1 Ke yac aksingoul limekosr in we lal Tokosra Fulat Tiberius, Pontius Pilate pa governor in acn Judea, Herod pa leumi acn Galilee, ac Philip, tamulel lal Herod, pa leumi acn Iturea ac Trachonitis; Lysanias el leumi acn Abilene; 2 ac Annas ac Caiaphas eltal mwet Tol Fulat. In pacl se inge pa kas lun God tuku nu sel John, wen natul Zechariah, ke el muta yen mwesis. 3 Ouinge John el fufahsryesr in acn nukewa su oan apkuran nu ke Infacl Jordan, ac oru luti lal we, ac fahk, “Kowos auliyak ac baptaisla, na God El fah eela ma koluk lowos.” 4 Oana ma simla in book lal Isaiah mwet palu:
7 Un mwet puspis som nu yorol John in tuh baptaisla sel. El fahk nu selos, “Kowos wet pwasin! Su fahk mu kowos ac ku in kaingkunla mwe keok ma God El akola in supwama uh? 8 Oru ma ac akpwayei lah kowos forla liki ma koluk lowos an. Ac nimet sifacna nunku mu Abraham el papa tomowos. Nga fahk nu suwos lah God El ku na in eis eot inge ac ekulla nu ke tulik natul Abraham! 9 Tuhla uh akola tari in pakiya sak uh nwe ke oka uh. Sak nukewa ma tia oswe fahko wo uh ac fah pakpuki ac sisila nu in e uh.”
10 Na mwet uh siyuk sel, “Na mea kut ac oru?”
11 El topuk ac fahk, “Kutena mwet su oasr nuknuk luo lal, lela elan sang sie lun el su wangin la, ac kutena mwet su oasr mwe mongo yorol, lela elan sang kutu nun mwet ma wangin ma nac.”
12 Kutu mwet eisani tax elos tuku in wi baptaisla, ac elos siyuk sel, “Mwet Luti, ac kut — mea kut in oru?”
13 El fahk nu selos, “Nimet eis tax yohk liki lupa ma oakwuki ke ma sap an.”
14 Ac kutu mwet mweun elos oayapa siyuk sel, “Ac kut — mea kut ac oru?”
15 Mutawauk in yokelik finsrak lun mwet uh kacl John lah acnu el pa Messiah. 16 Ouinge John el fahk nu selos nukewa, “Nga baptaisi kowos ke kof, tusruktu oasr sie su ac fah tuku, su arulana fulat ac ku likiyu. Nga kupansuwol in tulala ah losyen fahluk lal ah. El ac fah baptaisi kowos ke Ngun Mutal ac e. 17 Fork in sraclik lal oasr inpaol, ac el akola in sraclik fiten wheat liki kulun wheat. El ac fah orani wheat lal nu in nien filma lal. Tusruktu kulun wheat uh ac fah isisyak in sie e su ac fah tiana kunla.”
18 In lumah puspis John el fahkak Pweng Wo nu sin mwet uh, ac kwafe nu selos in ekulla ouiyen moul lalos. 19 Tusruktu John el kael Herod, su leumi Galilee, mweyen el payukyak sel Herodias, mutan se kien tamulel lal, ac oru pac kain koluk puspis saya. 20 Na Herod el eisalang John nu in presin, su koluk liki na ouiya ma el oru meet ah.
21 Tukun mwet nukewa baptaisla tari, Jesus el oayapa baptaisla. Ke pacl se el pre ah, kusrao ikakla, 22 ac Ngun Mutal tuhwi nu facl oana luman sie wuleoa. Ac sie pusra tuku inkusrao me ac fahk, “Kom Wen kulo nutik. Nga arulana insewowo sum.”
23 Ke pacl se Jesus el mutawauk in oru orekma lal sahp el yac tolngoul matwal. Mwet uh pangon mu el wen natul Joseph, su ma natul Heli, 24 wen natul Matthat, wen natul Levi, wen natul Melchi, wen natul Jannai, wen natul Joseph, 25 wen natul Mattathias, wen natul Amos, wen natul Nahum, wen natul Esli, wen natul Naggai, 26 wen natul Maath, wen natul Mattathias, wen natul Semein, wen natul Josech, wen natul Joda, 27 wen natul Joanan, wen natul Rhesa, wen natul Zerubbabel, wen natul Shealtiel, wen natul Neri, 28 wen natul Melchi, wen natul Addi, wen natul Cosam, wen natul Elmadam, wen natul Er, 29 wen natul Joshua, wen natul Eliezer, wen natul Jorim, wen natul Matthat, wen natul Levi, 30 wen natul Simeon, wen natul Judah, wen natul Joseph, wen natul Jonam, wen natul Eliakim, 31 wen natul Melea, wen natul Menna, wen natul Mattatha, wen natul Nathan, wen natul David, 32 wen natul Jesse, wen natul Obed, wen natul Boaz, wen natul Salmon, wen natul Nahshon, 33 wen natul Amminadab, wen natul Admin, wen natul Arni, wen natul Hezron, wen natul Perez, wen natul Judah, 34 wen natul Jacob, wen natul Isaac, wen natul Abraham, wen natul Terah, wen natul Nahor, 35 wen natul Serug, wen natul Reu, wen natul Peleg, wen natul Eber, wen natul Shelah, 36 wen natul Cainan, wen natul Arphaxad, wen natul Shem, wen natul Noah, wen natul Lamech, 37 wen natul Methuselah, wen natul Enoch, wen natul Jared, wen natul Mahalaleel, wen natul Kenan, 38 wen natul Enosh, wen natul Seth, wen natul Adam, wen nutin God.
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