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.”
23 Wajika uYesu, wathi kuPetros: “Hamb' umke kum, Sathana. Uyandikhubekisa, kuba akuzinyamekeli izinto zikaThixo, unyamekela ezabantu.”
24 UYesu ke wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Ofuna ukuba ngumlandeli wam makazincame, athwale umnqamlezo wakhe, andilandele;
25 kuba othe wafuna ukusindisa ubomi bakhe, wolahlekelwa bubo, kodwa othe wabuncama ubomi bakhe ngenxa yam, wobusindisa.