NgokukaMakhu 4

4 ¹UJesu wabuye wafundisa ngaselwandle. Kwabuthana isixuku esikhulu kangangokuba wangena esikebheni emanzini wahlala phansi, kuthi sonke isixuku sasisemhlabathini ngaselwandle. ²Wabafundisa izinto eziningi ngemifanekiso, nasekufundiseni kwakhe wathi kubo:

³“Lalelani! Umhlwanyeli waphuma ukuyohlwanyela. ⁴Kwathi esahlwanyela, enye imbewu yawela ngasendleleni, kweza izinyoni zayidla zayiqeda. ⁵Enye yawela emhlabathini onamatshe, lapho kwakungenamhlabathi omningi khona, yahluma masinyane ngokuba umhlabathi wawungenakujula. ⁶Kwathi liphuma ilanga, izithombo zahangulwa, zabuna ngokuba zazingenampande. ⁷Enye imbewu yawela phakathi kwameva, ameva akhula ayiminyanisa, ayaze yathela. ⁸Enye imbewu yawela emhlabathini omuhle, yathela isithelo esahluma, sakhula, satshela okungamashumi amathathu, amashumi ayisithupha, nekhulu kunalokho okwakuhlwanyelwe.” ⁹Wathi: “Onezindlebe zokuzwa akezwe.”

¹⁰Kwathi eseyedwa, labo ababemzungezile, kanye nabayishumi nambili, bambuza ngemifanekiso.

¹¹Wathi kubo: “Kunikwe nina imfihlakalo yombuso kaBaba wethu, kodwa kulabo abangaphandle konke kufika ngemifanekiso, ¹²ukuze ‘babuke kodwa bangaboni, bezwe kodwa bangaqondi, bangaphenduki baze bathethelelwe.’”

¹³Wathi kubo: “Anawuqondi lo mfanekiso na? Pho niyoyiqonda kanjani yonke imifanekiso? ¹⁴Umhlwanyeli uhlwanyela izwi. ¹⁵Laba yilabo abangasendleleni lapho izwi lihlwanyelwa khona: kuthi lapho bezwa, uSathane eze masinyane alisuse izwi elihlwanyelwe kubo. ¹⁶Laba yilabo abahlwanyelwe emhlabathini onamatshe, abathi lapho bezwa izwi, balamukele masinyane ngenjabulo. ¹⁷Kodwa abanampande ngaphakathi kubo, bema isikhashana nje; kuthi lapho kufika usizi noma ukushushiswa ngenxa yezwi, bakhubeke masinyane. ¹⁸Abanye bayilabo abahlwanyelwe phakathi kwameva. Laba yilabo abalizwayo izwi, ¹⁹kodwa ukukhathazeka kwaleli zwe, nenkohliso yengcebo, nezinkanuko zezinye izinto kungene kuliminyanise izwi, lingatheli isithelo. ²⁰Laba-ke yilabo abahlwanyelwe emhlabathini omuhle: bayalizwa izwi, balamukele, bathele isithelo—okungamashumi amathathu, amashumi ayisithupha, nekhulu ngokuphindiwe.”

Isibani Senzelwe Ukukhanya

²¹Wathi kubo: “Kukhona yini oletha isibani ukuze asibeke ngaphansi kwesitsha noma ngaphansi kombhede—kungabi phezu kothi lwesibani? ²²Akukho okufihliweyo okungeke kwambulwe; akukho okuyimfihlo okungeke kuvele obala. ²³Uma ekhona onezindlebe zokuzwa, akezwe.”

²⁴Wathi kubo: “Qaphelani enikuzwayo. Isilinganiso enisebenzisa ngaso niyolinganiselwa ngaso—kwandiselwe kini. ²⁵Ngokuba onakho uyophiwa okwengeziwe; kuthi ongenakho, kuyothathwa kuye ngisho nalokho anakho.”

Imbewu Ikhula Ngokwayo

²⁶Wathi: “Umbuso kaBaba wethu unjengomuntu ohlwanyela imbewu emhlabathini. ²⁷Ebusuku nasemini, elele noma ephapheme, imbewu iyahluma ikhule, yize engazi ukuthi kanjani. ²⁸Umhlabathi uthela isithelo ngokwawo—kuqala uhlamvu, bese kuba yisikhwebu, bese kuba yinhlamvu egcwele esikhwebini. ²⁹Kodwa kuthi lapho inhlamvu ivuthwa, athumele masinyane isikela, ngokuba ukuvuna sekufikile.”

Imbewu Yesinaphi

³⁰Wathi: “Singawufanisa nani umbuso kaBaba wethu, noma singawusebenzisela muphi umfanekiso? ³¹Unjengembewu yesinaphi, encane kunazo zonke izimbewu lapho ihlwanyelwa emhlabathini. ³²Kodwa kuthi isihlwanyelwe, ikhule ibe nkulu kunazo zonke izimila zensimu, ithele amagatsha amakhulu kangangokuba izinyoni zezulu zingakhona ukwakha izidleke emthunzini wayo.”

³³Ngemifanekiso eminingi enjalo walikhuluma izwi kubo, njengokuba babengakwazi ukuzwa. ³⁴Wakhuluma kubo ngemifanekiso kuphela, kodwa ngasese wachazela abafundi bakhe konke.

UJesu Uthulisa Isiphepho

³⁵Ngalolo suku, kwathi sekuhlwile, wathi kubo: “Masiwele siye ngaphesheya.”

³⁶Basishiya isixuku bamthatha, enjengoba enjalo, esikebheni, kanti nezinye izikebhe zazihamba naye. ³⁷Kwavuka isiphepho somoya esinamandla. Amagagasi ayegqashuka engena esikebheni, kangangokuba sasesizele amanzi. ³⁸Kodwa uJesu wayelele ngasemuva esikebheni phezu komcamelo. Bamvusa bathi: “Mfundisi, awunandaba yini ngokuthi siyafa?”

³⁹Wavuka, wawukhuza umoya, wathi kulwandle: “Thula! Thula du!” Wanqamuka umoya, kwaba nokuthula okukhulu. ⁴⁰Wathi kubo: “Nesabelani kangaka? Anikabi nalo yini ukholo?”

⁴¹Besaba kakhulu, babuzana bodwa: “Pho ungubani lo, ukuthi ngisho nomoya nolwandle kuyamlalela?”