Atate Akonza Njira
Yohane, atavala ubweya wa ngamira, akuuza makamu obwera kudzabatizidwa kuti kukhala mbadwa ya Abrahamu sikupulumutsa aliyense. Kenako Yesu nayenso akupempha kuti abatizidwe, ndipo Yohane akutsutsa kuti zikanayenera kukhala mosiyana. Akuvomereza, ndipo mawu a Atate wake akumutenga ngati Mwana wake wokondedwa.
3 1M'masiku amenewo Yohane M'batizi anadza, nalalikira m'chipululu cha Yudeya, 2“Lapani, pakuti ufumu wa Atate wathu wayandikira.” 3Uyu ndiye amene mneneri Yesaya ananena za iye, nati: “Mawu a wofuwula m'chipululu: Konzani njira ya Ambuye, wongolani mabande ake.”
4Yohane anavala zovala za ubweya wa ngamira, ndi lamba wachikopa m'chiuno mwake; chakudya chake chinali dzombe ndi uchi wa kuthengo. 5Ndipo Yerusalemu ndi Yudeya yonse ndi dziko lonse lozungulira Yorodano anatuluka kupita kwa iye, 6nabatizidwa naye mu mtsinje wa Yorodano, navomereza machimo awo.
7Koma pamene anaona Afarisi ndi Asaduki ambiri akubwera kudzabatizidwa, anati kwa iwo: “Inu ana a mphiri! Ndani anakuchenjezani kuthawa mkwiyo umene ukudza? 8Chifukwa chake, balani zipatso zoyenerana ndi kulapa. 9Ndipo musaganize kunena mwa inu nokha kuti, ‘Abrahamu ndiye bambo wathu,’ pakuti ndikuwuzani kuti: Atate wathu angathe kumuutsira Abrahamu ana kuchokera m'miyala iyi. 10Nthawi ino nkhwangwa yayikidwa kale pa mizu ya mitengo; motero mtengo uliwonse wosabala chipatso chabwino umadulidwa ndi kuponyedwa pa moto.
11“Ine ndikubatizani ndi madzi kuti mulape, koma amene akudza pambuyo panga ndi wamphamvu kuposa ine—sindiyenera kunyamula nsapato zake. Iye adzakubatizani ndi Mzimu Woyera ndi moto. 12Mkombe wake wopetera uli m'manja mwake; adzayeretsa bwalo lake lopunthira, nasonkhanitsa tirigu wake m'nkhokwe, koma mungu adzawutentha ndi moto wosazima.” a a v12 Mkombe wopetera unkagwiritsidwa ntchito kuponya mmwamba tirigu wopunthidwa; tirigu wolemera unkabwereranso pansi pamene mungu wopepuka unkawuluka.
Atate Alandira Mwana Wake
13Ndipo Yesu anachokera ku Galileya nabwera ku Yorodano kwa Yohane, kuti abatizidwe naye. 14Koma Yohane anayesa kumuletsa, nati: “Ine ndiyenera kubatizidwa ndi Inu, koma Inu mukudza kwa ine?”
15Yesu anayankha nati kwa iye: “Lola tsopano, pakuti umu ndi mmene tiyenera kukwaniritsira chilungamo chonse.” Ndipo Yohane anamlola.
16Yesu atabatizidwa, nthawi yomweyo anatuluka m'madzi, ndipo mwadzidzidzi kumwamba kunamtsegukira; naona Mzimu wa Atate wathu ukutsika ngati nkhunda, nuukhazikika pa Iye.
17Ndipo mawu ochokera kumwamba anati: “Uyu ndiye Mwana wanga wokondedwa; ndikondwera naye.”
