¹ Ave nkaphiro ngikhiyah yima, ngikhiyah hu yima fhehle Nuh, ngikhiyah hu yima Nuh. ² Atehu yima fhehle Nuh ave nkaphiro. ³ Ngee a yito biye mbli, e le yima e ke Ge mu, be leke yito te be buthho mu, mami bu nthho nke be yito te. ⁴ Aveka Gee yima pushyeh, ndanda pushyeh hu yima anyhahnyhah edi wah. ⁵ Anyhahnyhah hu tembuh ave nkufi, nkufi hu gyhe kho e ge mu. ⁶ Ngluhnuhwa thho yima nke Nuh yichehyah, thre ge yima le Yohana. ⁷ E yiyah nfye ethake ke e ke thake anyhahnyhah adhoh hu, le ke wah mbli ke nghaechocho ke ge. ⁸ Yohana yima e anyhahnyhah adhoh hu mu, e yiyah meh ke e thake anyhahnyha adhoh hu. ⁹ Anyhahnyhah ndhehndheh, ete ngha wah mbli anyhahnyhah hu, yima yah aveka t'heh. ¹⁰ E yima ave t'heh, ndanda Ngee a yito t'heh, mami mmeh hu t'heh yiveyi e Ge mu. ¹¹ E yiyah epiyoh edige, mami mmeh hu edige yifye e Ge mu. ¹² Mami mmeh hu, wah a yifye Ge, a yinghaechocho ave thre Ge, E yingha be khwehdri be yahma zhyeh Nuh. ¹³ Be yimbate be ateheh mbeh edi thra mu, ma mbeh edi kbidri mu, ma mbeh edi kahtee ngluh mu, e yima mbeh edi Nuh mehhu. ¹⁴ Ngikhiyah hu yiyahma kbidri, E yishi achoh nyhi. Nyhi ve te akbekbe Ge, akbekbe nfye nwanthho edi So Ge, nwehte le asohthiri le echocho. ¹⁵ Yohana yithake Ge, e yikbehgbheh nde, e tha le, "Atehu ma Gee nke N natha le, 'Gee a ma yah ekholo ngheh kbekate nfye N ma hu, ke E yima yo le mi.'' ¹⁶ Ke ave anwehnweh asohthiri Ge nyhi gbheh te asohsoh atse asohsoh. ¹⁷ Be yingha bohbiye ave buhwe Musa. Asohthiri le echocho yahte epiyoh Yeso Kristi. ¹⁸ Ngluhthho ve po e Nuh ebhoh thho mu; e ma Nwanthho edi So baba, nke a ma ave akhoh So Ge, Ngee a ngha nyhi yite Nuh. ¹⁹ Atehu ma ethake edi Yohana, ebhoh Yahudawa ave Ndushelima yicheh be frist le be Wahlevi epiyoh ge, be yibi ge le, "A ma enyhaa?" ²⁰ E yitha ngha be, e yinghoh e mu, e yitha ngha be le, "N ma mi Kristi mu." ²¹ Be le yibi ge le, "A ma dheh enyhaa? A ma Iliya?" E yitha le, "N ma mi mu." Be yitha le, "A ma evepwa hu?" E yitha le, "Yehe." ²² Be le yitha ngha ge le, "A ma enyhaa? Ke nyhi ke yangha wah a chehyah te nyhi heh. Ngah a ke tha ke diwoh?" ²³ E yitha ngha be le, 'N ma nde, ete bekba ave mpla le, 'Gbindah neh phiyoh Mbohchu,' nfye Ishaya evepwa thate hu." ²⁴ Mmleh nthhoh ave choh be yima Wahfarisi a yichehte be, ²⁵ be le yibi ge, be tha le, "Kengah a teto wah baptisma? E le ma le a ma bu Kristi mu, ma Iliya mu, ma evepwa hu mu!" ²⁶ Yohana yifhenyhi ngha be, e tha le, "N tekizhi neh aveka thhoh meh hu. Ave choh neh ngluhthho ndahte, nke neh yite neh mu. ²⁷ Ngee a ma yah ave ekholo ngheh, N kwate mi N fho dheh mi kwa ndhro kbehba Ge mu." ²⁸ Biye ateheh yikaju ave Bethani ave kyheh nthhohu edi Akhoh Urdun, epiyoh Yohana nate kizhi wah. ²⁹ Anuh byahkya nda hu, Yohana yive Yeso teyah epiyoh ge, e yitha le, "Ve neh, Nwatseh Nuh ete fohgbheh throhabebe t'heh! ³⁰ E ma Gee, hu N natha le, 'Ngluh a ma yah ekholo ngheh hu kbekate ngheh, ke E yima yo le mii.' ³¹ N yiyi te mi Ge mu, kethiri be ke mangha Ge le Israyila, nge bu a ngha N yah te teto wah baptisma aveka thhoh." ³² Yohana yithake Ge, e tha le, "N nave Evhla teshya nfye akbleh ave akpachu, yahshi atse Ge. ³³ N naveyi mi Ge mu, e ma Gee a cheh te ngheh ke N to baptisma ave thhoh hu, a yitha ngha ngheh le, 'Ngluh a ke ve Evhla shya shi atse Ge, Ngee eke kizhi wah aveka Evhla Anyhahnyhah.' ³⁴ N ve wah, N tha wah ke Ge, le atehu ma Nwa Nuh." ³⁵ Ndanda, anuh byahkya wah nda hu, nfye Yohana yindahte le ekikheh ge thhoh phiya, ³⁶ be yive Yeso tetsehshyoh, Yohana le yitha le, "Ve neh, Nwatseh Nuh!" ³⁷ Nfye ekikheh ge phiya heh yipo khiyah atehu, be yiki Yeso. ³⁸ Yeso yipheyahtse, E yive be teki Ge, E le yibi be le, "Neh ma kah enyha?" Be yitahpla le, "Rabayi" (nke be thhayahtse te le "Embohngha"), "A ma doh aninyhaa?" ³⁹ E yitha ngha be le, "Yah ve neh." Be le yiyah ve epiyoh E teshi hu; be yishi nu le Ge anuh adhoh hu, ke nuhathonyhi yiyah te wah, e yima nuh nyhiyeh edi athonyhi. ⁴⁰ Nthho achoh ekikheh heh phiya a lepo bu Yohana letha, a leki Yeso hu, lema Andarawus, nwaso Bitrus. ⁴¹ Andarawus yidoh kahgbheh yo nwaso ge Bitrus, e tha ngha ge le, "Nyhi ve wah Embujutse" (a ma le "Kristi"). ⁴² E yimbuyah ge epiyoh Yeso, Yeso le yivekhehte ge, E tha le, "A ma Siman nwa Yohana. Be ke be woh le Kyhefas (hu be thhayahtse te le "Bitrus"). ⁴³ Anuh byahkya wah nda hu, ebhoh Yeso yikah le E phwehte ke doh ave Galilih hu, E yive Filibus, E yitha ngha ge le, "Ki ngheh." ⁴⁴ Mmleh Filibus yima ngluh Betseda, nudakbekbe edi Andarawus le Bitrus. ⁴⁵ Filibus yigbheh Nathaniyehl, e yitha ngha ge le, "Nyhi gbheh te Gee hu Musa thate ke Ge ave bohbiye, le ave thhae edi evepwa, Yeso nwa Yusufu, ave ndu Nazaret." ⁴⁶ Nathaniyehl yitha ngha Filibus le, "Bu asohsoh thho ke ju kho kwa ave Nazaret?" Filibus yitha ngha ge le, "Yah ve." ⁴⁷ Yeso yive Nathaniyehl teyah epiyoh Ge, E le yitha ke ge le, "Ve, Ngluhisrayila echocho, ete zhyeh e ngluhthho mu!" ⁴⁸ Nathaniyehl yitha ngha Ge le, "Tontra A yite ngheh?" Yeso yifhenhi tha ngha ge le, "Kami Filibus lebe woh, ebhoh a leshite ave dru to etre hu, N leve woh." ⁴⁹ Nathaniyehl yitahpla le, "Embohngha, A ma Nwa Nuh! A ma Afha Israyila!" ⁵⁰ Yeso yifhenyhi tha ngha ge le, "Kethiri N letha ngha woh le, 'N leve woh ave pudru to etre,' nge thiri a nghaechocho? A ke ve biye a kbekate atehu." ⁵¹ E le yitha le, "Ndhehndheh, ndhehndheh, N tetha ngha woh, a ke ve akpachu pwe, ndanda a ke ve zhyeh-evhla teshya, tenyhi ave tse Nwa Ngluh."