20 Ngako bambuta batsi: “Utsi utalakha ngemalanga lamatsatfu? Utsi uyati nje kutsi latsatsa iminyaka lengema-46 lakhiwa lelithempeli?”
Kwatsi emnyakeni welishumi namunye enyangeni yesiphohlongo, lenguBhuli, lithempeli laphela lonkhe, njengobe kwakuhleliwe. Watsatsa iminyaka lesikhombisa kulakha.
Ngako loSheshbasari waya lapho wafike wabeka tisekelo tendlu yaNkulunkulu eJerusalema. Kusukela ngalelo langa kuze kube ngulamuhla seloku liyakhiwa, kodvwa noko lisengakapheli.’
Jesu abephuma ethempelini; abesahamba ngesikhatsi bafundzi bakhe beta kuye batemkhombisa takhiwo telithempeli.
Labanye bebakhuluma ngelithempeli, nebuhle balo nangekuhlotjiswa kwalo ngematje lamahle, nangaletinye tintfo letatinikelwa kuNkulunkulu; Jesu watsi:
Lobu bufakazi baJohane mhlazana emaJuda atfumela baphristi nebaLevi, baphuma eJerusalema kutembuta batsi: “Wena ungubani?”
nekutsi wembelwa, wabuye wavuswa kulabafile ngelilanga lesitsatfu, njengaloku yayivele ishito imiBhalo,