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Yohanes Mawutsidetanamela ƒe mawunyagbɔgblɔ
(Mateo 3:1-12; Marko 1:1-8; Yohanes 1:19-28)
1 Le Kaisaro Tibero ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuiatɔ̃lia me, esi Pontio Pilato nye mɔmefia le Yudea eye Herod nye dziɖula le Galilea, eye nɔvia Filipo hã nye dziɖula le Iturea kple Trakonitis, eye Lisania hã nɔ Abilene dzi ɖum, 2 esime Anas kple Kayafa wonye nunɔlagãwo la, Mawu ƒe nya va na Yohanes, ame si nye Zekaria ƒe vi la le gbedzi. 3 Yohanes nɔ tsatsam tso teƒe yi teƒe le Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe go eveawo dzi, nɔ mawunya gblɔm be amewo nede tsi ta; ne wòafia be wotrɔ dzi me, ale be wòatsɔ woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ake wo. 4 Abe ale si woŋlɔe le Nyagblɔɖila Yesaya ƒe nyagblɔɖigbalẽ me ene be,
“Ame si le ɣli dom tso gbea dzi ƒe gbee nye esi,
‘Miɖe mɔ na Yehowa be wòazɔ edzi!
Miwɔ eƒe mɔwo dzɔdzɔe.
5 Balimewo katã akɔ kpo,
eye woabɔbɔ to kple togbɛ ɖe sia ɖe ɖe anyi.
Mixe ʋe siwo le baliwo me!
Miwɔ mɔ gɔglɔ̃wo woadzɔ!
Miwɔ mɔ tsakliwo zɔzrɔ̃e.
6 Ekema amegbetɔƒomea katã akpɔ ɖeɖe si Mawu ɖo ɖa la.’ ”
7 Yohanes gblɔ mawunya na ame siwo vaa egbɔ be wòade mawutsi ta na yewo be, “Ame kae xlɔ̃ nu mi dawo ƒe dzidzimeviwo be miasi le Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoe si gbɔna la nu? 8 Gbã la, miyi ne miaɖee fia be yewotrɔ dzi me to agbe nyui nɔnɔ me. Migabu be nya vɔ̃ aɖeke madzɔ ɖe mia dzi, elabena mienye Abraham ƒe dzidzimeviwo ta o. Esia ɖeɖe menye naneke o, elabena Mawu ate ŋu ana kpe siawo natrɔ zu viwo na Abraham. 9 Woɖo ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ƒe fiá atiwo ƒe kewo dzi. Ɛ̃, le nyateƒe me la, ati sia ati si metse ku nyui o la, woalãe ƒu anyi, eye woatsɔe ade dzo me.”
10 Ameha la ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Nu ka nèdi tso mía si be míawɔ?”
11 Yohanes ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Ne awu eve le ame aɖe si la, nena ame si ɖeke mele esi o, eye ame si si nuɖuɖu le la newɔ nenema ke.”
12 Dugadzɔla siwo nye amebala vɔ̃ɖiwo la gɔ̃ hã va do ɖe egbɔ be wòade mawutsi ta na yewo. Wobiae be, “Nufiala nu ka míawɔ?”
13 Yohanes ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Mito nyateƒe le miaƒe dugadzɔdzɔ me. Mikpɔ nyuie be miagadzɔ ga le ame aɖeke si wu ale si woɖo na mi la o.”
14 Asrafo aɖewo siwo le afi ma la biae be, “Míawo ya ɖe aleke míawɔ?”
Yohanes ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Migaxɔ ga le amewo si akpasesẽtɔe o. Ne mienya be ame aɖe mewɔ nane o la, migahe nya ɖe eŋu alakpatɔe o. Fetu si miexɔna la hã nedze mia ŋu!”
15 Ame sia ame kloe nɔ mɔ kpɔm be ava kpuie le ŋkeke mawo me, ale be wotsi dzi vevie be yewoanya nenye be Yohanes ye nye Kristo loo alo menye eyae o? 16 Yohanes ɖo woƒe biabia la ŋu hegblɔ na wo be, “Nye la, tsi metsɔ le tsi dem ta na amewoe, gake ame aɖe gbɔna kpuie, ame si si ŋusẽ le wum boo, ame si nyemedze ŋutɔ gɔ̃ hã be matu eƒe atokotawo nu ka o. Eya ade mawutsi ta na mi kple dzo kple Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe. 17 Ame si si lugbɔnu le, be wòatsɔ akplɔ eƒe lugbɔƒe ƒiaƒiaƒia, alɔ lu la ɖe eƒe ava me. Ke atɔ dzo tsroa kple dzo matsimatsi.” 18 Yohanes xlɔ̃ nu amewo vevie kple nya siawo esime wònɔ nyanyui la gblɔm na wo.
Wode Yohanes Mawutsidetanamela gaxɔ me
19 Yohanes he nya ɖe Herod si nye dziɖula nɔ Galilea ŋu le dutoƒe, elabena exɔ nɔvia srɔ̃ Herodia ɖe. Hekpe ɖe nu vɔ̃ bubu geɖe siwo hã wòwɔ ŋu la, 20 Herod lé Yohanes hã de gaxɔ me.
Wode mawutsi ta na Yesu
(Mateo 3:13-17; Marko 1:9-11)
21 Gbe ɖeka la, Yesu ŋutɔ hã va ge ɖe ame siwo Yohanes nɔ mawutsi dem ta na la dome. Yohanes de mawutsi ta nɛ, eye esi Yesu nɔ gbe dom ɖa la, dziƒowo nu ʋu, 22 eye Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la ɖiɖi ɖe edzi le akpakpa ƒe nɔnɔme me, eye gbe aɖe ɖi tso dziƒo be, “Wòe nye vinye si gbɔ nyemelɔ̃a nu le o, wò me mekpɔa ŋudzedze le.”
Yesu ƒe dzidzimegbalẽ
(Mateo 1:1-17)
23 Yesu xɔ abe ƒe blaetɔ̃ ene hafi dze mawunyagbɔgblɔ gɔme le dutoƒo. Amewo nya Yesu abe Yosef ƒe vi ene.
Yosef fofoe nye Heli, 24 Heli fofoe nye Matat,
Matat fofoe nye Levi, Levi fofoe nye Melki,
Melki fofoe nye Yanai, Yanai fofoe nye Yosef,
25 Yosef fofoe nye Matatias, Matatias fofoe nye Amos,
Amos fofoe nye Nahum, Nahum fofoe nye Esli,
Esli fofoe nye Nagai, 26 Nagai fofoe nye Mat,
Mat fofoe nye Matatias, Matatias fofoe nye Semein,
Semein fofoe nye Yosek, Yosek fofoe nye Yoda,
Yoda fofoe nye Yoana. 27 Yoana fofoe nye Resa,
Resa fofoe nye Zerubabel, Zerubabel fofoe nye Sealtiel,
Sealtiel fofoe nye Neri. 28 Neri fofoe nye Melki,
Melki fofoe nye Adi, Adi fofoe nye Kosam,
Kosam fofoe nye Elmadam, Elmadam fofoe nye Er,
29 Er fofoe nye Yosua, Yosua fofoe nye Elieza,
Elieza fofoe nye Yorim, Yorim fofoe nye Matat,
Matat fofoe nye Levi, 30 Levi fofoe nye Simeon,
Simeon fofoe nye Yuda, Yuda fofoe nye Yosef,
Yosef fofoe nye Yonam, Yonam fofoe nye Eliakim,
31 Eliakim fofoe nye Melea, Melea fofoe nye Mena,
Mena fofoe nye Matata, Matata fofoe nye Natan,
Natan fofoe nye David, 32 David fofoe nye Yese,
Yese fofoe nye Obed, Obed fofoe nye Boaz,
Boaz fofoe nye Salmon, Salmon fofoe nye Naheson,
33 Naheson fofoe nye Aminadab, Aminadab fofoe nye Ram,
Ram fofoe nye Arni, Arni fofoe nye Hezron,
Hezron fofoe nye Perez. Perez fofoe nye Yuda,
34 Yuda fofoe nye Yakob, Yakob fofoe nye Isak,
Isak fofoe nye Abraham, Abraham fofoe Tera,
Tera fofoe nye Nahɔ,
35 Nahɔ fofoe nye Serug,
Serug fofoe nye Reu, Reu fofoe nye Peleg,
Peleg fofoe nye Eber, Eber fofoe nye Sela,
36 Sela fofoe nye Kainan, Kainan fofoe nye Arfaxad,
Arfaxad fofoe nye Sem, Sem fofoe nye Noa,
Noa fofoe nye Lamek, 37 Lamek fofoe nye Metusela,
Metusela fofoe nye Enɔk, Enɔk fofoe nye Yared,
Yared fofoe nye Mahalalel, Mahalalel fofoe nye Kenan,
38 Kenan fofoe nye Enos, Enos fofoe nye Set,
Set fofoe nye Adam, Adam fofoe nye Mawu.