NgokukaMakhu 6

6 ¹Wasuka lapho waya edolobheni lakubo, abafundi bakhe bamlandela. ²Ngesabatha waqala ukufundisa esinagogeni. Abaningi abezwayo bamangala: “Lo muntu ukuthathephi lokhu? Yini le nhlakanipho ayinikiweyo? Imimangaliso enje yenzeka kanjani ngezandla zakhe? ³Akusiye yini lo umbazi, indodana kaMariya, umfowabo kaJakobe, noJose, noJuda, noSimoni? Odadewabo abekho yini lapha kithi?” Bakhubeka ngaye.

⁴UJesu wathi kubo: “Umprofethi akasweli udumo ngaphandle kwasedolobheni lakubo, naphakathi kwezihlobo zakhe, nasendlini yakhe.”

⁵Akakwazanga ukwenza mmangaliso lapho, ngaphandle kokubeka izandla phezu kwabagulayo abambalwa wabaphulukisa. ⁶Wamangala ngokuntula kwabo ukukholwa. Wayesezungeza imizana efundisa.

UJesu Uthuma AbayiShumi Nambili

⁷Wabiza abayishumi nambili, waqala ukubathuma ngababili ngababili, wabanika amandla phezu kwemimoya engcolileyo. ⁸Wabayala ukuba bangaphathi lutho endleleni ngaphandle kwaludondolo lodwa—kungabi khona sinkwa, nasikhwama, namali emabhandeni abo, ⁹kodwa bafake izimbadada, bangagqoki izingubo ezimbili.

¹⁰Wathi kubo: “Nomaphi lapho ningena khona endlini, hlalani lapho nize nisuke kuleyo ndawo. ¹¹Noma iyiphi indawo eyala ukunemukela noma ukunizwa, nxa nisuka lapho, thintithani uthuli ezinyaweni zenu kube ngubufakazi ngokumelene nabo.” ^a a v11 Ukuthintitha uthuli ezinyaweni kwakuyisenzo esaziwayo sokwahlukana—uphawu olunzima lokuthi idolobha laliwalile umlayezo, manje selithwele umthwalo walo siqu.

¹²Base bephuma bamemezela ukuthi abantu baphenduke. ¹³Bakhipha amademoni amaningi, bagcoba abagulayo abaningi ngamafutha, babaphulukisa.

Ukufa KukaJohane uMbhapathizi

¹⁴INkosi uHerode yezwa ngalokhu, ngokuba igama likaJesu laliselaziwa. Abanye babethi: “UJohane uMbhapathizi uvusiwe kwabafileyo; yingakho la mandla ezimangaliso esebenza kuye.” ¹⁵Kodwa abanye bathi: “Ngu-Eliya.” Abanye bathi: “Ungumprofethi, njengomunye wabaprofethi basendulo.” ¹⁶Kodwa uHerode esekuzwile lokhu, wathi: “UJohane, engamnquma ikhanda, uvusiwe.” ¹⁷UHerode wayethumele wabamba uJohane, wambopha etilongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya, umkaFiliphu umfowabo, ayesemthathile. ¹⁸Ngokuba uJohane wayelokhu etshela uHerode: “Akuvumelekile kuwe ukuba ube nomkamfowenu.” ¹⁹UHerodiya wayembambele igqubu, efuna ukumbulala, kodwa akakwazanga, ²⁰UHerode wayemesaba uJohane, azi ukuthi ungolungileyo nongcwele, wamvikela. Ukumuzwa uJohane kwakumdidekisa kakhulu uHerode, nokho wayemlalela ngenjabulo.

²¹Kwafika usuku olufanele: usuku lokuzalwa kukaHerode, lapho enzela idili izikhulu zakhe, nezinduna zempi, nabaholi baseGalile. ²²Kwathi indodakazi kaHerodiya ingena isina, yamthokozisa uHerode nezimenywa zakhe zesidlo. Inkosi yathi entombazanyeni: “Ngicele noma yini oyifunayo, ngizakuyinika wena.” ²³Wayifungela wathi: “Noma yini ongicela yona, ngizakunika—kuze kube yingxenye yombuso wami.”

²⁴Yaphuma yathi kunina: “Ngiceleni na?” Wathi: “Ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi.”

²⁵Yangena ngokushesha, ngokuphuthuma, enkosini yacela: “Ngifuna ungiphe khona manje ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi ngesitsha.”

²⁶Idabukile kakhulu, inkosi noma kunjalo ayibange isayenqaba, ngenxa yezifungo zayo nezimenywa zayo. ²⁷Masinyane inkosi yathuma umbulali, iyala ukuba kulethwe ikhanda likaJohane. Wahamba wamnquma ikhanda etilongweni, ²⁸waletha ikhanda lakhe ngesitsha, walinika intombazane, intombazane yalinika unina.

²⁹Kwathi abafundi bakaJohane sebezwile, bafika bathatha isidumbu sakhe, basibeka ethuneni.

UJesu Usuthisa Abayizinkulungwane Ezinhlanu

³⁰Abaphostoli babuthana kuJesu, bamtshela konke ababekwenzile nababekufundisile.

³¹Wathi kubo: “Wozani nedwa endaweni ethule, niphumule kancane.” Ngokuba abaningi babefika behamba, bengenaso isikhathi sokudla.

³²Bahamba ngesikebhe baya endaweni eyihlane bebodwa. ³³Abaningi babababona behamba, babazi; bagijima ngezinyawo bevela kuwo wonke amadolobha, bafika lapho ngaphambi kwabo. ³⁴Esehla esikebheni, wabona isixuku esikhulu, wabahawukela, ngokuba babenjengezimvu ezingenamalusi, waqala ukubafundisa izinto eziningi. ³⁵Sekuhlwile, abafundi bakhe beza kuye bathi: “Le ndawo iyihlane, futhi sekuhlwile. ³⁶Bamukise ukuba baye emaphandleni nasemizaneni ezungelezile, bazithengele okokudla.”

³⁷Waphendula wathi: “Banikeni nina okokudla.” Bathi: “Singahamba siyothenga isinkwa samadenariyu angamakhulu amabili, sibanike badle na?”

³⁸Wababuza wathi: “Ninezinkwa ezingaki? Hambani niyobona.” Sebethola bathi: “Zinhlanu, nezinhlanzi ezimbili.”

³⁹Wayeseyala bonke ukuba bahlale phansi ngamaqoqo otshanini obuluhlaza. ⁴⁰Base behlala phansi ngamaqoqo, ngamakhulu nangamashumi amahlanu. ⁴¹Wathatha izinkwa ezinhlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili, waphakamisela amehlo ezulwini, wabonga wazihlephula izinkwa, wazinika abafundi ukuba bazibeke phambi kwabantu, wabahlukanisela bonke izinhlanzi ezimbili. ⁴²Badla bonke basutha. ⁴³Badobha izitsha eziyishumi nambili ezigcwele imvuthuluka nezinhlanzi. ⁴⁴Ababedla izinkwa babengamadoda azinkulungwane ezinhlanu.

UJesu Uhamba phezu Kwamanzi

⁴⁵Masinyane wenza abafundi bakhe bangena esikebheni ukuba bahambe phambili baye ngaphesheya, ngaseBhetisayida, yena esachitha isixuku. ⁴⁶Esebavalelisile, wakhuphukela entabeni ukuyokhuleka.

⁴⁷Kwathi sekuhlwile, isikebhe sasisolwandle, yena eyedwa emhlabathini. ⁴⁸Wababona bekhandleka ekugwedleni, ngokuba umoya wawuphambene nabo. Cishe ngehora lesithathu ekuseni weza kubo, ehamba phezu kolwandle. Wayefuna ukubadlula, ⁴⁹kodwa bembona ehamba phezu kolwandle, bacabanga ukuthi yisipoki, bamemeza,

⁵⁰ngokuba bonke bambona besaba kakhulu; kodwa masinyane wakhuluma nabo, wathi: “Yimani isibindi; yimi. Ningesabi.”

⁵¹Wangena esikebheni nabo, umoya waphela; bamangala kakhulu phakathi kwabo, ⁵²ngokuba babengaqondanga ngezinkwa, kodwa izinhliziyo zabo zazilukhuni.

⁵³Sebewelile, bafika emhlabathini eGenesaretha, bakhungela esebeni. ⁵⁴Kwathi sebephuma esikebheni, abantu bamazi masinyane. ⁵⁵Bagijima kulo lonke lelo zwe, baqala ukuthwala abagulayo ngamacansi, beya lapho bezwa ukuthi ukhona khona. ⁵⁶Nomaphi lapho aya khona—emizaneni, emadolobheni, emaphandleni—babebeka abagulayo ezindaweni zokuthengisela, bemncenga ukuba bathinte nje umphetho wengubo yakhe. Bonke abayithintayo baphulukiswa.