3 “Lukim! Mi bae sendem messenger blo mi, and hem bae go firstaem lo mi for redyim road.+ And seknomoa datfala tru Lord, wea iufala lukaotem hem, bae kam lo temple blo hem.+ And messenger blo datfala covenant bae kam, wea iufala hapi tumas for weitim hem. Lukim! Hem bae kam,” diswan nao wanem Jehovah, komanda blo olketa army, hem talem.

3 Lo datfala taem, John+ Baptaesa hem go preach+ lo wilderness lo Judea,

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.’”+

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 lo taem blo Caiaphas+ and chief priest Annas, John,+ son blo Zechariah, hem kasem wanfala message from God taem hem stap lo wilderness.+

3 So hem go lo evri ples raonem Jordan River, hem talem pipol for baptaes, wea datwan hem for showimaot olketa repent mekem God forgivim sin blo olketa,+ 4 olsem olketa raet abaotem insaed lo buk blo profet Isaiah, wea sei: “Wanfala voice blo samwan hem singaot kam from wilderness: ‘Redyim road blo Jehovah!* Mekem olketa road blo hem stret.+ 5 Evri valley mas fulap witim graon, and evri maunten and hill mas level. Olketa road wea bend olobaot mas kamap stret, and olketa road wea raf mas smooth, 6 and evri pipol bae lukim samting wea God duim for sevem pipol.’”+

27 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.’+