19. Wannan kuwa ita ce shaidar Yahaya, wato, sa'ad da Yahudawa suka aiki firistoci da Lawiyawa daga Urushalima su tambaye shi, ko shi wane ne.
20. Sai ya faɗi gaskiya, bai yi musu ba, gaskiya ya faɗa ya ce, “Ba ni ne Almasihu ba.”
21. Sai suka tambaye shi, “To, yaya, Iliya ne kai?” Ya ce, “A'a, ba shi ba ne.” Suka ce, “Kai ne annabin nan?” Ya ce, “A'a.”
22. Sai suka ce masa, “To, wane ne kai, domin mu sami amsar da za mu mayar wa waɗanda suka aiko mu? Me kake ce da kanka?”
23. Ya ce, “Ni murya ce ta mai kira a jeji, mai cewa, ‘Ku miƙe wa Ubangiji tafarki,’ yadda Annabi Ishaya ya faɗa.”
24. Su kuwa, Farisiyawa ne suka aiko su.
25. Sai suka tambaye shi suka ce, “To, don me kake yin baftisma in kai ba Almasihu ba ne, ba kuwa Iliya ba, ba kuma annabin nan ba?”
26. Sai Yahaya ya amsa musu ya ce, “Ni kam, da ruwa nake baftisma, amma da wani nan tsaye a cikinku wanda ba ku sani ba,
27. shi ne mai zuwa bayana, wanda ko maɓallin takalminsa ma, ban isa in ɓalle ba.”
28. An yi wannan a Betanya ne, a hayin Kogin Urdun, inda Yahaya yake yin baftisma.
29. Kashegari Yahaya ya tsinkayo Yesu na nufo shi, sai ya ce, “Kun ga, ga Ɗan Rago na Allah, wanda zai ɗauke zunubin duniya!
30. Wannan shi ne wanda na ce, ‘Wani yana zuwa bayana, wanda ya zama shugabana, domin dā ma yana nan tun ba ni.’