21 Ŵangumfumba, “Na uli? Kumbi ndiwe Eliya?” Ndipo wali, “Kuti ndine iyo cha.” “Kumbi ndiwe mchimi?” Ndipo wangwamuka, “Awa!”
“Awonani, nkhamutumiyaninga Eliya mchimi, lenga lindazi zuŵa likuru ndi lakofya la Ambuya,
Ndipo asani mukhumba kuwuronde, Yohane, ndiyo Eliya yo wazanga.
Ndipo wangumfumba, “Na ubatiziyanji asani iwe kuti ndiwe Kristu cha, chingana ndi Eliya chingana ndi mchimi yo?”
Wanguti iwo, “Ŵanyake ŵatiti, Yohane Mbatizi, ŵanyake ŵatiti Eliya; ndi ŵamwenga, Yeremiya, pamwenga yumoza wa ŵamchimi.”
Ŵamu mzinda pakuvwa mazu gho ŵatinge, “Nadidi, mwenuyu ndi mchimi yo.”
Ndipo iyo wadanjiriyenge pa maso pake mu mzimu ndi nthazi yaku Eliya, kwaching'anamuliya mitima ya ŵatate ku ŵana, ndi ŵamtafu ku vinjeru vya ŵarunji, kwachirongosole Ambuya khamu lakurongosoleka.”
Ndipo yanenanga mizinda yo, “Uyu ndi mchimi Yesu, waku Nazarete waku Galilie.”
Viyo wangumfumba, “Ndiwe yani? Alinga tipaske kwamuka ku ŵakutituma. Utitinji ndi wamweni?”
Viyo ŵachiwona wo ŵanthu chisimisimi cho wanguchita, ŵatinge, “Nadidi, mwenuyu ndi mchimi yo watuza mu charu.”