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.
33 Ma rava maghamagha hi inanahi, ma hi inana tuhaghahi, aubaina meyagai maghamaghauna ravahi, gerahei hi votaghonae po hi ai gheꞌeta na au dobuna, ma muriyai Yesu a tauvotagho maitehi hi ghota.
34 Maranai Yesu wamei i hauhopu yana rava maghamaghauhi i inanahi, aniꞌinanahi me ghamoghamo (sheep) egha ahi tauvipaꞌipaꞌi maiteni. Yamna aubaina i nuwadubuwehi, ma i vikare po Maimaituwa a vitaniwaga vouna* tuyeghana ana rava auwarihi atapuna i vihanahanapuhi.
35 Maranai au i biga, yana a tauvotagho hi neꞌi po hi riwei hipa, “We au dobuna egha rava hita maꞌamaꞌae, ma aita madegha e yoriyori.
36 Rava ma pariꞌaharehi po hina nae, meyagai aughereghereta auwarina po ahi yam hina gimara.”
37 Ma i paribeehi ipa, “Taumi yam ona verehi po hina am.” Ma tauhi auwarina hipa, “Tam u ghoheꞌai po denarii 200 a gimarei po we patarana ghaeghaena a hewahi, ma auwariꞌai egha emoꞌemosina!”
