¹ Kwi misi zidya za Yohana ubatiza yaje avuga ubutumwa nyika ya Yuda achavuga. ² Ni mwihane na kbela ubwa mibwijulu bwegeleje. ³ No kubela yuno niwe yavunzwe numu vugishwa Isaya avuga, "Ijwi dyumuntalila kuva mubugala gwa, "Nimushile neza inzila yumwami, nimugolole hahita wene. ⁴ None Yohana yalambaye amoya ndigole numusipiwi kisato mumatako yime. Ivyo kudya vyiwe vyali inzige nubuki bwomwiboli. ⁵ None Yerusalemu, yuda yose naha ntu hose ahakikizwe umwonga wa Yordani balagenda iwiwe. ⁶ Baliho balimo bala batiza nawe kumwonga Yordani ino bihana idhaha vyabo. ⁷ Aluko amaze kubabona beshi baba Falisayo na basadukayo baje iwiwe kubatizwa, alababwila, "Mwebwe uluvyalo gwizoka kwisumu ninde aliwe yobahanya kwiluka isha vuligiye kuza? ⁸ Nimuvyale ivyamwa bikwiye kwihana. ⁹ No ntimwilumvile nukuvugana mulimwe bwe,Tulafishe abulahamu alinke daha wachu, kubela ndababwila yemwe ima ila shobola kumubwila ibulahimu abana nukugila kuva kumabuye ayo. ¹⁰ Bila kwiye ishoka yamaze kusigwa ko kumiza yibiti none kubela buli kiti bita vyala ivyamwe vyiza bilatemwa nukushigwa kumulilo. ¹¹ Ndababatiza kumazi no kubela ukwihana, none wene aza hanyuma yanje numukulu, kusumba jewe nanje sinkwiye nikuheka ibilato vyiwe, wene alobabatiza kwa mpwemu yela nukumulilo. ¹² Nulutala gwiwe limumaboko giwe koza chane uluwanda gwiwe nukwe gelanya ingano yiwe mububiko aliko ntalotulila ibikumbi ku mulilo aligo gutashobola kuzima. ¹³ Maze Yesu alaza kuva Galilaya kugela kumwonga wa Yordani kubatizwa na Yohana. ¹⁴ Aliko Yohana yashaka kumubuza kuvuga, "Jewe ndashaka kubatizwa nawe, nawe ulaza iwanje? ¹⁵ Yesu alishula avuga lekula ube guti none no kubela ho bitukwioyi kukwiza ukwikose, "Bikwiye Yohana alamulekula. ¹⁶ Hanyuma yokuba abatizwe, ahonyene Yesu yalavuye mumazi, no reba ijulu liluguluka kwiwe, yalabonye mpwemu wimana yululuka kukigele hanyo chinkundye nukuhumula hejulu yiwe. ¹⁷ Leba injwi liva mwijulu livuga, Yuno numwana wonkunda uwo mbele chana wene.