11. “Ndithi kuni, inene, kubo bonke abazelwe kweli hlabathi akukho bani mkhulu kunoYohane umbhaptizi; kanti noyena mncinane ùphantsi kolawulo olutsha lukaThixo, mkhulu kunaye.
12. Ukususela kwimihla kaYohane umbhaptizi, kude kube ngoku, abantu babegxalathelana ukuya kulo ulawulo lukaThixo, abazimiseleyo bengena benyathelana.
13. Kwakuvakaliswa izibhalo zabo bonke *abashumayeli *nomthetho kaMosis, de kwafika uYohane.
14. UYohane nguye uEliya olindelweyo – ukuba ngaba niyavuma ukukwamkela oko.
15. Oneendlebe zokuva makeve.
16. “Ndiya kubafanisa nantoni na ke abantu besi sizukulwana? Bafana nabantwana abahleli ebaleni lembutho, abanye bebhekisa kwabanye besithi:
17. “ ‘Sanombelela, naza nina anaxhentsa;sanihlabelela ingoma yesililo, naza nina analila!’
18. “Kuba kaloku wafika uYohane umbhaptizi, ezila ukutya, engaseli wayini, kwaza kwathiwa: ‘Unendimoni.’