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₁*AbaFarasi nabachazi-mthetho abathile bahlanganisana ngakuYesu, bevela eJerusalem, ₂baza babona abathile kubafundi bakhe besitya isonka ngezandla ezinomlaza, ezingahlanjwanga. ₃Kaloku abaFarasi namaJuda onke abatyi bengazihlambanga izandla ngokwesiko, begcine isithethe samanyange. ₄Naxa bevela emarikeni abatyi bengahlambanga. Zikho ke nezinye izinto ezininzi abazamkele ukuba bazigcine, ezinjengokutshizwa kweendebe, neebhekile, nezitya.

₅AbaFarasi nabachazi-mthetho bambuza ke uYesu, besithi: “Kutheni na ukuba abafundi bakho bangenzi ngokwesithethe samanyange, le nto batya isonka ngezandla ezingahlanjwanga?”

₆Wabaphendula esithi: “UIsaya wayenyanisile ukushumayela ngani, bahanahanisindini, njengokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa:

₉Kwakhona wathi kubo: “Ningamachule ekuwutshitshiseni umyalelo kaThixo, nokuze niphakamise esenu isithethe. ₁₀Andithi uMosis wathi: ‘Beka uyihlo nonyoko;’ watsho nokuthi: ‘Othuka uyise, nokuba ngunina, makabulawe’? ₁₁Kanti ukuba ubani unento angámnceda ngayo uyise nokuba ngunina, aze asuke athi uzimisele ukuyenza umnikelo kuThixo loo nto, nina ngokwesithethe senu nithi ₁₂akasavumelekanga ukumenzela nto ngaloo nto uyise nokuba ngunina. ₁₃Ngokwenjenjalo nilenza into engento ilizwi likaThixo, nilandele isithethe senu enisifundisayo. Zikho ke nezinye izinto ezininzi ezilolu hlobo enizenzayo.”

₁₄UYesu wayibizela kuye kwakhona indimbane, wathi: “Phulaphulani nonke, nivisise. ₁₅Umntu akangcoliswa yiloo nto ingena kuye ngomlomo; zizinto eziphuma kuye entliziyweni ngaphakathi ezimngcolisayo. [ ₁₆Ke oneendlebe zokuva makeve.]”

₁₇Akungena endlwini, evela kwindimbane leyo, abafundi bakhe bambuza intsingiselo yala mazwi. ₁₈Wathi kubo: “Nikwanje nani na ukungaqondi? Aniqondi na ukuba konke akutyayo umntu, akunako ukumngcolisa? ₁₉Kaloku akungeni entliziyweni yakhe, kungena esiswini, kuze kuphume xa aye ngasese.” Ngala mazwi uYesu wayesithi zonke izidlo zihlambulukile.

₂₀Wahambisa wathi: “Zizenzo eziphuma entliziyweni yomntu ezimngcolisayo. ₂₁Kaloku zivela ngaphakathi entliziyweni yomntu iingcamango ezimbi. Kulapho kuvela khona ubuhenyu, ubusela, ukubulala, ₂₂ukukrexeza, ukunyoluka, inkohlakalo, inkohliso, ukurheletya, umona, ukunyelisa uThixo, ikratshi, ububhanxa. ₂₃Zonke ezi zinto zikhohlakeleyo ziphuma entliziyweni yomntu, zize zimngcolise.”

₂₄Emkile apho uYesu, waya emideni yaseTire; wangena endlwini, engafuni ukuba kwaziwe ukuba ukho, kodwa akaba nako ukufihlakala. ₂₅Umfazi othile, ontombazana yayinendimoni, uthe kwangoko akuva ngaye, waya kuye, wazikhahlela ngasezinyaweni zakhe. ₂₆Lo mfazi, ontetho yayisisiGrike, wayengumSirofenikazi ngokuzalwa. Wabongoza uYesu ukuba ayikhuphe kwintombazana yakhe indimoni leyo.

₂₇Wathi ke uYesu kuye: “Khawuyeke kuhluthe abantwana kuqala. Kaloku akufanelekanga ukuba ukutya kwabantwana kunikwe iinjana.”

₂₈Waphendula yena wathi kuye: “Kunjalo, Nkosi, kodwa noko iinjana eziphantsi kwetafile zitya imvuthuluka yokutya kwabantwana.”

₂₉Waza wathi kuye uYesu: “Ngenxa yokuthethileyo, hamba uhambe: indimoni iphumile kwintombazana yakho.” ₃₀Egodukile ke, wayifumana intombazana yakhe ingqengqe ebhedini, iphumile indimoni.

₃₁UYesu ke waphuma emideni yaseTire, wadlula eSidon, waya kuLwandle lwaseGalili, ecanda kweleeDolophu eziliShumi. ₃₂Kweziswa kuye isithulu esithintithayo, wabongozwa ukuba abeke isandla phezu kwaso. ₃₃UYesu ke wasishenxisa esihlweleni sasodwa, wafaka iminwe ezindlebeni zaso, wathi etshicile, wachukumisa ulwimi lwaso, ₃₄wakhangela ezulwini, wancwina wathi kuso: “Efata;” (oko kukuthi: “Vuleka”).

₃₅Zavuleka ke kwangoko iindlebe zaso, yacombuluka ingqambu yolwimi lwaso, sathetha kakuhle. ₃₆UYesu wabayala ukuba bangaxeleli bani, kodwa okukhona wabayalayo, kwaba kokukhona bakuvakalisayo ngakumbi. ₃₇Abantu bamangaliswa bathi nqa, besithi: “Konke akwenzayo ukwenza kakuhle; uzenza nezithulu zive, nezimumu zithethe.”