Luka Sane Kpakpa a

3 Ngɛ Kaisare Tiberio nɔ yemi ɔ we jeha nɛ ji nyɔngma kɛ enuɔne ɔ mi, benɛ Pontio Pilato ji amlaalo ngɛ Yudea, nɛ Herode* ji kpokpa* nɔ yelɔ ngɛ Galilea, nɛ e nyɛminyumu Filipo hu ji kpokpa nɔ yelɔ ngɛ Iturea kɛ Trakoniti ma a nɔ, nɛ Lisania ji kpokpa nɔ yelɔ ngɛ Abilene, 2 ngɛ osɔfo nikɔtɔmahi Anas kɛ Kayafa a be ɔ mi ɔ, Mawu kɛ sɛ gbi ha Zakaria binyumu Yohane ngɛ nga a nɔ.

3 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, e ya mahi tsuo nɛ ngɛ Yordan Pa a he ɔ mi, nɛ e ya ngɛ baptisimi nɛ e peeɔ tsui tsakemi kɛ ha yayami kɛ kemi he okadi ɔ fiɛɛe 4 kaa bɔ nɛ a ngma ngɛ gbalɔ Yesaya womi ɔ mi ɔ. A ngma 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. 5 E sa nɛ a tsi dɔgba fɛɛ dɔgba, nɛ a ba yoku fɛɛ yoku kɛ yoku wayo fɛɛ yoku wayo si; nɛ a pee blɔhi nɛ a kpɛ̃ ɔ tlɔmɔɔ, nɛ blɔhi nɛ a nɔ ngɛ googagooga a, a ha nɛ a nɔ nɛ da; 6 nɛ he lohi tsuo* maa na Mawu yi wami hemi ɔ.’”*

7 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, e bɔni asafo kuu ɔ nɛ a ngɛ kpo jee kɛ ngɛ e ngɔ bae ɔ demi 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. Nyɛ ko hi nyɛ he dee 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. 9 Niinɛ, 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.”

10 Nɛ asafo kuu ɔ ngɛ lɛ bie ke: “Lɛɛ mɛni e sa kaa waa pee mɔ?” 11 E ha mɛ heto ke: “Nɔ nɛ e ngɛ tade enyɔ* ɔ nɛ e kɛ nɔ nɛ e be eko ɔ nɛ gba, nɛ nɔ nɛ e ngɛ nɔ́ ko nɛ e maa ye ɔ, lɛ hu e pee jã nɔuu.” 12 Tó tsuli po ba konɛ e baptisi mɛ, nɛ a bi lɛ ke: “Tsɔɔlɔ, mɛni e sa kaa waa pee?” 13 E de mɛ ke: “Nyɛ ko he tó ɔ pe bɔ nɛ e sa kaa nyɛ he.” 14 Jehanɛ se hu ɔ, tabuli ba ngɛ lɛ bie ke: “Mɛni e sa kaa waa pee?” Nɛ e de mɛ ke: “Nyɛ ko wa nɔ ko yi mi,* nɛ nyɛ ko po nɔ ko nya yaka gu, mohu ɔ, nyɛ bua nɛ jɔ níhi nɛ nyɛ ngɛ ɔmɛ a he.”*

15 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, ni ɔmɛ ngɛ Kristo ɔ blɔ hyɛe, nɛ mɛ tsuo a ngɛ Yohane he susue ngɛ a tsui mi ke, “Anɛ lɛ ji Kristo ɔ lo?” 16 Yohane ha mɛ tsuo heto ke: “Imi lɛɛ, i ngɔɔ nyu kɛ baptisiɔ nyɛ, se nɔ ko nɛ e nɔ kuɔ pe mi ma, nɛ e tokota nɔ kpã tete po, i sɛ nɔ nɛ e pɛneɔ. Lɛɛ lɛɛ e maa ngɔ mumi klɔuklɔu, kɛ la kɛ baptisi nyɛ. 17 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 hwiit ɔ nya kɛ wo e nito he ɔ, se tsakati* ɔ lɛɛ, e maa ngɔ la nɛ be hie gbemi kɛ sã.”

18 Jehanɛ se hu ɔ, e wo ni ɔmɛ ga kpahi fuu, nɛ e ya nɔ nɛ e fiɛɛ sane kpakpa a kɛ ha mɛ. 19 Se Yohane kã Herode nɛ ji kpokpa nɔ yelɔ ɔ hɛ mi ngɛ e nyɛminyumu ɔ yo Herodia he je, kɛ jehanɛ ɔ se hu ngɛ ní yayamihi tsuo nɛ e pee ɔ he je. 20 Ngɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ e pee ɔ se ɔ, e pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ hulɔ: E wo Yohane tsu.

21 Jehanɛ ɔ, benɛ a baptisi ni ɔmɛ tsuo ɔ, a baptisi Yesu hulɔ. Benɛ e ngɛ sɔlee ɔ, hiɔwe nya bli, 22 nɛ mumi klɔuklɔu ɔ kple si kɛ ba e nɔ kaa beleku lahuɛ, nɛ gbi ko pɛ kɛ je hiɔwe ke: “Mo ji ye Bi nɛ i suɔ; ye bua jɔ o he.”