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Ndupiedze Yohanes Ɔpɛ Imomo.
1 Ɔwi gɔmɔ ame ne, Ndupiedze Yohanes ɔba Yudea fafuĩ ame ɔba ɔ̃atsɛ Ɣaa itɔ̃me iɣɛ 2 sɔ, “Mifiniki i mi situ ame ala Ɣaa sigara ɔɖewi ɔɔɣo.” 3 Yohanes gɔgbe nɖe ngɔ iso i Ɣaa Kanyaɖidze Yesaya ɔɣɛ ɔsɛ sɔ,
“Ɔwɛ̃ to ɔla kulu teteree i fafuĩ ame sɔ,
‘Miledza ɔri mitã Bosate iba.
Mibara ɔ̃ ɔri gɔ iso ɔ̃asɛ tɔrɔrɔ.’ ”
4 Awu wa i Yohanes ɔpia ne, kapuipɔngɔ siwɛrɛ̃ masu mawe ala, fiɛ ɔsu bɔi ɔko kafiami ɔtɔ so ɔsɔ. Maɣendu gu kugbadzedzei loɖe ɔ̃ aɖera. 5 Maturi ɔbɔrɛ i Yerusalem gu Yudea ɔɖuɖu gu Yordan ɔwore kama abuiti ɔɖuɖu ame maba ɔ̃ kɔrɛ. 6 Gɔ maɖi ma akpi maɣɛ ne, Yohanes ɔpie ma Ɣaa ndu i Yordan ɔwore ame.
7 Gɔ Yohanes ɔnya ma Farisise gu ma Zadukise gbodzoo ma loba sɔ ɔpie ma Ɣaa ndu ne, ɔɣere ma sɔ, “Mi ma lonyanyarĩ lɛ maɣɛ! Midaasɔsɔla so iki i Ɣaa itupie ifɔ ame sɔ miawo ɔtere i Ɣaa sikpã dzɛ nto siba i kayiiso kanya! 8 Mite i mi nsɛgbai ame sɔ miɔfiniki mibɔrɛ i mi akpi ame. 9 Midaabu sɔ gɔ Abraham mawa miɖe ɔso ne, Ɣaa iibakpadzɛ̃ mi kutsue. Nto loɣere mi sɔ Ɣaa to ɔ̃awo mawa ɔbara ɔɖi i ata wa nfere i ngbe ame ɔtã Abraham.
10 “Minyɔ! Maɔkarã kaɣɛ i adziri iso koko sɔ maatu wã ta siɖu ame. Kudziri biara gɔ loisɛ kuɣɔ̃ abi sɛɛ ne, maaɖaɛ kɔ̃ mapɛyu matsuedza.”
11 “Mme ne, ndu losu nto lopie mi si ite sɔ miɔfiniki mibɔrɛ i mi akpi ame. Ɣɛɛ ngɔ nsiai me i kama ɔto ɔba ne, Ɣaa Siwarã gu ɔtɔ ɔ̃asu ɔpie mi ndu. Ɔmɔ ɔɖo me sɔ loikote sɔ loaɖe ɔ̃ ɔɖabo kɔra. 12 Ɔto ɔ̃ ifɛra nɛ ɔ̃afɛ ala simɔɣo ɔɖi i kamɔ ame. Ɔ̃asu aɖera ɔfere i kawu ame, ɣɛɛ simɔɣo ne, ɔ̃atsuedza sɛ̃ ku ɔtɔ gɔ loisɛ ɔnyi!”
Yohanes Ɔpie Yesu Ɣaa Ndu.
13 Ɔwi gɔmɔ ame ne, Yesu ɔbɔrɛ i Galilea ɔba Yohanes kɔrɛ i Yordan ɔkpokpo sɔ Yohanes si ɔpie wũ Ɣaa ndu. 14 Ɣɛɛ gɔ Yohanes to ɔbie sɔ ɔfinikira ɔ̃ adzuni ɔso ne, ɔɣere wũ sɔ, “Mme ikote sɔ loaba fɔ kɔrɛ apie me Ɣaa ndu ne iiɖe fɔ loaba wũ kɔrɛ!”
15 Ɣɛɛ Yesu ɔtã wũ mmuai sɔ, “Tã ise ngbɔ si boawo ira biara nɛ i Ɣaa ɔbie sɔ bobara ɔbara.” Ne Yohanes ɔnɔ karɔ̃ ne.
16 Gɔ ɔpie Yesu ndu ɔro fiɛ ɔto ɔbɔrɛ i ɔwore ame ne, kuɖokpo ɔbusi kutã wũ. Ɔnya Ɣaa Siwarã ɔso lɛ ilɔpɔ siba siasia wũ iso. 17 Ne manɔ silɔ ɔbɔrɛ i kato siɣɛ sɔ, “Wũ Ɔbi gɔ loisɛ lopia kuɣɛ i ngbe ne, ɔbo me anɔ gbaã.”