¹ Muri ico gihe Umwami Herode yumva imyaze yerekeye Yesu. ² Abaza 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 yatinya amiso g'abandu, kubera ko abandu bari biji ko Yohana ari imbuzi.

⁶ Ariko, ku musi gumuzayo go kwibuka gupfa kwa Herode umukobwa wa Herodia yacherize neja imbere y'abandu na Herode arakishima. ⁷ Umwami yarahiye ngo co akashabe coshe akakimuhe. ⁸ Uwo muhara ashaba mama we inama, mamamwe 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 baguzanye 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 kuno bamusanganira. ¹⁴ Yesu abwenye abandu kangari barikumushanga, yabapfiriye imbabazi, maze akiza abarwayi bebo.

¹⁵ Bigerire ha mugoroba abanafunzi baramubwira ngo: Hano ho turi ni m'ubutayu, kandi reba buririre, rekura abandu batahe bagende gushaka ibyo kurya.

¹⁶ Yesu arababwira: ndo bakeneye gutaha ariko mwewe mubashakire ibiryo. Baramusubiza ngo:

¹⁷ Hano dufite imikati itanu, n'isamaki ibiri gusha ndaco byobamarira.

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

²² Arangije, ategeka abanafunzi be kwingira m'ubwato ngo bambuke, bamusige kubera ko yari akiri gusezera kuri iryo huriro. ²³ Amarire yenyine kubasezera, yataramire umusozi agenda gusaba kugeza k'umugoroba ari wenyine. ²⁴ Nuko ubwato bugeje hagati y'ingezi, izaruba irija irabukubita kuko umuyaga gwari gubaturukire imbere. ²⁵ M'umuseke karekare Yesu abasanga yo arikugenda heru y'ingezi. ²⁶ Abanafunzi bamubwenye arikugendera heru y'amazi baratinya cane. Bagira ngo n'igihindi, barabira kubera ubwoba kangari. ²⁷ Ariko Yesu ako kanya yababwira ngo: mukizere ko ari njewe mute gutinya.

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

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

³¹ Ariko mu ako kanya Yesu arambura ukuboko aramufata aramubwira ngo: Weho ufite kukizera gukeya, 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.