Akati achipfuura, akaona munhu akanga ari bofu kubva pakuberekwa kwake. Vadzidzi vake vakamubvunza, vachiti, “Rabhi, ndianiko akatadza, uyu kana vabereki vake, zvaakaberekwa riri bofu?”
Jesu akapindura, akati, “Uyu haana kutadza, kunyange navabereki vake; asi izvi zvakaitwa kuti mabasa aMwari aoneswe maari. Ndinofanira kubata basa rowakandituma, achiri masikati; usiku hunouya, husingagoni munhu kubata basa nahwo. Ndichiri panyika, ndiri chiedza chenyika.” Akati areva izvozvo, akapfira mate pasi, akakanya dope namate, akazodza dope pameso pake, akati kwaari, “Enda undoshamba mudziva reSiroami,” (ndokuti, kana zvichishandurwa, “Kutumwa.”) Ipapo akaenda, akandoshamba, akadzoka achiona.
Vakanga vagere naye, navaimuona kare, kuti ndiye waikumbira, vakati, “Ko uyu haasi iye aigara achikumbira here?”
Vamwe vakati, “Ndiye;” vamwe vakati, “Kwete, asi akatodzana naye.” Iye akati, “Ndini.”
Zvino vakati kwaari, “Meso ako akagosvinudzwa seiko?”
Akapindura, akati, “Munhu anonzi Jesu akakanya dope, akazodza meso angu, akati kwandiri, enda Siroami, undoshamba; naizvozvo ndakaenda, ndikashamba, ndikaona.”