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.