1 Sauge yake Jon Tobaptais i luwom ge i papalapu he hiyebe kevekeveine Judiya he wedi huyahai gamwane. 2 I nga, “Hu seyok lemi page ngakngakine, kaiwane Helak wana bagalogugui hana sauge hobak i sepasepase.” 3 Jon lihuine te profet Aiseya i lihuyan saugeine i liwo i nga:

4 Jon hana kaliko iye kaliko gane si ginawi he kamel pupululune ge kiviline hana pan si ginawi he bulumwakau dimwene. Nahane iye kimbi ge giwo gane he huyahai. 5 Bobode si luwom heine si hudi Jerusalem, si hudi Judiya he wana ganahao bwabwaligane, ge hiyebe bwabwaligane hebwaden si miye he bwai Joden hadidine. 6 Si waseyan wedi gegi iloke i pabaptaisid he bwai Joden.

7 Boda Farisi ge boda Sadiusi si hoyowate i paidiid si eluwom tage i pabaptaisid, bwen i liwo heidiye i nga, “Humiu sohode mwate! Sega i liwo heimiu ge nuwamiu hu iwowoyan Helak wana pepelase gane i eluwom? 8 Hebe tolosuwok hobak hu seyok lemi gegi, gen hinone i youmate he yawedimiu. 9 Tab hu enuwotu tage hu nga, ‘Hamai tubumai Eibraham, hamai Helak wana hasehase bobodeidiye!’*Judiya si nuwotu taine si depaidi Helak wana pepelase, kaiwane sidiye iye wana hasehase bobodeidiye. A liwo heimiu, Helak bosowaine i yomoid pak ya ge i ginawiid Eibraham he-tutubune. 10 Hobak i lovivine-yan wana kelumo ge bwele i gotem hubwahi hewasidiye ge si mabwin. Hubwahi bwabwaligane hebwaden hinodiye taine i dedohob bwele i gu yokid ge i yomo tukanid he hiwo.”

11 Habe Jon i liwo i nga “Nau a pabaptaismiu he bwai, kaiwane hobak hu seyok lemi page ngakngakine. Agegene gane i eluwom he muiu, iye hidane i kai, nau hidau taine i dekai. Nau taine lo dohob i degan ge tage bosowau a delohowo hehene hana pase. Iye habe i pabaptaismiu Yayaluwo Gagabubine heine ge he hiwo. 12 Wana sabol mwage i bwangehasik he nimane, hawesine bwen i etelipune wana wit hinone bwaine ge dimwene i ehase, iloke habe hinone suwok i yomotei he hana bagayomotei, ge dimwene i ton he hiwo gane tan sauge hotiya i edebuwode.”

13 Saugeine yake Yeisu i hudi Galili i la he bwai Joden, bwen i liwo Jon heine i nga, “U pabaptaisau.” 14 Agegene Jon nuwane i pi Yeisu wana nuwotu, ge i nga, “Akum huwo te u pabaptaisau. Mwatan ge u luwom heyau?”

15 Yeisu i golase halingane i nga, “Sauge ya gen ta ginawi sohode lo nuwotu. Hebe ta ginawi sohode, bwele Helak wana nuwotu ta paololek.” Habeto Jon i taem.

16 Jon i pabaptais Yeisu bwen Yeisu i gaesai he bwai. Ge sauge yake bulubulu i mwapwe ge Yeisu i paidi Helak Yayaluwane sohode lumlum i sesedau ge i luwom heine. 17 Bwen hahalinge hotiya i dom he bulubulu i nga, “Ga yetei iye natu nunuwaneine; a yariyae suwok iye kaiwane.”