¹ Uku ndikutanga kweEvangeri raJesu Kristu, Mwana waMwari. ² Kudi zvakatahawa mu buku remuprofita Isaya: "ndinozotuma Mutumwa Vangu pakati pako, vanozo gazirira gwanja rako. ³ Izwi remundhu anodhaijira mubhani: "Gazirirai gwanja raMambo, fungunyurai gwanja kune iyena". ⁴ Johani vaiuya vachibabatidza mubani vachivereketa ne inzvi rakakura rubabatizo rekutenderuka kwezviro zvekuchata. ⁵ Vese yemugwita vaJudhia nevese vagari veJerusarema vaiviya kwaiena. Ivona vaibabatizwa noiyena murambo waJorodani, wachipupura zvichaichi zvavo. ⁶ Johani wainga wasimira nguwo yodhovo yoNgamera, ainga nebande yodhovo mpiripiri wechihuno waiha ndere neuchi. ⁷ Iyena vaivereketa ne inzvi rakakura echiti: "Aripo vanozoviya sure kwangu, vanosimba kudarika inini, handina kuperere kuti ndinga sungunyura runji zomagwada. ⁸ Inini ndinomubabatiza nekumwa, asi Iyena vanomubabatiza neMweiya Muswene". ⁹ Zwakaitika kuti, pamazuwa riya, Jesu wakauya nekunazareta yekugalileya, wakababatizwa neJohani murambo yejorodani. ¹⁰ Jesu pavakabuda mukumwa, Iyena vakavona denga rakafungunyuka Mweya vakauya kuna Iyena nengodjiva. ¹¹ Izvi rakava kudenga: "Iwewe uriMwana Vangu wandinodha. Inini ndinechidho chakakura newe". ¹² Nazwo Mweya wakamutora kuti vabude mubani. ¹³ Iyena vainga mobani marongomuna vemazuva, vainga vachi edjhua naSatani. Iyena vainga vanezvinhama zvomusora, ngirozi zwakamuchandira. ¹⁴ Pakapinda Johani mukaraboso, Jesu wakaviya muGalileya, vechiparidza vangriw yaMwari, ¹⁵ echiti: " Nguva rakakwana umambo waMwari uripedu. Regai zwakachata zwenyu mutende vangeri". ¹⁶ Waifamba vese pabara ragarireya , Iyena vakavona Simioni neAndrea, hama yeSimioni wechi khadira vedjuva mubhara, nekuti wainga wawezji. ¹⁷ Jesu wakati kwaari: "Uyai, nditeverei, Inini ndinomuita wawezji wewanhu ". ¹⁸ Nekukasika wakasiya vedjuva vakamutevera. ¹⁹ Asi Jesu, waifamba padoko pa pmberi, vakavona Jakobe, mwana weZebedia, neJohani, hama yake; ivona wainga varimungarava vachigasirira djuya. ²⁰ apo wakaadainja, ivona vanozosiya, vabherki vake, Zebedia, nevachandi vengarava vakamutevera. ²¹ Vakangwina muKafarnaumi, muSabbath Jesu vakapinda muSinagoga vaijijisa. ²² Ivona wakadakara nemajijiso Vake, nekuti Iyena vaijijisa ninga munhu vanesimba asi kwete vanyori. ²³ Asi pona, pasimagoga, paenga mwanarume vainga vane mweya wakachata vaka dhainjira wechit: ²⁴ "Zvichinyi zwatinazo nave, Jesu veNazaretha? Vaviya kuzoti pwanya? Inini ndinoziva kuti muriani. Iveve uri Musweni Mwari!". ²⁵ Jesu vakamurambisa unomweya wakati: " Nhararai chibhuda kwaari!". ²⁶ Apo mweya vakachata vakava pasi echibhuda kwaari echidainzira ne izvi rakakura. ²⁷ Wanhu vese wakadakara vakavunjisa umwe neumweni: "Chinyi zvondozo? Ujijise uswa neutongi? Iyena vanotongan mweya vakachata, ino munzwira ". ²⁸ Nekudaro ngokukasika masoko Vake haiswika munyika yose yeGalileya. ²⁹ Wakabuda musinagoga, vakaenda kanyi koSimioni naAdreya, neJakobe naJohani. ³⁰ Wambiya waSimioni vainga vakavata, vaivadja. Asi ipapo ivona vakananga kunaJesu ndava yake. ³¹ Napo iyena vakauya, vakamubhata nenyara vakamumusa ; iyena vaka poreswa, iyena vakavachandira. ³² Pakari usiku, ivona vakauisa vese vaivhadja vaenga vanemadimoni. ³³ Doroba yese yakaungana pamusuvo. ³⁴ Iyena vaiporesa wazinji vairwara ngenhenda dzakaparadzana vakagogomesa madhimoni vakavanda. Asikatenderi kuti madhimoni averekete, ngokuti aimuziva. ³⁵ Iyena vakamuka mangwanani, vakabhuda akaenda pandau iri ega vachinamata. ³⁶ Simioni nevese vainga naYena wakamutswaka. ³⁷ Ivona vakamuvona wakati kwaari:'' Vese ari kukutswakanyi''. ³⁸ Iyena vakati: "Ngatipinde kumaguta amweni, kuti ndimboparidja iyoyo, ngekuti ngezandakauyira". ³⁹ Iyena vakapinda mugalileya mwese, wechiparidza musinagoga vaibhudisa madhimoni. ⁴⁰ Wakauya kwaari murume wainga nemapere wakamugwadhamira echimupotera. Iyena wakati kuna Jesu: " kudai wechidha, uchandichenesa " . ⁴¹ Naye wakamuzwira urombo, waka tambanudza nyara yake vakamubhata, wechiti kwaari: Inini ndinodha. garai wakachena". ⁴² Paripo mapere akabhuda kwaari, iyena vakachena. ⁴³ Jesu wakamupangirisa akamuendesa paripo, ⁴⁴ akavavunja : " onai, uchavereketi chiro kune munhu, asi enda udzipangigidzire kunemupristi uhinengendaa yokumhodyos wa kwako izvo zvaakaemesa Mosi, kuita chapupu kwavari". ⁴⁵ Naapo iyena wakabuda, vakatanga kuvavunja vese nokuvereketa ngeizvi, ngokudaro Jesu waiya asikachakoni kupoter mudhoroba pamhene. Iyena waiya kubanze pandau iri yega, asi wanhu vakauya kwaari kubva kumarutii ese.