UJesu esezelwe eBetlehema laseJudiya emihleni kaHerode inkosi , bheka, kwafika izazi eJerusalema, zivela empumalanga, zithi:

Bathi kuye : EBetlehema laseJudiya , ngokuba kulotshiwe kanjalo ngomprofethi ukuthi:

Ngaleyo mihla kwavela uJohane uMbhapathizi eshumayela ehlane laseJudiya, ethi:

Kwaphumela kuye izwe lonke laseJudiya nabo bonke abaseJerusalema , babhapathizwa nguye emfuleni iJordani, bevuma izono zabo.

Bonke abakhelene nabo behlelwa ngukwesaba , bakhuluma ngazo zonke lezo zindaba kulo lonke lezintaba laseJudiya,

Khona wehla nabo , wema endaweni eyithafa kanye nesixuku esikhulu sabafundi bakhe noquqaba lwabantu abavela kulo lo nke laseJudiya , naseJerusalema, nangaselwandle lwaseTire neSidoni,

Kwayikhona beqinisa kakhulu , bethi: Uvusa abantu efundisa kulo lonke laseJudiya, eqalile kwelaseGalile, waze wafika lapha.

Ngasemva kwalokho uJe su weza nabafundi bakhe ezweni laseJudiya ; wahlala khona nabo, wabhapathiza.

Njalo-ke ibandla laba nokuthula kulo lonke laseJudiya , naseGalile, naseSamariya, lakheka, lihamba ekwesabeni iNkosi , landa ngenduduzo kaMoya oNgcwele. UPetru uphilisa u-Eneya

kodwa ngamemezela kuqala kwabaseDamaseku nakwabaseJerusalema , nakulo lonke izwe laseJudiya nakwabezizwe ukuba baphenduke, baguqukele kuNkulunkulu, benze imisebenzi efanele ukuphenduka.