57 Yeke bakhubeka ngaye. Kodwana uJesu wathi kibo: “Kusemzini wekhabo nangekumbenakhe kwaphela lapha umphorofidi angahlonitjhwa khona.”
Nakhu okutjhiwo nguSomnini, umHlengi noCwengileko ka-Israyeli kiloyo owanyazwa bewanyenywa sisizwe, iye, encekwini yababusi uthi: “Amakhosi namakhosana azakubona, aphakame. Azakuhloma iinhloko phasi ngebanga lakaSomnini othembekileko, iye, ngebanga loCwengileko ka-Israyeli okukhethileko.”
Yanyazeka beyalahlwa babantu, yaba mumuntu weensizi, yazi ukugula, njengomuntu osithezelwa ubuso. Iye, yanyazeka begodu azange siyihloniphe,
Iye, uSomnini uzakuba yindawo ecwengileko yokuphephela, kodwana kizo zombili izindlu zakwa-Israyeli uzakuba lilitje elikhubako nedwala elibawisako. Ebantwini beJerusalema uzakuba sisifu nesithiyo.
Ubusisiwe ongakhubekiko ngami.”
Azange enze imikarisomraro eminengi lapho ngombana bebangakholwa kuhle.
UJesu wasuka lapho wabuyela edorobheni lekhabo alandelwa bafundi bakhe.
Ibizo lakaJesu laduma kangangombana ikosi uHerode yezwa ngalokho. Abanye bebathi: “UJwanisi uMbhabhadisi uvusiwe kabafileko, ngikho akghona ukwenza imikarisomraro nje.”
Kanti akusimbazi lo na? Angithi yindodana kaMariya nomfowabo kaJakopo, uJosisi, uJudasi noSimoni? Abodadwabo bahlala nathi lapha!” Yeke bakhubeka ngaye.
UJesu wathi kibo: “Kusedorobheni lekhabo, hlangana neenhlobo zakhe nangakwabo kwaphela lapha umphorofidi angahlonitjhwa khona.”
UJesu waraga wathi: “Ngiqinisile ngiyanitjela bona akunamphorofidi owakhe wamukeleka enarheni yekhabo.
Ubusisiwe umuntu ongakhubekiko ngami!”
ngombana yena ngokwakhe wathi: “Umphorofidi akahlonitjhwa endaweni yekhabo.”
Yeke bathi: “Kanti lo akasuye uJesu indodana kaJosefa esazi uyise nonina na? Alo-ke, utjho njani gadesi bona uvela ezulwini?”
UJesu wayelela bona abafundi bakhe bayarhonona ngalokhu, wathi kibo: “Lokhu kuyanikhubekisa na?