Kwathi uJesu esekhuphukele eJerusalema, wathatha abafundi abayishumi nambili, waqhelela nabo eceleni. Sebesendleleni, wathi kubo: “Bhekani, sikhuphukela eJerusalema, iNdodana yomuntu izakukhashelwa kubaphristi abakhulu nezazimthetho; banqume ukuba ife. Bazakuyinikela kwabezizwe ukuba iklolodelwe, ishaywe, ibethelwe esiphambanweni, kodwa ngosuku lwesithathu izakuvuswa.”
Kwase kuza kuye unina wamadodana kaZebedewu namadodana akhe. Wakhuleka, wayesecela okuthile kuye.
UJesu wathi kuye: “Ufunani na?”
Wathi kuJesu: “Yisho ukuthi lawa madodana ami amabili ayakuhlala, enye ngakwesokunene sakho, enye ngakwesokhohlo sakho, embusweni wakho.”
UJesu waphendula wathi: “Anikwazi enikucelayo. Ningasiphuza yini isitsha engizakusiphuza na?”
Bathi kuye: “Singasiphuza.”
Wathi kubo: “Kuyiqiniso, nizakusiphuza isitsha sami, kodwa ukuhlala ngakwesokunene nangakwesokhohlo sami, akusikho okwami ukuphana ngakho, kepha kungokwalabo abakulungiselelwe nguBaba.”
Sebekuzwile lokhu abayishumi, bazithukuthelela izelamani ezimbili. Kepha uJesu wababiza, wathi: “Niyazi ukuthi ababusi bezizwe bazithwalisa kanzima, nezikhulu zazo ziziphethe ngamandla anzima. Nokho akuyukuba njalo phakathi kwenu, kodwa yilowo nalowo ofuna ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwenu, makabe yisikhonzi senu. Nalowo ofuna ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwenu, makabe yinceku yenu, njengalokhu iNdodana yomuntu ingezelanga ukukhonzwa, kodwa ukukhonza nokunikela ngokuphila kwayo, kube yisihlengo sabaningi.”
Kuthe sebephuma eJerikho, balandelwa yisixuku esikhulu. Kwakuhleli izimpumputhe ezimbili ngasendleleni. Zathi zingezwa ukuthi uJesu uyadlula, zamemeza zathi: “Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavide, sihawukele!”
Kepha isixuku sazikhuza, sathi azithule, kodwa zamemeza kakhulu kunakuqala, zithi: “Sihawukele, Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavide!”
UJesu wema, wazibiza wathi: “Nifuna ukuba nginenzeleni na?”
Zathi kuye: “Nkosi, ukuba amehlo ethu avuleke.”
UJesu waba nesihawu wathinta amehlo azo; zase ziyabona masinyane, zamlandela.
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