18 UZakariya wathi kwisithunywa eso: “Ndiya kuyiqonda ngani le nto? Kaloku mna sendimdala, nomfazi wam selaluphele.”
19 Saphendula ke isithunywa sathi kuye: “Mna ndinguGabriyeli oma phambi koThixo. Ndithunyiwe ukuba ndithethe nawe, ndikuxelele ezi ndaba zimnandi.
20 Ngenxa yokuba ungakholwa ngamazwi am, uyabona, uya kuvaleka, ungabi nako ukuthetha, kude kube yiloo mini zenzeka ngayo ezi zinto. Kanti ke la mazwi aya kuzalisekiswa ngexesha lawo.”
21 Abantu babemlindile uZakariya, bemangalisiwe kukulibala kwakhe endaweni engcwele.
22 Uthe ke akuphuma engasenako ukuthetha, baqonda ukuba ubone umbono apho endaweni engcwele. Wathi, ekhohliwe kukuthetha, wamana enqwala.
23 Lakuphela ixesha lokukhonza kweqela lakhe, uZakariya wagoduka.
24 Emva koko uElizabhete umfazi wakhe wamitha, wazifihla iinyanga zade zantlanu,