NGOKUKAMARKU 4

₁Khona wabuye waqala ukufundisa ngaselwandle. Kwabuthana kuye isixuku esikhulu kakhulu, waze wangena emkhunjini, wahlala elwandle; isixuku sonke sasisemhlabathini ngaselwandle.

₂Wabafundisa okuningi ngemifanekiso; wathi kubo ekufundiseni kwakhe:

₃Lalelani; bhekani, kwaphuma umhlwanyeli ukuyohlwanyela.

₄Kwathi ekuhlwanyeleni kwakhe enye imbewu yawela ngasendleleni; kwafika izinyoni, zayidla zayiqeda.

₅Enye yawela edwaleni, lapho yayingenamhlabathi omningi khona; yamila masinyane, ngokuba ingenamhlabathi ojulileyo.

₆Kwathi ukuba liphume ilanga, yahamuka; nangokuba ingenampande, yabuna.

₇Enye yawela emeveni; ameva akhula, ayiminyanisa, ayaze yathela isithelo.

₈Enye yawela emhlabathini omuhle; yahluma, yakhula, yathela isithelo, yaveza ngamashumi amathathu, nangamashumi ayisithupha, nangekhulu.

₉Wayesethi: Onezindlebe zokuzwa makezwe.

₁₀Lapho esengasesitha, ababenaye kanye nabayishumi nambili bambuza ngalemifanekiso.

₁₁Wathi kubo: Nina niphiwe imfihlakalo yombuso kaNkulunkulu, kodwa abangaphandle benzelwa konke ngemifanekiso, ₁₂ukuze

₁₃Wayesethi kubo: Aniwazi lomfanekiso; pho, niyakuyazi kanjani yonke imifanekiso na?

₁₄Umhlwanyeli uhlwanyela izwi.

₁₅Abangasendleleni yilabo abathi lapho kuhlwanyelwa khona izwi, nanxa sebelizwile, kufike masinyane uSathane, alisuse izwi elihlwanyelwe kubo.

₁₆Kanjalo abahlwanyelwe edwaleni yilabo abathi sebelizwile izwi, balamukele masinyane ngokuthokoza;

₁₇kepha kabanampande phakathi kwabo, kodwa bahlala isikhashana nje, kuthi sekuvelé ukuhlupheka nokuzingelwa ngenxa yezwi, bakhubeke masinyane.

₁₈Abanye bangabahlwanyelwe emeveni; yibo abalizwile izwi,

₁₉kepha iminako yalesisikhathi, nokukhohlisa kwengcebo, nokunxanela ezinye izinto kungena kuliminyanise izwi, libe-ngelingatheliyo.

₂₀Nabahlwanyelwe emhlabathini omuhle yilabo abalizwa izwi, balamukele, bathele isithelo ngamashumi amathathu, nangamashumi ayisithupha, nangekhulu.

₂₁Wayesethi kubo: Imbala isibani siza ukuba sibekwe phansi kwesitsha nokuba phansi kombhede yini, singabekwa othini, na?

₂₂Ngokuba akukho okusithekileyo okungayikuhlalukiswa; akukho okuyisifuba okungayikuba-sobala.

₂₃Uma ekhona onezindlebe zokuzwa, makezwe.

₂₄Wayesethi kubo: Qaphelani enikuzwayo; ngalesosilinganiso enilinganisa ngaso nani niyakulinganiselwa ngaso, nenezelwe nina.

₂₅Ngokuba onakho uyakuphiwa; kepha ongenakho uyakwamukwa nalokho anakho.

₂₆Wayesethi: Unjalo umbuso kaNkulunkulu; unjengokuba umuntu ephonsa imbewu emhlabathini,

₂₇alale, avuke ubusuku nemini, imbewu imile, ikhule, engazi ukuthi kanjani.

₂₈Umhlabathi uthela isithelo ngokwawo, kuqala ikhaba, khona isikhwebu, besekuba-yizinhlamvu ezipheleleyo esikhwetshini.

₂₉Nxa sesivuthiwe isithelo, afake masinyane isikela, ngokuba ukuvuna sekufikile.

₃₀Wathi futhi: Siyakuwufanisa nani umbuso kaNkulunkulu? Siyakuwuchaza ngamfanekiso muni na?

₃₁Unjengenhlamvu yesinaphi ethi, nxa ihlwanyelwe emhlabathini, incinyane kunazo zonke izimbewu ezisemhlabeni,

₃₂kodwa nxa isihlwanyelwe imila ibenkulu kunazo zonke izilimo, ixhante amagatsha amakhulu, ukuze izinyoni zezulu zakhele emthunzini wawo.

₃₃Walikhuluma izwi kubo ngemifanekiso eminingi enjalo njengamandla abo okuzwa;

₃₄kodwa ngaphandle komfanekiso kakhulumanga kubo; kepha sebebodwa, wabachasisela abafundi bakhe konke.

₃₅Ngalolosuku sekuhlwile, wathi kubo: Asiwele siye ngaphesheya.

₃₆Base bemukisa isixuku, bahamba naye, njengalokho ebesemkhunjini; kwakukhona neminye imikhumbi ihambisana naye.

₃₇Kwase kuvuka isivunguvungu esikhulu somoya, amaza aphonseka phakathi emkhunjini, umkhumbi waze waqala ukugcwala.

₃₈Kepha yena wayengasemuva emkhunjini elele esicamelweni; bamvusa, bathi kuye: Mfundisi, awunaki, nakuba sibhubha, na?

₃₉Wayesevuka, wakhuza umoya, wathi kulo ulwandle: Thula, uthi du. Kwanqamuka umoya, kwaba-khona ukuthula okukhulu.

₄₀Wathi kubo: Yini ukuba nesabe kangaka na? Yini ukuba ningabi-nakukholwa na?

₄₁Besaba ngokwesaba okukhulu, bathi omunye komunye: Kanti lo ungubani, lokhu nomoya nolwandle kuyamlalela?