9 Kwênziwa *amaqashiso ngokwesiqhelo sababingeleli, laza iqashiso laphuma naye ukuba aqhumise ubulawu. Wangena ke endaweni engcwele yeNkosi,
10 kukho inkitha yabantu ithandaza ngaphandle ngexesha lesiqhumiso.
11 Kwabonakala isithunywa seNkosi kuye, simi ngasekunene kweqonga lesiqhumiso.
12 Wothuka uZakariya akusibona, wangenwa luloyiko.
13 Isithunywa eso sathi kuye: “Musa ukoyika, Zakariya. UThixo uwuvile umthandazo wakho. Umfazi wakho uElizabhete uya kuzala unyana. Uze umthiye igama elinguYohane.
14 Ukuzalwa kwakhe kuya kukuphathela uvuyo nolonwabo, ize loo nto ibe luvuyo nakubantu abaninzi.
15 Yena uya kubaluleka eNkosini, angaseli wayini nasiselo sinxilisayo, alawulwe nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwasekuzalweni kwakhe.