19 Wannan ita ce shaidar Yahaya sa'adda Yahudawa suka aika da Firistoci da Lawiyawa zuwa gareshi don su tambaye shi, “Wanene kai?”
20 Ya fada dalla dalla, kuma bai musunta ba, yana amsa masu cewa, “ba nine Almasihu ba.”
21 Sai suka tambaye shi, “To kai wanene? Kai Iliya ne?” Yace, “Ba ni ba ne.” Suka ce, “Kai ne anabin?” Ya amsa, “A'a”.
22 Sai suka ce masa, “Kai wanene, domin mu bada amsa ga wadanda suka aiko mu? Me kake fadi game da kanka?”
23 Yace, “Ni murya ne, da ke kira cikin jeji, 'Ku daidaita hanyar Ubangiji,' kamar yadda annabi Ishaya ya fada.”
24 Su wadanda aka aika daga wurin Farisawa suke. Sai suka tambaye shi cewa,
25 “To don me kake baftisma idan kai ba Almasihu bane, ko Iliya, ko annabin?”.
26 Yahaya ya amsa masu, cewa, “Ina baftisma ne da ruwa. Amma a cikinku akwai wani tsaye wanda ba ku sani ba,
27 shi wanda ke zuwa bayana, wanda ko igiyar takalminsa ban isa in kwance ba.”
28 Wadannan abubuwa sun faru ne a Baitanya, a dayan ketaren Urdun, a wurin da Yahaya ke Baftisma.
29 Washegari, Yahaya ya ga Yesu yana zuwa wurinsa ya ce, “Duba, ga Dan Ragon Allah wanda ke dauke zunubin duniya!
30 Wannan shine wanda na fada maku cewa, “Shi wanda ke zuwa bayana ya fi ni, domin ya kasance kafin ni.'
31 Ban san shi ba, amma saboda a bayyana shi ga Isra'ila ne nazo ina baftisma da ruwa.”
32 Yahaya ya shaida, cewa, “Na ga Ruhu yana saukowa kamar kurciya daga sama, ya kuma zauna a kansa.
33 Ban gane shi ba, amma shi wanda ya aiko ni in yi baftisma cikin ruwa ya fada mani cewa, 'duk wanda ka ga Ruhun ya sauka kuma ya zauna a kansa, shine wanda ke yin baftisma cikin Ruhu mai tsarki.'
34 Na gani, na kuma shaida cewa wannan shine Dan Allah.”
35 Kuma, washegari, da Yahaya na tsaye da biyu daga cikin almajiransa,
36 suka ga Yesu na wucewa, sai Yahaya ya ce, “Duba, ga Dan rago na Allah!”
37 Sai almajiransa biyu suka ji ya fadi haka, suka kuwa bi Yesu.
