¹ Murico gihe haza Yohana Umubatiza , arikubwiriza mu butayu bw'i Yudea . ² Arikugamba ngo : mwihane kubera ko ubwami bw'Ijuru bwegereje . ³ Yohana niwe wari warahanuwe n'umuhanizi Yesaya, ubwo yagambaga ngo : Ijwi ry'urikwabirira mu butayo: mutegure inzira y'Umwami, muringanyize inzira ze. ⁴ Yohana yaratafite imyenda y'ubwoya bw'ingamia, akenyeje n'umukaba guruhu, ibiryo bye byari inzige n'ubuki bw'ubuhura . ⁵ Abantu bose b'iYerusalemu ni Yudea, nabo munkengero za Yorodani baramusangaga . ⁶ Bibatirishaga nawe mu mugezi gwa Yorodani, bamaze kugamba ibyaha byabo. ⁷ Ariko abonye benci mu bafarisayo n'abasadukayo barikuza ku mubatizo we, arababwira ngo : mwa abana b'inzoka mwe ninde wabigishije guhunga akaga kagiye kuza ? ⁸ Nuko rero mwere amatunda gakwiriye abamaze kwihana . ⁹ Ntimwibwire mu mitima yanyu ko mufite So Aburahamu! Ndikubabwira ukuri yuko muraya mabuye Imana ishobora kuyahindura mo abana ba Aburahamu. ¹⁰ Kandi ishoka buno ishizwe mu mizi yi biti: igiti cose kitera amatunda kizatemwa maze gitabwe mu muriro. ¹¹ Njewe ndikubatiza mu mazi ngo mwihane , ariko urikuza inyuma yanje andusha ingufu , ntaho nemerewe no gukora kubirato bye , we azababatiza mu Mwuka Uboneye no mu muriro . ¹² Akayungiro kari mu maboko ge , aza kondora imbuga ye, ingano azazihunika mu kigega naho umurama azaujugunya mu muriro gutazima . ¹³ Muri ico gihe Yesu aza avuye Igalilaya , aja kuri Yorodani kugira ngo yohana amubatize . ¹⁴ Ariko ashaka kumwangira arikugamba ngo : Ni njewe ukwiriye kubatizwa nawe , none ni weho urikuza kuri njewe ? ¹⁵ Yesu aramusubiza: byemere, kubera ko ni ngombwa ko dusohoza ibyo gukiranuka byose , aremera aramubatiza . ¹⁶ Yesu amaze kubatizwa , ava mu mazi, nuko, ijuru rirakinguka , nuko abona umwuka gw'Imana gumanuka kuri we gumeze kimwe ng'Inuma, gumuzaho. ¹⁷ Reba, ijwi rwumvikanira rivuye mw'ijuru ririkugamba ngo : Uyu n'Umwana wanje nkunda kandi wo nishimira, muri we nimwo nashize mo urukundo rwanje rwose.