12 Ngako wase utsi: “Kwakukhona umnumzane labehloniphekile, lowahamba waya eveni lelikhashane kakhulu ayawubekwa inkhosi, bese uyabuya-ke.
Kodvwa tatsi ticashi natiyibona lendvodzana, takhuluma todvwana, tatsi: ‘Lena yindlalifa yakhe; wotani siteyibulala, khona sitewudla lifa layo.’
Jesu wasondzela kubo watsi: “Ngiphiwe emandla onkhe ezulwini nasemhlabeni.
Jesu wacala wakhuluma kubo ngemifanekiso watsi: “Bekukhona lenye indvodza leyahlanyela sivini sayo, yase iyasibiyela, ekhatsi kwaso yemba umgodzi wekuhlutela emagelebisi etjeni, yakha nenyango yekulindza; yase icashisa ngaso kubacashi, yona yahamba yaya kulelinye live.
Emvakwaloko, iNkhosi Jesu seyikhulumile nabo yatsatfwa yenyuselwa ezulwini, yahlala ngesekudla saNkulunkulu.
Jesu wabatjela lomfanekiso, watsi: “Indvodza letsite yahlanyela insimi yemagelebisi, yase iyayicashisa yahambisisa sikhatsi lesidze.
Asababusisa, watsatfwa kubo [wenyuselwa ezulwini.]
Ngako Philatu watsi: “Ngempela ungiyo yini inkhosi?” Jesu waphendvula watsi: “Uyasho wena kutsi ngiyiNkhosi. Mine ngatalelwa kona loko, futsi ngetela kona loko kulomhlaba kuze ngifakazele liciniso. Lowo loweliciniso uyaliva livi lami.”
ngobe umisile lilanga lapho ayakwehlulela khona umhlaba wonkhe ngeliciniso lelimsulwa ngemuntfu munye lamkhetsile; ngaye sewuvete siciniseko kubantfu bonkhe ngekutsi amvuse kulabafile.”
Ngobe Khristu kumele abuse, aze Nkulunkulu ancobe tonkhe titsa takhe atibeke ngephansi kwetinyawo takhe.
Kanjalo-ke naKhristu, asatinikele kanye kwetfwala tono talabanyenti, uyawubonakala ngekwesibili, asangaseteli sono, kodvwa asetele kuyawusindzisa labo labahlala bamlindzele.
Yena sewahamba waya ezulwini, lapho asahleti khona ngesekudla saNkulunkulu; emagunya, nemandla, netingilosi sekwabekwa ngaphansi kwakhe loJesu.
Lalelani la, uyeta ngemafu, onkhe emehlo ayawumbona, ngisho nabo bonkhe labamgwaza, nato tonkhe tive temhlaba tiyawukhala tilile ngaye. Yebo, akube njalo. Amen.