Disamba 11, 2011, Third Sunday of Advent, Bishara

Bishara Mai Tsarki Cewar Yahaya 1: 6-8, 19-28

1:6 Akwai wani mutum da Allah ya aiko, wanda sunansa Yahaya.
1:7 Ya zo a matsayin shaida don ya ba da shaida game da Hasken, domin kowa ya gaskata ta wurinsa.
1:8 Shi ba Hasken ba ne, Amma zai ba da shaida a kan hasken.
1:19 Kuma wannan ita ce shaidar Yahaya, Sa'ad da Yahudawa suka aiki firistoci da Lawiyawa daga Urushalima wurinsa, domin su tambaye shi, "Kai wanene?”
1:20 Kuma ya yi furuci kuma bai yi musun ba; kuma abin da ya furta shi ne: "Ni ba Almasihu bane."
1:21 Sai suka tambaye shi: “To me kike? Iliya kai ne?” Ya ce, "Ba ni ba." “Ashe kai Annabi ne?” Sai ya amsa, "A'a."
1:22 Saboda haka, Suka ce masa: "Kai wanene, domin mu ba da amsa ga waɗanda suka aiko mu? Me zaku ce game da kanku?”
1:23 Yace, “Ni murya ce tana kuka a jeji, ‘Ku daidaita hanyar Ubangiji,’ kamar yadda annabi Ishaya ya faɗa.”
1:24 Waɗansu kuma daga cikin waɗanda aka aiko daga cikin Farisawa ne.
1:25 Sai suka tambaye shi, suka ce masa, “To, don me kuke yin baftisma, idan ba kai ne Almasihu ba, kuma ba Iliya ba, kuma ba Annabi ba?”
1:26 Yahaya ya amsa musu da cewa: “Ina yin baftisma da ruwa. Amma a tsakiyar ku akwai daya, wanda baka sani ba.
1:27 Haka shi ne wanda zai zo bayana, wanda aka sa gabana, igiyar takalman da ban isa in kwance ba.”
1:28 Waɗannan abubuwa sun faru a Betanya, a hayin Kogin Urdun, inda Yahaya yake yin baftisma.