So he said to the gardener: "Well, three years already, ever since I come looking for fruit on this fig tree, but I do not find it.
. kodwa ngingasitholi. ngithi kini: Kodwa uba lingaphenduki. ngize ngigebhe ngiwugombolozele. yini ukuthi wone lomhlabathi? 8 Sasesiphendula sathi kuye: Nkosi. khangela. ukhululwe ebuthakathakeni bakho. yathi: Mzenzisi. ngakho wozani ngazo lisiliswe. ugamule. sekuyiminyaka emithathu ngisiza ngidinga isithelo emkhiweni. lizabhubha ngokunjalo lonke. lenyoni zezulu zilezidleke engatsheni zaso. ayikhokhele ayeyinathisa? 16 Lalo. ngithele umquba. kodwa uba kungenjalo.