11 Amaxuku athi: Lo nguJesu umprofethi waseNazaretha elaseGalili.
11 Amaxuku aphendula athi, “Lo nguJesu, umphrofethi waseNazaretha eGalile.”
Wafika, wahlala emzini othiwa iNazaretha ukuba kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngabaprofethi ukuthi: Uzakubizwa ngokuthi ngoweNazaretha.
Esengenile eJerusalema, umuzi wonke wanyakazela, wathi: Ngubani lo?
Kodwa uba sisithi ebantwini, siyesaba ixuku; ngoba bonke bathi uJohane ungumprofethi.
Basebefuna ukumbamba; kodwa besaba amaxuku, ngoba ayesithi ungumprofethi.
Abanye bathi: NguElija; labanye bathi: Ungumprofethi njengomunye wabaprofethi.
Futhi ngimele ukuba ngihambe lamuhla lakusasa langomhlomunye; ngoba kakulakwenzeka ukuba umprofethi abhubhele ngaphandle kweJerusalema.
Wathi kubo: Yizinto bani na? Bathi kuye: NgoJesu waseNazaretha obengumprofethi olamandla ngemisebenzi langelizwi phambi kukaNkulunkulu lasebantwini bonke,
Behlelwa yikwesaba bonke, bamdumisa uNkulunkulu, besithi: Kuvele umprofethi omkhulu phakathi kwethu; lokuthi: UNkulunkulu uhambele abantu bakhe.
Kuthe umFarisi obemmemile ekubona lokhu, wanakana wathi: Uba lumuntu ebengumprofethi, ngabe uyamazi ukuba ungumuntu onjani lowesifazana omthintayo, ngoba uyisoni.
Bambuza futhi bathi: Uyini pho? UnguElija? Wathi: Kangisuye. UngumProfethi na? Waphendula wathi: Atshi.
Bambuza bathi: Ubhaphathizelani pho, uba ungesuye uKristu, loElija, lomProfethi na?
Owesifazana wathi kuye: Nkosi, ngiyabona ukuthi wena ungumprofethi.
Kwathi abantu bebona isimangaliso asenzileyo, bathi: Impela lo nguye umProfethi omele ukuza emhlabeni.
Kwathi abanye bexuku besizwa lamazwi, bathi: Impela lo nguye umprofethi.
Baphinda bathi kuso isiphofu: Wena uthini ngaye, lokhu evule amehlo akho na? Wathi: Ungumprofethi.
Nguye lowo uMose owathi kwabakoIsrayeli: UNkulunkulu uzakulivusela umprofethi kubazalwane benu onjengami.