43. Wayekholosa ngoThixo, esithi unguNyana wakhe; uThixo makamsindise ke ngoku ukuba uyamthanda.”
44. Nezihange ezazibethelelwe eminqamlezweni kunye naye zazimngcikiva.
45. Kuthe ke, ukususela kwintsimbi yeshumi elinambini emini, kwehla ubumnyama phezu kwawo wonke umhlaba, kwada kwayintsimbi yesithathu emva kwemini.
46. Malunga nentsimbi yesithathu uYesu wakhala ngezwi elikhulu, esithi: “Eli, Eli, lama sabhaktani?” (Oko kukuthi: “Thixo wam, Thixo wam, undishiyeleni na?”)
47. Ithe ke inxenye yababekho, yakukuva oko, yathi: “Lo ubiza uEliya.”
48. Wabaleka kwangoko omnye, wathatha imfunxa, wayithi nkxu kwiwayini emuncu, wayincula ngoluthi, waza wambambela ukuba ayifunxe.
49. Kodwa abanye bathi: “Khawuyeke, sibone ukuba uEliya uza kumsindisa na.”
50. UYesu ke wakhala kwakhona ngezwi elikhulu, wawunikela umphefumlo wakhe.
51. Lasuka ke lakrazuka kubini ikhuselo legumbi elingcwele *endlwini kaThixo ukususela phezulu kuye ezantsi; umhlaba wanyikima, namawa acandeka,
52. namangcwaba avuleka, bathi nabantu abaninzi bakaThixo ababefile bavuka,