¹ Kangi hena mwaka wia wa Ikumi na Katano wia mghetawala wa Kaisari Tiberia, Igheri lya Pontio Pilato nile mangi wa mangi wa Uyahudi, Herode nighe mangi wa mkoa wa Galilaya, na Filipo wavo nile mrwe wa mkoa wa Hurea na Trakoniti, na Lisania nile mrwe wa mkoa wa Abilene. ² Na hena vurwe vwa mghetatha mrwe wa Anasi na kayafa, Kirero kya Ruva kikamchia Yohana mwana wa Zakaria , Jangwani. ³ Aleghendie hena mikoa yoshe igheira hena mfwo wa YORDANI, Akyarerea upatitho lwa toba vunu vwereghewa thambi. ⁴ FUNDU: Kiandikiwe hena kitabu kyafirero kya Isaya mroti, Irwi lya mndu ake nyika chembenyi irira lya Mndumi, chembenyi handu heiria hagholekei. ⁵ Kila handuhaghire ibote haichurwa, kangi fumbu nafumbu hananithwa ,. kangi ifumbu na ifumbu lyananithwa , Barabara thipindie thagholwa. nairira likondekie lya lainishwa. ⁶ Vandu voshe vauvona ikirwa lya Ruva. ⁷ Kangi , Yohana akavavia vandu voshe mkutano mrwe Vapatifwe niwe . Imwe mbare tha njoka thighire thumu, mitho amuviche idin'ga lichie. ⁸ Ghirenyi ndunda rithafanana na toba, kangi munadunga irera voshi yoshi yenyu, Fughire Ibrahimu ninge papa weru kwalia nnavavia ku, Ruva airime imnika Ibrahimu vana hata ifuma hena mawegha. ⁹ Kangi ithoka lyemivikwa hena kithinakya mri.Heikyo kila mri urekyaghira ndunda njicha uchitemwa naikumbwa moronyi. ¹⁰ Vandu hena Mkutano vemvetha, veghamba Luvaha fuvike kwia? ¹¹ Akavajibu akavavia , "Kole mndu aure kanzu ivi akyashighw afunye imwi kwia araure kabitha , nawia aure kijo na kwio kwio. ¹² Kangi Vandu vaya vachiondoo ushuru vale achie ighepatithwa , navakamvia Mloshi , nfwashighwa ivika kwia ? ¹³ Akavavia Munakuthanya matundu ikela kiankyashighwa ikuthanya . ¹⁴ Navakarungu vengi vakamvetha vaghenda , "Naifwe hii Nfwashighwa matundu kwa mndu wowoshe kwa nguju , na munamfwungira mndu wowoshe ipato iya mongo . Rithikenyi na maliho ghenyu. ¹⁵ "Luvaha kwalia vandu valeghire kulu yemvera kristo akyaghecha kila umwi alekya ririkana ngoonyi ihuthu Yohana kuniwe kristo akyaghecha . ¹⁶ Yohana akavavia ikwaivavia voshe , Inyi nnaaghenda aghire nguju ikela inyi, wala inyi thirima ifungua irava iya fyaru fyakwe .Avapatitha imwe kwa mbeo mcha na kwamopo ¹⁷ Kyeelea kyakwe kike kuvokonyi kwawke kimacha ikula kindo kicha handu hakwe heelea vigano, naikuthanyia ngano heha ghalanyi kwakwe; mera aghaokea machonjoghoro kwa moro ningetho urachifwa. ¹⁸ Kwa maonyo mngi alebirikilie mburi nyicha kwa vandu voshe. ¹⁹ Yohana alemtoghoterie Herode mrwe wa mkoa kwa imuandoa Herodia. Mka wa wavwo na hena fivichwa fingi mnu Herode alehirire. ²⁰ Kangi Herode alehirire findo fingi fivichwa mnu. Alemfwungie Yohana jela.