10 “Emadvodza lamabili enyukela ethempelini kuyawuthandaza, lomunye abengumFarisi, lomunye angumtselisi.
nekudla labekudla etafuleni lakhe, nekuhlaliswa kwetindvuna takhe, netembatfo tetinceku takhe, netebaphatsi betindzebe takhe tekunatsa, neminikelo yekushiswa labeyenta ethempelini laSimakadze, yamangala yaphela emandla.
Vani kuncusa kwenceku yakho kanye nekwesive sakho sema-Israyeli, nasithandaza sibheke kulendzawo. Vani usetulu ezulwini, indzawo yakho yekuhlala, ubotsi ungeva, bese uyatsetselela.
“Ncandzeka uyewutjela Hezekiya, umholi wesive sami, utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, Nkulunkulu weyihlomkhulu, Davide, utsi: Ngiwuvile umthandazo wakho, ngatibona netinyembeti takho; ngitakuphilisa. Ngelilanga lesitsatfu kusukela lamuhla utawukhuphukela ethempelini laSimakadze.
Hezekiya abebute ku-Isaya watsi: “Sitawuba yini sibonakaliso sekutsi Simakadze utangiphilisa, nekutsi ngitawukhuphukela ethempelini laSimakadze ngelilanga lesitsatfu kusukela nyalo?”
Filiphu naBhatalomewu; Tomase naMatewu, umtselisi; Jakobe, umsa wa-Alfiyose, naThadiyosi;
watsi kubo: “Kubhaliwe emiBhalweni kutsi: ‘Indlu yami iyawuba yindlu yemthandazo.’ Kodvwa nine seniyigucule, nayenta yaba ngumgedze wetigebengu.”
Ngihleti sikhatsi lesidze nabo bayangati; futsi bangakufakaza loko, nabatsandzako, kutsi ngekwenkholo ngangiphila ngililunga lebaFarisi, licembu lelikhonta Nkulunkulu ngekulandzela tibopho temiyalo nemitsetfo.
Ngalelinye lilanga boPhetro naJohane baya ethempelini ntsambama ngeli-awa lesitsatfu, ngesikhatsi semkhuleko.
Ngobe ngasokwa ngelilanga lesiphohlongo, futsi ngiweluhlanga lwaka-Israyeli, wesive sakaBhenjamini, umHebheru wemaHebheru; ngekwemtsetfo ngingumFarisi.