3 Khona kwabuthana abapristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe egcekeni lompristi omkhulu othiwa uKayafase.
4 Bacebisana ukuba bambambe uJesu ngobuqili, bambulale.
5 Kepha bathi: “Makungabi ngomkhosi, funa kube khona isiyaluyalu esizweni.”
6 Kuthe uJesu eseBethaniya endlini kaSimoni owayenochoko,
7 kwafika kuye owesifazane ephethe umfuma we-alabaste* wamafutha anenani elikhulu, wawathela ekhanda lakhe ehlezi ekudleni.
8 Kepha abafundi bakhe bebona lokho bathukuthela, bathi: “Kwenzelwani lokho kuchitha na?
9 Ngokuba lokho nga kuthengisiwe ngokukhulu, kwaphiwa abampofu.”