Luke 3:3-10

³Soo John yise ka giba-ma'yoo wuekese, ka baa hooodu Jordan mee naneadu-kumi meadabena, mu numu ma'emukwapu mu nanekwaha tuungu. “O'no soo Te Naa mu ma'emukwana soomu'wakwu,” mee mu netamma. Ka mu nanekwahakese, soo John yise baa-wi mu matzakakwu.

⁴Soo John ka o'nosoo Te Naa yadooawabe Isaiah mee naneadu pumme waha-kwa'ne manakwe. Isaiah meeoo tubotugu. “Mana ka gi hemma nadukadu naa-wi'yoona sumu'yoo nana ka Te Naa pooha-toohakwi mu numu tunesootabuekwu, ‘Mu sakwa muusoo namabetseapunne ka Te Pabe'e pudusoo petukwuno'oto. Mu sakwa kaaheno tuusooyugwepunne, o'no mu besa oo nakabetseanokwu.’

⁵Meno'o mu numu ka unu nanakwohonedu sutakoo podo me'a. Nanekwahase, ka po kaaheno mayugwe. Soo Te Naa ka numu besa mayugwekese, mu oo nagenokwu. Soo Te Naa ka giba wuwuta'nena kaaheno mayugwese, mu tutuaga kwakwabedu kaanokukese, mu numu yise kaaheno oo podokoo besa meadabekwu.

⁶No'obatusoo numu yise oo nakasopedakwadookwu ka Te Naa tamme magwetzoa'e.”

⁷Soo John ka mu numu pu-baa petudu mee netamma yakwe, “Mu unu etza'a. Saa'a soo mu tuma'emukwana mu-matoosoo kodyukwu. Mu baa-wi mumme e matzaka tuungu, pana mu gi ka mu tuma'emukwapu nematzagakwuna'e.

⁸Mu mooe'ugasoo sakwa ka suta mu manena tubetse ma'wukase, ka besa-tamme manese, o'no sakwa yise nu baa-wi mu matzakakwu. Gi besa nasooyugwena mee unnegonnopana, ‘Numme yaahoo Te Naa doodooamu, numme ka Jew numuna.’ Mu tookwa gi oo nakasopedakwadoo soo Te Naa tooe hownnekoo tooe tu doodooamu mu mesoo mayugwe.

⁹Mu sakwa besa tumatugu. Mu ka ooosapa gi besa tumatuguna mu kadoo'oo namayugwekwu. Tooe haga tooe gi he-toogoo besa'yoo natunikwu.”

¹⁰Ewa'yoo numu oo nakana oo tubengu, “Hownnekoo sakwa numme besa tumatugumo?”