1 Yesu hayamalitse kuwalangulitsa iwanang'ina wake kumi na weli, koka hanu aho kaghenda kulangulitsa na kuwapetela iwanu mne imiji ya Galilaya.

2 Yohane iyakalile mchifungo hayahulike aghala ghayatendile Kiristu, kawatuma iwanang'ina wake wamghutse, 3 “Apfi ghweghwe kwa ayula iyalongile Yohane kwakutsa, au tumlolele yungi?”

4 Yesu kawedika, “Muye na mumlongele Yohane agha ghamuhulika na ghamghona, 5 ipfifita wakona, ipfimbete woghenda, na wane ukoma wodeghetetsighwa, ipfitsiwi wohulika, iwafile wotsilihuka, na iwahighwa wopetelighwa Imbuli Inoghile. 6 Kabweda imunu yula yang'ombonela nene mashaka!”

7 Iwanu iwamuwinzile Yohane hawang'ali wakuka, Yesu kandusa kuwalongela iwanu mbuli tsa Yohane, “Hamghendile kunyika, mghendile kulola choni? Lutsani pfaluhighisighwa na libeho? 8 Ka si pfipfo bae, mghendile kulola choni? Imunu iyapfalile ghamaghwanda ghanoghile? Bae, awala iwopfala ghamaghwanda ghanoghile wokala mne tsing'anda tse iwandewa. 9 Kuya tsamghendile kulola choni? Inabii? Ona, nowalongelani, mmwona mkulu kubita nabii. 10 Ayuno iyo yuyo iwamwandike mne Ghamaandiko Mahenzeluka. ‘Nitsomtuma msenga wangu akulongolele, katsokwandalila inzila yako.’ 11 Nowalongelani ghendo, mne iwanu wose iwelekighwe ne iwapinga, kuduhu wowose iyali mkulu kubita Yohane Mbatitsa, pfipfila ayula iyali mdodo ghendo mne undewa wa kulanga, ka mkulu kubita yeye. 12 Kulawa ghamatsuwa gha Yohane Mbatitsa mbaka sambi undewa wa kulanga wosolighwa kwa ingupfu, na iwanu wane ingupfu wouboka. 13 Kwaapfila Ghamalaghitso gha Musa na manabii wose tsawalonga mbuli ya undewa mbaka ghamatsuwa gha Yohane. 14 Na ka mwobama kutoghola, Yohane iyo Eliya iyatsile. 15 Yane ghamaghutwi na yahulike!

16 “Apfi iwanu wa ghamatsuwa ghano weghala na choni? Weghala ne iwana wadodo iwakalile kusoko, wowakema wayawo wolonga, 17 ‘Tuwatowela pfimbeta, lekeni ng'ambighile bae! Tuwembila wila wa usungu, lekeni ng'amlilile bae!’ 18 Kwaapfila Yohane tsakatsa, ng'ajile bae wala ng'anwele, nawo tsawalonga, ‘Kana chinyamkela!’ 19 Imwana we imunu tsakatsa, kakuja na kakunwa, nawo walonga, ‘Mumlole imunu yuno, yane batsu na mpatika, sale tsake iwasola kodi na iwotenda ghehile.’ Lekeni ihekima ye Imulungu yoneka inogha kwa sang'ano tsake.”