UYesu Ubiza Abafundi Bakhe Bokuqala
UPetros waloba ubusuku bonke engabambi nto, waza ngelizwi likaYesu wabamba kangangokuba wamcela ukuba amke kuye. Wayichukumisa indoda eneqhenqa. Indoda ephethwe sisifo sokufa komzimba yehliswa ngophahla, yaxolelwa ngamandla kaBawo wethu, nto leyo eyabakhubekisa ababhali. ULevi washiya indawo yakhe yokubuthela irhafu.
5 1Ngaxa lithile, njengoko isihlwele sasimxinelela sifuna ukuva ilizwi likaBawo wethu, uYesu wayemi ngasedikeni laseGenesarete. a a v1 IDike laseGenesarete ligama elimbi loLwandle lwaseGalili. 2Wabona imikhombe emibini imi ngasedikeni; ababambisi beentlanzi babeyishiyile, behlamba iminatha yabo. 3Wangena komnye wemikhombe, owakaSimon, wacela kuye ukuba awususe kancinane elunxwemeni, waza wahlala phantsi, wabafundisa izihlwele esemkhombeni.
4Akuba eyekile ukuthetha, wathi kuSimon: “Qhubela emanzini anzulu, uhlise iminatha yakho ukuze nibambe iintlanzi.”
5Waphendula uSimon wathi: “Mongameli, sisebenze bonke ubusuku, asabamba nto. Kodwa ngelizwi lakho, ndiya kuyihlisa iminatha.” 6Bakwenza oku, babamba iintlanzi ezininzi kangangokuba iminatha yabo yaqala ukukrazuka. 7Baqhwebela amahlakani awayesekhombeni elinye ukuba ezokunceda; eza azalisa imikhombe yomibini kangangokuba yaqala ukutshona. 8Ekubona oku, uSimon Petros wawa emadolweni kaYesu wathi: “Ndiyeke, Nkosi, kuba ndingumntu ongumoni!” 9Kuba ukumangaliswa kwambamba, yena nabo bonke ababenaye, ngenxa yobuninzi beentlanzi ababezibambile,
10kwaba njalo noYakobi noYohane, oonyana bakaZebhedi, amahlakani kaSimon. Wathi uYesu kuSimon: “Musa ukoyika; kususela ngoku uya kubamba abantu.”
11Bayitsala ke imikhombe yabo bayikhuphela elunxwemeni, bashiya konke, bamlandela.
Umntu Ohlanjululwayo
12Ngexa uYesu wayekomnye wemizi, kwavela indoda igcwele iqhenqa elibi. Yambona uYesu, yawa ngobuso yabongoza yathi: “Nkosi, ukuba uyathanda, unako ukundihlambulula.”
13UYesu wasolula isandla sakhe, wayichukumisa, wathi: “Ndiyathanda. Hlambuluka.” Ngoko nangoko iqhenqa lamka kuyo.
14UYesu wayiyalela ukuba ingaxeleli mntu, wathi: “kodwa hamba uye kuzibonisa kumbingeleli, usondeze oko uMoses awakuwisela umthetho ngenxa yokuhlanjululwa kwakho, kube bubungqina kubo.”
15Kodwa iindaba ngaye zanda nangakumbi; izihlwele ezikhulu zazihlanganisana ukuze zimve nokuba ziphiliswe ezifweni zazo. 16Kodwa uYesu wayedla ngokuziqhiwula aye ezindaweni eziyintlango, athandaza.
Amandla kaBawo Okuxolela
17Ngenye imini, njengoko wayefundisa, abaFarisi nabafundisi bomthetho babehleli phantsi, bevela kuyo yonke imizana yaseGalili, nakwelakwaYuda naseYerusalem. Yaye amandla kaBawo wethu ayekho ukuze aphilise abagulayo. 18Kwangoko, kwafika amadoda ethwele indoda eyayife umzimba ngokhuko, ezama ukuyingenisa nokuyibeka phambi koYesu. 19Bakuba bengayifumani indlela yokuyingenisa ngenxa yesihlwele, benyuka phezu kwendlu, bayihlisa ngokhuko lwayo ngeethayile zophahla, phakathi kanye phambi koYesu.
20Akubona uYesu ukholo lwabo, wathi: “Mhlobo, uxolelwe izono zakho.”
21Baqala ukuphikisana ababhali nabaFarisi, besithi: “Ngubani lo mntu unyelisa uThixo? Ngubani onokuxolela izono, ngaphandle koThixo yedwa?”
22Esazi oko babekucinga, uYesu wabaphendula wathi: “Yini na ukuba nicamanga ezintliziyweni zenu? 23Yeyiphi elula: ukuthi, ‘Uxolelwe izono zakho,’ nokuba ukuthi, ‘Vuka uhambe’? 24Kodwa ukuze nazi ukuba uNyana woLuntu unegunya emhlabeni lokuxolela izono”—wathi kule ndoda ife umzimba—“Ndithi kuwe, vuka, uthabathe ukhuko lwakho, ugoduke.”
25Ngoko nangoko wema phambi kwabo, wathabatha ukhuko lwakhe, wagoduka ezukisa uBawo wethu. 26Kwababamba ukumangaliswa bonke; bamzukisa uBawo wethu, bezaliswe luloyiko, besithi: “Sibone izinto ezimangalisayo namhlanje.”
UYesu Ubiza uLevi
27Emva koku, uYesu waphuma wabona umbuthi werhafu ogama linguLevi ehleli kwindawo yokubutha irhafu. Wathi kuye: “Ndilandele.”
28Wesuka uLevi, washiya konke, wamlandela. 29ULevi wamenzela isidlo esikhulu uYesu endlwini yakhe, yaye inkitha enkulu yababuthi berhafu nabanye babehleli etafileni kunye nabo. 30Kodwa abaFarisi nababhali babo bakrokrela abafundi bakhe, besithi: “Kutheni nisidla, nisela nababuthi berhafu naboni?”
31Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo: “Asingabo abaphilileyo abafuna ugqirha, ngabagulayo. 32Andizelanga kubiza amalungisa, ndize kubiza aboni enguqukweni.”
Umbuzo Ngokuzila Ukudla
33Bathi kuye: “Abafundi bakaYohane bazila ukudla kafuthi bathandaza, kwangokunjalo nabafundi babaFarisi, kodwa bakho bona bayadla basele.”
34Wathi uYesu: “Ningabenza na abahlobo bomyeni bazile ukudla ngexa esekunye nabo? 35Kodwa iya kufika imihla xa umyeni esuswa kubo, baza ke ngaloo mihla, bazile ukudla.”
36Wabaxelela nomzekeliso wathi: “Akukho mntu ukrazula isiziba kwingubo entsha asithungele kweyakudala. Kungenjalo, uya kuyikrazula entsha, size isiziba esitsha singavumelani neyakudala. 37Akukho mntu ufaka iwayini entsha kwiintsuba ezindala; kungenjalo iwayini entsha iya kuziqhekeza iintsuba, iphalale, zize iintsuba zonakale. 38Hayi, iwayini entsha imelwe ukugalelwa kwiintsuba ezintsha. 39Yaye akukho mntu othi akuba sele iwayini endala afune entsha, kuba uthi, ‘Indala ilungile.’”
