7 Wathi eseqedile ukufundisa abantu wangena eKhaphenawume. 2 Kwakulenceku yomkhokheli webutho eyayigulela ukufa.+ Umkhokheli webutho wayeyithanda kakhulu. 3 Yikho wathi esizwa ngoJesu wathuma abanye abadala bamaJuda ukuthi bayemcela ukuthi azosilisa inceku yakhe. 4 Bafika kuJesu bamncenga kakhulu besithi: “Indoda le kufanele uyincede sibili 5 ngoba iyasithanda isizwe sethu njalo yiyo eyasakhela isinagogi.” 6 Ngakho uJesu wahamba labo. Kodwa wathi esezafika endlini, umkhokheli webutho wathuma abangane bakhe ukuthi bayekuthi kuye: “Mnumzana, ungazihluphi. Kambe ngiyini mina ukuthi ungangena ngaphansi kophahla lwami?+ 7 Yikho ngibone kungangifanelanga ukuthi ngize kuwe. Wena tshono ilizwi kuphela usilise inceku yami. 8 Lami nginje kulabanye engingaphansi kwabo futhi ngilamasotsha angaphansi kwami. Ngiyathi kwelinye, ‘Hamba!’ lakanye lihambe, ngithi kwelinye, ‘Buya lapha!’ libuye, njalo ngithi encekwini yami, ‘Yenza lokhu!’ ikwenze.” 9 UJesu wathi esizwa lokhu wamangala wasetshibilika wathi ebantwini ababemlandela: “Ngilitshela ukuthi ngitsho lako-Israyeli angikamtholi umuntu olokholo olukhulu kangaka.”+