17 UJesu waphendula wathi: “Hawu lina sizukulwane esingelakholo lesonakeleyo,+ kumele ngiqhubeke ngilani kuze kube nini? Kufanele ngilibekezelele kuze kube nini? Mletheni lapha umfana.” 18 UJesu waselikhuza idimoni laphuma emfaneni. Umfana wahle wasila ngalesosikhathi.+

19 Yena wasesithi kubo: “Hawu lina sizukulwane esingelakholo,+ kumele ngiqhubeke ngilani kuze kube nini? Kufanele ngilibekezelele kuze kube nini? Mletheni lapha umfana.”+ 20 Lakanye bamletha kuye kodwa idimoni lathi libona uJesu lahle lamlahla phansi umfana laqalisa ukumgiqa. Esewele phansi, waqhubeka elokhu egiqika futhi ebhubhudla amagwebu. 21 UJesu wasebuza uyise womfana wathi: “Sekulesikhathi esinganani kumenza lokhu?” Yena wathi: “Kusukela esesemncane, 22 futhi lijayele ukumjikela emlilweni lasemanzini lifuna ukumbulala. Kodwa nxa kukhona ongenelisa ukukwenza, sizwele usincede.” 23 UJesu wasesithi kuye: “Kungani usithi, ‘Nxa kukhona ongenelisa ukukwenza’? Phela zonke izinto zingenzakala kulowo olokholo.”+ 24 Uyise womntwana wahle wamemeza wathi: “Ngilalo ukholo! Ngicela ungincede lapho ukholo lwami olusilela khona!”+

25 UJesu wathi ebona abantu sebegijimela kubo, walikhuza idimoni wathi: “Wena dimoni eliyisimungulu leliyisacuthe, ngithi phuma kuye, ungaphindi ungene kuye futhi!”+ 26 Idimoni laklabalala lamdlukuza ngamandla umfana, laseliphuma, wasala ethe daca angathi ufile, abantu abanengi baze bathi: “Usefile!” 27 Kodwa uJesu wambamba ngesandla wamsukumisa, umfana wama ngenyawo.