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Ntiifɛ wu Jɔɔŋ Nlisulidzɔɔ
(Mak 1:1-8; Luk 3:1-18; Jɔɔŋ 1:19-28)
1 Tɛ nuuŋ li jo yɛɛ, Jɔɔŋ Nlisulidzɔɔ dza bo gɛɛŋ libuka lɛ kimbɛ ki Judiya fenjisi jɛ yi Nyɔ li bɛniiŋ li le, 2 “Fiiki yɛɛŋ shéŋ yinɛ, kifɛ bumfɔŋ bu liboo bwɛɛ tsɛkɛtsɛkɛ.” 3 Jɔɔŋ wuni nuuŋ wu ntomfɔŋ wu Nyɔ wu Ɛsaya tɛ̀ tee kii wu mfi wu tɛ̀ yɔ le,
“Jɛ yi wi dzɛŋgi yɛ libuka le,
‘Bɛ nachɛ dze yi Taa,
bɛ leeki yi, yi ni yi nuuŋ tsaaŋ.’ ”
4 Jɔɔŋ tɛ̀ lisi nuuŋ ndú yi bɛ toŋ bɛ dzúŋ yi Kamɛɛ, tɛ̀ kɛndi kitsaa li tiŋ ki bɛ nachɛ bɛ dzi yi nyaŋ, bijinɛ biee tɛ̀ nuuŋ tsóma bɛ ŋgɔɔ yi litɔɔ. 5 Si tɛ̀ tiiti lɛ, bɛniiŋ se buti Jɛrosalɛŋ bɛ bitoŋ bi Judiya mɔɔ bimbe bi li Dzɔɔ yi Joodaaŋ lichiŋ bichu, be bɛɛ lɛ wuu. 6 Si be tɛ̀ bɛɛ lɛ, be teyi bibifi bi bee li Nyɔ-ɔ, Jɔɔŋ se lisi be li dzɔɔ li Dzɔɔ yi Joodaaŋ.
7 Se nuuŋ le, mfi wu tɛ̀ ŋɛŋ si Bɛfarasii bee Bɛsadusii bamu ŋge bɛɛ le lii be li dzɔɔ, kweeŋ li bee le, “Kiŋgɔkɛ ki mufaa lɛ kini, ɛ noo wu tifi beŋ le nɛ kifi shéŋ yi fuuti Nyɔ yi yi gii yi doonchɛ li be-eŋ yɛɛ, nɛ se bɛɛ ni? 8 Fɛrɛ yɛɛŋ biee bi doonchi le nɛ fiiki baa shéŋ yinɛ kituŋ. 9 Kiiŋ nɛ ni nɛ tiiti finɛ le Abrahaŋ nuuŋ chaa wunɛ kɛ. Ntee beŋ le Nyɔ nuuŋ yi fiiki ta yini yi to bɔɔŋ bɛ Abraha-aŋ. 10 Nɛ kɛɛ le bɛ gɛɛ baa fɔɔ kituŋ li gɛɛŋ yi biti-i. Kiti kichu ki wundi yɛ muntaaŋ mu dzeeŋ kɛ, bɛ gii bɛ wa ki li gɛɛŋ yi ki-i, bɛ tɔŋ fɛtaaŋ. 11 Nlisɔɔ beŋ li dzɔɔ kifɛ nɛ fiiki baa shéŋ yinɛ. Se nuuŋ le, wi wu bɛɛ lɛ mi-i jiŋ koɔ wu yaa mi. Mmɛɛŋɔ ki kɔchɛ kɛ wi wu nnuuŋ mfanchɛ bikpɔ biee kɛ. Gii ni lisi fiee beŋ nuuŋ li tsaŋ yi Fiana yi Waaŋ li mɔɔ li wi-i. 12 Kɛmɔɔ kintɛkɛ kee lɛ bɔ ki gii fɛɛ giiŋ lu, ke wu fɛɛ, banchɛ giiŋ yi dzeeŋ yɛɛ gɛɛ li gwɛɛ, se kotɛ mumfɛɛ tɔŋ bɛ wi wu duti nyimu nsiŋ.”
Jɔɔŋ lii Jiso li dzɔɔ
(Mak 1:9-11; Luk 3:21-22)
13 Si Jɔɔŋ tɛ̀ lisi bɛniiŋ li dzɔɔ lɛ, Jiso tɛ̀ dza lɛ kimbɛ ki Galilii bɛ fɛ Dzɔɔ yi Joodaaŋ le Jɔɔŋ lii wu li dzɔɔ tɛ. 14 Se nuuŋ le, Jɔɔŋ tɛ̀ bɛchi fɛŋgi tiiti le, “Ɛ wɛ ɔ beeɔ kɛmi le ɔ lii mi li dzɔɔ, ɔ tuu ɔ bɛɛ lɛ mi-i ni?” 15 Jiso se tuu li wuu le, “Gɛɛ fi nuuŋ lɛ dɛɛni, ɛ lɛ dze yini lɛ tɛɛ wɛ fɛ baa fiee fichu tsaaŋ fi Nyɔ wɛki.” Bɛdɛɛni Jɔɔŋ se beŋ, lii Jiso li dzɔɔ. 16 Nɛɛ si Jiso tɛ̀ gii buti li dzɔɔ ni, fi ka le kiboo tɛ̀ gwiyɛ, ŋɛŋ Fiana yi Nyɔ si yi shiiti yi bɛɛ si kibimɛ, yi bɛ yi geri li wuu bwiŋ. 17 Fi ka le jɛ tɛ̀ yɔ liboo le, “Wuni nuuŋ Ŋwanɛŋ wu shéŋ, wu ŋ'wuki bujɔŋ bɛ wu ŋge.”