28+ You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.' 29The bridegroom is the one to whom the bride belongs; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom's voice.
28 Inwi vhaṋe ni dziṱhanzi dza zwiḽa ndi tshi ri, 'Nṋe a si nṋe Mesia, nṋe tshanga ndi tou vha muthu o rumiwaho u ḓivhadza u ḓa hawe.' 29 Muselwa ndi wa mukwasha; khonani ya mukwasha tshayo i takadzwa nga maanḓa nga u pfa ipfi ḽa mukwasha, yone yo ḓiimela zwayo yo thetshelesa.