18. “Kuba kaloku wafika uYohane umbhaptizi, ezila ukutya, engaseli wayini, kwaza kwathiwa: ‘Unendimoni.’
19. Wafika yena uNyana woLuntu esidla esela; kwaza kwathiwa: ‘Khanibone, umntu onyolukileyo, indlamanzi, umhlobo wabaqokeleli-rhafu naboni!’ Noko ke ubulumko bukaThixo bubonakala buyinyaniso ngayo yonke imisebenzi esisiqhamo sabo.”
20. Waza uYesu wazisola ngokungaguquki kwazo iidolophu apho wayesenza khona inkoliso yemimangaliso yakhe, esithi:
21. “Mawoo, wena Korazin! Mawoo, wena Bhetesayida! Ukuba imimangaliso eyenzeke kuni yayenzeke eTire naseSidon, abemi bakhona ngebaguqukayo kwakudala, bambatha ezirhwexayo, bazigalela uthuthu.
22. Ewe, ndithi kuni, ngomhla womgwebo koba nokunyamezeleka okweTire nokweSidon kunokwenu.
23. Wena Kapernahum, unga ungaphakanyiselwa ezulwini na? Hayi, uya kuphoswa phantsi kwelabafileyo. Ukuba yayithe yenzeka eSodom imimangaliso eyenzeke kuwe, ngeyisekho nanamhla.
24. Ewe, ndithi kuni, ngomhla womgwebo koba nokunyamezeleka okweSodom kunokwenu.”