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:
17 ‘Sinibethele imitshingo, anisinanga; salilisela, anikhalanga.’
18 “Ngokuba uJohane wafika engadli, engaphuzi; bathi: ‘Unedemoni.’