Ubutumwa bwiza bwanditswe na Luka

3 Igihe Tiberiyo Kayisari yari amaze imyaka 15 ku butegetsi, Ponsiyo Pilato yari guverineri wa Yudaya, Herode*+ ategeka intara ya Galilaya, Filipo umuvandimwe we ategeka intara ya Ituraya na Tirakoniti, naho Lusaniya ategeka intara ya Abilene. 2 Ana yari umwe mu bakuru b’abatambyi, naho Kayafa ari umutambyi mukuru.+ Icyo gihe ijambo ry’Imana ryaje kuri Yohana,+ umuhungu wa Zekariya, ari mu butayu.+

3 Nuko anyura mu turere twose dukikije Yorodani, abwiriza abantu ko bagombaga kubatizwa, bakagaragaza ko bihannye kugira ngo bababarirwe ibyaha.+ 4 Ibyo ni na byo byanditswe mu gitabo cy’umuhanuzi Yesaya. Hagira hati: “Hari umuntu urangurura ari mu butayu ati: ‘nimutegurire Yehova* inzira, mumutunganyirize aho anyura.+ 5 Imikoki* yose izuzuzwa ibitaka iringanire, imisozi yose n’udusozi bizaringanizwa, amakorosi azahinduka inzira zigororotse, kandi ahantu hataringaniye, hazaba inzira ziringaniye. 6 Abantu bose bazabona ukuntu Imana itanga agakiza.’”*+

7 Nuko atangira kubwira abantu bamusangaga kugira ngo babatizwe ati: “Mwa bana b’impiri mwe, ni nde wabagiriye inama ngo muhunge uburakari bw’Imana buri hafi kuza?+ 8 Nuko rero, nimukore ibikorwa bigaragaza ko mwihannye. Ntimwibwire muti: ‘dukomoka kuri Aburahamu.’ Ndababwira ko n’aya mabuye, Imana ishobora kuyahinduramo abana ba Aburahamu. 9 Ubu ishoka igeze ku muzi w’igiti. Ubwo rero, igiti cyose kitera imbuto nziza, kigomba gutemwa, kikajugunywa mu muriro.”+

10 Abantu baramubazaga bati: “None se dukore iki?” 11 Na we akabasubiza ati: “Ufite imyenda ibiri ahe udafite n’umwe, kandi ufite ibyokurya, na we abigenze atyo.”+ 12 Ndetse n’abasoresha barazaga kugira ngo ababatize,+ bakamubaza bati: “Mwigisha, dukore iki?” 13 Na we akababwira ati: “Ntimugasabe ibirenze umusoro wategetswe.”+ 14 Abasirikare na bo bakamubaza bati: “Naho se twe dukore iki?” Akababwira ati: “Ntimukagire uwo muhohotera* cyangwa ngo mugire uwo murega ibinyoma,+ ahubwo mujye munyurwa n’ibihembo byanyu.”

15 Icyo gihe abantu bari bategereje Kristo, kandi bose babaga bibaza ibya Yohana mu mitima yabo bati: “Ese ntiyaba ari we Kristo?”+ 16 Icyakora Yohana yarabasubizaga ati: “Njye mbatirisha amazi, ariko hari undi ugiye kuza ukomeye kundusha. Sinkwiriye no gupfundura udushumi tw’inkweto ze.+ Uwo azababatirisha umwuka wera n’umuriro.+ 17 Mu kuboko kwe, afashe igikoresho cyo kugosoza.* Azasukura imbuga ahuriraho imyaka, ayeze kandi abike ingano, ariko umurama* azawutwikisha umuriro udashobora kuzimywa.”

18 Nanone yakomeje kugira abantu inama mu buryo butandukanye, kandi akomeza kubabwiriza ubutumwa bwiza. 19 Ariko Yohana yacyashye Herode wari umutegetsi wayoboraga intara, amuhora Herodiya umugore w’umuvandimwe we, hamwe n’ibindi bintu bibi byose Herode yari yarakoze. 20 Yari yarakoze ibintu bibi byinshi, agerekaho no gufata Yohana amufungira muri gereza.+

21 Nuko abantu bose bamaze kubatizwa, Yesu na we arabatizwa.+ Akiri gusenga ijuru rirakinguka,+ 22 umwuka wera umumanukiraho umeze nk’inuma, maze humvikana ijwi rivugira mu ijuru rigira riti: “Uri Umwana wanjye nkunda! Ndakwemera!”+