Mateus 3

Yohane Mbatitsa kotangatsa

1 Ghamatsuwa agho Yohane Mbatitsa kaghenda yotangatsa mna inyika ya Yudea, 2 kalonga, "Msame, mtsileke tsinzambi tsenu kwaapfila Ufalume wa kulanga wahabehi!" 3 Kwa apfila Yohane yuyo imunu iyatabirighwe na nabii Isaya, kulonga,

"Litsi lya imunu lyokemelea kunyika,

‘Itengenetseni inzila ya Imtwatsa,

mgholoseleni inzila yake.’ "

4 Naye Yohane imwenyegho tsakapfala gwanda lya mighala ya ngamiya, na msipi ghwa ngotsi mchuno; na ichijo chake tsachikala nzighe na ukwi wa kumhulo. 5 Iwanu wamghendela kulawa Yerusalemu, Yudeya yose na kulawa mna isi tsose tsili mbalimbali mwa ghumto ghwa Yoridani; 6 naye kawabatitsa mna ghumto ghwa Yoridani, aku wosama tsinzambi tsawo.