1. Kwathi uYesu akugqiba ukubayalela abafundi bakhe abalishumi elinambini, wemka apho, waya kushumayela kwiidolophu zalapho.
2. UYohane, esentolongweni, weva ngemisebenzi kaKrestu, waza wathumela abafundi bakhe,
3. ukuba babuze kuye, bathi: “Ungulowo uzayo na wena, okanye masilinde omnye?”
4. Waphendula uYesu, wathi kubo: “Hambani niye kumbalisela uYohane ezi zinto nizibonayo nenizivayo;
5. okokuba iimfama zibuya zibone, iziqhwala ziyahamba, abaneqhenqa bayahlanjululwa, izithulu ziyeva, abafileyo bayavuswa, abasweleyo bayazishunyayezwa iindaba ezimnandi.
6. Unoyolo othe akakhutyekiswa ndim!”
7. Bakuba bemkile ke abathunywa bakaYohane, uYesu wathetha ngoYohane kwisihlwele, esithi: “Naniphume nisiya kubona ntoni na entlango? Yayiyingcongolo na izanya-zanyiswa ngumoya?
8. Naniphume nisiya kubona ntoni na kakade? Yayingumntu ohombileyo na? Niyabona, abo bahombayo basezindlwini zookumkani.