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3 Tiibɛɛrɩ Sezaarɩ kewiyitu tɔɔʋ pɩnaɣ 15 ñɩŋga taa, alɩwaatʋ ndʋ Pɔɔnsɩ Pilaatɩ kaakɛ Yuudee komina ñʋʋdʋ, nɛ Eroodi*+ kɛ Galilee egeetiye ñʋʋdʋ, nɛ ɛ-ɖalʋ Filiipu ñɛkɛ Ituuree nɛ Trakonitiidi ageeta ñʋʋdʋ, nɛ Lisaniyaasɩ ñɛkɛ Abiilɛɛnɩ egeetiye ñʋʋdʋ, 2 cɔjɔ sɔsɔ Ana nɛ Kayifu+ pa-alɩwaatʋ taa yɔ, Ɛsɔ tɔm talɩ Zakarii pɩyalʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ+ kañɩmbusuu taa.+

3 Nɛ ewolo egeetiye nɖɩ ɖɩcɔ Yɔɔrdaŋ nɛ ɖɩta yɔ ɖɩ-tɩŋa ɖɩ-taa, nɛ esusuu lɩm mɩyɩsʋʋ mbʋ pɩkɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm yɔɔ kpiɖuu mbʋ piyeki se pekpeɣ ɛyʋ ɛ-kɩwɛɛkɩm yɔ pɩ-yʋsaɣ,+ 4 ɛzɩ pamaʋ nayʋ Izaayii takayaɣ taa yɔ se: «Nɔɔyʋ ɖiɣni mabʋ kubusi kañɩmbusuu taa se: “Ɩñɔɔzɩ Yehowa* nʋmɔʋ! Ɩla nɛ ɛ-nʋmɔŋ tʋʋzɩ.+ 5 Pɩwɛɛ se posuyi paa fɛɛʋ ŋgʋ, nɛ pɔyɔlɩ paa pʋʋ ŋgʋ nɛ paa piyaɣ ŋga nɛ pɛwɛɛ landamm; pɩwɛɛ se nʋmɔŋ weyi ikotaa yɔ, ɩtʋʋzɩ; nɛ nʋmɔŋ weyi ɩwɛ ñakʋ ñakʋ yɔ, ɩpɩsɩ lɛzɛ lɛzɛ; 6 nɛ tomnasɩ kpeekpe* kaɣ naʋ Ɛsɔ tɛ ñʋʋ yabʋ.”»*+

7 Nɛ ɛpaɣzɩ heyuu ɛyaa samaɣ ŋga kɔkɔŋaɣ se ɛmɩyɩsɩ-kɛ lɩm yɔ se: «Cakpadanaa piya mɩ, atasɩ-mɩ lɔŋ se ise pana wena akɔŋ yɔ?+ 8 Ye mbʋ, ɩlʋlɩ pee wena awɩlɩɣ se ikpiɖi mɩ-kɩwɛɛkɩm yɔɔ yɔ. Ɩtaapaɣzɩ maɣzʋʋ mɩ-taa se: “Ða-caa lɛ Abraham.” Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ meheyiɣ-mɩ se Ɛsɔ pɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛlɩzɩ Abraham piya nɛ pɛɛ anɛ yɔ, a-taa. 9 Toovenim taa lɛ, laɖɩyɛ tɛm wɛʋ tɩŋ lila yɔɔ. Ye mbʋ, tɩʋ ŋgʋ kɩɩlʋlʋʋ pee kɩbana yɔ, pakaɣ-kʋ sɛtʋʋ nɛ pɛpɛɖɩ miŋ taa.»+

10 Nɛ ɛyaa samaɣ wɛɛ nɛ kɔpɔzʋʋ-ɩ se: «Ye mbʋ, ɛbɛ pɩwɛɛ se ɖɩla?» 11 Ecosi-wɛ nɛ ɛtɔ se: «Ɛyʋ weyi ɛwɛnɩ tokonaa 2 yɔ,* ɛ nɛ weyi ɛfɛyɩna yɔ, patayɩ, nɛ weyi ɛwɛnɩ nabʋyʋ se ɛtɔkɩ yɔ, ɛla mbʋ ɖɔɖɔ.»+ 12 Halɩ lambuu mʋyaa kɔɔ se ɛmɩyɩsɩ-wɛ lɩm,+ nɛ pɔpɔzɩ-ɩ se: «Wɩlɩyʋ, ɛbɛ pɩwɛɛ se ɖɩla?» 13 Ecosi-wɛ se: «Ɩtaapɔzɩ* nabʋyʋ nɛ pɩcɛzɩ mbʋ paɖʋwa se pɛhɛyɩ yɔ.»+ 14 Pɩtasɩ lɛ, mba paawɛ sɔɔjatʋ tʋmɩyɛ taa yɔ, pɛwɛɛ nɛ pɔpɔzʋʋ-ɩ se: «Ɛbɛ pɩwɛɛ se ɖɩla?» Nɛ ecosi-wɛ se: «Ɩtaala nɔɔyʋ ñaŋ* yaa ɩtaacɛtɩnɩ nɔɔyʋ taa,+ ɛlɛ mi-liu ɛsɩbɩnɩ mbʋ ihikiɣ* yɔ.»

15 Nɛ ɛyaa samaɣ kaawɛ ɖaŋʋʋ yɔɔ nɛ pa-tɩŋa pamaɣzɩɣ Yohanɛɛsɩ yɔɔ pa-laŋa taa nɛ pɔtɔŋ se: «Ɛzʋnɔ, pɩtɩkɛ ɛnʋ kɛnɩ Krɩstʋ?»+ 16 Yohanɛɛsɩ cosi pa-tɩŋa nɛ ɛtɔ se: «Ma lɛ, lɩm taa mamɩyɩsɩɣ-mɩ, ɛlɛ weyi ɛkɩlɩ-m ɖoŋ yɔ ɛkɔŋ, nɛ mantɩmʋna se mɛhɛɖɩ ɛ-naataŋgbala tɔnzɩ.+ Ɛkaɣ-mɩ mɩyɩsʋʋ fezuu kiɖeɖeu taa nɛ miŋ taa.+ 17 Ɛɖɔkɩ wonuu ŋgʋ ɛfalɩɣna yɔ e-nesi taa se ɛhazɩ taɣ ŋga ka-taa ɛmakɩ tɔɔnaɣ yɔ cɩɖɩ cɩɖɩ, nɛ ekpeɣli blee e-kpou taa, ɛlɛ lɔtʋ lɛ ɛkaɣ-tʋ ñaɣzʋʋ miŋ weyi ɩ-taa yɔ, paapɩzɩɣ nɛ paɖɩzɩ-ɩ.»

18 Ɛtasɩ ɛyaa seɣtuu hɔɔlɩŋ sakɩyɛ taa, nɛ ewolo pɩ-yɔɔ nɛ esusuu-wɛ tɔm kɩbandʋ. 19 Ɛlɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ kalaɣ Eroodi weyi ɛɛkɛ egeetiye ñʋʋdʋ yɔ ɛ-ɖalʋ halʋ Eroodiyaadɩ yɔɔ. Ɛkalaɣ-ɩ ɖɔɖɔ kañatʋ lakasɩ lɛɛsɩ sakɩyɛ nzɩ ɛlaba yɔ sɩ-yɔɔ; pʋyɔɔ lɛ, 20 Eroodi tasɩ labʋ pʋnɛ nɛ ɛsɔzɩ lakasɩ nzɩ sɩ-tɩŋa sɩ-yɔɔ: Ɛkpa Yohanɛɛsɩ nɛ ɛɖʋ-ɩ salaka.+

21 Nɛ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ pamɩyɩsɩ ɛyaa samaɣ tɩŋa lɩm yɔ, pamɩyɩsɩ ɖɔɖɔ Yesu lɩm.+ Ɛtɩmaɣ lɛ, ɛsɔdaa tʋlɩ,+ 22 nɛ fezuu kiɖeɖeu tii ɛ-yɔɔ nɛ pana-kʋ ɛzɩ ehooye yɔ, nɛ nɔɔ nakɛyɛ lɩɩnɩ ɛsɔdaa mbʋ yɔ se: «Ŋkɛ man-Pɩyalʋ, weyi mɔnsɔɔlɩ-ɩ yɔ; ñɔ-tɔm kɛdɩnɩ-m.»+

23 Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ Yesu+ paɣzɩ ɛ-tʋmɩyɛ yɔ, ɛɛwɛnɩ pɩnzɩ 30 mbʋ yɔ,+ nɛ ɛyaa maɣzaɣ se ɛkɛ