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1 ‌ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia naʻe haʻu ʻa Sione ko e Papitaiso, ʻo malanga ʻi he toafa ʻo Siutea,
Etu somoite Baptizma diya John ahise aru Isor laga kotha prochar kori kene Judea laga sunsan jagate ahise,
2 ‌ʻo pehē, “Mou fakatomala: he ʻoku ofi ʻae puleʻanga ʻoe langi.”
aru eneka koise, “Mon ghura bhi, kele koile sorgo laga rajyo to usorte ahi jaise.”
3 He ko eni ia naʻe lea ki ai ʻae palōfita ko ʻIsaia, ʻo pehē, “Ko e leʻo ʻoe tokotaha ʻoku kalanga ʻi he toafa, ‘Mou teuteu ʻae hala ʻoe ʻEiki, fakatonutonu hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga.’”
Kilekoile bhabobadi Isaiah pora tai laga he kotha koi diya eneka likha ase, “Ekjon kunba sunsan jaga pora hala kori ase, ‘Isor laga rasta taiyar koribi, Tai laga rasta sidha koribi.”
4 Pea naʻe kofu ʻae Sione ko ia ʻaki ʻae fulufuluʻi kāmeli, mo e noʻo kiliʻi manu ʻi hono noʻotanga vala; pea ko ʻene meʻakai, ko e heʻe mo e meʻa huʻamelie ʻoe vao.
Etiya, John to uth janwar laga chuli pora bona kapra lagai aru komor te chamra laga peti pora bandhe. Aru tai pango aru jongol laga mou pani he khai.
5 Pea naʻe toki ʻalu kiate ia ʻa Selūsalema, mo Siutea kotoa pē, mo e potu fonua kotoa pē naʻe tuʻu ofi ki Sioatani,
Titia Jerusalem sheher, aru pura Judea desh, aru Jordan Nodi laga sob jaga pora manu khan taike lok kori bole ahe.
6 Ke papitaiso ʻiate ia ʻi Sioatani, ʻo vete ʻenau ngaahi angahala.
Taikhan laga paap shikar kora pichete, John pora Jordan Nodi te taikhan ke baptizma di thakise.
7 Ka ʻi heʻene mamata kuo haʻu ʻae tokolahi ʻoe Fālesi mo e Sātusi ki heʻene papitaiso, naʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “ʻAe fānau ʻae ngata fekai, ko hai naʻa ne valoki ʻakimoutolu ke puna mei he houhau ʻe haʻu?
Kintu tai logot bisi Pharisee aru Sadducee khan baptizma lobole ahi thaka dikhise, aru tai taikhan ke koise, “Tumikhan saph laga bacha khan, kun koise tumikhan Isor laga khong pora polabo karone?
8 Ko ia mou fakahā ʻae ngaahi fua ʻoku ngali mo e fakatomala:
Etu nimite, mon ghura laga bijon apnikhan laga kaam pora dikhai dibi.
9 Pea ʻoua te mou pehē ʻi homou loto, ‘Ko ʻemau tamai ʻa ʻEpalahame:’ he ʻoku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu, ʻoku faʻa fai ʻe he ʻOtua ke fakatupu ʻi he ngaahi maka ni ʻae fānau kia ʻEpalahame.
Apnikhan laga monte ‘Amikhan laga purbojo Abraham ase’ eneka nabhabi bhi. Moi tumikhan ke koi ase Isor to etu pathor khan loi kene Abraham laga khandan bonabo pare.
10 Pea ko eni, kuo tuku ʻae toki ki he tefito ʻoe ngaahi ʻakau: ko ia, ko e ʻakau kotoa pē ʻoku ʻikai tupu ai ʻae fua lelei, ʻe tā hifo ia, pea laku ki he afi.
Kintu sob ghas khan kati bole kuthar to age pora taiyar hoi kene ase. Juntu ghas bhal phol nadhure etu ghas ke katikena jui te phelai dibo.
11 Ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou papitaiso ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae vai ki he fakatomala: ka ko ia ʻoku muimui ʻiate au ʻoku lahi ia ʻiate au, ʻoku ʻikai taau mo au ke u toʻo hono topuvaʻe: pea ʻe papitaiso ʻe ia ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni mo e afi.
Moi to tumikhan ke pani pora he baptizma dibo. Kintu Jun ami laga pichete ahi ase, Tai to ami pora bisi hokti thaka ase, Tai laga chapal moi dhori bole layak nai. Tai tumikhan ke Pobitro Atma aru jui pora baptizma dibo.
12 ‌ʻOku ʻi hono nima ʻa hono ī, pea te ne fakamaʻa ʻaupito hono hahaʻanga, ʻo tānaki ʻa hono uite ki he feleoko; ka ʻe tutu ʻe ia ʻae kafukafu ʻaki ʻae afi taʻemate.”
Tai dhaan kati bole dao loi kene ahi ase, sob dhaan ke dhaan ghor te joma kori kene ghas khan ke kitia bhi khotom nohobole jui te phelai dibo.”
13 Pea toki haʻu ʻa Sisu mei Kaleli ki Sioatani kia Sione, ke papitaiso ʻiate ia.
Etu pichete Jisu Galilee jaga pora ulaikena baptizma lobole Jordan Nodi te John logot ahise.
14 Ka naʻe taʻofi ia ʻe Sione, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ngali mo au ke u papitaiso ʻiate koe, pea ʻoku ke haʻu kiate au?”
Hoilebi John to Jisu ke rukhabole bisi kosis korise, aru eneka koise, “Ami he Apuni laga hath pora baptizma lobo lage, hoilebi Apuni he moi logote ahise?”
15 Pea lea ʻa Sisu kiate ia, ʻo pehēange, “Tuku ke fai eni: he ʻoku taau mo kitautolu ke fai ki he māʻoniʻoni kotoa pē.” Pea ne toki tuku ke fai ia.
Kintu Jisu taike eneka koise, “Etiya karone to eneka koridi bhi, kele koile Amikhan bhi dharmikta kaam sob pura korile he thik ase.” Etu pichete John pora kotha mani loise.
16 Pea kuo papitaiso ʻa Sisu, naʻe ʻalu hake leva ia mei he vai; pea vakai, kuo mavaeua ʻae langi kiate ia, pea mamata ia ki he Laumālie ʻoe ʻOtua ʻoku maliu hifo ʻo hangē ko e lupe, ʻo tuʻu mai kiate ia:
Jitia Jisu baptizma loi kene pani pora ulaise, sorgo pora ekta pohor ahise aru Isor laga Atma kopu chiriya nisena hoi kene Tai uporte rukhi jaise.
17 Pea ʻiloange, ko e leʻo mei he langi, naʻe pehē, “Ko hoku ʻAlo ʻofaʻanga eni, ʻaia ʻoku ou fiemālie lahi ai.”
Etu pichete, sabi, ekta awaj sorgo pora koise, “Etu Ami laga bisi morom thaka Putro ase. Ami Tai uporte bisi khushi ase.”

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