1 Tiberius Caesar don dey rule for fifteen years wen Pontius Pilate bi govnor for Judea and Herod dey rule Galilee, en broda Filip dey rule Iturea and Trakonitis aria and Lysanias dey rule Abilene. 2 For dat time, na Annas and Kaiafas bi di High Priests. So God kon tok to John, wey bi Zekaraya pikin, for inside wildaness. 3 John kon go all di aria wey dey round Jordan River dey prish sey make pipol turn from dia sin kom meet God and make dem baptize, so dat God go forgive dem. 4 As Profet Isaya tok for di book wey e rite sey,

7 So John tell di pipol wey kom make e for baptize dem sey, “Una wey bi snake shidren! Who warn una make una run komot from God ponishment wey dey kom? 8 Naw, make una bear fruit wey go show sey una don really turn from sin kom meet God, make una nor start to sey, ‘Abraham na awa papa.’ Bikos God fit take dis stones wey dey for groun take make pikin for Abraham! 9 Even naw sef, di axe don ready to kut di tree wey nor dey bear betta fruit, dem go kut am down kon trow am inside fire.”

10 So di pipol kon ask am, “Wetin wi go do naw?” 11 John ansa dem, “Di pesin wey get two klot must give one to pesin wey nor get at-all and di pesin wey get food must share with pesin wey nor get.”

12 Tax kollectors too waka kom make John for baptize dem and dem kon ask am, “Tisha, wetin wi go do?”

13 John tell dem, “Make una nor kollect money pass di one wey di law tok.”

14 Den some sojas kon still ask am, “Wot of us? Wetin wi go do?”

E tell dem, “Make una nor use force kollect money from anybody hand or lie for anybody head and make una salari, rish una.”

15 All di pipol kon dey wonder weda John, naim bi di Mezaya wey dem dey wait for. 16 John ansa dem, “Na ordinary wota I take dey baptize una, but di pesin wey big pass mi, dey kom, I nor rish who go luz di rope wey dey en shoe. E go baptize una with di Holy Spirit and fire. 17 E whole shovel for hand to harvest di korn keep for en store, but e go burn di korn kanda with fire wey nor dey kwensh.” 18 Na so John prish di Good News for di pipol.

19 But wen John tell Herod wey bi govnor sey, God dey vex with am, bikos of en broda wife, Herodias, wey e marry and all di bad-bad tins wey e do, 20 Herod take all dis join di vexnashon wey e get for John, so e kon lock am for prison.

21 So wen all di pipol don baptize, Jesus ensef kon baptize too. Wen e dey pray, heaven open, 22 di Holy Spirit kom down for en head like dove. Den one vois tok from heaven sey, “Yu bi my Pikin wey I love well-well and yu dey make belle sweet mi.”

23 Jesus start en ministry wen e bi thirty years.