1 UJesu besele aphumile ngethempelini, akhamba lokha abafundi bakhe nabazakuza kuye bamkhombisa umakhiwo wethempeli.
Wathi kuSeraya: “Lokha nawungena eBhabheli, liqalisise bese ufundela phezulu woke amezwi la.
Yelela wena Jerusalema, nakungasinjalo ngizakufulathela ngokukghabhudlheka, iye, nakungasinjalo ngizakwenza ube libhudu, indawo lapho kungahlalwa khona.”
Wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, uyayibona into abayenzako na? Indlu yakwa-Israyeli yenza iinkghabhudlho ezikulu lapha. Ngalokho ingidedisela kude nendawami ecwengileko. Nokho usazokubona iinkghabhudlho ezikulu.”
Iye, nabantwana ababakhulisako ngizobamuka bona kungasali ngitjho noyedwa. Bazazizwa mhlana ngibafulathelako.
UJesu wangena ngesirhodlweni sethempeli; kwathi asafundisa, abaphristi abakhulu nabaphathi babantu beza kuye bambuza bathi: “Izintwezi uzenza ngegunya lakabani na? Ngubani okuphe amandla la na?”
Ngambala ngiyanitjela bona angekhe benisangibona godu kufikela mhlana nithi, ‘Ubusisiwe loyo oza ebizweni lakaSomnini!’ ”
Ambuza athi: “Uzalakha godu ngamalanga amathathu na? Kuthethe iminyaka ematjhumi amane nesithandathu ukulakha ithempeli.”