3 Mu oa moba, Yoano+ Mubatizhi waishile saka asapwila+ mungye mu Yudea, 2 ne kwamba’mba: “Lapilai, mambo Bufumu bwa mwiulu bwafwenya pepi.”+ 3 Uno ye yewa ye baambilepo kwi ngauzhi Isaya+ amba: “Kuji ubena kubijika mungye amba: ‘Nengezhezhai jimo jishinda ja Yehoba!* Ololai mashinda anji.’”+

7 Bano byo bafuminepo, Yesu watendekele kwamba pe Yoano ku mabumba amba: “Ñanyi kintu kyo mwayile na kumona mungye?+ Nanchi jitete jo balelwile ku mwela nyi?+

10 Uno ye yewa ye banembelepo’mba: ‘Umvwa! Mbena kutuma muluwe wami kulutwe yobe,* ukakunengezhezha jimo jishinda jobe!’+

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.+

76 Pakuba obewa mwana mucheche, ukatelwa’mba ngauzhi wa Mwine Wakila, mambo Yehoba* ukakutangizhako na kunengezhezha jimo mashinda anji,+

6 Kwaishile muntu ye batumine kwikala wa kwimenako Lesa; jizhina janji wajinga Yoano.+

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

28 Anweba mwayuka kushimuna kwami byo nemubuujile namba, ‘Kechi yami Kilishitu ne,+ bino bantuma kulutwe yanji.’+