24 “Phikelelani kungena ngemnyango lomncane; ngobe banyenti bantfu labatakwetama kungena ngawo, kodvwa bayakwehluleka.
Sedzeleli sifuna kuhlakanipha singakutfoli; kodvwa lwati lutfolakala kalula kumuntfu lonekucondza.
Livila litsandza kuhlala nje, ngiko loko lokuyawubanga kufa kwalo, ngobe alisebenti.
Silima sitigugisa sona ngemisebenti yaso size sife, ngobe asiyati nendlela leya edolobheni.
Naniphakamisa tandla tenu niteneka, nithandaza, ngiyakuwafihla emehlo ami kini; nome senenta imithandazo leminyenti kangakanani, ngingeke ngiyilalele. Tandla tenu tigcwele ingati;
Bantfu bami beta kuwe, njengobe bavame kwenta, bahlale embikwakho balalele emavi akho, kodvwa abawenti. Ngemilomo yabo bakhuluma kutsi batinikele, kodvwa tinhlitiyo tabo tibukhali, tifuna inzuzo lembi.
Kusukela etikhatsini taJohane uMbhabhatisi kuze kube ngulamuhla umbuso welizulu uyaphangwa, nalabo labawuphangako bayawuhlwitsa.
Lomunye wambuta watsi: “Nkhosi, kutawusindziswa bantfu labambalwa yini kantsi?” Jesu watsi kubo:
Lindzani nithandaze onkhe emalanga, khona nitawuba nemandla ekuphunyula kuletintfo letitakwenteka nitekwati kuma embikweNdvodzana yeMuntfu.”
Bantfwabami, ngisetawuba nani sikhashana. Nitangifuna, kodvwa njengaloku ngasho nakumaJuda nakini ngiyasho ngitsi: Lapho ngiya khona ningeke nine nikhone kuta.
Bekuvame njalo kutsi kwehle ingilosi yeNkhosi, ifike iwatamatamise lamanti. Bekutsi lowo longene kucala emuva kwekutanyatanyiswa kwemanti, aphile esifeni sakhe, nome ngabe saluphi luhlobo.]
Ningabosebentela kudla lokuphelako, kepha nibosebentela kudla lokutawukhonsa kuze kubesekuphileni lokuphakadze leyawunipha kona iNdvodzana yeMuntfu. Ngobe Nkulunkulu uYise ulubekile luphawu kuyo.”
Nitangifuna, kodvwa ngeke ningitfole, ngobe lapho ngiya khona, ningeke nine nikhone kuta.”
Jesu waphindza futsi watsi kubo: “Ngiyahamba mine, niyawungifuna, nifele etonweni tenu. Ningeke nikhone kuya lapho ngiya khona mine.”
Ngobe ngekungakwati kahle kulunga lokuvela kuNkulunkulu, bafuna kutimisela lokungekwabo kulunga, abazange batinikele ngekutfobeka ekulungeni kwaNkulunkulu.
Ngisebentela loko ngishikashikeka ngekusebenta kwakhe, lokusebenta ngemandla kimi.
Ngako-ke asikhutsalele kungena kuloko kuphumula, kubete lowehluleka ngenca yekungalaleli njengabo.
Kwatsi nasebabuyile, befika kuJoshuwa batsi: “Asikho sidzingo sekutsi bonkhe bantfu benyuke kuyakulwa ne-Ayi. Tfumela emadvodza lati-2 000 nome lati-3 000 kuyakuyidla, ungabakhatsati bonkhe bantfu ngekuya khona, ngobe bambalwa bantfu labakuleyo ndzawo.”
Ngako-ke, bazalwane, khutsalelani kakhulu kukhombisa kutsi nibelubito nebekukhetfwa. Nanikwenta loko, ningeke nihlubuke,