16 Yebo-ke, tinja tingihace ndzawo tonkhe, nesicumbi salababi singitungeletile, singibhobose tandla netinyawo.
Nkulunkulu wami! Nkulunkulu wami! Ungishiyeleni? Ukhashane leni nekungisita? Ukhwesheleni emavini ekukhala kwami?
Sindzisa umphefumulo wami enkembeni, nekuphila kwami lokuligugu ukwephule emlonyeni wetinja.
Bangani bami nebazalwane bami sebangikhweshele, ngenca yemanceba ami; ngisho nebaketfu imbala sebeme lapha khashane.
Bayabuya njalo kusihlwa, bahlabe umkhulungwane njengetinja, bahambe bazula lonkhe lidolobha.
Onkhe emalanga kusihlwa bayaye babuye bashaya umkhulungwane njengetinja, bahambe bazula nalo lonkhe lidolobha.
Awu, Nkulunkulu! Tihlangananhloko tingivukele; lesishoshomane setidlova sifuna kungibulala, tona atikwati nekutsi uyini.
Kodvwa yagwazwa ngenca yetiphambuko tetfu, yafihlitwa ngenca yekona kwetfu, sijeziso saba setikwayo, kuze tsine sibe nekuthula; ngemanceba emivimbo yayo siyaphiliswa tsine.
Bomnakenu nemndeni wakenu nabo futsi bakutsengisile, baphakamisa sililo lesikhulu kakhulu ngekutsi abakufuni. Ungabetsembi nome bakhuluma kahle kuwe.”
“Ngiyawutfululela etikwendlu yakaDavide nasetikwabo bonkhe labahlala eJerusalema Moya wemusa newekuncusa. Bayakumbuka lowo lebamgwaza, bese bayamlilela njenganakulilelwa umntfwana lotelwe waba yedvwa kabo, bamdzabukele kakhulu, njengemuntfu nakadzabukela indvodzana yematubulo.
Ngako labo lababebophe Jesu bamyisa kuKhayafase, umPhristi Lomkhulu, lapho kwakuhlangene khona bafundzisi bemtsetfo netibondza.
Selimbetsele esiphambanweni, lase lenta inkatho, lehlukaniselana ngetingubo takhe.
“Ningatiniki tinja lokungcwele, ningawalahli etihhontjini ematje enu laligugu, funa tiwagcobagcobe ngetinselo tato, bese tigucukela kini tiyanidzabudzabula.”
Emasotja ambetsela esiphambanweni, abelana ngetingubo takhe, entelana inkatho kuze kubonakale kutsi lilinye belitawutfolani.
Kodvwa bajinge bachubeka bamemeta kakhulu batsi Jesu kufanele abetselwe esiphambanweni. Ekugcineni kumemeta kwabo kwaphumelela.
Batsi kube befike endzaweni leyayibitwa ngekutsi “Sikobho” bambetsela loJesu, kanye naletigelekece letimbili, lesinye ngesekudla nalesinye ngesancele.
Lamasotja atsi kube ambetsele esiphambanweni, ase atsatsa timphahla takhe, ehlukaniselana ngato ngetigaba letine, lilinye lisotja latfola sinye. Baphindze batsatsa ingubo yakhe leyayentiwe ngendvwangu yinye kusukela etulu kuya phansi, ite umtfungo.
Lomunye wemasotja wagwaza Jesu emhlubulweni, masinyane nje kwageleta emanti nengati.
Kukhona nalomunye umBhalo lotsi: “Bayawumbuka lowo labamgwaza.”
Ngako-ke laba labanye bafundzi base bayamtjela batsi: “Siyibonile iNkhosi.” Kodvwa yena watsi kubo: “Ngaphandle kwekutsi ngibone emanceba etipikili etandleni takhe, ngifake umuno wami lapho bekunetipikili khona, ngifake nesandla sami emhlubulweni wakhe, ngeke ngikholwe.”
Jesu watsi kuTomase: “Faka umuno wakho la, ubone tandla tami; welule nesandla sakho, usifake emhlubulweni wami. Khawula kungakholwa, kodvwa bani ngulokholwako!”
Caphelani tinja, nicaphele tisebenti tebubi, nicaphele bekusika umtimba.
Kepha ngephandle kunetinja, nebatsakatsi, netingwadla, netiphingi, nebabulali, nalabakhonta tithico, nabo bonkhe labatsandza kucala emanga ngekukhuluma nangetento.