6. Baphuma ke, bazityhutyha iidolophana, beshumayela iindaba ezimnandi, bephilisa kuzo zonke iindawo.
7. UHerode, owayephethe kuloo mmandla, waziva zonke izinto ezenziweyo nguYesu. Wasuka wanexhala, kuba kwakusithiwa: “Kuvuke uYohane kwabafileyo;”
8. kusithiwa: “Kubonakele uEliya;” kusithiwa ngabanye: “Kubuye kwavuka *umshumayeli wexesha lamanyange.”
9. UHerode ke wathi: “Ndamnqumla intloko nje uYohane. Ngaba ngubani ke lo ndiva kuthethwa ezi zinto ngaye?” Watsho wafuna ukumbona.
10. Ekubuyeni kwabo *abathunywa bamxelela uYesu oko bakwenzileyo. Wabathatha ke, wemka nabo, waya kwidolophu ekuthiwa yiBhetesayida.
11. Sithe isihlwele, sikwazile oko, samlandela; waza uYesu wasamkela, wathetha naso ngolawulo lukaThixo, ephilisa abo baswele impilo.
12. Yakuba ke isimka imini, abafundi abalishumi elinambini bathe kuYesu: “Sindulule isihlwele, abantu bemke, baye ezidolophini ezijikelezileyo nasezilalini, balale, bafumane ukutya, kuba apha sikwindawo engenamizi.”
13. Ke yena wathi kubo: “Bapheni nina ukutya, batye.”Bathi bona: “Sinezonka ezihlanu neentlanzi ezimbini kuphela. Asinakubatyisa ngaphandle kokuba siye kubathengela ukutya bonke aba bantu.”
14. (Kwakukho amadoda akumawaka amahlanu.)Wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Bahlaliseni babe ngamaqela ngamaqela, iqela ngalinye libe ngamashumi amahlanu.”
15. Benjenjalo ke, babahlalisa phantsi bonke.
16. Ezithathile ezo zonka zihlanu nezo ntlanzi zimbini, ukhangele ezulwini, wabulela, waziqhekeza, wamana enika abafundi bakhe ukuba babele isihlwele.