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Yohanes yawe kʼraa yawe, “Nashana oh!”
1 Yohanes ro ja baptis raa tait yamo ykyas bo ro Allah. Yamo yhau mam tabam ro riamo sau mam provinsi ro Yudea. Ait ykyas yawe, 2 “Nashana fooh! Allah siwyan yamo Raja ytu raa wAit mama ybo fo.” 3 Yohanes oh mi tiwya nabi Yesaya ykyas wia yawe,
“Meen raa sait kbe yama ykyas bo woJõ mam yuk ro riamo sau. Ykyas yawe, ‘Mbetrot iso mkah Tuhan yama! Nisoh iso kʼAit!’ ”
Yesaya 40:3
4 Yohanes yyum ratan ro ja raa sne mbam unta mawyan. Tna ykyar hotom ro mbam kak marak ye. Ja ait yabo mo msya yata kum maya ro mbam safom sai. 5 Tna raa mbam kota ro Yerusalem, raa mbam remo makin mam provinsi ro Yudea reto ye, msya raa makin ro mhau mam aya maam ro Yordan to, ana weto sor mama mo kʼYohanes. 6 Ana mama mo kʼAit tna mras iro wana. Tibyo Yohanes baptis ana mam aya ro Yordan reto.
7 Raa ro Farisi msya raa ro Saduki mawat mama mo kʼYohanes ye. Ana mawe ait baptis ana ye. Menohe ait yastako ana yawe, “Anu to, raa ro nmo wan-wan nfi aban kume!* Awya ykyas bo kʼanu yawe Allah kmo tna meen yno bo ro mkair mbtek mai kʼanu? Awya ykyas feto tna re anu nhar nwe nsam nma saso riof kʼanu? 8 Nashana! Nno bo moof. Tna kbe raa mhar mawe anu nashana oh. 9-10 Soh anu nno feto to, anu nfi kake mara ro mros make mawat tna moof. Allah yatem ybo baam oh. Ait siwyan yfat ara. Kake mara ro make rau mkair to, kbe Ait yfat tna yoo beak mam tafoh makus mait. Anu ja nnaut nwe, ‘Amu fo kube ro Abraham wait renti. Feto to kbe Allah yno riof kʼamu fea!’ Menohe mfe; nnaut feto ma! Allah yatak haberek fraa wefo mamo kube renti ro Abraham wait ye! 11 Jõ baptis anu mkah aya sai. ⌞Reto mawe anu nashana oh.⌟ Jõ tama wia tatim. Tna Ait ro yase yiwer jõ sait kbe yama yrof jõ. Jõ fi raa ro taku sai. Kbe tbo sandal ro yse yaa rAit to fee. Jõ toof mnan si fee. Ait yama to, meen baptis anu mkah Har ro Tuhan. Tna Ait baptis anu mkah tafoh ye.” 12 Tna Yohanes yawe, “Ati ro raa sait ygi gandum rait to, ja ait yoo gandum makan rau yse hayah tna yoo marak rau to yse hayah ye. Tna gandum makan reto ybu mam gudang sau. Tna marak rau to, kbe yko mam tafoh. Tafoh reto raa mtai mikabuk fee. Mesias tait siwyan re kbe yno bo mfi feto kʼraa ye.”
Yohanes baptis Yesus
13 Yohanes yhau mam aya Yordan fares to, Yesus ybam provinsi ro Galilea yama. Yesus yama yawe Yohanes baptis Ait ye. 14 Menohe Yohanes yawe kʼYesus yawe, “Jõ hawe baptis Nyõ. Nyõ raa ro nase. Jõ fi raa kinyah sai. Maami Nyõ baptis jõ menohe Nyõ nawe jõ te baptis Nyõ fyi?” 15 Menohe Yesus yawe, “Nnaut bo myum-yam ma. Nama sai baptis Jõ. Anu bno bo wefo mamo mnan si bo ro Allah ksoh beta oh meto.” Yohanes yari feto, tibyo baptis Yesus. 16 Yohanes baptis Yesus, tna Yesus frok ybam aya yaut. Frok si fo, ayoh twat. Tna Yesus ymat Har ro Tuhan haberek mnan fi ruu merpati sau. Ruu reto fru mama mroh abyõ kʼAit. 17 Tna raa mari mai sau mbam ayoh mawe, “Ait tait akut aJõ ro Jõ thafri. Ait tait, Jõ thaf mnan!”
* 3:7 Yohanes ykyas aban sau ro safo wer tna ja mamo wan-wan ye. Aban refo mhau ntri-ri sai, mnah-nah fee. Tna raa mnaut mawe ara sai, soh mfe aban ro mhai oh. Raa mamo kene tna aban refo mafit. Tna Yohanes yhar yawe raa baro mashana mbam iro wana fee, menohe ana mama mo kʼait tna mawe ait baptis ana.