Euvitho lyaJohannes Omushashi
(Mat. 3:1-12Mrk. 1:1-8Joh. 1:19-28)1 Omumvo omutimulongo nantano gwepangelo lyaTiberius, omupangeli Omuroma, Pontius Pilatus okwa li omuleli gwaJudea, naHerodes omuleli gwaGalilea, nomumwayina Filippus okwa li omuleli gwaIturea na Trakonitis, Lisanias okwa li omuleli gwaAbilene, 2 Annas naKajafas oya li aayambi aakuluntu yayakwawo. Pethimbo olyo tuu ndyoka oohapu dhaKalunga odha adha Johannes, omuna gwaSakaria, mombuga. 3 Johannes okwa yi komikunda adhihe dhopopepi nomulonga gwaJordan noku uvitha kutya aantu nayi itedhulule e taa shashwa, Kalunga nota dhimi po oondjo dhawo, 4 ongaashi omuhunganeki Jesaja a nyola ta ti:
“Ewi lyanakwiigidha mombuga tali ti:
‘Longekidhileni Omuwa ondjila,
yelekanitheni omapola ge.’
5 Omasilu agehe naga filwe po;
oondundu niikulundundu ayihe nayi kumunwe po;
oondjila dha goyoka nadhi ukililithwe;
iisilukutumba nayi yelekanithwe.
6 Aantu ayehe otaa ka mona ehupitho lyaKalunga.”
7 Oongundu dhaantu odhe ya kuJohannes, ya shashwe kuye, nokwa 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. Inamu tameka okupopya mu tye: ‘Tse otu na tate Abraham,’ oshoka otandi mu lombwele: Kalunga ota vulu okuyumudhila Abraham aanona momamanya ngaka. 9 Ekuya olye egekwa nale nokuli pekota lyomuti. Okehe tuu omuti itaagu imi iiyimati iiwanawa, otagu kewa po e tagu umbilwa momulilo.”
10 Aantu mbeyaka oya pula Johannes ya ti: “Natu ninge ngiini ano?”
11 Oye okwe ya yamukula a ti: “Kehe ngoka e na oohema mbali, na pe mukwawo ngoka kee na sha, naangoka e na iikulya, na pe mukwawo ngoka kee yi na.”
12 Aafendelithi wo oye ya kuJohannes, e ya shashe, noye mu pula ya ti: “Tatekulu, otu na okuninga ngiini?”
13 Oye okwa ti kuyo: “Inamu fendelitha sha pitilila.”
14 Osho wo aakwiita oye mu pula ya ti: “Ongiini kombinga yetu? Otu na okuninga ngiini?”
Oye okwe ya lombwele a ti: “Inamu yuga omuntu iimaliwa ye ne inamu kotokela. Kaleni mwa gwanenwa kondjambi yeni.”
15 Aantu sho ya li mokutegelela, ayehe oya dhiladhila kutya, pamwe Johannes oye Kristus. 16 Ihe Johannes okwe ya lombwele ayehe ta ti: “Ngame otandi mu shasha nomeya, ihe oku na gumwe ngoka e vule ndje oonkondo te ke ya. Ngame inandi gwana nande okudhitula omiya dhoongaku dhe. Oye ote ke mu shasha nOmbepo Ondjapuki nomulilo. 17 Oye e na oshiyelitho miikaha ye. Ota kombo olupale lwe e ta yele. Iilya ote yi pungula miigandhi ye, ihe etutu ote li fike po nomulilo ihaagu dhimi po.”
18 Johannes okwa kumagidha aantu nomakumagidho omakwawo ogendji nokwe ya uvithile elaka etoye. 19 Omuleli Herodes okwa nyenyetelwa kuJohannes molwaashoka okwa adhika a hokana Herodias, omukiintu gwamumwayina, nomoluuwinayi ulwe kwa li e u ningi. 20 Uuwinayi u vule uukwawo Herodes e u ningi owo mbuka, sho e edhilile Johannes mondholongo.
21 Aantu ayehe sho ya shashwa, Jesus naye wo okwa shashwa. Manga a li ta galikana, egulu olye eguluka, 22 nOmbepo Ondjapuki oya kuluka noye mu lambele yi na olupe lwolutu lwa fa lwonguti. Ewi nolya zi megulu lya ti: “Ongoye omumwandje omuholike, onde ku hokwa.”
Ezimo lyaJesus
(Mat. 1:1-17)23 Jesus sho a tameke okuuvitha, okwa li e na oomvula dhi thike lwopomilongo ndatu nokwa kala, ngaashi aantu ye mu dhiladhila kutya oye omuna gwaJosef yaeli, 24 lyaMatati gaLevi lyaMelki gaJannai gaJosef, 25 yaMatatias gaAmos yaNahum yaEsli lyaNangai, 26 yaMaat gaMatatias gaSemei yaJosek yaJoda, 27 yaJohanan yaResa lyaSerubbabel lyaShealtiel lyaNeri, 28 lyaMelki gaAddi yaKosam yaElmadam lyaEr, 29 lyaJosua yaElieser lyaJorim yaMatati gaLevi, 30 lyaSimeon yaJuda yaJosef yaJonam yaEliakim, 31 lyaMelki gaMenna gaMatata gaNatan yaDavid, 32 yaIsai yaObed yaBoas yaSalmon yaNahshon, 33 yaAminadab yaAdmin yaArni yaHezron lyaPerez yaJuda, 34 yaJakob yaIsak yaAbraham yaTera yaNahor, 35 yaSerug lyaReu yaPelek yaEber lyaShela, 36 yaKainan yaArfaksad yaSem yaNoa yaLamek, 37 yaMetusala gaEnok lyaJared yaMahalalel gaKainan, 38 yaEnos lyaSet yaAdam yaKalunga.
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