70 Kodvwa wakuphika embikwabo bonkhe watsi: “Angikwati loku lokhuluma ngako.”
Umuntfu lotetsemba yena usilima; kodvwa lohamba ngekuhlakanipha uyawuphepha.
Kutigcabha kwemuntfu kumletsela kuwa; kodvwa lotfobekile utfola kuhlonipheka.
Kwesaba bantfu kulugibe; kodvwa lowo lowetsembekile kuSimakadze ulondvolotekile.
“Ngubani lona lebewumvevela kangaka, umesaba, uze ungetsembeki kimi, ungasangikhumbuli, futsi ungasangicabangi ngisho nasenhlitiyweni yakho? Akwentiwa kutsi sengithule sikhatsi lesidze yini lokutsi ungasangesabi?
Inhlitiyo iyayengana ngetulu kwato tonkhe tintfo, futsi yonakele ngalokwengcile. Ngubani nje longayicondza?
Lomunye walaba babehamba naJesu wakhipha inkemba yakhe, wahhumbula indlebe yesigcili semPhristi Lomkhulu, yalahleka phansi.
Kodvwa konkhe loku kwentekele kutsi kugcwaliseke loko lokwabhalwa baphrofethi emiBhalweni.” Bafundzi bakhe bonkhe bamshiya khona lapho, babaleka.
Kepha Phetro bekamlandzela khashane, waze wangena esibuyeni sendlu yemPhristi Lomkhulu. Wafike wahlala nebalindzi, afuna kubona kutsi sigcino kutawuba yini.
Phetro bekahleti ngephandle esibuyeni. Kweta intfombatana leyayisisebenti yafike yatsi: “Nawe bewunaye lomGalile longuJesu.”
Watsi asesukile asatimele eceleni kwemphundvu yesibuya, kwaphindze kwefika lenye intfombatana lesisebenti yambuka yase ikhuluma kulamadvodza labelapho, imkhomba, yatsi: “Nalona abenaye loJesu waseNazaretha.”
Kodvwa Phetro waphika watsi: “Ntfombatana! Angimati nekumati!”
Ucinisile kuloko, ajutjwa ngenca yekungakholwa kwawo, kodvwa wena usime ngekukholwa kwakho. Ngako-ke ungatigabatisi, kodvwa mani ngekwesaba.
Ngako-ke lotsi umile, akacaphele kutsi angawi.
Kodvwa sabelo semagwala, nalabangakholwa, nalabanengekako, nebabulali, netingwadla, netiphingi, nebatsakatsi, nalabakhonta tithico, nalabacala emanga, kuyawuba lichibi lelivutsa umlilo nesibabule; loku kufa kwesibili.”