1. UYesu wabuya eJordan ezele nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wajikeleza entlango ekhokelwa nguMoya
2. iintsuku ezimashumi mane, elingwa ngumtyholi. Akatyanga nto ngezo ntsuku, waza walamba ekupheleni kwazo.
3. Ke umtyholi wathi kuye: “Ukuba unguye uNyana kaThixo, yitsho eli litye libe sisonka.”
4. UYesu wamphendula esithi: “*IziBhalo zithi: ‘Umntu akaphili ngasonka sodwa.’”
5. Ke umtyholi wamnyusela endaweni ephakamileyo uYesu, wathi ngexeshana elingephi wambonisa onke amazwe ezikumkani zehlabathi;
6. wathi kuye: “Ndokunika igunya kuwo onke, ndikuphe nobutyebi bawo, kuba konke oko kokwam, kwaye ndikunika lowo sukuba ndithanda ukumnika.
7. Ke ngoko, ukuba uthe wandinqula, zonke ezo zinto zoba zezakho.”