17 Jesu waphendvula watsi kuye: “Ubusisiwe wena Simoni waJohane, ngobe loko awukakwembulelwa ngumuntfu kepha nguBabe losezulwini.
“Bonkhe bantfu bakho bayawufundziswa nguSimakadze, inhlalakahle nekuthula kwebantfwana bakho kuyawuba kukhulu.
Noko sengikukhulekele, Simoni, kuze kungehluleki kukholwa kwakho. Nase uphendvukile wabuya kimi, kufanele ucinise nalabanakenu.”
Wamyisa kuJesu, Jesu wambuka, watsi: “Wena unguSimoni, umsa waJohane. Libito lakho sekutaba nguKhefase.” (Lelibito lisho kutsi: “Phetro, lidvwala.”)
Kubhaliwe kubaphrofethi kutsi: ‘Bonkhe bayawuba ngulabafundziswe nguNkulunkulu.’ Bonkhe labevile kuBabe, bafundza kuye, bayeta kimi.
Nginitjela naku, bazalwane bami, kutsi inyama nengati akunawulidla lifa lembuso waNkulunkulu, nekubola akulidli lifa lelingaboli.
kungembulela iNdvodzana yakhe kutsi ngiyishumayele kubetive, angibutanga muntfu.
Empeleni kusindziswa kwenu ngekukholwa kuya ngemusa, futsi loko akuveli kini, sipho nje saNkulunkulu.
Bonkhe bantfu abazange bayatiswe etitukulwaneni letinye, njengaloku nyalo seyembulwe ngaMoya kubaphostoli bakhe labangcwele nakubaphrofethi.
Ngobe asilwi nebantfu, kodvwa silwa netikhulu temimoya, nemandla, nebabusi bendalo yalobumnyama, nemabutfo abomoya lababi labasemkhatsini.
Ngako-ke njengobe bantfwana baba bantfu, naye-ke Jesu waba ngumuntfu njengabo, kuze kutsi abhubhise Sathane labenemandla etikwekufa,
Ngako ngiyabancenga babonisi labasemkhatsini wenu, njengobe nami ngingumbonisi kanye nabo, ngingufakazi wetinhlupheko taKhristu, nemhlanganyeli ebukhosini lobutakwembulwa, ngitsi:
Lowo lovuma kutsi Jesu uyiNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, Nkulunkulu uhlala kuye, naye uhlala kuNkulunkulu.
Siyati kutsi iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu ifikile yasipha kucondzisisa kahle, khona sitewumati Nkulunkulu longuye sibili; tsine-ke sikuye Nkulunkulu sibili, eNdvodzaneni yakhe lenguJesu Khristu. Nguye longuNkulunkulu sibili, nalokuphila lokuphakadze.