¹ Muchindalo echo yecha Yohana Omubatisi, niyelwachanga musiangalamwe sie Evuyuda, ² ne nasunga ari, Enywe yikanile: sikila ovwami vwo mwikulu vulele ahambi. ³ Niye wuno wo omung'osi Isaya, yasunga ari, omwoyo kwo omundu kwalangilisianga musiangalamwe, Lomba injila yo omwami, kololosia amaviro kake. ⁴ Ne Yohana mulala mwenoyo yali ne inguvo yo vwoya vwe yingamia, nende omusipi kwo olukhova kwayevoyanga musikhuulu; ne esiakhulia sisie sialingi echisike nende ovukhi vwa mwisino. ⁵ Avandu vacha khuniye okhurula Yerusalemi, nende Evuyuda yosi, nende mulukongo lwosi lwali ahambi lwavotokhana Yoridani. ⁶ Naye navabatisa mumuchela kwa Yoridani, niveyama ovwoni vwavo. ⁷ Nikakhali anga yalola Avafarisayo nende Avasudakayo avanyingi nivecha musibatiso sisie, yavasungila ari, enywe eselukho yechinjukha niwina umuchesiyisie okhwilukha okhurula khuliruma lialechanga? ⁸ Khu kario mwame amatunde katukhane nende elikanila. ⁹ Ne mukhapara mwinywe mwavene nomusunga muri, Khuvele nende Ibrahimu papa wefu: sikila namusungilanga endi, Nyasaye uno ovunyali vwo okhukalukhasia amachina kano kave avana va Ibrahimu. ¹⁰ Ne vulano eyaywa irerwe khale khu musi kwe emisala: khu kario, vuli omusala kukhama amatunde amalayi tawe kwalaremwa kukwe hasi, ne kusukunwe mumulilo. ¹¹ Muvung'ali esie namubatisianga mumachi khulwo okhwikanila. Nikakhali ulia walecha inyuma wanje ni wovunyali okhumbira esie, wesie ekhatukhane okhusita ofuralo fufwe tawe: kene amubatisie mu Roo Omuchenukhu, nende omulilo: ¹² Unende olutelu lwo okhuselechilakho mumikhono kikie, ne aleya ovwelu vulave chwee, nende okhuvungelesia eyingano yiye nara musiachi; nikakhali alasamba omukhuchi mumulilo kukhanyala okusima tawe. ¹³ Mani Yeso warula Galilaya wecha mu Yoridani khu Yohana, amubatisie. ¹⁴ Nikakhali Yohana wamukaya, wamusungila ari, Nisie ukhoyele embatisiwe nende ewe, nawe walanjichilanga esie? ¹⁵ Ne Yeso okhumuchiva wamusungila ari, Yiyama kave kario khu lwa vulano: nikhukhola khurio khwalava khwalatusianga ovulunji vwosi. Mani wamwiyamila. ¹⁶ Ne anga Yeso, yali niyakhabatisiwa, avwene na avwene okhurula mumachi: ne, lola, elikulu liamwikukhila, ne walola Roo wa Nyasaye alekhanga anga eliuusi, ne wamuyelakho: ¹⁷ Ne lola omwoyo okhurula mwikulu, kwasunga kuri, Owuno niye Omwana wanje omuyanje, wa nikhoyelanga muniye.