John had been preaching: ‘Someone greater than I am is coming.’ When Jesus was about 30 years old, he came from Galilee to the Jordan River, where John was baptizing people. Jesus wanted John to baptize him, but John said: ‘I should not baptize you. You should baptize me.’ Jesus told John: ‘Jehovah wants you to baptize me.’ So they went into the Jordan River, and John dipped Jesus completely under the water.

After Jesus came up from the water, he prayed. At that moment, the heavens opened up, and God’s spirit came down on him like a dove. Then Jehovah spoke from heaven: “You are my Son, the beloved; I have approved you.”

When Jehovah’s spirit came on Jesus, he became the Christ, or Messiah. Now he would start the work that Jehovah had sent him to earth to do.

Immediately after his baptism, Jesus went into the wilderness and spent 40 days there. When he returned, he went to see John. As Jesus came toward him, John said: ‘This is the Lamb of God who will take away the sin of the world.’ By saying this, John let the people know that Jesus was the Messiah. Do you know what happened to Jesus while he was in the wilderness? Let’s find out.

Ẹghẹ hia ẹre Jọn ya gha tae wẹẹ: ‘Ọmwa nọ sẹ mwẹ dee.’ Vbe Jesu ghi rre ukpo 30, ọ na ke Galili gha rrie Ẹzẹ e Jọdan, ehe ne Jọn na gha dinmwi emwa ye amẹ. Jesu na wẹẹ ne Jọn dinmwi irẹn ye amẹ, sokpan e Jọn keghi kha wẹẹ: ‘I ma sẹ nọ gha dinmwi ruẹ ye amẹ. Uwẹ ẹre ọ khẹke nọ dinmwi imẹ ye amẹ.’ Jesu keghi tama rẹn wẹẹ: ‘E Jehova hoo ne u dinmwi mwẹ ye amẹ.’ Ẹre iran na ghi la uwu Ẹzẹ e Jọdan, e Jọn na ghi dinmwi ẹnrẹn ye uwu amẹ fo fẹfẹfẹ.

Vbe Jesu ghi ladian vbuwe amẹ, ọ keghi na erhunmwu. Vbe ọwarọkpa nii, ẹrinmwi keghi kie yotọ, orhiọn ọghe Osanobua keghi tuorre yan Jesu vbe na ghee idu. Ẹre Jehova na ghi guan ke orere ẹrinmwi rre wẹẹ: “Wẹ ọre ovbi mwẹ ne I hoẹmwẹ ọnrẹn, ọmwa ne ekhọe mwẹ rhiẹnrhiẹn ghe ẹsẹsẹmwẹse.”

Orhiọn nọhuanrẹn ọghe Jehova ghi tuorre yan Jesu nẹ, ọ na ghi khian e Kristi ra e Mezaia. Nia, te irẹn khian ghi suẹn iwinna ne Jehova gie ẹre ne ọ do ru vbe agbọn.

Vbe Jesu ghi dinmwiamẹ nẹ, ọ na ya gbe ikpẹdẹ 40 vbuwe ato. Vbe ọ ghi ke uwu ato rre, ọ na ya miẹn e Jọn. Vbe Jọn ghi bẹghe Jesu, ọ na kha wẹẹ: ‘Ọna ọre Oteghe Ohuan ọghe Osanobua nọ do rhie orukhọ hin agbọn na rre.’ Te Jọn ta ẹmwẹ na, ne ọ ya gi emwa rẹn wẹẹ Jesu ọre ne Mezaia. Uwẹ rẹn emwi nọ sunu dae Jesu vbe ẹghẹ ne ọ ya gha rre uwu ato ra? Gi ima gualọ otọre.