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₁Waphinda uYesu wangena *endlwini yesikhungo. Apho kwakukho umntu owayome isandla. ₂Babemlalele ke befuna ukubona ukuba womphilisa na *ngoMhla woPhumlo, ukuze bammangalele. ₃UYesu wathi kuloo mntu wayome isandla: “Phakama, uze ngaphambili.” ₄Waza wathi kubo: “Okuvumelekileyo ngoMhla woPhumlo kukwenza okulungileyo, kukwenza okubi; kukuphilisa, kukubulala; kusini na?”

Kwathi cwaka. ₅Akuba ebasingasingile, ebuhlungu ngenxa yokuqaqadeka kweentliziyo zabo, wathi kumntu lowo: “Solule isandla sakho.” Wasolula, saza saphila isandla sakhe. ₆Kwangoko ke baphuma *abaFarasi, baya kubhunga *namaHerode, becebisana ngokubulala uYesu.

₇Wemka uYesu, enabafundi bakhe, waya elwandle. Yamlandela inkitha yabantu, ivela kwelaseGalili, nakwelakwaJuda, ₈naseJerusalem, nase-Edom, naphesheya kweJordan, nakwimimandla yeTire neSidon. Loo nkitha ininzi yeza kuYesu, kuba yayivile ngemimangaliso yakhe. ₉Wathi kubafundi bakhe mabamlungiselele isikhitshana, hleze axinwe sisihlwele, ₁₀kuba wayephilise abantu abaninzi, baza bonke abanezifo bathi ngunga phezu kwakhe, ukuze bamchukumise. ₁₁Naxa sukuba abantu abaneendimoni bembona, babesiwa phambi kwakhe, bakhale, besithi: “Unguye wena uNyana kaThixo!”

₁₂Wayebakhalimela kakhulu ke ukuba bangamazisi ebantwini.

₁₃UYesu ke wenyuka intaba, wabiza abo wayefuna bamlandele. Baya kuye ke, ₁₄waza wamisela abalishumi elinambini awababiza ngokuba *ngabathunywa, ebamisela ukuba babe kunye naye nokuba abathume baye kushumayela, ₁₅ebanike igunya lokukhupha iindimoni.

₁₆Wamisela aba ke: uSimon, awamthiya igama elinguPetros; ₁₇uYakobi, unyana kaZebhedi, noYohane umninawe wakhe, awathi bona wabathiya amagama okuba ngooBhowanerges, oko kukuthi ngooSatsha; ₁₈uAndreya noFilipu, noBhartolomeyu, noMatewu, noTomas, noYakobi unyana ka-Alifeyu, noTadeyu, noSimon owayengoweqela lamaTsha-ntliziyo, ₁₉noJudas Sikariyoti, owayeza kumngcatsha.

₂₀UYesu ke wangena endlwini, kwaza kwakhona kwabuthelana isihlwele. Kwakuxinene kangangokuba yena nabafundi bakhe bangabi nako nokutya oku. ₂₁Bevile ngale nto, abakowabo baphuma besiya kumphuthuma, kuba kwakusithiwa: “Ushiywe ziingqondo.”

₂₂Ke abachazi-mthetho ababevela eJerusalem babesithi unoSathana, besithi iindimoni ezi uzikhupha ngomphathi wazo. ₂₃Ebabizele kuye abantu, uthethe nabo ezekelisa, esithi: “Angáthini na uSathana ukukhupha uSathana? ₂₄Kaloku isizwe esivukelana sodwa siyachithakala; ₂₅nomzi ovukelana wodwa uyachithakala. ₂₆NoSathana ke, ukuba uvukelana noSathana, uya kuphanza angabikho.

₂₇“Akukho bani unako ukungena endlwini yegorha, aze aphange impahla yalo, engathanga kuqala alibophe elo gorha, aze ke andule ukuyiphanga indlu yalo.

₂₈“Inene, baya kuzixolelwa zonke izono oonyana babantu, kwanezinyeliso abasukuba benyelisa ngazo; ₂₉kodwa yena othe wanyelisa uMoya oyiNgcwele akanako ukuxolelwa naphakade; unetyala lesono esingatshitshiyo.” ₃₀UYesu watsho kuba babesithi unendimoni.

₃₁Kwafika abantakwabo-Yesu kunye nonina, baza bathi, bemi ngaphandle, bayaleza ukuba makabizwe. ₃₂Wayengqongwe sisihlwele sabantu, kwaza kwakho othi kuye: “Uxolo, nanku unyoko nabantakwenu ngaphandle, bekufuna.”

₃₃Wabaphendula esithi: “Ngubani umama? Ngoobani bona abantakwethu?” ₃₄Ebasingasingile ke abo babemngqongile, wathi: “Nguye lo umama nabantakwethu. ₃₅Kaloku lowo uthe wakwenza ukuthanda kukaThixo nguye ongumntakwethu, nodade wethu, nomama.”