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3 Ni boong akanne ao e roko n rereuan Iutaia Ioane+ te tia Bwabetito ao e uarongorongo+ 2 ni kangai: “Rairi nanomi, bwa e a kaan te Tautaeka n Uea ae bwaini karawa.”+ 3 Bon Ioane are e taekinna Itaia are te burabeti+ ngke e taku: “Boni bwanaan temanna ae takarua n te rereua ni kangai, ‘Katauraoa kawain Iehova!* Kaetii kawaina imwaina.’”+ 4 Ao e kunnikainna Ioane n te kunnikai ae karaoaki mani buraen te kamero ao e kabaea nukana n te roo.*+ Kanana bon te taake* ao aia karewe manibeeru mai buakonikai.+ 5 A roko irouna kaain Ierutarem ao Iutaia ni kabutaa, ma taabo nako aika uakaan ma te Ioretan,+ 6 ao a kaotiia bwa bon taani bure, ao a bwabetitoaki* irouna n te Karaanga ae Ioretan.+
7 Ngke e noriia Baritaio* ma Tarukaio*+ aika bati bwa a roko n te tabo ni bwabetito, ao e taku nakoia: “Ngkami aika bunia naeta aika baiba,+ antai ae tuangingkami bwa kam kona n rawea maiumi man te rekenikai ae i aoni kawaina n roko?+ 8 Mangaia ae kam na karikii uaa aika kakoauaa raoi rairan nanomi, 9 ao tai kamoamoa i bon iroumi ni kangai: ‘Bon tamara Aberaam.’+ I tuangingkami bwa e kona te Atua ni karikiia natin Aberaam man atibu aikai. 10 E a wene ngkai te tanai i wakaani kainnamwarake, ao kaai nako ake a aki karikii uaa aika raraoi, a na koreaki n tewenakoaki n te ai.+ 11 I bwabetitoingkami n te ran ibukina bwa kam rairi nanomi,+ ma e korakora riki nakoiu teuare roko imwiu, ae I aki tau ni buutii ana kau.+ E na bwabetitoingkami n te taamnei ae raoiroi+ ao n te ai.+ 12 E taua ana tiaabora i baina ibukini kaaurakean te uita, ao e na kaitiaka raoi bwian ana auti ni kaaki kun ni uita. E na urakin ana uita nakon te auti ni kaikobwai, ma e na kabueka kunin te uita n te ai+ ae aki kona ni mate.”
13 Ao e roko Iesu mai Kariraia nakon Ioane n te Karaanga ae Ioretan bwa e na bwabetitoaki irouna.+ 14 Ma e kataia n tukia Ioane ni kangai: “Boni ngai ae I riai ni bwabetitoaki iroum, ao ko nakoiu?” 15 E kaekaa ni kangai Iesu: “Kariaia ngkai, bwa n te aro aei ti na kakororaoa iai ae raoiroi.” Ao e a aki tukia Ioane. 16 Ngke e otirake naba ngkekei Iesu man te ran imwini bwabetitoana, ao akea bwa e a kaukaki karawa,+ ao Ioane e nora taamnein te Atua ae ruona Iesu n ai aron te taobe.+ 17 Ao akea bwa e a kangai naba te bwanaa mai karawa:+ “Bon Natiu+ ae I tangiria teuaei, ae I kakatonga irouna.”+