15. “Yakuba ke ibekiwe yangukumkani inkosana le, ibuyile, yaza yathi mazibizelwe kuyo ezo zicaka yayizinike imali leyo, ukuze ive kuzo ngazinye ukuba zingenise ntoni na ngokurhweba.
16. Seza ke esokuqala, sathi: ‘Nkosi, ikhulu lakho lizele ishumi lamakhulu.’
17. Yathi kuso: ‘Hee ke, sicakandini esilungileyo! Ngenxa yokuba ubuthembekile kokuncinane, ndikunika igunya kwiidolophu ezilishumi.’
18. Seza nesesibini, sathi: ‘Nkosi, ikhulu lakho lenze isihlanu samakhulu.’
19. Yathi nakweso: ‘Wena ndikunika igunya kwiidolophu ezintlanu.’
20. “Seza nesinye, sathi: ‘Nkosi, nali ikhulu lakho. Bendilithandele ngelaphu,
21. kuba bendikoyika, ngokuba ungumntu ongqabalala; uthatha ongakubekanga, uvune ongakuhlwayelanga.’
22. Yathi kuso: ‘Ndiza kukugweba ngokuphuma emlonyeni wakho, sicakandini esikhohlakeleyo. Ubusazi nje ukuba ndingumntu ongqabalala, othatha angakubekanga, avune angakuhlwayelanga;
23. kutheni ke imali le yam ungayigcinisanga ebhankini, ze ke mna ekufikeni kwam ndiyifumane inenzala?’
24. “Yathi kwababemi ngakhona: ‘Mhlutheni ikhulu elo, nilinike lowo uneshumi lamakhulu.’
25. Ke bathi kuyo: ‘Nkosi, uneshumi lamakhulu!’
26. Yathi: ‘Inene, wonke umntu onolutho uya kunikwa; ongenanto ke, uya kuhluthwa kwanaloo nto anayo.
27. Ke zona ezo ntshaba zam zingafunanga ukuba ndibe ngukumkani wazo, ziziseni apha, nizibulale apha phambi kwam.’ ”
28. Akuba ezithethile ezi zinto, uYesu wabandulela, wenyuka esiya eJerusalem.
29. Kwathi, akusondela eBhetefage naseBhetani, engasentabeni ekuthiwa yeyemiNquma, wathuma ababini kubafundi bakhe,
30. esithi kubo: “Hambani niye kule dolophana ikhangelene nathi. Nothi ningena nje kuyo, nifumane inkonyana yedonki ibotshelelwe, ekungazange kukhwele mntu kuyo. Yikhululeni, niyizise apha.
31. Ukuba ubani uthe kuni: ‘Niyikhululela ntoni loo donki?’ ze nithi: ‘Iyafunwa yiNkosi.’ ”
32. Basuka ke baya abo babethunyiwe, bafika kunjengoko wayetshilo uYesu.