NgokukaMakhu 1:1-8

Isiqalo sevangeli elimayelana noJesu Khristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Kunjengalokhu kulotshiwe encwadini kamphrofethi u-Izaya, ukuthi: “Bheka, ngithuma isithunywa sami phambi kwakho, esiyakulungisa indlela yakho; izwi lomemezayo ehlane, lithi: ‘Lungisani indlela yeNkosi, nenze imikhondo yayo iqonde.’ ” Kwavela uJohane ebhabhadisa ehlane, eshumayela umbhabhadiso wokuphenduka, kube ngukuthethelelwa kwezono. Kwaphuma, kweza kuye lonke iJudiya, nazo zonke izakhamuzi zaseJerusalema, babhabhadiswa nguye emfuleni iJordani, bevuma izono zabo. UJohane wayegqoke ingubo yoboya bekameli, ebophe umchilo woqhotho lwesikhumba okhalo lwakhe, edla izinkumbi noju lwasendle. Wayeshumayela ethi: “Emva kwami kuza onamandla kunami, engingafanele nokuba ngikhothame ngithukulule umchilo wezicathulo zakhe. Mina nginibhabhadisa ngamanzi, kepha Yena uzakunibhabhadisa ngoMoya oNgcwele.”