16 Jesu watsi: “Kwake kwaba khona umuntfu lowenta lidzili lelikhulu, wamema bantfu labanyenti.
Sengifikile engadzeni yami, dzadzewetfu, mntfwanaketfu, ngibutse imure yami nemakha ami. Ngiludlile luhlanga lwami lwetinyosi neluju; sengilinatsile liwayini lami nelubisi lwami. Dlanini, bomngami, ninatse; natsisisani lutsandvo, nine titsandzani.
Baka-Efrayimu bayawuba njengemadvodza lanemandla kakhulu, tinhlitiyo tabo tiyawutfokota kube shangatsi ngungeliwayini. Bantfwababo bayawukubona bajabule. Tinhlitiyo tabo tiyawujabula ngaSimakadze.
Moya namakoti batsi: “Kota!” Wonkhe umuntfu lovako akatsi: “Kota!” Lowo lowomile akete; nalowo lofuna emanti ekuphila, akawanatse mahhala.
Lalela la, ngime emnyango ngiyanconcotsa; nangabe umuntfu eva livi lami, avule umnyango, mine ngiyawungena kuye, ngidle naye, naye adle nami.