17 Jesu watsi kubo: “Yebo-ke, nikani Khesari kwaKhesari, naNkulunkulu kwaNkulunkulu.” Bamangala kakhulu ngalamavi akhe.
Ndvodzana yami, ngilalele utigcine ngekunakekela tindlela tami.
Ndvodzana yami, ubohlonipha Simakadze nenkhosi yeluhlanga. Ungahambisani nalabamelene naSimakadze nenkhosi,
Simakadze Somandla utsi: “Indvodzana ihlonipha uyise, kantsi nesisebenti sihlonipha inkhosi yaso. Nangabe nginguyihlo, aningihloniphi leni? Nangabe ngiyinkhosi, aningihloniphi ngani? Ngini nine baphristi, lenedzelela Libito lami. “Kodvwa niyabuta nitsi: ‘Siledzelele kanjani Libito lakho?’
Bamphendvula batsi: “KwaKhesari.” Ngako watsi kubo: “Yebo-ke, nikani Khesari lokukwaKhesari; ninike Nkulunkulu lokukwaNkulunkulu!”
Batsi sebakuvile loko, bamangala kakhulu, bamshiya bahamba.
Natikuva loko ticumbi tebantfu, tamangala ngalokufundzisa kwakhe.
Kwabate ngisho namunye lowaba nelivi labengamphendvula ngalo; kusukela ngalelo langa kute lowaphindze waba nesibindzi sekumbuta.
Jesu nakuva loko, wamangala, watsi kulaba babemlandzela: “Ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Ngisho naka-Israyeli angizange sengikutfole kukholwa lokunje.
Baluletsa. Wababuta watsi: “Lesitfombe naloku lokubhalwe la kulo kwabani?” Bamphendvula batsi: “KwaKhesari.”
Uboyitsandza iNkhosi Nkulunkulu wakho, ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yakho, nangawo wonkhe umphefumulo wakho, nangayo yonkhe ingcondvo yakho, nangawo onkhe emandla akho.’
Wabaphendvula watsi: “Yebo-ke, khiphani kuKhesari lokukwakhe, nikhiphe kuNkulunkulu lokukwaNkulunkulu.”
Ngako-ke, bazalwane, njengobe Nkulunkulu ube nesihawu lesikhulu kangaka kitsi, ngiyanincenga ngitsi nikelani imitimba yenu ibe ngumnikelo lophilako, nalongcwele, nalowemukeleka kuNkulunkulu; leyo-ke nguyona nkonzo yenu sibili.
Bonkhe banikeni lokubafanele: umtselo kulofanelwe ngumtselo, inkhokhelo kulofanele kukhokhelwa; mesabeni lofanele kwesatjwa, nihloniphe lofanele kuhlonishwa.
Futsi akusafanele kutsi ninikele titfo tenu esonweni tibe tikhali tekungalungi; kodvwa tinikeleni nine matfupha kuNkulunkulu njengobe ningulabavuswe ekufeni base bayaphila. Ngako-ke titfo tenu tinikeleni tibe tikhali tekulunga kuNkulunkulu.
Hloniphani bonkhe bantfu, nitsandze bazalwane, nesabe Nkulunkulu, nihloniphe uMbusi.