21 Bambuza bathi: “Uyini pho? Ungu-Eliya na?”Wathi: “Angisiye.”“UngumProfethi na?”Waphendula wathi: “Qha.”
22 Base bethi kuye: “Ungubani na? ukuze sibaphendule abasithumileyo; uzisho ukuthi ungubani na?”
23 Wathi: “Ngiyizwi lomemeza ehlane, ethi: ‘Lungisani indlela yeNkosi,’ ” njengalokho washo u-Isaya umprofethi.
24 Labo ababethunyiwe babevela kubaFarisi.
25 Bambuza-ke, bathi kuye: “Pho, ubhapathizelani, uma ungesiye uKristu, no-Eliya, nomProfethi, na?”
26 UJohane wabaphendula wathi: “Mina ngibhapathiza ngamanzi; umi phakathi kwenu eningamaziyo:
27 yena ozayo emva kwami, omchilo wesicathulo sakhe ngingafanele ukuwuthukulula.”