10 Imbuli tsakakala muisi, na hata ka Imulungu tsakalumba isi kubitila yeye, iwanu ng'awamtangile bae.
11 Tsakatsa ukaye yake, lekeni iwanu wake ng'awambokele bae.
12 Bali iwanu wose iwambokele, awala iwamtoghole, kawatenda wadahe kuwa iwana we Imulungu.
13 Iwana ing'awelekighwe bae kwa uwetso we iwanu, wala kwe ngupfu tsa lukuli au unoghelo we iwanu, ila kwa uwetso we Imulungu.
14 Na Imbuli ayo kawa imunu, naye kakala hamwe na twetwe. Na twetwe tuwona utunitso wake, utunitso we Imwana nyalimwe, iyatsile kulawa kwa Aba, kamema uluso na ukweli.
15 Yohane tsakalonga mbuli tsake. Tsakakemelela, “Ayuno iyo iyaniwalongele, ‘Ayo iyakutsa kuchughu kwangu mkulu kubita nene kwaapfila tsakabaha ng'ana nene nyelekighwe.’ ”
16 Kwa ukutimila kwa uluso wake twetwe twose tubokela ng'ani.
17 Imulungu tsakatwing'a Ghamalaghitso kubitila Musa, lekeni uluso na ukweli pfakutsa kubitila Yesu Kiristu.
18 Kuduhu imunu wowose iyamwonile Imulungu. Ila Imwana yaliyeka, yeghalile ne Imulungu iyelungile na Aba, iyo iyatulongele mbuli tse Imulungu.
19 Auno iwo ukalangama wa Yohane, iwakulu wa Wayahudi wa Yerusalemu hawawatumile iwatambika wakulu na Walawi waghende kwa Yohane, kumghutsa yeye tsakakala nani.
20 Yohane tsakatoghola na ng'alemile bae kuwedika mwatsimwatsi, tsakalonga, “Nene sili Kiristu bae, iyokombola iwanu.”
21 Wamghutsa, “Lelo ghweghwe uli nani? Pfii ghweghwe kwa Eliya?” Yohane kawedika, “Mbe, si nene bae.” Wamghutsa keli, “Lelo ghweghwe kwa ayula Nabii iyalongighwe katsakutsa?” Kawedika, “Bae.”
22 Kuya wamghutsa, “Lelo ghweghwe uli nani? Ghweghwe mwenyegho ulongatse? Tulongele lelo, na twetwe tukawalongele yawatutumile tukughutse.”
23 Yohane kawedika ka pfayalongile nabii Isaya, “Nene na ‘litsi lye imunu iyokema kunyika, Muigholose inzila ye Imtwatsa!’ ”
24 Kuya Mafarisayo wangi iwatumighwe
