Mutu 3

1Tsopano masiku amenewo kunabwera Yohane m’batizi, kulalikira m’chipululu cha Yudeya, 2ndipo ananena, Lapani, pakuti ufumu wa kumwamba wayandikira. 3Pakuti uyu ndi amene ananenedwa mwa Yesaya mneneri, kunena kuti, Mau a iye wofuula m’chipululu: konzani njira ya Ambuye, 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 anakuchenjezani inu kuthawa mkwiyo umene ukubwera? 8Onetsani kotero zipatso zoyenera kulapa. 9Ndipo musaganize kunena mwa inu nokha, Tili naye Abrahamu ngati atate [wathu]; pakuti ndinena kwa inu, kuti Mulungu1 angathe mwa miyala iyi kutulutsa ana kwa Abrahamu. 10Ndiponso nkhwangwa yaikidwa kale pa mizu ya mitengo; mtengo ulionse osabereka 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 nsapato zake sindikukwanira kuzinyamula; Iye adzabatiza inu ndi 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 anamuletsa Iye, nanena, Ineyo ndikuyenera kubatizidwa 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: 17ndipo taonani, mau ochokera ku miyamba anati, Uyu ndiye Mwana wanga wokondedwa, mwa Iye ndipeza chisangalalo changa.