2 Kwakukho nabafazi abathile ababephiliswe kwiindimoni nasebulwelweni. YayinguMariya ekuthiwa ngowaseMagadala, ekwakuphume kuye iindimoni ezisixhenxe,
3 noYohana, umka-Kuza, igosa likaHerode, noSusana, kwanabanye abaninzi. Bona babelungiselela uYesu nabafundi bakhe.
4 Ke kaloku, kwakuba kuhlanganisene isihlwele esikhulu, kusuke abantu beelali ngeelali beza kuye, uYesu wathetha nabo ngomzekeliso, esithi:
5 “Umhlwayeli waphuma waya kuhlwayela imbewu yakhe. Ekuhlwayeleni kwakhe enye yawa ngasendleleni, yanyathelwa, zathi iintaka zayichola-chola zayigqiba.
6 Yimbi yawa elulwalweni, yathi isantshula yatsha ngenxa yokuba umhlaba ubungafumanga.
7 Yimbi yawa phakathi kokhula, lwasuka ukhula lwakhula kunye nayo, lwayiminxa.
8 Yimbi yawa kumhlaba olungileyo, yakhula, yathwala isiqhamo ngokuphindwe kalikhulu.”Etshilo ke wadanduluka esithi: “Oneendlebe zokuva makeve!”