12 Bandula ukuqonda, ukuba ubengàtsho ukuthi mabalumkele igwele lesonka; ubesithi mabalumkele imfundiso yabaFarisi nabaSadusi.
13 Akufika uYesu emacaleni aseKesareya yakwaFilipu, wababuza abafundi bakhe, esithi, Bathi abantu ndingubani na mna, Nyana woMntu?
14 Bathi ke bona, Inxenye ithi, ùnguYohane umbhaptizi; abanye bathi, ùnguEliya; bambi bathi, ùnguYeremiya, mhlawumbi ungomnye wakubaprofeti.
15 Athi kubo, Ke nina nithi ndingubani na?
16 Waphendula ke uSimon Petros wathi, Wena unguye uKristu,* unyana kaThixo ophilileyo.
17 Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye, Ùnoyolo, Simon kaYona, ngokuba akukutyhilelwanga oku yinyama negazi, ukutyhilelwe nguBawo osemazulwini.
18 Nam ke, ndithi kuwe, UnguPetros wena; ndiya kulakhela phezu kolu lwalwa ibandla lam, namasango elabafileyo akayi kuloyisa.