23 Kuthe bona atjele abantu bonyana bakhambe, wenyukela entabeni ayedwa wayokuthandaza. Kwabe kwahlwa ayedwa lapho.
Yeke uJesu wakhamba nabafundi bakhe baya endaweni ebizwa bona yiGetsemani, wathi kibo: “Yijani nihlezi lapha, ngisaya laphaya ngiyokuthandaza.”
Kodwana wena nawuthandazako, ngena ngelawini lakho, uvale umnyango bese uthandaza kuYihlo ongabonwako. Nje-ke uYihlo obona lokho okwenziwa ngemsitheleni, uzakuvuza.
Ngelanga elilandelako ngesamarimarima, kusese mnyama, uJesu wasikima, waphuma ngekumbeni waya endaweni enganamuntu lapha afika khona wathandaza.
Kuthe bona ahlukane nabo, watjhinga entabeni wayokuthandaza.
Ngemva kobana boke abantu sebabhajadisiwe, uJesu naye wabhajadiswa. Kwathi asathandaza, izulu lavuleka.
Kodwana begade aphele atsomuka aye emmangweni ayokuthandaza.
Ngelinye lamalanga lawo uJesu wenyukela entabeni wayokuthandaza, wahlala lapho ubusuku boke athandaza kuZimu.
Kwathi uJesu asathandaza ngasese, abafundi bakhe banaye lapho, wababuza wathi: “Abantu bathi ngingubani na?”
Emalangeni abunane ngemva kobana uJesu akhulume lokho, wathatha uPitrosi, uJwanisi noJakopo wakhuphukela nabo entabeni wayokuthandaza.
Thina ngokwethu sizakunikela soke isikhathi sethu ekuthandazeni nemsebenzini wokutjhumayela.”