23 Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Sesifikile sikhatsi sekutsi iNdvodzana yeMuntfu ikhatimuliswe.
Impela, nawe uyawubita tive longatati, netive letingakwati tiyawusheshisa tite kuwe, ngenca yaSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakho, Longcwele waka-Israyeli, ngobe yena ukuphe bukhosi.”
Nayi imikhumbi yetichingi icondza kimi, kuhamba embili imikhumbi yaseThashishi, iletse emadvodzana akho laphuma khashane labuya nesiliva negolide yawo, atewudvumisa Simakadze Nkulunkulu wakho, longuLongcwele waka-Israyeli, ngobe ukwetfwese inkhatimulo.
“INdvodzana yeMuntfu nayita ngenkhatimulo yayo netingilosi tayo tonkhe, iyawuhlala esihlalweni sayo sebukhosi,
Jesu wefika kubafundzi bakhe watsi: “Nisalele namanje, niyaphumula? Bukani-ke, sikhatsi sesisondzele, iNdvodzana yeMuntfu seyiniketwe etandleni tetoni.
Yena wachubachubeka libangana, watilahla phansi, wakhuleka kutsi sendlule kuye lesikhatsi selusizi, nakungenteka.
Wabuya kwesitsatfu watsi kubo: “Kantsi nisalele nanyalo? Nisaphumulile? Sekwenele; sikhatsi sesifikile. Ase nibuke-ke, iNdvodzana yeMuntfu seyiniketwa etandleni tetoni.
Bafundzi bakhe abazange bakucondzisise loko ngaleso sikhatsi, kodvwa kwatsi Jesu nasakhatimulisiwe, bakhumbula kutsi loko kwakubhaliwe ngaye nekutsi loko babekwentile kuye.
“Manje inhlitiyo yami ilusizi. Ngitawutsini nje? Ngitsi: ‘Babe, ngisindzise kulomzuzu’? Cha, phela lapha emhlabeni ngetela lomzuzu.
Kwatsi sekutakusa kube lilanga lelilandzelwa nguMkhosi weliPhasika, Jesu ati kutsi sikhatsi sakhe sesifikile sekutsi awushiye lomhlaba aye kuYise, njengobe abebatsandzile bakhe emhlabeni, wabatsandza kwaze kwaba ngusekugcineni.
Jesu abekhuluma ngaMoya labebatawumemukela laba lababekholwa kuye, ngobe Moya abengakefiki, kwatise kutsi Jesu abesengakakhatimuliswa.