26. Kodwa ukuba sithe: ‘Laphuma ebantwini,’ soyika isihlwele kuba bonke bathi uYohane *ungumshumayeli.”
27. Baphendula bathi kuYesu: “Asazi.”Waza yena wathi kubo: “Nam ke andinixeleli ukuba ndizenza ngagunya lini na ezi zinto.”
28. “Kwakukho umntu enoonyana ababini. Wathi kowokuqala: ‘Mntanam, yiya kusebenza esidiliyeni namhlanje.’
29. Wasuka waphendula wathi: ‘Andicingi.’ Kodwa kamva wazohlwaya, waya.
30. UYise lowo wathetha kwaloo nto nakomnye unyana, waza yena wathi: ‘Ewe, tata.’ Kodwa àkaya.
31. Khanitsho, nguwuphi kwaba bantwana oyenzileyo intando kayise?”Baza bathi: “Ngowokuqala.”Ke uYesu wathi kubo: “Ndithi kuni, inene, abaqokeleli-rhafu namahenyukazi baxhamla ubuncwane bokulawulwa nguThixo ningekabuva nina.
32. Kaloku uYohane weza kuni ekweyona ndlela iyiyo, naza nina ànamamkela. Ke bona abaqokeleli-rhafu namahenyukazi bâmamkela. Naxa nakubonáyo oko, anizange nide nizohlwaye, nimamkele.”
33. “Nangu omnye umzekeliso. Kwakukho umninimzi owatyala isidiliya, wasibiyela, wemba isixovulelo seediliya, wakha imboniselo, wasiqeshisa kubalimi, wahambela kwelinye ilizwe.