1 Ma Jesus te kokoe soko vanira e hangavulu rua nina manevetena, ge tona keha tana bona keri ge ke tutugu me ke tarai tana lei baebase ni komu. 2 Ma John vulitabu te rongovighi tua tana vale pipiti, na lei totobo soko Jesus te nei, ge vetenara na balu nina vaovarongo, 3 ge kara huatia Jesus, “?Ko bosa vanighai mai, ighoe sughua na Christ te bosaa John ke mai, pa kai pitua siki sakai na keha?”
4 Ge bosa tughu Jesus me ghaghua, “Inau tua gaia. Kau oli, ma kau bosaa vania John na hava tau rongovighi mau vaevanei. 5 Na rorodo tara reirei oli, na labe tara sakusakutua, rana kuhu tara marabu oli, rana pui tara rongo, mana lei tinoni mate tara vola oli, mete taraira nia na Rongorongo Uto na lei tinoni bona.Isaiah 35:5-6; 61:1 6 Ma kau bosa vania John, God ke vautora rahei tara mua niu ghanaghana ruarua.”
7 Tana bona tara pulohi na lei nina vaovarongo John, ge bosa vanira na vure subo Jesus, “?Tana bona tau tona tana bona mamaha ge au va righia John, na hava tau va righia? ?Na tinoni te ghanaghana ruarua te vaghaa na ade te alealea na ghuri? Taho! 8 ?Mana hava vamua tau vaa righia? ?Na tinoni te nia pupulu na tivi malebo? Taho! Na lei tinoni tara pupulu uto gaira tara ghahara vamua tana lei vale ni vunaghi haba. 9 ?Kau bosa vaniu mai, na hava sughua tau vaa righia? ?Na prophet? E utuni! E haba vulea na prophet na tinoni tau vaa righia. 10 Aeni a John, gaia God te bosatatea*God te bosa eni vania Jesus na Christ nia John. tana Gegere tabu,
11 “E utuni, John Vulitabu te haba vulera na lei tinoni tara sivuragha mai nagho va. Hauva, ma siki sakai te ghaha tana kinakabuna God i kokou te haba vulea John. 12 Vuivuni tana bona John te tughunitatea vanira nina rongorongo, me saravia na bongi taeni, na kinakabuna God te rughu potaa na vahola, sakai vamua na lei malaghai tara suravia, mara tabotabo ge kara lagavulea.Luke 16:16 13 I naghona ge mai a John, na lei prophet udolu, maia nina lei vetena Moses tara bosatatei tua na lei totobo raini tana maiana na kinakabu, ritini tana lei bongina John. 14 Ma kau liona na taluutuniana didira na bosa tara bosai ke, John te vagha ghua so Elijah, tara bosadilaa na maiana.Malachi 4:5; Matthew 17:10-13; Mark 9:11-13 15 Kau kuligha ke, ma kau nighi rongo!
16 “?Mana hava ku vavaghahara nia na vavata ni taeni? Na vure raini te vaghara na lei gari tara sopou tana loa ni gougonu, mara mua nira togotogo rana balu kuladira, mara ghaghua vanira, 17 ‘Ighai tai uvete vanighau mau mua ghavai, mai tangimate mau mua dikalio.’ 18 Mete vagha eni, na pukuna tana bona John te mai me maturutoo ni vanga me mua inu bulebule. Hauva mana lei tinoni tara bosa so, ‘Gaia te loghoa na tidalo dika itatana!’ 19 Mi tana bona inau, na Dale Tinoni tu mai, na lei tinoni tara bosau ghua, ‘Kau righia na tinoni eni te vanga paitu me inu bulebule. Te madolora rana tangohahi mana vahikolu rongo.’ Hauva nina manaha God te tate mai utuni tana nilabudira agaira nina lei tinoni uto.”
20 Ma Jesus te pasara na lei tinoni tara mua tughulio tana lei komu te gonighi iga na lei butuli, 21 “Ighau rana vure i Chorazin, God ke tangotoroghau! Ighau na vure i Bethsaida, God ke tangotoroghau ghua. Ke vagha ku gonighi itadira na lei komu sule i Tyre mi Sidon, na lei butuli tu gonighi tua itamiu ke, mana vuresubo rakeri kara mina tughulio tana lei paludira ma kara tughui na nilabuadira.†Tana bona rana Jew tara liodira ge tate tara dikalio sule, tara pupului tana tivi garugata mara talui na ravu i vuvungadira heghedira. Righia Isaiah 23:1-18; Ezekiel 26:1-28:26; Joel 3:4-8; Amos 1:9-10; Zechariah 9:2-4 22 Keri ge, tana bongi ni dete, God ke tangotoroghau au vulera vaa rana vure ni Tyre mi Sidon. 23 Mi ighau na vure i Capernaum, au liona gea God ke taludatoghau i kokou. Taho! God ke sonihorughau i Betidalo, na komu totoro kasila. Ke vagha ku gonighi mai na lei butuli raeni tana vure i Sodom idania te vagha tu gonighi itamiu itaeni ke, ma kara ghahara so itaeni. 24 E utuni inau tu bosa vanighau, tana bongi ni dete God ke arovira vaa na vure ni Sodom, vuleghau ighau!” Vuivuni 18:1—19:28; Isaiah 14:13-15
25 Mi tana bona vaghana keri, Jesus te kokoeliulivuti, “Tamagu, to vunaghi pungisighi na kokou mana maramana, inau tu holoutogho to tatei vanira na vure tara mua manaha te vaghara na gari, na hava to poloi vanira tara manaha. 26 E utuni Tamagu, raeni tara uto te taonighi na liomu.”
27 Ma Jesus te bosa vanira me ghaghua, “Na lei totobo soko na Tamagu te vaheu mai tua. E taho ahei ke ghilalaa na Dale, na Mama vamua. Me taho ahei ke ghilala na Mama, na Dale vamua, ma rahei tu vilira ge ku tatea vanira.John 3:35; 1:18; 10:15 28 Kau mai tagua ighau tau lugu mi ghau te mavatighau na lei vahola, mi nau ku vaheghau na aheahe. 29 Kau talataonia nigua na maana te vaghara na buluka toro talataonia na vatei kodo, ma kau naunaua itagua, na pukuna inau tu liotalumuri mu kabu rurughu, ge kau topoa na aheahe.Jeremiah 6:16 30 Na vatei kodo ku vaheghau te malumu, mana lei vahola ku talua vuvungamiu kara malumu.”
<- Matthew 10Matthew 12 ->- b God te bosa eni vania Jesus na Christ nia John.
- ~6~ Tana bona rana Jew tara liodira ge tate tara dikalio sule, tara pupului tana tivi garugata mara talui na ravu i vuvungadira heghedira. Righia Isaiah 23:1-18; Ezekiel 26:1-28:26; Joel 3:4-8; Amos 1:9-10; Zechariah 9:2-4
11:24 Vuivuni 18:1—19:28; Isaiah 14:13-15
11:29 Jeremiah 6:16
11:5 Isaiah 35:5-6; 61:1