3 Bara sanatti Yohaannis+ Cuuphaan lafa onaa Yihudaa keessatti lallabaa+ dhufe; 2 lallabni isaas, “Mootummaan samii waan dhihaateef, yaada geddaradhaa”+ kan jedhu ture. 3 Kunis isa Isaayyaas raajichi+ waaʼee isaa, “Lafa onaa keessaa sagaleen, ‘Daandii Yihowaa* qopheessaa! Karaa isaas wal qixxeessaa’ jedhu tokko ni dhagaʼama”+ jechuudhaan dubbate sana dha.

7 Barattoonni Yohaannis erga achii deemanii booda, Yesuus namoota hedduu achi jiranitti waaʼee Yohaannis akkana jedhee dubbachuu jalqabe: “Gara lafa onaa maal ilaaluuf dhaqxan?+ Shomboqqoo qilleensi raasuu?+

10 Inni isa waaʼeen isaa, ‘Kunoo, ani ergamaa koo si dura* nan erga, inni si dura buʼee karaa siif ni qopheessa!’+ jedhamee barreeffame sana dha.

2 Isaayyaas raajichi akkana jedhee barreesseera: “(Kunoo, ani ergamaa koo isa karaa siif qopheessu si* dura nan erga.)+ 3 Sagaleen tokko lafa onaa keessaa, ‘Daandii Yihowaa* qopheessaa! Karaa isaas wal qixxeessaa’ jedhee iyya.”+ 4 Yohaannis Cuuphaan, cuuphaa isa mallattoo yaada geddarannaa taʼee fi dhiifama cubbuu argachuuf karaa banu lafa onaa keessatti lallaba ture.+

76 Ati garuu yaa mucaa nana, daandii isaa qopheessuuf Yihowaa* dura waan deemtuuf,+ raajii Isa Hundaa Olii jedhamtee waamamta;

6 Yeroo sanatti namichi bakka buʼaa Waaqayyoo taʼee ergame tokko jira ture; maqaan isaa Yohaannis+ jedhama ture.

23 Innis, “Akkuma Isaayyaas raajichi dubbate, ani sagalee nama isa, ‘Daandii Yihowaa* wal qixxeessaa’+ jedhee lafa onaa keessaa iyyu sana dha”+ jedhe.

28 ‘Ani isa isa dura ergame sana dha+ malee Kiristoos miti’+ jechuu koo isinumti iyyuu dhugaa anaaf baatu.