¹ Potankha kwenze malizu, nipo malizu yenze na Leza nipo malizu yenze Leza. ² Iyi yenze yoyamba na Leza. ³ Vinthu vyonse vepangwa kupitila muli yeve nipo kuliye yeve asembe kuliye chepangwa. ⁴ Muli yeve mwenze moyo nipo moyo wenze mtuba wa wanthu. ⁵ Nyale yuyaka mu m'mdima nipo m'dima uliye kuukwanisha. ⁶ Kwenze munthu uypo etumiwa na Leza, uyo enzoitwa Yohane. ⁷ Ewela ngati mboni kuzocitila umboni pa z nyale nipo kuti wonse wakacetekele kupitila muli yeve. ⁸ Yohane enze lini nyale, koma ewela kuti acitile umboni pa za nyale. ⁹ Nyale yachilungamo, iyo yupasa nyale ku wanthu wonse, yenze kuza m'calo. ¹⁰ Enze mcalo, nipo calo cipangwa kupitila muli yeve nipo calo cili kumuziwa. ¹¹ Ewela payeka, nipo payeka aliye kuzilandila. ¹² Koma pakuti banyinji wemulandila, awo wecetekela m'zina yake, ewapa dango yonkhala wana wa Leza. ¹³ Awa waliye kuvyaluka ku mulopa, kapena ku mubili kapena kufuna kwa munthu koma mkufuna kwa Leza. ¹⁴ Malizu enkhala mubili nipo nasewo. Tawona mucinzi wake, muchinzi nga kwa ula yeka ecokela kwa wata, wozushiwa chawanzi na vyacendi. ¹⁵ Yohane elawila nokuwa zayeve eciti," Uyu enze wamene wineznolawila,"' Yeve eciza kuvuli kwangu nimukulu pali newo, pakuti enze otatika kuza." ¹⁶ Mukuzushiwa kwake sewo tonse tepokako chawanzi ku chawanzi. ¹⁷ Pa malamulo wepitila muli Mose. Madaliso na cilungamo cewelera kupitila muli Yeso Khristu. ¹⁸ Paliye ewonapo Leza nsita iliyonse. Yeve yeka Leza, niwani ali mbali ya wata, emupanga kuti aziwikwe yeve. ¹⁹ Uyu ni unthoni wa Yohane pala Ayuda pecituma msambili na mulevi kwayebve kufuma mu Yelusalemu kuyo mukonsha, niwawani?" ²⁰ Elapa, aliyokane, koma elapa nine lini mu khristu." ²¹ Tetyto emukonsha niwewani kansi? Ko niwe Eliya," Eciti," nine lini wamene," nawo weciti," Ko niwe muneneli?" Eyasuka eciti nine lini wamene. ²² Nipo weciti kwake niwewani kuti titwale yankho kuli wala etituma? Ko unena cinji zya wewo?" ²³ Eciti, nine lizu ulila mu cilambo, lungamizyani nzila ya Leza, mwecinenela muyeneli yesaya. ²⁴ Lomba wayake wofuma ku Afalisi wetumiwe. ²⁵ Soti emukonsha eciti," nicikomo ninji uwatiza nga niwe lini khristu kano Eliya kano Muneneli?" ²⁶ Yohane ewayasuka, eciti," nuwatiza na manzi. Koma pa mwewo pali umo uyu umusaziwa. ²⁷ Niwamene akuza pavuli pangu, nine lini owamila kuposola nthambo zya nsapato zyake." ²⁸ Ivi vyonse vyecitika ku Betaniya kumbali iyake ya Yolodani, kwenzo watizila Yohane. ^{29 30 31} Siku yokonkhapo Yohane ewona Yeso akuza kuli yeve nipo eciti," Lolesha, kuli nyale ya Leza, wamene otola viipa vyacalo conse. Uyu niwala winenzo nena, okuza pavuli panguniwopula pali newo," pakuti eciza nikaliye kuza. Niliye muziwe yeve, nipo cenze tetyo kuti cikalangizyiwe ku wa Israeli kuti nicizo watiza na manzi." ³² Yohane ecita unthoni, nipo eciti," Newona mzimu kuseluka kumulu nga nkhunda, nonkhazikika pa yeve. ³³ Newo niliye muziwe, koma yeve enituma kuwatiza na manzi, eciti," Paula uli muwona muzimu uselukila payeve, niye wamene owatiza namuzimu utuwa. ³⁴ Newo newona,' nakucita unthoni kuti uyu niye mwana wa Leza." ³⁵ Soti siku yokonkhapo, Yohane epanama na asambiliwake awili, ³⁶ ewona Yeso enzokuza, Yohane eciti," Onani mbelele ya Leza!" ³⁷ Asamili wake awili emumvwa kulawila ivi nipo bemukonkha. ³⁸ Nipo Yeso elolesha kuvuli nipo ewona weve kumukonkha nipo eciti kwa weve," ko mufunaji?" Weyankha," Rabbi( ico cuitwa "msamzizyi"), " Unkhala kuni?" ³⁹ Nipo eciti kwa weve," welani muwone." Nipo beciza nakuwona kwe enzonkhala; nipo benkhala naye ila siku, pakuti yenze nsita ya khumi. ⁴⁰ Umo mwa awili ecimvwa malizu ya Yohane nomukonkha Yeso enze Andrew, mukwake wa Simon Petulo. ⁴¹ Eyambila kupeza mukwake Simon Petulo nolawila naye," tamupeza Mesiya"( etanthauzya mu khristu). ⁴² Emuleta kuli Yeso, elo Yeso emuwonanolawila,"niwe Simon mwana wa Yohane. Uyambe kuitiwa Kephas"(ico chipindula Petulo). ⁴³ Siku yokonkhapo, Yeso penzofuna kuya ku Galileya, epeza Filipo nolawila kuliyeve," nikonkhe." ⁴⁴ Filipo enze waku Besaida, muzinda wa Andrew na Petulo. ⁴⁵ Petulo epeza Nathaniel nipo eciti kwa eve," Ula wamene wecilemba Mose lambo n ananeneli tamupeza: Yeso mwana wa Yosefe, kufuma ku Nazaleti." ⁴⁶ Nathaniel eciti kwa eve," ko kuli cinthu ciweme chingafume ku Nazaleti?" Filip eciti kuli eve," wela uwone." ⁴⁷ Yeso ewona Nathaniel kuwela kuli weve nipo welawila pali eve," Onani, Israeli wolungama, muli weve muliye lufyengo!" ⁴⁸ Nathaniel eciti kuli eve," Pavuli pakuyita Filipo, apo puwenze munyasi mwa cimuti ca mukuyu", nekuwona." ⁴⁹ Nathaniel eyasuka," Rabbi, niwe mwana wa Leza! niwe mfumu ya wa Israeli!" ⁵⁰ Yeso eyasuka nipo eciiti," chikomo nelawilakuli wewo,' nekuwona munyansi mwa cimutu cha mukuyu; ko ucetekela? Ukaone vinthu vikulu voposa pali ivi." ⁵¹ Nipo eciti," Leze, leze, nulawila kuli wewo, ukawone myulu kuvulika nipo Angelo wakaseluke na kukwela pa mwana wa Munthu."