Ekuqalekeni ube ekho uLizwi, waye uLizwi ekuye uThixo, waye uLizwi enguThixo. Yena lowo ebekho ekuqalekeni kuThixo. Izinto zonke zabakho ngaye; engekho yena, akubangakho nanye into ethe yabakho. Kuye kwakukho ubomi, baye ubomi obo bulukhanyiselo lwabantu. Ukhanyiso ke olo lwabonakala ebumnyameni, basuka ubumnyama àbaluqiqa.
Kwakho mntu uthunyiweyo evela kuThixo, ugama linguYohane. Lowo weza kuba lingqina, ukuze angqine ngalo ukhanyiso, ukuze bonke bakholwe ngaye. Yena lowo ubengelulo ukhanyiso; weza kungqina ngalo ukhanyiso.
Waye ke yena elukhanyiso oluyinyaniso, olubakhanyiselayo abantu bonke, esiza ehlabathini. Ube esehlabathini ke; ihlabathi labakho ngaye, ihlabathi alimazanga. Weza kokwakhe, baza abakhe àbamvuma. Ke bonke abamamkeláyo wabanika igunya lokuba babe ngabantwana bakaThixo, abo ke bakholwayo kwigama lakhe; abangàzalwanga ngagazi, nangakuthanda kwanyama, nangakuthanda kwandoda; bazalwa nguThixo. ULizwi waba yinyama, wahlala phakathi kwethu, sabubona ubuqaqawuli bakhe, ubuqaqawuli kanye bowokuphela kwamzeleyo uYise, ezele lubabalo nayinyaniso.
Uthi uYohane angqine ngaye, adanduluke esithi, Ubenguye lo bendithetha yena, ndisithi, Lowo uzayo emva kwam, usuke waba phambi kwam, ngokuba waye etanci kum. Enzalisekweni yakhe thina sonke samkela kwaubabalo phezu kobabalo. Ngokuba umthetho wawiswa ngoMoses, lwabakho lona ubabalo nenyaniso ngoYesu Kristu. Akukho namnye wakha wambona uThixo; uNyana okuphela kwamzeleyo, lowo usesifubeni sikaYise, nguye ocacise oko.
Nabu ke ubungqina bukaYohane, oko amaYuda athuma ababingeleli nabaLevi, bephuma eYerusalem, ukuze bambuze besithi, Wena ungubani na? Wavuma akakhanyela, wavuma esithi, Andinguye mna uKristu.• Bambuza, besithi, Untoni na ke? UnguEliya na? Athi, Andinguye. Unguye na umprofeti lowo? Wathi ukuphendula, Hayi. Bathi ngoko kuye, Ungubani na ke? ukuze sibaphendule abo basithumileyo. Ùthini na wena ngawe ngokwakho? Wathi, Mna ndililizwi lodandulukayo entlango, lisithi, Yityenenezeni indlela yeNkosi, njengoko watshoyo uIsaya umprofeti.
Baye abo babethunyiwe bengabakubo abaFarisi. Bambuza bathi kuye, Ubhaptizelani na phofu, ukuba wena akunguye uKristu•, noEliya, nomprofeti lowo? Wabaphendula uYohane, esithi, Mna ndibhaptiza ngamanzi; ke phakathi kwenu kumi eningamaziyo nina. Yena ngothe, esiza emva kwam nje, wesuka waba phambi kwam, endingafanelekileyo mna ukuba ndinyobulule umtya wembadada yakhe.
Ezi zinto zenzeka eBhetabhara, phesheya kweYordan, apho uYohane wayebhaptiza khona.
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