Johannes Omushashi
(Mrk. 1:1-18Luk. 3:1-18Joh. 1:19-28)1 Pomasiku ngeyaka Johannes Omushashi okwa holoka noku uvitha mombuga yaJudea 2 a ti: “Itedhululeni, oshoka Oshilongo shegulu she ya popepi.”
3 Johannes oye naanaa ngoka a popiwa komuhunganeki Jesaja, sho ta ti:
“Ewi lyanakwiigidha mombuga tali ti:
‘Longekidhileni Omuwa ondjila,
yelekanitheni omapola ge.’ ”
4 Johannes okwa li a zala onguwo yiifufu yongamelo nepaya lyoshipa mombunda ye. Iikulya ye oya li oombahu nomagadhi goonyushi. 5 Nena aantu ayehe yomuJerusalem noyomuJudea noyomomikunda adhihe dhaJordan oye ya kuye. 6 Oye okwe ya shashele momulonga gwaJordan, sho ya hempulula oondjo dhawo.
7 Ihe Johannes sho a mono aafarisayi naasadukayi oyendji taye ya keshasho, okwa ti kuyo: “Oluvalo lwomayoka ne, olye e mu londodha okuya ontuku egeelo lyaKalunga ndyoka tali ya? 8 Imikeni ano iiyimati mbyoka tayi holola kutya omwi itedhulula. 9 Inamu isimaneka ne yene, mu tye: ‘Tse otu na tate Abraham’, oshoka otandi mu lombwele: Kalunga ota vulu okushitila Abraham aanona momamanya ngaka. 10 Ekuya olya egekwa nokuli pekota lyomuti. Okehe tuu omuti itaagu imi iiyimati iiwanawa, otagu kewa po e tagu umbilwa momulilo. 11 Ongame tandi mu shasha nomeya, mu itedhulule, ihe nakuya konima yandje ngoka e vule ndje oonkondo, oongoka ngame inaandi gwana okuhumbata oongaku dhe, oye te mu shasha nOmbepo Ondjapuki nomulilo. 12 Oye e na oshiyelitho miikaha ye. Oye ota kombo olupale lwe e ta yele. Iilya ote yi pungula miigandhi ye, ihe etutu ote li fike po nomulilo ihaagu dhimi po.” Oye e na oshiyelitho miikaha ye. Oye ota kombo olupale lwe e ta yele.
Jesus ta shashwa
(Mrk. 1:9-11Luk. 3:21-22)13 Jesus okwa zi kuGalilea nokwe ya kuJordan, a shashwe kuJohannes. 14 Ihe Johannes okwa kambadhala oku mu tinda e ta ti: “Ongame nda li ndi na okushashwa kungoye, ihe ngoye oto ya kungame, ndi ku shashe.”
15 Jesus okwe mu yamukula a ti: “Zimina ashike, opo tu gwanithe ashihe shoka Kalunga e shi hala.” Johannes nokwe mu pitika.
16 Jesus sho a shashwa, okwa zi momeya mbalambala. Nena egulu olye eguluka, nokwa mono Ombepo yaKalunga ya kuluka ya fa onguti e tayi mu lambele. 17 Megulu nomwa zi ewi lya ti: “Nguka Omumwandje omuholike nde 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.”
