UMatewu 14 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

14 ¹Ngelo xesha uHerode umphathi weli lizwe weva iindaba ngoYesu. ²Wathi kubakhonzi bakhe: “Lo nguYohane umbhaptizi, ovuswe kwabafileyo—kungoko la mandla esebenza kuye.” ³Kaloku uHerode wayembambile uYohane, wambopha ngamakhamandela, wamvalela entolongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya, umfazi womnakwabo uFilipu, ⁴kuba uYohane wayesithi kuye: “Akuvumelekile kuwe ukuba umthabathe.” ⁵UHerode wayefuna ukumbulala, kodwa wayesoyika isihlwele, kuba babemgqala uYohane njengomprofeti. ⁶Kodwa kwathi ngomhla wokuzalwa kukaHerode, intombi kaHerodiya yasina phambi kwabo, yamkholisa uHerode, ⁷waza wafunga ukuba uya kumnika nantoni na ayicelayo. ⁸Eqhutywa ngunina, yathi: “Ndinike apha intloko kaYohane umbhaptizi, isesityeni.”

⁹Waba buhlungu ukumkani, kodwa ngenxa yezifungo zakhe nangenxa yabamenyiweyo, wawisa umthetho wokuba iqwitywe, ¹⁰waza wathuma wamnqumla intloko uYohane entolongweni. ¹¹Intloko yakhe yaziswa isesityeni, yanikwa intombi leyo, yayizisa kunina. ¹²Baza beza abafundi bakaYohane, bathabatha umzimba, bawungcwaba; bahamba baya kumxelela uYesu.

UYesu wondla abantu abazikwaka ezihlanu

¹³Akukuva oku, uYesu wemka ngomkhombe waya kwindawo esithe qelele yedwa. Kodwa zeva izihlwele, zamlandela ngeenyawo ziphuma emizini. ¹⁴Wathi akufika emhlabeni, wabona isihlwele esikhulu, waba nemfesane ngaso, waphilisa abafayo baso. ¹⁵Kwakuhlwa, beza kuye abafundi besithi: “Le ndawo isithe qelele, selihambile ixesha. Zindulule izihlwele, ziye emizaneni ziye kuzithengela ukudla.”

¹⁶Kodwa uYesu wathi kubo: “Akukho mfuneko yokuba zihambe. Zondleni nina.”

¹⁷Bathi kuye: “Apha asinanto, ngaphandle kwezonka ezihlanu neentlanzi ezimbini.”

¹⁸Wathi: “Ziziseni apha kum.”

¹⁹Waza wathi izihlwele mazihlale phantsi etyanini. Wathabatha izonka ezihlanu neentlanzi ezimbini, waphakamisa amehlo akhe ezulwini, wabulela, waqhekeza izonka, wazinika abafundi, bona bazinika izihlwele. ²⁰Zadla zonke, zahlutha, zaza zaqokelela izitya ezilishumi elinazibini zizele ziingceba eziseleyo. ²¹Ababedla babengamadoda, malunga namawaka amahlanu, ngaphandle kwabafazi nabantwana.

UYesu uhamba phezu kwamanzi

²²Kwaoko wabanyanzela abafundi ukuba bangene emkhombeni, baye phambi kwakhe ngaphesheya, yena esazindulula izihlwele. ²³Akuba ezindulule izihlwele, wenyuka intaba yedwa ukuba athandaze. Kwakuhlwa, wayelapho yedwa. ²⁴Umkhombe wawusele ukude nomhlaba, ubethwa ngamaza, kuba umoya wawuwuchasile. ²⁵Ngelixa lesine lobusuku weza kubo, ehamba phezu kolwandle. ^a a v25 Ilixa lesine lobusuku lalimalunga nentsimbi yesithathu kuya kweyesithandathu kusasa—elona lixa limnyama, libanda ngaphambi kokusa. ²⁶Bakumbona ehamba phezu kolwandle, abafundi boyika kunene, besithi: “Sisithunzela!” bakhala ngenxa yoloyiko.

²⁷Kodwa uYesu wathetha nabo kwaoko: “Yomelelani! Ndim; musani ukoyika.”

²⁸Waphendula uPetros wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ukuba nguwe, ndiyalele ndize kuwe phezu kwamanzi.”

²⁹Wathi: “Yiza.” Waphuma emkhombeni uPetros, wahamba phezu kwamanzi, waya kuYesu.

³⁰Kodwa akubona umoya onamandla, woyika, waza, eqalisa ukutshona, wakhala wathi: “Nkosi, ndisindise!”

³¹UYesu kwaoko wolula isandla sakhe, wambamba, wathi kuye: “Wena onokholo oluncinane, ubuthandabuzela ni na?”

³²Baza bakungena emkhombeni, wadamba umoya. ³³Baza abo babesemkhombeni baqubuda kuye, besithi: “Inene unguNyana kaBawo wethu.”

³⁴Bakuba bewelile, bafika emhlabeni eGenesarete. ³⁵Bakumazi amadoda aloo ndawo, athumela ilizwi kuwo wonke loo mmandla, azisa kuye bonke ababesifa. ³⁶Bambongoza ukuba abavumele nje bachukumise umphetho wengubo yakhe; baza bonke abayichukumisayo baphiliswa.