¹ Pamazuawo, pakaoneka Johani muBhabhatidzi etchiparidza mushango mweJudhia ² etchiti: “Tendeukai; ngokuti umambo hwomudenga waa phaduze”. ³ Nokuti uyu ndiye waakareketwa ndi Isaya muprofeti echiti: izwi rounodaidzira mushango: “Nasirirai njira yaMambo, thobhesai njira dzake”. ⁴ Johani waisimira chipfeko chakanasirwa ngemamviri ekamera, nebhande redoo muchiunu chake nokurha kwake kwainga makwiza neuchi womushango. ⁵ Kwakauya kwaari veJerusarema neveshe veJudhia nevenharaunda yeshe yeJorodhani, ⁶ navo vakabhabhatidzwa ndiye murwizi reJorodhani, vechitenda zvishaishi zvavo. ⁷ Asi etchiona vajinji vevaFarisi nevaSadhusi, vechiuya kurubhabhatidzo rwake, wakati kwavari: “Imwimwi vana vemabuura, ndiani akamuitisa kuti mutize ushungu hunouya? ⁸ Ndizvo, kubarwa kwemuchero inoonisa kutendeuka. ⁹ Musafunga mwechiti mukati mwenyu, ‘Tina Abrahama baba edu.’ Nekuti ndinoti kwomuri Mwari unesimba rekumuitira vana kunaAbrahama kana nemapuwe aya. ¹⁰ Sandho raiswa pandzinde dzemumbuti. Ndizvo mʹmbuti weshe usikabereki muchero yakanaka unotemerwa pashi, nekukandirwe mumwoto. ¹¹ Inini ngegwinyiso ndinomubhabhatidza mumvura, kuita chioniso tchekutendeuka, asi iyo unouya sure kwangu unesimba kupinda inini, andinakodzero yekutwara magwada ake. uyu ndiye unozomubhabhatidza ngoMweya Wakachena nemwoto. ¹² foshoro iri munyara yake, nayo unozonasa kutsvaira mbuwa yake nokuunganidza koroni yake mudura, asi unozopisha makoto ngomwoto usikadzimi”. ¹³ Apo Jesu wakauya Jorodhani kunaJohani echibva Garire, koobhabhatidzwa ndiye, ¹⁴ Asi Johani wakada kumurambira etchiti, “Inini ndinodha kuti ndibhabhatidzwe ndiwe, newe wouya kwendiri here?” ¹⁵ Asi Jesu wakapingura etchiti kwaari, “Wetchitenda zvino, nokuti nekudaro kunodikanwa kuti tidzadzise kunaka kweshe.” Apo Johani wakamutendera. ¹⁶ Apo Jesu paakabva kubabhatidzwa, wakabva mumvura, apo denga rakavurika kwaari, naye wakaona Mweya waMwari wemata kudai ngenjia, wechiuya padera pake. ¹⁷ Izwi rechibva mudenga rakati, “Uyu ndiye mwanakomana wangu, andinodhisisa. Kwaari ndinodakara ndiye.