14. Beza kuye ke endlwini kaThixo apho abaziimfama nabaziziqhwala, waza wabaphilisa.
15. Bona ababingeleli abaziintloko nabachazi-mthetho bahlabeka bakuyibona imimangaliso ayenzayo, bebona nabantwana endlwini kaThixo bekhwaza besithi: “Camagu! Nyana kaDavide!”
16. Baza ke bathi kuYesu: “Uyayiva na le nto bayithethayo aba?”UYesu wathi kubo: “Ewe. Aniyifundanga na eziBhalweni indawo ethi: ‘Wênza ukuba udunyiswe ngabantwana naziintsana.’”
17. Wabashiya, waphuma esixekweni, waya eBhetani, walala khona.
18. Ngentsasa elandelayo, xa wayebuyela esixekweni, walamba.
19. Wathi ebone umkhiwane ngasendleleni, waya kuwo, kodwa akafumana siqhamo, yaba ngamagqabi kuphela. Wathi kuwo: “Makungaze kubekho siqhamo kuwe naphakade.” Waza woma kwangoko umkhiwane lowo.
20. Bekubonile oku, abafundi bakaYesu bamangaliswa, bathi: “Kutheni ukuba usuke wome ngokukhawuleza kangaka lo mkhiwane?”
21. Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo: “Ndithi kuni, inene, ukuba niyakholwa, ningathandabuzi, niya kuba nako ukuyenza le nto ndiyenzé kulo mkhiwane, ngaphezu koko nibe nokuthi nakule ntaba: ‘Funquka, uphoseke elwandle,’ ize yenzeke loo nto.
22. Konke enikucelayo ngomthandazo nikholwa, nokwamkela.”
23. UYesu wangena endlwini kaThixo wafundisa. Beza kuye ababingeleli abaziintloko namadoda amakhulu, bathi: “Ezi zinto uzenza ngagunya lini? Ngubani okunike eli gunya?”
24. UYesu wabaphendula esithi: “Nam ndiya kunibuza umbuzo ube mnye. Ukuba nithe nandiphendula, ndonixelela ukuba ndizenza ngagunya lini na ezi zinto.
25. Ngaba igunya likaYohane lokubhaptiza laliphuma ezulwini, okanye laliphuma ebantwini?”Baxoxa ke bodwa, besithi: “Ukuba sithe: ‘Laliphuma ezulwini,’ wothi: ‘Bekungani na phofu ukuba ningàkholwa kuye?’
26. Kodwa ukuba sithe: ‘Laphuma ebantwini,’ soyika isihlwele kuba bonke bathi uYohane *ungumshumayeli.”
27. Baphendula bathi kuYesu: “Asazi.”Waza yena wathi kubo: “Nam ke andinixeleli ukuba ndizenza ngagunya lini na ezi zinto.”