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1 Ka saa'a sumu'yoo nana John mee naneadu mu numu baa-wi matzakadyakwe oona gi hemma nadukadu pukwi naa-wi'yoona. Soo John mu numu pu-baa petudu mee netammayakwe. 2 “E nakapunne, mu sakwa ka suda mu tumatuguna ma'wu, pudusoo soo Te Naa no'oko numu nemadabuekwu.”
3 O'nosoo soo Te Naa yadooawabe Isaiah ka John gisoo nadooa'adoo oo manekwuna, mee botugupu “Mana ka hemma nadukadu gi naa-kwi'yoona sumu'yoo nana ka Te Naa pooha-toohakwi numu tunesootabuekwu, ‘E nananumu mu sakwa muusoo nuummabetseapunne ka Te Pabe'e pudusoo petukwunoto. Mu sakwa kaaheno tusooyugwe, o'no mu besa oo nakabetseanokwu.’ ”
4 Soo John puhu nagwese-kwi namasooana mokobu nate'a. Kua noko nota peha tukana oo-ma naakugwetzoinumme. 5 Ewa'yoo numu tooe hanotu tooe* oo-baa petudyakwe. 6 Umu ka suda tu tumatugupu wahana yise mu nemawunidyakwe ka kaaheno meadabekwu mee tusooyugwese. Soo John yise ka Jordan mee naneadu hoo-kwi mu matzakadyakwe. 7 Mu Sadducee-no Pharisee mee nananeadu numu nanesootuhi moohedu tooe gi tunaka'oedyukupana ka John-baa petugase, umu punno'o baa-wi oo namatzaka tuungu, soo John yise mee mu netamma, “Mu unu etza'a. Saa'a soo suta'yoo mu-matoosoo kodyukwu. Mu baa-wi mumme e matzaka tuungu pana mu gi ka mu tuma'emukwapu nematzagakwuna'e. 8 Mu mooe'ugasoo sakwa ka suta mu manena tubetse ma'wukase ka besa tamme manese, o'no sakwa yise nu baa-wi mu matzaka. 9 Gi besa nasooyugwena mee unnegonnopana, ‘Numme yaahoo Te Naa doodooamu numme ka Jew numuna.’ Mu tookwa gi oo nakasopedakwadoo soo Te Naa tooe hownnekoo tooe tu doodooamu mu mesoo mayugwe. 10 Mu sakwa besa tumatugu. Mu ka ooosapa gi besa tumatuguna, mu kadoo namayugwekwusoo tooe haga tooe gi he-toogoo besa'yoo natunikwu.
11 Nu ka baa-wi mu matzakase, mu ka sutakoo podo mu meana ma'wukase, ka besa'hoo podo meadabekwu. Pana soo Te Pabe'e pudusoo petukwu nuga oooonakwatusoo unu pooha-ga'yoo, nuga oooonakwa besa'yoo tuwazoo. Soo Te Pabe'e ka Te Naa Besa Pooha-matu-ma mu sootuhikwu, oosoo besa, gi totsabu mu mayugwekwu. 12 Soo Te Pabe'e petuse ka mu numu yaa teepu-koobatu nemadabuedooa ka mu bebesow ka mu suta-nagakoo tzobadooa. Ka pepesahoo numu yise tu nobe-kwi nabaa'yookukwu. Mu suta'yoo numu gi tunaka'oedyukudu ka tubetse gi tokedu goso-witoo nama'anakwunikwu.”
13 Soo Te Pabe'e oona Galilee mee naneadu-wi'yoona kemmase oona ka Jordan hooda-kwi ka John-baa petuga. 14 Yise ka John baa-wi namatzaka tuungu. Soo John yise meeoo oo netamma, “How yise u nuga oooonakwasoo besa'yoo pana nuka baa-wi namatzaka tuungu?” 15 Soo Te Pabe'e oo nanekwegea, “U sakwa nuka baa-wi matzaka, no'oko ka Te Naa unnepu mayohona.” 16 Soo John yise ka Te Pabe'e baa-wi matzaka. Ka Te Pabe'e batzebuegena soo Te Naa Besa Pooha pa'anakwana kwe'na'a tubongo yotse punoonooeke-kwa'ne manegese oonaga mani petu. 17 Soo Te Naa pa'anakwana yadooase mee unne, “Esoo Nuga Besa Tooa, nu-kwa'ne'yoosoo. Nu unu a soopedyana besa ma-matoo soonamme.”
* 3:5 Ka Jerusalem nakwanatu, ewa'yoo tuwazoo ka teepu Judea nakwatu, noko ka teepu-koobatu ka baa hooodu Jordan mee naneadu-kumitu.