Ukubulawa kukaYohane umbhaptizi
1Ngelo xesha uHerode, owayephethe, waziva iindaba ezingoYesu, 2waza wathi kwizicaka zakhe: “Lo nguYohane umbhaptizi. Uvukile kwabafileyo; yiyo le nto anamandla okwenza ezi zinto.”
3Kaloku uHerode wambamba uYohane, wamkhonkxa, wamfaka entolongweni. Oku wakwenza ngenxa yokuba yena Herode wayehlalisana noHerodiya umka-Filipu, umninawe wakhe. 4UYohane wasola uHerode, wamxelela ukuba akuvumelekanga ukuba ahlalisane naye. 5UHerode wafuna ukumbulala uYohane, kodwa wayesoyika abantu, kuba babesithi ungomnye *wabashumayeli bamandulo.
6Ngomhla wesikhumbuzo sokuzalwa kukaHerode, intombi kaHerodiya yangqungqa phambi kwababekho kwelo theko, yamkholisa uHerode, 7waza wayithembisa efunga okokuba woyinika nantoni na esukuba iyicela. 8Ke yona, iqhutywe ngunina, yathi: “Ndinike ngoku ngesitya intloko kaYohane umbhaptizi.” 9Waba buhlungu ukumkani, kodwa ngenxa yesifungo, nangenxa yâbo babesethekweni kunye naye, wathi mayiyinikwe; 10wathumela okokuba uYohane anqunyulwe intloko entolongweni apho. 11Yeziswa ke ngesitya intloko yakhe, yanikwa intombi leyo, eyathi yona yayisa kunina. 12Beza ke abafundi bakaYohane, basithatha isidumbu sakhe, basingcwaba; baza baya kuxelela uYesu.
UYesu wandisa ukutya
13UYesu, evile ngokufa kukaYohane, wemka ngesikhitshana, waya kwindawo engenabantu eyedwa. Bekuvile oku abantu, baya kuye ngeenyawo, bevela ezidolophini. 14Ehlile ke esikhitshaneni, uYesu wabona isihlwele sabantu, wavelana naso, wabaphilisa abagulayo ababekuso.
15Kwakuhlwa abafundi bakaYesu beza kuye, bathi: “Le ndawo ayinamizi, nexesha selimkile; bandulule abantu bemke, baye ezidolophaneni, bazithengele ukutya.”
16Kodwa uYesu wathi kubo: “Akukho mfuneko yakuba bemke. Bapheni nina ukutya.”
17Bathi ke kuye: “Asinakutya apha. Sinezonka ezihlanu neentlanzi ezimbini kuphela.”
18Wathi: “Ziziseni apha.” 19Esiyalele isihlwele ukuba sihlale phantsi engceni, wazithatha ezo zonka zihlanu nezo ntlanzi zimbini, wathi ekhangele ezulwini, wabulela, waziqhekeza izonka, wazinika abafundi bakhe, baza bazabela abantu. 20Batya ke bonke bahlutha, kwaza kwaqokelelwa iingobozi ezilishumi elinambini zokutya okuseleyo. 21Amadoda atyáyo aba kumawaka amahlanu, bengekho kwelo nani abafazi nabantwana.
UYesu uhamba phezu kwamanzi
22Kwangoko ke uYesu wabanyanzela abafundi bakhe ukuba bakhwele esikhitshaneni, bamandulele baye ngaphesheya koLwandle lwaseGalili, ngeli xa yena asindululayo isihlwele. 23Akuba ke esindulule isihlwele, wenyuka intaba eyedwa, esiya kuthandaza. Kwahlwa eyedwa khona apho. 24Ngelo xesha isikhitshana sasesiphakathi elwandle, sintlithwa ngamaza, kuba umoya wawuvela ngaphambili.
25Kwathi ke, kungekasi, uYesu weza kubo, ehamba phezu kwamanzi olwandle. 26Abafundi bakumbona ehamba phezu kwamanzi, bankwantya, bathi: “Ngumhlola lo!” Batsho bakhala kukoyika. 27Kwangoko ke wathetha nabo uYesu, esithi: “Yomelelani; ndim; musani ukoyika.”
28Wavakala uPetros esithi: “Nkosi, ukuba ngaba nguwe ngenene, yitsho ndize kuwe ndihamba phezu kwamanzi.”
29UYesu wathi: “Yiza.” Wehla ke esikhitshaneni uPetros, wahamba phezu kwamanzi, waya kuYesu. 30Kodwa akuva amandla omoya, usuke woyika, wathi, esaqala ukutshona, wakhala esithi: “Nkosi, ndisindise!”
31Kwangoko uYesu wasolula isandla sakhe, wambamba, wathi: “Wena ulukholo luncinane, bekutheni na ukuba uthandabuze?”
32Bakhwela ke esikhitshaneni, wadamba umoya; 33baza abo basesikhitshaneni baqubuda kuYesu, besithi: “Inene, ùnguNyana kaThixo.”
UYesu uphilisa abagulayo ezweni laseGenesarete
34Beluwelile uLwandle lwaseGalili, bâfika ezweni laseGenesarete. 35Amqonda amadoda alapho ukuba nguYesu, athumela kuwo wonke loo mmandla, azisa kuye bonke abagulayo, 36ambongoza okokuba abagulayo bachukumise nokuba ngumqukumbelo nje wesambatho sakhe. Bathi ke abo bawuchukumisáyo baphila mpela.
