24 Jesu abona lokutsi idzabukile, wase utsi: “Maye, kulukhuni etinjingeni kutsi tingene embusweni waNkulunkulu!
Lomubi utigabatisa ngetinkhanuko takhe; uyamtusa lohlazisako, yebo, lomubi wedzelela Nkulunkulu.
Umuntfu loncike ebunjingeni bakhe utakuwa; kodvwa lolungile uyawuhluma njengemacembe laluhlata.
Ingcebo yemuntfu lonjingile siphephelo sakhe. Uyaye acabange kutsi nguyona nqaba yakhe lengamvikela.
Nangingaba nako kube kunyenti, ngingahle ngicabange kutsi wena angisakudzingi, ngidzimate ngitsi: “Ngubani yena loSimakadze?” Nome-ke nangingaba luphuya, ngingahle ngebe, ngaloko ngihlazise Nkulunkulu wami.
“Nine balesitukulwane, zindlani ngelivi laSimakadze lelitsi: Mine bengilihlane yini ku-Israyeli, nome-ke live lebumnyama lobukhulu? Sive sami sisholani kutsi: ‘Sikhululekile kutsi singajangaza, singeke siphindze site kuwe’?
Ngako ngiyakuya kubaholi, ngikhulume kubo, ngempela, bayayati indlela yaSimakadze, imiyalo lefunwa nguNkulunkulu wabo, kubo.” Kodvwa nabo futsi nganhlitiyonye balephula lijoko, batidzabula netibopho.
Inkhosi yadzabuka kakhulu; kodvwa ngenca yesifungo, lebeseyisentile embikwetivakashi tayo, ayitsandzanga kusephula.
Kodvwa yatsi kube ikuve loko lendvodza, yadzabuka kakhulu, ngobe beyinjinge kakhulu.