NgokukaLuka 8

Isahluko 8.

8 ¹Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, wahamba edabula emadolobheni nasemizaneni, eshumayela ememezela izindaba ezinhle zombuso kaBaba wethu. Abayishumi nambili babenaye, ²kanye nabesifazane abathile ababephulukisiwe emimoyeni emibi nasezifweni: uMariya, owayethiwa uMagdalena, okwakuphume kuye amadimoni ayisikhombisa, ³noJowana, umkaKhuza, umphathi kaHerode, noSusana, nabanye abaningi, ababebasekela ngalokho ababenakho.

⁴Kwathi lapho kubuthana isixuku esikhulu, abantu bevela kuwo wonke amadolobha beza kuye, wakhuluma ngomfanekiso:

⁵“Umhlwanyeli waphuma ukuyohlwanyela imbewu yakhe. Kwathi ehlwanyela, enye imbewu yawela endleleni, yanyathelwa, zayidla izinyoni zezulu. ⁶Enye yawela edwaleni; yathi ihluma, yabuna ngokuswela ubumanzi. ⁷Enye yawela phakathi kwameva, ameva akhula kanye nayo, ayiminyanisa. ⁸Enye imbewu yawela emhlabathini omuhle, yakhula, yathela okuphindwe kalikhulu.” Esho lokhu, wamemeza wathi: “Onezindlebe zokuzwa, akezwe.”

⁹Abafundi bakhe bambuza ukuthi lo mfanekiso usho ukuthini.

¹⁰Wathi: “Nina niphiwe ukwazi izimfihlakalo zombuso kaBaba wethu; abanye bona banikwa imifanekiso, ukuze ‘bethi bebona bangaboni, bethi bezwa bangaqondi.’”

¹¹“Manje umfanekiso uyilokhu: Imbewu iyizwi likaBaba wethu. ¹²Abasendleleni yilabo abezwayo; kuthi-ke uSathane eze athathe izwi ezinhliziyweni zabo, ukuze bangakholwa basindiswe. ¹³Abasedwaleni bona bayalizwa izwi balamukele ngenjabulo, kodwa abanampande; bakholwa isikhashana, bese bewa ngesikhathi sokulingwa. ¹⁴Lokho okwawela phakathi kwameva: yilabo abathi bezwa, kodwa bathi behamba, baminyaniswe izinkathazo zalokhu kuphila, nengcebo, nezinjabulo, izithelo zabo zingavuthwa nanini. ¹⁵Kodwa labo abasemhlabathini omuhle: laba bezwa izwi ngenhliziyo eqotho nenhle, baligcine ngokuqinile, bathele izithelo ngokubekezela.”

Ukukhanya Okungafihleki

¹⁶“Akekho olumekayo isibani asimboze ngesitsha, noma asibeke ngaphansi kombhede; kunalokho, usibeka othini lwaso, ukuze abangenayo babone ukukhanya. ¹⁷Ngokuba akukho lutho olufihliweyo olungeke lwembulwe, akukho lutho oluyimfihlo olungeke lwaziwe luvezwe obala. ¹⁸Ngakho qaphelani ukuthi nilalela kanjani, ngokuba onakho uyophiwa okungeziwe; ongenakho, ngisho nalokho acabanga ukuthi unakho uyokwemukwa.”

Umndeni kaBaba wethu

¹⁹Unina nabafowabo beza kuye, kodwa abakwazanga ukufinyelela kuye ngenxa yesixuku. ²⁰Watshelwa: “Unyoko nabafowenu bemi ngaphandle, befuna ukukubona.”

²¹Kodwa wabaphendula wathi: “Umame nabafowethu yilabo abezwa izwi likaBaba wethu balenze.”

UJesu Uyala Isiphepho

²²Ngolunye usuku yena nabafundi bakhe bangena esikebheni. Wathi kubo: “Masiwele siye ngaphesheya kwechibi.” Basuka-ke.

²³Bathi besahamba, wazumeka ubuthongo. Kwehla isiphepho somoya echibini; isikebhe sagcwala amanzi, baba sengozini. ²⁴Bamvusa, bethi: “Nkosi, Nkosi, siyafa!” Wavuka, wawukhuza umoya namanzi ayedlangile; kwathula, kwaba nokuthula. ²⁵Wababuza: “Luphi ukholo lwenu?” Besaba bemangala, bakhulumisana bodwa, bathi: “Kanti ngubani lo? Uyala ngisho nemimoya namanzi, kumlalele.”

Indoda Ekhululwa kuLigiyoni

²⁶Base behamba ngomkhumbi baya esifundeni samaGerasa, esiqondene neGalile. ²⁷Kwathi uJesu ebeka unyawo emhlabathini, kwamhlangabeza indoda yasemzini eyayinamadimoni. Isikhathi eside yayingagqoki zingubo, ingahlali endlini kodwa phakathi kwamathuna. ²⁸Ithe ibona uJesu, yamemeza, yawa phansi phambi kwakhe, yathi ngezwi elikhulu: “Ufunani kimi, Jesu, Ndodana kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke? Ngiyakuncenga, ungangihluphi!” ²⁹UJesu wayewuyalile umoya ongcolile ukuba uphume kuleyo ndoda, ngokuba wawuvame ukuyibamba; nakuba yayigadiwe iboshwe ngamaketanga nangezibopho, yayiwaqaqula, iqhutshwe idimoni iye ehlane.

³⁰UJesu wayibuza: “Ungubani igama lakho?” Yathi: “NginguLigiyoni,” ngokuba amadimoni amaningi ayengene kuyo.

³¹Amncenga ukuba angawayali ukuba aye emgodini ongenamkhawulo.

³²Kwakukhona lapho umhlambi omkhulu wezingulube owawudla entabeni. Amadimoni amncenga ukuba awavumele angene ezingulubeni, wawavumela. ³³Aphuma-ke amadimoni kuleyo ndoda, angena ezingulubeni; umhlambi wagijima ngesiwombe eweni wangena echibini, waminza.

³⁴Abelusi bakubona lokho, babaleka, bakubika emzini nasemaphandleni. ³⁵Isixuku saphuma ukuyobona okwakwenzekile. Bathi befika kuJesu, bayifica indoda okwakuphume kuyo amadimoni ihlezi ezinyaweni zikaJesu, igqokile inengqondo ephelele—base besaba. ³⁶Labo ababekubonile babaxoxela ukuthi yayiphulukiswe kanjani indoda eyayinamadimoni. ³⁷Bonke abantu besifunda samaGerasa bamcela ukuba abashiye, ngokuba babebanjwe ukwesaba okukhulu. Wangena-ke esikebheni, wabuyela emuva. ³⁸Indoda okwakuphume kuyo amadimoni yamncenga ukuba ihambe naye, kodwa uJesu wayimukisa, wathi:

³⁹“Buyela ekhaya; ulandise ngakho konke uBaba wethu akwenzele khona.” Wahamba, ememezela kuwo wonke umuzi ngakho konke uJesu amenzele khona.

Ukuphulukiswa Nokuvuswa Ngokukholwa

⁴⁰Kwathi uJesu esebuyile, isixuku samamukela, ngokuba bonke babemlindile. ⁴¹Kwafika indoda egama layo linguJayiru, umphathi wesinagoge, yawa ezinyaweni zikaJesu, imncenga ukuba eze endlini yayo, ⁴²ngokuba yayinendodakazi eyodwa, eyayineminyaka engaba yishumi nambili, eyayisifa. Kwathi uJesu ehamba, izixuku zamminyana zimcindezela. ⁴³Kwakukhona owesifazane owayephethwe ukopha iminyaka eyishumi nambili; wayesechithe konke ayephila ngakho kubelaphi, kodwa kungekho noyedwa owayekwazi ukumelapha. ⁴⁴Weza ngemva kwakhe, wathinta umphetho wengubo yakhe, kwathi masinyane kwama ukopha kwakhe.

⁴⁵UJesu wathi: “Ngubani ongithintile?” Kwathi lapho bephika bonke, uPhethro wathi: “Nkosi, izixuku ziyakuminyanisa ziyakucindezela.”

⁴⁶Kodwa uJesu wathi: “Ukhona ongithintile, ngokuba ngizwile ukuthi amandla aphumile kimi.”

⁴⁷Ebona ukuthi angeke asale ecashile, owesifazane weza ethuthumela, wawa phambi kwakhe, wamemezela phambi kwabo bonke ukuthi kungani emthintile nokuthi uphuluke kanjani masinyane.

⁴⁸Wathi kuye: “Ndodakazi, ukholo lwakho lukuphulukisile; hamba ngokuthula.”

⁴⁹Esakhuluma, kwafika othile ovela endlini yomphathi wesinagoge, wathi: “Indodakazi yakho isifile; ungabe usamkhathaza uMfundisi.”

⁵⁰Kodwa uJesu ekuzwa lokho, wamphendula: “Ungesabi; kholwa nje, uyosindiswa.”

⁵¹Efika endlini, akavumelanga muntu ukuba angene naye ngaphandle kukaPhethro, noJohane, noJakobe, noyise nonina wengane.

⁵²Bonke babekhala bemlilela, kodwa yena wathi: “Ningakhali, ngokuba akafile, ulele nje.”

⁵³Base bemhleka usulu, bazi ukuthi ufile.

⁵⁴Kodwa wayibamba ngesandla, wamemeza wathi: “Ngane, vuka.”

⁵⁵Umoya wayo wabuya, yavuka masinyane. Wabayala ukuba bayiphe ukudla. ⁵⁶Abazali bayo bamangala, kodwa wabayala ukuba bangatsheli muntu ngalokho okwenzekile.