17 Kodvwa kuze siyicitse lendzaba, ingandzi la kubantfu, asibafice, sibatjele kutsi bangaphindzi bakhulume nome kukubani ngelibito laJesu.”
Tiphatsimandla takhuluma enkhosini, tatsi: “Lomuntfu kufanele abulawe. Utsela emanti emadvolweni emasotja lasele kulelidoloba, nakuwabo bonkhe bantfu, ngaletintfo latishoko kubo. Lomuntfu akacondzi lokuhle ngalabantfu, kodvwa ubafisela lokubi.”
“Kodvwa nine nanatsisa baNaziri liwayini, nalela baphrofethi bami kutsi baphrofethe.
Ngako khipha umyalo kutsi lelithuna lakhe ligadzisiswe kahle kuze kube lilanga lesitsatfu, kuze bafundzi bakhe bangayi kuyawumeba, bese batjela bantfu batsi: ‘Uvusiwe kulabafile,’ bese kutsi lamanga akhe ekugcina abe makhulu kakhulu kunalawa ekucala.”
Ase ayavuleka emehlo ato. Jesu watiyalisisa watsi: “Ningatjeli muntfu ngaloku!”
Kodvwa konkhe loku bayawukwenta ngobe nilivuma ligama lami, ngobe futsi bangamati nalona longitfumile.
Liqoqo lelo labaficisisa kakhulu, lase liyabakhulula, ngobe alisitfolanga sizatfu sekubajezisa, ngobe bonkhe bantfu bebadvumisa Nkulunkulu ngaloko lebekwentekile.
Nasikuva loko siphatsimandla lesiphetse bogadzi belithempeli, nebaphristi labakhulu nabakuva loko, bamangala kutsi ngabe kwentekeni kubaphostoli.
Watsi: “Saniyalisisa kutsi ningafundzisi ngelibito lalomuntfu, kodvwa ase nibuke lesenikwentile! Senisakate lemfundziso yenu yaze yagcwala lonkhe lelidolobha laseJerusalema, senifuna kutsi sibe nelicala ngekufa kwakhe!”
Baphatsi, nani yentani njalo kuto tisebenti tenu, niyekele kutisongela, nati kutsi iNkhosi yenu neyato isezulwini, nekutsi yona ayikhetsi muntfu.
Ngobe kuvakala kwelivi leNkhosi lokwachamuka lapho kini akuvakalanga eMasedoniya nase-Akhaya kuphela, kodvwa kukholwa kwenu nguNkulunkulu sekuvakele kuto tonkhe tindzawo, ngako-ke asinasidzingo sekulandzisa ngako.
Kwatsi etfukwa, wangete waphindzisela ngenhlamba; kwatsi ahlushwa, wangete wasongela. Kodvwa watinikela kuNkulunkulu lowehlulela ngekulunga.