23 Yeye mumane kubuela mu ntempelo, bamfumu ba bakuidi ne bakulu ba bantu bakalua kudiye pavuaye ulongesha, bakakonka ne: “Mbukokeshi kayi buudi wenza nabu malu aa? Nnganyi udi mukupeshe bukokeshi ebu?”+ 24 Yezu wakabandamuna ne: “Meme panyi nennuebeje bualu bumue. Nuenu bangambile, nunku nennuambile panyi bukokeshi bundi ngenza nabu malu aa: 25 Dibatiza dia Yone divua difumine kuepi? Mu diulu anyi kudi bantu?”* Kadi bakatuadija kuelangana meji munkatshi muabu, bamba ne: “Tuetu bambe ne: ‘Mmu diulu,’ neatuambile ne: ‘Kadi bua tshinyi kanuvua bamuitabuje?’+ 26 Kadi tuetu bambe ne: ‘Kudi bantu,’ tudi ne bua kutshina musumba wa bantu, bualu bonso badi bangata Yone bu mmuprofete.” 27 Nunku bakandamuna Yezu ne: “Katuena bamanye to.” Yeye pende kubambila ne: “Meme panyi tshiena nnuambila bukokeshi bundi ngenza nabu malu aa to.

27 Bakalua kabidi mu Yelushalema. Pavuaye wendakana mu ntempelo, bamfumu ba bakuidi ne bafundi ne bakulu bakalua, 28 kumukonkabu ne: “Mbukokeshi kayi buudi wenza nabu malu aa? Anyi nnganyi udi mukupeshe bukokeshi ebu bua kuenza nabu malu aa?”+ 29 Yezu wakabandamuna ne: “Nennuele lukonko lumue. Ngandamunayi, ne meme nennuambile bukokeshi bundi ngenza nabu malu aa. 30 Dibatiza dia Yone+ divua difume mu diulu anyi kudi bantu?* Ngandamunayi.”+ 31 Ke bobu kutuadija kuelangana meji munkatshi muabu, bamba ne: “Tuetu bambe ne: ‘Mmu diulu,’ neambe ne: ‘Kadi, bua tshinyi kanuvua bamuitabuje?’ 32 Kadi tutete kuamba ne: ‘Kudi bantu’ anyi?” Bavua batshina musumba wa bantu, bualu bantu bonso aba bavua bangata Yone ne: uvua bushuwa muprofete.+ 33 Ke bobu kuandamuna Yezu ne: “Katuena bamanye to.” Yezu kubambila ne: “Meme panyi tshiena nnuambila bukokeshi bundi ngenza nabu malu aa to.”