5 Ngesikhatsi kubusa Herodi, inkhosi yaseJudiya, kwakunemphristi labebitwa ngekutsi nguZakhariya, abewelicembu la-Abiya lebuphristi. Umkakhe abewesitukulwane sa-Aroni, libito lakhe kungu-Elizabethe.
yesikhombisa yadla Hakhosi, yesiphohlongo yadla Abiya,
Lamadvodza-ke abhaliswa ngekulandzelana kwekukhonta kwawo lokwakumisiwe, kwetikhatsi tekungena kwawo ethempelini laSimakadze, njengekwemininingwane yemiyalo labekelwa yona nguyisemkhulu Aroni, njengobe Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, abeshito kuye.
Ka-Abiya bekunguZikhri, kaMiniyamini nakaMowadiya kunguPhiltayi.
na-Ido, naGinethoni, na-Abiya,
Kwatsi kube kutalwe Jesu eBhetlehema esigodzini saseJudiya ngesikhatsi Herodi ayinkhosi, kwefika tati eJerusalema tiphuma emphumalanga,
Kodvwa ingilosi yatsi kuye: “Ungesabi, Zakhariya! Umthandazo wakho sewuvakele, umkakho Elizabethe utakutalela indvodzana. Utayetsa libito layo utsi nguJohane.
Emvakwesikhatsi umkakhe Elizabethe wakhulelwa, watifihla endlini tinyanga letisihlanu.