Matayo 3 - EKITABO EKIRIKWERA BAIBULI N'EBITABO EBY'OMUBONANO APOKURUFA/DYUTROKANONIKO

¹ Omu biro ebyo Yohaana Omubatizi akaija naarangirira omu ihamba rya Buyudaaya ati:

² Mwegarukyemu, ahabw'okuba obukama bw'Ow'omu iguru buri haihi.

³ Yohaana ogwo niwe ou Isaaya omurangi yaagambireho, ati: Hariho eiraka ry'orikwamuriza omu ihamba, ati: Mutebeekanisize Mukama omuhanda, muringaanize otuhanda twe.

⁴ Yohaana ogwo akaba ajwara ekijwaro ky'ebyoya by'engamira, ayezirikisa orukoba rw'oruhu; ebyokurya bye biri enzigye n'obwoki bw'omu ishwa.

⁵ Aba Yerusalemu na Buyudaaya yoona n'ab'omu byanga byona ebiri haihi n'omugyera Yorudaani baija ahu ari,

⁶ yaababatiriza omu mugyera Yorudaani nibaatura ebibi byabo.

⁷ Kwonka Yohaana, ku yaareebire Abafarisaayo n'Abasadukaayo baingi nibaija kubatizibwa, yaabagira ati: Imwe baana b'empiri 'mwe, n'oha obahabwire kuhunga ekiniga ekirikwenda kwija?

⁸ Mbwenu ku muraabe mwegarukiremu, nimukyorekyere omu mitwarize yaanyu,

⁹ kandi murekye kweraata nimwegambaho muti: Twine Aburahamu, niwe tataitwe. Manya nyowe nimbagambira nti: Ruhanga amabaare aga naabaasa kugaihiramu Aburahamu abaijukuru.

¹⁰ Na hati empango etairwe aha mizi y'emiti; n'ahabw'ekyo omuti gwona ogutarikwana bijuma birungi, nigutemwa, nigunagwa omu muriro.

¹¹ Nyowe nimbabatiza n'amaizi ahabw'okwegarukamu, kwonka ogwo orikuunyija enyima, nankiza obushoboorozi, kandi tinshemereire kumukwatira nkaito, we aryabatiza na Mutima Orikwera n'omu muriro.

¹² Orugari rwe rw'okuheheeza rumuri omu ngaro; naija kuboneza embuga ye, ahunikye engano ze omu kitara; reero ebishushunga abyotsye omu muriro ogutaraara.

Okubatizibwa kwa Yesu

¹³ Bwanyima Yesu akaruga Galilaaya, yaija Yorudaani kubatizibwa Yohaana.

¹⁴ Kwonka Yohaana yaayenda kumwangira naamugira ati: Manya niinye naakwetengire ngu ombatize, kandi mbwenu niinye waijaho!

¹⁵ Yesu yaamugarukamu ati: Mbwenu ikiriza kibe kityo. Manya tushemereire kuhikiiriza byona ebi Ruhanga arikutwendeza kukora. Yohaana atyo amwikiriza.

¹⁶ Yesu, ku yaaherize kubatizibwa, ahonaaho yaajabuka omu maizi, eiguru ryakinguuka, yaareeba Mutima wa Ruhanga naashuuma nk'enkombe naamwijaho,

¹⁷ kandi eiraka ryayema omu iguru, nirigira riti: Ogu n'Omwana wangye ou nkunda, kandi ou nshemerererwa munonga.