17 Kwaapfila Imulungu ng'amtumile bae Imwanaghe muisi, yaihighe, ila yaikombole kubitila yeye.
18 Imunu wowose iyomtoghola ng'atsohighighwa bae, lekeni imunu wowose iyolema kumtoghola ayo ma kahighighwa, kwaapfila ng'amtoghole bae Imwana nyalimwe we Imulungu.
19 Apfi pfipfo pfamtsohighighwa, Ghumwanga ghutsa muisi, lekeni iwanu wanoghela ichisi kubita ghumwanga, kwaapfila ghawotenda gheha.
20 Iwanu wose iwotenda ghehile woghuhila ghumwanga, ng'awakutsa bae mne ghumwanga, kwaapfila wopfuka aghala ghehile ghawotenda ghatsakoneka.
21 Lekeni awala iwotenda ghanoghile wakutsa mne ghumwanga, ili aghala ghawotenda ghoneke mwatsi ka ghatendighwa kwa kumuhulikitsa Imulungu.
22 Hambele Yesu ne iwanang'ina wake waghenda mne isi ya Yudeya, ako kakala nawo, na tsakawabatitsa iwanu.
23 Pfipfila Yohane yang'ali yobatitsa Ainoni habehi ne Salemu, kwaapfila hanu aho tsahana ghamatsi mengi. Iwanu wang'ali womghendela, naye yang'ali yowabatitsa.
24 Ghamatsuwa agho Yohane tsakakala ng'ana yohighwe mchifungo.
25 Iwanang'ina wangi wa Yohane na Myahudi yumwe wang'ali weghutsaghutsa kwa mbuli ya ukuhopfugha ghamaghulu na ghamoko.
26 Apfo wamghendela Yohane, wamlongela, “Mlangulitsi, imunu yula iyakalile naghwe kumwambu kwe tsiwa Yoridani, ayula yutulongele mbuli tsake, sambi kobatitsa na iwanu wose womghendela.”
27 Yohane kawedika, “Kuduhu imunu iyodaha kubokela ichinu ka ng'eng'ighwe bae ne Imulungu iyali kulanga.
28 Mwemwe iwenyegho mwa iwakalangama haniwalongele, ‘Nene si Kiristu Mkombotsi bae, ila nene nitumighwa nimlongole.’
29 Iyali na pinga iyokwelighwa, ayo iyo immale iyomkwela. Sale wake immale iyokwela kombeta na komtegheletsa, kodeng'elela hayohulika litsi lyake. Sambi ndeng'elo yangu itimila.
30 Yeye kobamighwa awe mkulu, nene nobamighwa niwe mdodo.”
31 Ayula iyolawila kulanga ka mkulu kubita wose. Imunu wa iisi kolawa muisi, na kolonga mbuli tse isi, ila iyolawila kulanga ka mkulu kubita wose.
32 Yeye kolonga chayonile na chayahulike, lekeni kuduhu imunu iyotoghola mbuli tsalongile.
