1 Jesu watsi kube acedze kukhuluma lamavi, wabheka etulu watsi: “Babe, sikhatsi sesifikile. Khatimulisa iNdvodzana yakho, kuze iNdvodzana itekukhatimulisa.
Ngiphakamisela emehlo ami ngakuwe, wena lohleti ebukhosini bakho ezulwini.
Ngantjilota ngikhalisa kwenkhonjane, ngabubula ngakhalisa kwelituba, emehlo ami aba luvitsi, nangitsi ngibuka etulu emazulwini, ngihluphekile. Awu Simakadze, wota ungelekelele.”
Wabuya kwesitsatfu watsi kubo: “Kantsi nisalele nanyalo? Nisaphumulile? Sekwenele; sikhatsi sesifikile. Ase nibuke-ke, iNdvodzana yeMuntfu seyiniketwa etandleni tetoni.
“Kodvwa umtselisi eme khashane akazange abhekise ngisho nebuso bakhe ezulwini, kepha ngekutisola wathandaza watsi: ‘Nkulunkulu, ngihawukele mine soni!’ ”
Nganginani onkhe emalanga ethempelini, anizange netame kungibopha. Kodvwa lesikhatsi senu nesemandla ebumnyama.”
Jesu nakakuva loko, watsi: “Lokugula akusiko kwekufa, kepha kungenca yenkhatimulo yaNkulunkulu, kuze iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu idvunyiswe ngako.”
Base bayalisusa-ke lelitje. Jesu wabuka etulu watsi: “Ngiyabonga, Babe, ngobe ungivile.
Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Sesifikile sikhatsi sekutsi iNdvodzana yeMuntfu ikhatimuliswe.
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.
Siyeta sikhatsi, nanyalo sesifikile, lapho nonkhe nitawusakateka, ngulowo nalowo abuyele ekhaya lakhe. Nitangishiya ngedvwa; kodvwa noko angingedvwa, ngobe Babe unami.
Ngako base bafuna kumbamba, kodvwa kute lowake wambeka sandla, ngobe sikhatsi sakhe sasisengakefiki.
Jesu abekhuluma ngaMoya labebatawumemukela laba lababekholwa kuye, ngobe Moya abengakefiki, kwatise kutsi Jesu abesengakakhatimuliswa.
Jesu wakusho konkhe loku ngesikhatsi afundzisa asethempelini, lapho kwakubekwe khona emabhokisi eminikelo. Kute lowambopha, ngobe sikhatsi sakhe sasisengakefiki.
Nkulunkulu wa-Abrahama na-Isaka naJakobe, Nkulunkulu wabokhokho, usikhatimulisile Sisebenti sakhe lesinguJesu, lenamniketa etiphatsimandleni, namlahla embikwaPhilatu, namala nome Philatu asatimisele kumkhulula.
Ngaye loKhristu nakholwa kuNkulunkulu, lowamvusa kulabafile, wamnika bukhosi, kuze kutsi nibheke kuNkulunkulu ngelitsemba nangekukholwa.