In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
 - A n-læ nà ghɨ ta Tàybelìyùs sà' meyn ta fòyn ɨ gha'nɨ a Rome, à na sɨ ko' ndû bèŋsɨ̀ njvàsɨ̀ tâyn, ntûm Fɨ̀yìnì ɨ gvì sɨ̂ Joyn, ɨ wâyn Sàkàliyà, a nse iyum. A nà n-ghɨ tì ma ghɨ lem meyn Bontiyus Balèt na wù na sa' abàs ila' ghè a ghɨ nà n-toŋtɨ na Jùdiyà, Helòd ɨ sa' a Galìlî, wayn-nà ŋweyn Filîb ɨ sa' ɨbyàs ila' ghè a ghɨ nà n-toŋtɨ na Ìtulìyà nɨ̀ Tìlàkònaytìs, Lìsanìyàs ɨ sa' a Abɨ̀lîn. A nà n-ghɨ ɨtu' nâ ghè, ngàŋsɨ ndô Fɨ̀yìnì sɨ ngaŋtɨnɨsɨ nɨ̀ ghelɨ Jûsɨ̀ ɨ ghɨ Anàs ŋêyn Kàyafàs.