1 Loko a bɔ je ɔ, Kristo ngɛ, nɛ e kɛ Mawu ngɛ. Lɛ ji Mawu ɔ nɛ. 2 E ngɛ kɛ je sisije, nɛ e ngɛ daa. 3 Lɛ nɛ e bɔ nɔ́ tsuaa no nɛ ngɛ; nɔ́ ko nɔ ko be je nɛ ɔ mi nɛ pi lɛ nɛ e bɔ. 4 Lɛ nɛ e hɛɛ neneene wami, nɛ jamɛ a wami ɔ nɛ haa nimli tsuo wami. 5 E wami ɔ ji La nɛ ngɛ tsoe ngɛ diblii ɔ mi, se diblii ɔ li La nɛ e ji, nɛ e nyɛ we e nɔ hu nɛ e ye.

6 Mawu tsɔ Yohane Baptisilɔ ɔ kɛ ba. 7 E ba nɛ e ba ye Kristo he odase nɛ e tsɔɔ nɔ nɛ e ji, konɛ a he e nɔ nɛ a ye. 8 Pi Yohane nitsɛ ji La a, se mohu La a he odase yemi he nɛ e ba ngɛ. 9 Pee se ɔ, nɔ nɛ ji anɔkuale La a nitsɛ ba nɛ e ba kpɛ ha nɔ tsuaa nɔ ngɛ je ɔ mi.

10 Lɛ nɛ e bɔ je ɔ, se benɛ e ba a, je ɔ li e mi tso. 11 E ba lɛ nitsɛ e nihi a ngɔ se a nya we e he. 12 Nihi bɔɔ nɛ nya e he, nɛ a he e nɔ ye ɔ, e pee mɛ Mawu bimɛ. 13 Nɛ a fɔ nihi nɛ he e nɔ ye ɔ ekohu, pi ngɛ he lo nya, se mohu ngɛ Mawu suɔmi nya.

14 Kristo plɛ Nɔmlɔ adesa nɛ e ba hi wa kpɛti ngɛ zugba a nɔ, nɛ e hyi tɔ kɛ dloomi kɛ anɔkuale. Wa ti ni komɛ na e hɛ mi nyami ɔ kaa Hiɔwe Tsɛ ɔ Bi kake too ɔ hɛ mi nyami.

15 Yohane tsɔɔ lɛ nine nɛ e de asafo nɛ bua e he nya a ke, "Nɔ nɛ ɔ ji nɔ nɛ i tu e he munyu ke, ‘Nɔ ko ma nɛ e pe mi kulaa. E ngɛ momoomo loko a fɔ mi.’ " 16 Ngɛ e dloomi fuu ɔ nya a, e jɔɔ wɔ tsuo babauu. 17 Mawu kɛ mlaa gu Mose nɔ kɛ ba, se Yesu Kristo ji nɔ nɛ ngɔ dloomi kɛ anɔkuale kɛ ba ha wɔ. 18 Nɔ ko nɛ Mawu hyɛ, se e Bi kake too ɔ nɛ e kɛ lɛ ngɛ ɔ pɛ nɛ le lɛ, nɛ lɛ e ba tsɔɔ wɔ bɔ nɛ Tsɛ ɔ ngɛ ha.

19 Benɛ Yohane ngɛ Yesu he odase nɛ ɔ yee ɔ, Yuda nikɔtɔma amɛ tsɔ osɔfo nguahi kɛ a se yeli kɛ je Yerusalem kɛ ba e ngɔ nɛ a ba bi lɛ ke lɛ ji Mesia, Yiwamihelɔ nɛ ma a lo?

20 Yohane de mɛ paa ke, "Pi imi ji Kristo ɔ."

21 Tsɔli ɔmɛ bi lɛ ekohu ke, "Lɛɛ mɛnɔ ji mo mɔ? Elia ji mo lo?"

Nɛ e ha mɛ heto ke, "Tsa pi imi i."

Jehanɛ ɔ a bi le ke, "anɛ mo ji Gbalɔ ɔ lo?" Nɛ e he nɔ ke, "Dabi."

22 Tsɔli ɔmɛ ya nɔ nɛ a bi Yohane ke, "Lɛɛ mɛnɔ kulaa ji mo mɔ? Mo ha wɔ heto konɛ wa ya bɔ ni nɛmɛ nɛ tsɔ wɔ ɔ amaniɛ. Kɛ o ngɛ dee kɛɛ?"

23 Nɛ e he nɔ ke, "Ami ji gbi nɛ ngɛ pɛe ngɛ nga gbajaa a nɔ ngɛ dee kaa bɔ nɛ Gbalɔ Yesaia gba nɛ e de ke, ‘Nyɛ dla nyɛ he kɛ hyɛ Nutsɔ ɔ blɔ ɔ.’ "

24 Kɛkɛ nɛ Farisi bi ɔmɛ pa tsɔ kɛ ho Yohane ngɔ ya. 25 Nɛ a ya bi lɛ ke, "Ke pi mo ji Yiwamihelɔ loo Elia loo Gbalɔ ɔ, lɛɛ mɛni he wami o ngɛ nɛ o baptisiɔ nɔ?"

26 Yohane ha mɛ heto ke, "Ami lɛɛ nyu pɛ nɛ i kɛ ngɛ baptisie, se nɔ ko ngɛ juami ɔ kpɛti ngɛ hiɛ ɔ amlɔ nɛ ɔ nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ lɛ kpi hyɛ; 27 nɛ e be kɛe nɛ e maa je e ni tsumi ɔ sisi ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti, nɔ nɛ i sɛ nɛ i peeɔ e sɔmɔlɔ po."

28 Sane nɛ ɔ ba ngɛ Betania, kɔpe ko nɛ ngɛ Yordan Pa a se he nɛ Yohane ngɛ nihi baptisie ngɛ ɔ.

29 E nɔ jena a, Yohane na Yesu nɛ ma e ngɔ, nɛ e de ke, "Hyɛ Mawu To Bi ɔ nɛ woɔ je ɔ tsuo he yayami kɛ yaa a. 30 E he munyu nɛ i ngɛ tue ke, ‘E piɛ bɔɔ nɛ nɔ ko nɛ kle pe mi maa fie ye se kɛ ba, e ngɛ momo loko a bɔ mi ade.’ 31 Jinɛ i li kaa lɛ ji nɔ nɛ ma a, se imi lɛɛ i ngɛ baptisie kɛ nyu bɔ nɛ pee nɛ a je e mi tso ngɔ tsɔɔ ma a."

32 Nɛ Yohane kale bɔ nɛ e na Mumi Klɔuklɔu ɔ nɛ kple si kɛ je hiɔwe kaa obleku lahuɛ kɛ ba ma Yesu yi kpɛti ɔ.

33 E tsa nɔ nɛ e de mɛ ekohu ke, "I li kaa lɛ i, se benɛ Mawu tsɔ mi ke ma ya baptisi ɔ, e de mi ke, ‘Nɔ nɛ o maa na nɛ Mumi Klɔuklɔu ɔ ma kple si kɛ ba ma e nɔ ɔ, lɛ ji nɔ nɛ blɔ nɛ o ngɛ hyɛe ɔ nɛ, nɛ lɛ ji nɔ nɛ maa baptisi kɛ Mumi Klɔuklɔu ɔ nɛ.’ 34 I na nɛ e ba mi ngɛ nyumu nɛ ɔ nɔ, nɛ i ye he odase kaa lɛ ji Mawu Bi ɔ nɛ."

35 E nɔ jena benɛ Yohane kɛ e kaseli ɔmɛ a ti ni enyɔ daa si, 36 nɛ Yesu ba be ɔ, Yohane hyɛ lɛ too nɛ e de mɛ ke, "Nyɛɛ hyɛ, Mawu To Bi ɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ."

37 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yohane kaseli enyɔ ɔmɛ plɛ a he, nɛ a nyɛɛ Yesu se.

38 Benɛ Yesu plɛ e he nɛ e na mɛ ngɛ e se ɔ, e bi mɛ ke, "Mɛni nyɛ ngɛ hlae?"

Nɛ a de lɛ ke, "Mawetsɛ, jije o hii?"

39 Nɛ e de mɛ ke, "Nyɛɛ ba nɛ nyɛ ba hyɛ." A nyɛɛ e se kɛ ho he nɛ e to ɔ ya nɛ a kɛ lɛ ya hi si kɛ je piani ngmlɛ eywiɛ kɛ ya si gbɔkuɛ nya si. 40 Kaseli enyɔ nɛ ɔmɛ a ti nɔ kake ji Andrea, Simon Petro nyɛminyumu ɔ.

41 Nɛ Andrea ho ya de e nyɛmi Petro ke, "Wa na Yiwamihelɔ ɔ!" 42 Nɛ e kpaka Petro kɛ ba Yesu ngɔ. Yesu hyɛ Petro too nɛ e de lɛ ke, "Mo ji Simon, Yohane binyumu ɔ nɛ, se a ma tsɛ mo ke Petro, e sisi ji Tɛsa."

43 E nɔ jena a, Yesu pee e juɛmi kaa e maa ya Galilea. E na Filipo nɛ e de lɛ ke, "Ba nyɛɛ ye se." 44 Filipo je Betsaida, Andrea kɛ Petro mɛ a ma a mi.

45 Filipo hu ya na Natanael nɛ e de lɛ ke, "Wa na Yiwamihelɔ ɔ, nɔ nɛ Mose kɛ gbali ɔmɛ ngma e he sane ɔ. A tsɛɛ le ke, Yesu, Yosef nɛ je Nazaret ɔ bi."

46 Nɛ Natanael bi Filipo ke, "Nazaret! Anɛ nɔ́ kpakpa ko ma nyɛ je Nazaret lo?"

Nɛ Filipo de lɛ ke, "Moo lɛɛ moo ba nɛ mo nitsɛ o ba hyɛ."

47 Benɛ a maa ho Yesu ngɔ sumi ya a, Yesu de mɛ ke, "O nɛ, Israel no anɔkualetsɛ nɛ ma a nɛ, e sisi we nɔ."

48 Nɛ Natanael bi Yesu ke, "Kɛ o pee kɛ le nɔmlɔ nɛ ji mi kɛɛ?" Nɛ e he nɔ ke, "I na mo ngɛ tso ko kaa mangoo tso ɔ sisi loko ji Filipo ba na mo ɔ nɛ."

49 Nɛ Natanael de Yesu ke, "Mawetsɛ, mo ji Mawu Bi, Israel Matsɛ ɔ nɛ."

50 Yesu bi lɛ ke, "Akɛnɛ i de mo ke i na mo ngɛ tso ko kaa mangoo tso ɔ sisi he je nɛ o he ye ɔ lo? O maa na okadi nguahi nɛ kle pe enɛ ɔ. 51 Nɛ o maa na nɛ hiɔwe tete nya bli nɛ Mawu bɔfo ɔmɛ ngɛ mi."