Ubatizo wa Madzi ndi Moto Pamenepo ndinakumbukira mawu a Yehova, momwe anati, Yohane anabatizadi ndi madzi, koma inu mudzabatizidwa ndi Mzimu Woyera. Machitidwe 11:16
Mauthenga Abwino Mateyu 3:1-17 1 M'masiku amenewo anadza Yohane Mbatizi, nalalikira m'chipululu cha Yudeya, 2 Ndipo anati, Lapani; pakuti Ufumu wa Kumwamba wayandikira. 3 Pakuti uyu ndiye amene ananenedwa ndi mneneri Yesaya, kuti, Mawu a munthu wofuula m’chipululu, Konzani njira ya Ambuye, lungamitsani njira zake. 4 Ndipo Yohane yemweyo anali atavala zovala zake za ubweya wa ngamila, ndi lamba wachikopa m'chiuno mwake; ndipo chakudya chake chinali dzombe ndi uchi wakuthengo. 5 Pamenepo anatuluka kwa iye a ku Yerusalemu, ndi Yudeya yense, ndi dziko lonse lozungulira Yordano, 6 Ndipo anabatizidwa ndi iye mu Yordano, akuulula machimo awo. 7 Koma ataona Afarisi ndi Asaduki ambiri akubwera ku ubatizo wake, iye anati kwa iwo, “Inu ana a njoka, ndani wakuchenjezani kuti muthawe mkwiyo umene ukubwera?” 8 Chifukwa chake berekani zipatso zoyenera kulapa. 9 Ndipo musaganize kuti mumtima mwanu, ‘Tili ndi Abrahamu monga atate wathu.’ Pakuti ndikukuuzani kuti Mulungu akhoza kuukitsira Abrahamu ana mwa miyala iyi. 10 Ndipo tsopano nkhwangwa yaikidwa pa mizu ya mitengo; chifukwa chake mtengo uliwonse wosabala zipatso zabwino udulidwa, naponyedwa pamoto. 11 Ine ndikubatizani ndi madzi kuti mulape, koma amene akubwera pambuyo panga ndi wamphamvu kuposa ine, amene sindiyenera kunyamula nsapato zake: Iye adzakubatizani ndi Mzimu Woyera ndi moto. 12 Amene chouzira chake chili m'dzanja lake, ndipo adzayeretsa bwino pabwalo pake, nadzasonkhanitsa tirigu wake m'nkhokwe; koma mankhusu adzatentha ndi moto wosazima. 13 Pamenepo Yesu anachokera ku Galileya kupita ku Yorodano kwa Yohane, kuti abatizidwe ndi iye. 14 Koma Yohane anamuletsa, nati, Ine ndiyenera kubatizidwa ndi iwe, ndipo ukubwera kwa ine kodi? 15 Yesu anayankha nati kwa iye, Lolani tsopano; pakuti motero tiyenera ife kukwaniritsa chilungamo chonse. Pamenepo anamulola. 16 Ndipo Yesu atabatizidwa, nthawi yomweyo anatuluka m’madzi: ndipo onani, kumwamba kunatseguka kwa iye, ndipo anaona Mzimu wa Mulungu ukutsika ngati nkhunda, nadza pa iye; 17 Ndipo onani, mawu ochokera kumwamba, akuti, Uyu ndiye Mwana wanga wokondedwa, amene ndimakondwera naye kwambiri.