31 Kepha Phetro wagcizelela watsi: “Nome bangangibulala kanye nawe, mine ngeke ngikuphike.” Bafundzi bonkhe basho njalo.
Faro wambuta watsi: “Yini loyeswelako lapha, kutsi ungaze ucele kuhamba ubuyele eveni lakini?” Hadadi wamphendvula watsi: “Kute, kodvwa ngikhulule ngihambe!”
Hazayeli watsi: “Inceku yakho, inja nje, ingakwenta kanjani loko? Ingafinyelela kanjani kulobo buluhlata?” Elisha wamphendvula, watsi: “Simakadze ungibonisile kutsi wena utawuba yinkhosi yemaSiriya.”
Mine-ke ngisahleti kahle ngatsi: “Ngingeke ngitanyatanyiswe.”
Sonkhe sive saphendvula ngalivi linye, satsi: “Konkhe lokushiwo nguSimakadze siyawukwenta.” Mosi wahamba wayawubikela Simakadze.
Kutigcabha kwendvulela kufa, nemoya wekutiphakamisa wendvulela kuwa.
Labanye bangani bayakuhlamuka; kodvwa labanye bangani basondzela kakhulu kwengca banakenu bengati.
Kutigcabha kwemuntfu kumletsela kuwa; kodvwa lotfobekile utfola kuhlonipheka.
Awu, Simakadze, ngiyati kutsi kute umuntfu lotiphatsele yena imphilo yakhe. Akusiko kwemuntfu kutsi aticondzisele yena tinyatselo takhe.
Inhlitiyo iyayengana ngetulu kwato tonkhe tintfo, futsi yonakele ngalokwengcile. Ngubani nje longayicondza?
Kodvwa lowo longiphika embikwebantfu, nami ngiyawumphika embikwaBabe losezulwini.”
Batsi kuye: “Singakumela.” Jesu watsi kubo: “Yebo kona, lendzebe lengitayinatsa nani nitayinatsa; nangalombhabhatiso lengitawubhajatiswa ngawo nani nitawubhajatiswa ngawo.
Jesu watsi kuye: “Ngicinisile, ngitsi kuwe: Kubo lobusuku balamuhla, lichudze litawutsi lingakakhali kwesibili, wena utabe sewungiphike katsatfu.”
Besuka lapho baya endzaweni lekwakutsiwa yiGetsemane, Jesu watsi kubafundzi bakhe: “Hlalani lapha, mine ngisaya kukhuleka.”
Kodvwa bajinge bachubeka bamemeta kakhulu batsi Jesu kufanele abetselwe esiphambanweni. Ekugcineni kumemeta kwabo kwaphumelela.
Phetro watsi: “Nkhosi, kwanyalo kwalani kutsi ngikulandzele? Ngikulungele nekufa ngenca yakho!”