8 Tsono kapitau wa gulu la acikunda wa ciRoma adatawira aciti: “Mbuya, nin'themera lini kukutambirani panyumba yangu. Tsono lewani fala libodzi lokha, ndipo kapolo wangu an'dzacira.
Jezu adapfuthula boko, acim'khuya ndipo adati: “Nin'funa, Pola!” Pamwepo-letu iye adapolesedwa mapere.
omwe an'bwera m'mbuyo mwangu. Tsono ine ndin'themera lini kutsudzula bzingwe bza xango zace”.
Pomwe Simau Pedru adawona bzimwebzo, adagodamira m'minyendo mwa Jezu adati: “Mbuya, fundukirani pana ine, thangwe ine ndine munthu wakutaza”.
“Ine nin'kubatizani na madzi kuti mukhumbule. Tsono pambuyo pangu alikubwera winango wamphambvu kwene-kwene kuposa ine, mwakuti nin'themera lini kutakula xango zace. Iye an'dzakubatizani na Mzimu Wakucena ndipo na moto.
“Pamwepo mwanayo adalewa kuti: ‘Baba, ndaphonyera kudzulu na imwepo. Nin'themera lini pomwe kucemeredwa mwana wanu’.
Nin'themera lini pomwe kucemeredwa mwana wanu. Ndiyeseni ninga m'bodzi wa wabasa wanu’.
Tsono Juwau adayezera kulamba aciti: “Ine ndine ndin'funika kubatizidwa na Imwe, ndipo Imwe mulikubwera kuna ine?”
Ine nin'themera lini kucitiridwa nsisi na cikhulupiriro cense comwe mwandiwonesa ine mtumiki wanu. Thangwe pomwe ndidayambuka Jolodani ndikhana mpsimbo yokha, tsono tsapano ndabwerera na magulu mawiriya.
Jezu adamuuza kuti: “Ine nin'dzayenda kukam'cirisa”.
Pakuti inembo ndiri pantsi pa utongi, ndipo ndina acikunda omwe ine nimbatonga. Ndikauza m'bodzi kuti: ‘Ndoko,’ iye ambayenda. Ndikauza winango kuti: ‘Bwera,’ iye ambabwera. Ndikauza nyagirinya wangu kuti: Cita ibzi, iye ambacita”.