Ruka 3:16-22

Johani akapindura, akati kuna vose, “Ini ndinokubhabhatidzai nemvura, asi uyo anouya, ane simba kupfuureni, wandisina kufanira kusunungura rukanda rweshangu dzake; iye achakubhabhatidzai noMweya Mutsvene nomoto. Rusero rwake ruri muruoko rwake; achanatsa buriro rake kwazvo; achaunganidzira zviyo mudura rake; asi hundi achaipisa nomoto usingadzimwi.” Akaparidzira vanhu Vhangeri, achivaraira namamwe mashoko mazhinji; asi ishe Herodhi, akati arairwa naye pamusoro paHerodhiasi, mukadzi womunun'una wake, nezvakaipa zvose zvaakanga aita iye Herodhi, akawedzera pamusoro pezvose chinhu ichi, kuti akapfigira Johani mutorongo. Vanhu vose vakati vabhabhatidzwa, naiye Jesu abhabhatidzwawo, achinyengetera, denga rikazarurwa, Mweya Mutsvene akaburukira pamusoro pake nomufananidzo wakaita sowenjiva, izwi rikabva kudenga, richiti, “Ndiwe Mwanakomana wangu, unodikanwa; ndinokufarira.”