NGOKUKAMARKU 3

₁Khona wabuye wangena esinagogeni*. Kwakukhona lapho umuntu onesandla esishwabeneyo.

₂Bamqaphela ukuba uzakumphilisa yini ngesabatha, ukuze bambeke icala.

₃Wathi kumuntu onesandla esishwabeneyo: Sukuma, ume phakathi.

₄Wayesethi kubo: Kuvunyelwe ngesabatha ukwenza okuhle noma okubi yini, ukusindisa umuntu noma ukumbulala na? Kepha bathula.

₅Waqalaza ebabuka ngokuthukuthela, edabukile ngobulukhuni benhliziyo yabo; wayesethi kulowomuntu: Yelula isandla. Waselula, saphiliswa isandla sakhe.

₆AbaFarisi base bephuma masinyane, bacebisana ngaye nabakaHerode ukuthi bangambhubhisa kanjani.

₇UJesu wasuka kanye nabafundi bakhe, waya ngaselwandle; isixuku esikhulu samlandela sivela eGalile, naseJudiya,

₈naseJerusalema, naseIdumiya, nangaphesheya kweJordani, nangaseTire, naseSidoni; isixuku esikhulu sesizwile konke akwenzayo seza kuye.

₉Wayeseyala abafundi bakhe ukuba isikebhe simlindele ngenxa yesixuku sabantu, ukuze bangamcindezeli,

₁₀ngokuba wayephulukisa abaningi, kwaze kwathi bonke abanezifo bawela phezu kwakhe ukuba bamnamathe.

₁₁Nawomoya abangcolileyo bathi ukuba bambone, bawa phansi phambi kwakhe, bamemeza bathi: Wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.

₁₂Wabayalisisa ukuba bangamzwakalisi.

₁₃Wayesenyukela entabeni, wabizela kuye abebafuna yena; beza kuye.

₁₄Wamisa abayishumi nambili ukuba babe-naye nokuba abathume baye kushumayela,

₁₅babe-namandla okukhipha amademoni.

₁₆Wayesemisa laba abayishumi nambili: uSimoni owamqamba igama lokuthi uPetru,

₁₇noJakobe kaZebedewu, noJohane umfowabo kaJakobe; laba wabaqamba igama lokuthi oBowanergesi okungukuthi amadodana okuduma;

₁₈noAndreya, noFiliphu, noBartolomewu, noMathewu, noTomase, noJakobe ka-Alfewu, noThadewu, noSimoni umKhanani,

₁₉noJuda Iskariyothe owamkhaphelayo.

₂₀Wayesefika ekhaya; isixuku sabuthana futhi, ababe besaba-nathuba lokudla nasinkwa.

₂₁Abakubo sebekuzwile baphuma ukuyombamba, ngokuba bathi uyahlanya.

₂₂Nababhali abehla bevela eJerusalema bathi: UnoBelzebule, ukhipha amademoni ngombusi wamademoni.

₂₃Wayesebabiza, wakhuluma kubo ngemifanekiso, ethi: USathane angakhipha kanjani uSathane na?

₂₄Uma umbuso wahlukene wodwa, lowombuso ungeme.

₂₅Nendlu, uma yahlukene yodwa, leyondlu ayizukuma.

₂₆NoSathane, uma ezivukela yena, ahlukane, akanakuma, kepha uyaphela.

₂₇Yebo, akakho ongangena endlini yesiqhwaga, aphange impahla yaso, uma engabophi kuqala isiqhwaga, andukuba aphange indlu yaso.

₂₈Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Abantwana babantu bayakuthethelelwa izono zonke nokuhlambalaza noma kungakanani abangahlambalaza ngakho,

₂₉kepha lowo ohlambalaza uMoya oNgcwele kanakuthethelelwa naphakade, kodwa unecala lesono esingapheliyo.

₃₀Ngokuba bathi unomoya ongcolileyo.

₃₁Kwase kufika unina nabafowabo, bema ngaphandle, bathumela kuye bembiza.

₃₂Isixuku sabantu sasimphahlile; bathi kuye: Bheka, unyoko nabafowenu nawodadewenu bangaphandle bekufuna.

₃₃Wabaphendula wathi: Ngubani umame nabafowethu na?

₃₄Waqalaza ebuka ababehlezi bemphahlile, wathi: Bhekani, nangu umame nabafowethu.

₃₅Ngokuba owenza intando kaNkulunkulu nguye ongumfowethu nodadewethu nomame.