Yohani Mubatiza yigisha kandi abatiza
1 Mu mwaka wa cumi n’itanu umwami w’i Roma witwa Tiberi ari ku ngoma, Ponsiyo Pilato yategekaga i Yudeya, Herodi akaba umutegetsi ushinzwe Galileya, Filipo umuvandimwe we ashinzwe intara ya Itureya n’iya Tirakoniti, naho Lizaniya we ashinzwe ahitwa Abilene,
2 Ana na Kayifa bakaba ari bo Batambyi bakuru. Icyo gihe ubutumwa bw’Imana bwageze kuri Yohani mwene Zakariya, ari mu butayu.
3 Aherako agenda uturere twose duhereranye n’uruzi rwa Yorodani, atangaza ko abantu bagomba kwihana bakabatizwa, kugira ngo bababarirwe ibyaha.
4 Biba nk’uko byanditswe mu gitabo cy’umuhanuzi Ezayi ngo
“Nimwumve ijwi ry’urangururira mu butayu ati:
‘Nimutunganye inzira ya Nyagasani,
nimuringanize aho azanyura.
5 Imibande yose izuzuzwa,
imisozi yose n’udusozi bizitswa,
inzira zigoramye zizagororwa,
izasibye zizasiburwa.
6 Bityo umuntu wese azabona agakiza k’Imana.’ ”
7 Imbaga y’abantu yasangaga Yohani kugira ngo ababatize, maze akababwira ati: “Mwa rubyaro rw’impiri mwe, ni nde wabagiriye inama yo guhunga uburakari bw’Imana bwegereje?
8 Nuko rero nk’uko igiti cyera imbuto, abe ari ko namwe mugira imigenzereze yerekana ko mwihannye, kandi ntimukirate muti: ‘Turi bene Aburahamu.’ Erega ndahamya ko no muri aya mabuye Imana ibasha kuremamo bene Aburahamu!
9 Ndetse n’ubu intorezo irabanguye ngo iteme ibiti ibihereye ku mizi, bityo rero igiti cyose kitera imbuto nziza kigiye gutemwa gitwikwe.”
10 Rubanda ni ko kumubaza bati: “None se tubigenze dute?”
11 Arabasubiza ati: “Ufite imyenda ibiri, umwe nawuhe utawufite, n’ufite ibyokurya na we nabisangire na mugenzi we ushonje.”
12 Abasoresha na bo bari baje kubatizwa, baramubaza bati: “Mwigisha, twebwe se tubigenze dute?”
13 Yohani arabasubiza ati: “Ntimugasoreshe ibirenze ibyo mwategetswe.”
14 Abasirikari na bo baramubaza bati: “Naho se twe bite?”
Yohani ati: “Ntimukagire uwo mwambura ibye cyangwa ngo mumurege ibinyoma, ahubwo munyurwe n’ibihembo byanyu.”
15 Nuko rubanda bagumya gutegereza ibigiye kuba, bose bibaza niba Yohani yaba ari Kristo.
16 Yohani ni ko kubabwira bose ati: “Jyewe ndababatirisha amazi ariko hagiye kuza undusha ububasha, ntibinkwiriye no gupfundura udushumi tw’inkweto ze. We azababatirisha Mwuka Muziranenge n’umuriro.
17 Dore afashe urutaro ngo agosore, impeke azihunike mu kigega naho umurama awucanishe umuriro utazima.”
18 Bityo Yohani akomeza guhugūza rubanda izindi nyigisho nyinshi, abagezaho Ubutumwa bwiza.
19 Acyaha kandi n’Umutegetsi Herodi ku byerekeye Herodiya, umugore w’umuvandimwe weyari atunze, no ku byerekeye ibindi bibi byinshi yari yarakoze.
20 Nuko ibyo byose Herodi abigerekaho no gushyirisha Yohani muri gereza.
Yezu abatizwa na Yohani
21 Mu gihe rubanda rwose babatizwaga, Yezu na we arabatizwa. Agisenga ijuru rirakinguka,
22 Mwuka Muziranenge amumanukiraho asa n’inuma. Nuko humvikana ijwi ry’uvugira mu ijuru ati: “Uri Umwana wanjye nkunda cyane, ni wowe nishimira.”
Amazina ya ba sekuruza ba Yezu
23 Igihe Yezu yatangiraga umurimo we, yari amaze nk’imyaka mirongo itatu avutse. Uko abantu bibwiraga yari mwene Yozefu wa Eli,
24 mwene Matati, mwene Levi, mwene Meliki, mwene Yanayi, mwene Yozefu,
25 mwene Matatiya, mwene Amosi, mwene Nahumu, mwene Esili, mwene Nagayi,
26 mwene Māti, mwene Matatiya, mwene Semeyini, mwene Yozeki, mwene Yoda,
27 mwene Yohanani, mwene Resa, mwene Zerubabeli, mwene Salatiyeli, mwene Neri,
28 mwene Meliki, mwene Adi, mwene Kosamu, mwene Elimadamu, mwene Eri,
29 mwene Yezu, mwene Eliyezeri, mwene Yorimu, mwene Matati, mwene Levi,
30 mwene Simeyoni, mwene Yuda, mwene Yozefu, mwene Yonamu, mwene Eliyakimu,
31 mwene Meleya, mwene Mena, mwene Matata, mwene Natani, mwene Dawidi,
32 mwene Yese, mwene Obedi, mwene Bowazi, mwene Salumoni, mwene Nahasoni,
33 mwene Aminadabu, mwene Adimini, mwene Aruni, mwene Hesironi, mwene Perēsi, mwene Yuda,
34 mwene Yakobo, mwene Izaki, mwene Aburahamu, mwene Tera, mwene Nahori,
35 mwene Serugu, mwene Rewu, mwene Pelegi, mwene Eberi, mwene Shela,
36 mwene Kenani, mwene Arupagishadi, mwene Semu, mwene Nowa, mwene Lameki,
37 mwene Metusela, mwene Henoki, mwene Yeredi, mwene Mahalalēli, mwene Kenani,
38 mwene Enoshi, mwene Seti, mwene Adamu, mwene Imana.
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