¹ Ngicinisile, ngicinisile ngitsi kuwe, longangeni ngelisango lelingena esibayeni setimvu, kepha angena ngalenye indlela, leyo ndvodza ilisela nesigebengu. ² Longena ngelisango ungumelusi wetimvu. ³ Umgcini sango wamuvulela. Timvu tiyaliva liphimbo lakhe, uyatibita timvu takhe ngeligama atiholele ngaphandle. ⁴ Uma asatikhiphile takhe, uhambe ngembili kwato, timvu timlandzele, ngoba tiva lakhe liphimbho. ⁵ Ngeke balandzele umchamuki kepha kunaloko bayomgwema, ngoba abalati liphimbho lemuchamuki. ⁶ Jesu wakhuluma lomfanekiso kubo, kepha abamvanga kutsi abetsini kubo. ⁷ Wase Jesu watsi kubo futsi, ''Ngicinisile, ngicinisile. ngitsi kini, Ngilisango letimvu. ⁸ Wonke loyokuta phambi kwami ulisela kanye nesigebengu, kodvwa timvu ngeke timlalele. ⁹ Ngilisango. Uma umuntfu agena ngami, uyosindziswa. Uyokuhamba angene futsi aphume futsi atfole lidlelo. ¹⁰ Lisela aliti kephela ngaphandle litokweba futsi libulala futsi libhubhise. Ngitele kutsi babe nekuphila nemphilo lecicimako. ¹¹ Ngingumalusi lomuhle. Umelusi lomuhle udzela imphilo yakhe ngenxa yetimvu. ¹² Sisebenti sesichashiwe asisiye umelusi futsi akanato timvu. Ubona impisi ita ushiya timvu futsi uyabaleka, futsi impisi iyatibamba aphindze atisakate. ¹³ Uyabaleka ngoba usisebenti lesichashiwe futsi akanadzaba netimvu. ¹⁴ Ngingumelusi lomuhle, futsi ngiyabati labangebami, bebami bayangati. ¹⁵ Babe uyangati, futsi nami ngiyamati Babe, futsi ngidzela imphilo yami ngenxa yetimvu. ¹⁶ Tikhona letinye timvu letingasito talesibaya, titoliva liphimbo lami. Kufanele ngitiletse nato, tiyoliva liphimbho lami tiyoba ngumhlambi munye futsi nemalusi munye. ¹⁷ Kungaloko Babe angitsandza: ngiyayidzela imphilo yami kutsi ngiphindze ngiyitsatsa. ¹⁸ Kute ngisho namunye longayitsatsa kimi. Nginemagunya kutsi ngiyidzele, futsi nginemagunya kuyitsatsa phansi. Ngemukele lomlayeto kuBabe. ¹⁹ Kwaba nekwehlukana phakatsi kwemajuda ngenxa yalamagama. ²⁰ Labanyeti batsi, unelidimoni futsi uyahlanya. Nimlalelelani?'' ²¹ Labanye batsi, lawa mavi akusawo emavi emuntfu lonemadimoni. Lidimoni kodvwa liyawavula yini emehlo ephuphutse? ²² Ngesikhatsi semuchimbi wekunikhele eJerusalem. ²³ Bekusebusika, futsi Jesu abehamba ethempelini egumbini laSolomon. ²⁴ Khona lapho emaJuda amugegetela batsi kuye, ''kuyote kubenini solo usingabatisa? Uma unguKrestu sitjele ukhululeke.'' ²⁵ Jesu wabaphendvula watsi, Ngiyanitjela, kepha anikholwa. Imisebenti lengiyentako ngiyenta egameni laBabe, lafakaza ngami. ²⁶ Solo aningikholwa ngoba anisito timvu tami. ²⁷ Timvu tami tiyativa liphimbo lami; ngiyabati, nabo bayangilandzela. ²⁸ Ngibanika imphilo lephakadze; abayokufa, futsi kute loyo batsatsa esandleni sami. ²⁹ Babe wami, lowanginike bona, mukhulu kunabo, futsi akekho namunye loyobahlwitsa esandleni saBabe. ³⁰ Mine naBabe simunye.'' ³¹ Kwase emaJews atsatsa ematjele afuna kubagcoba. ³² Jesu waphendvula watsi, ''nginikhombisile imisebenti leminengi lekhombako kutsi ngibuya kuBabe. Nguyiphi imisebenti leningigcobela yona?'' ³³ EmaJews amuphendvula atsi, ''Asikugcobeli kwenta imisebenti lemihle, kepha kuhlabalata, ngoba wena ungumuntfu, utenta wena Nkulunkulu. ³⁴ Jesu wabaphendvula watsi, ''Akukabhalwa yini emitsetfweni yenu, 'ngitsi nibonkulunkulu.''' ³⁵ Uma ababita kutsi nibonkulunkulu, kuye livi laNkulunkulu lafika (kanye nemubhalo ngeke aphulwe), ³⁶ uyokutsi kuye loBabe amuhlukanisa futsi watfumela emhlabeni, 'Uyahlabalata,' ngoba ngitsi, 'Mine ngiyindvodzana yaNkulunkulu'? ³⁷ Uma ngingayeti imisebenti yaBabe, aningikholwa. ³⁸ Kepha uma ngiyenta, noma ningangetsembi, kholwani imisebenti kute nati futsi nicondze kutsi Babe ukini nami ngiku Babe. ³⁹ Batama kumubamba futsi, kepha waphunyula etandleni tabo. ⁴⁰ Wasuka futsi waya ngase Jordan endzaweni lapho Johane abebhabatisa kona ekucaleni, futsi wahlala lapho. ⁴¹ Bantfu labaningi beta kuye futsi batsi, ''Johane ngempela akatentanga tibonakaliso, kepha yonke intfo laJohane ayisho ngalendvodza iliciniso.'' ⁴² Bantfu labaningi bakholwe kuye lapho.