23 Kodwana uJesu azange atjho nelilodwa ilizwi kuye. Abafundi bakhe beza kuye bamrabhela, bathi: “Mtjele akhambe ngombana uhlalele ukusirhuwelela!”
Kuthe bonyana uJosefa abone abafowabo, wabazi kodwana wenza ngathi akabazi. Wabakhulumisa ngokubakgharameja wathi: “Nibuyaphi nina?” Baphendula bathi: “Sibuya eKanana sizokuthenga ukudla.”
Irhubo lakaDavida. Ngilila kuwe Somnini, Dwala lami, ungabi njengesithulu kimi ngombana nawuthulileko kimi, ngizakufana nabehlela endaweni yabafileko.
Ngitjho nanyana ngirhuwelela ngifuna isizo, uvalela umthandazwami ngaphandle.
Kwathi nakuhlwako, abafundi bakhe beza kuye bathi: “Indawo le ikude nemizi kanti nokuhlwa sekuhlwile. Tjela abantu bakhambe ukuze baye emizini bayozithengela ukugoma.”
Umfazi womKanana obekahlala endaweni leyo, weza kuye, warhuwelela wathi: “Kosi, Ndodana kaDavida, ngirhawukele! Indodakazami ihlukumezeke khulu ngebanga lokungenwa lidimoni.”
Waphendula wathi: “Ngithunywe kwaphela ezimvini ezilahlekileko zakwa-Israyeli.”
Nikhumbule yoke indlela uSomnini uZimenu anirhole ngayo eminyakeni ematjhumi amane erhalawumbeni. Wanithoba lokha nakanihlolako bonyana azi okuseenhliziywenu zenu nokobana nizakulalela imiyalwakhe namkha njani.