37 Sonkhe lesicumbi sebantfu baseGegesa samcela Jesu kutsi sale esuka kuleyo ndzawo, ngobe bonkhe befikelwa kwesaba lokukhulu. Ngako-ke Jesu wase ukhwela esikebheni, wahamba.
Lomfelokati wakhuluma ku-Elija, watsi: “Ngoneni kuwe, muntfu waNkulunkulu? Kantsi lapha kami utele kutangikhumbuta sono sami, ubulale nendvodzana yami.”
Ngako-ke wonkhe umuntfu kulelo dolobha waphuma wayawuhlangabeta Jesu; batsi kube bambone, bamncenga batsi akesuke kulelo live labo.
Base bancenga Jesu kutsi akesuke eveni labo.
Wase utsi kubafundzi bakhe: “Lonilalelako, ulalela mine; longanemukeli, akemukeli mine; nalowo longangemukeli, akamemukeli nalowo longitfumile.”
Kodvwa Simoni Phetro abona loku, waguca ngemadvolo etinyaweni taJesu watsi: “Ncono usuke kimi, Nkhosi, ngobe mine ngingumuntfu losoni!”
Yatsi nayibona Jesu, yakhala kakhulu, yaze yatilahla embikwakhe, yatsi: “Jesu, Ndvodzana yaNkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe! Ufunani kimi? Ngiyakuncenga ngitsi ungangihluphi.”
Base bayabachazela labo bebabonile kutsi kwenteke njani nekutsi lomuntfu uphile kanjani.
Lendvodza lekwakukhishwe kuyo emadimoni yancusa Jesu yatsi: “Ngicela ngisale sengihamba nawe.” Kodvwa Jesu wamhambisa watsi:
Lapho banganemukeli khona lishiyeni lelo dolobha, nitsintsitse lutfuli etinyaweni tenu, kuze kube bufakazi bekunala kwabo.”
Base bachubekela kulelinye lidolobha.
Ngako tase tiyeta titawucolisa kubo, tabakhipha; tabacela kutsi abesuke kulelo dolobha.
Kodvwa-ke manje sifelani? Lomlilo lomkhulu kangaka utasishisa usicedze, futsi sitakufa nangabe sichubeka kuliva leliphimbo laSimakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu.
bantfu baseBhethi Shemeshi babuta batsi: “Ngubani longema ebukhoneni baSimakadze, loNkulunkulu longcwele? Lelibhokisi lesivumelwane litawuya kabani nalikhuphuka lapha?”