24 Niko uja mwai ukafuma ukamkotia mae, “Welee, nilombe kii?” Mae ukamzera, “Lomba chongo cha Johane M'baputizi.”
Ndekuwadie mndungi wa nyumbenyi kwapo useichi, kula mundu uchagha nadamkaribisha vindo.
Wandu wawiwi wadashoa chufu na kuruda ndana rawo, wipate kuwisera wakiwa na awo wisowagha, na kuwibwagha wandu wecha.
Mmbiwi wadabonya mpango ghom'bonya mhachi kiwiwi, na kuja maghegho aighu yake.
Wabonyi kiwiwi wikaningiria na kukunda kunibwagha, wichakuwa na kughwa.
Nao moni ukifundishwa ni mae ukaghamba, “Nineke idakoni aha sahaninyi chongo cha Johane M'baputizi.”
Matuku agho Johane M'baputizi ukacha kireti cha Judea ukazoya kuchila
Sena ukamghemia, “Icho chose kuchaanilomba, nichakuneka, hata nusu ya wuzuri ghwapo.”
Mwai ukawuya shwa, ukangia kwa mzuri, ukamzera, “Nakunda kunineke aha sahaninyi idakoni chongo cha Johane M'baputizi.”
Jonadabu ukamzera, “Oho lala wulinyi, kukubonye kooka mkongo, hata iji ndeyo wacha kukuzighana kumzere, ‘Mleke Tamari wakedu uche unineke vindo nije; uvideke moni ngiwona nao unineke na mkonu ghwake nije.’”