17. UThixo waba bantu amaSirayeli wabanyula oobawo bethu, wabaphakamisa abantu ekuphambukeleni kwabo emhlabeni waseYiputa, wabakhupha kuwo ngengalo ephakamileyo.
18. Wathi ngexesha eliyiminyaka engathi imashumi mané, wayithwala imikhwa yabo entlango;
19. wathi akuwisa iintlanga ezisixhenxe emhlabeni wakwaKanan, wababela umhlaba wazo ngeqashiso.
20. Emva koko, iminyaka engathi imakhulu mané anamanci mahlanu, wabanika abagwebi, kwada kwakuSamuweli umprofeti.
21. Emva koko bacela ukumkani, uThixo wabanika uSawule, unyana kaKishe, indoda yesizwe sakwaBhenjamin, iminyaka emashumi mané.
22. Akumkhupha yena, wabavelisela uDavide, wangukumkani; awamngqinelayo kanjalo, wathi, Ndimfumene uDavide okaYese, indoda engantliziyo yam, eya kukwenza konke ukuthanda kwam.
23. Embewini yalowo, uthe uThixo ngokwedinga wavelisa uYesu, ukuba abe nguMsindisi kuSirayeli;
24. kwakubon' ukuba uYohane uvakalise tanci, phambi kokungena kwakhe, ubhaptizo loguquko kubo bonke abantu bakwaSirayeli.
25. Xa ke uYohane ebesekulufezeni uhambo lwakhe, ubesithi, Nithi nina ndingubani na? Andinguye. Yabonani, kuza emva kwam endingafanelekileyo ukuba ndizithukulule iimbadada ezinyaweni zakhe.
26. Madoda, bazalwana, nyana bomlibo wakwa-Abraham, nâbò phakathi kwenu bamoyikayo uThixo, ilizwi lolu lusindiso lathunyelwa kuni.
27. Kuba abo bemiyo eYerusalem, nabaphathi babo, bengamazanga lowo, kwanamazwi abaprofeti aleswayo iisabatha ngeesabatha zonke, bawazalisa ngokumgweba;
28. bathi, bengafumananga nalinye ityala lokufa, bacela kuPilato ukuba asikwe.