18 Ngako-ke emaJuda ambuta atsi: “Usikhombisa sibonakaliso sini-ke nawenta nje?”
Ngasona leso sikhatsi lomuntfu waNkulunkulu wabanika sibonakaliso watsi: “Nasi-ke sibonakaliso lesetfulwa nguSimakadze: Lelilati litawuchekeka ekhatsi, umlotsa losetikwalo ucitseke.”
“Faro nakatsi: ‘Ase nente ummangaliso lotanifakazela,’ ubotsi ku-Aroni: ‘Tsatsa indvuku yakho uyijike phansi embikwaFaro, itawugucuka ibe yinyoka.’ ”
Jesu wabuyela ethempelini kuyawufundzisa, baphristi labakhulu netibondza temaJuda beta kuye bambuta batsi: “Loku ukwenta ngamaphi emandla? Kona ngubani lona lokunike lamandla?”
BaFarisi beta kuJesu bacondze kuphikisana naye. Bamlinga batsi akente sibonakaliso sasezulwini.
Sicumbi sisandza, Jesu wachubeka watsi: “Lesitukulwane lesi situkulwane lesibi, sifuna sibonakaliso, kepha kute sibonakaliso lesitawunikwa sona ngaphandle kwesibonakaliso saJona.
Lobu bufakazi baJohane mhlazana emaJuda atfumela baphristi nebaLevi, baphuma eJerusalema kutembuta batsi: “Wena ungubani?”
Bambuta-ke batsi: “Pho, ubhabhatiselani nangabe awusiye Khristu, nome Elija, nome umphrofethi?”
Base batsi kuye: “Sibonakaliso sini semandla longasenta kuze sibone, sitewukholwa nguwe? Msebenti muni lowentako?
Baphostoli babemisa embikwabo bababuta batsi: “Loku nikwente ngamaphi emandla nome ngaliphi ligama?”
Watsi: “Saniyalisisa kutsi ningafundzisi ngelibito lalomuntfu, kodvwa ase nibuke lesenikwentile! Senisakate lemfundziso yenu yaze yagcwala lonkhe lelidolobha laseJerusalema, senifuna kutsi sibe nelicala ngekufa kwakhe!”