31 Baninzi ke phofu abaya kuthi bengabokuqala babe ngabokugqibela, nabokugqibela abaya kuba ngabokuqala.”
32 Ke kaloku babesendleleni, benyuka besiya eJerusalem, uYesu ehamba ngaphambili. Abafundi bakhe babemangalisiwe; abo bamlandelayo besoyika. Waphinda wabathatha abafundi abalishumi elinambini, waza wabaxelela izinto eziza kumhlela,
33 esithi: “Niyabona, siyenyuka, siya eJerusalem, apho *uNyana woLuntu aya kunikelwa khona kubabingeleli abaziintloko, nakubachazi-mthetho. Baya kumgwebela ukufa, bamnikele kwabasemzini.
34 Bona ke baya kumenza intlekisa, bamtshicele, bamkatse, bambulale; aze athi ngomhla wesithathu abuye avuke.”
35 Ke kaloku uYakobi noYohane, oonyana bakaZebhedi, beza kuYesu, bathi: “Mfundisi, sifuna ukuba usenzele oko sothi sikucele kuwe.”
36 Wathi kubo: “Nifuna ukuba ndinenzele ntoni na?”
37 Bathi bona kuye: “Sicela ukuba usinike ezona zikhundla ziphezulu xa usewongeni.”