34 Ngako-ke ningakhatsateki ngelikusasa lenu, ngobe likusasa liyakutikhatsalela lona. Inhlupheko yelilanga yenele lona.”
“Ngako-ke ngitsi kini: Ningakhatsateki ngetimphilo tenu kutsi nitakudlani ninatseni, nangemitimba yenu kutsi nitakwembatsani. Imphilo ayiyinkhulu yini kunekudla, nemtimba kunekwekwembatsa?
“Nginishiya nekuthula. Lokuthula lenginipha kona akufanani nesipho selive. Tinhlitiyo tenu tingabokhatsateka futsi tingesabi.
Senginitjele loku, kuze nitewuba nekuthula kimi. Eveni niyawuhlupheka nibe nelusizi. Kodvwa manini sibindzi, ngobe mine ngilincobile live.”
Siphe lamuhla kudla kwetfu njengasemalangeni onkhe.
Sisha onkhe emalanga ekuseni, kwetsembeka kwakho kukhulu.
Bacinisa emakholwa bawakhutsata ekubambeleleni ekukholweni. Babafundzisa kutsi: “Sifanele sendlule ekuhluphekeni lokunyenti kuze singene embusweni waNkulunkulu.”
Imicabo yemasango akho iyawuba ngeyensimbi neyelitfusi, nemandla akho alingane nemalanga akho.
Kukhona yini emkhatsini wenu longatengetela umzuzwana ebudzeni bemphilo yakhe ngekutihlupha kwakhe?
INkhosi yamphendvula yatsi: “Mata, ye Mata! Utikhatsata ngetintfo letinyenti,
“Nabaniletsa kutenigweba emasinagogeni, nome embikwebabusi nemakhosi, ningakhatsateki ngekutsi niyawutsini nitiphendvulele njani.
Jesu wase utjela bafundzi bakhe utsi: “Ngako-ke nginitjela kutsi: Ningakhatsateki ngemphilo yenu, nekutsi nitawudlani, nangekutsi nitakwembatsani emitimbeni yenu.
Ningakhatsateki ngalutfo. Kepha kuko konkhe ticelo tenu atatiwe nguNkulunkulu, ngekukhuleka nekuncusa kanye nekubonga.
Lahlelani kuye konkhe kukhatsateka kwenu, ngobe yena uyanikhatsalela.