Yohane 2:17-21

¹⁷Iwanang'ina wake wakumbuka ichandikighwe, “Imulungu, unoghelo wangu kwe ing'anda yako wakwaka mghati mwangu ka ghumoto.”

¹⁸Kuya iwakulu wa Wayahudi wamghutsa Yesu, “Apfi kwodaha kutenda chinu chachi cha kukangawatsa kutulangusa ka kuna uwetso wa ukutenda agha ghose?”

¹⁹Yesu kawedika, “Muimwaghe Ing'anda ino ye Imulungu, nene nitsoitsenga keli kwa ghamatsuwa madatu!”

²⁰Wayahudi wamwidika, “Ing'anda ino ye Imulungu itsengighwa kwa miyaka alubaini na sita, naghwe utsoitsengatse kwa matsuwa madatu?”

²¹Lekeni Ing'anda ye Imulungu iyang'ali yoilonga Yesu tsaikala ulukuli lwake.