3 Lo datfala taem, John+ Baptaesa hem go preach+ lo wilderness lo Judea, 2 and hem sei: “Repent, bikos Kingdom blo heven hem klosap kam nao.”+ 3 Disfala man nao profet Isaiah+ storyim taem hem sei: “Wanfala voice blo samwan hem singaot kam from wilderness. Hem sei: ‘Redyim road blo Jehovah!* Mekem olketa road blo hem stret.’”+

7 Bihaen olketa disaepol blo John go bak, Jesus start for story lo olketa pipol abaotem John. Hem askem olketa olsem: “Taem iufala go lo wilderness, wanem nao iufala go for lukim?+ Hao, iufala lukim wanfala tol grass wea wind hem blowim olobaot?+

10 Olketa Holy Raeting sei olsem abaotem hem: ‘Lukim! Mi bae sendem messenger blo mi go firstaem lo iu, wea hem bae redyim road firstaem for iu!’+

2 Olsem profet Isaiah bin raet abaotem: “(Lukim! Mi bae sendem messenger blo mi go firstaem lo iu,* wea bae redyim road for iu.)+ 3 Wanfala voice blo samwan hem singaot kam from wilderness: ‘Redyim road blo Jehovah!* Mekem olketa road blo hem stret.’”+ 4 John Baptaesa stap lo wilderness, and hem talem pipol for baptaes, wea datwan hem for showimaot olketa repent mekem God forgivim sin blo olketa.+

76 Bat iu, son blo mi, bae olketa kolem iu wanfala profet blo Most Hae, bikos iu bae go firstaem lo Jehovah* for redyim road for hem,+

6 God hem sendem kam wanfala man wea nem blo hem John.+

23 Hem sei: “Mi nao wanfala voice blo samwan wea singaot kam from wilderness, ‘Mekem datfala road blo Jehovah* hem stret,’+ olsem profet Isaiah talem.”+

28 Iufala nao herem mi taem mi sei, ‘Mi no datfala Christ,+ bat God hem sendem mi firstaem lo datfala man.’+