24 Lomunye webafundzi bakhe labali-12, Tomase, lekwakutsiwa liPhahla, abengekho emkhatsini wabo nakufika Jesu kubo.
Filiphu naBhatalomewu; Tomase naMatewu, umtselisi; Jakobe, umsa wa-Alfiyose, naThadiyosi;
“Ngobe lapho kuhlangene khona lababili nome labatsatfu egameni lami, nami ngikhona emkhatsini wabo.”
Tomase, labebitwa ngekutsi liPhahla, watsi kulaba labanye bafundzi: “Natsi asihambe kanye naye, kuze sitewufa kanye naye.”
Tomase watsi kuye: “Nkhosi, asati lapho uya khona. Indlela singayati njani?”
Simoni Phetro, naTomase, lotsiwa liPhahla, naNathanayeli waseKhana laseGalile, nemadvodzana aZebedi, nalabanye bafundzi baJesu lababili, bonkhe laba babendzawonye.
Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Anginikhetsanga naba li-12 yini nine? Noko lomunye wenu ungusathane.”
Abekhuluma ngaJudasi, umsa waSimoni Skariyothi, ngobe nguye labetamtsengisa, naye futsi abengulomunye walabo labebali-12.
Singakuyekeli kuhlangana ndzawonye, njengobe labanye sebanemkhuba wekungahlangani; kodvwa asikhutsatane kakhulu, njengobe nani niyabona kutsi lilanga selisondzele.