1 En avong koa Taebirias vi Sisa ten out Rom sua teindan elim (15), meatin ehat (4) sav emun amul akataun losilkatien onen: Herod Antipas vi asuv houlu ten out Kaleli; tunali Pilip vi asuv houlu ten out Ituria ka Trakonaetas; Lisanias vi asuv houlu ten out Abilin; ka Pontias Paelet vi avat ten kavmen ten out Sudea.[a] 2 Ka en avong enek, Annas ka Kaiafas lukur umen ten asuv houlu onen pris keil.[~2~]
7 Vangi meatin keil houlu umai ven Sion keke vahi baptaes en keil. Ka Sion selus keih min hetetamen onen Siu keil koa umai veni vit, “!Ei, kami mivi vangi tetal tisa keil koa mimul mirili meatin keil en ongomi! ?Isei sel kat kami keke mivalohosai ran mahien koa Ahi hesani min kami?[~6~] 8 Hetahos imok keke, helamu, mihoumon sakien koa hetie lati keke miviles ran tisaen keil onami anatin. Ka minahitentei minahit, ‘Komai meherkurtei mahien veni Ebraham vi vati avu onomai ka Ahi rie lat komai mevi onen.’ Ka naviteni min kami keke koanek rovitei anatin, veni Ahi kilea vatie lat ahat keil ekek ka hesakin keil imai ihi ekek avahi havin Ebraham keil keke avahi meatin keil kati onen.[~7~] 9 Keitinek, Ahi sak mesein teiai onen tuai vatei lat vatiai keil koa arsontei heite koa tahos. Anatin, itei lat keil ka ison keil iha en ahang.”[~8~]
10 Ka vangi meatin keil enek avis Sion avit, “?Hesakini, komai mehoumon sa?”
11 Sion viteni min keil vit, “Munak tai en kami, eisin omon elu, hesan tai min meatin koa omon tovuol. Munak tai en kami, anien an mul, hesan tei min meatin sav koa an tovuol.”
12 Evus, meatin keil ten takis emun umai keke Sion vahi baptaes en keil, ka avisi avit, “?Tiser, mehoumon sa varei keke mevamal en meten Ahi?”[~9~]
13 Sakini, Sion viteni min keil vit, “Minalahtei mani ten takis nalin asa koa mengkatien ten kavmen viteni.”
14 Ka meatin tavaeen keil emun umai avisi avit, “?Ka mukave en komai? ?Mehoumon sa keke mevamal en meten Ahi?”
15 Navong meatin keil along tounah koa Sion mul viteni, amundemi houlu usili ral min sien ka aviteni min keil eris avit, “Vahesa Sion varei vi Mesaea koa Ahi vat kati keke hesani hemai.”
16 Navong Sion longe mukok, vit risi min keil vit, “Narvitei Mesaea. Inau namul navi baptaes en kami en oai enges. Ka kei koa hemai hekatau enau, kei hehi hetetamen imok helin nau, ka narvinvintei makulat sandel onen. Kei varei hehi baptaes en kami en Ninin Votut ka en ahang.[~10~][~11~] 17 Kei sak mesei tuai vatiti vas meatin vasi keil hesuval meatin koa kur savel keke vaso lelat uti uit vaha ran ingeite. Uti uit koa hetahos, helah ruaini heha en eim onen; ka ingeite keil teni, heniti en mari ahang koa sakras vamat.” 18 En sakien enek, Sion sel kat meatin keil ka vitehiten more longlongien onen Ahi min keil.
19 Ka navong Sion mul mumon umen onen, selus keih va kat asuv houlu Herod Antipas veni kur ahin onen tunali mai vi ahin onen, isen Herodias. Sion selus emun va kat Herod ven tounah sav vasi keil koa mumoni koa romaltei.[~12~] 20 Sakini, Herod mumon tounah tai koa tisa mok mulin tounah sav keil koa mumoni: kei viteni keke meatin tavaeen keil onen avaha avahuli kat Sion ka avasoni vaha en eim takeih.
21 Navong semau Sion vi baptaes en meatin keil, Iesu emun mai veni keke Sion vahi baptaes eni. Ka navong Iesu mul vis, voiteh ten out nesa mutah 22 ka Ninin Votut muka mita suval ame ka rondan en kei. Ka rea tai viso ka en out nesa vit, “Keik kovi natkuli kati anatin koa envatien onak mul enuk, ka nasi nau mok venuk.”[~14~]
23 Navong Iesu kur rohtoh en umen onen, sua onen hanumau tai ka halualim emun (30). Meatin vasi amundemi avit kei vi natin Siosep.[~16~] Ka avu keil ten vatiamal onen Siosep, eis keil one mukok:
✡3:1: Mat 3:1-12; Mak 1:1-8; Sion 1:19-28
✡3:6: Luk 2:30-31; Umen 28:28; Taet 2:11
~10~ Ahang koanek hean motein koakeil amusil kat revi Iesu, ka hean lin koakeil armusiltei.✡3:19: Mat 14:3-4; Mak 6:17-18
✡3:20: Mat 3:13-17; Mak 1:9-11
✡3:22: Sion 1:32; Sen 22:2; Sam 2:7; Aes 42:1; Mat 12:18; 17:5; Mak 9:7; Luk 9:35; 2Pit 1:17