Isithethe Ngaphezu kweLizwi likaBawo wethu
AbaFarisi bachasa izandla ezingahlanjwanga; uYesu uthi isithethe sabo siyawushiya umyalelo kaBawo wethu, nokuba oko kungcolisayo kuphuma entliziyweni. Umfazi waseSirofenike uphendula ilizwi lakhe elinzima ngeemvuthuluka, yaze intombi yakhe yakhululwa. Isithulu siyeva.
7 1Babuthelana kuYesu abaFarisi, nabanye bababhali ababevela eYerusalem, 2baza babona abanye kubafundi bakhe besidla isonka ngezandla eziziinqambi—oko kukuthi, ezingahlanjwanga. 3(Kaloku abaFarisi namaYuda onke abadla bengazihlambanga izandla ngokwesiko, begcina isithethe samadoda amakhulu. 4Xa bevela emarikeni, abadla bengahlambanga. Babambelele nakwezinye izithethe ezininzi abazamkeleyo—ukuhlamba iindebe, neenkamba, nezitya zobhedu.). 5Baza abaFarisi nababhali bambuza, bathi: “Kutheni abafundi bakho bengahambi ngesithethe samadoda amakhulu, kodwa besidla isonka ngezandla eziziinqambi na?”
6Waphendula wathi: “UIsaya waprofeta inyaniso ngani nina bahanahanisi, njengoko kubhaliwe ukuthi: ‘Aba bantu bandihlonipha ngemilebe yabo, kodwa intliziyo yabo ikude kum.’ 7‘Bandinqula ngelize, befundisa njengeemfundiso imithetho yabantu.’
8Niyawushiya umthetho kaBawo wethu, nibambelele kwisithethe sabantu.” 9Wathi kubo: “Nihle kakuhle ukubeka bucala umthetho kaBawo wethu, ukuze nigcine isithethe senu!” 10Kaloku uMoses wathi: ‘Beka uyihlo nonyoko,’ wathi: ‘Othe watshabhisa uyise, nokuba ngunina, wobulawa afe.’ 11“Kodwa nina nithi: ukuba umntu uthe kuyise nokuba kunina: ‘Nantoni na obuya kuyizuza kum iyiKorban’ (oko kukuthi, sisipho esinikelwe kuBawo wethu), a a v11 IKorban yayisisibhambathiso sokunikela imali nokuba yindlu kwitempile, kuyibeke ngaphaya kokusetyenziswa nangayiphi na enye injongo—nokunakekela abazali bakhe. 12anisamvumeli ukuba enze nto nokuba yintoni ngenxa kayise nokuba ngunina. 13Ngoko niyalitshitshisa ilizwi likaBawo wethu ngesithethe senu enisinikelanayo. Zininzi izinto ezinjengezi enizenzayo.”
14Waza wabiza isihlwele kwakhona, wathi kuso: “Ndiphulaphuleni, nonke, niqonde: 15Akukho nto ingaphandle komntu engena kuye imenze inqambi; kodwa oko kuphuma emntwini kuko okumenza inqambi.” b b v15 Imibhalo-ngqangi yamandulo ayinalo ivesi lama-16 apha; iikopi zamva zongeza oku: “Ukuba ubani uneendlebe zokuva, makeve.”
17Uthe akusuka esihlweleni, wangena endlwini, abafundi bakhe bambuza ngalo mzekeliso.
18Wathi kubo: “Ngaba nani ninjalo ukungaqondi na? Anikuqondi na ukuba akukho nto ingena emntwini ivela ngaphandle inokumenza inqambi, 19ngokuba ingangeni entliziyweni yakhe, isuka ingene esiswini, iphume endle?” (Ngokutsho oku, wavakalisa ukuba konke ukudla kuhlambulukile.). 20Wathi: “Oko kuphuma emntwini—kuko okumenza inqambi. 21Kaloku ngaphakathi, entliziyweni yomntu, kuphuma izicamango ezingendawo—uhenyuzo, ubusela, ukubulala, 22ukukrexeza, ukubawa, ulunya, inkohliso, inkanuko, umona, ukuhleba, ikratshi, nobudenge. 23Zonke ezi zinto ezimbi ziphuma ngaphakathi, zimenze inqambi umntu.”
Ukholo Oluzingisayo LoMfazi Wasezintlangeni
24UYesu wemka apho waya kummandla waseTire. Wangena kwindlu ethile, engafuni ukuba kwazi mntu, kodwa akaba nako ukuzifihla. 25Kodwa umfazi, onentombazana encinane eyayinomoya oyinqambi, weva ngaye kwaoko, weza, wawa ezinyaweni zakhe. 26Lo mfazi wayengumGrike, engowaseSirofenike ngokuzalwa. Wayesoloko emcela ukuba akhuphe idemon entombini yakhe.
27Wathi kuye: “Mabahluthe kuqala abantwana, kuba akulunganga ukuthabatha isonka sabantwana, usiphose ezinjeni.”
28Kodwa yena waphendula wathi kuye: “Nkosi, kwanezinja ezingaphantsi kwetafile ziyazidla iimvuthuluka zabantwana.”
29Wathi kuye: “Ngenxa yale mpendulo, hamba—idemon seliphumile entombini yakho.”
30Waya ke ekhaya, wayifumana intwana ilele esililini, idemon limkile.
UYesu Uvula Iindlebe Ezisithulu
31Waza uYesu wemka kummandla waseTire, wacanda eTsidon, waya kulwandle lwaseGalili, wangena kummandla waseDekapoli. c c v31 IDekapoli yayingummandla wemizi elishumi yamaGrike ngasempumalanga nangasezantsi kolwandle lwaseGalili. 32Beza kuye nendoda esisithulu, ebethetha nzima, bemcela ukuba abeke isandla sakhe phezu kwayo. 33UYesu wamthabathela bucala, kude nesihlwele, wafaka iminwe yakhe ezindlebeni zayo, watshica, wachukumisa ulwimi lwayo.
34Waza, ekhangele phezulu emazulwini, wancwina kabuhlungu, wathi kuyo: “Efata!” (oko kukuthi, “Vuleka!”).
35Zavuleka kwaoko iindlebe zayo, lwathukululeka ulwimi lwayo, yaqala ukuthetha ngokucacileyo. 36UYesu wabawisela umthetho ukuba bangaxeleli bani; kodwa okukhona ebayala, kokukhona bekuvakalisa. 37Bakhwankqiswa kakhulu, besithi: “Uyenze kakuhle yonke into—wenza izithulu zive, nezidenge zithethe.”