1 Shishijee lɛ mli lɛ Wiemɔ+ lɛ yɛ, ni Wiemɔ lɛ kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ yɔɔ,+ ni Wiemɔ lɛ nyɔŋmɔ ko ni.*+2 Mɔ nɛ kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ yɔɔ yɛ shishijee lɛ mli.3 Nibii fɛɛ tsɔ enɔ kɛba shihilɛ mli,+ ni nɔ kome folo po bɛ ni jeee enɔ etsɔ kɛba shihilɛ mli.Nɔ ni eba shihilɛ mli4 kɛtsɔ enɔ lɛ ji wala, ni wala lɛ ji gbɔmɛi ala lɛ.+5 Ni la lɛ miikpɛ yɛ duŋ lɛ mli,+ shi duŋ lɛ yeko enɔ.6 Nuu ko ba, ni atsu lɛ akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ najiaŋdamɔlɔ; atsɛɔ lɛ Yohane.+7 Nuu nɛɛ ba akɛ odasefonyo, bɔ ni afee ni ebaye la lɛ he odase,+ koni mɛi srɔtoi fɛɛ atsɔ enɔ ahe aye.8 Jeee lɛ ji nakai la lɛ,+ shi moŋ eba koni ebaye nakai la lɛ he odase.9 No mli lɛ, anɔkwa la lɛ ni hãa gbɔmɛi srɔtoi fɛɛ la lɛ miihe aba je lɛ mli.+10 No mli lɛ, eyɛ je lɛ mli,+ ni je lɛ ba shihilɛ mli kɛtsɔ enɔ,+ shi je lɛ leee lɛ.11 Eba lɛ diɛŋtsɛ emaŋ, shi lɛ diɛŋtsɛ emaŋbii lɛ hereee lɛ.12 Shi mɛi fɛɛ ni here lɛ lɛ, ehã amɛ hegbɛ koni amɛtsɔmɔ Nyɔŋmɔ bii,+ ejaakɛ amɛheɔ egbɛ́i lɛ nɔ amɛyeɔ.*+13 Ni jeee lá loo heloo ko suɔmɔnaa, loo nuu ko suɔmɔnaa ajɛ afɔ amɛ, shi moŋ Nyɔŋmɔ mli ajɛ.+14 No hewɔ lɛ, Wiemɔ lɛ batsɔ heloo,+ ni ehi shi yɛ wɔteŋ, ni wɔna enunyam lɛ, anunyam ni tamɔ nɔ ni tsɛ ko kɛhãa ebi koome lɛ;+ ni Nyɔŋmɔ dromɔ kɛ anɔkwale eyi lɛ obɔ.15 (Yohane ye ehe odase, hɛɛ, ebo ekɛɛ: “Mɔ nɛ ji mɔ ni miwie yɛ ehe akɛ, ‘Mɔ ni baa yɛ misɛɛ lɛ etsɔ mihiɛ, ejaakɛ eyɛ shihilɛ mli dani miba’ lɛ.”)+16 Akɛni dromɔ kɛ anɔkwale eyi lɛ obɔ hewɔ lɛ, wɔ fɛɛ wɔnáa dromɔ wɔshiɔ dromɔ nɔ.17 Akɛni atsɔ Mose nɔ akɛ Mla lɛ hã hewɔ lɛ,+ dromɔ+ lɛ kɛ anɔkwale lɛ ba kɛtsɔ Yesu Kristo nɔ.+18 Gbɔmɔ ko enako Nyɔŋmɔ pɛŋ;+ Nyɔŋmɔ bi koome*+ ni yɔɔ Tsɛ lɛ masɛi* lɛ,+ lɛ etsɔɔ mɔ ni Tsɛ lɛ ji.+19 Odase ni Yohane ye be ni Yudafoi lɛ tsu osɔfoi kɛ Levibii kɛjɛ Yerusalem koni amɛbabi lɛ akɛ: “Namɔ ji bo?” lɛ nɛ.+20 Ni ejooo sanebimɔ lɛ naa foi, shi moŋ ewie faŋŋ ekɛɛ: “Jeee miji Kristo lɛ.”21 Ni amɛbi lɛ akɛ: “Namɔ ji bo mɔ? Ani bo ji Elia?”+ Ehere nɔ akɛ: “Jeee mi ni.” “Ani bo ji Gbalɔ lɛ?”+ Ni ehã hetoo akɛ: “Dabi!”22 No hewɔ lɛ, amɛkɛɛ lɛ akɛ: “Namɔ ji bo? Kɛɛmɔ wɔ koni wɔná hetoo wɔhã mɛi ni tsu wɔ lɛ. Mɛni okɛɔ yɛ bo diɛŋtsɛ ohe?”23 Ekɛɛ: “Miji mɔ ni anuɔ egbee yɛ ŋa lɛ nɔ ni boɔ akɛ, ‘Nyɛfea Yehowa* gbɛ lɛ trɔmɔɔ,’+ tamɔ bɔ ni gbalɔ Yesaia kɛɛ lɛ.”+24 Mɛi ni atsu lɛ jɛ Farisifoi lɛ ateŋ.25 No hewɔ lɛ, amɛbi lɛ akɛ: “No hewɔ lɛ, kɛjeee bo ji Kristo lɛ loo Elia loo Gbalɔ lɛ, mɛni hewɔ obaptisiɔ mɛi mɔ?”26 Yohane hã amɛ hetoo akɛ: “Mi lɛ, mibaptisiɔ yɛ nu mli. Shi mɔ ko damɔ nyɛteŋ ni nyɛleee lɛ,27 mɔ ni baa yɛ misɛɛ lɛ, misaaa mɔ ni fɛneɔ etokota naa kpãa.”+28 Nibii nɛɛ tee nɔ yɛ Betania, yɛ Yordan sɛɛ, he ni Yohane baptisiɔ yɛ lɛ.+29 Enɔ jetsɛremɔ lɛ, ena Yesu miiba eŋɔɔ ni ekɛɛ: “Naa, Nyɔŋmɔ Gwantɛŋbi+ ni wóɔ je lɛ he esha+ lɛ kɛyaa lɛ!+30 Mɔ nɛ ji mɔ ni miwie yɛ ehe akɛ: ‘Nuu ko miiba yɛ misɛɛ, ni etsɔ mihiɛ, ejaakɛ eyɛ shihilɛ mli dani miba’ lɛ.+31 Mi po mileee lɛ, shi yiŋtoo hewɔ ni miba koni mibabaptisi mɛi yɛ nu mli lɛ ji, koni ajie lɛ kpo atsɔɔ Israel.”+32 Yohane ye odase hu ekɛɛ: “Mina mumɔ lɛ miikpeleke shi tamɔ okpo kɛmiijɛ ŋwɛi, ni ebahi enɔ.+33 Mi po mileee lɛ, shi mɔ tuuntu ni tsu mi akɛ mibabaptisi yɛ nu mli lɛ kɛɛ mi akɛ: ‘Mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni obaana akɛ mumɔ lɛ miikpeleke shi kɛmiiba enɔ, ni ehiɔ enɔ lɛ,+ mɔ nɛ ji mɔ ni baptisiɔ yɛ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ mli lɛ.’+34 Ni mina, ni miye he odase akɛ mɔ nɛ ji Nyɔŋmɔ Bi lɛ.”+35 Enɔ jetsɛremɔ ekoŋŋ lɛ, Yohane kɛ ekaselɔi lɛ ateŋ mɛi enyɔ damɔ shi,36 ni be ni Yesu nyiɛ kɛhoɔ lɛ, ekwɛ lɛ ni ekɛɛ: “Naa, Nyɔŋmɔ Gwantɛŋbi+ lɛ!”37 Be ni kaselɔi enyɔ lɛ nu nɔ ni ewie lɛ, amɛnyiɛ Yesu sɛɛ.38 Kɛkɛ ni Yesu tsɔ ehe ni ena akɛ amɛnyiɛ esɛɛ, ni ebi amɛ akɛ: “Mɛni nyɛtaoɔ?” Amɛbi lɛ akɛ: “Rabi (eshishi ji, “Tsɔɔlɔ”), nɛgbɛ oyɔɔ?”39 Ekɛɛ amɛ akɛ: “Nyɛbaa, ni nyɛbaana.” No hewɔ lɛ, amɛtee ni amɛyana he ni eyɔɔ lɛ, ni amɛkɛ lɛ hi shi nakai gbi lɛ; no mli lɛ eshɛ aaafee ŋmɛlɛtswaa ni ji nyɔŋma* lɛ nɔ.40 Mɛi enyɔ lɛ ni nu nɔ ni Yohane wie ni amɛnyiɛ Yesu sɛɛ lɛ ateŋ mɔ kome ji Andrea,+ Simon Petro nyɛmi nuu lɛ.41 Eyana lɛ diɛŋtsɛ enyɛmi nuu Simon klɛŋklɛŋ, ni ekɛɛ lɛ akɛ: “Wɔna Mesia lɛ”+ (eshishi ji, “Kristo” lɛ),42 ni enyiɛ ehiɛ kɛtee Yesu ŋɔɔ. Be ni Yesu kwɛ lɛ lɛ, ekɛɛ: “Bo ji Simon,+ Yohane binuu lɛ; abaatsɛ bo Kefa” (eshishi ji, “Petro”).+43 Enɔ jetsɛremɔ lɛ, no mli lɛ Yesu miitao eshi kɛya Galilea. Ni ena Filipo+ ni ekɛɛ lɛ akɛ: “Baatsɔ misɛɛnyiɛlɔ.”44 Filipo jɛ Betsaida, Andrea kɛ Petro maŋ lɛ mli.45 Filipo na Natanael+ ni ekɛɛ lɛ akɛ: “Wɔna mɔ ni Mose ŋma ehe sane yɛ Mla lɛ mli, ni Gbalɔi lɛ hu ŋma ehe sane lɛ: Yesu, Yosef+ binuu ni jɛ Nazaret lɛ.”46 Shi Natanael kɛɛ lɛ akɛ: “Ani nɔ ko kpakpa ko baanyɛ ajɛ Nazaret?” Filipo kɛɛ lɛ akɛ: “Ba ni obakwɛ.”47 Yesu na Natanael miiba eŋɔɔ ni ekɛɛ yɛ ehe akɛ: “Naa, Israelnyo ni ekã shi faŋŋ akɛ, lakamɔ ko bɛ emli.”+48 Natanael bi lɛ akɛ: “Te fee tɛŋŋ ole mi?” Yesu hã lɛ hetoo akɛ: “Dani Filipo tsɛ bo lɛ, be mli ni oyɔɔ agbami tso lɛ shishi lɛ, mina bo.”49 Natanael here nɔ ekɛɛ: “Rabi, bo ji Nyɔŋmɔ Bi lɛ, bo ji Israel Maŋtsɛ lɛ.”+50 Yesu kɛɛ lɛ akɛ: “Akɛni mikɛɛ bo akɛ mina bo yɛ agbami tso lɛ shishi lɛ hewɔ ohe oye lɛ? Obaana nibii wuji fe enɛɛmɛi.”51 Ni ekɛɛ lɛ akɛ: “Lɛɛlɛŋ, lɛɛlɛŋ, miikɛɛ nyɛ akɛ, nyɛbaana ni agbele ŋwɛi naa ni Nyɔŋmɔ bɔfoi lɛ miikwɔ ni amɛmiikpeleke shi kɛmiiba gbɔmɔ Bi lɛ ŋɔɔ.”+