1 Bainhira liurai boot Tibério César ukun besik tinan sanulu resin lima ona iha Roma, Pónsiu Pilatus mak governador iha provinsia Judeia. Herodes ukun iha Galileia, Herodes nia maun Filipe ukun iha Itureia ho Trakonitis, i Lisánias ukun iha Abilene. 2 Anás ho Kaifás mak nai lulik boot.

Iha tempu nebaa, Zacarias nia oan João hela iha rai fuik maran, i Maromak hatoo lia menon ba nia iha nebaa. 3 Entaun João baa iha fat-fatin besik mota Jordaun hodi foo sai ba povu dehan, “Imi tenki hakribi ona imi nia sala hodi mai sarani, para Maromak hamoos imi nia sala.”

4 Maromak nia profeta Isaias hakerek nanis ona kona ba João dehan,

7 Ema barak mai husi fat-fatin hodi husu para João foo sarani sira. Maibee nia siak sira dehan, “Hoi! Samea nia oan! Maromak sei kastigu imi tanba imi nia hahalok aat. See mak bosok imi dehan, imi bele mai sarani para sees aan husi kastigu nee.✡ Mateus 12:34, 23:33 8 Imi tenki muda imi nia hahalok hodi hatudu katak imi husik duni imi nia sala. I lalika hanoin dehan, imi loos ona tanba deit imi Abraão nia jerasaun. Lae! Hau hatete ba imi, fatuk sira nee mos, Maromak bele halo sai Abraão nia jerasaun.✡ João 8:33 9 Maromak hanesan toos nain nebee kaer hela baliu atu tesi ona ai huun too abut. Ai huun hotu-hotu nebee la foo fuan diak, Nia sei tesi tiha hodi soe ba ahi laran.”✡ Mateus 7:19

10 Ema lubuk boot nee husu, “Entaun, ami tenki halo saida?”

11 João hataan, “Se o iha faru tahan rua, foo ida ba ema nebee la iha. Se o iha hahaan, fahe mos ba ema nebee la iha.”

12 Iha mos kobrador impostu balu mai atu sarani. Sira husu dehan, “Mestri, ami tenki halo saida?”✡ Lucas 7:29

13 Nia hataan, “La bele husu impostu liu fali governu haruka.”

14 Iha mos militar balu husu ba João, “Ami tenki halo saida?”

Nia hataan, “La bele obriga ema foo osan ba imi. La bele duun matak ema. Salariu nebee imi simu, natoon ona.”

15 Ema hotu-hotu iha nebaa laran metin katak buat diak ruma atu mosu. Sira hanoin dehan, “Keta halo be João nee mak Mesias, Ida nebee Maromak promete atu haruka mai!”

16 Maibee João hatete ba sira hotu, “Hau foo sarani imi ho bee deit. Maibee la kleur tan, Ema ida boot liu hau sei mai. Atu kore deit Nia sandalias talin mos, hau la serve. Ema nee laos foo sarani imi ho bee, maibee Nia sei foo sarani imi hodi Espiritu Santu ho mos ahi. 17 Nia hanesan natar nain nebee prontu ona atu haketak hare isin ho hare kulit sira nee. Hotu tiha, hare isin nia sei rai di-diak iha nia armazen, maibee hare kulit nia soe tiha ba ahi ida nebee nunka mate.”

18 Nunee João foo hanoin ba ema ho dalan oi-oin hodi foo sai Maromak nia Liafuan Diak ba sira.

19 Maibee João kritika liurai Herodes, tanba liurai hadau nia alin rasik nia feen Herodias hodi kaben fali ho nia. João mos foo sala ba nia hahalok aat sel-seluk tan. 20 Maibee Herodes halo buat aat liu tan, nia haruka kaer João hatama ba komarka.✡ Mateus 14:3-4; Marcos 6:17-18

21 Molok João tama komarka, iha loron ida, nia foo sarani ema barak, nia mos foo sarani Jesus. Sarani tiha, Jesus halo hela orasaun, lalehan nakloke, 22 i Espiritu Santu tuun ba Nia, haree ba hanesan manu pombu ida. Depois lian ida husi lalehan hatete,

23 Bainhira Jesus komesa halao Maromak nia servisu, Nia tinan maizoumenus tolu-nulu. Ema konhese Nia nudar José nia Oan. José nia bei-ala sira mak hanesan tuir mai nee: