20 babana Herod i haramanei, po John yana rava vivireina ma i dumaru Maimaituwa au matana, aubaina po i rovowei ma i tere vaimahiꞌeni. Ma i ghohei po ponana ina nonori ma wate kamnana i raiꞌapoꞌapoeni.
21 Ma Herodias a gavogavo i viꞌaroni, Herod a haugaghuni kaohana auwarina. Toreha i dewai yana dobu babadahi, ghaviya tanitaniwagahi ma rava ghaeghaehi mai Galilee i ghorehi po hi riyaneꞌi.
22 Maranai Herodias natuna guguhinina i rui po i harahara, yana Herod ma a taꞌomana i rauvainihi. Aubaina guyauna, guguhinina i riwei ipa, “Aiwa u ghohei? Am rauhoghara aiwaꞌi yana apo a verem.”
23 Ma i parivainuwaghani ma i vigwara ipa, “Aiwa u ghoheghoheiya apo a verem, inapa aꞌu anivitaniwaga tupona ghehauna, yana apo emoꞌemosiꞌu.”
24 Mara emosi, guguhinina i hopu po ayona i raubayadei ipa, “Aiwa a vibaghei?” Ma ayona ipa, “John Taubabataito* unuꞌununa.”
25 Po yaghiyaghinaꞌava i wanavirai po guyauna i raihunahunai ipa, “We marina yaghiyaghinaꞌava John Taubabataito,* unuꞌununa ona raugaebai po ona vereꞌu.”
26 Guyauna yana i vinuwaboya duma, ma egha emoꞌemosina po ita geduꞌai, babana a taꞌomana au matahi ma i vigwara.
27 Aubaina po tauvighaviya i raihunai ipa, “John unuꞌununa ona neiyaꞌi.” Ma i nae au deri po John uwana i tarautuini,
28 ma au gaeba i terei, po i neiyaꞌi, ma guguhinina i verei po ayona i vere damanei.
29 Maranai John a tauvimuritagho tuyeghana hi nonori, yana hi nae po tupuwana hi vaini ma hi naiyei, po kokowaga* me duyuwa auhinenina hi terei.
30 Yesu a tauvotagho vinevinehi* hi wanavirameehi auwarina po aiwa hi dewadewaiya, ma me hi hanahanapunei atapuna hi vipariverenei.
31 Ma na au marana, yana rava hi magha duma hi neneꞌi ma hi naenae, ma egha Yesu a tauvotagho maitehi gavogavo hita verehi po hita am. Ma i riwehi ipa, “Na ravahi ona voterehi ma ona neꞌi, ma tana nae au dobu kwakwava po ta viyagohina.”
32 Po tauhiꞌava au wam hi geru ma hi amkuka nae au dobu kwakwava.
