31 UYesu wathi: “Uyabona, wena Simon, uSathana ebenibanga efuna ukunihlungula okwengqolowa,
32 kodwa mna ndikuthandazele ukuba ukholo lwakho lungapheli. Nawe ke, xa uthe waguquka, uze uwomeleze amakholwa.”
33 UPetros ke wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ndixolèlè nokuya kunye nawe entolongweni nokuba kusekufeni.”
34 UYesu wathi: “Inene, Petros, kothi namhlanje ingekakhali inkuku, ube wena sewukhanyele kathathu ukuba uyandazi.”
35 Ke uYesu wathi kubo: “Ngôkúyâ ndandinithume ningenasipaji, nangxowa yamphako, nazihlangu, nakha naswela nto na?”Bathi ke bona: “Nento le.”
36 Waza wathi kubo: “Ke ngoku lowo unesipaji makasithathe, enjenjalo nonengxowa yomphako, aze nalowo ungenakrele athengise ingubo yakhe alithenge.
37 Inene, kuya kwenzeka kum oko kubhaliweyo *eziBhalweni kwathiwa: ‘Wabalelwa kwizaphula-mthetho,’ kuba oko kubhaliweyo ngam akunakungenzeki.”