29 Kuthe isihlwele simxinanisile, uYesu wathi: “Esi sisizukulwana esikhohlakeleyo; sifuna umqondiso, kanti asiyi kunikwa mqondiso, ingenguwo umqondiso kaJona;
30 kuba, njengokuba uJona waba ngumqondiso kwabaseNiniva, uya kuba nguwo *uNyana woLuntu kwesi sizukulwana.
31 Ngomhla womgwebo ukumkanikazi waseZantsi wophakama abamangalele abantu besi sizukulwana, kuba wavela eziphelweni zomhlaba, esiza kuva ubulumko bukaSolomon, kanti ke omkhulu kunoSolomon nanku apha.
32 Ngomhla womgwebo abantu baseNiniva bophakama babamangalele abantu besi sizukulwana, kuba bona bâguquka ngentshumayelo kaJona,Jona 3:4-5 kanti ke omkhulu kunoJona nanku apha.”
33 “Akukho mntu uthi, esilumekile isibane, asibeke endaweni efihlakeleyo okanye phantsi kwesitya; usixhoma endaweni yaso, ukuze abangenayo bakhanyiselwe.
34 Isibane somzimba liliso. Xa ke iliso lakho lilungile, umzimba wakho uphela uyakhanyiseleka; xa lithe alalunga, umzimba wakho usebumnyameni.
35 Lumka ke, hleze ukukhanya okukuwe kube bubumnyama.