Lucas 7

24 Apo pababu’i balu' baatumike Yoani, Yesu aatumbwi kulibakia lipi’nga lya bandu abali ya Yoani, "Mwayi’i linga namani ku’lu' kulupu’ngu’ti'? Buli, mupalage kugabona mambu’ngi’li’i kagapu’ngi’la na nsunga? 25 Mana nyinyo lili, mwayi’i linga namani? Mwayi’i kunnola mundu ywaweti magu’bo gene bei? Babawala magu’bo gene bei no tama kwa maisa ga kitayili batama mumayumba ga akulungwa! 26 Bai, munibakiye, mwayi’i linga namani, mwayi’i kunnola nnondoli wa Nnu’ngu'? Eloo, kai' kumpi’ta nnondoli wa Nnu’ngu'. 27 Ayu' Yoani ngaywabayilwa mu Maandiko Mapeleteu,

‘Lola, nenga nintuma mpangakasi wangu' akulongoli,

aywo alu’a kupetulya ndi’la yako.’"

28 Yesu aayomwi kwo baya, "Nimmakia, kati ya bandu boti babatami panni’ma, ntu’pu' ywabile nku’lu' muno kumpi’ta Yoani Ywabatisage. Ata nyo, yu’lu' ywabile nsene muno mu Ukulungwa wa Nnu’ngu' nga nku’lu' kulikoni ywembe."

29 Bandu boti pamope na alonga koli pabagayu’wine go, baaulumbite unnogau wa Nnu’ngu'. Abo nga balu' babaupoki ubatiso wa Yoani. 30 Lakini Mafalisayo na balimu ba salya baakani panga mwapendi Nnu’ngu', kwa kuukana ubatiso wa Yoani wawaisi kwabe bembe.