Uba Ya Aiko da Muryarsa
Yahaya yana wa'azi a jeji, ana ta tambayarsa abin da ya kamata mutane su yi a zahiri: ku raba riga, kada ku karɓi fiye da kima, kada ku ƙwace. Ya ambaci zunubin Hirudus, aka kuma jefa shi kurkuku saboda haka. Aka yi wa Yesu baftisma tare da kowa, Ubansa kuma ya kira shi Ɗa ƙaunatacce.
3 1A shekara ta goma sha biyar ta mulkin Kaisar Tibariyus, sa'ad da Buntus Bilatus yake gwamnan Yahudiya, Hirudus yake sarkin Galili, ɗan'uwansa Filibus kuwa yake sarkin yankin Ituriya da Tirakonitis, Lisaniyas kuma yake sarkin Abilene, 2a lokacin da Annas da Kayafas suke manyan firistoci, sai maganar Ubanmu ta zo wa Yahaya ɗan Zakariya a cikin jeji. 3Ya ratsa dukan yankin Urdun, yana wa'azin baftismar tuba domin gafarar zunubai, 4kamar yadda yake a rubuce a littafin maganar annabi Ishaya, “Ga muryar mai kira a cikin jeji, Ku shirya wa Ubangiji hanya, ku miƙe hanyoyinsa. 5Za a cike kowane kwari, a kuma kankare kowane dutse da tudu. Karkatattun hanyoyi za su miƙu, hanyoyi masu ɗagwalgwali kuma su zama sumul, 6dukan mutane kuma za su ga ceton Ubanmu.”
7Sai Yahaya ya ce wa taron da suke zuwa domin yă yi musu baftisma, “Ya ku 'ya'yan macizai! Wa ya gargaɗe ku ku guje wa fushin nan mai zuwa? 8Saboda haka ku ba da 'ya'yan da suka dace da tuba. Kada ku fara ce wa kanku, ‘Muna da Ibrahim mahaifinmu.’ Gama ina gaya muku, Ubanmu yana iya tā da 'ya'ya wa Ibrahim daga duwatsun nan. 9Ga shi gatari ya riga ya kwanta a gun saiwar itatuwa; duk itacen da bai ba da 'ya'ya masu kyau ba, za a sare shi a jefa cikin wuta.”
10Sai taron suka tambaye shi, “To, me za mu yi?”
11Ya amsa musu ya ce, “Duk wanda yake da taguwa biyu, sai yă raba wa wanda ba shi da ita; wanda yake da abinci kuma, sai yă yi haka.”
12Masu karɓar haraji su ma suka zo domin a yi musu baftisma, suka ce masa, “Malam, me za mu yi?”
13“Kada ku karɓa fiye da abin da aka ƙayyade muku,” ya ce musu.
14Sojoji su ma suka tambaye shi, “Mu fa—me za mu yi?” Ya ce musu, “Kada ku ƙwace wa kowa da ƙarfi ko da zargin ƙarya; ku gamsu da albashinku.”
15Mutane suna cikin zuzzurfan tsammani, duka suna tunani a zukatansu ko Yahaya kansa shi ne Almasihu. 16Sai Yahaya ya amsa musu duka ya ce, “Ni dai ina yi muku baftisma da ruwa. Amma wani mai ƙarfi fiye da ni yana zuwa—ban isa in kunce igiyar takalminsa ba. Shi zai yi muku baftisma da Ruhu Mai Tsarki da kuma wuta. 17Yana riƙe da matankaɗi a hannunsa, zai share masussukarsa, yă tara alkama a cikin rumbunsa, amma yă ƙone yayi da wutar da ba a iya kashewa.”
18Yahaya ya yi wa mutane wa'azin bishara da waɗansu kalmomi masu yawa na gargaɗi. 19Amma Yahaya ya tsawata wa Hirudus sarki saboda Hirudiya, matar ɗan'uwansa, da kuma saboda dukan muguntar da Hirudus ya aikata, 20Sai Hirudus ya ƙara wannan a kan dukan sauran: ya tsare Yahaya a kurkuku.
Uba Ya Kira Ɗansa Ƙaunatacce
21Sa'ad da aka yi wa dukan mutane baftisma, sai aka yi wa Yesu ma baftisma. Yana cikin addu'a, sai sama ta buɗe,
22Ruhu Mai Tsarki kuma ya sauko a kansa a siffar jiki kamar kurciya. Sai murya ta zo daga sama ta ce, “Kai ne Ɗana ƙaunataccena; a gare ka nake jin daɗi.”
23Yesu yana da kimanin shekara talatin sa'ad da ya fara hidimarsa. Shi ɗa ne—kamar yadda ake tsammani—na Yusufu, ɗan Heli, 24ɗan Mattat, ɗan Lawi, ɗan Melki, ɗan Yannai, ɗan Yusufu, 25ɗan Mattatiyas, ɗan Amos, ɗan Nahum, ɗan Esli, ɗan Naggai, 26ɗan Ma'at, ɗan Mattatiyas, ɗan Shimeyi, ɗan Yoshek, ɗan Yoda, 27ɗan Yohanan, ɗan Resa, ɗan Zerubbabel, ɗan Sheyaltiyel, ɗan Neri, 28ɗan Melki, ɗan Addi, ɗan Kosam, ɗan Elmadam, ɗan Er, 29ɗan Yoshuwa, ɗan Eliyezer, ɗan Yorim, ɗan Mattat, ɗan Lawi, 30ɗan Siman, ɗan Yahuda, ɗan Yusufu, ɗan Yonam, ɗan Eliyakim, 31ɗan Meleya, ɗan Menna, ɗan Mattata, ɗan Natan, ɗan Dawuda, 32ɗan Yesse, ɗan Obed, ɗan Bo'az, ɗan Salmon, ɗan Nashon, 33ɗan Amminadab, ɗan Admin, ɗan Arni, ɗan Hezron, ɗan Feres, ɗan Yahuda, 34ɗan Yakubu, ɗan Ishaku, ɗan Ibrahim, ɗan Tera, ɗan Nahor, 35ɗan Serug, ɗan Reyu, ɗan Feleg, ɗan Eber, ɗan Shela, 36ɗan Kainan, ɗan Arfakshad, ɗan Shem, ɗan Nuhu, ɗan Lamek, 37ɗan Metusela, ɗan Anuhu, ɗan Yared, ɗan Mahalaleyel, ɗan Kainan, 38ɗan Enosh, ɗan Shitu, ɗan Adamu, ɗan Ubanmu.