¹ Kwathi ngomnyaka weshumi nanhlanu wokubusa kukaTiberiyu Kesari , uPontiyu Pilatu engumbusi waseJudiya , uHerode engumtetrarki waseGalile , uFiliphu umfowabo engumtetrarki wezwe lase -Itureya nelaseTrakhoniti, uLisaniya engumtetrarki wase-Abilene, ² u-Anase engumpristi omkhulu noKayafase , kwafika izwi likaNkulunkulu kuJohane indodana kaZakariya ehlane. ³ Weza ezweni lonke laseJordani eshumayela umbhapathizo wokuphenduka , kube ngukuthethelelwa kwezono, ⁴ njengokuba kulotshiwe encwadini yamazwi ka-Isaya umprofethi ukuthi: Izwi lomemezayo ehlane, lithi: Lungisani indlela yeNkosi , nenze imikhondo yayo iqonde. ⁵ Izigodi zonke ziyakugqitshwa , zonke izintaba namagquma kuyakwehliswa; kuqonde izinsongansonga, nemigoxigoxi ibe yizindlela ezilelezekile; ⁶ inyama yonke izakubona insindiso kaNkulunkulu. ⁷ Ngakho-ke wathi ezixukwini ezaziphumela ukubhapathizwa nguye : Nzalo yezinyoka, ubani onibonise ukubalekela intukuthelo ezayo na? ⁸ Ngakho vezani izithelo ezifanele uku phenduka, ningaqali ukuthi phakathi kini: S inobaba u -Abrahama; ngokuba ngithi kini : UNkulunkulu unamandla okumvusela u-Abrahama abantwana kulawa matshe. ⁹ Namanje izembe selibekiwe empandeni yemithi ; ngakho yonke imithi engatheli isithelo esihle iyanqunywa, iphonswe emlilweni. ¹⁰ Izixuku zambuza zathi: Pho, sizakwenzani na? ¹¹ Waphendula, wathi kubo: Onezingubo ezimbili akamuphe ongenayo ; naye onokudla enze njalo. ¹² Kwafika nabathelisi ukuba babhapathizwe , bathi kuye : Mfundisi, sizakwenzani na? ¹³ Wathi kubo: Ningabizi lutho ngaphezu kwenikumiselweyo. ¹⁴ Namabutho ambuza athi : Thina-ke, sizakwenzani na ? Wathi kuwo: Ningamuki muntu lutho ngendluzula , ningamxabheleli; yaneliswani yizinkokhelo zenu. ¹⁵ Abantu besabhekile, bezindla bonke ezinhliziyweni zabo ngoJohan e ukuthi ingabe unguKristu yini, ¹⁶ uJohane waphendula , wathi kubo bonke : Mina kambe nginibhapathiza ngamanzi, kepha uyeza onamandla kunami engingafanele ukuthukulula umchilo wezicathulo zakhe ; yena uzakunibhapathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele nangomlilo; ¹⁷ oqoma la khe lokwela lisesandleni sakhe ukushanelisisa isibuya sakhe nokubuthela ukolweni enqolobaneni yakhe ; kepha amakhoba uzakuwashisa ngomlilo ongacimekiyo. ¹⁸ Nangokunye okuningi washumayela ivangeli kubantu, ebayala. ¹⁹ Kepha uHerode umtetrarki , esolwa nguye n genxa kaHerodiya umkamfowabo nangenxa yakho konke okubi abekwenzile uHerode, ²⁰ wenezela nalokhu kokunye konke, wamvalela uJohane etilongweni. ²¹ Kwathi bebhapathiziwe abantu bonke , naye uJesu esebhapathiziwe , ekhuleka, izulu lavuleka, ²² uMoya oNgcwele enesi mo somzimba njengejuba wehlela phezu kwakhe ; kwavela izwi ezulwini , lithi: Wena uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo; ngithokozile ngawe. Izizukulwane zikaJesu (Math. 1:1) ²³ Yena uJesu , ukuqala kwakhe , wayeneminyaka engaba ngamashumi amathathu, eyindodana, njengokushiwoyo, kaJosefa ka-Eli ²⁴ kaMathati kaLevi kaMeliki kaJanayi kaJosefa ²⁵ kaMatathiya ka-Amose kaNahume ka-Eseli kaNagayi ²⁶ kaMati, kaMatathiya kaSemeyini kaJosefa kaJuda ²⁷ kaJohanani kaResa kaZorobabeli kaSalatiyeli kaNeri ²⁸ kaMeliki ka-Adi kaKosamu ka-Elimadamu ka-Eri ²⁹ kaJose ka-Eliyezeri kaJorimi kaMathati kaLevi ³⁰ kaSimeyoni kaJuda kaJosefa kaJonamu ka-Eliyakimi ³¹ kaMeleya kaMena kaMathata kaNathamu kaDavide ³² kaJesayi ka-Obede kaBowasi kaSala kaNasoni ³³ ka-Aminadaba ka-Adameyini ka-Arani ka-Esiromu kaFaresi kaJuda ³⁴ kaJakobe ka-Isaka ka-Abrabama kaThara kaNahori ³⁵ kaSeruki kaRagawu kaFaleki ka-Ebere kaSala ³⁶ kaKayinamu ka-Arfakisadi kaSemi kaNowa kaLameka ³⁷ kaMathusala ka-Enoke kaJarethi kaMaleleyeli kaKayinani ³⁸ ka-Enose kaSeti ka-Adamu kaNkulunkulu.