18 “UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwami,ngokuba ingigcobile ukuba ngishumayele ivangeli kwabampofu,ingithumele ukumemezela ukukhululwa kwabathunjiweyo,nokubona kwabayizimpumputhe,nokuhlenga abacindezelweyo,
19 nokumemezela umnyaka omuhle weNkosi.”
20 Wayigoqonga incwadi, wayinika isikhonzi, wahlala; amehlo abo bonke ababesesinagogeni* amgqolozela.
21 Waqala ukukhuluma kubo, ethi: “Namhlanje ugcwalisekile lo mbhalo ezindlebeni zenu.”
22 Bonke bamfakazela bemangala ngamazwi omusa aphuma emlonyeni wakhe, bathi: “Lo akasiyo indodana kaJosefa na?”
23 Wathi kubo: “Nempela niyakusho kimi lesi saga sokuthi: ‘Nyanga, zelaphe wena.’ Lokho esikuzwile kwenziwa eKapernawume, kwenze nalapha ezweni lakini.”
24 Wathi-ke: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Akukho mprofethi owamukelwa ezweni lakubo.