19. Omnye wathi: ‘Ndithenge iinkabi ezilishumi. Ndisaya kuziva. Ndiyakucela, ndixolele; andiphumeleli.’
20. Nomnye wathi: ‘Ndisand' ukutshata. Ngenxa yoko andinakuza.’
21. Ke isicaka eso sibuyele enkosini yaso, sayixelela ezo zinto. Waza waqumba umnini-ndlu, wathi kwisicaka sakhe: ‘Khawuleza uye ezitalatweni nasezirhangeni zedolophu, uqokelele amahlwempu nezilima neemfama neziqhwala.’
22. Saza isicaka sathi: ‘Nkosi, kwenzeké njengoko uyalele, kanti indawo isekho.’
23. Yathi inkosi kwisicaka eso: ‘Phuma uye ezindleleni, nasezindledlaneni, ubanyanzele bangene, ukuze indlu yam izale.
24. Inene, akukho namnye kuloo madoda abemenyiwe iya kusiva isidlo sam.’ ”
25. Kwakukho isihlwele sihamba noYesu, waza wajika wathi kuso:
26. “Ukuba ubani uza kum, angancami uyise, nonina, nomfazi, nabantwana, nabantakwabo, noodade wabo, ewe, kwanobakhe ubomi obu, akanakuba ngumfundi wam.
27. Nosukuba engawuthwali umnqamlezo wakhe andilandele, akanakuba ngumfundi wam.
28. “Kaloku nguwuphi na kuni othi, efuna ukwakha inqaba, angàthi kuqala ahlale phantsi, abale indleko, ethelekelela ukuba unazo na izinto zokuyigqiba?
29. Kungenjalo, kunokuthi selesenzile isiseko, angabi nako ukugqiba, baze bonke ababonelayo bahlekise ngaye,
30. besithi: ‘Lo mntu waqala ukwakha, wakhohlwa kukugqiba.’
31. “Kananjalo nguwuphi na ukumkani onokuthi esiya kuqubisana nomnye emfazweni, angàthi nqumama, abhunge kuqala ukuba unako na ukumelana notshaba olumkhawulelayo lungamashumi amabini amawaka lona, enashumi linye lamawaka amajoni kuphela nje yena?
32. Ukuba ke akanako, uthi esekude omnye ukumkani, athumele izigidimi, acele imiqathango yoxolo.
33. Ngokukwanjalo ke, wonke umntu kuni ongazishiyiyo zonke izinto anazo, akanakuba ngumfundi wam.”