16 “Isizukulwane lesi ngingasifanisa lobani?+ Sifanana labantwana abancane abahlezi emakethe, abamemeza abadlala labo 17 besithi: ‘Silitshayele ifluthi kodwa alizange ligide, sakhala kodwa alizange litshaye izifuba zenu lilila.’ 18 UJohane laye kadli futhi kanathi kodwa abantu bathi, ‘Uledimoni.’ 19 INdodana yomuntu yona iyadla njalo iyanatha+ kodwa abantu bathi, ‘Khangelani! Indoda eyisihwaba, ephilela ukunatha iwayini lengumngane wabathelisi lezoni.’+ Lanxa kunjalo, ukuhlakanipha kukhanya ngemisebenzi yakho* ukuthi kulungile.”+