48 wathi kubo: “Othe wamamkela lo mntwana egameni lam, wamkela mna; nothe wamkela mna, wamkela lowo undithumileyo; kuba oyena mncinane phakathi kwenu nonke, ngoyena mkhulu.”
49 Wavakala uYohane esithi: “Mhlekazi, sibone umntu ekhupha iindimoni ngegama lakho, saza samnqanda, kuba akakulandeli kunye nathi.”
50 Ke uYesu wathi kuye: “Sanukumnqanda, kuba ongachasananga nani ungakuni.”
51 Yakusondela imihla yokuba uYesu anyuselwe ezulwini, wazimisela ukuya eJerusalem.
52 Ke kaloku wathuma abathunywa bakhe, ukuba bamandulele. Bahamba ke, baya kungena kwidolophana yamaSamariya, khon' ukuze bamlungiselele;
53 kodwa amaSamariya akavumanga ukumamkela, kuba uYesu wayesinga eJerusalem.
54 Bekubonile oko abafundi bakhe uYakobi noYohane, bathe: “Nkosi, uyafuna na ukuba sitsho kuhle umlilo ezulwini, ubatshabalalise?”