¶ “Aia hoʻi, e hoʻouna auaneʻi au i koʻu ʻelele, nāna e hoʻomākaukau i ke alanui i mua oʻu; a e hikiwawe mai auaneʻi ka Haku, a ʻoukou e ʻimi nei, i loko o kona luakini, ʻo ia ke ʻelele o ka berita, ʻo ka mea a ʻoukou e makemake nei; ʻeā, e hele mai ana ia,” wahi a Iēhova o nā kaua.
“ʻO ka bapetizo ʻana a Ioane, no hea ia? No ka lani mai anei? No kānaka anei?” Kūkā ihola lākou iā lākou iho, ʻī aʻela, “Inā e haʻi aku kākou, ‘No ka lani mai;’ a laila, e nīnau mai kēlā iā kākou, ‘No ke aha lā ʻoukou i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻole ai iā ia?’
ʻĪ maila ka ʻānela iā ia, “Mai makaʻu ʻoe, e Zakaria; no ka mea, ua lohe ʻia kāu pule; a e hānau ana kāu wahine ʻo ʻElisabeta i keiki kāne nāu, a e kapa aku ʻoe i kona inoa ʻo Ioane.
“A ʻo ʻoe, e ke keiki nei, e kapa ʻia aʻe ʻoe, He kāula na ka Mea Kiʻekiʻe Loa; No ka mea, e hele ana ʻoe «i mua o ka maka o ka Haku, e hoʻomākaukau i nā alanui nona»;
“ʻAʻole naʻe au i ʻike pono iā ia; akā, ʻo ka Mea nāna au i hoʻouna mai e bapetizo me ka wai, ʻo ia kai ʻōlelo mai iaʻu, ‘Aia ʻike aku ʻoe i ka ʻUhane e iho mai ana ma luna ona, a e noho ana ma luna ona, ʻo ia ka mea, nāna e bapetizo me ka ʻUhane Hemolele.’