¹ Mogho mayuwa Johanesi gho mukadiyoghero gheyire ghuyaghura mumukunda wa Judeya ghughamba , ² ''Mupiruke, ghufumu ghodiwiru ne pepighudi.'' ³ Poyi ne yoyu ghaghambire muporofeta Isaya, ghughamba, ''Diywi dyofotji kuna kwitha wahe, 'muroghithe ndhira dhaFumu, mutendemayira ghendi ghaghororoke.''' ⁴ Johanesi ghavatire yitere yoghuhuki gho ngameno no muya gho thikova mumbunda dhendi. Yidya yendi yakarire mapandangongo no wiki ghomumuthitu. ⁵ Jerusalema, Judeya ghomuhe, no mikunda dhodhihe dhakundurukedha rware rwaJordan hayendire kukwendi. ⁶ Ghawayoghire murware rwaJordan, mukutongonona maharwero. ⁷ Ene apa ghamonine haFarasayi na Sadducees kuna kwaiya kukwendi kudiyoghero, ghaghambire kukwagho, '''Amwe mwahana wayiyoka, yidye ghamutongwera mukutjira mughukukutu ghughuna kwiya? ⁸ Mwime mbuyo dho mapirukero. ⁹ Mwaghayara mughamba mukatji kenu mwathinda,'Twakara na Abraham gho wihetu.' Kona kumutongwera eshi Nyambi ne kukona kupindutha hana Abraham ngambi kutunda mogha mawe. ¹⁰ Popo kare dikuva hana diyeyi kare kumudhighoyitondo. Podigho kehe thitondo thokudhira kureta mbuyo dhodhiwa hana kuthiteta nokuthivukumena mumudiro. ¹¹ Nakumuyogha no meyupodigho eshi mupiruke. Ene yu gheya kupita me ne ghapitakana me, no kadiko mudyo me gho kukona kukwaterera yisandari yendi. Nanyi ghamuyoghe ye no mupepo gho kupongoka no mudiro. ¹² Hanu wendi ne munyara dhendi no mukukenitha pamuve no mukukongwedha mavumbukiro mukashete. Ene nanyi ghakutumekere kehe yino hakudhira kuturamo.'' ¹³ Jesusi gheyire kutundera muGalileya kutamba kurware rwaJordan ghakamuyoghe Johanesi. ¹⁴ Ene Johanesi ghakondjire kumushweneka, ghaghambire, ''Nahimi ghuniyoghe yowe, ene ghoghuneya kukwange?'' ¹⁵ Jesusi ghamuhuthire no ghaghambire kukwendi,''Yitawedhere popano, yarogha mukuyaritha ghuhunga ghoghuhe.'' NaJohanesi ghamutawedhere. ¹⁶ Apa ghamanine kumuyogha, Jesusi ghatundire mumeyu popo, noghemanine, diwiru dyayandhurukire kukwendi. Ghamonine mupepo waNyambi kuna kushughumuka yira dikutji nokuna turumuthera papendi. ¹⁷ wimane, diywi dyashwaghire mudiwiru ghughamba,''Oyune Mwanange ghoruhakitho. Nahafa nendi.''