42. wadanduluka ekhwaza esithi: “Ungoyena usikelelweyo wena phakathi kwabafazi! Nomntwana oya kuzalwa nguwe usikelelwe!
43. Bendiyintoni na kakade, ukuba ndide ndihanjelwe ngunina weNkosi yam?
44. Yaz' ukuba, kuthe ndakuwuva umbuliso wakho, lwasuka usana lwaxhuma luvuyo esiswini sam.
45. Unoyolo lowo ukholiweyo, kuba ilizwi elithunyelwe kuye yiNkosi liya kuzaliseka.”
46. Wavakala uMariya esithi:“Umphefumlo wam uyayibonga iNkosi;
47. ndaye ndigcobile ngoThixo uMsindisi wam;
48. kuba wakuphawula ukuthobeka kwesicakazana sakhe.Ewe, ukususela ngoku zonke izizukulwana zothi ndingonoyolo,
49. kuba undenzele izinto ezinkulu uSomandla,yena ogama lakhe lingcwele,
50. yena onceba yakhe ikwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana zâbo bamoyikayo.
51. Wolule ingalo yakhe enamandla,wabachitha-chitha abanekratshi ekuzicingeleni kwabo.
52. Iinganga wazithoba kumawonga azo,waza abathobekileyo wabaphakamisa.
53. Wahluthisa abalambileyo ngezinto ezilungileyo,wathi abazizityebi wabandulula belambatha.
54. Wamxhasa uSirayeli umkhonzi wakhe,akayilibala inceba yakhe
55. awayethembise ngayo koobawo bethu,kuAbraham nakwinzala yakhe ngonaphakade.”
56. UMariya ke wahlala noElizabhete iinyanga ngathi zaba ntathu, waza wagoduka.
57. Lafika ke ixesha lokuba uElizabhete abeleke, waza wazala unyana.
58. Bakuva abamelwane bakhe nezizalwana zakhe ngale nceba ingaka ayenzelwe yiNkosi, bavuyisana naye.
59. Kwathi ke ngomhla wesibhozo baya kumàlusa umntwana, befuna ukumthiya ngoyise uZakariya.
60. Kodwa unina wala, esithi: “Hayi, igama lakhe nguYohane!”
61. Bona ke bathi kuye: “Lingekho nje eli gama kowabo!”
62. Baza babhekisa kuyise ukuba yena unga angathiywa gama lini na.