NgokukaMakhu 2

2 ¹Ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa, lapho uJesu ebuyela eKapernawume, kwasakazeka izwi lokuthi usekhaya. ²Kwabuthana abantu abaningi kangangokuthi kwakungasekho ndawo, ngisho nasemnyango, futhi wayekhuluma izwi kubo. ³Kwase kufika amadoda eletha kuye indoda efe uhlangothi, ithwelwe ngabantu abane. ⁴Lapho bengakwazi ukumletha kuJesu ngenxa yesixuku, bawususa uphahla ngaphezu kwakhe, baphula kulo, behlisa icansi okwakulele kulo indoda efe uhlangothi.

⁵Lapho uJesu ebona ukholo lwabo, wathi endodeni efe uhlangothi: “Ndodana, izono zakho zithethelelwe.”

⁶Ababhali abathile babehlezi khona, becabanga ezinhliziyweni zabo, ⁷“Kungani lo muntu ekhuluma kanje? Uyahlambalaza! Ngubani ongathethelela izono ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu yedwa?”

⁸Ngaso leso sikhathi uJesu wazi emoyeni wakhe ukuthi babecabanga kanje ngaphakathi kubo, wathi kubo: “Kungani nicabanga lezi zinto ezinhliziyweni zenu? ⁹Yikuphi okulula—ukutshela indoda efe uhlangothi ukuthi, ‘Izono zakho zithethelelwe,’ noma ukuthi, ‘Sukuma, thatha icansi lakho, uhambe’? ¹⁰Kodwa ukuze nazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu inegunya emhlabeni lokuthethelela izono”—wathi endodeni efe uhlangothi, ^a a v10 Ababhali babesanda kusho ukuthi nguNkulunkulu kuphela ongathethelela izono — manje uJesu, iNdodana yomuntu, uyazithethelela. Isiqu esithi “iNdodana yomuntu” sibuyela emuva embonweni kaDaniyeli womuntu owanikwa igunya elingunaphakade, futhi lapha sembula ngokuthula ukuthi ungubani uJesu. ¹¹“Ngithi kuwe, sukuma, thatha icansi lakho, uye ekhaya.”

¹²Wasukuma, ngokushesha wathatha icansi lakhe, waphuma phambi kwabo bonke, kangangokuthi bonke bamangala badumisa uBaba wethu, bethi: “Asikaze sibone into enjena.”

UJesu Ubiza Umthelisi

¹³UJesu waphinda waphuma eceleni kolwandle; isixuku sonke seza kuye, wasifundisa.

¹⁴Edlula, wabona uLevi indodana ka-Alfewusi ehlezi endaweni yokuthelisa, wathi: “Ngilandele.” Wasukuma wamlandela.

¹⁵Kwathi uJesu edla etafuleni endlini kaLevi, abathelisi abaningi nezoni badla kanye noJesu nabafundi bakhe, ngokuba babebaningi abamlandelayo. ¹⁶Bebona ukuthi udla nezoni nabathelisi, ababhali babaFarisi babuza abafundi bakhe: “Kungani edla nabathelisi nezoni?”

¹⁷Ezwa lokhu, uJesu wathi kubo: “Abaphilayo abamdingi udokotela, kodwa abagulayo bayamdinga. Angizanga ukuza kubiza abalungileyo, kodwa izoni.”

Iwayini Elisha, Indlela Entsha

¹⁸Abafundi bakaJohane nabaFarisi babezila ukudla. Beza bambuza: “Kungani abafundi bakaJohane nabafundi babaFarisi bezila, kodwa abakho bengazili?”

¹⁹UJesu wathi kubo: “Kungenzeka yini ukuba izimenywa zomshado zizile ngenkathi umkhwenyana enazo? Uma besenomkhwenyana nabo, abakwazi ukuzila. ²⁰Kodwa kuyofika izinsuku lapho umkhwenyana ethathwa kubo; khona-ke, ngalolo suku, bayozila. ²¹Akekho othungela indwangu entsha engakafinyeli esembathweni esidala; funa isichibi esisha sidabuke sisuke kwesidala, bese ukudabuka kuba kubi nakakhulu. ²²Akekho ofaka iwayini elisha emigodleni emidala; iwayini liyaqhumisa imigodla, bese kokubili konakala. Iwayini elisha lifakwa emigodleni emisha.”

INdodana Yomuntu, INkosi YeSabatha

²³Ngelinye iSabatha, wadabula emasimini amabele, kwathi behamba, abafundi bakhe baqala ukukha izikhwebu zamabele. ²⁴AbaFarisi bathi kuye: “Bheka, kungani benza okungavumelekile ngeSabatha?”

²⁵Wathi kubo: “Anikaze yini nifunde lokho akwenza uDavide ngenkathi eswele elambile, yena nalabo ayenabo, ²⁶ukuthi wangena kanjani endlini kaBaba wethu ngezinsuku zika-Abhiyatha umpristi omkhulu, wadla isinkwa sokubukwa—esingavunyelwe ukudliwa ngaphandle kwabapristi—wanika nalabo ayenabo?”

²⁷Wathi kubo: “ISabatha lenzelwa abantu, hhayi umuntu ngenxa yeSabatha. ²⁸Ngakho iNdodana yomuntu iyiNkosi, ngisho neyeSabatha.”