Ɨngʼana ɨkaaza kʉʉsɨ ɨkabha ʉmʉʉtʉ
1 Kʉbhʉtangɨ, yaareho Ɨngʼana. Ɨngʼana yiyo yaarɨ kwa Mungu, Ɨngʼana yaarɨ Mungu. 2 Kwɨma ʉbhʉtangɨ, Ɨngʼana yaarɨ na Mungu. 3 Ebhegero bhyʉsi bhɨkateemwa kʉhɨtɨra Ɨngʼana yiyo. Kɨtareeho kɨnʉ chatɨɨmirwɨ Ɨngʼana ɨtareeho. 4 Ɨngʼana yaarɨ isimʉka yʉ ʉbhʉhʉru, nʉ ʉbhʉhʉru bhuyo nebhwe bhokoreeta ubhwɨrʉ kʉbhaatʉ bhʉʉsi. 5 Ubhwɨrʉ bhuyo bhʉhaamʉrɨka mukiirimya, ni ikiirimya kɨtakʉtʉra kubhurimya.
6 Akaaza ʉmʉʉtʉ wʉmwɨ wʉnʉ aatumirwɨ na Mungu. Ʉmʉʉtʉ wuyo aarɨ arabhirikirwa Yoohana.1:6 Yoohana wʉnʉ ne-Yoohana Ʉmʉbhatiizi. 7 Yoohana akaaza komenyeekererya ubhwɨrʉ bhuyo, korereke abhaatʉ bhʉʉsi bhatʉrɨ kwisirirya kʉhɨtɨra ʉbhʉmɨnyɨɨkɨrɨri bhwazɨ. 8 Yoohana umwene ataarɨ ubhwɨrʉ bhuyo, nawe akaaza kobhomenyeekererya. 9 Ubhwɨrʉ bhwe eheene bhuyo, bhʉhaamʉrɨka abhaatʉ bhʉʉsi, bhwarɨ bhʉraaza kʉʉsɨ kʉnʉ.
10 Ɨngʼana neyo yaarɨ kʉʉsɨ kʉnʉ, na Mungu akateema ɨɨsɨ kʉhɨtɨra kwayo. Nawe, abhaatʉ bhɨ ɨɨsɨ bhataayɨmɨnyirɨ. 11 Ɨkaaza kʉbhaatʉ bhaazɨ, nawe abhaatʉ bhaazɨ bhataayɨsʉngʼaanirɨ. 12 Nawe abhaatʉ bhʉʉsi bhanʉ bhaayɨsʉngʼaanirɨ na kuyiisirirya, bhayo bhakahaabhwa ʉbhʉnaja bhwa kʉbha abhaana bha Mungu. 13 Abhaana bha Mungu bhayo, bhatiibhwirwɨ kumbusurʉ ya abhaatʉ, hamwɨ kʉbhʉsɨɨgi bhwʉ ʉmʉʉtʉ, hamwɨ kubhwɨndi bhwʉ ʉmʉʉtʉ, nawe Mungu umwene akabhakora kʉbha abhaana bhaazɨ.
14 Mmbe, Ɨngʼana yiyo ɨkabha ʉmʉʉtʉ, akiikara hamwɨmwɨ na niitwɨ. Na niitwɨ tʉkarora ʉbhʉkʉrʉ bhwazɨ, ʉbhʉkʉrʉ bhu Umwana umumwɨmwɨ wa Bhaabha Mungu. Aarɨ nɨ ɨbhɨgʉngi ɨbhɨkʉrʉ na amaheene gʉʉsi.
15 Yoohana akamomenyeekererya, akoongera riraka arabhuga, "Wʉnʉ newe naarɨ nɨkʉbhabhʉʉrɨra, ‘Hanʉ nɨkʉmara araaza ʉmʉʉtʉ wʉmwɨ ʉmʉkʉrʉ kʉnkɨra, kʉ kʉbha aareho inyɨ nɨkɨɨrɨ kwibhurwa.’ "
16 Igʉrʉ wʉ ʉbhʉnagu bhwazɨ bhwɨ ɨbhɨgʉngi na amaheene gaazɨ, Mungu atʉrʉrɨɨrɨ itwʉsi ɨbhɨgʉngi na atwʉngɨɨrɨ ʉrʉndɨ kʉkɨra rwe embere. 17 Mmbe, ɨkarɨ Mungu akahurucha imigirʉ jazɨ kʉhɨtɨra Musa,1:17a Musa. Kʉmaragɨrɨra bhʉkʉngʼu, rora Ikiniibhasa. ɨbhɨgʉngi na amaheene gaazɨ bhyizirɨ kʉhɨtɨra Yɨɨsu Kiriisitʉ.1:17b Kiriisitʉ. Kʉmaragɨrɨra bhʉkʉngʼu, rora Ikiniibhasa. 18 Atareeho ʉmʉʉtʉ nʉʉrʉ wʉmwɨ wʉnʉ arʉʉzɨ Mungu. Nawe Umwana umumwɨmwɨ, wʉʉsi ni-Mungu, na arɨ haguhɨ na Bhaabha Mungu, ewe newe aagiriryɨ tʉkamenya Mungu.
Obhomenyeekererya bhwa Yoohana Ʉmʉbhatiizi
(Mataayo 3:1-12; Maaroko 1:1-8; Ruuka 3:1-18)