1:5 ¶ Baja toe mehini ncuu hi rala kabengia-na, pai' kabengia uma mpakulei' mpopatehi-i.
1:6 Rata hadua tauna to nasuro Alata'ala, hanga' -na Yohanes Topeniu'.
1:7 Karata-na Yohanes toe, hi'a-mi jadi' sabi' to mpopalele baja toe hi hawe'ea tauna, bona hawe'ea-ra mpo'epe posabi' -na pai' mepangala' hi baja toei.
1:8 Yohanes, bela-hawo hi'a baja toe-e. Pai' -i tumai, mpopalele baja toe hi hawe'ea tauna.
1:9 Lolita toei, Hi'a-mi poko baja to mpobajahi nono hawe'ea tauna, rata-i hi rala dunia'.
1:10 Hi'a-mi to napopale Alata'ala mpopajadi' dunia' toi. Tapi' karata-na hi dunia', tauna hi dunia' uma mpo'incai-i.
1:11 Rata-i hi ngata-na moto, tapi' hingka ngata-na uma dota mpotarima-i.
1:12 Tapi' hema-hema to mpotarima-i pai' mepangala' hi Hi'a, nawai' -ra huraa jadi' ana' Alata'ala.
1:13 Uma-ra mewali ana' Alata'ala sabana totu'a-ra, bela wo'o ngkai kuasa manusia', ba ngkai poncamoko. Alata'ala moto to mpopajadi' -ra ana' -na.
1:14 Lolita toei, mewali manusia' -imi, pai' -i mo'oha' hi laintongo' -ta. Kai', kihilo-mi-kaina kabaraka' -na. Kabaraka' -na toe narata ngkai Tuama-na, apa' Hi'a-mi Ana' -na to Hadudua. Ngkai Hi'a toe-mi pai' alaa-na ta'inca Alata'ala pai' kabula rala-na hi kita'.
1:16 Uma ria ka'otia ahi' -na, pai' ngkai ahi' -na toe nagane' -tamo omea, uma ria kaputua-na rasi' to tarata ngkai Hi'a.
1:17 Ngkai nabi Musa tatarima Atura Pue' Ala. Tapi' ngkai Yesus Kristus toe-mi pai' ta'inca mpu'u-i Alata'ala, pai' kabula rala-na hi kita'.
1:18 Uma ria haduaa to mpohilo Alata'ala. Tapi' Ana' -na to Hadudua toei, to tida oa' hi ncori-na, Hi'a-mi to mpakanoto Alata'ala hi kita'.
1:19 ¶ Hewa toi posabi' -na Yohanes Topeniu' mpo'uli' kahema-nai Yesus. Topoparenta to Yahudi hi Yerusalem mposuro ba hangkuja dua imam pai' to Lewi hilou hi Yohanes. Karata-ra hi Yohanes, mepekune' -ra: "Pai' -kai tumai toi-e, tumai mpekune' -ko ba hema-ko. Ba iko mpu'u-mi Magau' Topetolo' -e?"
1:21 Mepekune' tena-ra: "Ane wae, hema-ko? Ba nabi Elia-dako?" Na'uli' Yohanes: "Bela wo'o." Mepekune' tena-ra: "Ba iko lau-midi nabi bohe to rajanci owi, to ra'uli' tumai mpai' hi rala dunia' -e?" Na'uli' Yohanes: "Bela wo'o."
1:22 Ngkai ree, ra'uli' tena: "Ane wae, uli' -kakai ba hema mpu'u-ko, bona ria woli' -na kiparata-raka to mposuro-kai. Beiwa petompoi' -nu kahema-na mpu'u-ko."
1:23 Yohanes mpotompoi' -ra hante lolita nabi Yesaya owi, na'uli': "Aku' toi-le, Tauna to mekio' hi papada to wao': 'Neo' rata-imi Pue'. Porodo ami' -miki ohea-na!'"
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1:25 Ra'uli' wo'o-mi suro to Parisi toera: "Ane bela-ko Magau' Topetolo', bela-ko nabi Elia, bela wo'o-ko nabi to rajanci, napa-di pai' mponiu' -ko tauna-e?"