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₁*AbaFarasi *nabaSadusi beza kuYesu, bathi bemlinga bacela okokuba ababonise umqondiso ophuma ezulwini. ₂Waphendula ke wathi kubo: [“Ukutshona kwelanga nithi: ‘Liya kuba lihle, kuba amafu abomvu.’ ₃Kusasa nithi: ‘Namhlanje liza kuna, kuba lisibekele.’ Niyayahlula ke imo yezulu. Kutheni na phofu ningayahluli nje imiqondiso yeli xesha sikulo?] ₄Sisizukulwana esikhohlakeleyo, nesikrexezayo ngokunganyaniseki kuThixo, esifuna umqondiso; kwaye asiyi kunikwa mqondiso ngaphandle komqondiso kaJona.” Wabashiya ke wemka.

₅Ekuluweleni kwabo abafundi bakaYesu uLwandle lwaseGalili, bâlibala ukuphatha isonka; ₆waza uYesu wathi kubo: “Ligqaleni nililumkele igwele *labaFarasi *nabaSadusi.”

₇Bona ke babesithi omnye komnye: “Útsho ngokuba singaphathanga zonka.”

₈UYesu, ekwazi oko bakuthethayo, wathi kubo: “Yini na ukuba nithethe ngokungabi nazonka, nina balukholo luncinane? ₉Anikaqondi na? Anikhumbuli na ukuba zazingaphi iingobozi ezazizele yintsalela okuya ndandiqhekezela amawaka amahlanu izonka ezihlanu? ₁₀Anikhumbuli na ukuba zazingaphi iibhaskiti ezazizele yintsalela okuya ndandiqhekezela amawaka amane izonka ezisixhenxe? ₁₁Yini na okokuba ningaqondi ukuba bendingathethi sonka xa bendisithi kuni: ‘Lilumkeleni igwele labaFarasi nabaSadusi’?” ₁₂Baqonda ke ngoko ukuba uYesu ubengàtsho ukuthi mabalumkele igwele lesonka, koko wayesithi mabalumkele imfundiso yabaFarasi nabaSadusi.

₁₃UYesu efikile kummandla waseKhesariya-Filipi, wababuza abafundi bakhe, esithi: “Ngaba abantu bathi ùngubani na *uNyana woLuntu?”

₁₄Bamphendula besithi: “Abathile bathi ùnguYohane umbhaptizi. Abanye bathi ùnguEliya; babe abanye besithi ùnguJeremiya, okanye ùngomnye *wabashumayeli bamandulo.”

₁₅Wathi kubo: “Ke nina nithi ndingubani?”

₁₆Waphendula uSimon Petros wathi: “Wena unguye *uKrestu, uNyana kaThixo ophilayo.”

₁₇Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “Unethamsanqa wena, Simon nyana kaJona, kuba le nto akuyityhilelwanga ngumntu, uyityhilelwe nguBawo osezulwini. ₁₈Nam ke, ndithi kuwe: UnguPetros, igama elithetha ulwalwa; ndiya kulakhela kolu lwalwa ke ibandla lam, kwaye namandla okufa akayi kuloyisa. ₁₉Ndiya kukunika igunya kulawulo olutsha lukaThixo. Kuya kuthi okubophileyo emhlabeni, kubotshwe nasezulwini; kuthi nokukhululeyo emhlabeni, kukhululwe nasezulwini.” ₂₀Wabayala ke abafundi bakhe ukuba bangaxeleli bani ukuba yena unguye uKrestu.

₂₁Waqala ke ngoko uYesu ukubacacisela abafundi bakhe ukuba umelwe kukuya eJerusalem, aviswe ubunzima obukhulu ngamadoda amakhulu, nangababingeleli abaziintloko, nangabachazi-mthetho, abulawe, aze avuke ngomhla wesithathu. ₂₂UPetros ke, emse bucala uYesu, wamkhalimela esithi: “Wanga uThixo angakunceda, Nkosi; oku kungàze kwenzeke kuwe.”

₂₃Wajika uYesu, wathi kuPetros: “Hamb' umke kum, Sathana. Uyandikhubekisa, kuba akuzinyamekeli izinto zikaThixo, unyamekela ezabantu.”

₂₄UYesu ke wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Ofuna ukuba ngumlandeli wam makazincame, athwale umnqamlezo wakhe, andilandele; ₂₅kuba othe wafuna ukusindisa ubomi bakhe, wolahlekelwa bubo, kodwa othe wabuncama ubomi bakhe ngenxa yam, wobusindisa. ₂₆Kaloku komnceda ntoni na umntu, ukuba uthe walizuza ihlabathi liphela, kodwa walahlekelwa bubomi bakhe? Okanye umntu angakhupha ntoni na exabisekileyo ukuze angàlahlekelwa bubomi bakhe? ₂₇Kaloku *uNyana woLuntu selesiza, esebuqaqawulini boYise, enezithunywa zakhe. Akufika uya kubabuyekeza bonke ngabanye ngokwezenzo zabo. ₂₈Ndithi kuni, inene, kwabakhoyo apha bakho abangayi kubonana nokufa bade bambone uNyana woLuntu efika engukumkani.”