25 Kodvwa kwekucala ifanele ihlupheke kakhulu ilahlwe bantfu balesitukulwane.
Yedzelelwa yaliwa bantfu, umuntfu wetinsizi labekwetayele kuhlupheka. Njengemuntfu bantfu labangafuni kumbuka, yedzelelwa, asizange siyishaye mkhuba.
Kusukela lapho Jesu wacala wakhuluma ngalokusebaleni nebafundzi bakhe watsi: “Kufanele ngiye eJerusalema, ngiyewuhlushwa tibondza telibandla, nebaphristi labakhulu, nebafundzisi bemtsetfo. Ngitawubulawa, kodvwa ngelilanga lesitsatfu ngiyawuvuswa.”
Jesu watsi kubo: “Anizange nifundze yini emiBhalweni kutsi: “ ‘Litje lelaliwa bakhi, ngobe batsi alinamsebenti, ligucuke laba litje lekusimisa indlu? Loko kwentiwa yiNkhosi. Maye, kuyasimangalisa!’
watsi: “Ase nilalele la, sesenyukela eJerusalema, iNdvodzana yeMuntfu itawunikelwa kubaphristi labakhulu nasetatini temtsetfo, batayilahla ngelicala kutsi ibulawe. Batayinikela kubetive.
“Anifundzanga yini kulomBhalo lotsi: “ ‘Lelo litje lelaliwa bakhi, ngobe bebatsi alinamsebenti, seligucuke laba litje lekusimisa indlu?
Jesu watjela bafundzi bakhe kutsi iNdvodzana yemuntfu ifanele kuhlushwa ngalokunyenti, ilahlwe natibondza telibandla, nebaphatsi bebaphristi, netati temtsetfo, ibulawe, ivuke emvakwemalanga lamatsatfu.
Jesu wabafundzisa bafundzi bakhe atsi: “INdvodzana yeMuntfu itawuniketwa etandleni tebantfu. Bona batayibulala. Nase bayibulele itawuvuka ngelilanga lesitsatfu.”
Jesu wabadvonsela eceleni bafundzi bakhe labali-12 watsi kubo: “Lalelani, sesiya eJerusalema, lapho konkhe lokwabhalwa baphrofethi ngeNdvodzana yeMuntfu kutakugcwaliseka khona.
Titawuyibhambabula tiyibulale, kodvwa ngelilanga lesitsatfu iyawuvuka iphile.”
Watsi kubo: “Naku lokubhaliwe kutsi Khristu ufanele kuhlupheka abulawe abuye avuswe ekufeni ngelilanga lesitsatfu,
wachubeka watsi: “INdvodzana yeMuntfu ifanele kuhlupheka kakhulu, ilahlwe tibondza tenkholo, nebaphristi labakhulu nebafundzisi bemtsetfo. Iyawubulawa, ivuswe ekufeni ngelilanga lesitsatfu.”
Weta kubakubo, kodvwa bantfu bakubo abazange bamemukele.
kuze kugcwaliseke livi la-Isaya umphrofethi lelitsi: “Nkhosi, ngubani lowakholwa ngumbiko wetfu? Yembulwa kubani ingalo yeNkhosi?”
Kodvwa nyalo senimlahlile Nkulunkulu wenu lowanisindzisa kuto tonkhe tinhlupheko tenu netinhlungu tenu, nase nitsi: ‘Hhayi, sibekele inkhosi.’ Ngako-ke tetfuleni nine cobo lwenu embikwaSimakadze ngetive tenu, nangemindeni yenu.”
Simakadze wakhuluma kuye, watsi: “Kulalele konkhe loko lokukhulunywa ngulesive kuwe; akusiwe labamlahlile, kodvwa sebalahle mine kutsi ngibe yinkhosi yabo.