3 Ndipo wanguza mu charu chose chakuzunguliya Yordane, wakumemeza ubatizo wa ching'anamuka ku chireke cha vyakulakwa;
kwachiziŵiska Utaski ku khamu lake mu chireke cha vyakulakwa vyawo,
Ndipo sono usweriyanji? Soka, ubatizike, ndi usambe vilakwa vyako, wakudaniya pa zina lake.’
Ndipo wanguti Paulo, “Yohane wangubatiza chibatizo cha ching'anamuka, pakukambiya khamu lo, kuti ŵavwane mwaku yo wakhasanga kuza pavuli pake, ndiku kuti, paku Yesu.”
penipo, wenga wandaze iyo, Yohane wangumemeze limu ku khamu lose laku Yisraele chibatizo cha ching'anamuka.
Ndipo wanguza kwaku Yohane, wangumnene, “Msambizgi, munthu yo wenga nawe sirgha liya Yordane, kwaku yo iwe wapanikizganga, awona, wabatiza, ndipo wose wamotoke kwaku iyo.”
“Ine nadi ndikubatizani ndi maji ku ching'anamuka: kweni yo watuza pavulipangu ngwanthazi ndi ine, viyatu vyaku mweniyo kuti nde wakwenere cha ine kufwatuwa. Iyo wamkukubatizani ndi Mzimu Wakupaturika ndi moto.
Ivi vinguŵapo mu Betaniya kusirgha ku Yordane, kweniko Yohane wabatizanga.
Ndipo ŵanandi ŵa ŵana ŵaku Yisraele waŵang'anamuskiyenge ku Ambuya Chiuta wawo.
Ndipo Yesu, wakuzala ndi Mzimu Wakupaturika, wanguweko ku Yordane, ndipo warongozgekiyanga ndi Mzimu mu bozwa,