5 Badudana ngekwakha emacebo lamabi; bacebisana ngekubeka tingibe emasitseleni, bacabange batsi: “Ngubani longasibona?”
Nkulunkulu nangikhipha endlini yababe kutsi ngizulazule, ngatsi kuSara: ‘Naku-ke lengicela ungentele kona: Yonkhe indzawo lapho sifika khona, ubobatjela ngami utsi: “Ungumnaketfu.” ’ ”
Noko wena utsi: ‘Nkulunkulu watini? Wehlulela akulobumnyama lobunjena yini?
Lomubi ucabanga enhlitiyweni yakhe utsi: “Nkulunkulu akanendzaba, akanaki, angeke abuke ngakimi kuze kube phakadze naphakadze.”
Siphunyule njengenyoni iphunyula elugibeni lwebaciphi. Tingibe utidzabulile, saphunyula.
Bantfu labatigabatisako bangibekele lugibe, bangicuphe ngetintsambo telugibe, bangibophele emafindvo endleleni yami. Cabanga.
Nabo phela, babhonsa ngemilomo yabo, emilonyeni yabo kunetinkemba ngobe batsi: “Ngubani losinakile?”
Batsi: “Simakadze akaboni, Nkulunkulu waJakobe akanaki.”
“Sitsa satsi: ‘Ngitawubacosha ngize ngibakhandze. Ngitawutehlukanisela ngaloko lengikudle kubo, ngititike ngako; ngitawukhipha inkemba yami ngibabhubhise.’
Ngulowo usita lomunye, akhulume kumnakabo atsi: “Cina!”
Watsi kimi: “Ndvodzana yemuntfu, ubonile kambe kutsi bentani baholi bendlu yaka-Israyeli lapha entimeni, nguloyo endvumbeni yesithico sakhe? Batsi: ‘Simakadze akasiboni. Simakadze sewulishiyile lelive.’ ”
Manje kota utengicalekisela lesive, ngobe sinemandla kakhulu kunami; kumbe ngingakhona kusehlula ngisikhiphe lapha eveni lami. Ngiyati kutsi lababusiswa nguwe bayabusiseka, nalabo labacalekiswa nguwe bayacalekiseka.”
“Maye kini, bafundzisi bemtsetfo nebaFarisi! Batentisi! Ngobe niwela tilwandle, nidzabule nemave, kuze nidwebele enkholweni yenu abe munye wetive; nasenimtfolile, nimenta abe yindvodzana yesihogo ngalokuphindziwe kunani.
Bantfu labahlala emhlabeni bayawukutsakasela kufa kwabo labo bofakazi. Bayawugubha imikhosi, bephane netipho, ngobe phela labaphrofethi lababili bese babahluphile emhlabeni.
Kodvwa laba baka-Israyeli bakhutsatana bodvwana; baphindza bema tinhlu ngetinhlu njengaloku babehlomile ngelilanga lekucala.