8 Jesu watsi kubo: “Ingani nginitjelile ngatsi ngimi. Ngako-ke nangabe nifuna mine, bayekeleni bahambe laba!”
Tsine sonkhe sedukile njengetimvu, ngulowo nalowo utihambele ngendlela yakhe, Simakadze wayetfwesa kona kwetfu sonkhe.
Kodvwa konkhe loku kwentekele kutsi kugcwaliseke loko lokwabhalwa baphrofethi emiBhalweni.” Bafundzi bakhe bonkhe bamshiya khona lapho, babaleka.
Ngitinika kuphila lokuphakadze, futsi tingeke tisabhubha naphakadze, kute nalongatihlwitsa esandleni sami.
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.
Simoni Phetro wambuta watsi: “Nkhosi, uyaphi?” Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Kwamanje ungeke ungilandzele lapho ngiya khona, kodvwa uyawungilandzela kamuva.”
Siyeta sikhatsi, nanyalo sesifikile, lapho nonkhe nitawusakateka, ngulowo nalowo abuyele ekhaya lakhe. Nitangishiya ngedvwa; kodvwa noko angingedvwa, ngobe Babe unami.
Jesu waphindza wababuta watsi: “Kantsi nifuna bani?” Bamphendvula batsi: “Jesu waseNazaretha.”
Loku wakusho kuze kutewugcwaliseka livi labesalikhulumile kuYise lekutsi: “Babe, kute ngisho namunye lowalahleka kulaba lowangipha bona.”
Anikefikelwa kulingwa lokwehlukile kunekwalabanye bantfu. Kepha Nkulunkulu wetsembekile, yena angeke avume kutsi nilingwe ngalokungetulu kwemandla enu. Ngesikhatsi sekulingwa utaninika emandla ekuma, anentele nendlela yekuphepha.
Kodvwa iNkhosi yatsi kimi: “Umusa wami ukwanele wena, ngobe emandla ami abonakaliswa aphelele ebutsakatsakeni.” Ngako-ke ngitawutigabatisa kakhulu ngebutsakatsaka bami, kuze phela emandla aKhristu atewuhlala kimi.
Madvodza, tsandzani bafati benu, njengobe naKhristu alitsandza libandla. Wanikela ngekuphila kwakhe ngenca yalo,
Lahlelani kuye konkhe kukhatsateka kwenu, ngobe yena uyanikhatsalela.