¹ Ave zobu edi je-gbe-chuwoh nke shiembhiyoh Tiberiyus Kayisar, ebhoh Bilatus Babuntus yima afhazhyoh Yahudiya, Hiridus yima afha anghoh Galilih, nwaso ge Filibus yima afha anghoh Ituriya leTarakunitis, Lisaniyas yima afha anghoh Abiliya, ² ebhoh Hannana le Kayafas yima frist akbekbe hu, khiyah Nuh yiyah epiyoh Yohana nwa Zakariya ave mplaa. ³ E yidoh nghaphiya ndi a nate bohboh le Akhoh Urdun, e tetha ngha wah khiya Nuh toe baptisma edi bhiyahsee ke vezahnghae throhabebe. ⁴ Nfye be thhate ave tothha edi khiyah Ishaya evepwa, "Nde ngluh tejuwah ave mpla, 'Kubhuhwate neh phiyoh Mbohchu; gbinda neh phe Ge. ⁵ Be ke pohnweh phohepiyeh mbli, be ke thhokweh khweh le andriepiyeh mbli, be ke gbindah phe mbli a nghate, ndanda beke pwe phe ave epiyeh thuka-nyhinju, ⁶ wahmbli ke ve mbujutse edi Nuh."' ⁷ Yohana yitha le bi wah a yima yah epiyoh ge ke baptisma le, "Neh zhyeh enwi, enyha a gbite neh tchuwa ke neh gbehsewa fyeeshyeh a ma yah hu? ⁸ To neh throh e ke mangha le neh phweh wah abebe. Pah cha neh tetha le dineh, 'Ibrahim ma so nyhi.' Ke N teyangha neh le Nuh ke fohdatroh ngha kho Ibrahim zhyeh avejuwah mpheh ateheh. ⁹ Mami mmleh be tete fhengi ave pudru te. To nkhohma e tevha e vloh asohsoh mu be ke kit'hoh, be ke tahpohka ave piyo." ¹⁰ Bi wah yibi ge le, "Ngah nyhi ke to?" ¹¹ E yifhenyhi tha ngha be, "Ngluh a le male athhevheh'e phiya, e ngha le ngluh a pite le athheh, ndanda ngluh a male ki ma e ngha le ngluh a pite le ki. ¹² Efyeghendu yiyah le ke Yohana to be baptisma, be yitha le ge, "Embohngha, ngah nyhi ke to ba?" ¹³ E yitha ngha be, "Pah fye kapheh neh bit'heh nke be thanghate neh ke fye mu." ¹⁴ Enuhwane thhoh yibi ge, be tha le, "Enyhi mehhu, ngah yi ke to ba?" E yitha ngha be, "Pah khafye neh bit'theh epiyoh ngluhthho mu, pah kbavhepoh neh ngluhthho khiyah mu. Nweh neh le bit'hehthoh neh. ¹⁵ Mmleh nfye wah napohte pushyeh ke yah'e Kristi, mamienyhahma nama sepo ave pushyeh ge ke Yohana, le, 'ma ngee a ma Kristi ma?' ¹⁶ Yohana yifhenyhi tha ngha be mbli le, "Emii mehhu N teto neh baptisma le thhoh, ngluh thho ke yah a kaphehte ngheh, N kwate mi N fho ndrah kbeba Ge mu. E ke toh neh baptisma le Evhla Anyhahnyhah ndanda le piyo. ¹⁷ Nvhle Ge ma buh Ge, E ke tobhuhwa zhyohdhongiye Ge, E ke fohgbekho ngiye Ge aveka ntuu. E le ke pohcheh akbangiye le piyo e ke gyhe po e mu." ¹⁸ Le khiyah fanyhah e yithakyhoh be, e yima betha ngha be chwehasohsoh. ¹⁹ Ebhoh Yohana yisha Hiridus afhazhyoh ke e yimbu bhate Hirudiya va nwaso ge, le ke throhabebe nthhoh heh e yito te hu, ²⁰ e yisegbekho biye ateheh mbli, e le e yi kbakheh Yohana ave jhohfii. ²¹ Mmleh e yima le, ebhoh wah mbli yifye wah baptisma hu, be yito le Yeso baptisma. Ebhoh E nama thakhiyah le Nuh hu, akpachu yipwe, ²² Evhla Anyhahnyhah yishya le kbidri nfye akbleh, nde le yijuyah ave akpachu le, "A ma nwa andohndoh ngheh. Shyeh ngheh sohte le bu." ²³ Ebhoh Yeso yicha chwoh khiyah Nuh hu, E yima zhibiye gbwahngluh-gbe-je (30). (Nfye be nasepote hu) E yima nwa Yusufu, nwa Heli, ²⁴ Heli nwa Matat, Matat nwa Lawi, Lawi nwa Malki, Malki nwa Yanna, Yanna nwa Yusufu. ²⁵ Yusufu nwa Matatiya, Matatiya nwa Amos, Amos nwa Nahum, Nahum nwa Azaliya, Azaliya nwa Najaya, ²⁶ Najaya nwa Maata, Maata nwa Matatiya, Matatiya nwa Shimeya, Shimeya nwa Yuseka, Yuseka nwa Joda. ²⁷ Joda nwa Yowana, Yowana nwa Resa, Resa nwa Zarubabel, Zarubabel nwa Salatiyehl, Salatiyehl nwa Neri, ²⁸ Neri nwa Malki, Malki nwa Addi, Addi nwa Kosama, Kosama nwa Elmodama, Elmodama nwa Eri, ²⁹ Eri nwa Yosi , nwa Eliyezar, Eliyezar nwa Yorima, Yorima nwa Matat, Matat nwa Lawi. ³⁰ Lawi nwa Siman, Siman nwa Yahuda, Yahuda nwa Yusufu, Yusufu nwa Yonana, Yonana nwa Eliyakim, ³¹ Eliyakim nwa Malaya, Malaya nwa Mainana, Mainana nwa Matata, Matata nwa Natan, Natan nwa Dawuda, ³² Dawuda nwa Yesse, Yesse nwa Obida, Obida nwa Boaza, Boaza nwa Salmon, Salmon nwa Nashon. ³³ Nashon nwa Amminadab, Amminaba nwa Aram, Aram nwa Hesruna, Hesruna nwa Feresa, Feresa nwa Yahuda, ³⁴ Yahuda nwa Yakubu, Yakubu nwa Ishaku, Ishaku nwa Ibrahim, Ibrahim nwa Tera, Tera nwa Nahor, ³⁵ Nahor nwa Serug, Serug nwa Reyu, Reyu nwa Feleg, Feleg nwa Eber, Eber nwa Shela. ³⁶ Shela nwa Kenan, Kenan nwa Arfakshad, Arfakshad nwa Shem, Shem nwa Nuhu, Nuhu nwa Lamek, ³⁷ Lamek nwa Metusela, Metusela nwa Anuhu, Anuhu nwa Yared, Yared nwa Mahalel, Mahalel nwa Kenan, ³⁸ Kenan nwa Enosh, Enosh nwa Shitu, Shitu nwa Adamu, Adamu nwa Nuh.