Ukulingwa KukaJesu
1UJesu egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, wabuya eJordani, wayeseholelwa nguMoya ehlane, 2walingwa nguSathane izinsuku ezingama-40. Akadlanga lutho ngalezo zinsuku; kuthe seziphelile, walamba. 3USathane wayesethi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yisho kuleli litshe ukuba libe yisinkwa.”
4UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Umuntu akanakuphila ngesinkwa kuphela.’ ”
5USathane wamenyusela entabeni ende, wambonisa yonke imibuso yomhlaba ngomzuzwana nje. 6USathane wathi kuye: “Ngiyakukunika wonke lawa mandla nenkazimulo yawo, ngokuba kunikwe mina, futhi ngikunika noma ngubani ngokuthanda kwami. 7Ngakho-ke uma ukhuleka phambi kwami, konke kuzakuba ngokwakho.”
8UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Wokhuleka eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, umkhonze Yena yedwa.’ ”
9USathane wayesemholela eJerusalema, wammisa esiqongweni sethempeli, wathi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ziphonse phansi lapha, 10ngokuba kulotshiwe kwathiwa:
11“ ‘Uyakuyaleza izingelosi zakhe ngawe, zikulinde,’
“nokuthi:
“ ‘Ziyakukuthwala ngezandla,
ungaze waqhuzuka etsheni ngonyawo lwakho.’ ”
12UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: “Kwathiwa: ‘Ungayilingi iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.’ ”
13USathane eseqedile konke ukumlinga, wamshiya kuze kufike isikhathi esifanele.
UJesu Ufundisa EGalile
14UJesu wabuyela eGalile ngamandla kaMoya. Udumo lwakhe lwasabalala kulo lonke lelo lizwe. 15Wayefundisa emasinagogeni abo, edunyiswa yibo bonke.
16Wafika eNazaretha lapho akhulela khona, wangena esinagogeni ngosuku lwesabatha njengalokhu ayevame ukwenza kanjalo, wasukuma ukuba afunde. 17Wanikwa umqulu ka-Izaya, umphrofethi, wawuvula, wafumana indawo okulotshwe kuyo kwathiwa:
18“UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwami,
ngokuba ingigcobile
ukuba ngishumayele ivangeli kwabampofu;
ingithumele ukumemezela ukukhululwa kwabathunjiweyo,
ukuvula amehlo ezimpumputhe,
ukuhlenga abacindezelweyo,
19nokumemezela unyaka omuhle weNkosi.”
20Wawugoqa umqulu, wawunika isikhonzi, wahlala; amehlo wonke ababesesinagogeni amgqolozela. 21Waqala ukukhuluma kubo, ethi: “Namhlanje ugcwalisekile lo mbhalo njengoba nizwa ngezenu izindlebe.”
22Bonke bakhuluma kahle ngaye, bemangaliswa ngamazwi omusa aphuma emlonyeni wakhe, bathi: “Kanti lo akasiyo yini indodana kaJosefa na?”
23Wathi kubo: “Impela niyakusisho kimi lesi saga, nithi: ‘Nyanga, zelaphe wena. Lokhu esizwa ukuthi ukwenzile eKhaphernawume, kwenze phela nalapha ezweni lakini.’ ”
24Wathi-ke: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: akukho mphrofethi owemukelekayo ezweni lakubo. 25Kepha impela ngithi kini: ngezinsuku zika-Eliya kwakukhona abafelokazi abaningi kwa-Israyeli; izulu lomisile iminyaka emithathu nezinyanga eziyisithupha; kwaba khona indlala enkulu ezweni lonke. 26 Kepha u-Eliya akathunyelwanga nakoyedwa wabo, kuphela kowesifazane ongumfelokazi, eZarephitha eSidoni. 27Kwakukhona abaningi ababenochoko kwa-Israyeli ngesikhathi sika-Elisha, umphrofethi, kodwa akukho namunye kubo owahlanjululwa, kuphela uNayimani, umSiriya.”
28Bonke ababesesinagogeni bagcwala intukuthelo enkulu lapho bekuzwa lokho. 29Basukuma, bamxosha emzini, bamqhubela esiweni esasisentabeni umuzi wabo owawakhiwe phezu kwayo, ukuze bamkhalakathelise kuso. 30Kepha Yena wadabula phakathi kwabo wahamba.
UJesu Ukhipha Idimoni Elingcolileyo
31Wehlela eKhaphernawume, umuzi iGalile. Wayebafundisa abantu kulusuku lwesabatha. 32Bamangala ngokufundisa kwakhe, ngokuba izwi lakhe lalinegunya.
33Kwakukhona esinagogeni umuntu onomoya wedimoni elingcolileyo, wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: 34“Habe, ufunani nje kithi Jesu waseNazaretha? Uze ukuzosibhubhisa yini na? Ngiyakwazi ukuthi ungubani: ungoNgcwele kaNkulunkulu.”
35UJesu wamkhuza, wathi: “Thula, uphume kuye!”
Idimoni lamqumba phansi phambi kwabo, laphuma kuye lingamlimazanga.
36Bonke bafikelwa ngukwesaba, bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: “Lizwi lini leli, ngokuba ukhuluma ngegunya namandla, ukhuza imimoya engcolileyo, iphume na?”
37Udumo lwakhe lwasabalala kuzo zonke lezo zindawo.
Ukuphulukiswa Komkhwekazi KaPhethro Nabanye Abagulayo
38Waphuma esinagogeni, wangena endlini kaSimoni. Kepha umkhwekazi kaSimoni wayebanjwe ngumkhuhlane onzima; bamnxusa uJesu ukuba amsize. 39UJesu wamengama, wawukhuza umkhuhlane, waphela. Wasuka ngokushesha wabakhonza.
40Kwathi selishona ilanga, baletha kuye bonke abagulayo nababekhwelwe yizifo ezehlukene; wabeka izandla phezu kwabo ngamunye, wabaphilisa. 41Kwaphuma amadimoni kwabaningi, ememeza ethi: “Wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”
Kepha wawakhuza, kawavumelanga ukuba akhulume, ngokuba ayemazi ukuthi unguKhristu.
UJesu Ushumayela Ivangeli
42Kuthe sekusile, wathi shelele, waya endaweni eyihlane. Izixuku zamfuna, zaze zamthola, zazama ukumvimba ukuba angamuki kuzo. 43Kepha wathi kuzo: “Kufanele ukuba ngishumayele ivangeli lombuso kaNkulunkulu nakweminye imizi, ngokuba ngathunyelelwa lokhu.”
44Waqhubeka eshumayela emasinagogeni eJudiya.
