Yohanɛɛsɩ ñɔɔzɩ Mesiya nʋmɔʋ

Zakarii nɛ Elizaabɛɛtɩ pa-pɩyalʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ paɣlaa lɛ, ɛpɩsɩ nayʋ. Yehowa tɩŋnɩ Yohanɛɛsɩ yɔɔ nɛ eheyi samaɣ se Mesiya ɖiɣni kɔm. Yohanɛɛsɩ taasusuu tɔm tɛtʋ taa yaa sinaagɔɔgɩwaa taa, ɛlɛ kañɩmbusuu taa esusaɣ tɔm. Ɛyaa lɩɣaɣnɩ Yeruzalɛm nɛ Yuudee hɔɔlɩŋ lɛɛŋ taa nɛ pɔkɔŋ Yohanɛɛsɩ cɔlɔ nɛ panɩɣ Ɛsɔ tɔm. Eheyi-wɛ se pʋcɔ nɛ pɔ-tɔm kɛdɩnɩ Ɛsɔ lɛ, pɩwɛɛ se peyele labʋ lakasɩ kɩdɛkɛdɩsɩ. Sakɩyɛ welisini Yohanɛɛsɩ nɛ pɩtɛ lɛ, pekpiɖi pa-kɩwɛɛkɩm yɔɔ nɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ mɩyɩsɩ-wɛ lɩm Yɔɔrdaŋ Pɔɔ taa.

Yohanɛɛsɩ kaacaɣ wezuu kɛlɛʋ. Esuwaɣ wondu ndʋ palabɩnɩ aɖaaɖaanaa hʋndʋ yɔ, nɛ nakaŋ nɛ tʋŋ num kaakɛnɩ ɛ-tɔɔnaɣ. Ɛ-tɔm lakaɣ samaɣ piti. Halɩ Farɩsɩ mba nɛ Saduki ñɩma mba paawɛ cajayɛ pɩdɩɩfɛyɩ yɔ, powokaɣ ɖɔɖɔ ɛ-cɔlɔ. Yohanɛɛsɩ heyi-wɛ se: “Pɩpɔzʋʋ se ɩlɛɣzɩ mi-wezuu caɣʋ nɛ ikpiɖi mɩ-kɩwɛɛkɩm yɔɔ. Ɩtaamaɣzɩ se ɩyɔɔdʋʋ se ɩkɛ Abraham piya yɔ, ɩtɛm wɛʋ siɣsiɣ Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa. Pɩtɩwɩlɩ se ɩkɛ Ɛsɔ piya.”

Ɛyaa sakɩyɛ kɔm Yohanɛɛsɩ cɔlɔ nɛ pɔpɔzɩ-ɩ se: “Ɛbɛ pɩwɛɛ se ɖɩla nɛ ɖɔ-tɔm kɛdɩnɩ Ɛsɔ?” Ecosi-wɛ se: “Ye nɔɔyʋ ɛwɛnɩ tokonaa 2 yɔ, ɛha kʋɖʋmʋʋ weyi ɛfɛyɩna yɔ.” Ŋsɩm mbʋ pʋyɔɔ eheyi-wɛ tɔm ndʋ yɔ? Ɛñɩnaɣ se ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa ɩtɩlɩ se pʋcɔ nɛ pɔ-tɔm kɛdɩnɩ Ɛsɔ lɛ, pɩpɔzʋʋ se pɔsɔɔlɩ ɛyaa.

Yohanɛɛsɩ heyi lambuu mʋyaa se: “Ɩwɛɛ toovenim nɛ itaamuli nɔɔyʋ.” Eheyi sɔɔjanaa se: “Itaayele nɛ pataa mɩ-nɔsɩ num nɛ ɩtaacɛtɩ ɖɔɖɔ.”

Cɔjɔnaa nɛ Leevi mba powolo Yohanɛɛsɩ cɔlɔ nɛ pɔpɔzɩ-ɩ se: “Anɩ ŋkɛnaa? Paa weyi ɛsɔɔlaa se ɛtɩlɩ weyi ŋkɛnaa yɔ.” Yohanɛɛsɩ cosi-wɛ se: “Mɛnkɛ kañɩmbusuu taa nɔɔ ŋga kasɩɣnɩ samaɣ se kɔñɔtɩnɩ Yehowa yɔ, ɛzɩ Izaayii kaayɔɔdʋʋ yɔ.”

Samaɣ kaasɔɔlɩ tɔm ndʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ wɩlaɣ yɔ. Sakɩyɛ pɔzaɣ pa-tɩ se ɛzɩ ɛnʋ kɛnɩ Mesiya. Ɛlɛ eheyi-wɛ se: “Nɔɔyʋ ɖiɣni kɔm nɛ ɛkɩlɩ-m siŋŋ. Halɩ mantɩmʋna se mɔhɔzɩ ɛ-naataŋgbala. Ma lɛ, lɩm taa mamɩyɩsɩɣ ɛyaa, ɛlɛ ɛnʋ lɛ, ɛkaɣ ɛyaa mɩyɩsʋʋ fezuu kiɖeɖeu taa.”