Mutu 3
1Tsopano masiku amenewo kunabwera Yohane m'batizi, kulalikira m'chipululu cha Yudeya1, 2ndipo ananena, Lapani, pakuti ufumu wa kumwamba wayandikira. 3Pakuti uyu ndi amene ananenedwa mwa Yesaya mneneri, kunena2 kuti, Mau a iye wofuula m'chipululu: konzani njira ya Ambuye3, lungamitsani njira zake. 4Ndipo Yohane mwini anali ndi chovala cha ubweya wa ngamira, ndi lamba wachikopa m'chiuno mwake, ndipo chakudya chake chinali dzombe ndi uchi wa kuthengo.
5Pamenepo anatuluka iye kupita ku Yerusalemu, ndi ku Yudeya konse, ndi maiko onse ozungulira Yudeya, 6ndipo iwo anabatizidwa ndi iye ku Yordano, navomereza machimo awo.
7Koma pakuona Afarisi ndi Asaduki ochuluka akubwera ku ubatizo wake, analankhula kwa iwo, Obadwa a njoka inu, ndani amene anakuchenjezani4 inu kuthawa mkwiyo umene ukubwera? 8Onetsani5 kotero zipatso zoyenera kulapa6. 9Ndipo musaganize kunena mwa inu nokha, Tili naye Abrahamu ngati atate [wathu]; pakuti ndinena kwa inu, kuti Mulungu angathe mwa miyala iyi kutulutsa ana kwa Abrahamu. 10Ndiponso nkhwangwa yaikidwa kale pa7 mizu ya mitengo; mtengo ulionse osabereka8 zipatso zabwino udulidwa ndi kuponyedwa pa moto. 11Inetu zoonadi ndi kubatizani inu ndi madzi kuloza ku kulapa, koma Iye wakubwera pambuyo panga ali wamphamvu kuposa ine, amene nsapato9 zake sindikukwanira kuzinyamula; Iye adzabatiza inu ndi10 Mzimu Woyera ndi moto; 12amene chouluzira chake [chili] m'dzanja lake, ndipo adzayeretsa pa dwale pake; ndipo adzasonkhanitsa tirigu wake m'chiruli, komatu mankhusu iye adzawatentha ndi moto osazimitsika.
13Pamenepo anabwera Yesu kuchokera ku Galileya kupita ku Yordano kwa Yohane, kukabatizidwa mwa iye; 14komatu mwachangu Yohane anamuletsa11 Iye, nanena, Ineyo ndikuyenera kubatizidwa12 mwa Inu; ndipo Inu mubwera kwa ine? 15Koma Yesu anayankha kwa iye, Balola [ichi] tsopano; pakuti kuyenera ife kukwaniritsa chilungamo chonse. Pamenepo anamlola Iye. 16Ndipo Yesu, atabatizidwa, pomwepo anatuluka m'madzi, ndipo taonani, miyamba inatsegukira Iye, ndipo iye anaona Mzimu wa Mulungu akutsika ngati nkhunda, ndipo anafika pa Iye: 17 ndipo taonani, mau ochokera ku miyamba anati, Uyu ndiye Mwana wanga wokondedwa, mwa Iye ndipeza chisangalalo changa.
1 Onani Yos. 15:61.
2 Yes. 40:3.
3 Kugwiritsidwa monga dzina la Yehova. Onani Zolembedwa, pa mutu 1:20.
4 'kuunikiridwa,' 'kuonetsedwa,' monga Mach. 20:35.
5 Mauwa akusonyeza mu zinthu zochitika kalekale. Amapereka chithunzithunzi cha chikhalidwe cha munthu, osati kungolimbikitsa chabe za mtsogolo. 'Kukhala mu nyengo yakuti zachitika kale.'
6 Mauwa apa ndi pena paliponse omasulidwa kuti 'kulapa' amasonyeza chiweruzo cha moyo wamkati pa zinthu zonse zakale, pa zinthu zonse zimene zili m'thupi pamaso pa Mulungu. Zimaphatikizirapo, koma zimadutsa kuposa, kusintha kwa malingaliro.
7 Nditanthauzira motere, chifukwa 'yaikidwa pa' zimatanthauza kukhazikitsidwa kwenikweni. Mwina wolembayo sakutanthauza choncho, koma ndikungofuna kutanthauzira mauwa monga mwa kuthekera kwanga. Komano 'yaikidwa pa' ('pa,' pros. Onani pa mutu 21:1) ndi njira yabwino yochitira zinthu - mauwa akuposera mau akuti 'kukhazikitsa pa' ('pa,' eis) monga ku Luka 2:34; Afil.1:16; 1 Ates. 3:3.
8 Zinthu zochitika pano; chimenechi ndi chikhalidwe. Onani pa mutu 1:19.
9 Pamenepa sakutanthauza 'nsapato' za mtengo wake wapatali. Zimenezi ndi nkhwayira ndithu.
10 En, 'mu mphamvu ya,' kaya ndi mphamvu yakunja kapena ya chilengedwe ya mkati ndi chikhalidwe chake, koma nthawi zonse akuphatikizira yomalizayo. Onani Luka 2:27.
11 Moperewera, 'ndinkachita choncho.' Mwachitsanzo; zochitikazo zikuonetsedwa monga zachitika kale, osati monga mwa mbiri kuonetsera zochitika kale zedi.
12 Mau ofotokozera zakale, 'kukhala mu nyengo yakuti zachitika kale.' Onani pa mutu 3:8.