UJesu ehamba ngaselwandle lwase Galile wabona izelamani ezimbili , uSimoni othiwa uPetru no -Andreya umfowabo , bephonsa inetha elwandle ; ngokuba babe ngabadobi.

USimoni Petru waphendula wathi : Wena unguKristu , iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo.

USimoni nababe naye bamlandela ngokuphuthuma.

Wayesemisa laba abayishumi nambili: uSimoni owamqamba igama lokuthi uPetru,

Acindezela umuntu obedlula, uSimoni waseKhurene, evela endle, uyise ka- Aleksandru noRufu, ukuba athwale isiphambano sakhe. UJesu esesiphambanweni (Math. 27:33; Luk. 23:26; Joh. 19:17)

USimoni waphendula wathi : Nkosi, sishikile ubusuku bonke , asibambanga lutho; kepha ngezwi lakho ngiyakuwehlisa amanetha.

Kuthe uSimoni Petru ekubona lokho , waziphonsa phansi ngasemadolweni kaJesu, wathi: Suka kimi, Nkosi, ngokuba ngingumuntu oyisoni.

uSimoni owamqamba ngokuthi uPetru , no-Andreya umfowabo, noJakobe, noJohane, noFiliphu, noBartolomewu,

USimoni waphendula wathi: Ngithi yilowo amyekela okukhulu. Wathi kuye: Unqume kahle.

ukuba nidle , niphuze etafuleni lami embusweni wami ; niyakuhlala ezihlalweni zobukhosi, nahlulele izizwe eziyishumi nambili zakwa-Israyeli. USimoni Petru uyaxwayiswa (Math. 26:31; Mark. 14:27; Joh. 13:36)

Kwathi bemuka naye , babamba uSimoni waseKhurene evela endle , bamthwesa isiphambano ukuba asithwale emva kukaJesu.

yena wafumana kuqala umfowabo uSimoni , wathi kuye : Simfumene uMesiya, okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa uKristu.

USimoni Petru wamphendula wathi : Nkosi, siyakuya kubani na ? Amazwi okuphila okuphakade akuwe.

USimoni Petru wa thi kuye : Nkosi, akungabi yizinyawo zodwa kepha nezandla nekhanda.

USimoni Petru wayesemqhweba ethi : Yisho ukuthi ubekhuluma ngobani na?

USimoni Petru wathi kuye : Nkosi, uya ngaphi na ? UJesu waphendula wathi: Lapho ngiya khona , ungengilandele kalokhu; kepha uyakungilandela kamuva.

USimoni Petru enenkemba wayihosha , wayigenca inceku yompristi omkhulu, wayinquma indlebe yokunene. Igama lenceku lalinguMalkusi.

USimoni Petru walandela uJesu nomunye umfundi. Lowo mfundi wayaziwa ngumpristi omkhulu, wangena noJesu egcekeni lompristi omkhulu;

Kepha uSimoni Petru wayemi otha . Bathi-ke kuye: Imbala nawe awusiye owabafundi bakhe na? Waphika yena, wathi: Angisiye.

USimoni Petru wathi kubo: Ngiya kodoba. Bathi kuye: Nathi sihamba nawe. Base bephuma , bangena emkhunjini ; kepha ngalobo busuku ababambanga lutho.

Khona lowo mfundi uJesu amthandayo wathi kuPetru : YiNkosi. USimoni Petru, ekuzwa ukuthi yiNkosi, wagqoka, ngokuba wayehamba ze, waziphonsa elwandle.

Wasuka uSimoni Petru , walihudulela emhlabathini inetha . Ligcwele izinhlanzi ezinkulu , ziyikhulu namashumi ayisihlanu nantathu ; noma zingako, inetha alidabukanga.

kwaba khona ukuthokoza okukhulu kulowo muzi. USimoni oyisanusi

Naye uSimoni wakholwa ; wathi esebhapathiziwe, wanamathela kuFiliphu, wamangala ebona izibonakaliso nemisebenzi emikhulu yamandla eyenziwayo.

Kepha uSimoni , ebonile ukuthi ngokubekwa kwezandla zabaphostoli uyaphiwa uMoya, waletha imali kubo,

USimoni wayesephendula ethi : Nginxuseleni nina eNkosini , ukuze kungehleli lutho kimi lwalokho enikushiloyo.

Thuma-ke amadoda eJopha, ubize uSimoni othile othiwa uPetru;

amemeza ebuza ukuthi uSimoni othiwa uPetru ungenisile yini lapho.

Ngakho thumela eJopha , ubize uSimoni othiwa uPetru ; yena ungenisile endlini kaSimoni umshuki ngaselwandle.

Yasibikela-ke ukuthi yayibonile ingelosi imi endlini yayo , ithi: Thumela eJopha, ulande uSimoni othiwa uPetru