Mateu 3:1-17
3 Mu matangwa aje, Iwano Muka-kumbwitika wezile na kwambulula mu mambo ya Judeya
2 ngwendi: “Tengulukeni, mwafwa Bumwene bwa mwilu buli muyehi.”
3 Ou ikeye yendekele kapolofweto Isaya ngwendi: “Kuli lijwi lya umo ali na kutambeka mu mambo ngwendi: ‘Bwaheseni ngila ya Yehova! Ololeni bingila byendi.’”
4 Iwano wazalele bizalo bya maka a kamele, co walikutile mwiba wa cilambu mu mbunda. Byakulya byendi byapwile bimbimba na buki.
5 Co banu ba mu Jelusalema na mu Judeya mwoshe na baje boshe batungile kuyehi na Ndonga ya Jodani bakele na kuya kuli ikeye.
6 Wakele na kubambwitika mu Ndonga ya Jodani oku balitabela bubi bwabo kwa kujeneka kushweka.
7 Mwamwene Bafalisi na Basaduki babangi bali na kwija na kubambwitika, wabalekele ngwendi: “Eni bana ba mambwambwa,* iya naminangula mangana mutewe butenu bwa Njambi buje buli na kwija?
8 Imeni bushuka buje bumwesa ngwabwo munatenguluka.
9 Keti musinganyeke mu bimbunge byeni ngweni: ‘Yetu tu bana ba Abrahamu.’ Mwafwa njimileka ngwange aha ha mamanya Njambi asa kutundisilaho Abrahamu bana.
10 Ngimbu ili laja ku muzi wa muti. Co muti woshe uje kuwimi bushuka bwabubwa, baushinja na kuumbila mu tuhya.
11 Yange njimimbwitika na mema mwafwa munatenguluka, oloni ou aija munima yange nanjitubakana ku nzili, nameme masanda endi kunjafwililile kumushululawo. Ikeye akamimbwitika na sipilitu ya kujela na tuhya.
12 Nakwata cilelekeso mu liboko lyendi, co akajelesa mwamubwa ha lijungwilo lyendi na kukungulwila tiliku yendi mu cishete. Oloni lijungu akalyenyeka mu tuhya tuje kutwasa kuzima.”
13 Yesu watundile ku Galileya, waile ku ndonga ya Jodani mangana Iwano akamumbwitike.
14 Oloni Iwano wabyanene, co wendekele ngwendi: “Yobe unapande kunjimbwitika, indi yange nawa njimbwitike yobe?”
15 Yesu wamukumbulwile ngwendi: “Keti ubyane, mwafwa ei ikeyo ngila itushulisililamo byuma byoshe bya kusungama.” Co Iwano watabele.
16 Yesu mubamumbwitikile, haje bene watufukile mu mema. Co melu ashokolokele, co Iwano wamwene sipilitu ya Njambi isikumukila hali Yesu ngwe liyembe.
17 Co lalo mwilu mwatundile lijwi ngwalyo: “Ou ikeye Munange, injazema, akanjizibisa kubwaha.”
Majwi a kwinikila
^ Nambe “bana ba manyoka.”
