Wolembedwa ndi Mateyu 3:1-17
3 Mʼmasiku amenewo, Yohane+ Mʼbatizi anapita mʼchipululu cha Yudeya nʼkuyamba kulalikira.+
2 Iye ankalalikira kuti: “Lapani, chifukwa Ufumu wakumwamba wayandikira.”+
3 Mneneri Yesaya ananeneratu za iyeyu+ mʼmawu awa: “Winawake akufuula mʼchipululu kuti: ‘Konzani njira ya Yehova!* Muwongole misewu yake.’”+
4 Yohane ankavala chovala chaubweya wa ngamila ndi lamba wachikopa mʼchiuno mwake.+ Chakudya chake chinali dzombe ndi uchi.+
5 Choncho anthu ochokera ku Yerusalemu ndi mʼchigawo chonse cha Yudeya ndiponso ochokera mʼmidzi yonse yapafupi ndi Yorodano ankapita kwa iye.+
6 Iye ankawabatiza* mumtsinje wa Yorodano+ ndipo anthuwo ankaulula machimo awo poyera.
7 Yohane ataona Afarisi ndi Asaduki+ ambiri akubwera ku ubatizowo, anawauza kuti: “Ana a njoka inu,+ ndi ndani wakuchenjezani kuti muthawe mkwiyo umene ukubwerawo?+
8 Ndiyetu mubale zipatso zosonyeza kulapa.
9 Musamadzinamize kuti, ‘Tili ndi atate wathu Abulahamu.’+ Chifukwa ndikukuuzani kuti Mulungu akhoza kupangira Abulahamu ana kuchokera kumiyala iyi.
10 Nkhwangwa yaikidwa kale pamizu yamitengo. Choncho mtengo uliwonse wosabereka zipatso zabwino udulidwa nʼkuponyedwa pamoto.+
11 Ine ndikukubatizani mʼmadzi chifukwa chakuti mwalapa,+ koma amene akubwera mʼmbuyo mwanga ndi wamphamvu kuposa ine, ndipo sindili woyenera kumuvula nsapato zake.*+ Ameneyo adzakubatizani ndi mzimu woyera+ komanso moto.+
12 Fosholo yake youluzira mankhusu* ili mʼmanja mwake, ndipo malo ake opunthirapo mbewu adzawayeretseratu kuti mbee! Tirigu adzamututira munkhokwe, koma mankhusu adzawawotcha ndi moto+ umene sungazimitsidwe.”
13 Kenako Yesu anabwera kwa Yohane ku Yorodano kuchokera ku Galileya, kuti iye amubatize.+
14 Koma Yohane anayesa kumuletsa ponena kuti: “Ineyo ndi amene ndikuyenera kubatizidwa ndi inu, ndiye nʼchifukwa chiyani mukubwera kwa ine?”
15 Yesu anamuyankha kuti: “Pa nthawi ino yokha lola kuti zikhale choncho, chifukwa tikufunikira kuchita zimenezi kuti tikwaniritse chilungamo chonse.” Atatero, anasiya kumuletsa.
16 Atabatizidwa, nthawi yomweyo Yesu anavuuka mʼmadzimo. Pamenepo kumwamba kunatseguka,+ ndipo Yohane anaona mzimu wa Mulungu ukutsika ngati nkhunda nʼkudzamutera.+
17 Panamvekanso mawu ochokera kumwamba+ onena kuti: “Uyu ndi Mwana wanga+ wokondedwa ndipo amandisangalatsa kwambiri.”+
Mawu a M'munsi
^ Onani Zakumapeto A5.
^ Kapena kuti, “ankawaviika; ankawamiza.”
^ Mʼchilankhulo choyambirira, “masandasi ake.”
^ “Mankhusu” ndi makoko amene amachotsa ku mbewu ngati mpunga popuntha ndipo amatha kuwauluza ndi mphepo.
