14 Kodvwa tatsi kube ticashi timbone, tase tikhuluma todvwana titsi: ‘Lona yinkhosana yemnikati wensimi. Asimbulale, khona lensimi itawuba yetfu!’
Cela kimi, mine ngiyawukunika tive tibe lifa lakho, nemhlaba wonkhe ube yingcebo yakho;
Ngiyawumenta abe litubulo, abe yinkhosi lephakeme kunemakhosi emhlaba.
Base bakhuluma bodvwana batsi: “Usho ngobe asikatiphatsi tinkhwa.”
Kubhabhatisa kwaJohane kwavelaphi? KuNkulunkulu nome kubantfu?” Base bakhulumisana bodvwana batsi: “Sitawutsini? Nasitsi: ‘KuNkulunkulu,’ utawutsi: ‘Pho, animkholwanga ngani?’
Kwatsi nasekufika sikhatsi sekuvuna emagelebisi, watfumela tisebenti takhe kuleto ticashi kutsi timlandzele incenye yesivuno lekuyakhe.
Jesu abefundzisa ethempelini onkhe emalanga. Baphristi labakhulu nebafundzisi bemtsetfo, nebaholi bebantfu bamtingela bafuna kumbulala,
“Lomnikati wensimi wase utsi: ‘Ngitakwente njani? Sengitawutfumela umsa wami lengimtsandzako; mhlawumbe yena bayawumhlonipha!’
Tamkhiphela ngephandle kwesivini tambulala.” Jesu wase uyabuta utsi: “Manje lomnikati walesivini uyakwente njani kuleticashi?”
Tati temtsetfo nebaphristi labakhulu betama kumbopha Jesu khona lapho, ngobe bebati kutsi lomfanekiso wawucondze kulahla bona; kodvwa besaba bantfu.
Base baphikisana bodvwana batsi: “Sitawutsini? Nasitsi: ‘Laphuma kuNkulunkulu,’ utawutsi: ‘Pho, anikholwanga ngani kuJohane?’
Baphristi labakhulu netati temtsetfo betama kwenta lisu lekubulala Jesu; noko babesaba bantfu.
Nkulunkulu ngekwatinchanti kwakhe nangentsandvo yakhe abesakumisile kutsi Jesu uyawuniketwa kini; nine-ke nambulala ngekumbetsela esiphambanweni ngetandla tetoni.
Ngako nabulala uMtfombo Wemphilo. Kodvwa Nkulunkulu wamvusa kulabafile, tsine-ke sibofakazi baloko.
Njengobe sibantfwana bakhe nje, sitindlalifa futsi: Sitindlalifa taNkulunkulu, yebo, sitindlalifa kanye naKhristu; nangabe phela sihlupheka kanye naye siyawukhatimuliswa kanye naye.
Kodvwa kulamalanga ekugcina sewukhulume kitsi ngeNdvodzana yakhe ladala ngayo umhlaba nako konkhe lokukhona; wayimisa kutsi ibe yindlalifa yako konkhe.