18 Shɨnɨɨsho she nɨɨmwe mʉlɨ, kʉnongwa ye akhabhalɨlo khe uYookhani uMwozyi áyinzile, atakhalyanga awe kʉmwela, ɨmwe mʉkhatɨ, ‘Alemiilwe ni pepu ibhiibhi!’
kʉnongwa ye akhayɨbha nʉ wʉpɨtɨ kufuma kwa Mwene. Ʉmwana wʉnʉʉyo te akhamwelaje akhantʉ khokhonti khe khakʉkhola, lyoli amakha ga Mupepu uMufinjile gakhayɨbha nawo kufuma akhabhalɨlo khe alɨ mʉ lwanda mwa nyina waakwe.
UYookhani akhakwataga ʉmwenda we bhátabhɨɨye amasepe agɨ ngamɨla, akhayipinyaga nɨ lambɨ ɨlyɨ gwembe mʉ mʉsana waakwe. Ishaakulya shaakwe sháamɨle mpʉlaala nu wooshi ʉwa mwɨ sengo.
Abhinji mukaasi yaabho bhakhatɨ, “Wʉnʉʉnʉ alɨ na mapepu amabhiibhi, khabhɨlɨ gamulalusiizye, mutamutejelezyaje.”
ABhayahuudi bhakhamwamʉla uYeesu bhakhatɨ, “Bhʉlɨ, tʉtakʉlonga zya nalyoli we tʉkʉtɨ ɨwe we Musamaliya na kʉtɨ ʉlɨ ni pepu ibhiibhi?”
Ɨmpʉga ɨya bhantʉ yɨkhamwamʉla yɨkhatɨ, “Ɨwe ʉlɨ ni pepu ibhiibhi! Wu naanu we akwanza kʉkʉgoga?”
Umumanyili abhe anzu mumanyizyi waakwe nu mutumwa abhe anzʉ mwene waakwe. Ɨnga bhamuteshile ʉmʉsongo uwi nyumba kʉtɨ wu Belizebuuli, bhʉlɨ, bhatangabhabhɨlɨshɨla ɨtaawa ibhiibhi nhaani bhe bhalɨ mu nyumba yaakwe?
Lyoli ɨnkʉwʉyɨmvwa na kʉwʉlʉbhɨzya ʉmʉbhɨlɨ waanɨ kujimbiilila ɨnga we nalʉmbɨɨlɨla abhantʉ abhanjɨ iNtumi iNyinza, ɨne ʉMʉlʉngʉ atakhanhaane.
We ʉPaʉlo akʉlamba, uFesito akhamʉtoneela kwi zi ɨlya kʉdandɨzya akhatɨ, “Ɨwe Paʉlo! Ʉlɨ ni shilaalusi! Kʉbhaazya kwakho nhaani kwe kwakupa ishilaalusi!”
Ɨleelo aBhafalisaayi bhakhabhʉzanyaaga bhakhatɨnjɨ, “Akʉbhɨnga amapepu amabhiibhi kʉ waamʉlo wa mʉpɨtɨ wa mapepu!”
‘Twaabhakhomeeye ɨmfwɨlɨmbo, ɨleelo mʉtɨmbaga! Twaabhɨmbɨɨye ɨnyɨmbo ɨzya wuswimiilizu, ɨleelo mʉtalɨlaga!’
Bhoope abhamanyizyi abhɨ ndajɨzyo bhe bháfumile ku Yelusaleemu bhakhatɨnjɨ, “Alɨ nu Belizebuuli, ʉmʉpɨtɨ wa mapepu! Wʉnʉʉyo we akuumupa ʉwaamʉlo ʉwa kʉbhɨnga amapepu amabhiibhi.”
Pe aBhayahuudi bhakhamʉbhʉʉzya uYeesu bhakhatɨ, “Ishi twamanya kʉtɨ nalyoli ʉlɨ ni pepu ibhiibhi! UAbulahaamu na bhakuwi bha Mʉlʉngʉ bháfuuye, ɨleelo ɨwe ʉkʉtɨ, ‘Nalyoli ɨnkʉbhabhʉʉzya, umuntu wowonti we alitinikha izwi lyanɨ, te akhaafwe naalumo!’