10 Isixuku sonke sabantu sasikhuleka ngaphandle ngesikhathi sempepho.
11 Kwabonakala kuye ingelosi yeNkosi imi ngakwesokunene se-altare lempepho.
12 UZakariya eyibona wethuka, wehlelwa luvalo.
13 Kepha ingelosi yathi kuye: “Ungesabi, Zakariya, ngokuba isicelo sakho sizwakele; umkakho u-Elisabethe uzakukuzalela indodana, uyiqambe igama lokuthi uJohane.
14 Uzakuba nokujabula nokuthokoza wena; nabaningi bazakujabula ngokuzalwa kwakhe.
15 Ngokuba uzakuba mkhulu emehlweni eNkosi; kasoze waphuza iwayini nophuzo oludakisayo; uzakugcwaliswa nguMoya oNgcwele esesesiswini sikanina.
16 Abaningi kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli uyakubaphendulela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wabo.