28 Ninwi enye mu mashudhia gangu kukala naamba, ‘Mimi si Masihi,’ ela naamba, ‘Nahumwa mbereze.’
Marihofika kuko, Johana k'akahalire kuadzigidzya, ela waambira lwazu-lwazu akiamba, “Mimi si iye Masihi bule.”
Johana akidzigidzya akiamba, “Here nabii Isaya arizhonena, Mimi ni mut'u alutaye mumiro ko nyika na kuamba, ‘Mutengezereni Bwana ngira ya kugoloka.’ ”
Yuyu Johana ndiye ariyeambwa ni nabii Isaya haryahu arihonena akiamba, “Mut'u analuta mumirowe ko nyika na kuamba, ‘Mutengezereni ngira Bwana, Mutengezereni ngira ya kugoloka.’ ”
Bai makimuza Johana makiamba, “Kala k'u Masihi na k'u Elija, hedu ye nabii humutharizaye, mbona unabat'iza at'u?”
“Na uwe mwanangu, bai undaifwa nabii wa Mulungu ariye dzulu ya zhosi kwani undamuthangulia Bwana kwamba umutengezere ngiraye,
Na iye bai ndiye adzaye nyuma yangu ambaye mimi siv̱irya hatha kumuvula virahuzhe.”