38. ngokuba ndihle emazulwini, ndingàze kwenza ukuthanda kwam; ndizé kwenza ukuthanda kwalowo wandithumayo.
39. Kuko ke oku ukuthanda kowandithumayo, kukaBawo: ukuba konke awandinikayo, ndingalahli nento kuko, ndikuvuse ngomhla wokugqibela.
40. Kuko ke oku ukuthanda kowandithumayo, ukuthi babe nobomi obungunaphakade bonke abambonayo uNyana, bakholwe kuye; ndandiya kubavusa mna ngomhla wokugqibela.
41. Ayemkrokrela ngoko amaYuda, ngokuba wathi, Ndim isonka, esi sehlayo emazulwini.
42. Ayesithi ke, Lo asinguye na kanene uYesu, unyana kaYosefu, esimaziyo thina uyise nonina? Angáthini na ke ngoko yena ukuthi, Ndihle emazulwini?
43. Waphendula ngoko uYesu wathi kubo, Musani ukukrokra ngaphakathi kwenu.
44. Akukho namnye unako ukuza kum, engathanga uBawo owandithumayo amtsale; ndaye mna ndiya kumvusa ngomhla wokugqibela.
45. Kubhaliwe ebaprofetini kwathiwa, Baye bonke beya kuba ngabafundiswa bakaThixo; bonke ngoko abathe beva kuBawo, bafunda kuye, bayeza kum.
46. Kungekuba kukho bani umbonileyo uBawo, ingenguye ovela kuThixo; nguye yedwa ombonileyo uBawo.
47. Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Lowo ukholwayo kum unobomi obungunaphakade.
48. Ndim isonka sobomi.
49. Ooyihlo bayidla imana leyo entlango, bafile noko.
50. Isonka sona esihla emazulwini sesi, athi ubani akusidla, angafi.
51. Ndim isonka esiphilileyo, esi sehlayo emazulwini. Ukuba ubani uthe wasidla esi sonka, wodla ubomi ngonaphakade; ke isonka endiya kumnika sona mna, siyinyama yam, endiya kuyinikela ubomi behlabathi.
52. Ngoko amaYuda ayesilwa phakathi kwawo, esithi, Angáthini na lo ukusinika inyama yakhe siyidle?
53. Wathi ngoko uYesu kuwo, Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Ukuba anithanga niyidle inyama yoNyana woMntu, nilisele igazi lakhe, aninabo ubomi kuni.
54. Lowo uyidlayo eyam inyama, alisele elam igazi, unobomi obungunaphakade; ndaye mna ndiya kumvusa ngomhla wokugqibela.