3 Mu oa moba, Yoano+ Mubatizhi waishile saka asapwila+ mungye mu Yudea,

3 Uno ye yewa ye baambilepo kwi ngauzhi Isaya+ amba: “Kuji ubena kubijika mungye amba: ‘Nengezhezhai jimo jishinda ja Yehoba!* Ololai mashinda anji.’”+

2 Monka mwanembejile ngauzhi Isaya amba: “(Mbena kutuma muluwe wami kulutwe yobe,* ukakunengezhezha jishinda jobe.)+ 3 Kuji ubena kubijika mungye amba: ‘Nengezhezhai jimo jishinda ja Yehoba!* Ololai mashinda anji.’”+ 4 Yoano Mubatizhi wajinga mungye saka asapwila bantu amba bafwainwa kubatizhiwa kumwesha’mba balapila pa kuba’mba Lesa ebalekeleko mambo.+

3 Onkao mambo, waishile mu nyaunda yonse ya Yodano saka asapwila lubatizhilo kwikala kiyukilo kya lulapilo lulengela kulekelwa mambo,+ 4 byonka byo kyanembwa mu buku wa ngauzhi Isaya amba: “Kuji ubena kubijika mungye amba: ‘Nengezhezhai jimo jishinda ja Yehoba!* Ololai mashinda anji.+ 5 Bimpachiko byonse bakebizhiika, ne mitumba yonse ne tutumbatumba tonse baketupalañanya; mashinda akonkomana bakeolola ne mashinda aji na bimbo bakeawamisha; 6 ne bantu bonse bakamona lupulukilo lwa Lesa.’”*+

23 Aye wakumbwile’mba: “Amiwa yami jiwi ja yewa ubena kubijika mungye amba, ‘Ololai jishinda ja Yehoba,’*+ byonka byaambile ngauzhi Isaya.”+