8. UJesu wathi kuye: “Sukuma, uthabathe uhlaka lwakho, uhambe.”
9. Wayesephila masinyane lowo muntu, wathabatha uhlaka lwakhe, wahamba. Kwakuyisabatha ngalolo suku.
10. Khona base bethi abaJuda kophilisiweyo: “Yisabatha, akuvunyiwe uthwale uhlaka.”
11. Wabaphendula wathi: “Ongiphilisileyo nguyena othe kimi: ‘Thabatha uhlaka lwakho, uhambe.’ ”
12. Bambuza bathi: “Ngubani lowo muntu othe kuwe: ‘Thabatha uhlaka lwakho uhambe,’ na?”
13. Kepha ophilisiweyo wayengazi ukuthi ungubani, ngokuba uJesu wayemukile lapho, kukhona isixuku kuleyo ndawo.
14. Emva kwalokho uJesu wamfumana ethempelini, wathi kuye: “Bheka, uphilisiwe; ungabe usona, funa wehlelwe ngokubi kunalokho.”
15. Wamuka lowo muntu, watshela abaJuda ukuthi nguJesu omphilisileyo.
16. Ngenxa yalokho abaJuda bamzingela uJesu, ngokuba wakwenza lokho ngesabatha.
17. Kepha wabaphendula wathi: “UBaba usebenza kuze kube manje, nami ngiyasebenza.”
18. Ngalokho-ke abaJuda kwayikhona befuna kakhulu ukumbulala, ngokuba wayengaphulile isabatha kuphela, kodwa wabuye wathi uNkulunkulu unguYise, ezenza olingana noNkulunkulu.
19. Khona uJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: INdodana ingenze lutho ngokwayo, kuphela lokho ebona uYise ekwenza, ngokuba lokho akwenzayo yena, neNdodana iyakwenza kanjalo.
20. Ngokuba uYise uyayithanda iNdodana, uyikhombisa konke akwenzayo yena; woyikhombisa imisebenzi emikhulu kunalena ukuba nimangale.