¹ Yesu amaze guha amategeko abigishwa be icumi na babili yivirayo yigira mu mingini arikwigisha no guhubiri. ² Yohana ari mu pirizo yumva ibikorwa bitangaje bya Kristo, maze atuma abigishwa kubaza Yesu ngo: ³ Weho ni wawundi twategereje cangwa dutegereze uwundi? ⁴ Yesu arabasubiza ngo: mugende mumubwire ibyo mwumvishije no kwirebera. ⁵ Impumyi zirikureba, ibirema birikugenda, ababembe barigukira, ibipfamatwi birikumva, abapfuye barikuzurwa, abakene barikubwirizwa ubutumwa bwiza. ⁶ kandi hahirwa umuntu wese uzanyishimira. ⁷ Abo bantu bamaze gusubirayo, Yesu atangira kubwira abantu amakuru ga Yohana arikubabaza: mwagiye mubutayu kureba nde? mbesi n'urubingo ruriguhuhwa n'umuyaga? ⁸ mukuri mwagiye kureba iki? n'umuntu wari wambaye neza? Oya, abantu bambaye neza babaga munzu y'Umwami. ¹¹ Mubyukuri ndababwiye yuko mubantu babyawe n'umugore ntamuntu uruta Yohana umubatiza. ¹² Ariko umutoya mu bwami bw'Ijuru ni mikuru kumuruta. Kuva mugihe ca Yohana umubatiza, ubwami bw'Ijuru bubonekanaga ku ngufu. Kandi abanyembaraga nibo bazabubona. ¹³ Kubera abahanuzi bose, n'amategeko byarangiye kubwa Yohana. ¹⁴ Kandi niba mushaka mubyemere kuko niwe Eliya uzaza. ¹⁵ Ufite amatwi gokumva niyumve. ¹⁷ Ariko abantu bakino gihe twabagereranya niki? Bameze nk'abana batoya bicaye musoko bariguhamagara bagenzi babo ngo: ¹⁶ Twabavugirije ingoma mwanga kubyina,twaratatse mwanga kurira. ¹⁹ Kubera ko Yohana yaje atari kurya no kunywa bagamba ngo afite amadayimoni. ¹⁸ Umwana w'Umuntu yaje arikurya nokunywa, muragamba ngo n'igisambo, tena n'umusinzi, ngo inshuti ze ni abasoresha n'abanyabyaha, ariko ubwenge bugaragarira mubikorwa. ²² Nuko atangira kuvuma imigi yo yakoreyemo ibitangaza byinshi, kubera ko ntabwo bihanye. ²¹ Agamba ngo: Korazini na Betesaida muzabona ishano kubera ko ibitangaza byakorewe iwanyu, yaba byarakorewe i Tiro no muri Sidona, bababarihanye kera no kwambara amagunira no kwisiga itazi. ²⁰ None rero ndikubabwiza ukuri. K'umusi w'urubanza g'Uwiteka, Tiro na Sidoni bazaherezwa ibihano kuruta mwebwe. ²³ Namwe Kapernaumu rero muzakomeza kuzamurwa ugere kwijuru? Reka da! ahubwo uzamanurwa hasi ikuzumu. Kubera ko ibitangaza byakorewe iwawe yaba byarakorewe muri Sodomo ugu mugi guba gukiriho kugeza none. ²⁴ Ariko mukuri ndikubabwira mugihe cy'urubanza rw'Uwiteka Sodomo baza yorohereza kurusha weho Kaperenaumu. ²⁵ Murico gihe Yesu arasubiza ngo: ndagushimye Data Umwami w'isi n'ijuru agamagambo wagahishe abanyabwenge n'ubumenyi ahubwo ubihishurira abana batoya. ²⁶ Data urakoze kuko ibi nibyo byagushimishije gukora. Yesu yongera kugamba ngo: ²⁷ byose nabihawe na Data kubera ko ntanumwe uzi Umwana usibye Data, ntanumwe uzi Data usibye Umwana, uwo Umwana akundaga amuhishuriraga Se. ²⁸ Nimuze iwanje mwese abarushe n'imitwaro iremereye nanje nzabaruhura. ²⁹ Mwemere kuba abagaragu banje kugira ngo mbigishe kubera ndi umugwa neza kandi nditondaga bivuye kumutima namwe muzaruhuka kumitima yanyu. ³⁰ Kubera kuba umukozi wanje biroroshe, n'umutwaro gwanje ntaho guremeraga.