16 Waphendula uSimon Petros wathi: “Wena unguye *uKrestu, uNyana kaThixo ophilayo.”
17 Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “Unethamsanqa wena, Simon nyana kaJona, kuba le nto akuyityhilelwanga ngumntu, uyityhilelwe nguBawo osezulwini.
18 Nam ke, ndithi kuwe: UnguPetros, igama elithetha ulwalwa; ndiya kulakhela kolu lwalwa ke ibandla lam, kwaye namandla okufa akayi kuloyisa.
19 Ndiya kukunika igunya kulawulo olutsha lukaThixo. Kuya kuthi okubophileyo emhlabeni, kubotshwe nasezulwini; kuthi nokukhululeyo emhlabeni, kukhululwe nasezulwini.”
20 Wabayala ke abafundi bakhe ukuba bangaxeleli bani ukuba yena unguye uKrestu.
21 Waqala ke ngoko uYesu ukubacacisela abafundi bakhe ukuba umelwe kukuya eJerusalem, aviswe ubunzima obukhulu ngamadoda amakhulu, nangababingeleli abaziintloko, nangabachazi-mthetho, abulawe, aze avuke ngomhla wesithathu.
22 UPetros ke, emse bucala uYesu, wamkhalimela esithi: “Wanga uThixo angakunceda, Nkosi; oku kungàze kwenzeke kuwe.”