John 1:19-37

¹⁹De Jew leada dem een Jerusalem sen Jew priest an Levite ta John fa aks um say, “Who ya da?”

²⁰John ain back op one bit wid wa e say. E tell um plain an out een de open, say, “A ain de Messiah.”

²¹Wen John ansa um so, dey aks um say, “Den who ya da? Ya Elijah?” John ansa say, “No, A ain Elijah.” So dey aks um say, “Ya de Prophet wa we beena look fa?” John say, “No.”

²²So den dey say, “Well, tell we who ya da. De people wa sen we gwine aks we fa gim ansa. Wa ya kin tell we bout yasef?”

²³Wen John ansa um, e tell um wa de prophet Isaiah been say. John say, “A de one wa da holla een de wildaness say, ‘Mus mek de road scraight fa de Lawd pass by.’ ”

²⁴Den dem wa de Pharisee dem sen, dey come ta John.

²⁵Dey aks um say, “Ef ya ain de Messiah, an ya ain Elijah, an ya ain de Prophet, den hoccome ya da bactize people?”

²⁶John ansa say, “A da bactize people wid wata, bot dey one mongst oona dat oona ain know.

²⁷E gwine come wen A done done de wok wa God sen me fa do. A mesef ain fit eben fa loose e shoe.”

²⁸All dis happen een Bethany, pon de east side ob de Jerden Riba. Dat weh John beena bactize people.

²⁹De nex day John see Jedus da come ta um. An e say “Look yonda, de Lamb ob God da come fa tek way de sin ob people all oba de wol!

³⁰E de one A beena taak bout wen A say, ‘One man gwine come atta A done done de wok wa God sen me fa do. Dat man great fa true, way mo den me, cause e done been dey fo A bon!’

³¹A ain been know who dat poson gwine be, bot A come fa bactize people wid wata so dat de Israel people kin know who e da.”

³²Den John tell bout wa e been see. E say, “A see God Sperit come fom heaben like a dob an stay dey pon um.

³³A ain been know dat e de poson A beena wait fa, cep dat God wa sen me fa bactize people wid wata done tell me bout um. God say, ‘Ya gwine see de Sperit come down pon one poson an stay dey pon um. Dat de one wa gwine bactize people wid de Holy Sperit.’ ”

³⁴John tell um say, “A done see dis happen, an A da tell oona say, ‘Dis man, e de Son ob God.’ ”

³⁵De nex day John been dey gin wid e ciple dem een de same place weh e beena bactize people.

³⁶Wen John see Jedus waak by, e say, “Look yah! Dat de Lamb ob God!”

³⁷Wen John ciple dem yeh wa John say, dey gone folla Jedus.