ULUKA 9

₁Ke kaloku uYesu ubabizele ndawonye abafundi bakhe abalishumi elinambini, wabanika amandla negunya lokoyisa zonke iindimoni, nokuphilisa izifo. ₂Wabathuma ukuba bashumayele bavakalise ulawulo lukaThixo, baphilise nemilwelwe. ₃Wathi kubo: “Ze ningaphathi nto yandlela: nokuba ngumsimelelo, nokuba yingxowa, nokuba sisonka, nokuba yimali. Ningaphathi zambatho ngazibini. ₄Nasemzini enithe nafikela kuwo, hlalani khona nide nimke kuloo ndawo. ₅Apho sukuba benganamkeli, manithi ekuphumeni kwenu kuloo dolophu, niluvuthulule nothuli olusezinyaweni zenu, ukuze oko kube bubungqina bokuba abanamkelanga.”

₆Baphuma ke, bazityhutyha iidolophana, beshumayela iindaba ezimnandi, bephilisa kuzo zonke iindawo.

₇UHerode, owayephethe kuloo mmandla, waziva zonke izinto ezenziweyo nguYesu. Wasuka wanexhala, kuba kwakusithiwa: “Kuvuke uYohane kwabafileyo;” ₈kusithiwa: “Kubonakele uEliya;” kusithiwa ngabanye: “Kubuye kwavuka *umshumayeli wexesha lamanyange.”

₉UHerode ke wathi: “Ndamnqumla intloko nje uYohane. Ngaba ngubani ke lo ndiva kuthethwa ezi zinto ngaye?” Watsho wafuna ukumbona.

₁₀Ekubuyeni kwabo *abathunywa bamxelela uYesu oko bakwenzileyo. Wabathatha ke, wemka nabo, waya kwidolophu ekuthiwa yiBhetesayida. ₁₁Sithe isihlwele, sikwazile oko, samlandela; waza uYesu wasamkela, wathetha naso ngolawulo lukaThixo, ephilisa abo baswele impilo.

₁₂Yakuba ke isimka imini, abafundi abalishumi elinambini bathe kuYesu: “Sindulule isihlwele, abantu bemke, baye ezidolophini ezijikelezileyo nasezilalini, balale, bafumane ukutya, kuba apha sikwindawo engenamizi.”

₁₃Ke yena wathi kubo: “Bapheni nina ukutya, batye.”

Bathi bona: “Sinezonka ezihlanu neentlanzi ezimbini kuphela. Asinakubatyisa ngaphandle kokuba siye kubathengela ukutya bonke aba bantu.” ₁₄(Kwakukho amadoda akumawaka amahlanu.)

Wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Bahlaliseni babe ngamaqela ngamaqela, iqela ngalinye libe ngamashumi amahlanu.”

₁₅Benjenjalo ke, babahlalisa phantsi bonke. ₁₆Ezithathile ezo zonka zihlanu nezo ntlanzi zimbini, ukhangele ezulwini, wabulela, waziqhekeza, wamana enika abafundi bakhe ukuba babele isihlwele. ₁₇Badla ke bahlutha bonke, kwaza kwaqokelelwa iingobozi ezilishumi elinambini zokutya okuseleyo.

₁₈Kwathi uYesu ethandaza bucala enabafundi bakhe, wababuza esithi: “Ngaba izihlwele ezi zithi ndingubani?”

₁₉Baphendula bona bathi: “Kuthiwa unguYohane umbhaptizi. Abanye bathi unguEliya. Kanti abanye bathi kubuye kwavuka mshumayeli uthile wamandulo.”

₂₀Wathi kubo: “Ke nina nithi ndingubani?”

Waphendula uPetros wathi: “Unguye *uKrestu kaThixo.”

₂₁UYesu wabayala ngqongqo ukuba le nto bangayithethi mntwini.

₂₂Waza wathi uYesu: “*UNyana woLuntu umelwe kukuba eve ubunzima obukhulu; achaswe ngamadoda amakhulu, nangababingeleli abaziintloko, nangabachazi-mthetho; aze abulawe, athi emva kweentsuku ezintathu abuye avuke.”

₂₃UYesu ke wabhekisa kubo bonke wathi: “Osukuba ethanda ukundilandela makazincame, awuthwale umnqamlezo wakhe imihla ngemihla, andilandele; ₂₄kuba othe wabukokosa ubomi bakhe, wolahlekelwa bubo; kodwa othe wabuncama ubomi bakhe ngenxa yam, wobusindisa. ₂₅Kuba kaloku komnceda ntoni na umntu ukuba uthe walizuza ihlabathi liphela, abe yena ezilahlile okanye onakalelwe? ₂₆Kuba othe waneentloni ngam, nangamazwi am, naye uNyana woLuntu woba neentloni ngaye, xa eza esewongeni lakhe nelikaYise nelezithunywa ezingcwele. ₂₇Inene, kukho abathile kwabakhoyo apha abangayi kuze beve kufa, bade balubone ulawulo olutsha lukaThixo.”

₂₈Kwathi, malunga neveki emva kokuba uYesu ezithethile ezi zinto, wathatha uPetros noYohane noYakobi, wenyuka nabo waya entabeni, esiya kuthandaza. ₂₉Kwathi ethandaza njalo, ubuso bakhe babonakala bububumbi, nesambatho sakhe siqaqambile, simenyezela. ₃₀Kwavela amadoda amabini, uMosis noEliya, bathetha naye. ₃₁Babebengezela, baza bancokola naye ngokunduluka kwakhe okwakumele ukuba seJerusalem. ₃₂Ke kaloku uPetros nâbo babenaye basindwa bubuthongo, kodwa bakuthi balulu, babubona ubuqaqawuli bukaYesu, bewabona naloo madoda mabini ayemi naye. ₃₃Ke akwahlukana noYesu la madoda, uPetros wathi kuye: “Ngxatsho ke ukuba sibe lapha, Mhlekazi! Masakhe amaphempe abe mathathu: elinye libe lelakho, elinye libe lelikaMosis, elinye libe lelikaEliya.” (Watsho engayazi into ayithethayo.)

₃₄Kwathi ke esatsho, kwabakho ilifu elibagubungelayo. Boyika ke abafundi bakungena efini ooMosis. ₃₅Kwabakho nelizwi liphuma efini apho, lisithi: “Lo nguNyana wam onyuliweyo; mveni yena.”

₃₆Lakutsho ke elo lizwi, uYesu bambona seleyedwa. Abafundi bazigcina ezo zinto babezibonile, àbaxelela mntu ngazo ngaloo mihla.

₃₇Ke kaloku ngomhla olandelayo, xa babehlile entabeni, uYesu wahlangatyezwa sisihlwele. ₃₈Kwavela indoda esihlweleni apho, ikhwaza isithi: “Mfundisi, ndiyakubongoza, khawundincede ngonyana wam okuphela kwakhe. ₃₉Ùsuka ahlaselwe yindimoni, atsho ngesikhalo, aquleke, alephuze amagwebu. Uphatheka kakubi yile ndimoni, kube nzima ukwahlukana nayo. ₄₀Ndibabongozile abafundi bakho ukuba bayikhuphe, kodwa boyiswa.”

₄₁Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Sizukulwanandini esingakholwayo, esigwenxa, koda kube nini na ndinani, ndininyamezele? Mzise apha unyana wakho.”

₄₂Eseza ke, indimoni isuke yamhlasela watsho waxhuzula. Wayikhalimela indimoni uYesu, waphila umntwana, wambuyisela kuyise. ₄₃Batsho bamangaliswa ke bonke kukusebenza kwamandla kaThixo.

Ke bonke babemangalisiwe zizinto zonke awayezenza uYesu; waza wathi kubafundi bakhe: ₄₄“Waphulaphuleni kakuhle la mazwi: *uNyana woLuntu wonikelwa ezandleni zabantu.” ₄₅Kodwa bona babengaliqondi eli lizwi – lalifihlakele kubo. Babesoyika nokumbuza ngalo.

₄₆Ke kaloku babephikisana ngokuba nguwuphi na omkhulu phakathi kwabo. ₄₇UYesu ke, ezazi iingcamango zeentliziyo zabo, uthathe umntwana, wammisa ngakuye, ₄₈wathi kubo: “Othe wamamkela lo mntwana egameni lam, wamkela mna; nothe wamkela mna, wamkela lowo undithumileyo; kuba oyena mncinane phakathi kwenu nonke, ngoyena mkhulu.”

₄₉Wavakala uYohane esithi: “Mhlekazi, sibone umntu ekhupha iindimoni ngegama lakho, saza samnqanda, kuba akakulandeli kunye nathi.”

₅₀Ke uYesu wathi kuye: “Sanukumnqanda, kuba ongachasananga nani ungakuni.”

₅₁Yakusondela imihla yokuba uYesu anyuselwe ezulwini, wazimisela ukuya eJerusalem. ₅₂Ke kaloku wathuma abathunywa bakhe, ukuba bamandulele. Bahamba ke, baya kungena kwidolophana yamaSamariya, khon' ukuze bamlungiselele; ₅₃kodwa amaSamariya akavumanga ukumamkela, kuba uYesu wayesinga eJerusalem. ₅₄Bekubonile oko abafundi bakhe uYakobi noYohane, bathe: “Nkosi, uyafuna na ukuba sitsho kuhle umlilo ezulwini, ubatshabalalise?”

₅₅Wathi guququ, wabakhalimela; ₅₆baza baya dolophaneni yimbi.

₅₇Kwathi, besendleleni, othile wathi kuYesu: “Nkosi, ndiya kuba ngumlandeli wakho, ndiye naphi na apho uthe waya khona.”

₅₈Waza uYesu wathi kuye: “Iimpungutye zinemingxuma, neentaka zineendlwana; kodwa yena *uNyana woLuntu akanayo nendawo le yokufaka intloko.”

₅₉Wathi komnye: “Yiba ngumlandeli wam.”

Ke yena wathi: “Nkosi, ndivumele ndiye kungcwaba ubawo kuqala.”

₆₀UYesu wathi kuye: “Bayeke abafileyo, bangcwabe abafileyo babo. Ke wena, hamba uye kushumayela uvakalise ulawulo lukaThixo.”

₆₁Wathi nomnye: “Ndiya kuba ngumlandeli wakho, Nkosi, kodwa kuqala ndivumele ndiye kubulisa abendlu yam.”

₆₂UYesu wathi kuye: “Umntu ojonga ngasemva, ebambe ikhuba, uyabhanka. Ngokunjalo ke nomntu ophunguzayo ekhonza uThixo, uyaphoswa bubuncwane bokulawulwa nguThixo.”