Ko Au e gea maa'ogi kia te koutou, e si'ai he pegea haka haa i he hahine, e hua'eha o sigi ia John Baptist. Ka te mi'i pegea i te Hakahua 'anga a te 'Aitu, koia e hua'eha o sigi ia John.
Ma te haka tau a kigatou o hai atu, “E hai ake kogaa ko John Baptist, kae hai ake kogaa, ko Elijah, ka manga hai ake kogaa, ko Jeremiah po te launatasi i na taauga.”
Ko king Herod noko haka gongo i na hai 'anga nei, iteme'agaa te ingoa o Jesus kua na'a ngatahi e ba'i pegea. Noko iai na pegea noko hai ake, “Ko John Baptist kua ma'ugi hoki, tenei te hai 'anga e hu'ai hai taganga ai.”
Na pegea haka ako noko hai atu, “E hai mai kogaa, ko Koe ko John Baptist, kae hai mai kogaa, ko Koe ko Elijah, ka manga hai ake kogaa, ko Koe te launatasi i na taauga.”
Ko Herod te Hakahua o Galilee na haka gongo i na hai 'anga noko hai, o mou tegeu'a, noko ghaghi i te hai ake na pegea, “Ko Ia ko John Baptist na mate ka kua ma'ugi hoki.”
Noko 'eha pegea boomai kia Jesus. Ko kigatou noko hai ake, “Masi'igoa ko John noko he'e hai ni hai 'anga haka ohokia, ka ko ba'i hai 'anga noko gea ai i te tangata nei noko maa'ogi.”