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1 Njengoba abanengi sebebeke izandla ukubeka ngendlela efaneleyo ukulandiswa kwezinto eziqiniseke ngokupheleleyo phakathi kwethu ^a, 2 njengalokhu basinika ^b labo ababonayo ngamehlo ^c ekuqaleni ^d njalo bezinceku ^e zelizwi ^f, 3 kukhanye kukuhle lakimi ^g, sengizihlolisisile zonke izinto ^h kusukela ekuqaleni ⁱ, ukuthi ngikubhalele ngokulandelana ^j, mhlekazi ^k Teyofilu ^l, 4 ukuze wazi iqiniso ngalezozinto ^m ozifundisiweyo ⁿ.

Ukuzalwa kukaJohane kuyabikwa

5 Ensukwini zikaHerodi inkosi yeJudiya kwakukhona umpristi othile othiwa nguZakariya ^o, oweqembu likaAbhiya ^p; lomkakhe wayevela kumadodakazi kaAroni, lebizo lakhe linguElizabethi. 6 Njalo babelungile bobabili phambi kukaNkulunkulu ^q, behamba ngayo yonke imilayo lezimiso zeNkosi ^r, bengasoleki ^s. 7 Njalo babengelamntwana, ngoba uElizabethi wayeyinyumba ^t, basebeleminyaka eminengi ^u bobabili ^v.

8 Kwasekusithi esenza inkonzo yobupristi phambi kukaNkulunkulu esesimisweni seqembu lakibo, 9 ngomkhuba wenkonzo yobupristi ^w, nguye owadliwa yinkatho yokutshisa impepha ^x esengene ethempelini leNkosi ^y. 10 Njalo ixuku lonke labantu ^z lalikhuleka ^aa ngaphandle ngesikhathi sokutshisa impepha ^ab. 11 Ingilosi yeNkosi yasibonakala kuye ^ac, imi ngakwesokunene selathi lempepha ^ad. 12 Kwathi uZakariya eyibona waqhuqha, lokwesaba kwawela phezu kwakhe ^ae. 13 Kodwa ingilosi yathi kuye: Ungesabi Zakariya; ngoba umkhuleko wakho uzwakele, lomkakho uElizabethi uzakuzalela indodana, njalo uzakuthi ibizo layo nguJohane ^af. 14 Futhi uzakuba lenjabulo lentokozo, labanengi bazakujabulela ukuzalwa kwakhe ^ag. 15 Ngoba uzakuba mkhulu phambi kweNkosi, iwayini kanye lokunathwayo okulamandla ^ah kasoze akunathe ^ai, futhi uzagcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele ^aj kusukela esesesiswini sikanina ^ak. 16 Labanengi kubantwana bakoIsrayeli uzabaphendulela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wabo; 17 njalo yena uzahamba phambi kwayo emoyeni lemandleni kaElija ^al, ukuphendulela inhliziyo zaboyise kubantwana, labangalaleliyo ekuhlakanipheni kwabalungileyo ^am, ukulungiselela iNkosi isizwe ^an esilungisiweyo ^ao. 18 UZakariya wasesithi kuyo ingilosi: Ngizakwazi ngani lokhu ^ap? Ngoba mina ngilixhegu, lomkami useleminyaka eminengi ^aq. 19 Ingilosi yasiphendula yathi kuye: NginguGabriyeli ^ar mina, omayo phambi kukaNkulunkulu; njalo ngithunyiwe ukukhuluma lawe, lokukubikela lezizindaba ezinhle ^as. 20 Njalo khangela, uzakuba yisimungulu njalo wehluleke ukukhuluma, kuze kube lusuku okuzakwenzeka ngalo lezizinto ^at, ngenxa yokuthi ungakholwanga amazwi ami, azagcwaliseka ngesikhathi sawo.

21 Labantu babemlindele uZakariya; bamangala ngokuphuza kwakhe ethempelini ^au. 22 Kuthe esephuma wehluleka ukukhuluma labo; njalo bazi ukuthi ubone umbono ethempelini ^av; njalo yena wayesebaqhweba ^aw, wahlala eyisimungulu ^ax. 23 Kwasekusithi seziphelile insuku ^ay zokukhonza kwakhe, waya endlini yakhe ^az.

24 Kwathi emva kwalezonsuku uElizabethi umkakhe wathatha isisu, wazifihla okwezinyanga ezinhlanu ^ba, esithi: 25 Yenze kanje kimi iNkosi ensukwini eyangikhangela ngazo ^bb ukususa ihlazo lami phakathi kwabantu ^bc.

Ukuzalwa kukaJesu kuyabikwa

26 Kwathi ngenyanga yesithupha ^bd ingilosi uGabriyeli yathunywa nguNkulunkulu emzini weGalili ^be othiwa yiNazaretha ^bf, 27 entombini eyayigane indoda, ebizo layo lalinguJosefa ^bg, eyendlu kaDavida ^bh; lebizo lentombi linguMariya. 28 Ingilosi yasingena kuye yathi: Ekuhle, wena othandiweyo ^bi! INkosi ilawe ^bj, ubusisiwe wena phakathi kwabesifazana ^bk. 29 Kwathi eseyibonile wethuswa kakhulu yilizwi layo ^bl, wanakana ukuthi yikubingelela okunjani lokhu ^bm. 30 Ingilosi yasisithi kuye: Ungesabi, Mariya; ngoba uthole uthando kuNkulunkulu ^bn. 31 Njalo khangela, uzathatha isisu, uzale indodana ^bo, uzakuthi ibizo layo nguJesu ^bp. 32 Yena uzakuba mkhulu, uzabizwa ngokuthi yiNdodana yoPhezukonke ^bq; futhi iNkosi uNkulunkulu izamnika ^br isihlalo sobukhosi sikayise uDavida ^bs, 33 njalo uzabusa phezu kwendlu kaJakobe kuze kube nininini, langombuso wakhe kawuzukuba lokuphela ^bt. 34 UMariya wasesithi kuyo ingilosi: Lokhu kungenzeka njani, njengoba ngingazi indoda? 35 Ingilosi yasiphendula yathi kuye: UMoya oNgcwele uzakuza phezu kwakho ^bu, lamandla oPhezukonke azakwembesa ^bv; ngakho lalokhu okungcwele okuzazalwa nguwe ^bw kuzakuthiwa yiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ^bx. 36 Njalo khangela, isinini sakho uElizabethi, laye ukhulelwe yindodana ebudaleni bakhe ^by; lale yinyanga yesithupha kuye obekuthiwa uyinyumba ^bz. 37 Ngoba kuNkulunkulu kakulalutho oluzakwehlula ^ca. 38 UMariya wasesithi: Khangela, incekukazi yeNkosi; kakube kimi njengelizwi lakho ^cb. Ingilosi yasisuka kuye.

UMariya uhambela uElizabethi

39 Ngalezonsuku uMariya wasesukuma waya ezintabeni ^cc ngokuphangisa ^cd, emzini weJuda ^ce, 40 wangena endlini kaZakariya, wabingelela uElizabethi. 41 Kwasekusithi uElizabethi ezwe ukubingelela kukaMariya, inkonyane yeqa esiswini sakhe; loElizabethi wagcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele ^cf, 42 wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu, wathi: Ubusisiwe wena ^cg phakathi kwabesifazana, njalo sibusisiwe isithelo sesizalo sakho! 43 Kanti kuvela ngaphi lokhu kimi ^ch, ukuthi unina weNkosi yami eze kimi ^ci? 44 Ngoba khangela, kuthe ilizwi lokubingelela kwakho lifika endlebeni zami, umntwana weqa esiswini sami ngokuthokoza. 45 Futhi ubusisiwe ^cj okholiweyo, ngoba kuzagcwaliseka lezozinto ezakhulunywa kuye yiNkosi ^ck.

46 UMariya wasesithi: Umphefumulo wami ^cl uyayikhulisa iNkosi ^cm, 47 lomoya wami uyathokoza ^cn kuNkulunkulu uMsindisi wami ^co, 48 ngoba ukhangele ubuphansi bencekukazi yakhe ^cp. Ngoba khangela, kusukela khathesi zonke izizukulwana ^cq zizakuthi ngibusisiwe ^cr. 49 Ngoba yena olamandla ungenzele ^cs izinto ezinkulu ^ct, lingcwele lebizo lakhe ^cu, 50 lesihawu sakhe sikusizukulwana ngesizukulwana kulabo abamesabayo ^cv. 51 Wenzile amandla ngengalo yakhe ^cw; uhlakazile abazigqajayo ekunakaneni kwenhliziyo zabo ^cx. 52 Wehlisile ^cy iziphathamandla ezihlalweni zobukhosi, kodwa uphakamisile abantukazana ^cz. 53 Abalambileyo ubasuthise ngezinto ezinhle ^da, kodwa abanothileyo wabamukisa beze ^db. 54 Umsizile uIsrayeli inceku yakhe ^dc, ngokukhumbula isihawu ^dd, 55 njengoba watsho kubobaba bethu ^de, kuAbrahama, lenzalweni yakhe kuze kube nininini. 56 UMariya wasehlala laye okungaba zinyanga ezintathu, wasebuyela endlini yakhe.

Ukuzalwa kukaJohane

57 Isikhathi sikaElizabethi sokuthi abelethe sesiphelele, wasebeletha indodana. 58 Abakhelene laye ^df lezinini zakhe ^dg basebesizwa ukuthi iNkosi yenze isihawu sayo saba sikhulu kuye ^dh, basebethokoza laye ^di. 59 Kwasekusithi ngosuku lwesificaminwembili, beza ukuzasoka usane ^dj; balubiza ngebizo likayise ngokuthi nguZakariya ^dk. 60 Kodwa unina waphendula wathi: Hatshi bo, kodwa luzathiwa nguJohane ^dl. 61 Basebesithi kuye: Kakho ezihlotsheni zakho obizwa ngalelibizo. 62 Basebeqhweba uyise, ukuthi angathanda ukuthi lubizwe ngokuthini ^dm. 63 Wasecela into yokubhalela, wabhala, esithi: NguJohane ibizo lalo ^dn; basebemangala bonke. 64 Njalo wahle wavulwa umlomo wakhe ^do lolimi lwakhe lwatshwaphululwa ^dp, wasekhuluma edumisa uNkulunkulu ^dq. 65 Lokwesaba kwehlela phezu kwabo bonke abakhelene labo ^dr; njalo kwakhulunywa ngazo zonke lezizinto kulo lonke elezintabeni zeJudiya ^ds, 66 labo bonke abazizwayo bazilondoloza ezinhliziyweni zabo ^dt, besithi: Kambe lolusane luzakuba njani? Njalo isandla seNkosi sasilalo ^du.

67 LoZakariya uyise wagcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele, waprofetha, esithi ^dv: 68 Ibusisiwe iNkosi ^dw uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli ^dx, ngoba ihambele ^dy yasenzela inkululeko isizwe sayo ^dz, 69 yasivusela uphondo losindiso endlini kaDavida inceku yayo ^ea, 70 njengalokho yakhuluma ngomlomo wabaprofethi bayo abangcwele ^eb kusukela ekuqaleni komhlaba ^ec, 71 isikhulula ezitheni zethu, lesandleni sabo bonke abasizondayo; 72 ukwenzela obaba bethu ^ed isihawu, lokukhumbula isivumelwano sayo esingcwele ^ee, 73 isifungo eyasifunga kubaba wethu uAbrahama ^ef, 74 ukusinika, ukuthi sesikhululiwe esandleni sezitha zethu, siyikhonze singelakwesaba ^eg, 75 ngobungcwele langokulunga phambi kwayo ^eh zonke izinsuku zempilo yethu ^ei. 76 Lawe-ke, sane, uzabizwa ngokuthi ungumprofethi ^ej woPhezukonke ^ek; ngoba uzahamba phambi kobuso beNkosi ^el ukulungisa izindlela zayo ^em; 77 lokunika isizwe sayo ulwazi losindiso ^en ngothethelelo lwezono zabo, 78 ngesihelo sikaNkulunkulu wethu, okuthi ngaso ukusa ^{▼▼ ukusa: kumbe, ugatsha; Nani 24:17; Isa 11:1; Zek 3:8; Mal 4:2} kwaphezulu kusethekelele ^ep, 79 ukubakhanyisela ^eq abahlezi emnyameni lethunzini lokufa ^er, ukuqondisa inyawo zethu endleleni yokuthula ^es.

80 Wakhula-ke umntwana omncane, waqina emoyeni ^et, waba sezinkangala ^eu kwaze kwaba lusuku lokubonakala kwakhe kuIsrayeli ^ev.