23. kutheni ke imali le yam ungayigcinisanga ebhankini, ze ke mna ekufikeni kwam ndiyifumane inenzala?’
24. “Yathi kwababemi ngakhona: ‘Mhlutheni ikhulu elo, nilinike lowo uneshumi lamakhulu.’
25. Ke bathi kuyo: ‘Nkosi, uneshumi lamakhulu!’
26. Yathi: ‘Inene, wonke umntu onolutho uya kunikwa; ongenanto ke, uya kuhluthwa kwanaloo nto anayo.
27. Ke zona ezo ntshaba zam zingafunanga ukuba ndibe ngukumkani wazo, ziziseni apha, nizibulale apha phambi kwam.’ ”
28. Akuba ezithethile ezi zinto, uYesu wabandulela, wenyuka esiya eJerusalem.
29. Kwathi, akusondela eBhetefage naseBhetani, engasentabeni ekuthiwa yeyemiNquma, wathuma ababini kubafundi bakhe,
30. esithi kubo: “Hambani niye kule dolophana ikhangelene nathi. Nothi ningena nje kuyo, nifumane inkonyana yedonki ibotshelelwe, ekungazange kukhwele mntu kuyo. Yikhululeni, niyizise apha.
31. Ukuba ubani uthe kuni: ‘Niyikhululela ntoni loo donki?’ ze nithi: ‘Iyafunwa yiNkosi.’ ”