UBawo Umzukisa UNyana Wakhe
Entabeni ubuso bakhe buyakhazimla, nelizwi likaYise elivela efini lithi makamphulaphule. Ezantsi inkwenkwe kayise ebandezelekayo ilindile, kwaye abafundi basilele. UYesu uyayiphilisa, abalule ukholo lwabo oluncinane, aze aphinde athi uya kunikelwa.
17 1Emva kweemini ezintandathu, uYesu wathabatha uPetros, noYakobi, noYohane umzalwana wakhe, waza wabanyusela entabeni ende bebodwa. 2Waguqulwa inkangeleko phambi kwabo: ubuso bakhe bakhazimla njengelanga, iingubo zakhe zaba mhlophe njengokukhanya. 3Kwathi gqi uMoses noEliya bebonakala kubo, bethetha naye. 4UPetros wathi kuYesu: “Nkosi, kulungile ukuba sikho apha. Ukuba uyafuna, ndiya kwakha izindlu ezintathu zokuhlala—enye yakho, enye kaMoses, enye ka-Eliya.”
5Esathetha, lafika ilifu eliqaqambileyo labagubungela, kwaza kwabakho izwi eliphuma elifeni lisithi: “Lo nguNyana wam oyintanda; ndikholisiwe nguye. Mphulaphuleni.”
6Bakukuva oko abafundi, bawa ngobuso babo, boyika kunene.
7Kodwa uYesu weza wabachukumisa, wathi: “Vukani, ningoyiki.”
8Bathe bawaphakamisa amehlo, ababona mntu ngaphandle koYesu yedwa.
9Besihla entabeni, uYesu wabayala wathi: “Ningaxeleli bani loo mbono, ude uNyana woLuntu avuswe kwabafileyo.”
10Abafundi bambuza bathi: “Kutheni ke ababhali besithi uEliya umelwe kukuza kuqala?”
11Waphendula wathi: “UEliya okunene uyeza, aze abuyisele ezindaweni zonke izinto. 12Kodwa ndithi kuni, uEliya sele efikile, ke abamnakananga, bamphatha ngokwentando yabo. Kwangokunjalo noNyana woLuntu uza kuva ubunzima ezandleni zabo.”
13Bandula ke abafundi ukuqonda ukuba ebethetha kubo ngoYohane umbhaptizi.
UYesu Uphilisa Inkwenkwe Edandathekisiweyo
14Bathe ke bakufika kwisihlwele, kweza indoda kuye, yaguqa phambi kwakhe, 15isithi: “Nkosi, mhawukele unyana wam, kuba uyawa isithuthwane, eva ubunzima kakhulu; kuba ufuthi ewela emlilweni, ufuthi emanzini. 16Ndamzisa kubafundi bakho, kodwa abakwazanga ukumphilisa.”
17Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Sizukulwana esingakholwayo, esisigqwethe! Kunini na ndihleli nani, kunini na ndinyamezela nina? Mziseni apha kum.”
18Waza uYesu wayikhalimela idemon, yaphuma kuye, yaphiliswa inkwenkwe kwaoko.
19Bandula ke abafundi ukuza kuYesu ngasese, bathi: “Kutheni thina singabanga nako ukuyikhupha?”
20Wathi kubo: “Ngenxa yokuba ukholo lwenu luncinane. Inene ndithi kuni: ngokholo olungangenkozo yemostade, niya kuthi kule ntaba, ‘Suka apha uye phaya,’ ize isuke. Akukho nto iya kuninqabela.” a a v20 Imibhalo-ngqangi emidala ayinayo indinyana 21 apha; iikopi zamva zongeza zisithi: “Kodwa olu hlobo aluphumi, ingenguwo umthandazo nokuzila ukudla.”
22Bakuba bebuthelene eGalili, uYesu wathi kubo: “UNyana woLuntu uza kunikelwa ezandleni zabantu, 23bambulale, aze ngomhla wesithathu avuswe.” Baza baba buhlungu kakhulu.
Irhafu Yetempile
24Bakufika eKapernahum, ababuthi berhafu yetempile basondela kuPetros, bathi: “Umfundisi wenu akayihlawuli na irhafu yetempile?”
25Wathi: “Ewe.” Akungena endlwini, uYesu wathetha kuqala, wathi: “Ucinga ntoni na, Simon? Ookumkani basemhlabeni bafumana kubani na iirhafu nemirhumo—koonyana babo, okanye kwabanye?” b b v25 Umbuzo kaYesu ulatha enyanisweni enzulu: njengoNyana osendlwini kaYise, akanarhafu uyihlawulayo apho—itempile yeyoYise, yena unguNyana.
26Akuthi uPetros: “Kwabanye,” uYesu wathi kuye: “Khona ukuze oonyana bakhululekile.”
27“Kodwa ukuze singabakhubekisi, yiya elwandle, uphose ihuka, uthabathe intlanzi yokuqala ephuma emanzini. Vula umlomo wayo, uya kufumana imali. Yithabathe uyinike bona, ibe yeyam neyakho.”
