6 Kweni asani tingati ‘Kutuwa ku ŵanthu,’ khamu lose lo litipong'enge mya; chifukwa ndakukhorwa kuti Yohane wenga mchimi.”
Kweni asani tititi, ‘Kutuwa ku ŵanthu’; titopa mzinda wo; chifukwa wose ŵe nayo Yohane nge ndi mchimi.”
Kumbi mungutuliya chine? Kwachiwona mchimi? Inyadi, ndinene imwe, ndi wakuruska mchimi,
Sono yinguruta nduna yo pamoza ndi ŵamirizi, ndi kuŵato, kwambura nkhaza, chifukwa ŵawopanga khamu lo, vinu ŵangapong'eka mya.
Ndipo ŵangumziya ŵanandi; ndipo ŵakambanga, “Yohane wengavi kuchita chisimikizgu: kweni vyose vyo Yohane wangukambiya paku uyu munthu, vyenga vyakuneneska.”
Nawe so, wamwana, udanikenge mchimi wa wamdengwendi: chifukwa udanjiriyenge paurongo pa chisku cha Mbuya, kwachirongoso nthowa zake;
Ndipo ŵapenjanga kumko; kweni ŵangopa mzinda wo; chifukwa ŵanguteska kuti wakambiyanga paku iwo ntharika yo; ndipo ŵangumeleka, ŵanguruta.
Kweni ŵanenanga, “Mu dghera cha, vinu chingaŵapo chiwawa mu khamu lo.”
Ndipo pakupenja kuti ŵamuko, ŵangopa mizinda yo, pakuti yenga nayo nge ndi mchimi.
Ndipo pakukhumba kumubaya, wangopa mzinda wo, pakuti ŵangumpimiya nge ndi mchimi.
Kweni ŵaFarisi ndi ŵamarangu ŵangujikaniya khumbu laku Chiuta, pakuŵavi kubatizika ndi iyo.
Ndipo iwo ŵangususkana kwaku ŵija, ŵakuti, “Asani tingati, ‘Kutuwa kuchanya’, wanenenge, ‘Na chifukwa chine mungureka kuvwana nayo?’
Ndipo ŵangwamuka kuti ŵengavi kuziŵa kweniko ungutuliya.