33 Labo ebegade bangemkhunjini bathandaza uJesu bathi: “Kwamambala uyiNdodana kaZimu!”
Umzeswa kaSomnini umemezela isimiso sakhe: “USomnini wathi kimi, ‘Uyindodanami wena; namhlanje ngiyakuvuselela.
Yona yathi: “Baba-ke! Qalani ngibona amadoda amane atjhaphulukileko, akhambakhamba ngemlilweni begodu akakathinteki ndawo. Indoda yesine engiyibonako ifana nendodana yeendalwa zezulu.”
Bangena bobabili ngemkhunjini; ummoya wathula.
Khonapho umfazi weza waguqa phambi kwakhe wathi: “Kosi, yewungisize!”
USimoni Pitrosi waphendula wathi: “UnguKrestu, iNdodana kaZimu ophilako.”
Kwathi asakhuluma njalo, basibekelwa lilifu elidarhileko, bekwazwakala nelizwi libuya elifinapho lathi: “Le yiNdodanami engiyithandako, engithaba khulu ngayo, ilaleleni!”
Zathi nazingena ngekumbeni, zabona umntwana anonina uMariya, yeke zakhothama zamlotjha. Zavula amagugwazo zamkhunga ngezipho: igolide, itjhwalo nemire.
Kodwana uJesu wazithulela. Umphristi omkhulu wakhuluma naye godu, wathi: “Ngikufungisa isifungo ngoZimu ophilako ngithi: Sitjela bona unguMesiya, iNdodana kaZimu na?”
Angithi wethembe uZimu. UZimu akamsize khona nje nakube uyamfuna ngombana bekaseze asithi, ‘NgiyiNdodana kaZimu!’ ”
Kwathi lokha umphathimabutho nalabo ebebanaye ebebaqaphe uJesu nababona ukusikinyeka kwephasi nakho koke okwenzakeleko, besaba bebathi: “Kwamambala bekayiNdodana kaZimu!”
Kwathi nabambonako, bamkhothamela kodwana abanye bazaza.
Msinyana uJesu wahlangana nabo wathi: “Lotjhani!” Batjhidela, bambamba eenyaweni, bamkhothamela.
Yeke umlingi weza kuye wathi: “Nangabe uyiNdodana kaZimu, tjela amatje la bona aphenduke isikwa.”
Ukuthoma kwevangeli ngoJesu Krestu, iNdodana kaZimu.
Kodwana uJesu wazithulela, akhange aphendule. Umphristi omkhulu wambuza godu wathi: “UnguKrestu, iNdodana yoBusisiweko na?”
Kwathi lokha umphathimabutho obekajame lapho phambi kwakaJesu nezwa ukurhuwelela kwakhe nangendlela ahlongakele ngayo, wathi: “Ngambala indoda le beyiyiNdodana kaZimu!”
Bamlotjha, babuyela emuva eJerusalema ngethabo elikhulu.
Amadimoni aphuma ebantwini abanengi, arhuwelela asithi: “Wena uyiNdodana kaZimu!” Kodwana wawakhalimela, wangawavumela bona akhulume ngombana gade amazi bona unguKrestu.
Kwathi nayibona uJesu yarhuwelela beyaziphosela eenyaweni zakhe, yamemeza yathi: “Utjhiswa yini ngami wena Jesu, Ndodana kaZimu ongoPhezulu na? Ngiyakurabhela ungangihlukumezi!”
UNathaniyeli wamphendula wathi: “Mfundisi, uyiNdodana kaZimu! UyiKosi yakwa-Israyeli!”
Waphendula wathi: “Iye, Kosi! Ngiyakholwa bona unguKrestu, iNdodana kaZimu, ebekufanele ize ephasini.”
Kuthe bona uJesu aqede ukukhuluma lokhu, waqala phezulu ezulwini wathi: “Baba, isikhathi sesifikile; phazimulisa iNdodanakho khona iNdodana izakukuphazimulisa.
AmaJuda amphendula athi: “Sinomthetho thina, nje-ke ngokuya ngomthetho lowo, kufanele afe ngombana uthe uyiNdodana kaZimu.”
Nje-ke siyakholwa besiyazi bona ungoCwengileko ovela kuZimu.”
Basakhamba endleleni, bafika endaweni lapha bekunamanzi khona, umphakulwa wathi: “Qala naka amanzi, ngingakhandelwa yini bona ngingabhajadiswa na?”
begodu yatjhunyayelwa ngamandla bona iyiNdodana kaZimu ukuya ngokoMoya wokucwenga ngokuvuswa kwayo ekufeni: uJesu Krestu iKosethu,