9 bathi noko banxibe izihlangu, kodwa bangaphathi zambatho zingazibini.
10 Ngaphezu koko wathi kubo: “Kuloo ndlu nithe naya kungena kuyo, hlalani kuyo nide nimke kuloo dolophu.
11 Ukuba nithe nafika endaweni apho sukuba ningàmkelwa khona, okanye ningàphulaphulwa nokuphulaphulwa oku, mkani apho, nivuthulule uthuli olusezinyaweni zenu, ukuze oko kube bubungqina bokuba abanamkelanga.”
12 Baphuma ke, bashumayela besithi abantu mabaguquke.
13 Bakhupha iindimoni ezininzi, bayithambisa ngeoyile imilwelwe emininzi, bayiphilisa.
14 Wakuva ke oko ukumkani uHerode, kuba igama likaYesu lalithe laduma, kusithiwa: “UnguYohane umbhaptizi ovusiweyo kwabafileyo; kungoko ayenzayo le mimangaliso.”
15 Abanye babesithi: “ÚnguEliya;” abanye besithi: “*Úngumshumayeli ofana nabashumayeli bamandulo.”