¹ Ave ki adhoh heh Yohana Ekizhi yiyah tetha khiyah Nuh ave mpla edi Yahudiya, e tetha le, ² "Phwehte neh throhabebe, ke mbhiyohkhweh akpachu ma bohboh." ³ Ke atehu ma gee nke Ishaya evepwa yithate ke ge, le, "Nde ngluh tejuwah ave mpla, 'Kubhuhwate neh phiyoh Mbohchu; gbinda neh phe Ge." ⁴ Yohana yivhehte le attheh efeh kboh ntchabiyeakluekhohlo, e yikima le nkanda ave thro ge, biyezhih ge yima akhuwachu le thohdheh. ⁵ Ndushelima, Judiya mbli, le wah zhyoh a na nghaphiyahte Akhoh Urdun yiju doh gbheh ge. ⁶ E yito be baptisma ave Akhoh Urdun, be yima putha throhabebe be. ⁷ Mamihu ebhoh e yive Wahfarisi le Wahsadusi fanyhah yima yah epiyoh ge ke baptisma hu, e yitha le be, "Neh zhyeh enwi, enyha a gbite neh tchuwa ke neh gbehsewa fyeeshyeh a ma yah hu? ⁸ To neh throh e ke mangha le neh phweh wah abebe. ⁹ Pah se neh le neh tetha le dineh, 'Ibrahim ma so nyhi.' Ke N teyangha neh le Nuh ke fohdatroh ngha kho Ibrahim zhyeh avejuwah mpheh ateheh. ¹⁰ Be te wah te fhengi ave pudru te. To nkhohma e tevha e vloh asohsoh mu be ke kit'hoh, be ke pohcheh ge. ¹¹ N teto neh baptisma le thhoh ke neh phwehte throhabebe. Ngluh eke yah ekholo ngheh hu kaphehte ngheh, N kwate mi N tcha kbeba Ge mu. E kaa toh neh baptisma le Evhla Anyhahnyhah ndanda le piyo." ¹² Nvhle Ge ma buh Ge, E ke tobhuhwa zhyohdhongiye Ge, E ke fohgbekho ngiye Ge aveka ntuu. E le ke pohcheh akbangiye le piyo e ke gyhe po e mu." ¹³ Yeso yijuyah ave Galilih E yidoh Akhoh Urdun kethiri Yohana ke to Ge baptisma. ¹⁴ Yohana yikah le e kha Ge, e tha le, "N kah le A to ngheh baptisma, A le yah phiya nda epiyoh ngheh?" ¹⁵ Yeso yitahpla E yitha le ge, "Phwehte ge mmeh, ke e sohte le nyhi pohnweh asohsoh mbli." Yohana le yifhenyhi ngha Ge. ¹⁶ Ebhoh Yohana kizhi wah Ge hu, nfye Yeso yite nyhijuwah ave thhoh hu, akpachu yiphwe ngha Ge. E yive Evhla Nuh te shya nfye akbleh yiyah shi a tse Ge. ¹⁷ Be yipo nde yijuyah ave akpachu e tetha le, "Atehu ma Nwa andohndoh ngheh. Shyeh ngheh sohte gbwawa le Ge."