Ngaleyo mihla kwavela uJohane uMbhapathizi eshumayela ehlane laseJudiya, ethi:

Yena uJohane wayenengubo yoboya bekamela noqhotho lwesikhumba okhalweni lwakhe; ukudla kwakhe kwakuyizinkumbi nezinyosi zasendle.

Kepha uJohane wamalela wathi : Yimi engiswela ukubhapathizwa nguwe ; wena uza kimi na?

Kuthe esezwile ukuthi uJohane uboshiwe, wamuka waya eGalile.

Kwathi-ke uJohane esetilongweni, ezwile ngemisebenzi kaKristu, wathumela ngabafundi bakhe,

UJesu waphendula , wathi kubo : Hambani nimlandise uJohane lokhu enikuzwayo nenikubonayo ukuthi:

Ngokuba abaprofethi bonke nomthetho baprofetha , kwaze kwafika uJohane.

Ngokuba uJohane wafika engadli, engaphuzi; bathi: Unedemoni.

Ngokuba uHerode wayembambile uJohane , wambopha, wamfaka etilongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya umkaFiliphu umfowabo,

lokhu uJohane wayethe kuye: Awuvunyelwe ube naye.

yathuma yamnquma uJohane ikhanda etilongweni.

Bathi: Abanye basho uJohane uMbhapathizi; abanye basho u-Eliya; abanye basho uJeremiya noma omunye wabaprofethi.

Kepha uma sithi : Kubantu, siyasesaba isixuku ; ngokuba bonke bathi uJohane ungumprofethi.

Ngokuba uJohane weza kini ngendlela yokulunga , anikholwanga nguye ; kepha abathelisi nezifebe bakholwa nguye ; kodwa nina , khona nikubona , aniguqukanga nakamuva, nize nikholwe nguye. Umfanekiso wabalimi besivini (Mark. 12:1; Luk. 20:9)

kwavela uJohane ebhapathiza ehlane , eshumayela umbhapathizo wokuphenduka, kube ngukuthethelelwa kwezono.

UJohane wayembethe eyoboya bekamela , enoqhotho lwesikhumba okhalweni lwakhe, edla izinkumbi nezinyosi zasendle.

Yayisikuzwa inkosi uHerode , ngokuba lalidumile igama lakhe . Kwathiwa uJohane uMbhapathizi uvukile kwabafileyo ; kungalokho lawa mandla asebenza kuye.

Kepha uHerode ekuzwile wathi : UJohane engamnquma ikhanda nguye ovukile.

Ngokuba yena uHerode wayethumele wambamba uJohane , wambopha etilongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya umkaFiliphu umfowabo, ngokuba wayeganwe nguye.

Ngokuba uJohane wayethe kuHerode : Awuvunyelwe ukuthatha umkamfowenu.

ngokuba uHerode wayemesaba uJohane emazi ukuthi uyindoda elungileyo engcwele, wamlonda; nalapho emuzwa , wayesambatheka kaningi , nokho kwabamnandi kuye ukumuzwa.

Bamtshela bathi: UJohane uMbhapathizi; abanye bathi: Ngu-Eliya; abanye bathi: Ngomunye wabaprofethi.

UJohane wayesethi kuye: Mfundisi, sabona umuntu ongasilandeli ekhipha amademoni ngegama lakho; samnqabela ngokuba engasilandeli.

Kepha uma sithi : Kubantu, besaba isixuku, ngokuba bonke bathi uJohane ungumprofethi impela.

Kepha ingelosi yathi kuye: Ungesabi, Zakariya, ngokuba isicelo sakho sizwakele; umkakho u -Elisabethe uzakukuzalela indodana , uyiqambe igama lokuthi uJohane.

Unina wayesephendula ethi: Qhabo, uzakuthiwa uJohane.

uJohane waphendula , wathi kubo bonke : Mina kambe nginibhapathiza ngamanzi, kepha uyeza onamandla kunami engingafanele ukuthukulula umchilo wezicathulo zakhe ; yena uzakunibhapathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele nangomlilo;

wenezela nalokhu kokunye konke, wamvalela uJohane etilongweni.

UJohane wayesebiza ababili kubafundi bakhe , wabathumela eNkosini , wathi: Wena unguye ozayo, noma sobheka omunye na?

Amadoda esefikile kuyo athi : UJohane uMbhapathizi usithumele kuwe , ethi: Wena unguye ozayo, noma sobheka omunye na?

Yaphendula, yathi kuwo: Hambani nimlandise uJohane lokho enikubonile nenikuzwile ukuthi : Izimpumputhe ziyabona , izinyonga ziyahamba , abanochoko bayahlanjululwa , izithulu ziy ezwa, abafileyo bayavuswa , abampofu bayashunyayezwa ivangeli;

Ngokuba uJohane uMbhapathizi ufikile engadli sinkwa , engaphuzi wayini; nithi-ke: Unedemoni.

Kwathi uHerode umtetrarki ekuzwa konke okwenzekayo , wasambatheka ngokusho kwabanye ukuthi uJohane uvukile kwabafileyo,

Kepha uHerode wathi: UJohane ngamnquma ikhanda mina; kodwa ngubani lo engizwa ngaye okunje? Wafuna ukumbona.

Baphendula bathi: UJohane uMbhapathizi; kepha abanye bathi : Ngu-Eliya; abanye kodwa bathi: Kuvukile umprofethi othile wabadala.

UJohane waphendula wathi : Nkosi, sabona umuntu ekhipha amademoni ngegama lakho, samnqabela ngokuba engalandelani nathi.

Kwathi ekhuleka endaweni ethile , esegcinile, omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye : Nkosi, sifundise ukukhuleka , njengokuba uJohane naye wabafundisa abafundi bakhe.

Umthetho nabaprofethi kwakukhona kwaze kwa fika uJohane ; kusukela kuleso sikhathi ivangeli lombuso kaNkulunkulu liyashunyayelwa , wonke umuntu uphika ngokufuzula kuwo.

Kepha uma sithi : Kubantu, abantu bonke bazakusikhanda ngamatshe , ngokuba bakholiwe ukuthi uJohane ungumprofethi.

Omunye walabo ababili abamuzwa uJohane balandela uJesu wayengu - Andreya umfowabo kaSimoni Petru;

UJohane wafakaza ngaye , wamemeza wathi: Nguyena lo ebengisho ngaye ukuthi: Lowo ozayo emva kwami uvelile ngaphambi kwami , ngokuba wayekhona kuqala kunami.

UJohane wabaphendula wathi : Mina ngibhapathiza ngamanzi ; umi phakathi kwenu eningamaziyo:

Lokho kwenzeka eBethabara ngaphesheya kweJordani , lapho uJohane wayebhapathiza khona.

UJohane wafakaza wathi : Ngibonile uMoya ehla ezulwini njengejuba , wahlala phezu kwakhe.

Ngangomuso futhi wayemi uJohane nababili kubafundi bakhe.

Naye uJohane wayebhapathiza e -Enoni eduze neSalimi , ngokuba amanzi ayemaningi lapho; beza babhapathizwa.

Ngokuba uJohane wayengakafakwa etilongweni.

UJohane waphendula wathi : Umuntu angelwamukele utho , uma engaluphiwanga luvela ezulwini.

Waphinda wamuka , waya phesheya kweJordani kuleyo ndawo lapho uJohane waqala ukubhapathiza khona, wahlala lapho.

Nabaningi beza kuye , bathi: UJohane nempela akenzanga sibonakaliso nasinye, kepha konke uJohane akusho ngalowo muntu kwakuqinisile.

Ngokuba uJohane wayebhapathiza ngamanzi , kepha nina nizakubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele kungakadluli izinsuku eziningi.

Niyalazi izwi elamenyezelwa eJudiya lonke , liqalile eGalile , emva kokubhapathiza akushumayelayo uJohane

Ngalikhumbula-ke izwi leNkosi, njengalokho yathi: UJohane wabhapathiza ngamanzi, kodwa nina nizakubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele.

UPawulu nababe naye bamuka ePhafu ngomkhumbi, bafika ePherge lasePhamfiliya; kepha uJohane wahlukana nabo, wabuyela eJerusalema.

engakafiki yena uJohane wayeseshumayele kuso sonke isizwe sakwa - Israyeli umbhapathizo wokuphenduka.

Esegcina ukuhamba kwakhe uJohane wathi : Lokhu enithi ngiyikho angisikho mina . Kodwa bhekani , uyeza emva kwami engingafanele ukukhumula isicathulo sezinyawo zakhe.

UPawulu wayesethi: UJohane wabhapathiza umbhapathizo wokuphenduka, ethi kubantu mabakholwe nguyena obezakuza emva kwakhe , kungukuthi uJesu.

Isambulo sikaJesu Kristu amnika sona uNkulunkulu ukuba abonise izinceku zakhe iz into ezimelwe ukwenzeka masinyane , ethuma ngengelosi yakhe , esibonakalisa encekwini yakhe uJohane

Ubusisiwe ofundayo nabo abawezwayo amazwi alesi siprofetho , bagcine okulotshiweyo kuso, ngokuba isikhathi siseduze. UJohane uyabingelela amabandla ayisikhombisa

UJohane kuwo amabandla ayisikhombisa ase -Asiya: Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuye okhona nowayekhona nozayo , nakoMoya abayisikhombisa abaphambi kwesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi,