5 Babephuma besiya kuye abantu baseYerusalem nabakulo lonke elakwaYuda nelizwe elijikeleze iYordan,

5 Noko ke, nangona wayefuna ukumbulala, wayesoyika isihlwele, ngenxa yokuba sasimgqala njengomprofeti.+

26 Ukuba, ngoko, sithi, ‘Lwaluvela ebantwini,’ soyika isihlwele,+ kuba bonke babambe ukuthi uYohane ngumprofeti.”+

20 Kuba uHerode wayemoyika+ uYohane, emazi ngokuba yindoda elilungisa nengcwele;+ yaye wayemgcina ekhuselekile. Kwaye emva kokuba emvile+ wayexakiwe yinto amakayenze, ukanti waqhubeka emphulaphula ngochulumanco.

6 Kodwa ukuba sithi, ‘Lwaluvela ebantwini,’ abantu bonke baya kusixuluba,+ kuba beyisekile ukuba uYohane+ ebengumprofeti.”+