Ukulingana ne fyo Mateo Ailembele 3:1-17
3 Mu nshiku shilya Yohane+ Kabatisha aishile alebila+ mu matololo ya mu Yudea.
2 Alebila ati: “Lapileni, pantu Ubufumu bwa mu muulu nabupalama.”+
3 Na kuba, uyu e o kasesema+ Esaya alandilepo ilyo atile: “Umuntu alebilikisha mu matololo aleti, ‘Pekanyeni inshila ya kwa Yehova!* Lungamikeni inshila shakwe.’”+
4 Nomba Yohane alefwala ica kufwala ca masako ya ngamila no mushipi wa mpapa mu musana.+ Makanta no buci+ bwa mu mpanga e fyo alelya.
5 Aba mu Yerusalemu na ba mu Yudea bonse, e lyo na baleikala mu ncende ishali mupepi na Yordani baleya kuli ena,+
6 kabili alebabatishisha* mu Mumana wa Yordani,+ baleyebelela ne membu shabo apabuuta.
7 Ilyo amwene abaFarise abengi na baSaduke+ baleisa uko alebatishisha, abebele ati: “Mwe bana ba mafwafwa+ mwe, nani amusokele pa kuti mufulumuke ubukali+ ubuleisa?
8 E ico citeni ifintu ifilelanga ukuti namulapila.
9 Mwilaesha no kulanda amuti, ‘Twalikwata shifwe Abrahamu.’+ Pantu ndemweba nati, Lesa kuti ayalula aya mabwe yaba abana ba kwa Abrahamu.
10 Isembe lili kale mupepi ne shinte lya cimuti. E ico icimuti conse icishitwala ifisabo ifisuma bakacitema no kucipoosa mu mulilo.+
11 Ine imubatisha mu menshi pa mulandu wa kulapila+ kwenu, lelo uukankonkapo alincila amaka kabili nshalinga ukumufuula+ indyato. Uyo ena akamubatishisha ku mupashi wa mushilo+ na ku mulilo.+
12 Naikata ica kwelelako cakwe, kabili akawamya bwino bwino apa kupumina ingano, akalonganya ingano no kushibika mu butala, lelo imisungu akayoca mu mulilo+ uo bashingashimya.”
13 Lyena Yesu afumine ku Galili no kwisa ku Yordani kuli Yohane, pa kuti amubatishe.+
14 Lelo Yohane aeseshe ukumulesha, kabili amwebele ati: “Iwe niwe ufwile ukumbatisha, nomba ulefwaya ine nine nkubatishe?”
15 Yesu amwaswike ati: “Pali ino nshita, leka tucite ifi fine, pantu ninshi twacita fyonse ifyalungama.” Lyena Yohane alisumine ukumubatisha.
16 Ilyo Yesu abatishiwe, ilyo line afumine mu menshi, kabili, moneni! imyulu yaliswike,+ lyena Yohane amwene umupashi wa kwa Lesa uleika kwati ni nkunda, uleisa pali Yesu.+
17 Moneni! Kabili ishiwi lyafumine mu myulu+ aliti: “Uyu e Mwana wandi,+ uwatemwikwa, uo nsekelamo.”+
