24 Yeke uJesu wathi ebafundini bakhe: “Nanyana ngubani ofuna ukungilandela, akazidele, atjathe isiphambano sakhe angilandele.
Nanyana ngubani ongatjathi isiphambano sakhe, angilandele, akakangifaneli.
Kwathi nabaphumako, bahlangana nendoda yeSirene ebekuthiwa nguSimoni, amajoni amkatelela bona athwale isiphambano sakaJesu.
UJesu wayiqala, wayithanda wathi kiyo: “Yinye kwaphela into otlhayela ngayo: Khamba, uthengise koke onakho unikele abadududu, uzakuba nomnotho ezulwini. Ngemva kwalapho-ke ungilandele.”
Endleleni akatelela umdluli ngendlela obegade avela emaphandleni bona atjathe isiphambano sakaJesu. Yena bekunguSimoni weSirene onguyise ka-Alekzandra noRufosi.
Wabizela kuye isiqubuthu kanye nabafundi bakhe, wathi kibo: “Nanyana ngubani ofuna ukungilandela, akazidele, atjathe isiphambano sakhe angilandele.
Nanyana ngubani ongatjathi isiphambano sakhe angilandele, angekhe aba mfundi wami.
Kwathi nabakhamba naye njalo, bahlangana noSimoni weSirene, ebegade asiya ngemzini avela ngaphandle. Bathatha isiphambano bamthwesa sona kobana alandele uJesu.
Waphuma azitjathele isiphambano sakhe, waya endaweni ekuthiwa yiKhakhayi, (ebizwa ngesiHebheru bona yiGolgotha.)
Ngokutjho lokhu, uJesu bekatjengisa indlela uPitrosi azakufa ngayo alethe iphazimulo kuZimu. Yeke uJesu wathi kuye: “Ngilandela!”
UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Nangifuna bona aphile kufikela mhlana ngibuyako, kukutshwenya ngani lokho na? Wena ngilandela!”
baqinisa bebakhuthaza abafundi bona baragele phambili ngokukholwa, bathi: “Kufuze sidlule ebunzimeni obunengi ngaphambi kobana singene embusweni kaZimu.”
Nje-ke ngiyathaba ekuhluphekeni kwami ngenca yenu, begodu emzimbenami ngiphelelisa lokho okutlhayeleko ekuhluphekeni kwakaKrestu ngebanga lomzimbakhe, okutjho ibandla.
ukuze kungabikho namunye wenu ozakusikinywa mitlhago le. Ngambala nina ngokwenu nazi kuhle bona lokhu ngilokho esibekelwe khona.
Mbala, boke abathanda ukuphila ipilo emsulwa kuKrestu Jesu bazakuzunywa.
Kokwakho, nabizelwa khona lokho ngombana noKrestu wahlupheka ngebanga lenu, wanitjhiyela isibonelo bona nilandele emtlhaleni wakhe.