2. kude kuye kuthi gaa ngaloo mhla wanyuselwa ngawo ezulwini nguThixo. Ngaphambi kokuba anyuswe uYesu, wathi ngoMoya oyiNgcwele wawayala loo madoda awawanyulayo ukuba abe *ngabathunywa.
3. Emva kokubandezelwa nokufa kwakhe wazibonakalisa kuloo madoda ngeziganeko ezininzi ukuba uvukile. Kwithuba leentsuku ezingamashumi amane abathunywa babemana bembona, ethetha nabo ebaxelela ngezolawulo lukaThixo.
4. Esitya kunye nabo wabayala wathi: “Ze ningemki eJerusalem. Hlalani nilinde isipho esathenjiswa nguBawo, esiya ndanixelela ngaso.
5. Kaloku uYohane yena wayebabhaptiza ngamanzi abantu; ke nina, kungekudala, uThixo uza kunibhaptiza ngoMoya oyiNgcwele.”
6. Xa babendawonye, abathunywa bambuza uYesu besithi: “Nkosi, ngaba uza kulubuyisela kwangoku na ulawulo kumaSirayeli?”
7. UYesu uphendule wathi: “Asiyondawo yenu ukuwazi amathuba namaxesha uBawo agqiba yedwa ngawo.
21-22. “Ngoko ke, makubekho enye indoda ethatha indawo yakhe. Kufuneka ibe ngumntu obesoloko ekunye nathi ngalo lonke elaa xesha iNkosi yayijikeleza phakathi kwethu; umntu owayekho ukususela kanye ngelaa xesha uYohane wayebhaptiza, kude kuze kuthi gaa ngomhla wonyuko. Nguloo mntu ke onokungqina kunye nathi ngokuvuka kweNkosi yethu.”