banmandum ureuëng jimeuiman.8 Gobnyan keudroe bukon trang nyan,
gobnyan teuma geujak peugah keuhai trang nyan.9 Trang seujati nyang
geupeupeungeuh banmandum umat manusia, teuka lam donya.10
Feureuman na lam donya, donya geupeujeuet meulalu Gobnyan, teuma lé
donya hana jituri keu Gobnyan.11 Gobnyan teuka ubak nanggroe Geuh
keudroe, teuma lé bansa Gobnyan hana jitem teurimong Geuh nyan.12
Teuma na cit ureuëng nyang teurimong Gobnyan, dan jimeuiman bak
Gobnyan; awaknyan geubri hak jeuet keu Aneuëk Allah,13 nyang lahé
bukon nibak manusia, sabab udeb barô nyan nibak Po teu Allah asai jih.14
Feureuman ka jeuet keu manusia, Gobnyan tinggai diteungoh-teungoh
geutanyoe, dan tanyoe ka takalon keuagongan Gobnyan. Keuagongan nyan
geuteurimong sibagoe aneuëk tunggai Bapak. Rot Gobnyan tanyoe takalon
Allah dan geunaséh Gobnyan ateueh geutanyoe.15 Yahya teuka sibagoe
saksi Gobnyan, gobnyan nyang peusampoe: "Nyoe kheueh Gobnyan nyang
ulôn peugah: Gobnyan teuma teuka leubeh dudoe nibak ulôn. Teuma
Gobnyan leubeh rayeuk nibak ulôn, sabab sigohlom ulôn na, Gobnyan ka
leubeh awai na."16 Gobnyan peunoh ngan geunaséh; hana putôh-putôh,
Gobnyan geubri beureukat ateueh geutanyoe.17 Huköm Tuhan
tateurimong rot Nabi Musa. Teuma geunaséh dan keuseutiaan Allah
geupeugah rot Isa.18 Hana nyang ka lheueh jikalon Allah, seulaén aneuëk

ureuëng- ureuëng Lewi mangat jijak meurumpok ngon Nabi Yahya dan
jitanyong bak gobnyan, "Droeneueh nyoe soe?"20 Nabi Nabi Yahya nyan
geukheun troh trang bahwa, "Ulôn bukon Raja Peuseulamat."21
"Meunyoe meunan, droeneueh nyoe soe?" jitanyong lom lé awaknyan.

kheueh droeneueh Sang Nabi?" jitanyong iom lé awaknyan. "Kon cit,"
seuôt Nabi Yahya.22 "Meunyoe meunan, peugah kheueh bak kamoe soe
droeneueh nyoe, "kheun awaknyan, "mangat kamoe hase kamoe jaweueb
bak ureuëng-ureuëng nyang yue kamoe. Peue kheun droeneueh keuhai
droe teuh keudroe?"23 Nabi Yahya geujaweueb," Ulôn kheueh jihnyan
nyang ka Iheueh geupeugah lé Nabi Yesaya: 'Ureuëng nyang meuhôi-
meuhôi lam padang pasi: Peurata kheueh jalan keu Tuhan.' "24 Ureuëng-

ureuëng nyang geu-utus lé ureuëng Farisi25 laju jitanyong, "Meunyoe
droeneueh bukon Raja Peuseulamat, bukon teuma Ilyas, meunan cit bukon
sang Nabi, keupeue gata pumanö gob?"26 Geujaweueb lé Nabi Yahya,
"Ulôn pumanö ngon ié. Teuma lamkawan gata na nyang hana gata turi.27
Ureuëng nyan teuka leubeh dudoe nibak ulôn, teuma keu lôn ploih talo
sipatu Gobnyan mantong hana hak ulôn peubuet."28 Banmandum nyan
teujadi di Betania, siblaih u timu Krueng Yordan bak teumpat Nabi Yahya
Pumanö.

Laju geupeugah lé Nabi Yahya, "Ngieng, nyan kheueh Aneuëk Bubiri
Allah nyang sampôh desya donya.30 Gobnyan kheueh nyang ulôn peugah
teuma teuka leubeh dudoe nibak ulôn, sabab, sigohlom ulôn lahé Gobnyan

ka na.31 Sigohlom nyan, ulôn hana kuteupeue soe ureuëng nyan. Padahai
ulôn teuka lö pumanö ngon ié, mangat bansa Israel jituri Gobnyan."32
Meunan cit lé Isa geumeusaksi lagée nyoe, "Ulôn kalon Roh Allah
geutreun lagée cicém mirah pati laju tinggai ateueh Gobnyan.33 Watée
nyan gohlom Iôn tusoe soe Gobnyan. Teuma Allah nyang yue bak ulôn
mangat lôn pumanö ngon ié dan ka geupeugah bak ulôn, 'Meunyoe gata
takalon Roh Allah geutreun, laju tinggai ateueh sidroe-droe ureuëng,
Gobnyan nyan kheueh nyang teuma pumanö manusia ngon Roh Allah.'34
Ulôn ka lheueh lôn kalon keudroe hainyan," kheun Nabi Yahya, "dan ulôn
meusaksi bahwa Gobnyan kheueh Aneuëk Allah."

droe murit gobnyan.36 Watée jikalon Isa lewat disinan, laju jipeugah,
"Ngieng! Nyan kheueh Aneuëk Bubiri Allah."37 Bandua droe murit Nabi
Yahya jideungoe peue nyang jipeugah nyan, dan laju jijak seutôt Isa.38
Isa geupaleng u likot, laju geukalon awaknyan teungoh jiseutôt Gobnyan.
Laju geutanyong, "Soe nyang gata mita?" Jaweueb awaknyan," Rabi, dipat
kheueh Rabi tinggai?" (Haba 'Rabi' makna jih na kheueh gurée.)39 "Jak
keunoe gata ngieng keudroe," kheun Isa. Awaknyan laju jijak ngon

Yahya dan óh lheueh nyan jiseutôt Isa, na kheueh Andreas, syedara Simon
Petrus.41 Bagaih that-that Andreas jijak mita Simon, syedara jihnyan, dan
laju jipeugah bak jih nyan, "Kamoe ka lheueh murumpok ngon Mesias!"
(Mesias saban ngon Almaseh, nyang makna jih na kheueh: Raja
Peuseulamat.)42 Andreas laju ji intat Simon ubak Isa. Isa laju geupandang
ateueh Simon, óh lheuehnyan laju geupeugah, "Gata Simon, aneuëk Yona,
gata teuma teuhôi Kefas." (Kefas saban ngon Petrus, nyang makna jih:
gunong batée.)