3Bai Yoani ngayenda muilambo yoti yaipakine na libi'ndi' lya Yordani. Kaabakia bandu boti bagalambuke, bammuyangani Nnu'ngu' no batisilwa, li'nga aabu'ki'ye masambi gabe.
4Ngamo iandikilwe mukitabu sa nnondoli wa Nnu'ngu' Isaya, “Lilobe lya mundu akema kulubele, mumpetuli Bwana ndi'la yake, mugolwe simbasimba yake.
5Mabi'ndi' goti gaalu'a kulilwa, kila kitu'mbi' na litu'mbi' yaalu'a pwimwanilwa no yanjayilwa, papapi'ndike, paalu'a gololelwa. Mali'la gangapetwa, gaalu'a petulwa.
6Na bandu boti baalu'a kuubona ukosopoli wauleta Nnu'ngu'.”
7Bai, Yoani aabakiage bandu baingi babaaisile li'nga aabatise kabaya, “Mwenga mwa lukolo lwa nng'ambo, nyai ywanking'indile mwitile nyongo yayaisa?
8Mulaye kwa itendo yinu panga, mummuyangani Nnu'ngu' kwo kana, buyangania sambi. Kanemutumbwe kwipuna, ‘Twenga twa bana ba Bulaimu’. Nimmakianga kakape panga, Nnu'ngu' akombwa kugagalambwa maliwe gamugabona, gapange bana ba Bulaimu.
9Bai, libago libi'kilwe paliina lya nkongo kwa nyo, kila nkongo wangali pambika itunda inannoga, waalu'a pi'ngu'lwa no sonjelwa mwoto.”
10Kipi'nga sa bandu ngabalaluya, “Tupange buli?”
Luka 3
Luka 3:3-10