¹ Pagore retchigumi nemashanu ekutonga ka Tiberio Cesar, panguwa yekuti Poncio Pirato wanga ari mutungamiriri we Djudia, uye Herodi, waibhata ku Gareria kuzoti munun´khuna wake Firipi, wai bhata pamutanwha weku Turia, kuzoti Traconite na Lizania, wabati ku Abelene, ² Panguwa yemaprista makuru Anas na kaifas, soko ra Mwari rakawia kuna Djohani, mwana wa Zakaria, Muthambe. ³ Iyena wakahamba mitandha yesse yakakomberedza Djorodani etchiparidza rubabatidzo reku tchunhuka pazvichaishi. ⁴ Se zvakatarwa mubhuku pamasoko amuporofita Isaia:` izwi rinodhaindzira muthambe: "gadzirirai guandza ra Ishe, todzamissai makuandza enyu. Sezvakatarwa mubhuku pamasoko amuporofita Isaia: "izwi rinodhaindzira muthambe: "Gadzirirai guandza raIshe, todzamissai makuandza enyu. ⁵ Miguero yesse itchadzadzwa nemakomo esse nezvikomo atchaezanisua, makwandza akabenda atchatwasamuswa kuzoti makwandza akashata atchaizirwa urongua, ⁶ uye wesse watchaona ruponesso ra Mwari". ⁷ Zvakadharo Djohani wakareketa kuno wandhu wakawanda wai wiya kobabatidzwa nae: "imi wana we nyoka! diani wakamubvundzai kuti mutize uchungu wa Mwari uri kuguma? ⁸ Nekudharo bherekai mitchero yakanaka yekutchunhuka musatangue kureketa pakati penhu: 'Isusu tino Abrahama sa bhabha wedhu!, nekudharo ndinomubvundzai kutu Mwari unokwanissa kumutsa wana wa Abrahama kubhudhira kumapue aya. ⁹ Dhemo rakandwa pamidzi dzemiti pamwepo. zvakadharo miti yese isinga bherequi mitchero yakanaka ino temwa yo kandirwa mu muriro". ¹⁰ wandhu wazinji waimubvundzissa, etchiti:" nguezvipe zvatingaita pazvinopano?" ¹¹ iye wakadhaira, akati: kana kunoumwe unomatchira mairi ,ngaape umweni rimwe kune wiya asina ne rimwe haro ne wiya unozvokurya, itai zvimwezvimwezvo". ¹² Nekudharo wamweni warongossi wemussoho, wakawiyawo kuti wabhabhatidzwe, wakabvundzisa: "mufundisi, nguezvipi zvatingaitawo? ¹³ "Djohani wakadhaira akati: "musatore mare kundze kueiya yamakabvundzwa". ¹⁴ wamweni warwi we hondo wakabvundzisawo, etchiti: "Kuzoti isusuwo? tinoiteiwo? "Iyena wakadhaira: "musatore mare dzeanhu nguesimba, musawapase ndawa yemanyepo. Farai nemibhairo yenhu". ¹⁵ Nguekuti anhu aikarira kuguma kwa cristo esse anga etchirangarira mumwoyo mawo kuti Djohani ungaita Kirisito. ¹⁶ Djohani wakadhaira akati: "Kwandiri inini ndinomubhabhatidzai nembvura, kutchauya kune wiya anesimba kupinda inini kuzoti inini andina kodzero yekuphutunura chango dzake. Iyena watchamubabatidzai no mweya mutsene ne moto. ¹⁷ Hiyena unefoshoro munyara yake kuti atchenese nembhorembhore buriro rake uye kuti aunganidze tirigo mumuturika make. Asi Iyena utchapisa marara ne moto usingasodzimi." ¹⁸ Nekutcheudzirwa kakawanda, Djohani waiparidza masoko akanaka kuanhu. ¹⁹ Uye wakaraira Herode; nguepamusana pekuwaka mukadzi we hama yake, Herodi, nezvimweni zvakawanda zvanga akaita, ²⁰ uyezwe wakatutsirazve pazvese zviya, neyekukonyera Djohane mumutorongo. ²¹ Zvakaita kuti panguwa yekuti anhu pai Babatidzwa na Djohani, Djesu wakababatidwao, ²² panguwa yainamata Iyena Dhenga rakazaruka, Mweya mutswene wakatchitha kuenda pari pamusoro pake samuezaniso we Ndjia. Uye kakazika izwi reibva kudenga: "iwe ndiwe mwanawangu mudhiwa, mauri ndinomufaro". ²³ Djesu paakatanga ne bassa rake, wanga ane makore ane kwana makumi matatu. Wanga ari mwana wa Djossefa (se zvairangarirwa) mukorore wa Eli, ²⁴ mukorore wa Matate, mukorore wa Levi, mukorore wa Melqui, mukorore wa Djanai, mukorore wa Djosefa, ²⁵ mukorore wa Matatia, mukorore wa Amosi, mukorore wa Naumi, mukorore wa Esli, mukorore wa Nagai, ²⁶ mukorore wa Maate, mukorore wa Matatiasi, mukorore wa Semei, mukorore wa Djoseque, mukorore wa Djuda, ²⁷ mukorore wa Joana, mukorore wa Reza, mukorore wa Zorobabeli, mukorore wa Satalieli, mukorore wa Neri, ²⁸ mukorore wa Melqui, mukorore wa Adi.mukorore wa kosa, mukorore wa Esmolda, mukorore wa Er, ²⁹ mukorore wa Josue, mukorore wa Eliezer, mukorore wa Jorim, mukorore wa Matate, mukorore wa Revi, ³⁰ mukorore wa simioni, mukorore wa Djuda, mukorore wa Djosefa, mukorore wa Djona, mukorore wa Eliaquim, ³¹ mukorore wa Malea, mukorore wa Mena, mukorore wa Matata, mukorore wa Nata, mukorore wa Davidi, ³² mukorore wa Djesse, mukorore wa Obede, mukorore wa Boazi, mukorore wa Sala, mucorore wa Nasom, ³³ mucorore wa Aminadabi, mukorore wa Adimim, mukorore wa Arni, mukorore wa Esrom, mukorore wa Fares, mukorore wa Djuda, ³⁴ mukorore wa Jaco, mukorore wa Isaqui, mukorore wa Abrahama, mukorore wa Tera, mukorore wa Naor, ³⁵ mukorore wa Seruque, mukorore wa Ragau, mukorore wa Faleque, mukorore wa Eber, mukorore wa Salah, ³⁶ mukorore wa kaina, mukorore wa Alfachade, mukorore wa Sem, mukorore wa Noe, mukorore wa Lameque, ³⁷ mukorore wa Matusalem, mukorore wa Inoqui, mukorore wa jaredi, mukorore wa Melellel, mukorore wa kaina, ³⁸ mukorore wa Anos, mukorore wa Sete, mukorore wa Adao, mukorore wa Mwari.