aMat 3:1-11; Luka 3:2-16
bMal 3:1; Mat 11:10; Luka 7:27
cIsa 40:3; Joha 1:23
dMat 26:28; Luka 1:77
eGen 14:23; Isa 5:27; Luka 3:16; Joha 1:27
fJoha 18:13,24; Seb 4:6
gMat 26:3
hMat 3:1-12; Mark 1:2-8
i1:13
j1:80
k1:77
lIsa 40:3,4
mIsa 52:10, 40:5; Luka 2:10; Hlab 98:2
n2:30; Seb 28:28
o5:21, 13:25,26, 14:9; Mat 26:22
p16:24,30, 19:9
q3:12,14; Seb 2:37; Seb 9:6, 16:30, 22:10
rIsa 58:7; Dan 4:27; Luka 11:41, 12:33; Jak 2:15,16; 1 Joha 3:17
s7:29; Mat 18:17
t3:12,14; Seb 2:37; Seb 9:6, 16:30, 22:10
u19:23, 19:8
v3:12,14; Seb 2:37; Seb 9:6, 16:30, 22:10
xLevi 19:11; Luka 19:8; Eks 23:1
yRoma 6:23; 2 Kor 11:8
zJoha 1:19,20
aaMark 1:7
abMat 6:26, 13:30; Luka 12:18,24

Mark 1:2-8

2njengokulotshiweyo kubaprofethi aukuthi: Khangela, mina ngiyathuma isithunywa sami phambi kobuso bakho, esizalungisa indlela yakho phambi kwakho b. 3Ilizwi lomemezayo enkangala, lithi: Lungisani indlela yeNkosi; qondisani izindledlana zayo c. 4Kweza uJohane ebhabhathiza enkangala, etshumayela ubhabhathizo lokuphenduka kukho ukuthethelelwa kwezono d, 5njalo kwaphumela kuye ilizwe lonke leJudiya, labo abeJerusalema, basebebhabhathizwa bonke nguye emfuleni iJordani, bevuma izono zabo. 6Futhi uJohane wayembethe uboya bekamela, elozwezwe lwesikhumba ekhalweni lwakhe, wayesidla intethe loluju lweganga.

7Watshumayela, esithi: Olamandla kulami uyeza emva kwami, engingafanele ukukhothama ngithukulule umchilo wamanyathela akhe e. 8Mina isibili ngilibhabhathize ngamanzi; kodwa yena uzalibhabhathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele.

Luke 3:2-17

2uAnasi f loKayafasi bengabapristi abakhulu g, ilizwi likaNkulunkulu lafika kuJohane h indodana kaZakariya i enkangala j. 3Wasesiza esigabeni sonke seJordani esizingelezeleyo, etshumayela ubhabhathizo lokuphenduka kube yikuthethelelwa kwezono k; 4njengokulotshiweyo egwalweni lwamazwi kaIsaya umprofethi, ukuthi: Ilizwi lomemezayo enkangala lithi: Lungisani indlela yeNkosi; qondisani indledlana zayo. 5Sonke isigodi sizagqitshwa, layo yonke intaba loqaqa kuzakwehliswa; njalo kuzaqondiswa amazombazombe, lamaxhakaxhaka ezindlela azalungiswa l; 6layo yonke inyama m izabona usindiso lukaNkulunkulu n.

7Ngakho wathi emaxukwini aphumela ukubhabhathizwa nguye: Nzalo yezinyoka, ngubani olixwayise ukubalekela ulaka oluzayo? 8Ngakho thelani izithelo ezifanele ukuphenduka; njalo lingaqali ukuthi phakathi kwenu o: SiloAbrahama ongubaba wethu; ngoba ngithi kini: UNkulunkulu ulamandla okumvusela uAbrahama abantwana kulamatshe p. 9Lakhathesi lehloka selibekiwe empandeni zezihlahla; ngakho sonke isihlahla esingatheli isithelo esihle siyaganyulwa siphoselwe emlilweni.

10Amaxuku asembuza, athi: Pho thina sizakwenzani q? 11Wasephendula wathi kubo: Olezembatho ezimbili, kamuphe ongelaso; lolokudla kenze njalo r. 12Kwasekufika labathelisi ukuze babhabhathizwe s, basebesithi kuye: Mfundisi, sizakwenzani t? 13Wasesithi kubo: Lingabizi okwedlula elikumiselweyo u. 14Lamabutho lawo ambuza, athi: Thina-ke sizakwenzani v? Wasesithi kuwo: Lingenzi udlakela ▼
▼ udlakela: kumbe,  lingesabisi umuntu
 emuntwini, njalo lingacali ngamanga x; njalo yeneliswani yimivuzo yenu y.

15Kwathi abantu belindile, futhi bonke bezibuza enhliziyweni zabo ngoJohane, ukuthi kambe yena angaba enguKristu z, 16uJohane waphendula, esithi kubo bonke: Mina-ke ngilibhabhathiza ngamanzi; kodwa uyeza olamandla kulami, engingafanele ukuthukulula umchilo wamanyathela akhe aa; yena uzalibhabhathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele langomlilo; 17okhomane lwakhe lokwela lusesandleni sakhe, njalo uzahlambululisisa isibuya sakhe, abesebuthela amabele esiphaleni sakhe ab, kodwa amakhoba uzawatshisa ngomlilo ongacitshekiyo.

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