1 Kena musuna butu esa lesini lima bei Kaisare Tiberiuse ipletare, kena mere Pontiuse Pilatuse iono gubernure me otoi Yudea, Herodese iono kamale me otoi Galilea, kwalini Pilipuse iono kamale me otoi Iturea kai otoi Trakonitise eleyo Lisaniase iono kamale me otoi Abilene. 2 Kai kena musune mere Hanase kai Kayapase esi ono imame elake. Kena mere Tuhane Ibeteke Eni lepate ete Yohanese, Sakaria eni nanare ndete otoi nsekile. 3 Hoko Yohanese ikeu me pusue ootoi me kwele Yordane keholi kena ibeteke Tuhane Eni lepate. Yohanese ibeteke be, “Imi naku kai hleke bei ono dosa noma kai suke baptise imi leke Tuhane Iampune imi.” 4 Yohanese iono ele mere sakesa kai akmenare nabi Yesaya ilekie me eni bukure elere:
7 Eleki tamata bokala rebe esi luake leke Yohanese ibaptisesi meru, ibeteke lokosi be, “Imire tamata rebe lepa mise po imi hidupe mise mo. Imi luake lomei leke mula? Imi betinake supu baptise bei au pine imi supu hlamate bei hukumane o? Mo, imi supu hlamate bei Tuhane mo. 8 Po imi aseluke kena imi hidupe ono misete pela petu leke tamata esi rekwa be imi naku imi neunaru peneka. Imi betinake imi rulu bei Abrahame hoko imi supu hukumane mo yake. Lene! Tuhane Eni kbasare ktili kena ono Abrahame eni anubua bei batua meiju.
9 Imi nete mimise! Tuhane Iakneka kena Iono hukumane ete imia rebe naku imi dosaru mosare. Sakesa kai Tuhane Iakneka kena Ilasa aije roma mpe esi lamuitu pusulu. Sepo aije esi buai misete sae mo hoko Ilasae kai Ipoiele kena auwe.” 10 Eleki tamata bokala meru esi tneuI be, “Hoko suke ami ono saisare?”
11 Eleki Ibeteke lokosi be, “Sepo imi lapuna usai lua hoko riluke usai esa ete tamata rebe enie sae more. Kai sire pine eni manane lesi iriluke ete tamata rebe esi manane sae more.”
12 Eleki ete mere tamata maka kotie bea esi luake leke Yohanese ibaptisesi lekwe. Hoko esi tneui be, “Kuru, suke ami ono saisare?”
13 Eleki Yohanese iombe, “Imi kotie lesi bei saisa rebe suke esi selire yake.”
14 Kai solaluaru esi tneui lekwe be, “Amire elia, suke ami ono saisare?” Yohanese iombe, “Imi rana tamata makete esi yelu palani yake, tutuke nsalale kai teta tamata makete kena rana eni kepene yake po imi hidupe kena imi gajire neka.”
15 Eleki kena mere tamata bokala esi noake me lalesi be Yohanese mere Maka Hlamate rebe esi tatikeNi pibe mo. 16 Eleki Yohanese ilepa loko tamata meru rame be, “Tatike pine Ile sae me Iluake, Eni kbasare lesi beiku. Au rue sakesa kaiNe saisa mo le Eni kbasare ektili titinai. Au baptise imi kena kwele, po Iono Ro Misete Ikbasae laleimu.†Tamata leini esi noake be ayate meije esi natire Yesuse Iono Ro Misete Ikbasaesi. Tamata leini esi noake be ayate meije esi natire be tatike pine Yesuse Iono Ro Misete Ikbasae tamata rebe esi hlaleke lokoIje sae iono dosa mo, po tamata rebe esi hlaleke lokoI more esi supu hukumane kena auwe elake. 17 Eleki sire pine ihlaleke lokoI hoko isupu misete po sire pine ihlaleke lokoI mo hoko isupu hukumane elake eti pela.”‡Lulu sou Yunanire ebeteke be Ikerike maksirue rebe tamata esi pake kena sirue gadume. Namake pine gandume lupukele kena gudane, po esi kwesaije namake pine poie pusue kena auwe rebe emata moneka. 18 Yohanese ilepae hnauna maketa lekwe ete tamata bokala kena ilepae Sou Misete bei Tuhane leke esi hleke bei ono dosa.
19 Po bei Yohanese ibeteke loko kamale Herodese be imise mo le ikai saui yo kwalini mata mosa kai eni neune makete lekwe 20 hoko kamale mere iono neune rame kena ikusue Yohanese kena bui.
21 Kena Yohanese ikusu bui mosare tamata bokala esi supu baptise bei Yohanese peneka, eleki Yohanese ibaptise Yesuse. Eleki kena Yesuse Ikotie loko Tuhane, lanite baeke, 22 kai Ro Misete Irulu lokoI selu saka manu abune. Eleki Tuhane Ilepa loko Yesuse bei ndete lanite be, “Ale Auku Anae, Au nete lokoMu, laleKu ndina le Ale.”
23 Kena Yesuse Ikerike menai loko Eni makerike, Eni musuna butu telu. Tamata esi noake be Eni amai kena Yusupe,
- a Yes. 40:3-5
- b Tamata leini esi noake be ayate meije esi natire Yesuse Iono Ro Misete Ikbasaesi. Tamata leini esi noake be ayate meije esi natire be tatike pine Yesuse Iono Ro Misete Ikbasae tamata rebe esi hlaleke lokoIje sae iono dosa mo, po tamata rebe esi hlaleke lokoI more esi supu hukumane kena auwe elake.
- c Lulu sou Yunanire ebeteke be Ikerike maksirue rebe tamata esi pake kena sirue gadume. Namake pine gandume lupukele kena gudane, po esi kwesaije namake pine poie pusue kena auwe rebe emata moneka.