Verse 1: Kuthe ephuma ethempelini, omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, bheka amatshe anjani nezakhiwo ezinjani!”
Verse 2: UJesu wathi kuye: “Uyabona lezi zakhiwo ezinkulu na? Akuyikushiywa itshe phezu kwetshe elingayikudilizelwa phansi.”
Verse 3: Esahlezi eNtabeni Yeminqumo maqondana nethempeli, oPetru noJakobe noJohane no-Andreya bambuza bebodwa,
Verse 4: bathi: “Sitshele ukuthi lokhu kuyakuba nini, nesibonakaliso siyakuba yini, lapho sekuyakufezeka konke lokhu, na?”
Verse 5: Khona uJesu waqala ukukhuluma kubo, ethi: “Qaphelani ningadukiswa muntu.
Verse 6: Kuyakuza abaningi ngegama lami, bathi: ‘Nginguye,’ badukise abaningi.
Verse 7: Nxa nizwa izimpi namahemuhemu ezimpi, ningethuki; kumelwe ukuba kwenzeke, kepha ukuphela koba kungakafiki.
Verse 8: Ngokuba isizwe siyakuvukela isizwe, nombuso uvukele umbuso; kuyakuba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba izindawo ngezindawo, kube khona indlala; lokhu kungukuqala kwemihelo.
Verse 9: “Kepha ziqapheleni nina. Bayakunikhaphela emiphakathini; niyakushaywa emasinagogeni; niyakumiswa phambi kwababusi namakhosi ngenxa yami, kube ngubufakazi kubo.
Verse 10: Kepha ivangeli limelwe ukushunyayelwa kuqala ezizweni zonke.
Verse 11: Uma beniqhuba, benikhaphela, ningakhathaleli ngaphambili eniyakukukhuluma, kodwa lokho eniyakukunikwa ngaleso sikhathi, kukhulumeni; ngokuba kakunina enikhulumayo kodwa nguMoya oNgcwele.
Verse 12: “Khona umuntu uyakukhaphela umfowabo ekufeni noyise umntanakhe, yebo, abantwana bayakuvukela abazali babo, bababulale.
Verse 13: Niyakuzondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yegama lami, kodwa okhuthazelayo kuze kube sekupheleni nguyena oyakusindiswa.
Verse 14: “Kepha nxa nibona amanyala encithakalo emi lapho kungafanele khona — ofundayo makaqaphele — khona abaseJudiya mababalekele ezintabeni,
Verse 15: ophezu kwendlu angehli, angangeni ukuyothatha utho endlini yakhe,
Verse 16: osensimini angabuyeli emuva ukuyothatha ingubo yakhe.
Verse 17: Kepha maye kwabakhulelweyo nabancelisayo ngalezo zinsuku!
Verse 18: Khulekani ukuba kungabi sebusika.
Verse 19: Ngokuba lezo zinsuku ziyakuba nosizi olungazange lube khona olunjalo kwasekuqaleni kokudalwa akudalayo uNkulunkulu kuze kube manje, nolungasayikuba khona.
Verse 20: Uma iNkosi ibingazifinyezi lezo zinsuku, bekungesindiswe muntu, kepha ngenxa yabakhethiweyo eyabakhetha yazifinyeza lezo zinsuku.
Verse 21: Khona-ke uma umuntu ethi kini: ‘Bhekani, nangu uKristu,’ noma: ‘Bhekani, nanguya,’ ningakholwa.
Verse 22: Ngokuba kuyakuvela okristu bamanga nabaprofethi bamanga, benze izibonakaliso nezimangaliso, ukuze badukise abakhethiweyo, uma kungenzeka.
Verse 23: Kepha qaphelani nina; senginitshele konke ngaphambili.
Verse 24: “Kodwa ngalezo zinsuku emva kwalolo sizi ilanga liyakufiphazwa, nenyanga ayiyikukhanya,
Verse 25: nezinkanyezi ziyakuwa ezulwini, namandla asezulwini ayakuzanyazanyiswa.
Verse 26: Khona-ke bayakubona iNdodana yomuntu iza emafwini, inamandla amakhulu nenkazimulo.
Verse 27: Lapho iyakuthuma izingelosi, iqoqe abakhethiweyo bayo emimoyeni yomine, kusukela emkhawulweni womhlaba kuze kube semkhawulweni wezulu.
Verse 28: “Fundani umfanekiso emkhiwaneni; nxa igatsha lawo selithamba, lihlume amaqabunga, niyazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze.
Verse 29: Kanjalo nani, nxa nibona lokhu kwenzeka, yazini ukuthi iseduze ngasemnyango.
Verse 30: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesi sizukulwane asiyikudlula, kungakenzeki konke lokhu.
Verse 31: Kuyakudlula izulu nomhlaba, kepha amazwi ami awayikudlula.
Verse 32: “Kepha lolo suku nalelo hora akakho owazi lutho ngalo, nazingelosi ezulwini, naNdodana, nguBaba kuphela.
Verse 33: Qaphelani, nilinde, ngokuba anisazi isikhathi ukuthi siyakuba nini.
Verse 34: Kunjengomuntu owahambela kwelinye izwe; washiya indlu yakhe, wanika izinceku zakhe amandla, yileyo naleyo wayinika umsebenzi wayo, wayala umlindisango ukuba alinde.
Verse 35: “Ngakho lindani, ngokuba anazi ukuthi inkosi yendlu iyakufika nini, noma ngokuhlwa, noma phakathi kobusuku, noma ngokukhala kwezinkuku, noma ekuseni,
Verse 36: funa ifike ngokuzuma, inifumane nilele.
Verse 37: Kepha lokhu engikusho kini ngikusho kubo bonke, ngithi: ‘Lindani.’ ”