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

20 Leyo ke ihlwayelwe kwiindawo ezilulwalwa, ngulowo ulivayo ilizwi aze kwaoko alamkele ngovuyo.+

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

19 Ngenxa yoko sinelizwi lesiprofeto+ elenziwa laqiniseka ngakumbi;+ yaye nenza kakuhle ukunikela ingqalelo kulo njengakwisibane+ esikhanya kwindawo emnyama, kude kube ngesifingo kuphume nekhwezi,+ ezintliziyweni zenu.