10. Kuba lo ngulowo kubhaliweyo ngaye, kwathiwa,Yabona, mna ndiyasithuma isithunywa sam ngaphambi kobuso bakho,Esiya kuyilungisa indlela yakho phambi kwakho.(UMal. 3:1)
11. Inene ndithi kuni, Phakathi kwabo bazelweyo ngabafazi, akuvelanga mkhulu kunoYohane umbhaptizi; kanti ke nomncinane kwabanye ebukumkanini bamazulu mkhulu kunaye.
12. Kususela ke kwimihla kaYohane umbhaptizi kude kube kalokunje, ubukumkani bamazulu buyagonyamelwa, bathi abagonyameli babuthimbe.
13. Kuba bonke abaprofeti nomthetho báprofeta kwada kwakho uYohane.
14. Kananjalo ukuba niyavuma ukukwamkela oko, yena nguEliya, lo bekuthiwa uza kufika.
15. Lowo uneendlebe zokuva makeve.
16. Ke kaloku ndiya kusifanisa nantoni na esi sizukulwana? Sifana namakhwenkwana ehleli ezindaweni zembutho,
17. ekhwaza abalingane bawo, esithi, Sanigwalela, naza nina anaduda; sanihlabela isililo, naza nina anambambazela.
18. Kuba uYohane weza engadli, engaseli, basuka bathi, Ùnedemon.
19. UNyana woMntu yena weza esidla, esela, basuka bathi, Khanibone umntu olidla-kudla, olisela-wayini, umhlobo wababuthi berhafu naboni. Ubulumko bugwetyelwe kokuvela ebantwaneni babo.
20. Waza waqala ukuyidubula loo mizi yayenzeke kuyo inkoliso yemisebenzi yakhe yamandla, ngokuba ingaguqukanga, esithi, Yeha, wena Korazin!