¹ E yiku anuh thho, nfye Yeso nate mbohngha wah ave jhohthhoe, E nate betha chwehasohsoh hu, be afhe frist, be ethhabiye le wahamahmah yiyah gbheh Ge. ² Be yitha khiyah, be tha ngha Ge le, "Yangha nyhi, le khwehdringhatee nkhwa A te to biye ateheh? Ndanda enyha a nghate woh khwehdringhatee atehu?" ³ Yeso yifhenyhi E yitha le be, "Mii le N ke bi neh bipo nthho, fhenyhi ngha neh mi. ⁴ Baptisma edi Yohana, yijute ave akpachu neh epiyoh wah?" ⁵ Be yikba le dibe, be tha le, "Nyhi le tha le, 'Ave akpachu,' E ke bi nyhi le, 'Kengah nyhi fhenyhite nyhi le Ge mu?' ⁶ Nyhi le tha le, 'Ave epiyoh wah,' wah mbli ke tha nyhi le mpheh, ke be yite le Yohana yima evepwa." ⁷ Be yifhenyhi le be yite be epiyoh e yijute mu. ⁸ Yeso le yitha ngha be, "Mii le N ke yangha e neh khwehdringhatee nkhwa N te to throhbiye ateheh mu. ⁹ E yiyanhga be achukhiyah atehu, "Ngluhnuhwa thho yinnate awechuhwa, e yinghaju awechuhwa hu le wahenna chuhwa. E le yidoh zhyoh thho ke ebhoh nuwahnuwah. ¹⁰ Ebhoh kwawah hu, e yicheh ebhiyangha ge thho epiyoh wahenna chuhwa heh ke be ngha ge vhate chuhwa. Wahenna chuhwa heh yigba ge, be yikhaphweh ge bwe buwa. ¹¹ E yicheh ebhiya thho phiya, be yigba le ge, be tobe ge kbidri, be le yikhangoh ge bwe buwa. ¹² E yicheh le nke thahrah, be yitodah ge, be le yitahju ge miyah. ¹³ Ngluhtse awe chuhwa yitha le, 'Ngah N ke to? N kecheh nwa andohndoh ngheh. Mama be ke thho ge.' ¹⁴ Ebhoh wahenna awechuhwa mehhu yive nwa ge hu, be yitha le dibe le, "Atehu ma nwa fhle. Nyhi gbwah neh ge, nyhi fyegbheh fhle hu ke ma edinyhi.' ¹⁵ Be yitahju ge ave awechuhwa hu, be yigbwah ge. Ngah Nglutse awechuhwa hu ke to be? ¹⁶ E ke yah gbwah wahenna chuhwa heh, e le ke ngha awechuhwa hu le wahthhoh phiya." ¹⁷ Yeso yive be, E yitha le, "Ngah atehu manghate? Khiyah be thhate le, 'Mpheh nke epohjheh nghohte hu yahma te mphehchhojhoh!' ¹⁸ Ngluh e ku ave mpheh adhoh hu ke bho nkyhra-nkyhra, nanda ngluh nke mpheh adhoh hu ke kukheh hu ke vira." ¹⁹ Ethhabiye le afhe frist yikah le be kbeh Ge ave ebhoh adhoh hu, ke be yipoyi le E yitha te achukhiyah hu atse be. Mamihu be yise wah. ²⁰ Be yite vheh Ge, be yicheh wahevheh a yivhema le be ma wahasohsoh, ke be ke kbeh Ge ave khiyah Ge. Be le ke kbehngha Ge le wahmbhiyeh le afhazhyoh. ²¹ Be yibi Ge le, "Embohngha, nyhi yi le A tetha le tembohngha ave echocho, A teto e biye ekleh ke ngluhthho mu. A tembohngha echocho ave phiyoh Nuh. ²² E sohte ave bohbiye le nyhi kbah ngha Kayisar ghendu, neh nyhi pah kbah mu?" ²³ Yeso yichate throh-anghaka be, E yitha ngha be le, ²⁴ "Mangha neh mi bit'heh dinariyus. Amanfye enyha le thre enyha a mate nu? Be yitha le, "Edi Kayisar." ²⁵ E yitha ngha be le, "Ngha neh Kayisar biye a ma edi Kayisar, ngha neh Nuh biye a ma edi Nuh." ²⁶ Be yikbeh kho be Ge le thada ave khiyah Ge ave ju wah mu, Be yifhote le tahplae Ge, be yikukheh muhweh be. ²⁷ Wahsadukiya thhoh, a tha le ndatroh'ekhuhwoh ma e mu, yiyah gbheh Ge. ²⁸ Be yibi Ge, be tha le, "Embohngha, Musa thha ngha te nyhi le, 'E le ma le nwaso ngluhnuhwa fu, a male va, hu e mbate e zhyeh mu, nwaso a shite hu ke mbu bha va ge, ke mba tengha nwaso a fute hu zhyeh.' ²⁹ Zhyehso chuwoh-gbe-phiya thhoh yima. Nkaphiro hu yibha va e yifu, hu be yimba te be zhyeh mu. ³⁰ A kite nke phiya hu le mmeh. ³¹ Nke thahrah hu yibha ge le mmeh, chuwoh-gbe-phiya be mbli yibha ge, be yifu be mba be mu. ³² Be mbli yifu wah hu, ngluhva hu le yifu le. ³³ Ave anuh ndatroh'e, e kaa ma va enyha? Ke chuwoh-gbe-phiya be mbli be yibha ge nfye va be." ³⁴ Yeso yitha ngha be le, "Zhyeh t'heh atehu tebhafoh, tebhanghaju. ³⁵ Wah a kaa ka ave t'heh a kaa yah hu, beheh a kaa nyhinju ave ekwe heh, be kaa bha be mu, be kaa bha nghaju be mu. ³⁶ Mami be kaa fu po nda be mu, be kaa kwate meh le zhyeh-evhla, ndanda be ma zhyeh Nuh, ke Nuh a kbanga ngha te be pushyeh ephekwle. ³⁷ Wahafute heh kaa ndatroh, mami Musa manghate mmeh, ave mpla a nate cheh khoh e chuwoh mu, epiyoh e yibe Mbohchu le Nuh edi Ibrahim, Nuh edi Ishaku, le Nuh edi Yakubu. ³⁸ Mmleh E ma e Nuh nke wahafute mu, E ma ke wahashite, kethiri vopushyeh be male Ge ave akpachu. ³⁹ Ethhabiye thhoh yifhenyhi tha le, "Embohngha, A tahpla te sohbe." ⁴⁰ Be yibi kho nda be Ge bipo mu. ⁴¹ Yeso yitha ngha be le, "Tontra be tetha le Kristi ma nwa Dawuda?" ⁴² Ke Dawuda le tsege tetha ave Tothha Jhweh, Mbohchu yitha ngha Mbohchu ngheh, 'Shi ave buhayuru ngheh, ⁴³ tete N ke ngha wahapishyeh woh ma epiyoh jetefuhwoh woh.' ⁴⁴ Dawuda tebe Kristi 'Mbohchu,' tontra E ma nwa Dawuda?" ⁴⁵ Ave tchuwa wah mbli, E yitha ngha ekikheh Ge le, ⁴⁶ "Vekheh neh dineh ke ethhabiye heh, be ndohte ke vheh athe anuwahnuwah, be kahte wah so be ave epiyehtu, be ngha be mbhiyeh asohkaphehte ave jhohkhonghae le epiyeh athhothho ave edheh. ⁴⁷ Be te zhih gbwah biyezhih wahvofhla, be te bi anuwahnuwah bipo ke wah ve be. Wahnuhwa ateheh kaa gbheh kbagbwah akbekbe."