Uthenga Wamampha wo Ukulembeka ndi Mateyu 3:1-17
3 Mu mazuŵa ngeningo, kunguza Yohane+ Mubatizi kuzipharazga+ muchipululu cha ku Yudeya,
2 ndipu wakambanga kuti: “Lapani, chifukwa Ufumu wakuchanya we pafupi.”+
3 Munthu mwenuyu, ndiyu Chiuta wangukambiya limu kuporote mwa mchimi Yesaya+ kuti: “Mazu nga munthu yo wadaniriza muchipululu kuti: ‘Nozgani nthowa yaku Yehova!* Nyoloskani misewu yaki.’”+
4 Yohane wavwalanga chakuvwala chaweya wa ngamila kweniso lamba wachikopa muchiwunu.+ Chakurya chaki chenga azombi ndi uchi.+
5 Ndipu ŵanthu a mu Yerusalemu kweniso a mu Yudeya mosi ndi charu chosi chakuzunguliya Yorodani alutanga kwaku iyu+
6 ndipu waŵabatizanga* mu Msinji wa Yorodani,+ kweniso asumuwanga maubudi ngawu pakweru.
7 Yohane wati wawona Afarisi ndi Asaduki anandi+ achiza ko wabatiziyanga, wanguŵakambiya kuti: “Ŵana a vipi yimwi,+ ndiyani yo wakutcheŵeskani kuti muthaŵi ukali wo utuza?+
8 Mwaviyo, pasani vipasu vakulongo kulapa.
9 Mungajipusikanga cha mwakukamba kuti, ‘Te ndi awusefwi Abrahamu.’+ Chifukwa nditikukambiyani kuti Chiuta wangayuskiya Abrahamu ŵana kutuliya ku mya iyi.
10 Mbavi yaŵikika kali pamisisi ya vimiti. Ndipu chimiti chechosi cho chileka kupasa vipasu vamampha, chidumulikengi ndi kuponyeka pamotu.+
11 Ini nditikubatizani ndi maji chifukwa cha kulapa kwinu,+ kweni yo watuza pavuli pangu ngwanthazi kuluska ini, ndipu ini nde wakwenere cha kumuzuwa sapatu.+ Iyu wazakukubatizani ndi mzimu wakupaturika+ kweniso motu.+
12 Iyu we ndi fosholu yakuwulusiya mwere mumanja mwaki ndipu wazamutowese limu malu ngaki ngakukhwemiyapu mbewu ndi kuŵika tirigu waki munkhokwi. Kweni mwere wazakuwuwotcha ndi motu+ wambula kuzimwika.”
13 Pavuli paki, Yesu wangutuwa ku Galileya ndipu wanguluta ku Yorodani kwaku Yohane kuti wakamubatizi.+
14 Kweni Yohane wangumukaniya ndipu wanguti: “Ini ndini nditenere kubatizika ndi yimwi, sonu yimwi mutuza wuli kwaku ini?”
15 Yesu wangumumuka kuti: “Sonu pe, zomereza chifukwa nkhwakwenere kuti isi tifiski urunji wosi mu nthowa yeniyi.” Ndipu pavuli paki wanguzomera.
16 Yesu wati wabatizika, nyengu yeniyo, wanguzuwuka mumaji ndipu awonani! kuchanya kungujulika+ ndipu Yohane wanguwona mzimu waku Chiuta uchisika nge nkhunda ndi kuza paku Yesu.+
17 Awonani! Kuchanya kunguvwika so mazu+ ngakuti: “Uyu ndi Mwana wangu,+ mweniyo nditanja, yo watindikondwesa.”+
