NgokukaMakhu 5

5 ¹Bafika ngaphesheya kolwandle, esifundeni samaGerasa. ²Kwathi uJesu ephuma esikebheni, kwahle kwamhlangabeza umuntu onomoya ongcolile, evela emathuneni. ³Wayehlala emathuneni, futhi kwakungasekho muntu owayengambopha, ngisho nangeketanga. ⁴Ngokuba wayevame ukuboshwa ngezibopho nangamaketanga, kodwa aqaqe amaketanga awaphule nezibopho—kwakungekho muntu owayenamandla okumnqoba. ⁵Ubusuku nemini, emathuneni nasezintabeni, wayelokhu ememeza, ezisika ngamatshe. ⁶Kwathi embona uJesu esekude, wagijima wawa phansi phambi kwakhe. ⁷Ememeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Ufunani kimi, Jesu, Ndodana kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke? Ngiyakuncenga ngoNkulunkulu, ungangihluphi!”

⁸Ngokuba uJesu wayelokhu ethi kuye: “Phuma kulo muntu, wena moya ongcolile!”

⁹UJesu wambuza: “Ungubani igama lakho?” Wathi: “NginguLegiyoni, ngokuba sibaningi.” ^a a v9 Ibutho lamaRoma elibizwa ngokuthi yilegiyoni lalinamasotsha angaba yizinkulungwane eziyisithupha—leli gama lembula ukuthi lo muntu wayehlushwa yizinkulungwane zemimoya emibi.

¹⁰Wayelokhu emncenga ukuba angayithumeli ngaphandle kwaleso sifunda. ¹¹Kwakukhona lapho umhlambi omkhulu wezingulube udla emthambekeni wentaba. ¹²Yase imncenga, yathi: “Sithumele ezingulubeni; sivumele singene kuzo.”

¹³Wayivumela. Imimoya engcolile yaphuma yangena ezingulubeni; umhlambi—owawungaba yizinkulungwane ezimbili—wagijima wehla eweni wangena olwandle, waminza olwandle. ¹⁴Abelusi babaleka bayolanda indaba edolobheni nasemaphandleni; abantu beza ukuzobona okwakwenzekile. ¹⁵Beza kuJesu babona lowo muntu owayengenwe ngamademoni, lowo owayenelegiyoni, ehlezi lapho, embethe enengqondo ephelele—base besaba. ¹⁶Labo ababekubonile bababikela okwakwenzeke kulowo owayengenwe ngamademoni, nangezingulube. ¹⁷Baqala ukumncenga uJesu ukuba amuke esifundeni sabo.

¹⁸Kwathi engena esikebheni, lowo owake wangenwa ngamademoni wamncenga ukuba abe naye.

¹⁹Kodwa uJesu wala, kunalokho wathi kuye: “Hamba uye ekhaya kwabakini, ubatshele ukuthi kungakanani uBaba wethu akwenzele khona, nokuthi ukuhawukele kanjani.” ^b b v19 Lapho ezinye izinguqulo zithi “iNkosi,” iFHB iqamba uBaba wethu—uJesu uthumela lo muntu owelashiwe ekhaya ukuba axoxe ngesihawu sikaBaba, sona kanye leso sihawu lo muntu abese esibona sembulwe kuJesu uqobo lwakhe.

²⁰Wahamba waqala ukumemezela eDekapholisi konke uJesu ayemenzele khona, wonke umuntu wamangala. ^c c v20 IDekapholisi—okuchaza “amadolobha ayishumi” ngesiGreki—kwakuyisifunda samadolobha ayizizwe ikakhulu, eningizimu nasempumalanga yoLwandle lwaseGalile.

Ukwelashwa Ngokholo, Ukuvuswa Ngothando

²¹Kwathi uJesu esewelele futhi ngesikebhe ngaphesheya, isixuku esikhulu sabuthana kuye ngaselwandle. ²²Omunye wabaholi besinagoge, ogama lakhe linguJayirosi, weza, wabona uJesu, wawa ezinyaweni zakhe, ²³wamncenga kakhulu, wathi: “Indodakazi yami encane iyafa. Woza ubeke izandla zakho phezu kwayo, ukuze isiliswe iphile.”

²⁴UJesu wahamba naye. Isixuku esikhulu samlandela, saminyana kuye. ²⁵Kwakukhona owesifazane owayenomopho wegazi iminyaka eyishumi nambili. ²⁶Wayehlushwe kakhulu ngabelaphi abaningi, wachitha konke ayenakho, kodwa akazange azuze lutho, isimo sakhe saqhubeka saba sibi nakakhulu. ²⁷Esezwile ngoJesu, weza ngemuva kwakhe phakathi kwesixuku, wathinta ingubo yakhe. ²⁸Ngokuba wayelokhu ethi: “Uma ngithinta nje izingubo zakhe, ngiyakusiliswa.” ²⁹Wahle woma umopho wegazi lakhe, wezwa emzimbeni wakhe ukuthi usesilisiwe esifweni sakhe.

³⁰UJesu wahle wazi ukuthi amandla aphumile kuye, waphenduka phakathi kwesixuku, wabuza: “Ngubani othinte izingubo zami?”

³¹Abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: “Uyasibona isixuku sikucindezela, kodwa uthi, ‘Ngubani ongithintile?’”

³²Wabheka nxazonke ukuba abone owayekwenzile lokho. ³³Kodwa owesifazane, esaba ethuthumela, azi okwakwenzeke kuye, weza wawa phambi kwakhe, wamtshela lonke iqiniso.

³⁴Wathi kuye: “Ndodakazi, ukholo lwakho lukusilisile. Hamba ngokuthula, usilisiwe esifweni sakho.”

³⁵Esakhuluma, kwafika abantu abavela endlini yomholi wesinagoge, bathi: “Indodakazi yakho isifile. Usamhluphelani uMfundisi?”

³⁶Kodwa uJesu wakuzwa lokho abakushoyo, wathi kumholi wesinagoge: “Ungesabi, kholwa kuphela.”

³⁷Akavumelanga muntu ukuba amlandele ngaphandle kukaPhethro, noJakobe, noJohane umfowabo kaJakobe. ³⁸Bafika endlini yomholi wesinagoge, uJesu wabona isiphithiphithi—abantu bekhala, belila kakhulu.

³⁹Engena, wathi kubo: “Yini lesi siphithiphithi nokukhala? Umntwana akafile, ulele nje.”

⁴⁰Bamhleka. Kodwa wabakhipha bonke, wathatha uyise womntwana nonina nalabo ababenaye, wangena lapho umntwana ekhona.

⁴¹Wayibamba ngesandla, wathi kuyo: “Talitha koum,” okungukuthi: “Ntombazanyana, ngithi kuwe, vuka!”

⁴²Yahle intombazanyana yasukuma yahamba—ngokuba yayineminyaka eyishumi nambili—base behle bamangala kakhulu. ⁴³Wabayala kakhulu ukuba bangatsheli muntu ngalokhu, wathi mabayiphe okokudla.