18 Ke ngoko indimbane yaya kumhlangabeza uYesu, kuba yayivile ngokwenza kwakhe loo mqondiso.
19 Baza *abaFarasi bathethana besithi: “Khangelani, yeyele ngomkhono! Nanko elandelwa lilizwe lonke!”
20 Kwakukho namaGrike phakathi kwabo bantu babeye kunqula eJerusalem ngexesha lomsitho *wePasika.
21 Ke wona aya kuFilipu, lowo waseBhetesayida eGalili, acela esithi: “Nkosi, sifuna ukubona uYesu.”
22 UFilipu waya kuxelela uAndreya, baza bahamba bobabini baya kuxelela uYesu.
23 Wabaphendula uYesu wathi: “Lifikile ngoku ixesha lokuba ubungangamsha bakhe *uNyana woLuntu bubonakale.
24 Inene, ukuba ukhozo lwengqolowa aluthanga lufakwe emhlabeni lufe, lohlala lungabi nto; kodwa ukuba luthe lwafa, luvelisa isiqhamo ngakumbi.