UMarko 4 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

4 ¹Wabuya waphinda uYesu wafundisa ngaselwandle. Yaqokelelana isihlwele esikhulu kakhulu kuye, waza wangena emkhombeni owawuselwandle wahlala phantsi, lo gama isihlwele siphela sasisemhlabeni ngaselwandle. ²Wabafundisa izinto ezininzi ngemizekeliso, waza ekufundiseni kwakhe wathi kubo:

³“Phulaphulani! Umhlwayeli waphuma waya kuhlwayela. ⁴Kwathi ekuhlwayeleni kwakhe, enye imbewu yawa ngasendleleni, zeza iintaka zayidla. ⁵Enye yawa emhlabeni ongamatye, apho ebingento yaluphi umhlaba, yahluma kwaoko kuba umhlaba ubungenabunzulu. ⁶Kuthe ke lakuphuma ilanga, zatsha izityalo, zasuka zoma kuba zingenangcambu. ⁷Enye yawa phakathi kwemithana enameva, yaza imithana enameva yakhula yayiminxa, ayaza yavelisa siqhamo. ⁸Enye yawa emhlabeni olungileyo, yavelisa isiqhamo esahluma, sakhula, savelisa amashumi amathathu, namashumi amathandathu, nekhulu kule yayihlwayelwe.” ⁹Wathi ke: “Lowo uneendlebe zokuva, makeve.”

¹⁰Kuthe ke akuba yedwa, abo babengakuye kunye naBalishumi elinababini bambuza ngale mizekeliso.

¹¹Wathi kubo: “Nina ninikwe imfihlelo yobukumkani bukaBawo wethu, kodwa kwabo bangaphandle zonke izinto zifika ngemizekeliso, ¹²ukuze ‘bakhangele kodwa bangaboni, beve kodwa bangaqondi, hleze bajike baxolelwe.’”

¹³Wathi kubo: “Anawuqonda lo mzekeliso? Niya kuyiqonda njani ke yonke imizekeliso? ¹⁴Umhlwayeli uhlwayela ilizwi. ¹⁵Aba ngabasendleleni apho lihlwayelwa khona ilizwi: kuthi, bakuba beva, kufike kwaoko uSathana, alisuse ilizwi elihlwayelwe kubo. ¹⁶Ngokunjalo ke aba ngabahlwayelwe emhlabeni ongamatye, abathi beva ilizwi, balamkele kwaoko ngovuyo. ¹⁷Kodwa abanangcambu ngaphakathi kubo, bahlala umzuzwana nje; kuthi ke kwakufika imbandezelo nokuba yintshutshiso ngenxa yelizwi, bakhubeke kwaoko. ¹⁸Abanye ke ngabahlwayelwe phakathi kwemithana enameva. Aba ngabo baliva ilizwi, ¹⁹kodwa amaxhala eli xesha, nenkohliso yobutyebi, neminqweno yezinye izinto zingena ziliminxe ilizwi, lingaveza siqhamo. ²⁰Aba ke ngabahlwayelwe emhlabeni olungileyo: beva ilizwi, balamkele, baveze isiqhamo—amashumi amathathu, namashumi amathandathu, nekhulu.”

Isibane senzelwe ukukhanyisa

²¹Wathi kubo: “Kukho umntu na ozisa isibane ukuze asibeke phantsi komkhombe wokulinganisa okanye phantsi kwesilili—angasibeki esiphathweni? ²²Akukho nto ifihlakeleyo engayi kutyhilwa; akukho nto isemfihlekweni engayi kuvela ekuhleni. ²³Ukuba ukho umntu oneendlebe zokuva, makeve.”

²⁴Wathi kubo: “Lumkelani eniyivayo. Umlinganiso enilinganisa ngawo niya kulinganiselwa ngawo—kongezelelwa kuni. ²⁵Kuba lowo unento uya kongezelelwa; lowo ungenanto, kuya kuthatyathwa nkqu nento anayo.”

Imbewu ikhula ngokwayo

²⁶Wathi: “Ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu bunjengomntu osasaza imbewu emhlabeni. ²⁷Ubusuku nemini, elele okanye ephaphile, imbewu ihluma ikhula, engazi nokuba kwenzeka njani na. ²⁸Umhlaba uvelisa isiqhamo ngokwawo—kuqala kuvele isithombo, size isikhwebu, kwandule kuzale inkozo epheleleyo esikhwetshini. ²⁹Kuthi ke, sakuvuthwa isiqhamo, akhuphe kwaoko irhengqa, kuba kufikile ukuvuna.”

Imbewu yemostade

³⁰Wathi: “Singabufanisa nantoni na ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu, singabusebenzisela mzekeliso mni na? ³¹Bunjengembewu yemostade, encinane ngaphezu kwayo yonke imbewu xa ihlwayelwa emhlabeni. ³²Kodwa yakuba ihlwayelwe, iyakhula ibe nkulu ngaphezu kwazo zonke izityalo zomyezo, iveze amasebe amakhulu kangangokuba iintaka zesibhakabhaka zingahlala emthunzini wayo.”

³³Wayethetha ilizwi kubo ngemizekeliso emininzi enjalo, njengoko babenako ukuva. ³⁴Ebengathethi kubo ngaphandle kwemizekeliso, kodwa bucala wabacacisela zonke izinto abafundi bakhe.

UYesu uzolisa isaqhwithi

³⁵Ngaloo mini, kwakuhlwa, wathi kubo: “Masiwele siye ngaphesheya.”

³⁶Basishiya isihlwele, bamthabatha kanye njengoko ebenjalo, besemkhombeni, kwaye iminye imikhombe yahamba naye. ³⁷Kwavela isaqhwithi esikhulu somoya. Amaza ayebetha emkhombeni, kangangokuba wawusele uzaliswa ngamanzi. ³⁸Kodwa uYesu wayelele ngasemva kumqamelo. Bamvusa bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, akukhathali na ukuba siyafa?”

³⁹Wavuka, wawukhalimela umoya, wathi kulo ulwandle: “Thula! Zola!” Wathi tu umoya, kwaza kwazola kwaphela. ⁴⁰Wathi kubo: “Yini na ukuba noyike kangaka? Aninalo na ukholo okwangoku?”

⁴¹Boyika kunene, babuzana bodwa, besithi: “Ngubani na kanye lo, ukuba nomoya nolwandle luyamthobela?”