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.
30 Kodwa akufika lo nyana wakho, lo wayidlayo wayigqiba impahla yakho namahenyukazi, usuke wamxhelela elaa thole lityetyisiweyo.’