NgokukaLuka 5

5 ¹Ngesinye isikhathi, kwathi isixuku siminyene simzungeza ukuze sizwe izwi likaBaba wethu, uJesu wayemi ngaseChibini laseGenesaretha. ^a a v1 IChibi laseGenesaretha ligama elinye loLwandle lwaseGalile. ²Wabona izikebhe ezimbili zimi ngasechibini; abadobi base bephumile kuzo, behlanza amanetha abo. ³Wangena kwesinye sezikebhe, esikaSimoni, wamcela ukuba asiqhelise kancane ogwini, wabe esehlala phansi wafundisa izixuku esesikebheni.

⁴Kwathi eseqedile ukukhuluma, wathi kuSimoni: “Qhubekela emanzini ajulile, wehlise amanetha enu ukuze nibambe.”

⁵USimoni waphendula wathi: “Mnumzane, sisebenze ubusuku bonke asibambanga lutho. Kodwa ngezwi lakho, ngizowehlisa amanetha.” ⁶Bathi sebekwenzile lokho, babamba izinhlanzi eziningi kakhulu kangangokuba amanetha abo aqala ukudabuka. ⁷Baqhweba ozakwabo ababesesikebheni esinye ukuba bezosiza; beza bazigcwalisa zombili izikebhe kangangokuba zaqala ukucwila. ⁸Kwathi uSimoni Phethro ekubona lokhu, wawa ngamadolo kuJesu wathi: “Ngishiye, Nkosi, ngokuba ngiyindoda eyisoni!” ⁹Ngokuba wayebanjwe ukumangala, yena nabo bonke ababenaye, ngenxa yezinhlanzi ababezibambile,

¹⁰kanjalo noJakobe noJohane, amadodana kaZebedi, ababengozakwabo bakaSimoni. UJesu wathi kuSimoni: “Ungesabi; kusukela manje uzobamba abantu.”

¹¹Ngakho bazidonsela izikebhe zabo ogwini, bashiya konke, bamlandela.

Indoda eyenziwa yahlanzeka

¹²Kwathi uJesu esekomunye wemizi, kwavela indoda eyayigcwele isifo sesikhumba esibi. Ithe ibona uJesu, yawa ngobuso phansi yancenga yathi: “Nkosi, uma uthanda, ungangihlanza.”

¹³UJesu welula isandla sakhe, wayithinta: “Ngiyathanda. Hlanzeka.” Masinyane isifo sesikhumba sasuka kuyo.

¹⁴UJesu wayala ukuba ingatsheli muntu, wathi: “kodwa hamba uyozibonakalisa kumpristi, unikele lokho uMose akuyala ngenxa yokuhlanzwa kwakho, kube ngubufakazi ebantwini.”

¹⁵Kodwa izwi ngaye landa nakakhulu; izixuku ezinkulu zabuthana ukuze zimuzwe zelashwe ezifweni zazo. ¹⁶Kodwa uJesu wayevame ukuhlehlela ezindaweni eziyihlane akhuleke.

Amandla kaBaba wethu okuthethelela

¹⁷Ngolunye usuku kwathi efundisa, abaFarisi nabafundisi bomthetho babehlezi, ababevela kuyo yonke imizana yaseGalile, naseJudiya naseJerusalema. Amandla kaBaba wethu ayelapho ukuze elaphe abagulayo. ¹⁸Khona manjalo, kweza amadoda ethwele indoda efe uhlangothi ngecansi, ezama ukuyingenisa ayibeke phambi kukaJesu. ¹⁹Bengatholi ndlela yokungena ngenxa yesixuku, bakhwela phezu kwendlu, bayehlisa ngecansi layo besebenzisa izitini zophahla, phakathi nendawo, khona phambi kukaJesu.

²⁰Kwathi uJesu ebona ukholo lwabo, wathi: “Mngane, izono zakho uzithethelelwe.”

²¹Ababhali nabaFarisi baqala ukuphikisana, bethi: “Ngubani lo muntu othuka uNkulunkulu? Ngubani ongathethelela izono ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu yedwa?”

²²UJesu, azi lokho ababekucabanga, wabaphendula wathi: “Nicabangelani ezinhliziyweni zenu? ²³Yikuphi okulula: ukuthi, ‘Izono zakho uzithethelelwe,’ noma ukuthi, ‘Sukuma uhambe’? ²⁴Kodwa ukuze nazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu inegunya emhlabeni lokuthethelela izono” — wathi kuyo indoda efe uhlangothi — “ngithi kuwe, sukuma, uthathe icansi lakho, uye ekhaya.”

²⁵Masinyane wasukuma phambi kwabo, wathatha icansi lakhe, waya ekhaya ekhazimulisa uBaba wethu. ²⁶Ukumangala kwababamba bonke; bakhazimulisa uBaba wethu, begcwele ukwesaba, bethi: “Namuhla sibone izinto ezimangalisayo.”

UJesu ubiza uLevi

²⁷Emva kwalokho, uJesu waphuma wabona umthelisi ogama lakhe linguLevi ehlezi endaweni yokuthelisa. Wathi: “Ngilandele.”

²⁸Ngakho uLevi wasukuma, washiya konke, wamlandela. ²⁹ULevi wamenzela uJesu idili elikhulu endlini yakhe, kwaba khona isixuku esikhulu sabathelisi nabanye sihlezi nabo etafuleni. ³⁰Kodwa abaFarisi nababhali babo bakhononda kubafundi bakhe, bethi: “Nidlelani niphuze nabathelisi nezoni?”

³¹UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Abaphilayo abamdingi udokotela, kodwa abagulayo. ³²Angizanga ukubiza abalungileyo, kodwa izoni ukuba ziphenduke.”

Umbuzo ngokuzila ukudla

³³Bathi kuye: “Abafundi bakaJohane bazila ukudla kaningi bakhuleke, kanjalo nabafundi babaFarisi, kodwa abakho bayadla baphuze.”

³⁴UJesu wathi: “Ningabenza yini abangani bomkhwenyana bazile ukudla ngesikhathi esenabo? ³⁵Kodwa kuyoza izinsuku lapho umkhwenyana eyothathwa kubo, khona-ke, ngalezo zinsuku, bayozila ukudla.”

³⁶Wabatshela nomfanekiso wathi: “Akekho oklebhula isichibi engutsheni entsha asithungele engutsheni endala. Uma kungenjalo, uyayiklebhula entsha, futhi isichibi esisha asihambisani nendala. ³⁷Akekho ofaka iwayini elisha emigodleni yesikhumba emidala; uma kungenjalo iwayini elisha liyoqhumisa imigodla, lichitheke, nemigodla yonakale. ³⁸Cha, iwayini elisha kumele lithelwe emigodleni emisha. ³⁹Futhi akekho othi esephuze iwayini elidala abesefuna elisha, ngokuba uthi, ‘Elidala lihle.’”