57 Sefika sikhatsi sa-Elizabethe sekubeleka, wabeleka umfana.
Nkulunkulu akasiye umuntfu kutsi angacala emanga, futsi akasiyo indvodzana yemuntfu legucukako engcondvweni yayo. Uyakhuluma yini angabe asenta? Uyetsembisa yini angabe asasifeza setsembiso sakhe?
Kodvwa ingilosi yatsi kuye: “Ungesabi, Zakhariya! Umthandazo wakho sewuvakele, umkakho Elizabethe utakutalela indvodzana. Utayetsa libito layo utsi nguJohane.
Ngesikhatsi kubusa Herodi, inkhosi yaseJudiya, kwakunemphristi labebitwa ngekutsi nguZakhariya, abewelicembu la-Abiya lebuphristi. Umkakhe abewesitukulwane sa-Aroni, libito lakhe kungu-Elizabethe.
Mariya wahlala na-Elizabethe tinyanga letatingacishe tibe tintsatfu, wase ubuyela ekhaya.
Bomakhelwane netihlobo takhe beva kutsi iNkhosi imbusise kanganani, bajabula kanye naye.