¹ Muma tangwa waze Yowano chipapachisa wejile nyi kwambujola sango lipema mupuya ya Yunda ngwemyi, '' ² Likonyekenu , mumu wanangana wa mumalilu hiunakundama'' . ³ Mumu yono yiye atongwele mukanwa kapulofeta , Izaya ngwenyi , '' liji lya yoze unakololoka mu puya , lulikenu jila ya Mwene , ololenu jila jenyi. ⁴ Halyapwila Yowano wazalile yakuzala yenyi ya wona kamelu nyi muya walambu kujinhgilika mu zalilo yenyi. kulya chenyi chapwile makumbi nyi wuchi wa mumusenge. ⁵ Hohene a Yelusaleme , nyi a Yundeya , nyi akwa chifuchi cheswe chakujingilika ka lwiji wa Yondawu ayile kuli yiye . ⁶ Yowano wa papachishile muka lwiji ka yondawu, mukushikisa milonga yo. ⁷ Alyoze wa mwene atu anji akwa Falisewu nyi akwa Asatusewu kaneza ku upapachiso , yamba kuli ayo ngwenyi , yenu vungu lya yihili , yiya hanutoweza kuchina utenu uze muwizaho? ⁸ Keshika imenu mihuko ya kutala kulikonyekena . ⁹ Kanda nushinginyeka kwamba muli yenwene ngwenyi , Apalahame tuli nenyi kaka, mumu ngunambe kuli yenu ngwami chipwe ku mawe Zambi mahasa kusangula ana kuli Apalahame . ¹⁰ Chipwe halyapwila hasa njimbu ku miji ya mitondo . mutondo weswe ushi kwima mihuko yipema makayiteta nyi kuyimbila mu kahya . ¹¹ Ngunapapachisa mumeya nulikonyeke. Alyoze yoze meza kunyima yami kakangana kuhyana yami , chatelele kujimbata haku jenyi . yiye kumakanupapachisa mu shipilitu usandu nyi mu kahya. ¹² Chifwilo chenyi mu kwoko lyenyi chili neye kumakakupemesa chahyana chizungwilo chenyi kumakakungila tiliku lyenyi muchila . Alyoze yizungu makayocha nyi kahya kaze kukeshi kuhasa kwima.'' ¹³ Hohene Yesu yakatuka ku Ngalileya wajile mu yondawu kuli Yowano . ¹⁴ Alyoze yowano wamukwikile , ngwenyi , ''chatamba ungupapachise yena , mba wuneza kuli yami , nyi ? ¹⁵ Yesu wamukumbulwile ngwenyi , ''chitayize halyapwila mumu chocho chatutamba kumanununa ululi weswe .'' Hohene Yowano ya mutayiza. ¹⁶ Muze te hamupapachisa , Yesu watutukile mu meya , kumanyi malilu azulukile kuli yiye . Neye wamwene shipilitu wa Zambi kanahulumuka hali yiye. ¹⁷ Nyi liji lyatuhukile mu malilu , muli yiye , yono mwe mwanami , nazanga chikolo , muli yiye ngunawahilila.