23 Yeye mumane kubuela mu ntempelo, bamfumu ba bakuidi ne bakulu ba bantu bakalua kudiye pavuaye ulongesha, bakakonka ne: “Mbukokeshi kayi buudi wenza nabu malu aa? Nnganyi udi mukupeshe bukokeshi ebu?”+ 24 Yezu wakabandamuna ne: “Meme panyi nennuebeje bualu bumue. Nuenu bangambile, nunku nennuambile panyi bukokeshi bundi ngenza nabu malu aa: 25 Dibatiza dia Yone divua difumine kuepi? Mu diulu anyi kudi bantu?”* Kadi bakatuadija kuelangana meji munkatshi muabu, bamba ne: “Tuetu bambe ne: ‘Mmu diulu,’ neatuambile ne: ‘Kadi bua tshinyi kanuvua bamuitabuje?’+ 26 Kadi tuetu bambe ne: ‘Kudi bantu,’ tudi ne bua kutshina musumba wa bantu, bualu bonso badi bangata Yone bu mmuprofete.” 27 Nunku bakandamuna Yezu ne: “Katuena bamanye to.” Yeye pende kubambila ne: “Meme panyi tshiena nnuambila bukokeshi bundi ngenza nabu malu aa to.

20 Dituku dikuabu pavuaye ulongesha bantu mu ntempelo ne wamba lumu luimpe, bamfumu ba bakuidi, ne bafundi, ne bakulu bakalua, 2 bakamukonka ne: “Tuambila, mbukokeshi kayi buudi wenza nabu malu aa? Anyi nnganyi udi mukupeshe bukokeshi ebu?”+ 3 Wakabandamuna ne: “Meme panyi nennuele lukonko, ne nuenu nungandamune: 4 Dibatiza dia Yone divua difume mu diulu anyi kudi bantu?”* 5 Ke bobu kuelangana meji munkatshi muabu, bamba ne: “Tuetu bambe ne: ‘Mmu diulu,’ neambe ne: ‘Bua tshinyi kanuvua bamuitabuje?’ 6 Kadi tuetu bambe ne: ‘Kudi bantu,’ bantu bonso nebatuase mabue, bualu mbatuishibue ne: Yone uvua muprofete.”+ 7 Ke bobu kumuandamuna ne: kabavua bamanye kuvuadi difumine to. 8 Yezu wakabambila ne: “Meme panyi tshiena nnuambila bukokeshi bundi ngenza nabu malu aa to.”