Joni 1:28-46

²⁸Eezi zintu zyakachitwa mu Bbetani mutal aa Jodani, ooko Joni nkwakali kubbabbatizya.

²⁹Nebwakacha Joni wakabona Jesu nkayobuza kulinguwe mpawo wamwaambila kuti, “Langa, ngoyu mwana wembelele wa Leza uuugwisya zibi zyanyika! Ooyu ngonguwe ngundakali kuti,

³⁰“Ooyo uuza musule lyangu mupati kwiinda ndime.'

³¹Teensi ndakalimwizi p, pesi kuti ayubununwe kuli Izilayeli nchenchicho nchendakaza nkebbabbatizya amanzi.”

³²Joni wakapa bukamboni nkati, “Ndabona Muuya nkaseluka mbuli nziba kuzwa kujulu akukkala alinguwe.

³³Tendamwizi pe, pesi ooyo wakandituma kubbabbatizya mumaanzi wandibuzya kuti, “Ali yooyo ngotabone Muuya kaseluka akukkala aalinguwe, ngonguwe uubbabbatizya muMuuya Uusalala.'

³⁴Ndabona aantomwe akupa bukamboni kuti ooyu Mwaana waLeza.”

³⁵Alubo, zuba lyakatobela, aawo Joni kayimvwi abasikwiiya bakwe babili,

³⁶bakabona Joni Jesu kayobweend, mpawo Joni wakati, “Amubone, Mbelele ya Leza!”

³⁷Basikwiiya bakwe bobile bakamumvwa nkawamba oobu mpawo bakatobela Jesu.

³⁸Mpawo Jesu wakacheba wababona nkabayobumutobela eelyo wakabaambila kuti, “Muyandaayi?” Bakasandula, “Rabbi” (chitolekelwa kuti “Muyiisi”), “Ukkala kuli?”

³⁹Wakabaambila kuti, “Musike muzoobone.” Mpawo bakayinka akuyoobona aawo mpakali kukkala, bakakkala anguwe zuba eelyo, nkaambo lyakali hola lyakkumi.

⁴⁰Umwi wababili aaba wakamvwa Joni nkawambuula mpawo akutobela Jesu wakali Endulo, ngubazyalwa kumwi a Sayimoni Pita.

⁴¹Wakasanguna kubonana amwana wakwabo Sayimoni akumwaambila kuti, “Twamubona Mesiya” (chitolekelwa kut, Kkilisito).

⁴²Wakamweeta kuli Jesu aboobo Jesu wakamulanga akwaamba kuti, “Nduwe Sayimoni mwana wa Joni. Uyooyitwa kuti Sifasi” (chitolekeledwe: Pita).

⁴³Nebwakacha, aawo Jesu nakali kuyanda kuya ku Galilaya, wakajana Filipi mpawo wakamwaambila kuti, “Nditobele.”

⁴⁴Eelyo Filipi wakalikuzwa ku Bbetisayida, idolopo lyaba Endulo a Pita.

⁴⁵Filipi wakajana Nataniyeli mpawo wamwaambila kuti, “Ooyo Mozesi ngwakalemba mumulawu, aba Sinsimi, twamubona: Jesu mwana wa Josefa, uuzwa ku Nazaleta.”

⁴⁶Nataniyeli wakati kulinguwe, “Kuli chintu chibotu na chikonzya kuzwa mu Nazaleta?” Filipi wakati kulinguwe, “Kweza alimwi ubone.”