ULuka 4 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

4 ¹UYesu, ezele nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wabuya evela eYordan, ekhokelwa nguMoya entlango. ²Iintsuku ezingamashumi mane, ehendwa ngumtyholi, engadli nto kwezo ntsuku; zakuphela, walamba.

³Wathi kuye umtyholi: “Ukuba unguNyana kaThixo, yithi kweli litye malibe sisonka.”

⁴Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “Kubhaliwe ukuthi, ‘Umntu akayi kuphila ngasonka sodwa.’”

⁵Waza umtyholi wamnyusa, wambonisa zonke izikumkani zehlabathi ngephanyazo. ⁶Wathi kuye: “Ndiya kukunika lonke eli gunya nozuko lwazo, kuba linikwe mna, ndaye ndilinike lowo ndithanda ukumnika. ⁷Ngoko ke ukuba uthe waqubuda kum, konke oku koba kokwakho.”

⁸Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “Kubhaliwe ukuthi, ‘Woqubuda kuBawo wakho, umkhonze yena yedwa.’”

⁹Waza wamsa eYerusalem, wammisa encotsheni yetempile, wathi kuye: “Ukuba unguNyana kaThixo, ziphose phantsi usuka apha, ¹⁰kuba kubhaliwe ukuthi, ‘Wozithethelela izithunywa zakhe ngawe, ukuba zikugcine,’ ¹¹nokuthi, ‘Zokukuthwala ngezandla zazo, ukuze ungakhubeki ngonyawo lwakho elityeni.’”

¹²Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “Kuthiwe, ‘Uze ungamlingi uBawo wakho.’”

¹³Uthe ke umtyholi akuba ekuqukumbele konke ukuhenda, wemka kuye kwada kwafika elinye ixesha.

UNyana kaBawo Ubuya Enamandla

¹⁴Wabuyela uYesu eGalili enamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele, lwaphuma udaba ngaye kuwo wonke loo mmandla. ¹⁵Wafundisa ezindlwini zabo zesikhungu, baza bonke bamzukisa.

¹⁶Wafika eNazarete, apho wayekhuliswe khona, waza ngokwesiko lakhe wangena endlwini yesikhungu ngesabatha, wema ukuba alese. ¹⁷Wanikwa incwadi yomprofeti uIsaya, wayivula, wafumana apho kwakubhalwe khona kwathiwa:

¹⁸“UMoya kaBawo wethu uphezu kwam, ngokuba endithambisile ukuba ndishumayele iindaba ezilungileyo kumahlwempu. Undithumile ukuba ndivakalise inkululeko kubathinjwa, nokubuyiselwa kokubona kwiimfama, ukuba ndikhulule abacinezelweyo, ¹⁹ukuvakalisa umnyaka wobabalo lukaBawo wethu.” ^a a v19 Ibhekisa kuMnyaka weNtlokoma — xa amatyala ayexolelwa, abathinjwa bekhululwa, nomhlaba ubuyiselwa.

²⁰Wayisonga incwadi, wayibuyisela kumlungiseleli, wahlala phantsi. Onke amehlo endlwini yesikhungu ayejonge kuye.

²¹Waza waqala ukuthi kubo: “Namhlanje esi sibhalo sizalisekile ezindlebeni zenu.”

²²Bonke babethetha kakuhle ngaye, bemangaliswa ngamazwi obabalo aphuma emlonyeni wakhe, besithi: “Lo asinguye na unyana kaYosefu?”

²³Wathi kubo: “Inene niya kulitsho kum eli qhalo: ‘Gqirha, ziphilise.’ Yenza nalapha ekhayeni lakho oko sakuvayo ukuba kwenzekile eKapernahum.” ²⁴Wathi: “Inene ndithi kuni, akukho mprofeti wamkelekileyo ekhayeni lakhe. ²⁵Kodwa inene ndithi kuni, babebaninzi abahlolokazi kwaSirayeli ngemihla kaEliya, xa izulu lavalekayo iminyaka emithathu neenyanga ezintandathu, kwaza kwabakho indlala enkulu kulo lonke ilizwe, ²⁶waza uEliya akathunyelwa namnye kubo, koko wathunyelwa kuphela kumfazi ongumhlolokazi eTsarfati yaseTsidon. ²⁷Babebaninzi abaneqhenqa kwaSirayeli ngemihla kaElisha umprofeti, kanti akuhlanjululwanga namnye kubo, ingenguye uNahaman waseSiriya.”

²⁸Bakuva ezo zinto, bonke abasendlwini yesikhungu bavutha ngumsindo. ²⁹Besuka, bamgxothela ngaphandle komzi, bamsa encotsheni yenduli ababewakhe kuyo umzi wabo, ukuze bamphosele ezantsi. ³⁰Kodwa yena wacanda phakathi kwesihlwele, wemka.

UYesu Uthulisa uMoya Ongcolileyo

³¹Wehla waya eKapernahum, umzi waseGalili, wafundisa kubo ngesabatha, ³²baza bakhwankqiswa kukufundisa kwakhe, kuba ilizwi lakhe lalinegunya. ³³Endlwini yesikhungu kwakukho umntu onomoya wedemon engcolileyo; wakhala ngezwi elikhulu, ³⁴Ha! Yintoni le sinayo nawe, Yesu waseNazarete? Uzile na ukusitshabalalisa? Ndiyazi ukuba ungubani na—ungoyiNgcwele kaThixo.

³⁵Wawukhalimela uYesu wathi: “Yithi tu, uphume kuye!” Yamwisa phantsi idemon phambi kwabo bonke, yaphuma, ayamenzakalisa nganto.

³⁶Bonke bamangaliswa, babuzana, besithi: “Lilizwi lini na eli? Ngegunya nangamandla uyayiwisela imithetho imimoya engcolileyo, iphume!” ³⁷Lwaphuma ke udaba ngaye, lwaya kuyo yonke indawo yaloo mmandla ungqongileyo.

UBawo Uphilisa NgoNyana Wakhe

³⁸Wavuka waphuma endlwini yesikhungu, wangena endlwini kaSimon. Ke kaloku umkhwekazi kaSimon wayesifa yicesina enkulu, baza bacela kuye ukuba amncede. ³⁹Wema phezu kwakhe, wayikhalimela icesina; yamyeka, waza wavuka kwaoko, wabalungiselela. ⁴⁰Lakutshona ilanga, bonke ababenabantu ababesifa zizifo ngezifo bababeka kuye; wathi ebeka izandla zakhe phezu kwabo ngamnye, wabaphilisa. ⁴¹Kwaphuma needemon kwabaninzi, zidanduluka zisithi: “UnguNyana kaThixo!” Wazithulisa, ezithintela ukuba zithethe, kuba zazi ukuba unguKrestu.

⁴²Kwakusa, waphuma waya kwindawo esithe qelele. Zamfuna izihlwele, zeza kuye, zazama ukumbamba ukuba angemki kubo.

⁴³Kodwa wathi kubo: “Ndimelwe kukuvakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo zobukumkani bukaBawo wethu nakweminye imizi; kungenxa yoku endathunyelwa ngayo.”

⁴⁴Wayevakalisa ke ezindlwini zesikhungu zelakwaYuda.