23Pfipfila Yohane yang'ali yobatitsa Ainoni habehi ne Salemu, kwaapfila hanu aho tsahana ghamatsi mengi. Iwanu wang'ali womghendela, naye yang'ali yowabatitsa.
24Ghamatsuwa agho Yohane tsakakala ng'ana yohighwe mchifungo.
25Iwanang'ina wangi wa Yohane na Myahudi yumwe wang'ali weghutsaghutsa kwa mbuli ya ukuhopfugha ghamaghulu na ghamoko.
26Apfo wamghendela Yohane, wamlongela, “Mlangulitsi, imunu yula iyakalile naghwe kumwambu kwe tsiwa Yoridani, ayula yutulongele mbuli tsake, sambi kobatitsa na iwanu wose womghendela.”
27Yohane kawedika, “Kuduhu imunu iyodaha kubokela ichinu ka ng'eng'ighwe bae ne Imulungu iyali kulanga.
28Mwemwe iwenyegho mwa iwakalangama haniwalongele, ‘Nene si Kiristu Mkombotsi bae, ila nene nitumighwa nimlongole.’
Yohane 3
Yohane 3:23-28