17 Waqhutshelwa incwadimgoqwa yomphrofethi u-Isaya, wayivula wathola lapho okwakubhalwe ukuthi: 18 “Umoya kaJehova* uphezu kwami ngoba ungigcobile ukuthi ngitshumayele izindaba ezinhle kubayanga. Ungithume ukuthi ngimemezele ukukhululwa kwabathunjiweyo lokuvulwa kwamehlo eziphofu kanye lokuthi ngikhulule abacindezelweyo,+ 19 ngitshumayele mayelana lomnyaka wokwamukelwa nguJehova.”*+ 20 Eseqedile wagoqa incwadimgoqwa wayibuyisela encekwini yesinagogi wasehlala phansi. Amehlo abo bonke ababesesinagogeni ayethe nhlo kuye. 21 Wathi kubo: “Umbhalo lo elisanda kuwuzwa ugcwalisekile lamuhla.”+

22 Ngemva kwalokho wathi kubafundi bakaJohane: “Hambani liyetshela uJohane elikubonileyo lelikuzwileyo: Iziphofu sezibona,+ izigoga sezihamba, abalobulephero bayahlanjululwa, izacuthe sezisizwa,+ abafileyo bayavuswa futhi abayanga batshelwa izindaba ezinhle.+

17 Ngizakuvikela esizweni sakini lasezizweni engizakuthuma kuzo+ 18 ukuthi uvule amehlo azo,+ uzisuse ebumnyameni+ ziguqukele ekukhanyeni,+ zisuke lasemandleni kaSathane+ ziguqukele kuNkulunkulu, ukuze zithethelelwe izono+ futhi zithole ilifa zilalabo abangcwelisiweyo ngenxa yokuthi balokholo kimi.’