4 ngoba uJohane wayethe kuye: Kawuvunyelwa ukumthatha.
4 ngoba uJohane wayelokhu esithi kuye, “Kungaphandle komthetho ukuthi umthathe.”
UNathani wasesithi kuDavida: Nguwe lowomuntu. INkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: Ngakugcoba waba yinkosi koIsrayeli, ngakukhulula esandleni sikaSawuli.
Uzakuthi kuye: INkosi ithi: Ubulele umuntu futhi, wazithathela insimu yakhe. Uphinde uthi kuye: INkosi ithi: Endaweni lapho izinja zikhothe khona igazi likaNabothi zizakhotha igazi lakho.
Ababi babaleka lanxa kungekho oxotshana labo, kodwa abalungileyo balesibindi njengesilwane.
Abaphula umlayo badumisa ababi, kodwa labo abagcina umlayo balwa labo.
Yebo, abantu bazakutsho njalo; kodwa amazwi abo ayize.
UJeremiya umprofethi wasewakhuluma wonke lamazwi kuZedekiya inkosi yakoJuda eJerusalema,
Ungambuli ubunqunu bomkamfowenu, ngoba kuyibunqunu bukamfowenu.
Uba umuntu ethatha umkamfowabo, kuyikungcola; wambule ubunqunu bukamfowabo, ngakho kabayikuba lomntwana.
Ngoba uJohane wayethe kuHerodi: Kawuvunyelwa ukuthatha umkamfowenu.