Omazuvarisiro wa Johanes Omupapitise
(Mk 1:1-18Lk 3:1-18Jhn 1:19-28)1 Momayuva ngo Johanes Omupapitise we ere mokuti onguza kwa Judea na utu okuzuvarisa, 2 a tja: “Ritanaureye kourunde weṋu, ouhona womayuru tjinga au ri popezu!” 3 Johanes onguri ngwi omuprofete Jesaja ngwa hungirire indu tja tjere:
“Eraka rangu ma ravaere mokuti onguza mari tja:
‘Ṱunineye Muhona ondjira;
Mu sembamisireye omirari kutja eye a ryange mo!’ ”
4 Johanes wa zarere ombanda ndja ungurirwe pomainya wongamero, nu wa kutire ekwamo romukova pehuri, novikurya vye vya ri ozombahu nouitji wozonyutji. 5 Ovature va Jerusalem na imba vehi arihe ra Judea novotukondwa atuhe twonḓonḓu Jordan ve ere ku ye. 6 Owo ve rihepura ourunde wawo nu Johanes e ve papitisire monḓonḓu Jordan.
7 Johanes tja muna Ovafarisei nOvasaduke ovengi mbu mave ya ku ye okuyekupapitisiwa, arire tja tja ku wo: “Zonyoka eṋe, owaṋi ngwe mu raera kutja mu taurire omberero Ndjambi ndje ri pokuhinda? 8 Tjiteye imbi mbi mavi raisa kutja eṋe mwe ritanaura kourunde weṋu. 9 Nu amu tjangovasi eṋe mamu taurire omberero mokutja Abraham oiho mukururume. Ami me mu raere kutja Ndjambi u nomasa okuungurira Abraham ovanatje pomawe nga! 10 Ekuva ra tuwa pomize vyomiti; nomuti auhe mbu hi nokutwa ko ovihape oviwa mau kewa nau yumbwa momuriro. 11 Ami me mu papitisa nomeva okuraisa kutja mwe ritanaura, nungwari ingwi ngu meya kombunda yandje eye me mu papitisa nOmbepo Ondjapuke nomuriro. Eye omunamasa tjinene pu ami; nami hi nokuyenena nandarire ingwi okutjinda ozongaku ze. 12 Eye u notjisise tje meke, ma sisa natjo ovikokotwa, ne vi wongere motjipwikiro tje, nungwari imbi oviyaya eye me vi nyosa nomuriro mbu ha zemi.”
Ombapitisimo ya Jesus
(Mk 1:9-11Lk 3:21-22)13 Momayuva ngo Jesus wa zire kOgalilea eya ku Johanes ponḓonḓu Jordan kutja e mu papitise. 14 Nungwari Johanes wa tjaera Jesus kutja a rundurure omeripura we, nopa tjera nai ku ye: “Ngu ma sokupapitisiwa i ove owami, nu nambano ove weya ku ami are?”
15 Nungwari Jesus we mu zira a tja: “Nambano ngape tjitwe nao, tjinga komuhingo mbwi amatu yenenisa ombango ya Ndjambi.” Nu Johanes arire tja itavere okumupapitisa.
16 Tjimanga Jesus tja za nokupapitisiwa wa pita momeva. Tjazumba eyuru ari mu paturukire, nu Johanes a munu Ombepo ya Ndjambi amai rauka tjimuna onguti nu amai ya kombanda ya Jesus. 17 Nu arire tji pa hungire eraka okuza meyuru ari tja: “Ingwi eye Omuna wandje omusuverwa ami mu mbi nonyuṋe.”
The Preaching of John the Baptist
(Mark 1.1-8Luke 3.1-18John 1.19-28)1 At that time John the Baptist came to the desert of Judea and started preaching. 2 “Turn away from your sins,” he said, “because the Kingdom of heaven is near!” 3 John was the man the prophet Isaiah was talking about when he said,
“Someone is shouting in the desert,
‘Prepare a road for the Lord;
make a straight path for him to travel!’”
4 John's clothes were made of camel's hair; he wore a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 People came to him from Jerusalem, from the whole province of Judea, and from all over the country near the Jordan River. 6 They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan.
7 When John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them, “You snakes—who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send? 8 Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins. 9 And don't think you can escape punishment by saying that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham! 10 The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire. 11 I baptize you with water to show that you have repented, but the one who will come after me will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. He is much greater than I am; and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals. 12 He has his winnowing shovel with him to thresh out all the grain. He will gather his wheat into his barn, but he will burn the chaff in a fire that never goes out.”
The Baptism of Jesus
(Mark 1.9-11Luke 3.21Luke 22)13 At that time Jesus arrived from Galilee and came to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. 14 But John tried to make him change his mind. “I ought to be baptized by you,” John said, “and yet you have come to me!”
15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so for now. For in this way we shall do all that God requires.” So John agreed.
16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he came up out of the water. Then heaven was opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and lighting on him. 17 Then a voice said from heaven, “This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased.”
