5 Babephuma besiya kuye bonke abakwaJuda nabaseJerusalem, bezixela izono zabo, aze ababhaptize emlanjeni iJordan.
6 UYohane wayesambatha ingubo yoboya benkamela, abhinqe ngethwathwa. Wayesitya iinkumbi nobusi.
7 Wayeshumayela esithi: “Lowo uza emva kwam unamandla kunam. Bendingubani mna kakade ukuba ndingade ndikhulule imitya yezihlangu zakhe?
8 Mna okunene ndinibhaptiza ngamanzi, kodwa yena uya kunibhaptiza ngoMoya oyiNgcwele.”
9 Ngaloo mihla ke weza uYesu, evela eNazarete kwelaseGalili, wabhaptizwa nguYohane eJordan apho.
10 Kuthe kwangoko, akuphuma uYesu emanzini, izulu lavuleka, wabona uMoya oyiNgcwele esihla phezu kwakhe njengehobe.
11 Kwavakala nelizwi elivela ezulwini, lisithi: “UnguNyana wam endimthandayo wena; ndikholisiwe nguwe.”