1. Ke kaloku, bakusondela eJerusalem, eBhetefage naseBhetani, ngaseNtabeni yemiNquma, uYesu wathuma ababini kubafundi bakhe,
2. esithi kubo: “Hambani niye kule dolophana ikhangelene nani. Nothi ke ningenanje nifumane inkonyana yedonki ibotshelelwe, ekungazange kukhwele mntu kuyo. Yikhululeni ke, niyizise apha.
3. Ukuba ubani uthe kuni: ‘Kutheni na ukuba nikwenze oku?’ ze nithi: ‘Iyafuneka eNkosini. Iza kubuyiswa kwangoku.’ ”
4. Basuka ke baya, bayifumana inkonyana ibotshelelwe ngasesangweni esitalatweni. Bakuyikhulula ke,
5. abathile kwababemi khona bathi kubo: “Nenza ntoni na, niyikhulula nje inkonyana?”
6. Bathetha ke njengoko babeyalelwe nguYesu, baza bayekwa.
7. Bayizisa inkonyana kuYesu, bandlala iingubo zabo phezu kwayo, wakhwela.