Matthew 3
1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa, saying,
Ni nton kima Yohana u tie Batisma a ye tren njo Rji ni miji u Yahudiya;
2 Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Nda ni wa, ka meme cuwo; mulki shulu a tiewiere.
3 For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
Ahi wawuyi ba tre ni nyu anabi Ishaya nda hla. Ilan uyo rji ni miji mla nkon Baci tie mla zren mbi tie.
4 Now John himself had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
Yohana ata sru kpie u nfu laklumi nda lo ntan u birli me ana hi lagblan mba ton u miji.
5 Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region round about the Jordan;
Indi bi Urushalima ni bi wa ba he kagon igbu bi urdu ba rju wawuu ye.
6 and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
A tie batisma ni bawu ni nne urdu u bata hla' la' tre mba.
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
A to gbugbu Farisawa ni Saddukiyawa ba ye ndu tie batisma bawu a hla ni bawu biyi mrli grace, ahi nha hla yiwu ndu yi klu ifu wa asi ye'a?
8 Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:
Nji mrli wa ba tsar u mla latre mbatie'a ye:
9 and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Na tamre ndi bi hla ni kpa mbi ndi kie he ni tie mbu Ibrahim; to misi hla yiwu ni mi tita biyi Irji he gbengblen u ka mba tie imrli Ibrahim.
10 And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Zizanyime bayo gla ni nci kukron ba: kukron wa ana tie klo didi mana ba tsenwu nda kasru ni lu:
11 I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire:
“Ime mi tie batisma yiwu ni maa u ka latre mbi cuwo amma uwa aniye kogon mua a' nna' me ni gbengblen mina mla u si rjirji lagban ma na: wawuyi ni tie batisma yiwu ni Brji tsatsar mba lu' ngame:
12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
Mwu mwu ma he ni wo ma ani tsen alkama nda vu bi didi ba sru wruon, u nfon ma ani gonwu ni kpatren lu' wa ana y'bi na'.
13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
Rliko Yesu a wlu ni Galili hi ni urdu ni Yohana ni ndu tie batisma niwu.
14 But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
U Yohana ka tie' san nda tre mi si son ndu tie batisma ni mu, i wu la' ye' ni me?
15 But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.
Yesu a kasa niwu nda tre uka y'me zizanyi: towa ahe tie nkon ni tawu ndu ta kle indu tsatsar wawuu Rliko Yohana ka y'me niwu.
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;
U Yesu, wa ba tie batisma niwu'a ani rju ni maa me u shulu ba ka bwu niwu a to Ibriji Rji grji na ngwu ye ku son niwu ni tu.
17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
U lan ka rji na shulu nda tre, Iwayi ahi kponji vrenmu idrimu ni ngri ni wu.
