1. Kwangelo xesha ke kwabakho abathile abâmxeleláyo uYesu ngamaGalili, awathi esenzela uThixo amadini, abulawa nguPilato.
2. Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo: “Niba loo maGalili ebengabôni ngaphezulu kwawo onke amanye amaGalili, kuba evé ubunzima obunjalo?
3. Nakanye! Inene, nani ukuba anithanga niguquke, notshabalala kwangokunjalo nonke.
4. Khanitsho ke, bona abo balishumi elinesibhozo abawelwa yinqaba eSilowa bafa, niba babenetyala ngaphezu kwabo bonke abantu baseJerusalem?
5. Nakanye! Inene, nani ukuba anithanga niguquke notshabalala kwangokunjalo nonke.”
6. UYesu ke wabenzela lo mzekeliso: “Ubani wayenomkhiwane utyalwe esidiliyeni sakhe, weza efuna isiqhamo kuwo, waza akafumana nto.
7. Wathi ke kosebenza esidiliyeni: ‘Uyabona, ndiminyaka mithathu ndisiza ndifuna isiqhamo kulo mkhiwane, ndingafumani nto. Wugawule! Yini na ukuba ude uphuthise nomhlaba lo?’
8. Waphendula yena wathi kuye: ‘Nkosi, khawuwuyeke nakulo mnyaka, ndikhe ndimbe ndiwujikeleze, ndigalele umgquba.
9. Ukuba ke uthe wavelisa isiqhamo, woseluwuyeka; kodwa ukuba akubanga njalo, wogawulwa.’ ”
10. Ke kaloku ngomnye *uMhla woPhumlo uYesu wayefundisa *ndlwini yesikhungo ithile.