ULUKA 5

₁Ke kaloku uYesu xa wayemi ngakuLwandle lwaseGenesarete, izihlwele zimxinile, zisiza kuva ilizwi likaThixo, ₂wabona izikhitshana ezibini ziselunxwemeni. Abalobi babephumile kuzo, behlamba iminatha. ₃Wathi ke, engene kwesinye isikhitshana esasisesikaSimon, wamcela ukuba akhe ashenxe kancinane elunxwemeni. UYesu ke wazifundisa izihlwele ehleli esikhitshaneni.

₄Akugqiba ukuthetha, wathi kuSimon: “Yiyani phakathi enzulwini, nihlise iminatha yenu, nibambise.”

₅Waphendula uSimon wathi kuye: “Mhlekazi, sibulaleke ubusuku bonke, asabamba nento le; kodwa ngokutsho kwakho ndiya kuwuhlisa umnatha.” ₆Bathi bakwenjenjalo, babambisa inkitha yeentlanzi, kangangokuba waphants' ukuqhaqheka umnatha wabo. ₇Baza bakhweba abalingane babo ababekwesinye isikhitshana, ukuba beze kubancedisa. Beza ke, bazizalisa zozibini izikhitshana, zada zaphants' ukutshona. ₈Ekubonile okwenzekileyo, uPetros waguqa phambi koYesu, wathi: “Mka kum, Nkosi, kuba ndiyindoda engumoni.”

₉Yena nabo bonke ababenaye babemangalisiwe lolo banjiso lungako lweentlanzi. ₁₀Babemangalisiwe noYakobi noYohane, oonyana bakaZebhedi, ababengabalingane bakaSimon. UYesu ke wathi kuSimon: “Ungoyiki. Ukususela namhlanje uya kuba ngumlobi wabantu.”

₁₁Bakuba ke bezitsalele elunxwemeni izikhitshana, bashiya into yonke, balandela uYesu.

₁₂Kwathi uYesu ekwidolophu ethile kwafika indoda ithe gqume liqhenqa. Le ndoda ke, yakumbona uYesu, yawa ngobuso phambi kwakhe, yambongoza isithi: “Nkosi, ndiyazi ukuba unako ukundihlambulula, ukuba uyathanda.”

₁₃Wasolula uYesu isandla, wayichukumisa, esithi: “Ndiyathanda; hlambuluka.” Kwangoko laphela kuyo iqhenqa. ₁₄UYesu ke wayiyala esithi mayingaxeleli bani, waza wathi: “Hamba uye kuzibonisa kumbingeleli, wenze umnikelo ngezo zinto wazimiselayo uMosis, ube bubungqina bokuhlanjululwa kwakho.”

₁₅Kwaba kukhona ke uYesu angundabamlonyeni; kwaza kwabuthelana isihlwele esikhulu, sisiza kumphulaphula nokuphiliswa nguye kwizifo ngezifo. ₁₆Ke yena uYesu wayemana ukuya esiguqweni ngasese, athandaze.

₁₇Kwathi ngamini ithile uYesu efundisa, kwafika *abaFarasi nabachazi-mthetho, bephuma kuzo zonke iindolophu zelaseGalili nelakwaJuda, naseJerusalem. Amandla eNkosi ayekho kuye, ephilisa. ₁₈Nako ke kufika amadoda ethwele ngokhuko umntu ofe umzimba, efuna ukumngenisa endlwini, ambeke phambi koYesu. ₁₉Exakiwe kukumngenisa ngenxa yokuxinana kwesihlwele, akhwela phezu kwendlu, aqhaqha uphahla, amhlisa ngokhuko, ambeka phakathi, phambi koYesu. ₂₀Akulubona uYesu ukholo lwawo, wathi kofe umzimba: “Mfondini, izono zakho zixolelwe.”

₂₁Baza abachazi-mthetho nabaFarasi bathetha bodwa besithi: “Yini na ukuba lo mntu anyelise ngolu hlobo? Ngubani kakade onako ukuxolela izono ngaphandle koThixo?”

₂₂UYesu ke, ezazi iingcamango zabo, wabaphendula wathi kubo: “Yini na ukuba nibe nezi ngcamango ezintliziyweni zenu? ₂₃Okukona kulula kukuphi? Kukho ukuthi: ‘Izono zakho zixololwe,’ kukho nokuthi: ‘Vuka uhambe’? ₂₄Ke ukuze nazi ukuba yena *uNyana woLuntu unalo igunya lokuxolela izono emhlabeni apha – úthi kofe umzimba – ndithi kuwe: ‘Vuka, uthathe ukhuko lwakho, uhambe ugoduke!’ ”

₂₅Waphakama kwangoko bemjongile, waluthatha ukhuko abelele kulo, wagoduka ebulela uThixo. ₂₆Bamangaliswa ke bonke, bamdumisa uThixo, besoyika kakhulu, besithi: “Sibone umhlola namhlanje.”

₂₇Emva koko uYesu waphuma, waza wabona umqokeleli-rhafu, ogama linguLevi, ehleli eofisini yerhafu; wathi kuye: “Ndilandele.” ₂₈Washiya konke ke, wamlandela.

₂₉ULevi ke wamenzela isidlo esikhulu uYesu endlwini yakhe. Kweso sidlo kwakukho iqela elikhulu labaqokeleli-rhafu nabanye abantu. ₃₀Ke *abaFarasi nabachazi-mthetho babebakrokrela abafundi bakaYesu, besithi: “Yini na ukuba nitye nisele kunye nabaqokeleli-rhafu *naboni?”

₃₁Wabaphendula uYesu esithi: “Ugqirha akafuneki nganto kwabaphilileyo, ufuneka kwabagulayo. ₃₂Andizanga kubiza malungisa, ndize kubiza aboni, ukuba baguquke.”

₃₃Ke kaloku abantu abathile bathi kuYesu: “Kutheni na ukuba abafundi bakaYohane *nababaFarasi basoloko bezila ukutya, bethandaza, kanti bona abakho bayatya basele?”

₃₄UYesu ke wathi kubo: “Ngaba abakhaphi bomyeni ninokubazilisa na ukutya umyeni esenabo? ₃₅Hayi, kodwa yofika yona imini yokuba umyeni asuswe kubo. Ngaloo mini ke baya kukuzila ukutya.”

₃₆Ke kaloku uYesu wathetha umzekeliso kubo, esithi: “Akukho mntu uthatha isiziba kwisambatho esitsha asithungele kwesidala, hleze asonakalise isambatho esitsha, sibe isiziba eso singasilungeli nesidala. ₃₇Kananjalo akukho mntu uyitha kwiimvaba ezindala iwayini entsha engekabili; kuba, ukuba uthe wenjenjalo, iwayini leyo yobila, izigqabhuze iimvaba, ichitheke, zonakale nezo mvaba. ₃₈Iwayini engekabili mayithiwe kwiimvaba ezintsha. ₃₉Kananjalo akukho mntu uthi, esele iwayini endala, athande nengekatsali, kuba uthi: ‘Endala inencasa!’ ”