7 Bathanda ukulotjhiswa eendaweni okuthengiselwa kizo nokubizwa ngokuthi, ‘Rabi’.
“Kodwana ngizasifanisa nani nje isizukulwana sanamhlanjesesi? Sinjengabantwana abahlezi eendaweni zokuthengisa baseze babizana bathi,
Nina anizukubizwa ngokuthi ‘Rabi’ ngombana ninomfundisi oyedwa, nina noke nje nibabafo.
Yeke uJudasi, ekunguye obekazomkhaphela wathi: “Kghani kungaba ngimi Rabi, na?” UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Iye, nguwe.”
UJudasi walunga thwi kuJesu, wathi: “Lotjha Rabi!” Wamncwanga.
UJesu wasibuza wathi: “Ufuna bona ngikwenzeleni na?” Isiphofu sathi kuye: “Rabi, ngifuna ukubona.”
UPitrosi wakhumbula wathi kuJesu: “Rabi, qala! Umuthi owunikeleleko loya utjhwabile.”
Ekufundiseni kwakhe wathi: “Lemukani abafundisi bomthetho, abathanda ukuzakalala ngeemphuraphura ezide, bathanda ukulotjhiswa eendaweni zokuthengisela.
Khonapho uJudasi waya kuJesu wathi: “Rabi!” wamcwanga.
UPitrosi wathi kuJesu: “Rabi, kuhle ukuba khona kwethu lapha. Bengithi thana sakha imitlhatlhana emithathu, omunye ube ngewakho, omunye ube ngewakaMosi, omunye ube ngewaka-Eliya.”
“Maye kini baFarisi! Nithanda iinhlalo eziphambili ngemasinagogini nokubingelelwa eendaweni okuthengiswa kizo.
UJesu waphenduka, wababona bamlandela, wababuza wathi: “Nilila ngani?” Bona bathi kuye: “Rabi,” (nakutjhugululwako kutjho bona Mfundisi) “uhlalaphi na?”
UNathaniyeli wamphendula wathi: “Mfundisi, uyiNdodana kaZimu! UyiKosi yakwa-Israyeli!”
Abafundi bamphendula bathi: “Mfundisi, isikhatjhana esifitjhani esidlulileko amaJuda gade afuna ukukukhanda ngamatje, alo-ke ubhincela ukubuyela emuva godu na?”
UJesu wathi kuye: “Mariya!” UMariya watjhidela kuye warhuwelela ngesiHebheru wathi: “Rabuni!” (okutjho bona “mfundisi”).
Langelinye ebusuku weza kuJesu wafese wathi: “Rabi, siyazi bona umfundisi othunywe nguZimu ngombana akakho noyedwa ongenza iimangaliso ozenzakwezi ngaphandle kobana uZimu abe naye.”
Baya kuJwanisi, bafika bathi: “Mfundisi, umuntu obekanawe ngaphetjheya kweJordani, ngitjho loyo ogade ufakaza ngaye, qala uyabhabhadisa, begodu boke baya kuye!”
Kusenjalo abafundi bamncenga bathi: “Mfundisi, akhe ugome!”
Kwathi bona abantu bafumane uJesu ngaphetjheya kwelwandle, bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, ufike nini lapha na?”
Abafundi bakhe bambuza bathi: “Mfundisi, ngubani owonileko, mumuntu lo namkha babelethi bakhe ukuze abelethwe asiphofu na?”