24. Ngokuba osukuba ethanda ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; ke othe wawulahla umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yam, wowusindisa lowo.
25. Kuba kumnceda ntoni na umntu ukuthi azuze ihlabathi liphela, abe ke ezilahlile, mhlawumbi ezonakalisile?
26. Kuba othe waneentloni ngam, nangawo amazwi am, uNyana woMntu woba neentloni ngaye lowo, xa athe weza esebuqaqawulini bakhe, nobukaYise, nobezithunywa ezingcwele.
27. Ndithi ke kuni, Inyaniso, kukho abathile kwabemiyo apha, abangayi kukha beve kufa, bade babubone ubukumkani bukaThixo.
28. Ke kaloku kuthe, emveni kwezi zinto, malunga neentsuku ezisibhozo, wathabatha uPetros noYohane noYakobi; wenyuka waya entabeni, esiya kuthandaza.
29. Kwathi, ekuthandazeni kwakhe, ubuso bakhe babonakala bububumbi, nengubo yakhe yamhlophe yabengezela.
30. Kwabonakala amadoda amabini ethetha naye, engooMoses noEliya,
31. ababonakalayo besebuqaqawulini; babethetha ngophumo lwakhe, abeza kulufeza eYerusalem.
32. Ke kaloku uPetros, nabo babenaye, babesindwa bubuthongo; baza ke bakuthi balulu, babubona ubuqaqawuli bakhe, naloo madoda mabini abemi naye.
33. Ekwahlukaneni kwawo kuye, wathi uPetros kuye uYesu, Mongameli, kuhle ukuba sibe lapha. Masenze ke iminquba ibe mithathu, omnye ube ngowakho, omnye ube ngokaMoses, omnye ube ngokaEliya; watsho engayazi into ayithethayo.
34. Kuthe ke, akubon' ukuba uthethe ezo zinto, kwabakho ilifu, labenzela ithinzi. Boyika ke ekungeneni kwabo efini apho.
35. Kwabakho nezwi liphuma efini, lisithi, Lo nguNyana wam oyintanda; mveni yena.
36. Lakuba libekho izwi elo, wafunyanwa uYesu eyedwa. Bahlala bathi cwaka bona, àbabikela mntu ngaloo mihla kwizinto ababezibonile.
37. Ke kaloku kuthe ngomhla olandelayo, bakubon' ukuba bahlile entabeni, wahlangatyezwa sisihlwele esikhulu.
38. Kwabonakala kuvela indoda esihlweleni apho, yankqangaza isithi, Mfundisi, ndiyakukhunga, mbone unyana wam; kuba ndimzele wamnye.
39. Ùyabona, uthatyathwa ngumoya, akhale kwangesiquphe, umbethe athi xhwenene, ade alephuze amagwebu; uze uthi, umqobile, umke kuye ngenkankulu.