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3 Mu nshiku shilya Yohane Kabatisha+ aishile alebila mu matololo+ ya mu Yudea, 2 ati: “Lapileni,+ pantu ubufumu bwa mu muulu nabupalama.”+ 3 Na kuba, uyu e o balandapo kuli kasesema Esaya+ mu mashiwi ayatila: “Umfweni! Umuntu alebilikisha mu matololo aleti, ‘Pekanyeni+ inshila ya kwa Yehova! Lungamikeni inshila shakwe.’” 4 Kabili uyu wine Yohane alefwala ica kufwala ca masako+ ya ngamila no mushipi+ wa mpapa mu musana; ne fya kulya alelya ni makanta+ no buci+ bwa mu mpanga. 5 E lyo aba mu Yerusalemu na bonse aba mu Yudea na ba mu mpanga yonse iyashingulwike Yordani baile kuli ena, 6 na o alebatisha abantu mu Mumana wa Yordani+ kabili baleyebelela imembu shabo apabuuta.
7 Ilyo fye amwene abaFarise abengi na baSaduke+ baleisa uko alebatishisha, abebele ati: “Mwe bana ba nsoka mwe,+ nani amusokele ukufulumuka ubukali ubuleisa?+ 8 E ico citeni ifintu ifilelanga ukuti namulapila;*+ 9 kabili mwilatila, ‘Twalikwata shifwe Abrahamu.’+ Pantu ndemweba, nati, Lesa ali na maka ya kwalula aya amabwe ukuba abana ba kwa Abrahamu.+ 10 Kale kale isembe+ lili kwi shinte lya muti; e ico umuti onse uushitwala ifisabo ifisuma bakautema+ no ku-upoosa mu mulilo.+ 11 Ine ndemubatisha mu menshi+ pa mulandu wa kulapila kwenu;+ lelo uuleisa+ pa numa alincila amaka, kabili nshalinga ukumufuula indyato.+ Ulya ena akamubatishisha ku mupashi+ wa mushilo na ku mulilo.+ 12 Ica kwelelako cakwe cili mu minwe yakwe kabili akawamya bwino bwino apa kupumina ingano, no kulonganya ingano no kushibika mu butala,+ lelo imisungu akayoca+ mu mulilo uushingashima.”
13 E lyo Yesu afumine ku Galili+ no kwisa ku Yordani kuli Yohane, pa kuti amubatishe.+ 14 Lelo Yohane aeseshe ukumulesha ati: “Ni we ufwile ukumbatisha, kabili ni we wise kuli ine?” 15 Yesu ayaswike ati: “Leka cibe ifi fine pali ino nshita, pantu nacilinga ifwe ukucita fyonse ifyalungama.”+ E lyo Yohane asumine. 16 Ilyo Yesu abatishiwe, apo pene afumine mu menshi; kabili, moneni! umuulu waliswike,+ kabili amwene umupashi wa kwa Lesa uleika kwati ni nkunda,+ uleisa pali ena.+ 17 Moneni! kabili, kwali ne shiwi+ ukufuma mu muulu aliti: “Uyu e Mwana wandi,+ uwatemwikwa,+ uo nsekelamo.”+