4. kuba ngamaxesha athile sasisithi isithunywa seNkosi singene echibini apho, siwazama-zamise amanzi. Sasisithi ke isigulana esingene kuqala echibini emva kokuzanya-zanyiswa kwamanzi, siphile nakusiphi na isifo esasinaso.]
5. Ke kwakukho ndoda ithile apho, eyayiminyaka imashumi mathathu anesibhozo igula.
6. Kwathi uYesu akuyibona ilele apho, esazi nokuba selinexesha elide igula, wathi kuyo: “Uyafuna na ukuphila?”
7. Saphendula isigulane sathi: “Nkosi, andinamntu wakundifaka echibini akuba amanzi egxobhekile. Ndithi ndisazama ukungena, ndisuke ndiphangelwe ngomnye.”
8. UYesu wathi kuso: “Phakama! Thatha ukhuko lwakho, uhambe.”
9. Kwathi kwangoko waphila loo mntu, waluthatha ukhuko lwakhe, wahamba-hamba.Oku kwênzeka *ngoMhla wokuPhumla,
10. aza amaJuda athi kulowo waphiliswayo: “KungoMhla wokuPhumla namhlanje; akuvumelekanga ukuba uthwale ukhuko lwakho.”
11. Waphendula wathi: “Ondiphilisileyo uthe kum: ‘Thatha ukhuko lwakho, uhambe.’ ”
12. Ambuza athi: “Ngubani na lowo uthe kuwe: ‘Thatha ukhuko lwakho, uhambe’?”
13. Kodwa lowo waphiliswayo wayengamazi okokuba ungubani owamphilisayo, kuba kwakukho abantu abaninzi apho, noYesu wayeselemkile.
14. Kwathi emva koko uYesu waphinda wadibana naye *endlwini kaThixo, wathi: “Khangela, uphilile ngoku. Yahlukana nesono, hleze uhlelwe yinto embi kunale.”
15. Wahamba ke umntu lowo, waya kuwaxelela amaJuda ukuba nguYesu owamphilisayo.
16. Ngenxa yaloo nto ke amaJuda amchasa uYesu, kuba esenza ezi zinto ngoMhla wokuPhumla.
17. Wawaphendula ke uYesu wathi: “UBawo uyasebenza kude kube ngoku; nam ke ndiyasebenza.”