56 UMariya ke wahlala noElizabhete iinyanga ngathi zaba ntathu, waza wagoduka.
57 Lafika ke ixesha lokuba uElizabhete abeleke, waza wazala unyana.
58 Bakuva abamelwane bakhe nezizalwana zakhe ngale nceba ingaka ayenzelwe yiNkosi, bavuyisana naye.
59 Kwathi ke ngomhla wesibhozo baya kumàlusa umntwana, befuna ukumthiya ngoyise uZakariya.
60 Kodwa unina wala, esithi: “Hayi, igama lakhe nguYohane!”
61 Bona ke bathi kuye: “Lingekho nje eli gama kowabo!”
62 Baza babhekisa kuyise ukuba yena unga angathiywa gama lini na.