Bathi u -Aroni nabo bonke abantwana bakwa -Israyeli bembona uMose , bheka, isikhumba sobuso bakhe sasikhazimula, besaba ukusondela kuye.

Kwathi lapho bembona, baletha abayeni abangamashumi amathathu ukuba babe naye.

Kwathi lapho bonke abantu ababe no -Ishmayeli bembona uJohanani indodana kaKhareya nazo zonke izinduna zempi ezazinaye, bathokoza.

Bheka, umuzi wonke waphuma ukuyomhlangabeza uJesu ; bathe bembona, bamncenga ukuba amuke emikhawulweni yelakubo.

Khona aba bhali babaFarisi bembona edla nezoni nabathelisi bathi kubafundi bakhe: Yini ukuba adle nabathelisi nezoni na?

Bathi bembona abapristi abakhulu nezikhonzi , bamemeza bathi: Mbethele, mbethele esiphambanweni! UPilatu wathi kubo : Mthatheni nina, nimbethele esiphambanweni, ngokuba angifumani cala kuye.

Ngokukholwa uMose esezelwe wafihlwa ngabazali bakhe izinyanga ezintathu, ngokuba bembona engumntwana omuhle ; abawesabanga umyalo wenkosi.