uMarko 8:31-38

Waqala ukubafundisa, okokuba uNyana woMntu umelwe kukuba eve ubunzima obukhulu, alahlwe ngawo amadoda amakhulu nababingeleli abakhulu nababhali, abulawe, athi emveni kweentsuku ezintathu abuye avuke. Elo zwi wayelithetha ngokungafihlisiyo. Waza uPetros wamthabatha, waqala ukumkhalimela. Uthe ke yena, ejikile, wabakhangela abafundi bakhe, wamkhalimela uPetros, esithi, Suka uye emva kwam, Sathana, ngokuba ungazinyamekeli ezikaThixo izinto, unyamekela ezabantu. Esibizele kuye indimbane, kwanabafundi bakhe, wathi kubo, Osukuba ethanda ukundilandela, makazincame, awuthwale umnqamlezo wakhe, andilandele. Kuba othe wathanda ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; ke yena othe wawulahla umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yam, nangenxa yeendaba ezilungileyo ezi, wowusindisa lowo. Kuba komnceda ntoni na umntu, ukuba uthe walizuza ihlabathi liphela, waza wonakalelwa ke ngumphefumlo wakhe? Okanye worhola ntoni na umntu, ibe sisananelo somphefumlo wakhe? Othe waneentloni ngam nangamazwi am, kwesi sizukulwana sikrexezayo, sonayo, uNyana woMntu woba neentloni ngaye lowo, xa athe weza esebuqaqawulini boYise, enezithunywa ezingcwele.