1 Mu nsiku ziila we uYeesu alɨ ku Naazaleti áfumiiye uYookhani uMwozyi akhalʉmbɨlɨlaga mu shilozu ɨsha mu Yudeeya. Akhabhabhʉzyaga abhantʉ akhatɨnjɨ,
Ishi ɨwe mwana waanɨ, bhatɨkʉtekhaje kʉtɨ mukuwi wa Mʉlʉngʉ ʉMʉpɨtɨ ʉwa kʉmwanya, kʉnongwa ye ʉtɨmʉlongolele ʉMwene, ɨnga ʉmʉgombele ʉweene ɨdala,
Nalyoli ɨnkʉbhabhʉʉzya kʉtɨ, mʉ bhantʉ bhonti bhe bhapapiilwe na bhantanda, atafumiiye nʉʉmo we mʉpɨtɨ kʉmʉshɨla uYookhani uMwozyi. Ɨleelo, umuntu we munsi nhaani mʉ wʉmwene ʉwa kʉmwanya, we mʉpɨtɨ kʉmʉshɨla ʉweene.
Akhalʉmbɨlɨlaga akhatɨnjɨ, “Akhabhalɨlo khafishile, khabhɨlɨ ʉwʉmwene ʉwa kʉmwanya wʉpalamɨɨye. Ishi laataji imbiibhi zyinyu na kʉzɨlekha, na kʉzyɨtɨkha iNtumi iNyinza ɨzya Mʉlʉngʉ.”
Bhakhamwamʉla bhakhatɨ, “Bhamu bhakʉtɨ we Yookhani uMwozyi, bhamu bhakʉtɨ we Eliya, bhamu bhakʉtɨ we Yelemiya awe weeka mu bhakuwi abhamwabho.”
Bhanaabho bhabhɨlɨ we bhasogola panaapo, uYeesu akhanda kʉyɨbhʉʉzya ɨmpʉga ya bhantʉ kʉ zya Yookhani akhatɨ, “Mwabhalaga kwenya khooni ku shilozu kuula? Bhʉlɨ, mwabhalaga kwenya umuntu we atalɨ na makha ngatɨ lɨtete lye impepu yikuyinzanya?
We abhalandati bha Yookhani bhasogola, uYeesu akhanda kʉyɨbhʉʉzya ɨmpʉga ya bhantʉ kʉ zya Yookhani akhatɨ, “Mwabhalaga kwenya khooni ku shilozu kuula? Bhʉlɨ, mwabhalaga kwenya umuntu we atalɨ na makha ngatɨ lɨtete lye impepu yikuyinzanya?
Ishi bhombaji ɨmbombo inyinza zye zɨkʉlolesya kʉtɨ mulaatile imbiibhi zyinyu zyonti, anzi kwi lye lɨkwela amatunda aminza.
Kʉnongwa ye uYookhani áyinzile kukwinyu kwɨ dala ɨlya wugolosu, ɨmwe mutámwitishile. Ɨleelo abhasonshezya nsonho na bhabhembu bhámwitishile. Ɨmwe poope we mwazɨlola zyonti zɨnɨɨzyo, mʉtakhalaata na kʉmwɨtɨkha.”
anza she yisimbiilwe nu mukuwi ʉYeesaya, kʉtɨ ʉMʉlʉngʉ átɨlɨ, “Yeenya, ɨnhayɨmʉsonteelezya we akʉtwala intumi mwɨlongolela lyakho, akhayɨlɨngaanya ɨdala lyakho ɨlya kwɨnzɨla.