¹ Muri ico gihe Umwami Herode yayumvisize imyaze yerekeye Yesu. ² Yabazize umukozi we ngo: Wuno ni Yohana Mubatiza wazukire akaba afite ingufu zo gukora ibitangaza bimerire guca?

³ Kubera ko Herode yari yafungire Yohana mu prizo ari kudyora Herodia, muramukazi we wari atungirwe na Filipo. Yabeye amarire gupfa Herode yamufata. ⁴ Yohana yari ari kudyora ko yaburize Herode gutunga muramukazi we w'umupfakazi. ⁵ Herode yenda kumwita, ariko yatinyire amiso g'abandu, kubera ko abandu babaga biji ko Yohana ari imbuzi.

⁶ Ariko, ku musi g'umuzano go kwibuka gupfa kwa Herode umukobwa wa Herodia yacerize neja imbere y'abandu na Herode aragisima. ⁷ Umwami yarahiye ngo ico akashabe coshe akakimuhe. ⁸ Uwo muhara ashaba mama we inama, mamawe aramubwira ngo: Genda ushabe umutwe gwa Yohana ku siniya. ⁹ Umwami Herode yenda kubabara, ariko kubera ko yarahiye imbere y'abandu boshe, aremera, ategeka ko bamuha ico yashabire. ¹⁰ Yatumire abasoda bagenda guca umutwe gwa Yohana mu prizo. ¹¹ Umutwe gwe baguzenye ku siniya, baguha wa muhara nawe agujanira mama we. ¹² Abanafunzi ba Yohana barija bafata umibiri gwe bagenda kuguhamba. Bamarire bagenda kubwira Yesu ibyabeye. ¹³ Yesu abyumvisize, yingira m'ubwato bwo yari arimo yigira hakurya m'ubutayu. Abandu babyumvisize baviye kurya no kunoya bamuyambira. ¹⁴ Yesu abwenye abandu kangari barikumushanga, yabapfiriye imbabazi, maze akiza abarwayi bebo.

¹⁵ Bigerire ha mugoroba, abanafunzi bamubwiye ngo: Hanoya ho turi ni m'ubutayu, kandi reba buririre, rekura abandu batahe bagende kwenda ibiryo.

¹⁶ Yesu yababwiye ngo: Ndo bakeneye gutaha ariko mwewe mubashakire ibiryo. Bamusubize ngo: ¹⁷ Hano dufite imikati itanu, n'isamaki ibiri gusha ndaco byobamarira.

¹⁸ Arababwira ngo: ngaho mubimbereze hanoya. ¹⁹ Yabwiye abandu boshe ngo bikare hashi. Yafashe imikati itanu na ga mahere abiri areba mu juru, abiha umugisha, abwira abanafunzi be ngo: Muhe abandu boshe barye. ²⁰ Boshe bariye, bahaga. Imisigara yujwira ibisobane cumi na bibiri. ²¹ Abariye no guhaga bari bari abagabo ibihumbi bitano tutabarire abagore n'abana.

²² Arangije, yategekire abanafunzi be kwingira m'ubwato ngo bambuke. Bamusigire kubera ko yari akiri gusezera kuryo huriro. ²³ Amarire yenyine kubasezera, yataramire umusozi agenda gushaba kugeza ha mugoroba ari wonyine. ²⁴ Nuko ubwato bugerire mu gati y'ingezi, izaruba irija irabukubita kuko umuyaga gwari gubaturukire imbere. ²⁵ M'umuseke karekare, Yesu yabasangire yo arikugenda heru y'ingezi. ²⁶ Abanafunzi bamubwenye arikugendera heru y'amazi batinyire cane. Bagirire ngo n'igihindi, bayabira kubera ubwoba bwingi. ²⁷ Ariko Yesu ako kanya yababwiye ngo: mukizere ko ari njewe mute gutinya.

²⁸ Nuko Petro yamubwiye ngo: Ubeye koko ari weho Mwami, nyemerere ngendere heru y'amazi nguyambe.

²⁹ Yesu yamushubize ngo: Inja. Petro yaviye m'ubwato agendera heru y'amazi arikugendera aho Yesu yabaga ari. ³⁰ Ariko arebire izaruba, yatinyire, atangira gutebera mu mazi, arabira cane ngo: Yesu ngize!

³¹ Ariko mu ako kanya, Yesu yaambwiye ukuboko, aramufata. Yamubwiye ngo: Weho ufite kukizera kunnyori, kubera ki wagirire gushidikanya? ³² Yesu yingira m'ubwato, izaruba irahora, hatuza.

³³ Abari bari m'ubwato babibwenye bayumirwe, baragamba ngo: Kweli uri Umwana w'Imana.

³⁴ Hanyuma bayambukire hakurya bagera mu gihugo c'i Genezareti. ³⁵ Abandu baho bamenyire ko ari Yesu, batumire abaturage ba kuriya na kuno ngo bazane abarwayi bebo.

³⁶ Bashabire Yesu ko bokora k'umugunjo gw'ikanzu ye, abandu boshe bakorire ku kanzu ye, bakirire ako kanya.