NgokukaLuka 9

Isahluko 9.

9 ¹UJesu wabizela ndawonye abayishumi nambili, wabanika amandla negunya phezu kwawo onke amademoni nokuphulukisa izifo. ²Wabathuma ukuba bamemezele umbuso kaBaba wethu nokuphulukisa abagulayo.

³Wathi kubo: “Ningaphathi lutho endleleni: noludondolo, nesikhwama, nesinkwa, nemali, ningaphathi nazingubo ezimbili ngamunye. ⁴Noma yiyiphi indlu eningena kuyo, hlalani khona, nisuke lapho. ⁵Lapho bengenamukeli khona, thintithani uthuli ezinyaweni zenu nxa niphuma kulowo muzi, kube ngubufakazi obumelene nabo.”

⁶Base bephuma behamba bedabula imizi ngemizi, bememezela izindaba ezinhle bephulukisa yonke indawo.

⁷UHerode umbusi wesifunda wezwa konke okwakwenzeka, wadideka, ngokuba abanye bathi uJohane uvusiwe kwabafileyo, ⁸abanye bathi u-Eliya ubonakele, kanti abanye bathi omunye wabaprofethi basendulo uvukile. ⁹UHerode wathi: “UJohane ngamnquma ikhanda—pho ngubani lo engizwa izinto ezinje ngaye?” Wayelokhu efuna ukumbona.

Izinkwa ezinhlanu zisuthisa abayizinkulungwane ezinhlanu

¹⁰Kwathi sebebuyile abaphostoli, bamtshela uJesu konke ababekwenzile. Wabathatha wabahlukanisela bodwa waya emzini othiwa iBhetsayida. ¹¹Kepha izixuku zakuthola lokho zamlandela. Wazamukela, wakhuluma kuzo ngombuso kaBaba wethu, waphulukisa labo ababekudinga. ¹²Kwathi usuku seluphela, abayishumi nambili beza bathi kuye: “Mukisa isixuku ukuze sithole indawo yokulala nokudla emizini nasemaphandleni asizungezile—thina lapha sisendaweni eyihlane.”

¹³Wathi: “Baphumeni nina ukudla badle.” Bathi: “Asinalutho ngaphandle kwezinkwa ezinhlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili—ngaphandle kokuba sihambe siyothengela sonke lesi sixuku ukudla.”

¹⁴Ngokuba kwakungamadoda angaba yizinkulungwane ezinhlanu. Wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Bahlaliseni ngamaqembu angaba ngamashumi amahlanu ngalinye.”

¹⁵Benza njalo, bahlalisa phansi bonke. ¹⁶Wathatha izinkwa ezinhlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili, wabheka phezulu ezulwini, wazibusisa wazihlephula, wayelokhu ezinika abafundi ukuba bazabele isixuku. ¹⁷Badla bonke basutha; imvuthuluka eyasala yagcwalisa izitsha eziyishumi nambili.

Nithi ngingubani?

¹⁸Kwathi ngesinye isikhathi, uJesu ekhuleka yedwa abafundi bakhe beseduze, wababuza wathi: “Izixuku zithi ngingubani?”

¹⁹Baphendula bathi: “UJohane uMbhapathizi. Abanye bathi u-Eliya. Kanti abanye bathi omunye wabaprofethi basendulo uvukile.”

²⁰Wabuza wathi: “Kepha nina nithi ngingubani?” UPhethro waphendula wathi: “UnguKhristu kaBaba wethu.” ^a a v20 Lapho uPhethro ebiza uJesu ngokuthi “uKhristu kaBaba wethu,” uvuma uJesu njengoGcotshiweyo othunywe nguBaba—iNdodana ehlukaniswa noBaba oyithumileyo.

INdodana yomuntu imelwe ukuhlupheka

²¹UJesu wabayala ngokuqinileyo, ebalayeza ukuba bangatsheli muntu lokhu,

²²wathi: “INdodana yomuntu imelwe ukuhlupheka izinto eziningi, ilahlwe ngamalunga nangabapristi abakhulu nangababhali, ibulawe, kuthi ngosuku lwesithathu ivuswe.”

²³Wayesethi kubo bonke: “Uma umuntu ethanda ukuza emva kwami, makazidele, athwale isiphambano sakhe imihla ngemihla, angilandele. ²⁴Ngokuba othanda ukusindisa ukuphila kwakhe uyakukulahlekelwa, kepha olahlekelwa ukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yami uyakukusindisa. ²⁵Ngokuba kumsizani umuntu uma ezuza umhlaba wonke, kanti ulahlekelwa yikho uqobo lwakhe noma uzilahla? ²⁶Oba namahloni ngami nangamazwi ami, iNdodana yomuntu iyakuba namahloni ngaye lapho iza enkazimulweni yayo neyoBaba neyezingelosi ezingcwele. ²⁷Kepha nginitshela iqiniso, abanye abemi lapha abayikulizwa ukufa bengakawuboni umbuso kaBaba wethu.”

uBaba ukhazimulisa iNdodana yakhe

²⁸Kwathi sekudlule izinsuku ezingaba yisishiyagalombili emva kwalawa mazwi, uJesu wathatha uPhethro noJohane noJakobe, wakhuphukela entabeni ukuyokhuleka. ²⁹Kwathi esakhuleka, isimo sobuso bakhe saguquka, nezingubo zakhe zaba mhlophe ziphazima. ³⁰Kwakukhona amadoda amabili akhuluma naye—uMose no-Eliya, ³¹ababonakala senkazimulweni, bekhuluma ngokumuka kwakhe ayesezakukufeza eJerusalema.

³²UPhethro nababenaye babesindwa ubuthongo; sebephapheme nokuphaphama, babona inkazimulo yakhe namadoda amabili ayemi naye. ³³Kwathi besuka kuye, uPhethro wathi kuJesu: “Nkosi, kuhle ukuba silapha. Masakhe amadokodo amathathu—elinye ngelakho, elinye ngelikaMose, elinye ngelika-Eliya.” Wayengakwazi akushoyo.

³⁴Esakhuluma, kwafika ifu labasibekela ngethunzi; bathi bengena kulo, besaba.

³⁵Kwavela izwi efwini lathi: “Lo uyiNdodana yami, oKhethiweyo wami—mlaleleni!” ^b b v35 Ekuguqukeni kwesimo, izwi likaBaba uqobo libiza uJesu ngokuthi “iNdodana yami, oKhethiweyo wami”—iNdodana efanayo uBaba athokoza ngayo, manje esembuliwe enkazimulweni.

³⁶Kwathi seliphelile izwi, uJesu watholakala eyedwa. Bathula, abaze batshela muntu ngalezo zinsuku lokho ababekubonile.

Indodana kababa ikhululwa ebumnyameni

³⁷Kwathi ngakusasa, sebehlile entabeni, isixuku esikhulu sahlangabeza naye. ³⁸Indoda ethile esixukwini yamemeza yathi: “Mfundisi, ngiyakuncenga, mbheke indodana yami, ngokuba iyingane yami eyodwa kuphela. ³⁹Umoya uyambamba, kuthi ngokuzumayo amemeze; uyamdlikiza aze akhihlize amagwebu, ungamyeki kalula, umlimaza. ⁴⁰Ngancenga abafundi bakho ukuba bawukhiphe, kodwa behlulekile.”

⁴¹UJesu waphendula wathi: “Sizukulwane esingakholwayo nesisontekileyo, koze kube nini ngihlala nani ngininyamezela? Yiletha lapha indodana yakho.”

⁴²Kwathi umfana esasondela, idemoni lamphonsa phansi lamdlikiza. Kepha uJesu wawukhuza umoya ongcolileyo, waphulukisa umfana, wambuyisela kuyise.

INdodana yomuntu izakunikelwa

⁴³Bonke bamangaliswa ngubukhosi bukaBaba wethu. Besamangele bonke ngakho konke uJesu akwenzayo, wathi kubafundi bakhe:

⁴⁴“Wahlalisani lawa mazwi ezindlebeni zenu: iNdodana yomuntu izakunikelwa ezandleni zabantu masinyane.”

⁴⁵Kodwa abaliqondanga leli zwi—lalifihliwe kubo ukuze bangaliqondi—futhi besaba ukumbuza ngalo.

⁴⁶Kwase kuvela ukuphikisana phakathi kwabo ngokuthi ngubani kubo omkhulu kunabo bonke. ⁴⁷Kepha uJesu, azi imicabango yezinhliziyo zabo, wathatha umntwana wammisa eceleni kwakhe,

⁴⁸wathi kubo: “Owamukela lo mntwana egameni lami wamukela mina, nowamukela mina wamukela lowo ongithumileyo. Ngokuba omncane kunani nonke—nguyena omkhulu.”

⁴⁹UJohane wathi: “Nkosi, sibone umuntu ekhipha amademoni egameni lakho, sazama ukumvimba, ngokuba kalandeli kanye nathi.”

⁵⁰“Ningamvimbi,” kwasho uJesu kuye, “ngokuba ongamelene nani ungakini.”

UJesu ubhekisa ubuso bakhe eJerusalema

⁵¹Kwathi sezisondele izinsuku zokwenyuselwa kwakhe ezulwini, uJesu wabhekisa ubuso bakhe ngokuzimisela ukuya eJerusalema. ⁵²Wathuma izithunywa phambi kwakhe. Zahamba zangena emzini wamaSamariya ukuba zimlungisele, ⁵³kodwa abantu bakhona abamamukelanga, ngokuba wayebhekise ubuso bakhe eJerusalema. ⁵⁴Bebona lokhu, abafundi uJakobe noJohane bathi: “Nkosi, uthanda ukuba sibize umlilo wehle uvela ezulwini ukuba ubashwabadele na?”

⁵⁵Kepha waphenduka wabakhuza. ⁵⁶Base beya komunye umuzi.

Izindleko zokulandela uJesu

⁵⁷Besahamba endleleni, omunye umuntu wathi kuye: “Ngizakukulandela noma uyaphi.”

⁵⁸UJesu wathi: “Izimpungushe zinemigodi, izinyoni zezulu zinezidleke, kepha iNdodana yomuntu ayinandawo yokucamelisa ikhanda layo.”

⁵⁹Komunye wathi: “Ngilandele.” Yena waphendula wathi: “Nkosi, ngivumele kuqala ngiyongcwaba ubaba.”

⁶⁰Kepha uJesu wathi kuye: “Yeka abafileyo bangcwabe abafileyo babo, kodwa wena hamba uyomemezela umbuso kaBaba wethu.”

⁶¹Omunye naye wathi: “Ngizakukulandela, Nkosi, kodwa ngivumele kuqala ngivalelise kwabasekhaya kwami.”

⁶²UJesu waphendula wathi: “Akekho othi esebeke isandla sakhe ekhubeni, abuke emuva, ofanele umbuso kaBaba wethu.”