Ukukhazimuliswa KukaJesu Entabeni
1Sekwedlule izinsuku eziyisithupha, uJesu wathatha uPhethro, uJakobe, noJohane umfowabo, wenyukela nabo entabeni ende, bebodwa. 2 Waphenduka esinye isimo bezibonela ngawabo; ubuso bakhe bakhanya njengelanga, izingubo zakhe zaba mhlophe njengokukhanya. 3Bheka, base bebona uMose no-Eliya bekhuluma naye.
4UPhethro wayesethi kuJesu: “Nkosi, kuhle ukuba sibe lapha. Uma uthanda, ngizakwakha lapha amadokodo amathathu, elinye kube ngelakho, elinye kube ngelikaMose, nelinye kube ngelika-Eliya.”
5Esakhuluma, kwafika ifu elikhanyayo labemboza, kwezwakala izwi livela efwini, lithi: “Lo uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo, engithokozile ngayo; yilaleleni.”
6Kuthe lapho bekuzwa lokho abafundi, bathi mbo ngobuso phansi, ngokuba babethukile kakhulu. 7Kepha uJesu wasondela, wabathinta, wathi: “Sukumani, ningesabi.”
8Kwathi lapho bephakamisa amehlo abo, ababona muntu, ngaphandle kukaJesu kuphela.
9Sebehla entabeni, uJesu wabayala wathi: “Ningalokothi nitshele muntu ngalo mbono, ize ivuswe kwabafileyo, iNdodana yomuntu.”
10 Abafundi bambuza, bathi: “Pho kungani izazimthetho zithi u-Eliya kumele afike kuqala na?”
11Wabaphendula wathi kubo: “Impela uyeza u-Eliya, uyakubuyisela konke esimeni sakho, 12 kodwa ngithi kini: u-Eliya sewafika; nokho abamazanga, kodwa benza kuye abakuthandayo. Kanjalo neNdodana yomuntu izakuhlushwa yibo.”
13Abafundi bakuqonda ukuthi wayekhuluma ngoJohane uMbhabhadisi.
UJesu Uphulukisa Umfana Onesithuthwane
14Sebefikile esixukwini, kweza kuye umuntu, waguqa ngamadolo phambi kwakhe, 15wathi: “Nkosi, hawukela indodana yami, ngokuba inesithuthwane, iyahlukumezeka kakhulu; kukaningi iwela emlilweni nasemanzini. 16Ngiyilethe kubafundi bakho, kodwa bahluleka ukuyiphulukisa.”
17UJesu waphendula wathi: “Maye, kinina, sizukulwane esingakholwayo nesiphambeneyo; kuyoze kube nini nginani na? Kuyoze kube nini nginibekezelela na? Yiletheni lapha kimi.”
18UJesu wayeselikhuza idimoni, laphuma kuyo; umfana wasinda ngaleso sikhathi.
19Abafundi base beya kuJesu bebodwa, bathi: “Kungani thina singakwazanga ukulikhipha idimoni na?”
20 Wayesethi kubo: “Kungenxa yokukholwa kwenu okuncane. Ngokuba ngiqinisile ngithi kini: uma ninokukholwa okungangembewu yesinaphi, niyakuthi kule ntaba: ‘Suka lapha, uye laphaya,’ iyakusuka, ngokuba akukho okuyakunahlula. 21Kepha lolu hlobo lwedimoni aluphumi ngaphandle kokukhuleka nokuzila ukudla.”
UJesu Ukhuluma Okwesibili Ngokuhlupheka Kwakhe
22 Besahamba eGalile, uJesu wathi kubo: “INdodana yomuntu izakukhashelwa ezandleni zabantu; 23bayakuyibulala, kodwa ngosuku lwesithathu izakuvuswa.”
Badabuka kakhulu.
24 Kuthe sebefikile eKhaphernawume, abaqoqi bemali yethempeli baya kuPhethro, bambuza, bathi: “Kungani umfundisi wenu engayitheli imali yethempeli na?”
25Wathi: “Uyayithela.”
Esengene endlini, uJesu wamandulela ngenkulumo, wathi: “Uthini umbono wakho, Simoni ngalokhu na? Amakhosi omhlaba ayithatha kobani intela yempahla neyekhanda; emadodaneni awo noma ebafokazini na?”
26Wathi: “Ebafokazini.”
UJesu wayesethi kuye: “Ngakho-ke amadodana akhululekile ukungayikhokhi. 27Kepha-ke ukuze singabakhubekisi, hamba uye olwandle, uphonse udobo, uthathe inhlanzi eyakubanjwa kuqala; kuyakuthi lapho usuyivule umlomo, ufumane imali; yithathe, ubanike yona, uthelele Mina nawe.”
