6 Bei̱tu̱ b̯utwakakoba, ‘Bantu boobo baab̯u̱mu̱heeri̱,’ bantu bensei̱ bakwi̱za kutulasa mahi̱ga, hab̯wakubba bantu bali bananu̱ku̱ nti, Yohaana yaali mu̱ragu̱ri̱ wa Ruhanga.”
Bei̱tu̱ b̯utwakakoba, ‘Bantu boobo bab̯u̱mu̱heeri̱,’ ki̱kyo ki̱ku̱u̱tu̱u̱ti̱i̱ni̱sya hab̯wakubba bantu bensei̱ beicala bananu̱ku̱ nti, Yohaana yaali mu̱ragu̱ri̱ wa Ruhanga.”
Kale kyani, ki̱mwagyendi̱ri̱ kuwona? Mu̱ragu̱ri̱ wa Ruhanga? Ki̱kyo kyokyo, kandi nkubaweera, yogwo gi̱mwaweeni̱, akukiraho mu̱ragu̱ri̱.
Kinyakuhonderaho, mweku̱lemberi̱ wa basurukali ba Yeekaru hamwei̱ na basurukali baamwe, baagyendi̱ri̱ mu zi̱gati̱ gya Yeekaru, baakwata bab̯wo bakwenda, baabaleeta. Batakabakwati̱sye maani, hab̯wakubba baati̱i̱nengi̱ kukola kubiibi bab̯wo bakwenda, bantu nibakabalasa mahi̱ga.
Hei̱nyu̱ma bantu banene hoi̱ bei̱zi̱ri̱ hali yo. Mu̱kwi̱za kwab̯u baabazengi̱ bankei na bankei nibakoba, “Yohaana atakakore kawoneru kensei̱, bei̱tu̱ bintu byensei̱ bya Yohaana bi̱yaabazi̱ri̱ho ku yogo mudulu byali bya mananu.”
We mwanange, okwi̱za kwetwanga; mu̱ragu̱ri̱ wa naani, mu̱ragu̱ri̱ wa Ruhanga; Ruhanga Yogwo wa Hakyendi̱ hoi̱; oligyendera, mu mei̱so ga Mukama; oteekanize bantu, hab̯wa kwi̱za kwamwe.
B̯u̱yaabazi̱ri̱ yatyo beegesa ba biragiro beetegereza nti boobo bayaalingi naakubazaho na mu ngeera, baatoolya mu̱li̱ngo gwa kumukwata. Bei̱tu̱ baati̱i̱ni̱ri̱ bantu, baab̯ula kumukwata, bamurugaho baagyenda.
Kandi bab̯wo bantu baabazi̱ri̱ nibakoba, “Tutakora kintu kya kumukwata mu bi̱byo biro bya b̯u̱genyi̱, hab̯wakubba kisobora kuleetaho kajagaaru mu bantu.”
Mwomwo baatoolya mu̱li̱ngo gwa kumukwata. Bei̱tu̱ baati̱i̱ni̱ri̱ bantu hab̯wakubba bantu baali beegi̱ri̱ nti eicala mu̱ragu̱ri̱ wa Ruhanga.
Nahab̯waki̱kyo, Herodi̱ yendyengi̱ kwi̱ta Yohaana, bei̱tu̱ kandi naaku̱ti̱i̱na bantu batamubyokeera, kubba bantu baatengi̱mwo Yohaana ki̱ti̱i̱ni̱sa, hab̯wa kumuwona naali mu̱ragu̱ri̱ wa Ruhanga.
Bei̱tu̱ Bafalisaayo na beegesa ba biragiro, bo baaswi̱ri̱ bintu bya Ruhanga yaabendeeryengi̱ bakore, kubba bo babati̱zi̱i̱rwe kwahi Yohaana.
Mwomwo baatandika kubaza bankei na bankei nibakoba, “Twakakoba nti, ‘Ruhanga yooyo yaab̯u̱mu̱heeri̱,’ akwi̱za ku̱tu̱b̯u̱u̱lya, ‘Hab̯waki mu̱taamwi̱ki̱ri̱i̱ze?’
Kasi mwomwo baamwi̱ramwo nibakoba, “Ti̱twegi̱ri̱ ha b̯waru̱gi̱ri̱.”