¹ Omwaka kwa ikumi nitano ogwobusinge bwa Tiberio kaisaari, Pontio Pilato obu ya bere ari omutegeki wa buyudaya na herodi ari owisaza rya Galilaya, namwozo wabo muto Filipo ari owisaza rya Hurea na tirakoniiti, na Lusania ari owisaza rya Abileene, ² Kandi Anna na kayaafa bari abanyamurwa abakuru, ekigambo kya Ruhanga kikezira Yowaana mutabani wa Zakaria omu iyamba; ³ Yagenda omu bicweka byona ebiri ayeihi na Yorudani naburira okubatizibwa nokwegarukamu, abwokusasirwa ebibi. ⁴ Nkokukyayandikirwe omukitabo kyebigambo bya nabi Isaaya ngu: iraka ryokugambira omu iyamba, ati:muboneze omuhanda rw Mukama, mutereze otuhanda twewe. ⁵ Ebinoonko byona birazuzibwa, ensozi zoona nebibungo byo biryahandikwa; ebitagaleire birigororwa, nemiwanda entabonere eribonezibwa, ⁶ Kandi abantu boona barireba okuzuna kwa Ruhanga. ⁷ Yowaana okuhabura yagambira ekuyanja ya bantu abezere kubatizibwa ati: imwe baana benzoka mwe, nowa abahabwire Kuhunga ekiniga ekirikwenda kwiza. ⁸ Mbwenu mwana ebyana ebisemereire abegarukiremu, mutandika kugamba omumitima yanyu ng, twine Abrahamu, nuwe tatekukuru wetu. Abwokuba nyowe nimbagambira nti: Ruhanga nabaasa amabare aga kugihiramuAburahamu abazukuru. ⁹ Nabwenu empasa etirwe aha bikonge byemiti;omuti gwona ogutakwana ebyana birungi guritemwa gunagwe omumuriro. ¹⁰ Abantu bamubuza bati:Mbwenu twebutugire tuta? ¹¹ Yabagarukamu ati: ayine amakazu abiri yerezeho atagine;noyine ebyokurya, nawe atwaze atyo. ¹² Abawoza nabo beiza kubatizibwa, babuza bati: mwegesa, itwe tugire tuta? ¹³ Yabagarukamu ati:mutariwoza ebi kukira ebimwarangirwe. ¹⁴ Nabaserkale bamubuza bati: kandi si twebu, tugire tuta? Yabagarukamuati: mutarinyaga omuntu weena ahabwokumutwaza amaani, nari okumutabariza ebyebishuba; kandi mumarye ebiconco byenyu. Yowaana okugambira abantu ebya Yesu ¹⁵ Abantu boona kubabere barizire na maciko bayebuza omu mitima yabo ebya Yowaana ngu sana akaba ari Kristo ¹⁶ Yowaana yabagarukamu boona ati:mazima kwo nyowe nimbatiza namezzi: konka nayiza kwiza akunkiza amaani; kandi tinsemereire kukomora orukobarwe yenketo zewe; ogwe aribatiza nomwoyo orikwera nomuriro. ¹⁷ Orugali rwewe ruli omukono gwewe, aaryayiyera gye embunga yewe, ahunike oburo omu kitara kyewe, kandi ebisusunga abyokye omumuliro ogutakuzima. ¹⁸ Kandi yagaruka yabahana ebindi bingi, naburira abantu ebigambo birungi. ¹⁹ konka owisaza Herode, kuyahabwirwe Yowaana abwa Herodia muka mwozo wabo, na habwebibi byona ebya Heroe yabere akozire, ²⁰ Ahari ebyo byona yayeyogeraho neki; yata Yowaana omu kihome, Yesu okubatizibwa. ²¹ Abantu boona kubamazire kubatizibwa Yesu nawe yabatizibwa; kaya bere nasaba, iguru yakinguka, ²² Omwoyo orikwera yamusumawo nkekombe, omu Kisusani kyomubiri, niraka nyasumanirirunga omu Iguru nirigira riti niwe omwana wange owu nkunda, kand ounsemereirwa munonga. Batenkuruba Yesu ²³ Yesu obu yatandika kwegesa, akaba aine emyaka makumi asatu; kandi abantu bakaba nibamutekatekaho, kuba mutabani wa Yosefu, mutabaani wa Heeli ²⁴ Owa mataati, owa Leevi, owameleki Owa Yanai, owa Yosefu, ²⁵ Owa matatia, owa Amosi, owa Nahuhumu, owa Esiri, owa Nagai ²⁶ Owa matatia owa Semei, owa Yoseka, owa Yoda, ²⁷ Owa Yohanani, owa Reesa, owa Zerubaberi owa Shealatieli, owa Neri, ²⁸ Owa Meleki, owa Adi, owa Kasamu, owa Elemadamu, owa Eli, ²⁹ Owa Yesu, oa Elieza, owa Yorimu, owa Simeon, owa Levi . ³⁰ Owa simeon owa Yuda, owa Yosefu, owa Yonamu, owa Eliakimu. ³¹ Owameleya, owa mena, owa matata, owa Nasani, owa Daudi; ³² owa Yese, owa obedi, owaBoazi, owa Salumooni, owa Nahasoni, ³³ Owaaminadabu, owa Arani, Hezirooni, Owa perezi, owa Yuda, ³⁴ Owa Yakoobo, owa Isaaka, owa Aburahamu, owateera, Owa Nahori, ³⁵ Owa Serugi, owa Reu, owaPelegi, owa Eberi owaSela, ³⁶ Owa Kainani, owa Arukisaali, owa Sheemu, owa Noah, owa Lameki, ³⁷ owa Mesuseela, owa Enoka,owa yaredi, owa Mahalaleeli, owa kainani, ³⁸ Owa Enosi, owa seegi, owa Adam, owa Ruhanga. Yesu okwo yebwasitani;