27. Kwathi ngelo xesha bafika abafundi bakaYesu, bamangaliswa kukuba ethetha nomntu obhinqileyo. Noko akubangakho namnye owathi: “Ufuna ntoni na kuye?” okanye owathi: “Kutheni na ukuba uthethe naye?”
28. Umfazi lowo ke wayishiya ingqayi yakhe, waya edolophini, wathi ebantwini:
29. “Yizani nibone; nanku umntu ondixelele zonke izinto endakha ndazenza. Akangebi *nguKrestu na?”
30. Baphuma ke edolophini, baya kuYesu.
31. Ngeli thuba abafundi bakaYesu babembongoza besithi: “Mfundisi, nantsi into etyiwayo!”
32. Kodwa yena wathi kubo: “Mna ndinokutya eningakwaziyo nina.”
33. Baza abafundi babuzana besithi: “Ngaba kukho mntu umzisele ukutya na?”
34. UYesu wathi kubo: “Ukwenza ukuthanda kwalowo undithumileyo kukutya kwam, ndide ndiwufeze umsebenzi wakhe.
35. “Anitsho na ukuthi: ‘Kusele iinyanga ezine, kuvunwe’? Niyabona, ndithi kuni, inene, wakhangeleni kakuhle amasimi; nophawula ukuba akulungele ukuvunwa.
36. Umvuni seleza kwamkela umvuzo wakhe, evuna isivuno esingabantu abamkela ubomi obungonaphakade. Ngako oko ohlwayelayo uvuya kunye nalowo uvunayo.
37. Kungoko liyinyaniso iqhalo elithi: ‘Kuhlwayela lo, kuvune lowa.’
38. Ndinithume ukuvuna oko ningabulalekanga kuko. Kwabulaleka abanye, naza nina natya kwimveliso yabo.”