Matayo 3: 1 Muri iyo minsi haza Yohana Umubatiza, abwiriza mu butayu bwa Yudaya, 3: 2 Ati: "Mwihane, kuko ubwami bwo mwijuru buri hafi. 3: 3 Kuko ari we wavuzwe n'umuhanuzi Esai, avuga ati: ijwi ry'umuntu urira mu butayu, Witegure inzira y'Uwiteka, inzira ze zigororoke. 3: 4 Yohana umwe yari afite imyenda ye yimisatsi yingamiya, n'umukandara w'uruhu ku rukenyerero rwe; kandi inyama ze zari inzige n'ubuki bwo mu gasozi. 5: 5 Yasohokera i Yeruzalemu, Yudaya yose, n'akarere kose hafi ya Yorodani, 3: 6 Barabatizwa muri Yorodani, bemera ibyaha byabo. 3: 7 Ariko abonye Abafarisayo n'Abasadukayo benshi baza kubatizwa, Arababwira ati: "Yemwe ibisekuru by'inzoka, yakuburiye guhunga uburakari buzaza? 3: 8 Uzane imbuto rero zihure kugirango bihane: 3: 9 Ntutekereze kuvuga muri mwe ngo: Dufite Aburahamu kuri data: kuko ndabibabwiye, yuko Imana ishoboye aya mabuye kuzamura abana kuri Aburahamu. 3:10 Noneho ishoka irashyirwa mu mizi y'ibiti: buri wese rero igiti cyera imbuto nziza kiracibwa, kijugunywa muri umuriro. 3:11 Nukuri ndabatizwa n'amazi kugirango mwihane, ariko uzaza nyuma yanjye irandusha imbaraga, inkweto zanjye sinkwiriye kwihanganira: we azabatizwa n'Umwuka Wera, n'umuriro: 3:12 Umufana we uri mu kuboko kwe, kandi azahanagura hasi hasi, kandi kwegeranya ingano ze mu bigori; ariko azatwika ibyatsi umuriro utazima. 3:13 Hanyuma Yesu avuye i Galilaya yerekeza muri Yorodani kwa Yohana, kugira ngo abatizwe we. 3:14 Ariko Yohana aramubuza, ati: "Nkeneye kubatizwa, kandi uraza aho ndi? 3:15 Yesu aramusubiza aramubwira ati: Nimubabaze ubu, kuko ari ko biri itubera gusohoza gukiranuka kwose. Hanyuma aramubabaza. 3:16 Yesu amaze kubatizwa, yahise asohoka mu mazi: nuko, ijuru rirakingurira, abona Umwuka w'Imana kumanuka nk'inuma, ukamucana: 3:17 Dore ijwi riva mu ijuru rivuga riti 'Uyu ni Umwana wanjye nkunda, uwo ndi kumwe ndishimye cyane.