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Ekubeni ke bebaninzi abasa isandla sabo, ukuyibeka eludwengeni udaba olukholiweyo phakathi kwethu, njengokuba basinikelayo abo bathi kwasekuqalekeni baba ngamangqina okuzibonela, nabakhonzi balo ilizwi; Kwabonakala kulungile nakum, ndizazi zonke izinto, kwasekuqaleni, ukuba ndikubhalele ngokulandelelana kwazo, Tiyofilo odume kunene, ukuze uyazi kakuhle ingqiniseko yezo zinto uzifundisisiweyo. Ngemihla kaHerode ukumkani wakwaJuda, kwakukho umbingeleli othile, ogama linguZakariya, engoweqela lika-Abhiya, nomfazi wakhe engoweentombi zika-Aron, igama lakhe linguElizabhete. Bebengamalungisa ke bobabini emehlweni kaThixo, behamba ngayo yonke imithetho nemimiselo yeNkosi, bengenakusoleka. Baye bengenamntwana, ngokokuba uElizabhete ebengazali, kanjalo bobabini babesebekhulile. Ke kaloku kwathi, xa wayesenza ububingeleli ngokweqela lakhe, phambi koThixo. Ngokwesiko lobubingeleli, kwaba liqashiso lakhe ukuba aqhumisele ngesiqhumiso, xa angenayo etempileni yeNkosi. Yaye yonke inkitha yabantu ithandaza ngaphandle ngelixa lesiqhumiso. Kwabonakala ke kuye isithunywa seNkosi, simi ngasekunene kwesibingelelo sesiqhumiso. uZekariya wathi akumbona wakhathazeka, wangenelwa luloyiko. Sathi kuye isithunywa eso, Musa ukoyika, Zakariya, kuba umthandazo wakho uviwe; wothi ke umfazi wakho uElizabhete akuzalele unyana, umthiye igama elinguYohane. Uya kuba novuyo novuyo; bathi nabaninzi bakuvuyele ukuzalwa kwakhe. Kuba uya kuba mkhulu emehlweni eNkosi, angakhe asele wayini nasiselo sinxilisayo; uya kuzaliswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwasekuzalweni kwakhe. Nento eninzi ke yoonyana bakaSirayeli uya kuyibuyisela eNkosini uThixo wabo. Yena uya kuhamba phambi kobuso bayo, enomoya enamandla kaEliya, ukuba azibuyisele iintliziyo zooyise kubantwana, nabangevayo kuko ukuqonda kwamalungisa; alungisele iNkosi abantu abalungisiweyo. Wathi uZekariya kuso isithunywa, Ndiya kukwazi ngani na oko? ngokuba mna ndimdala, waye nomfazi wam selekhulile. Saphendula ke isithunywa, sathi kuye, Mna ndinguGabriyeli, oma phambi koThixo. Ndithunyiwe ukuba ndithethe kuwe, ndikushumayele ezi ndaba zilungileyo. Uyabona, uya kuba sisidenge, ungabi nako ukuthetha, kude kube yimini eziya kuthi zenzeke ngayo ezi zinto, ngenxa enokuba ungakholwanga ngamazwi am; aya kuzalisekiswa wona ngexesha lawo. Baye abantu bemlindile uZekariya, bemangalisiwe kukulibala kwakhe endaweni engcwele leyo. Uthe ke akuphuma, akaba nako ukuthetha kubo; baqonda ukuba ubone umbono endaweni engcwele apho, waye yena emana ukunqwala kubo, wahlala engathethi. Kwathi, yakuzaliseka imihla yolungiselelo lwakhe, wemka waya endlwini yakhe.