Kwathi sezimukile, baphuma emthonjeni, baya bayitshela inkosi uDavide , bathi kuDavide : Sukani, nisheshe niwele amanzi , ngokuba u -Ahithofeli weluleke kanjalo ngani.

Sezimukile, bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuJosefa ngephupho , ithi: Vuka uthabathe umntwana nonina , ubalekele eGibithe, uhlale khona, ngize ngikutshele; ngokuba uHerode uzakumfuna umntwana ukuba ambhubhise.

Sezimukile izithunywa zikaJohane , yaqala ukukhuluma ezixukwini ngoJohane, ithi: Naphuma naya ehlane ukuyobonani na ? Umhlanga ontengantengiswa ngumoya na?