21 Nao yamuzya yati, “Uzye lyene wewe weni? Uzye wewe Eliya?” Nawe aasuka ati, “Asi nene Eliya.” Nao yamuzya yati, “Uzye ale wewe kasema wino tukalolela?” Nawe aasuka ati, “Awe.”
“Lelo lino uwanda uo ukulu uwakofya wakwe Yawe utali kuti ufike, ndamutumila kasema Eliya.
Lyene ndi mukasi kutaila mazwi yano alembwamo, Yoane ali Eliya kwene, wino ukwiza kwakwe kwasowilwe.
Nao yaasuka yati, “Yamwi yakati wewe Yoane Kawatizya. Yamwi yakati wewe Eliya. Alino yamwi nao yakati wewe Yelemiya, nanti wewe umwi wamuli yakasema.”
Antu amwi umba yaasuka yati, “Wi ali kasema, Yesu uwaku Nazaleti, ku Galile.”
Nupya wene alakolelela Mwene, mu kuposya kwa mwenzo nu mu maka wakwe vino kasema Eliya wali. Nupya alakundanya ana na ya isi, nu kusenula yacipote kuti yatandike kulondela inzila zyawololoke, pakuti ateyanyizizye antu ku kwiza kwa Mwene.”
Lyene yamunena yati, “Lyene tunene cipuma, kuti tukanene yano atutumile; uzye wemwisikulu ukayaama uti uli?”
yuzya Yoane yati, “Uzye wemo ndi usi Katuula uwalavilwe, nanti Eliya, nanti kasema wino tukalolela, pacani ukawatizya?”
Caleka lino antu yalola cilangililo cino Yesu wacita yavwanga yati, “Cumi wii ali kasema wino malembelo yakati ali nu kwiza!”
Caleka yamwi mwi umba lino yuvwa mazwi yaa, yati, “Umuntu wii akasema mu cumi!”