17 UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Ubusisiwe wena Simoni msa kaJona ngombana lokhu akukembulwa mumuntu kuwe kodwana kwembulwe nguBaba osezulwini.
Woke amadodanakho azakufundiswa nguSomnini, abantwabakho bazakuba nokuthula okukhulu.
kodwana ngikuthandazele Simoni kobana ukukholwa kwakho kungabhalelwa. Wena-ke nasele uphendukile, uqinise abafowenu.”
Yeke wathatha uSimoni wamusa kuJesu. UJesu wamqala wathi kuye: “Ibizo lakho nguSimoni, umsa kaJwanisi, uzakubizwa bona unguKhefasi.” (Kuyafana nokuthi Pitrosi nakutjhugululwako.)
Kutloliwe kubaphorofidi kwathiwa, ‘Boke bazakufundiswa nguZimu.’ Ngiloyo naloyo ozwa uBaba afunde kuye, uza kimi.
Ngiyatjho kini bazalwana ngithi inyama neengazi angekhe kwalidla ilifa lombuso kaZimu, nokubolako angekhe kwalidla ilifa lokungaboliko.
ukubonakalisa iNdodanakhe kimi ukuze ngimtjhumayele kabatjhili. Azange ngikhulumisane nenyama neengazi
Nje-ke kungomusa kobana nibe ngabasindisiweko ngokukholwa begodu lokhu akuveli kini, kodwana kusisipho sakaZimu,
engazange yaziswe abantu eenzukulwaneni ezinye njengombana sele yambulwe nguMoya kubapostoli nabaphorofidi bakhe abacwengileko.
ngombana asibindani nenyama neengazi, kodwana sibindana nababusi, iimphathimandla, imibuso yephasi elisemnyameneli kanye nemibutho yemimoya emimbi esemkayini.
Njengombana abantwana bahlanganyela inyama neengazi, naye ngokwakhe wahlanganyela khona lokho ukuze kuthi ngokufa kwakhe amchithe loyo ogade anamandla wokufa, okutjho uSathana.
Nje-ke, njengomphathi nofakazi weenhlupheko zakaKrestu, begodu nanjengaloyo omhlanganyeli wephazimulo ezakwambulwa, ngincenga abaphathi phakathi kwenu, ngithi:
Loyo ovumako bona uJesu uyiNdodana kaZimu, uZimu uphila kuye naye uphila kuZimu.
Godu siyazi bona iNdodana kaZimu yeza yasipha ilemuko ukuze simazi oliqiniso begodu sikuye oliqiniso neNdodanakhe uJesu Krestu. Yena unguZimu mbala, ukuphila okungapheliko.