17 Kwathi nabambonako, bamkhothamela kodwana abanye bazaza.
Ncwangani iinyawo zendodanayo, nakungasinjalo uZimu uzakuthukuthela bese niyabhubha endleleni. Mbala, ilaka lakhe livutha masinyana. Babusisiwe boke abaphephela kuye.
Lalela wena ndodakazi! Phosa amehlo ubeke indlebe, ukhohlwe abantu bekhenu nendlu kayihlo.
Ngiqinisile ngiyanitjela bona abanye abajame lapha njenganje angeze bakubona ukufa bangakaboni iNdodana yoMuntu isiza ngombuswayo.”
Msinyana uJesu wahlangana nabo wathi: “Lotjhani!” Batjhidela, bambamba eenyaweni, bamkhothamela.
Kuthe bona bezwe ukuthi uJesu uyaphila, nokobana umbonile, akhange bamkholwe.
Bona-ke babuyela emuva bayokubikela abanye, kodwana nabo akhange babakholwe.
Ngemva kwesikhathi uJesu waziveza kabalitjhumi nanye basagoma. Wabasola ngokutlhoga kwabo ukukholwa kanye nangekanabo yokwala ukukholwa labo abambonileko ngemva kokuvuka kwakhe.
ukuze boke bahloniphe iNdodana njengombana bahlonipha uYise. Ngiloyo naloyo ongahloniphi iNdodana akamhloniphi noYise oyithumileko.
Wazibonakalisa kibo aphilile ngemva kokuhlupheka kwakhe, wabakhombisa ngeendlela ezinengi eziliqiniso bona uyaphila. Wabonakala kibo esikhathini esimalanga amatjhumi amane, akhuluma ngombuso kaZimu.
Ngemva kwalapho, wabonakala kubazalwana abangaphezu kwamakhulu amahlanu ngesikhathi esisodwa, inengi labo elisaphilako, nanyana-ke abanye sebalala nje.