kɛ Yudea fɛɛ kɛ Yordan niiaŋ fɛɛ ba eŋɔɔ;
5 Agbene̱ Ierusalem ke̱ Iudea fẽ ke̱ Iordan niiaṅ fẽ dše kpo ba eṅõ;
Be ni afɔ Yesu yɛ Betlehem yɛ Yudea, yɛ Maŋtsɛ Herode yinɔ lɛ, nilelɔi jɛ bokã ba Yerusalɛm babi akɛ,
Ni asafoi pii jɛ Galilea kɛ Dekapoli kɛ Yerusalɛm kɛ Yudea kɛ Yordan sɛɛ nyiɛ esɛɛ.
Mɛi fɛɛ ni yɔɔ Yudea shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ kɛ Yerusalɛm lɛ tee eŋɔɔ. Amɛjaje amɛhe eshai, ni abaptisi amɛ yɛ Yordan Faa lɛ mli.
“Mla lɛ kɛ gbalɔi lɛ yɔɔ nɔ kɛbashi Yohane nɔ; kɛjɛ nakai be lɛ nɔ nɛɛ aashiɛ Nyɔŋmɔ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he Sanekpakpa lɛ, ni mɔ fɛɛ mɔ boteɔ mli ekãa naa.
Ni eba Yordan niiaŋ fɛɛ, ni eshiɛɔ etsɔ̃ɔ mɛi lɛ ni amɛtsake amɛtsui ni abaptisi amɛ, koni akɛ amɛhe eshai afa amɛ;
Kɛkɛ ni ekɛɛ asafoi lɛ ni je kpo ba eŋɔɔ ni ebaptisi amɛ lɛ akɛ, “Shikpãi ashwiei, namɔ tsɔ̃ɔ nyɛ akɛ nyɛjo mlifu ni baa lɛ naa foi?
Ni Yohane hu miibaptisi yɛ Ainon yɛ Salim masɛi, ejaakɛ nu pii yɛ jɛi, ni mɛi baa ni abaptisiɔ amɛ;
Yohane ji kane ni tsoɔ ni ekpɛɔ lɛ, shi nyɛ lɛ, nyɛsumɔ akɛ nyɛmli afili nyɛ be kukuoo kɛkɛ yɛ elá lɛ mli.