28 Ɛtsre nɔ, nɛ ba gɛ badzɛ amɔ nɛ shi anɔnyanɔ ama gɛ etri adɛ Yohanɛsɛ, pɔ agɛ enu ebhliyi nɛ Kpaya bukusi nɛ mɛ etri adɛ Yohanɛsɛ.”
Itsre nɔ kɛgba sɛ: Nɛ banɔ nɛ gɛ badzɛ ba mɔ nɛ mɛ akanyaka aka vɛ otugba pɛ agbɛgbla dɛ Yohanɛsɛ Enikpɛ; pɔ agɛ enu ebhliyi nɛ owũsise bukusiɔŋakɔ agbɛgbla dɛ yɛ.
Nɛ ewia lɛlɛ nɛ mɛ Yohanɛsɛ Enikpɛ nɛ aba, nɛ kibui nɛ tɛɖuɖɔ nɛ Yuɖea Ayakpam,
Yohanɛsɛ etsre balɛ petee asɛ, “Ɛkpɛ buni kɔ nɔ nɛ buni. Pɔ kemi anɔ teli aba ba gɛ adɛ mɛ, yɛ ɔtsreklɔ ohui tsyɛ ɛdɛna gɛ ɛba bule. Yɛ aba kpɛ buni kɔ nɔ nɛ̀ Ɔfufɔɛ dzyɔgo nɛ kifu.
Ye nu agɛ yɛ shu ebui ba ŋlɔmɛ elu: “ ‘Ɛba sɛsɛ mɛ axwɛdɛ nɛ putɔnɔ kɔ nɔ, gɛ ebe ŋuse wunɔɛ dzo ɔkpɛ otugba kɔ nɔ.’
(Banɔ nɛ petee, badɔdzyɔ nɛ tsyɛ, kɛbe nɛ gɛ benu Yesu ebui nɛ, ba trɔ alɛabha sɛ Kpaya edzo alɛ nu adzyɔgo, alasɛ Yohanɛsɛɛ yɛ akpɛ buni kɔ alɛ.
Kɛlɛ aɖɔ etsre alɛ sɛ, “Anɔ nɛ gɛ ayɛkɛ anuvɔ bhliyia nɛ mɛ nyi mɛ ayɛkɛ mɛ, klɛ anɔ nɛ gɛ ayɛkɛ mɛ, ayɛkɛ anɔ nɛ gɛ akpɛ mɛ. Alasɛ agɛ enu ebhliyidɛ nɛ wunɔ petee shi—ye nu agbɛgbladɛ.”