Ŵanthu akondwanga ukongwa ndi Yohane chifukwa cha mo wawonekiyanga ndipuso chifukwa cha uthenga wo wapharazganga. Iyu wavwalanga malaya ngakupangika ndi weya wa ngamila ndipuso wavwalanga lamba wachikopa muchiwunu mwaki. Chakurya chaki chenga azombi ndi uchi. Kumbi wapharazganga uthenga wuli? Uthenga waki wenga wakuti, “Lapani, chifukwa Ufumu waku Chiuta we pafupi.”—Mateyu 3:2.

Uthenga waku Yohane waŵafikanga pa mtima ŵanthu wo azanga kuzimuvwisiya. Ŵanthu anandi anguziŵa kuti akhumbikanga kusintha vakuchita vawu kweniso mo aŵanaŵaniyanga, ndipu yiwu angusintha nadi. Ŵanthu ŵenaŵa atuliyanga mu ‘Yerusalemu kweniso mu Yudeya mosi ndi charu chosi chakuzunguliya Yorodani.’ (Mateyu 3:5) Anandi wo avwisiyanga uthenga waku Yohane angulapa ndipu wanguŵabatiza mwakuŵabiza mumaji mu msinji wa Yorodani. Ntchifukwa wuli wanguŵabatiza?

Mwaviyo, uthenga wo Yohane wangupharazga wakuti: “Lapani, chifukwa Ufumu waku Chiuta we pafupi,” wenga wakwenere nadi. (Mateyu 3:2) Uthenga uwu unguwovya ŵanthu wosi kuziŵa kuti uteŵeti waku Yesu Khristu, Fumu yo Yehova yikusankha, unguja kamanavi kwamba.