Johannes ta udifa ndele ta shashe
(Mark. 1:1-8Luk. 3:1-18Joh. 1:19-28)1 Momafiku enya Johannes Omushashi okwa holoka, ndele ta udifile mombuwa yaJudea 2 ndele ta ti: “Lidilululeni, osheshi ouhamba weulu we uya popepi.” 3 Osheshi Oye tuu ou a xunganekwa komuxunganeki Jesaja, eshi ta ti:
“Ondaka yomwiingidi tai udika mombuwa:
‘Longekidileni Omwene ondjila,
mu yelakanifileni omalila.’ ”
4 Ndele Johannes okwa li ha djala oshikutu sholududi longamelo, nekwamo loshipa moshiya shaye; eendja daye odo oshipaxu nomaadi eenyiki. 5 Opo nee Jerusalem naJudea ashishe nomikunda adishe daJordan va ya kuye, 6 ndele tava shashelwa kuye momulonga waJordan eshi va hepaulula omatimba avo.
7 Ndelenee eshi a mona Ovafarisai nOvasadukai vahapu ve uya keshasho laye, okwa tya kuvo: “Oludalo lomayoka nye, olyelye e mu longa okuya onhapo ehandu olo tali uya? 8 Imeni hano oiimati ya wapalela elidilululo, 9 nye inamu diladila, otamu dulu okulitongela munye vene mu tye: ‘Otu na tate yetu Abraham.’ Osheshi ame ohandi mu lombwele, Kalunga ota dulu okushitila Abraham ounona momamanya aa. 10 Ndelenee ekuva ola tulwa nokuli kefina lomiti; hano keshe tuu omuti ihau ima oiimati iwa, otau kewa po, ndele tau ekelwa momundilo. 11 Ame ohandi mu shashe nomeva mu lidilulule, ndelenee ou ta di konima yange, e dule nge eenghono, ame inandi wana nande oku mu humbatela eenghaku daye. Oye te mu shashe nOmhepo Iyapuki nomundilo. 12 Oye e noshiyelifo meke laye, ndele ta kombo oshipale shaye, noilya ote i tuvikile momaanda aye, ndelenee olungu ote li xwike po nomundilo ihau dimi po.”Oye e na oshiyelifo meke laye, ndele ta kombo oshipale shaye.
Jesus ta shashwa
(Mark. 1:9-11Luk. 3:21-22)13 Jesus okwa dja muGalilea ndele ta i komulonga waJordan kuJohannes, a shashwe kuye. 14 Ndelenee Johannes okwe mu anya ndele ta ti: “Ame onda pumbwa okushashwa kwoove, ndelenee ove to uya kwaame!” 15 Ndelenee Jesus okwe mu nyamukula ndele ta ti kuye: “Itavela tuu nena, osheshi osho oshe tu wapalela okuwanifa ouyuki aushe.” Opo nee ye e mu itavela.
16 Ndele Jesus eshi a shashwa okwa dja momeva diva, ndele tala, eulu la yeuluka, ndele a mona Omhepo yaKalunga ya fonghuti ya kuluka ndele tai uya kombada yaye. 17 Ndele tala, ondaka ya dja meulu ndele tai ti: “Ou Omona wange omuholike, onde mu hokwa.”
The Preaching of John the Baptist
(Mark 1.1-8Luke 3.1-18John 1.19-28)1 Years later, John the Baptist started preaching in the desert of Judea. 2 He said, “Turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven will soon be here.”
3 John was the one the prophet Isaiah was talking about, when he said,
“In the desert someone
is shouting,
‘Get the road ready
for the Lord!
Make a straight path
for him.’ ”
4 John wore clothes made of camel's hair. He had a leather strap around his waist and ate grasshoppers and wild honey.
5 From Jerusalem and all Judea and from the Jordan River Valley crowds of people went to John. 6 They told how sorry they were for their sins, and he baptized them in the river.
7 Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them:
You bunch of snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment? 8 Do something to show you have really given up your sins. 9 And don't start telling yourselves that you belong to Abraham's family. I tell you that God can turn these stones into children for Abraham. 10 An ax is ready to cut the trees down at their roots. Any tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into a fire.
11 I baptize you with water so you will give up your sins. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 12 His threshing fork is in his hand, and he is ready to separate the wheat from the husks. He will store the wheat in a barn and burn the husks in a fire that never goes out.
The Baptism of Jesus
(Mark 1.9-11Luke 3.21Luke 22)13 Jesus left Galilee and went to the Jordan River to be baptized by John. 14 But John kept objecting and said, “I ought to be baptized by you. Why have you come to me?”
15 Jesus answered, “For now this is how it should be, because we must do all God wants us to do.” Then John agreed.
16 So Jesus was baptized. And as soon as he came out of the water, the sky opened, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him like a dove. 17 Then a voice from heaven said, “This is my own dear Son, and I am pleased with him.”
