23 Ze ke nize nelaa thole lityetyisiweyo, nilixhele, sitye sichwayite;
24 kuba lo nyana wam ubefile, wabuya waphila; ubelahlekile, wafunyanwa.’ Baza ke bona bachwayita.
25 “Ke yona inkulu yayivela emasimini, kwathi yakusondela endlwini, yeva iingoma nokududa.
26 Yabizela kuyo esinye kwizicaka, yasibuza ukuba kwenzeka ntoni na.
27 Isicaka sathi kuyo: ‘Umninawe wakho ubuyile. Ke uyihlo uxhele elaa thole lityetyisiweyo, kuba ebuye wamzuza ephilile.’
28 Yaqumba inkulu, ayavuma nokungena oku, waza uyise waphuma wacengana nayo.
29 Kodwa yona imphendule uyise yathi: ‘Khangela, ndikukhonze le minyaka ingakanana, ndingazange ndagqitha namnye umthetho wakho, kanti akuzange undinike netakane eli, ukuze ndichwayite nezam izihlobo.