Jan -o dzhui ˈkun Mesiɔ kɛ -bë

Zakari ˈle, Elizabɛtë -man, ˈba biɛn Jan -o -nɔn -sɛ mi, -o kiɛ -ketebosɛ. Joova -o -nɔn Jan -she tsabiɛ ˈˈba -nda ˈkun Mesiɔ ˈkɛ -bë -bë. ˈE maan, -e ˈˈle Juifë ˈˈba ˈba -zösɔn ˈˈkɛ ˈla ˈle, -kɔɛ ˈˈkɛ ˈama fɛn maan -o -kpë dzhu -Zö bɛn, nanmɛ -o -kpë kë tsabiɛ -ka. -Nɛnyaa ˈlö maan -o -kpë -le ˈe. Tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ba Jerizalɛmën ˈle, Juide ˈpɛmɛɛn fɛn -man -tshuɔ -bë -Zö bɛn ˈyi Jan -wɔ ˈˈdzhuɔ tɛn. -O -she mmiɛ -nda ˈkun mmiɛ sɛ -yɛ ˈla ˈkun -Zö ˈkɛ -yɛ mmiɛ ˈla, -e bie ˈkun mmiɛ fɔn mmiɛ -kɛpuɛn ˈkɛ ˈyi mmiɛ -le -hunlɔ. -Ba -nɔn -tɛn bɛn ˈyi Jan -o dzhu, ˈba -kpe ˈnun -ba -fɔn ˈba -kaɲanɲan ˈˈkɛ -hunlɔ, ˈakö -ba -le -ze -a muën ˈba ˈsɔ Judɛn ˈsöe ˈla.

Jan ˈo -kɔɛwun nɛn, -o ˈˈköe ˈkun ˈo ˈpɔn -ka -kpe ˈnun. -Talɛ ˈyi -a -nɔn nannan pu -le maan -o -sɔ, nanmɛ -agbanko ˈle, -wɔnsö -man maan -o -she. ˈEyɛ -e -le -ze tsabiɛ -kpe ˈnun -ba köe ˈkun ˈba lɔ tsabi tshun ˈyi ˈe -le Jan. Tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn ˈˈba ˈbakö ˈˈkë -kpe ˈnun ˈbɔbɔ kɔ Fariziɛn ˈˈba ˈle, Sadiseɛn ˈˈba ˈama ˈnun, -ba -bë ˈba -ye kɛ -hën. Jan -o -she mmiɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘-E bie ˈkun ˈmun fɔn ˈmun -kɛpuɛn ˈkɛ ˈyi -mɔn -le -hunlɔ, nanmɛ ˈmun ˈˈpiɛn ˈmun -kale ˈˈkɛ. ˈMun ˈˈman ˈe ˈbu ˈkun, ˈkun -mun -le Abraamën ˈˈve, -mun -kɔ ˈmun -ye -yemi. ˈEkun ˈeyɛ, -e ˈˈman ˈe ˈˈkë ˈkun -mun -le -Zö ˈˈve.’

Tsabiɛ -kpe ˈnun -ba -bë -hën Jan, ˈakö -ba -bie kɛ bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘ˈˈƝan -kɛ maan -e bie ˈkun ˈhan -le ˈɲɔn -Zö ˈo nɔn -yɛ ˈhan ˈla?’ -O -she mmiɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘ˈEyi -mun sɛ -pɔn -talɛ ˈˈkɛmuën, -mun -nɔn ˈekö ˈze ˈo ˈwɛn ˈo mian ˈe nɛn.’ -Bu -lɔ -kɛ ˈyi ˈe -le -ze -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyɛ? -O -yɛ ˈla ˈkun ˈo -nunmëndasɔ ˈˈba ˈba lɔɛ ˈkun, ba sɛ -yɛ ˈla ˈkun -Zö ˈkɛ -yɛ ˈba ˈla, -e bie ˈkun ˈba -yɛ tsabiɛ ˈla.

Jan -o -she lɛnponɔnsɔ ˈˈba bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘ˈMun -she ˈmɛnkö, nanmɛ ˈmun ˈˈman tsabiɛ ˈˈba ˈˈdzhi dzhi kuö.’ -O -she -nsafɔ ˈˈba bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘ˈMun ˈˈman -le ˈze -a ˈˈman ˈmun -ka ˈmën ko, nanmɛ ˈmun ˈˈman ˈtu ˈtshi.’

Tɛyisɔ ˈˈba ˈle, Levitë ˈˈba ˈama -ye ˈpɛ, -ba -bë -bie Jan bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘ˈˈHe ˈe -le bu? Tsabiɛ ˈˈba ˈkpakpa -ba -yɛ ˈla ˈkun ˈba lɔɛ.’ Jan -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘Kɔ -ketebosɛ Izayi -o -le dzhui ˈnun, ˈmɛn maan ˈmɛn -le bu ˈyi -a tɛn -nɛɛnya ˈlö, ˈˈyɛ nɔn tsabiɛ Joova -shɔ -bë.’

-Ka ˈyi Jan -o kë tsabiɛ ˈˈba, -e lë ˈba dzhi -kpe ˈnun. Tsabiɛ -kpe ˈnun -ba -bie ˈbakö ˈˈyɛ Jan maan kɛ -le Mesiɔ. ˈE maan -o -she mmiɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘ˈO ˈwɛn ˈˈwɔ -bë -o -sɛ -hën ˈmɛn. ˈMɛn ˈˈlë ˈe nɛn ˈkun ˈmɛn ˈˈsan ˈo -manmua -biebën ˈˈkɛ ˈbɔbɔ. Mɛn -yeɛ, ˈsö ˈla -mɛn kɔ tsabiɛ ˈsɔ ˈˈmuën, ˈe maan ˈo -yeɛ, ˈˈwuënsɛ ˈfɛnfɛɛn ˈla ˈo kɔ ˈˈmuën tsabiɛ ˈsɔ.’