3 Mu mazuŵa ghara, kukiza Yohane+ Mubatizi, wakapharazganga+ mu mapopa gha Yudeya, 2 wakatenge: “Ng’anamukani mtima, chifukwa Ufumu wakuchanya waneng’enera.”+ 3 Nakuti uyu ndiyo wakayowoyeka kwizira mwa ntchimi Yesaya+ mu mazgu agha: “Mazgu gha munthu munyake ghakuchemerezga mu mapopa ghakuti: ‘Nozgani nthowa ya Yehova!* Nyoloskani misewu yake.’”+

7 Apo aŵa ŵakalutanga, Yesu wakamba kuyowoya na mizinda vya Yohane, wakati: “Kasi mukaluta ku mapopa kukawona vichi?+ Kasi mukawona thete lakusunkhunyika na mphepo?+

10 Uyu ndiyo kuli kulembeka vya iyo kuti, ‘Wona! Ine nkhutuma thenga lane panthazi pako,* ilo lizamunozga nthowa yako panthazi pako!’+

2 Nga ni umo kuli kulembekera mu buku la Yesaya ntchimi kuti: “(Wona! Nkhutuma thenga lane panthazi pako,* ilo lizamunozga nthowa yako.)+ 3 Mazgu gha munthu ghakuchemerezga mu mapopa, kuti, ‘Nozgani nthowa ya Yehova!* Nyoloskani misewu yake.’”+ 4 Yohane Mubatizi wakaŵa mu mapopa, wakapharazganga kuti ubatizo ntchimanyikwiro cha kung’anamuka mtima kuti zakwananga zigowokereke.+

76 Kweni iwe wamwana, uchemekenge ntchimi ya Wapachanya Nkhanira, pakuti uzamudangira panthazi pa Yehova* kunozga nthowa zake.+

6 Kukiza munthu uyo wakatumika kuŵa mwimiliri wa Chiuta, zina lake wakaŵa Yohane.+

23 Iyo wakati: “Ndine lizgu la uyo wakuchemerezga mu mapopa kuti, ‘Nyoloskani nthowa ya Yehova,’*+ nga umo ntchimi Yesaya yikayowoyera.”+

28 Imwe mukunichitira ukaboni kuti nkhati, ‘Ndine Khristu chara,+ kweni natumika panthazi pake.’+