Data atuma ijwi rye
Yohani yigisha mu butayu, akabazwa kenshi icyo abantu bakwiye gukora koko: gusangira ikanzu, kutaka birenze, kutambura. Avuga icyaha cya Herodi akaba ari cyo gituma afungwa. Yezu abatizwa hamwe n'abandi bose, maze Se amwita Umwana ukundwa.
3 1Mu mwaka wa cumi n'itanu w'ingoma ya Tiberiyo Kayisari, igihe Ponsiyo Pilato yari umutegetsi wa Yudeya, Herodi akaba umutware wa Galileya, Filipo mwene se akaba umutware w'intara ya Ituraya na Tarakoniti, na Lizaniyasi akaba umutware wa Abilene, 2ku ngoma y'abatambyi bakuru Anasi na Kayifa, ijambo rya Data wa twese riza kuri Yohani mwene Zakariya mu butayu. 3Anyura mu karere kose ka Yorodani, atangaza umubatizo wo kwihana kugira ngo abantu bababarirwe ibyaha, 4nk'uko byanditswe mu gitabo cy'amagambo y'umuhanuzi Ezayi ngo: “Ijwi ry'urangururira mu butayu riti: Nimutunganye inzira ya Nyagasani, nimugorore inzira ze. 5Imibande yose izuzuzwa, imisozi yose n'udusozi bigizwa hasi. Inzira zigoramye zizagororwa, n'amayira agoye ahinduke aciye neza, 6kandi abantu bose bazabona agakiza ka Data wa twese.”
7Nuko Yohani abwira imbaga y'abantu bazaga kubatizwa na we ati: “Mwa rubyaro rw'impiri mwe! Ni nde wababuriye guhunga uburakari bugiye kuza? 8Nuko mwere imbuto zikwiriye kwihana. Ntimukatangire kwibwira muti: ‘Aburahamu ni sekuruza wacu.’ Kuko ndababwira yuko Data wa twese ashobora gukura abana ba Aburahamu muri aya mabuye. 9Ndetse n'ubu intorezo iri ku mizi y'ibiti; igiti cyose kitera imbuto nziza giratemwa kigajugunywa mu muriro.”
10Nuko imbaga iramubaza iti: “None se twakora iki?”
11Arabasubiza ati: “Ufite imyenda ibiri nagabane n'utayifite, n'ufite ibyokurya abigire atyo.”
12Abasoresha na bo baza kubatizwa, baramubaza bati: “Mwigisha, twakora iki?”
13“Ntimukakire ikirenze icyo mwemerewe gukoranya,” ni ko yababwiye.
14Abasirikari na bo baramubaza bati: “Natwe se twakora iki?” Arababwira ati: “Ntimukanyage umuntu ku ngufu cyangwa ngo mumurege ibinyoma; munyurwe n'ibyo muhembwa.”
15Abantu bari biteze, bose bibaza mu mitima yabo niba Yohani ubwe ari we Kristo. 16Yohani arabasubiza bose ati: “Jyewe ndababatirisha amazi. Ariko hagiye kuza undusha ububasha, ntibinkwiriye no gupfundura agashumi k'inkweto ze. We azababatirisha Mwuka Muziranenge n'umuriro. 17Afashe urutaro mu kuboko, azakubura umbuga we, ahunike ingano mu kigega cye, naho umurama awutwikishe umuriro utazima.”
18Kandi Yohani ahugura abantu akoresheje andi magambo menshi, ababwiriza Ubutumwa bwiza. 19Ariko Yohani acyaha Herodi umutware ku byerekeye Herodiyada, umugore wa mwene se, no ku byerekeye ibibi byose Herodi yari yakoze, 20Herodi yongera iki ku bindi byose: afungira Yohani mu nzu y'imbohe.
Data yita Umwana we uwo akunda
21Igihe abantu bose babatizwaga, Yezu na we arabatizwa. Akisenga, ijuru rirafunguka,
22Mwuka Muziranenge aramumanukiraho afite ishusho y'umubiri nk'iy'inuma. Nuko humvikana ijwi rivuye mu ijuru riti: “Wowe uri Umwana wanjye nkunda; nishimira cyane muri wowe.”
23Yezu yari afite nk'imyaka mirongo itatu igihe yatangiraga umurimo we, akekwaga ko ari umwana wa Yozefu, mwene Heli, 24mwene Matati, mwene Levi, mwene Meluki, mwene Yanayi, mwene Yozefu, 25mwene Matatiya, mwene Amosi, mwene Nahumu, mwene Esili, mwene Nagayi, 26mwene Mahati, mwene Matatiya, mwene Semeyini, mwene Yoseki, mwene Yoda, 27mwene Yowanani, mwene Resa, mwene Zerubabeli, mwene Salatiyeli, mwene Neri, 28mwene Meluki, mwene Adi, mwene Kosamu, mwene Elimadamu, mwene Eri, 29mwene Yozuwe, mwene Eliyezeri, mwene Yorimu, mwene Matati, mwene Levi, 30mwene Simeyoni, mwene Yuda, mwene Yozefu, mwene Yonamu, mwene Eliyakimu, 31mwene Meleya, mwene Mena, mwene Matata, mwene Natani, mwene Dawidi, 32mwene Yese, mwene Obedi, mwene Bowazi, mwene Salumoni, mwene Nahasoni, 33mwene Aminadabu, mwene Adimini, mwene Arini, mwene Hesironi, mwene Peresi, mwene Yuda, 34mwene Yakobo, mwene Isaka, mwene Aburahamu, mwene Tera, mwene Nahori, 35mwene Serugu, mwene Rewu, mwene Pelegi, mwene Eberi, mwene Shela, 36mwene Kenani, mwene Arupagishadi, mwene Semu, mwene Nowa, mwene Lameki, 37mwene Metusela, mwene Henoki, mwene Yeredi, mwene Mahalalēli, mwene Kenani, 38mwene Enoshi, mwene Seti, mwene Adamu, mwene Data wa twese.