1 Ca jamono jooja Yaxya feeñoon na, di waare ca màndiŋu Yude.
1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
2 Nii la doon waaree: «Tuubleen seeni bàkkaar, ndaxte nguuru Yàlla Aji Kawe ji jege na.»
2and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,`
3 Yaxya mooy ki ñu doon wax jaarale ko ci yonent Yàlla Esayi, bi mu naan:«Am na baat buy xaacu ca màndiŋ ma ne:“Xàll-leen yoonu Boroom bi,jubal-leen fi muy jaar.”»
3for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.`
4 Yaxya nag mu ngi soloon mbubb mu ñu ràbbe kawaru giléem, takk geñog der ci ndiggam. Ay njéeréer la doon dunde ak lem.
4And this John had his clothing of camel`s hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.
5 Noonu ñépp génn jëm ci moom, ñi dëkk Yerusalem ak diiwaanu Yude, ak waa dexu Yurdan.
5Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,
6 Ñu nangu seeni bàkkaar, Yaxya sóob leen ca dexu Yurdan.
6and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.
7 Noonu ay Farisen ak ay Sadusen yu bare ñëw ci Yaxya, ngir mu sóob leen ñoom itam ca dex ga. Waaye bi leen Yaxya gisee, mu ne leen: «Yéen ñi fees ak daŋar mel ni ay co, ku leen artu, ngeen daw merum Yàlla mi nar a wàcc?
7And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?
8 Jëfeleen nag ni ñu tuub seeni bàkkaar,
8bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,
9 te buleen wax ci seen xel naan: “Nun daal doomi Ibraayma lanu,” ndaxte maa ngi leen koy wax, Yàlla man na sàkkal Ibraayma ay doom ci doj yii.
9and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have — Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,
10 Sémmiñ wi tiim na reeni garab yi. Garab nag gu meññul doom yu baax, dees na ko gor, sànni ko ci safara si.
10and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.
11 Man maa ngi leen di sóob ci ndox, ci lu ànd ak tuub seeni bàkkaar. Waaye kiy ñëw sama gannaaw moo ma ëpp kàttan, ba yeyoowuma koo yóbbul sax ay dàllam. Kooku dina leen sóob ci Xel mu Sell mi ak safara.
11`I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,
12 Layoom mu ngi ci loxoom, ngir jéri dàgga ja, ba mu set; pepp ma dina ko def ca sàq ma, waaye xatax ba dina ko lakk ci safara su dul fey mukk.»
12whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.`
13 Booba Yeesu jóge Galile, ñëw ngir Yaxya sóob ko ca dexu Yurdan.
13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,
14 Waaye Yaxya gàntu ko ne: «Man maa soxla, nga sóob ma ci ndox, te yaa ngi ñëw ci man!»
14but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized — and thou dost come unto me!`
15 Yeesu tontu ko: «Bàyyil noonu, ndaxte war nanoo mottali lépp lu jub.» Noonu Yaxya nangu.
15But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness,` then he doth suffer him.
16 Bi ko Yaxya sóobee ca dex ga, Yeesu génn. Ca saa sa asamaan yi daldi ubbiku, te Yaxya gis Xelum Yàlla wàcc ci melow pitax, ñëw ci kaw Yeesu.
16And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,
17 Te baat bu jóge asamaan dégtu ne: «Kii mooy sama Doom ji ma bëgg; ci moom laa ame bànneex.»
17and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son — the Beloved, in whom I did delight.`