23 kutheni ke imali le yam ungayigcinisanga ebhankini, ze ke mna ekufikeni kwam ndiyifumane inenzala?’
24 “Yathi kwababemi ngakhona: ‘Mhlutheni ikhulu elo, nilinike lowo uneshumi lamakhulu.’
25 Ke bathi kuyo: ‘Nkosi, uneshumi lamakhulu!’
26 Yathi: ‘Inene, wonke umntu onolutho uya kunikwa; ongenanto ke, uya kuhluthwa kwanaloo nto anayo.
27 Ke zona ezo ntshaba zam zingafunanga ukuba ndibe ngukumkani wazo, ziziseni apha, nizibulale apha phambi kwam.’ ”
28 Akuba ezithethile ezi zinto, uYesu wabandulela, wenyuka esiya eJerusalem.
29 Kwathi, akusondela eBhetefage naseBhetani, engasentabeni ekuthiwa yeyemiNquma, wathuma ababini kubafundi bakhe,