UNyana kaBawo Ujamelana noMhendi
Elambile emva kweentsuku ezimashumi mane, uYesu uphendula umhendi kathathu ngelizwi likaBawo wakhe endaweni yokungqina nantoni na. Emva koko uhlala eKapernahum, abize ababambisi beentlanzi abawushiya kwaoko umnatha wabo, zize izihlwele zivele kuwo onke amacala zithwele bonke abo kungekho omnye owayenokubaphilisa.
4 1Waza uMoya oyiNgcwele wamkhokela uYesu waya entlango, ukuba ahendwe ngumtyholi. 2Uthe akuba ezilile ukudla iimini ezimashumi mane nobusuku obumashumi mane, walamba. 3Weza umhendi wathi kuye: “Ukuba unguNyana kaThixo, wisela umthetho la matye ukuba abe zizonka.”
4Kodwa yena waphendula wathi: “Kubhaliwe kwathiwa, ‘Umntu akaphili ngasonka sodwa, uphila ngelizwi ngalinye eliphuma emlonyeni kaBawo wethu.’”
5Wandula umtyholi wamsa kwisixeko esingcwele, wammisa encochoyini yetempile, 6wathi kuye: “Ukuba unguNyana kaThixo, ziphose phantsi, kuba isibhalo sithi, ‘Uya kuwisela umthetho izithunywa zakhe ngawe, zikuthwale ngezandla zazo, ukuze ungabetheki ngonyawo lwakho elityeni.’”
7Wathi uYesu kuye: “Kubhaliwe kananjalo, ‘Uze ungamlingi uBawo wakho.’”
8Wabuya umtyholi wamsa entabeni ende kunene, wambonisa zonke izikumkani zehlabathi nozuko lwazo, 9wathi kuye: “Zonke ezi zinto ndiya kukunika zona, ukuba uthe waqubuda, wandinqula.”
10Wandula uYesu wathi kuye: “Suka apha, Sathana! Kuba isibhalo sithi, ‘Uze unqule uBawo wakho, umkhonze yena yedwa.’”
11Wamshiya ke umtyholi, zaza ngequbuliso zeza izithunywa zezulu zamlungiselela.
Ukukhanya Kumpondozankomo eGalili
12Ke kaloku, akuva ukuba uYohane ufakwe entolongweni, wemka wasinga kwelaseGalili. 13Wemka eNazarete, waya kuhlala eKapernahum, ngaselwandle, emideni yakwaZebhulon noNafetali, 14ukuze kuzaliseke okwathethwayo ngumprofeti uIsaya, esithi: 15“Ilizwe lakwaZebhulon nelizwe lakwaNafetali, indlela yaselwandle, ngaphesheya kweYordan, iGalili yeentlanga, 16abantu abahleli ebumnyameni babone ukukhanya okukhulu, kananjalo abo bahleliyo kummandla nasethunzini lokufa, kubo kuqhakazile ukukhanya.”
17Kwathabathela kuloo xesha uYesu waqala ukushumayela, esithi: “Guqukani, kuba busondele ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu.”
UYesu Ubiza Abafundi Bakhe Bokuqala
18Ehamba ngaselwandle lwaseGalili, wabona abazalwana ababini, uSimon ekuthiwa nguPetros, noAndreya umntakwabo. Babephosa iminatha yabo elwandle, kuba babengababambisi beentlanzi.
19Wathi kubo: “Yizani apha nindilandele, ndonenza nibe ngababambisi babantu.”
20Bayishiya kwaoko iminatha yabo, bamlandela. 21Ehambela phambili esuka apho, wabona abanye abazalwana ababini, uYakobi, lo kaZebhedi, noYohane umzalwana wakhe, besemkhombeni kunye noyise uZebhedi, beyilungisa iminatha yabo; wababiza ke. 22Bawushiya kwaoko umkhombe noyise, bamlandela.
UBawo Uyaphilisa NgoNyana Wakhe
23Wahamba kulo lonke elaseGalili, efundisa ezindlwini zabo zesikhungu, evakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo zobukumkani, ephilisa zonke izifo nezikhuhlane phakathi kwabantu. 24Lwaphuma udumo lwakhe kulo lonke elaseSiriya. Bazisa kuye bonke ababesifa, abo babephethwe zizifo ngezifo neentlungu ngeentlungu, ababephethwe ziidemon, abanesithuthwane, nabo abome umzimba; waza wabaphilisa. 25Zamlandela izihlwele ezininzi zivela kwelaseGalili, naseDekapoli, naseYerusalem, nakwelakwaYuda, nangaphesheya kweYordan. a a v25 IDekapoli yayilisebe lezixeko ezilishumi, ikakhulu zeentlanga, ezisempumalanga nasemzantsi-mpumalanga woLwandle lwaseGalili.
