UJesu upha iinkulungwana ezine
(Mt 15:32-39)
1Emihleni leyo, kwabuthana esinye isiqubuthu godu. Njengombana besinganalitho lokugoma, uJesu wabizela abafundi bakhe kuye wathi: 2“Abantwaba ngiyabarhawukela, sele kumalanga amathathu basoloko banami begodu bangagomi litho. 3Nangingabathumela emakhaya ngendlala, bangatsirimezeka endleleni. Abanye babo babuya kude.”
4Abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: “Kodwana kukuphi lapha umuntu angafumana khona isikwa esaneleko sokubondla njengombana sikude nemizi nje na?”
5UJesu wababuza wathi: “Ninezikwa ezingaki na?” Bathi: “Ezilikhomba.”
6Wayala isiqubuthu bona sihlale phasi. Kwathi bona athathe izikwa ezilikhomba bewathokoza, wazihlephula, wanikela abafundi bakhe kobana baphe abantu; yeke benza njalo. 7Abafundi gade baneenhlambi ezincani ezimbalwa. Kuthe bona uJesu athokoze, wabayala bona babele abantu. 8Abantu bagoma bebasutha. Ngemva kwalapho abafundi babuthelela bazalisa iinqwebu ezilikhomba ngeentshutshuru ezasalako. 9Bekubabantu abangaba ziinkulungwana ezine. Ngemva kobana uJesu abatjhaphululile bona bakhambe, 10yena wangena ngemkhunjini nabafundi bakhe, baya esifundeni seDalmanutha.
AbaFarisi babawa ukubona isibonakaliso
(Mt 16:1-4)
11Kwafika abaFarisi bathoma ukuphikisana noJesu. Bamlinga ngokufuna kuye isibonakaliso esivela ezulwini. 12Wadosa ummoya kabuhlungu wathi: “Kubayini isizukulwanesi sibawa isibonakaliso na? Ngiqinisile ngiyanitjela bona akunasibonakaliso esizakunikelwa sona.”
13Nje-ke wabatjhiya, wangena ngemkhunjini wayamela ngaphetjheya.
Isibiliso sabaFarisi noHerode
(Mt 16:5-12)
14Abafundi bebakhohliwe ukuza nesikwa, bebaphethe sinye tere ngemkhunjini. 15UJesu wabayala wathi: “Tjhejani, niyelele isibiliso sabaFarisi nesakaHerode.”
16Bakhulumisana babodwa bathi: “Kungebanga lokobana singanasikwa.”
17UJesu walemuka ikulumiswano yabo wathi kibo: “Kubayini nikhuluma ngokungabi nesikwa na? Nisengakaboni begodu anikabukulemuka nanje na? Kghani nineenhliziyo eziqinileko na? 18Ninamehlo angaboniko neendlebe ezingezwako na? Anikhumbuli na? 19Lokha ngihlephulela iinkulungwana ezihlanu izikwa ezihlanu nazalisa iinqwebu ezingaki ngeentshutshuru ezasalako na?”
Bathi kuye: “Ezilitjhumi nambili.”
20Wathi: “Lokha nangihlephula izikwa ezilikhomba ngipha iinkulungwana ezine zabantu, nazalisa iinqwebu ezingaki ngeentshutshuru ezasalako na?”
Bathi kuye: “Ezilikhomba.”
21Wababuza wathi: “Alo, soloko anilemuki na?”
UJesu upholisa isiphofu eBhethe-Sayida
22Bafika eBhethe-Sayida, abantu abathileko baletha kuye indoda esiphofu, bamrabhela bona ayikghwathe. 23Wabamba indoda esiphofu ngesandla waphumela nayo ngaphandle komuzi. Kuthe bona ayikhafulele ngemehlweni, wayibeka izandla. Wayibuza wathi: “Kukhona okubonako na?”
24Yaphakamisa amehlo yathi: “Ngibona abantu, bafana nemithi, bayakhambakhamba.”
25Godu uJesu wabeka izandla zakhe phezu kwamehlwayo. Yeke amehlwayo avuleka, yakghona ukubona, yabona koke kuhle. 26Wayithumela ekhaya, wathi kiyo: “Ungabuyeli ngemzini.”
Ubufakazi bakaPitrosi ngoJesu
(Mt 16:13-20; Lk 9:18-21)
27UJesu nabafundi bakhe baya emizini eseKhesariya-Filipi. Endleleni wabuza abafundi bakhe wathi: “Abantu bathi ngingubani na?”
28Baphendula bathi: “Abanye bathi unguJwanisi uMbhabhadisi; abanye bathi ungu-Eliya, kanti abanye bathi ungomunye wabaphorofidi.”
29Wababuza wathi: “Nina-ke, nithi ngingubani na?” UPitrosi wamphendula wathi: “Wena unguKrestu.”
30UJesu wabayala bona bangatjeli namunye ngaye.
UJesu ukhuluma ngokuhlupheka nangokufa kwakhe
(Mt 16:21-28; Lk 9:22-27)
31UJesu wathoma ukubafundisa bona iNdodana yoMuntu kumele itlhage khulu, ilahlwe baphathi, abaphristi abakhulu nabafundisi bomthetho, nokobana kumele ibulawe bekuthi ngemva kwamalanga amathathu ivuke. 32Wakhuluma tjhatjhalazi ngalokhu uPitrosi bewambizela ngeqadi wamkhalimela. 33Kodwana kwathi lokha uJesu naphendukela ebafundini bakhe, wakhalimela uPitrosi wathi: “Suka phambi kwami Sathana ndina! Awulemuki izinto zakaZimu, ulemuka zabantu kwaphela!”
34Wabizela kuye isiqubuthu kanye nabafundi bakhe, wathi kibo: “Nanyana ngubani ofuna ukungilandela, akazidele, atjathe isiphambano sakhe angilandele. 35Ngambala, ofuna ukusindisa ipilwakhe, izamlahlekela; naloyo olahlekelwa yipilwakhe ngebanga lami nangebanga levangeli, uzayisindisa.
36“Kuzamsiza ngani umuntu bona azuze iphaseli loke nje, kodwana alahlekelwe mphefumulwakhe na? 37Umuntu angawenana ngani umphefumulwakhe na? 38Nakube umuntu uneenhloni ngami nangamezwami kilesi sizukulwana esihlobongako nesinezonokazesi, iNdodana yoMuntu nayo izakuba neenhloni ngaye nayifikako ephazimulweni kaYise kanye neengilozini ezicwengileko.”
