12 Ngaleso sikhatsi Jesu wenyukela egcumeni ayewuthandaza, wacitsa busuku bonkhe khona lapho athandaza kuNkulunkulu.
Awu, Nkulunkulu wami! Emini ngiyakhala, kodvwa awungiphendvuli; nasebusuku ngikhale, ngingaphumuli.
Umphefumulo wami ulangatelela wena ebusuku; ekuseni umoya wami ulangatelela wena. Ngesikhatsi tehlulelo takho tehlela etikwemhlaba, tive temhlaba tifundza kulunga.
Watsi kube Danyela eve kutsi sekubhalwe lomtsetfosimemetelo, wahamba waya ekhaya lakhe ekamelweni lelisetulu, lapho emafasitelo akhona abevulekela ngaseJerusalema. Abeguca ngemadvolo katsatfu ngelilanga, athandaze, abonga Nkulunkulu wakhe, njengobe abevame kwenta ngaphambili.
Jesu watsi kube abone ticumbi tebantfu, wase wenyukela entsabeni, wefika wahlala phansi. Bafundzi bakhe base beta kuye,
Kepha wena nawuthandaza, ngena endlini yakho uvale umnyango, uthandaze kuYihlo losekusitsekeni, khona uYihlo lobona ekusitsekeni utawukunika umvuzo.
Ekuseni kusemnyama kakhulu Jesu wavuka wahamba, waphumela ngephandle kwelidolobha waya ehlane, lapho afike wathandaza khona.
Jesu wase ukhuphukela entsabeni. Wababita labo labefuna kubatfuma; beta kuye.
Watsi nasabahambisile, wenyukela entsabeni wayawukhuleka.
Wase uyabahlamuka wayawuthandaza ehlane.
Kodvwa baFarisi batfukutsela babila, bafakana imilomo bodvwana ngekutsi bafanele bente njani ngaloJesu.
Wehla nabo, wefika wema endzaweni leyayibekile kanye nabo bonkhe bafundzi bakhe labanyenti. Sicumbi sebantfu sase sikhona lapho siphuma eJudiya lonkhe, naseJerusalema, naselusentseni lwelwandle lwaseThire naseSidoni.
Kwatsi Jesu asathandaza yedvwana bafundzi bakhe banaye, wababuta watsi: “Bantfu batsi ngingubani?”
Ngemuva kweliviki akushito loko, Jesu watsatsa boPhetro, naJohane, naJakobe wenyukela nabo entsabeni ayewuthandaza.
Asathandaza buso bakhe bagucuka, netimphahla takhe taba mhlophe tamengetela.
Jesu wenyukela entsabeni, wefike wahlala phansi akanye nebafundzi bakhe.
Ciniselani ekuthandazeni, nilindze kuko ngekubonga.
Asesemhlabeni, Jesu wanikela ngekuthandaza, nangekuncusa, nangekukhala lokukhulu, nangetinyembeti, akhala kulowo lonemandla ekumsindzisa ekufeni, wevakala ngenca yekumesaba Nkulunkulu.
“Sengiyatisola kutsi Sawula ngamenta inkhosi, ngobe sewungihlubukile, wangete wayigcina imiyalo yami.” Samuweli wakhatsateka kakhulu, wakhala kuSimakadze bonkhe lobo busuku.