13 Phela bonke abaPhrofethi kanye loMthetho baphrofetha kwaze kwafika uJohane.+ 14 Kungelani ukuthi liyakukholwa yini lokhu kumbe alikukholwa, yena nguye ‘u-Elija okwathiwa uzabuya.’+

13 Kodwa ingilosi yathi kuye: “Ungesabi Zakhariya ngoba umthandazo wakho wokuncenga uzwakele futhi umkakho u-Elizabethi uzakuzalela indodana. Kumele uyinike ibizo elithi Johane.+

17 Izahamba phambi kukaNkulunkulu ilomoya kanye lamandla ka-Elija,+ yenze ukuthi izinhliziyo zabobaba ziphenduke zibe njengezabantwana+ lokuthi abangalaleliyo baphenduke futhi bahlakaniphe njengabantu abalungileyo. Lokhu iyabe ikwenzela ukuthi abantu balungele ukukhonza uJehova.”*+