19 Lowo muntfu ulala anjingile, kodvwa angaphindzi abe njalo, nakavula emehlo akhe akhandze sekute lutfo.
Bukhosi bungeke busuke esandleni saJuda. Titukulwane takhe tiyawubusa njalonjalo, tive tiyakwetfula kuye timlalele.
Kodvwa umuntfu uyafa angcwatjwe, kube kuphela kwakhe, kutsi kungaphuma umphefumulo kube kuphela kwakhe.
kutsi kujabula kwalababi kwesikhashana nje, nekutfokota kwalabangenaNkulunkulu kuba kwesikhashana nje.
yekutsi lomubi uyacolelwa ngelilanga lenhlekelele nekutsi uyakhululeka ngelilanga lelulaka?
Kwesikhashana nje bayaphakanyiswa banotse, emvakwaloko sebayanyamalala, bayatfotjiswa, batsatfwe njengabo bonkhe, basikwe njengesikhwebu eluhlangeni.
Ngiyati kutsi uyawungehlisela phansi kulabafile, endzaweni lemiselwe bonkhe labaphilako.
Awuticoleli ngani tiphambuko tami, utsetselele tono tami? Ngobe mine sengitawulala elutfulini masinyane; maye, utase uphenye sewungifuna mine ngingasekho!”
Liso lelingibonako nyalo, alisayiwuphindza lingibone futsi. Uyawungifuna, kodvwa ngiyawube ngingasekho.
Titsa takho tiyakwembatsiswa ngemahloni. Emakhaya alababi akasayiwubuye abonwe.”
Ngekutumeka lokukhulu Nkulunkulu uyawubaphephula bonkhe lababi, ababhubhise, njengelibhodo lelitsi lisandza kubekwa nje etiko, lisengakawuva nalowo mlilo, kufike umoya lomkhulu uphephule letinkhuni, nome tomile nome timanti.
Caphela ungatibulali ngekucoshana nebunjinga; tsatsa kuhlakanipha nekutibamba.
Bunjinga buyawunyamalala emehlweni akho ububuka; buyawushesha bundize njengelusweti.
Ayawukwenekwa elangeni, nasenyangeni, nakuto tonkhe tinkhanyeti tasemazulwini lababekutsandzile, bakusebentela, bakulandzela, bakufuna, bakukhotsamela. Akayiwubutfwa futsi akayiwungcwatjwa, kodvwa ayawuba njengemfucuta yetibi lelahlwe emhlabatsini.
“Jerusalema, Jerusalema! Wena lobulala baphrofethi, ubagcobe ngematje labatfunywe kuwe! Kukangaki ngifisa kubutsela ndzawonye bantfu bakho, njengesikhukhukati sifukamela emantjwele aso, kodvwa awuzange sewungivumele!
Sitja sakhe sekwela sisesandleni sakhe; uyawushanelisisa sibuya sakhe abutsele emabele esilulwini sakhe, kepha emakhoba uyawuwashisa ngemlilo longacimeki.”