5 Ndipo ŵazanga kwaku iyo kutuliya charu chose cha Yuda, ndi wose ŵamu Yerusalemu: ŵabatizikanga ndi iyo mu msinji Yordane, ŵakusumuwa vilakwa vyawo.
Kwananga kwangu ndingumuziŵiskani, ndipo kubende kwangu kuti ndingubisa cha; ndinguti, “Ndizomerenge mamphuru ghangu ku Ambuya”; ndipo imwe mungugowoke kwananga kwa uheni wangu.
Mweniyo wabisa mautimbanizi ghake kuti wakasakatanga cha, kweni mweniyo wazomera ndi kughareka wakarondiyanga lisungu.
Ndipo yingumrondo mizinda yikuru kutuwa ku Galile ndi Dekapoli, Yerusalemu ndi Yuda ndi sirgha liyala Yordane.
Kunguŵa kuti Yohane wabatizanga mu bozwa lo, ndi wamemezanga ubatizo wa ching'anamuka cha ku chireke cha vilakwa.
Kweni Yohane wavwaranga weya wa gamila, ndi likwamba la chikoŵe mu chiunu mwake, ndipo warghanga ŵazombe ndi uchi wa mumdondo.
Ivi vinguŵapo mu Betaniya kusirgha ku Yordane, kweniko Yohane wabatizanga.
Yohane nayo wabatizanga mu Ainone pafupi ndi Salima, pakuti ghengako maji ghanandi; ndipo ŵanthu ŵazanga ndi ŵabatizikanga.
Yuwa wenga lumbuni lakukole ndi lakuŵala; ndipo imwe mungukhumba kusangaruskika kwa kanyengo mu ukweru wake.
Anandi so ŵaku wo ŵanguvwana ŵazanga, ŵakujisumuwa ndi ŵakuzomera machitidu ghawo.
Ndipo Petro wanguti kwaku wo, “Ng'anamukani, ndipo munthu yose waku imwe wabatizikiye mu zina laku Yesu Kristu ku chireke cha vilakwa vinu; ndipo mukarondanga mpasku wa Mzimu Wakupaturika.
Viyo sumuliranani vilakwa vinu, ndipo romberanani, viyo kuti muchizgike. Niniziku la murunji ndanthazi ukongwa pakuchita.
Viyo Yoswa wangukamba ndi Akani, “Wa mwana wangu, paska unkhankhu ku Ambuya Chiuta waku Yisraele, ndipo upereke marumbu kwaku Iyo, ndinene cho wachita, ungandibisa cha.”