UJesu Uphilisa Umuntu Ofe Uhlangothi
1UJesu wangena esikebheni, wawelela ngaphesheya, waya emzini wakubo. 2Base beletha kuye umuntu ofe uhlangothi, elele ohlakeni. UJesu ebona ukukholwa kwabo, wathi kofe uhlangothi: “Yima isibindi, ndodana, uthethelelwe izono zakho.”
3Abathile kuzazimthetho bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: “Lo muntu uyahlambalaza.”
4UJesu eyazi imidlinzo yabo, wathi: “Yini nidlinze okubi ezinhliziyweni zenu na? 5Ngokuba yikuphi okulula phakathi kokuthi: ‘Uthethelelwe izono zakho,’ nokuthi: ‘Vuka uhambe’ na? 6Kepha ukuze nazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu inegunya lokuthethelela izono emhlabeni ...,” wathi kofe uhlangothi: “Vuka, uthathe uhlaka lwakho, uye endlini yakho.”
7Wavuka, waya endlini yakhe. 8Izixuku zikubona lokho zethuka, zamdumisa uNkulunkulu onike abantu igunya elinjalo.
Ukubizwa KukaMathewu
9Kuthe uJesu edlula lapho, wabona umuntu okuthiwa nguMathewu ehleli endaweni yokuthelisa, wathi kuye: “Ngilandele.”
Wasuka-ke wamlandela.
10Kwathi uJesu ehleli esidlweni endlini, kwase kufika abathelisi abaningi nezoni, bahlala, badla naye nabafundi bakhe. 11AbaFarisi, bekubona lokho, bathi kubafundi bakhe: “Kwenziwa yini ukuba umfundisi wenu adle nabathelisi nezoni na?”
12Kwathi lapho ekuzwa lokho, wathi: “Abaphilileyo abayidingi inyanga, kodwa ngabagulayo kuphela. 13Ngakho-ke hambani nifunde ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuthi: ‘Ngifuna isihawu, hhayi umhlatshelo.’ Ngokuba angizanga ukuzobiza abalungileyo, kodwa izoni.”
Umbuzo Ngokuzila Ukudla
14Khona kwafika kuJesu abafundi bakaJohane, bathi: “Kungani thina nabaFarisi sizila ukudla, kodwa abafundi bakho bengazili na?”
15UJesu wathi kubo: “Ikhetho lingalila yini umyeni esenalo na? Kepha ziyeza izinsuku lapho umyeni eyakususwa kulo; kulapho-ke lizakuzila khona. 16Akekho ochibiyela ngendwangu entsha engutsheni endala, ngokuba isichibi sizoyiklebhuka ingubo endala, bese imbobo yanda kakhulu. 17Newayini elisha alithelwa ezimvabeni ezindala, funa izimvaba zidabuke, lichitheke iwayini, nezimvaba zonakale. Kepha iwayini elisha balithela ezimvabeni ezintsha, kokubili kulondeke.”
Ukuvuswa Kwendodakazi KaJayiru Nokuphulukiswa Kowesifazane
18Esakhuluma lokho kubo; kwafika umphathi othile, wakhuleka kuye, wathi: “Indodakazi yami isanda kufa khona manje, kodwa woza, ubeke isandla sakho phezu kwayo, izakuphila.”
19UJesu wayesesuka-ke, wamlandela, ekanye nabafundi bakhe.
20Kwakukhona owesifazane owayenesifo somopho iminyaka eli-12, wasondela emuva kukaJesu, wathinta umphetho wengubo yakhe. 21Ngokuba wayezindla, ethi: “Uma nje ngingathinta ingubo yakhe, ngizakusindiswa.”
22UJesu waphenduka, wambona, wathi: “Yima isibindi, ndodakazi; ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile.”
Owesifazane wasinda ngaleso sikhathi.
23UJesu esefikile endlini yomphathi, ebona khona ababethi bemitshingo nesixuku esethukile, 24wathi kubo: “Dedani, ngokuba intombazane ayifile, kodwa ilele.”
Bamhleka usulu. 25Kuthe isixuku sesikhishiwe, wangena, wayibamba ngesandla; yavuka intombazana. 26Umbiko ngalokhu wasabalala kulo lonke lelo lizwe.
UJesu Uvula Amehlo Ezimpumputhe Ezimbili
27Ngenkathi uJesu edlula lapho, walandelwa yizimpumputhe ezimbili ezazimemeza zithi: “Ndodana kaDavide, sihawukele!”
28Esefikile endlini, izimpumputhe zeza kuye. UJesu wathi kuzo: “Niyakholwa yini ukuthi ngingakwenza lokhu na?”
Zathi kuye: “Yebo, Nkosi.”
29Wayesethinta amehlo azo, wathi: “Makwenzeke kini njengokukholwa kwenu.”
30Ayesevuleka amehlo azo. UJesu wazidonsa ngendlebe, wathi: “Qaphelani ukuba lokhu kungaziwa muntu.”
31Kepha zathi ziphuma nje, zamdumisa kulo lonke lelo lizwe.
32Ngesikhathi ziphuma, kwalethwa kuye umuntu oyisimungulu enamadimoni. 33Kuthe selikhishiwe idimoni, isimungulu sakhuluma. Izixuku zamangala, zathi: “Hawu, akukaze kubonwe okunje kwa-Israyeli!”
34Kepha abaFarisi, bathi: “Ukhipha amadimoni ngombusi wamadimoni.”
Isivuno Esikhulu Nezisebenzi Eziyingcosana
35 UJesu wahamba imizi yonke nemizana efundisa emasinagogeni abo, eshumayela ivangeli lombuso, ephulukisa bonke abanezifo ezahlukene, nokugula konke. 36Kwathi lapho ebona izixuku, waba nesihe ngazo, ngokuba zazikhathazekile, zithithibele njengezimvu ezingenamalusi. 37 Wayesethi kubafundi bakhe: “Isivuno sikhulu, kodwa izisebenzi ziyingcosana. 38Ngakho-ke nxusani iNkosi yokuvuna ukuba ithume izisebenzi, ziye ekuvuneni kwayo.”
