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,
25 wavakala esithi: “Kwenziwe yiNkosi oku. Ide yandenzela inceba, yaphelisa ukudeleka kwam phakathi kwabantu.”
26 Ngenyanga yesithandathu isithunywa esinguGabriyeli sathunywa nguThixo kwelaseGalili, kwidolophu eyiNazarete,