12. Abo bangasendleleni ngabo bevayo, aze eze umtyholi alisuse ilizwi ezintliziyweni zabo, ukuze bangakholwa basindiswe.
13. Abo ke baselulwalweni ngabathi, bakuliva ilizwi, balamkele ngovuyo, kodwa babe bengenazingcambu zendeleyo, kuba bakholwa okomzuzwana, ze bathi bakuhendwa, balahle.
14. Leyo yawayo elukhuleni, ngabo bathi bevile baminxwe ekuhambeni kwabo ngamaxhala nobutyebi neziyolo zobu bomi, baze bangavelisi ziqhamo.
15. Ke leyo isemhlabeni omhle ngabo bathi ngentliziyo entle, elungileyo, bakuliva ilizwi, balibambe, bathwale iziqhamo benomonde.”
16. “Akukho bani uthi, esilumekile isibane, asigqume ngesitya, okanye asifake ngaphantsi kwebhedi. Usixhoma endaweni yaso, ukuze abangenayo bakhanyiselwe.
17. Kaloku akukho nto ifihlakeleyo ingayi kude ityhilwe; kananjalo akukho nto ifihliweyo ingayi kude ivele, yaziwe.
18. “Ze nive kakuhle ke; kuba lowo unolutho uya kunikwa, athi lowo ungenanto ahluthwe kwanaloo nto aba unayo.”
19. Ke kaloku abantakwabo nonina kaYesu bafika, kodwa àbaba nako ukufikelela kuye ngenxa yesihlwele.
20. Waxelelwa ke kusithiwa: “Nanku unyoko nabantakwenu ngaphandle, befuna ukukubona.”
21. Waphendula yena wathi kubo: “Umama nabantakwethu ngâbo bathi bakuliva ilizwi likaThixo balenze.”
22. Kwathi ngamhla uthile uYesu waya kukhwela esikhitshaneni kuLwandle lwaseGalili. Babekho nabafundi bakhe, waza wathi kubo: “Masiwele siye ngaphesheya.” Banduluka ke.
23. Ekuhambeni kwabo uYesu walala ubuthongo. Kwavuka isaqhwithi elwandle, isikhitshana sazala ngamanzi, baba sengozini.
24. Baza abafundi bamvusa uYesu, besithi: “Mhlekazi, safa!”Wavuka ke uYesu, wawukhalimela umoya namaza alatyuzayo. Wadamba umoya, amaza ayeka ukulatyuza, kwabakho ukuzola.
25. Waza wathi kubo: “Luphi na ukholo lwenu?”Bona ke babesoyika, bemangalisiwe, besithi omnye komnye: “He bethu, ngumntu onjani lo ude alulanyelwe ngumoya nangamanzi!”
26. Ke kaloku bahamba ngesikhitshana, baya ezweni lamaGergesa, elikhangelene nelaseGalili.
27. Kwathi uYesu akuphumela emhlabeni, wahlangatyezwa yindoda ethile yaloo dolophu, eyayiphethwe ziindimoni. Yayinexesha elide ihamba ze, ingahlali ndlwini, ihlala emangcwabeni.
28. Ithe ke, yakumbona uYesu, yakhala, yawa phambi kwakhe, isithi ngezwi elikhulu: “Ufuna ntoni kum, Yesu, Nyana kaThixo uPhezukonke? Ndiyakubongoza ukuba ungandithuthumbisi.”