8. Waphendula umphathi-butho wathi: “Nkosi, andifanelekanga ukuba ungene phantsi kwentungo yendlu yam. Thetha nje ilizwi; sophiliswa isicaka sam.
9. Nam ndingumntu ophantsi kwegunya labanye, kwaye ndikwanamajoni aphantsi kwam: kweli ndithi: ‘Yiya,’ liye; kweliya ndithi: ‘Yiza,’ lize; kwisicaka sam ndithi: ‘Yenza oku,’ sikwenze.”
10. UYesu wamangaliswa akukuva oku, waza wathi kwababemlandela: “Inene, andikafumani namnye onokholo olungaka nkqu nakwaSirayeli.
11. Ndithi kuni, baninzi abaya kuvela empumalanga nasentshonalanga babe sesidlweni kunye noAbraham noIsake noYakobi apho lukhona ulawulo lukaThixo olufezekileyo.
12. Kodwa abo babekade bengabohlanga olulawulwa nguThixo bolahlelwa phandle ebumnyameni lee, apho baya kulila khona bengcungcutheka.”
13. Waza uYesu wathi kumphathi-butho: “Hamba ke; ngenxa yokuba ukholiwe, wokwenzelwa oko.” Saza saphila kwangelo xesha isicaka eso.
14. UYesu waya kwaPetros, wabona umkhwekazi kaPetros elele ephethwe yifiva.
15. Wabamba isandla sakhe; yamyeka ifiva, waphakama, walungiselela uYesu ukutya.
16. Kwakuhlwa kwaziswa kuYesu abantu abaninzi ababeneendimoni. Wazikhupha ngelizwi ezo ndimoni, wabaphilisa bonke abantu ababegula.
17. Oku wakwenza ukuze kuzaliseke ilizwi *lomshumayeli uIsaya elithi: “Wabuthathela kuye ubulwelwe bethu, wazisusa kuthi izifo zethu.”
18. UYesu akuyibona indimbane emngqongileyo, wayalela ukuba kuyiwe phesheya koLwandle lwaseGalili.
19. Kweza mchazi-mthetho uthile kuye, wathi: “Mfundisi, ndiya kuba ngumlandeli wakho, ndiye naphi na apho uthe waya khona.”
20. UYesu wathi kuye: “Iimpungutye zinemingxuma, neentaka zineendlwane, kodwa yena *uNyana woLuntu akanayo nendawo le yokufaka intloko.”
21. Omnye umfundi wathi kuYesu: “Nkosi, ndivumele ndiye kungcwaba ubawo kuqala.”
22. UYesu wathi kuye: “Yiba ngumlandeli wam wena, ubayeke abafileyo, bangcwabe abafileyo babo.”
23. Kwathi uYesu akukhwela esikhitshaneni, bahamba naye abafundi bakhe.