UBaba Ukhazimulisa iNdodana Yakhe
Entabeni ubuso bakhe buyakhazimula, futhi izwi likaBaba wakhe elivela efwini lithi mlaleleni. Ezansi kulinde umfana ohlushwayo kababa othile, futhi abafundi behlulekile. UJesu uyamphilisa, abize ukholo lwabo oluncane, aphinde athi uzonikelwa.
17 1Emva kwezinsuku eziyisithupha, uJesu wathatha uPhethro, uJakobe, noJohane umfowabo, wabahola bakhuphukela entabeni ephakeme bebodwa. 2Waguqulwa isimo phambi kwabo: ubuso bakhe bakhanya njengelanga, izingubo zakhe zaba mhlophe njengokukhanya. 3Kungazelelwe, kwabonakala kubo uMose no-Eliya bekhuluma naye. 4UPhethro wathi kuJesu: “Nkosi, kuhle ukuba silapha. Uma uthanda, ngizokwakha amadokodo amathathu—elinye ngelakho, elinye ngelikaMose, elinye ngelika-Eliya.”
5Esakhuluma, ifu elikhanyayo labasibekela, kwathi izwi eliphuma efwini lathi: “Lo uyiNdodana yami engiyithandayo; ngithokoza ngayo. Nilalele yena.”
6Kwathi abafundi bekuzwa, bawa ngobuso babo besaba kakhulu.
7Kodwa uJesu weza wabathinta, wathi: “Vukani, ningesabi.”
8Kwathi bephakamisa amehlo, babona uJesu yedwa kuphela.
9Besehla entabeni, uJesu wabayala wathi: “Ningatsheli muntu lo mbono, kuze kuvuke iNdodana yomuntu kwabafileyo.”
10Abafundi bambuza bathi: “Pho, kungani ababhali bethi u-Eliya umelwe ukuza kuqala?”
11Waphendula wathi: “U-Eliya uyeza impela, uzobuyisela zonke izinto. 12Kodwa ngithi kini, u-Eliya usefikile, kodwa abamazanga, kepha benza kuye konke abakuthandayo. Ngokunjalo neNdodana yomuntu isizohlupheka ezandleni zabo.”
13Khona-ke abafundi baqonda ukuthi wayekhuluma nabo ngoJohane uMbhapathizi.
UJesu Welapha Umfana Ohlushwayo
14Kwathi sebefika esixukwini, kweza kuye umuntu, waguqa phambi kwakhe, 15wathi: “Nkosi, yiba nesihe endodaneni yami, ngokuba inesithuthwane ihlupheka kabuhlungu, ivame ukuwela emlilweni nasemanzini. 16Ngayiletha kubafundi bakho, kodwa abakwazanga ukuyelapha.”
17UJesu waphendula wathi: “Awu sizukulwane esingakholwayo nesiphambene! Koze kube nini ngihlala nani, koze kube nini nginibekezelela? Mletheni lapha kimi.”
18UJesu walikhuza idemoni, laphuma kuye, umfana wasinda ngaso leso sikhathi.
19Khona-ke abafundi beza kuJesu bebodwa bathi: “Kungani thina sehlulekile ukulikhipha?”
20Wathi kubo: “Ngenxa yokuthi ukholo lwenu luncane. Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: uma ninokholo olunjengohlamvu lwesinaphi, nizothi kule ntaba, ‘Suka lapha uye laphaya,’ izosuka. Akukho lutho oluzonehlula.” a a v20 Imibhalo yakudala kunazo zonke ayinalo ivesi lama-21 lapha; amakhophi akamuva anezelela: “Kodwa lolu hlobo aluphumi ngaphandle kokuthandaza nokuzila ukudla.”
22Besababuthana eGalile, uJesu wathi kubo: “INdodana yomuntu isizonikelwa ezandleni zabantu, 23bayoyibulala, kuthi ngosuku lwesithathu ivuswe.” Badabuka kakhulu.
Intela Yethempeli
24Sebefika eKapernawume, abaqoqi bentela yethempeli beza kuPhethro bathi: “Umfundisi wenu akayikhokhi yini intela yethempeli?”
25Wathi: “Yebo.” Kwathi engena endlini, uJesu wakhuluma kuqala wathi: “Ucabangani, Simoni? Amakhosi omhlaba aqoqa kubani imali yendlela noma intela—emadodaneni awo, noma kwabanye?” b b v25 Umbuzo kaJesu ukhomba iqiniso elijulile: njengeNdodana endlini kaYise, akanantela ayikweletayo khona — ithempeli ngelikaYise, yena uyiNdodana.
26Kwathi uPhethro ethi: “Kwabanye,” uJesu wathi kuye: “Pho-ke amadodana akhululekile.”
27“Kodwa ukuze singabakhubi, hamba uye elwandle, uphonse udobo, uthathe inhlanzi yokuqala ephumayo. Vula umlomo wayo uzothola uhlamvu lwemali. Luthathe ulunike bona ngenxa yami neyakho.”
