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3 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Yohane Nɔ Baptisilɔ ɔ ba ngɛ fiɛɛe ngɛ Yudea nga a nɔ, 2 nɛ e ngɛ dee ke: “Nyɛ tsake nyɛ tsui, ejakaa hiɔwe Matsɛ Yemi ɔ su si ta.” 3 Ngɛ anɔkuale mi ɔ, nɔmlɔ nɛ ɔ he munyu nɛ Mawu tu kɛ gu gbalɔ Yesaya nɔ ɔ nɛ. E de ke: “Nɔ ko gbi ngɛ pɛe wawɛɛ ngɛ nga a nɔ ke: ‘Nyɛ dla Yehowa* blɔ ɔ! Nyɛ ha nɛ e gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ nɛ a da tlɔmɔɔ.’” 4 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, tade nɛ Yohane wo ɔ, afukpɔngɔ he bwɔmi lɛ a kɛ pee, nɛ e mlɛmi fimi nɔ́ ɔ hu lohwe he womi lɛ a kɛ pee. Ní nɛ e yeɔ ji baalɛ kɛ nga nɔ hwo. 5 Nɛ nihi jeɔ Yerusalem kɛ Yudea kɛ mahi tsuo nɛ ngɛ Yordan Pa a he ɔ a mi kɛ yaa e ngɔ 6 nɛ e baptisiɔ* mɛ ngɛ Yordan Pa a mi, nɛ a jajeɔ a he yayami ɔmɛ ngɛ ma hɛ mi.
7 Benɛ e na Farisi bi kɛ Saduki bi babauu nɛ a ma he nɛ e ngɛ nihi baptisie ngɛ ɔ, e de mɛ ke: “Nyɛ sinɔ duɔtsɛmɛ a nina, mɛnɔ bɔ nyɛ kɔkɔ ke nyɛɛ tu abofu nɛ ma a nya fo? 8 Lɛɛ nyɛɛ wo yiblii nɛ tsɔɔ kaa nyɛ tsake nyɛ tsui mɔ. 9 Nyɛ ko si nyɛ gugue nɛ nyɛ de nyɛ he ke, ‘Wɔɔ lɛɛ wa tsɛ ji Abraham.’ Ejakaa i ngɛ nyɛ dee ke Mawu ma nyɛ ma je bimɛ kɛ je tɛ nɛ ɔmɛ a mi kɛ ha Abraham. 10 Gbiɛ ɔ fɔɔ si ngɛ tso ɔmɛ a sipoku ɔ nɔ momo. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, tso fɛɛ tso nɛ e wui yiblii kpakpa a, a maa po kɛ fɔ si, nɛ a ma sake kɛ fɔ la mi. 11 Imi lɛɛ, i ngɔɔ nyu kɛ baptisiɔ nyɛ ngɛ nyɛ tsui nɛ nyɛ tsake ɔ he je, se nɔ nɛ e ma ngɛ ye se ɔ nɔ kuɔ pe mi, nɛ e tokota tete po i sɛ nɔ nɛ e jeɔ. Lɛɛ lɛɛ e maa ngɔ mumi klɔuklɔu, kɛ la kɛ baptisi nyɛ. 12 E hɛɛ e ngma mi sami nɔ́ ɔ ngɛ e dɛ mi, nɛ e maa bɛɛ e ngma mi sami he ɔ nyaii nɛ e ma bua e hwiit ɔ nya kɛ wo nito he ɔ, se tsakati* ɔ lɛɛ, e maa ngɔ la nɛ be hie gbemi ɔ kɛ sã.”
13 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Yesu je Galilea kɛ ba Yohane ngɔ ngɛ Yordan Pa a nya konɛ Yohane nɛ e baptisi lɛ. 14 Se Yohane ka kaa e maa tsi lɛ blɔ. E de lɛ ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ o ma ye ngɔ ɔ? Mo mohu lɛ e sa kaa o baptisi mi.” 15 Yesu de lɛ ke: “Amlɔ nɛ ɔ lɛɛ moo kplɛɛ kɛkɛ, ejakaa ja jã loko wa maa gbe níhi tsuo nɛ a da a peemi nya.” Kɛkɛ nɛ Yohane kplɛɛ. 16 Benɛ e baptisi Yesu ta a, amlɔ nɔuu nɛ e je kpo ngɛ nyu ɔ mi; nɛ hyɛ! hiɔwe nya bli, nɛ e na Mawu mumi ɔ nɛ ngɛ si kplee kɛ ma e nɔ kaa beleku lahuɛ. 17 Hyɛ! Gbi ko hu pɛ kɛ je hiɔwe ke: “Ye Bi ji nɛ ɔ nɛ, i suɔ lɛ, nɛ ye bua jɔ e he.”