5 Ndipo kungutuliya kwaku iyo Yerusalemu ndi Yuda yose ndi charu chose chakuzunguliya Yordane;
Kweni wachipapika Yesu mu Betelehemu waku Yuda mu mazuŵa ghaku Herode karonga yo, wonani, ŵaukwi ŵaku vuma ŵanguza ku Yerusalemu, ŵakuti,
Ndipo yingumrondo mizinda yikuru kutuwa ku Galile ndi Dekapoli, Yerusalemu ndi Yuda ndi sirgha liyala Yordane.
Ndipo ŵazanga kwaku iyo kutuliya charu chose cha Yuda, ndi wose ŵamu Yerusalemu: ŵabatizikanga ndi iyo mu msinji Yordane, ŵakusumuwa vilakwa vyawo.
“Langulu lo ndi ŵamchimi wo ŵengako mpaka Yohane: kutuwa kweniko ufumu waku Chiuta umemezeka, ndipo yose waphatikizgamo nthowa zake.
Ndipo wanguza mu charu chose chakuzunguliya Yordane, wakumemeza ubatizo wa ching'anamuka ku chireke cha vyakulakwa;
Viyo waneniyanga mizinda yakuziya kwachibatizika ndi iyo, “Mphapu za njoka, njani wangukucheŵeskani kuthaŵa kandundu ko katuza?
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.