26. UJohane wabaphendula wathi: “Mina ngibhapathiza ngamanzi; umi phakathi kwenu eningamaziyo:
27. yena ozayo emva kwami, omchilo wesicathulo sakhe ngingafanele ukuwuthukulula.”
28. Lokho kwenzeka eBethabara ngaphesheya kweJordani, lapho uJohane wayebhapathiza khona.
29. Ngangomuso wabona uJesu eza kuye, wathi: “Bheka, iWundlu likaNkulunkulu elisusa izono zezwe.
30. Nguye ebengisho ngaye, ngithi: ‘Emva kwami kuza umuntu owavela ngaphambi kwami, ngokuba wayekhona kuqala kunami.’
31. Nami bengingamazi; kodwa ukuze abonakaliswe ku-Israyeli, ngalokho ngizile ngibhapathiza ngamanzi.”
32. UJohane wafakaza wathi: “Ngibonile uMoya ehla ezulwini njengejuba, wahlala phezu kwakhe.
33. Nami bengingamazi, kodwa owangithuma ukubhapathiza ngamanzi wathi kimi: ‘Lowo oyakubona uMoya ehla ahlale phezu kwakhe, nguyena obhapathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele.’
34. Mina ngibonile, ngafakaza ukuthi: Lo uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”
35. Ngangomuso futhi wayemi uJohane nababili kubafundi bakhe.
36. Ebona uJesu ehamba, wathi: “Bheka, nanto iWundlu likaNkulunkulu.”
37. Abafundi ababili bezwa ekhuluma, bamlandela uJesu.
38. Khona uJesu waphenduka, wababona belandela, wathi kubo: “Nifunani na?”Bathi kuye: “Rabi,” okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa: Mfundisi, “uhlalaphi na?”