10 Nguye okulotshwe ngaye ukuthi:“ ‘Bheka, ngiyathuma isithunywa sami phambi kobuso bakhoesiyakulungisa indlela yakho phambi kwakho.’
11 “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kwabazelwe ngabesifazane akuvelanga omkhulu kunoJohane uMbhapathizi; kepha omncane embusweni wezulu mkhulu kunaye.
12 Kepha kusukela emihleni kaJohane uMbhapathizi kuze kube manje umbuso wezulu uyafuzulwa, nabafuzulayo bayawuphanga.
13 Ngokuba abaprofethi bonke nomthetho baprofetha, kwaze kwafika uJohane.
14 Uma nivuma ukukwamukela, lo ungu-Eliya obezakufika.
15 Onezindlebe makezwe.
16 “Kepha lesi sizukulwane ngiyakusifanisa nani na? Sifana nabantwana abahlezi ezigcawini bememeza abanye bethi: