NGOKUKALUKA 4

₁UJesu egcwele uMoya oNgcwele wabuya eJordani, waholekela ngoMoya ehlane,

₂elingwa nguSathane izinsuku ezingamashumi amane. Akadlanga-lutho kulezozinsuku; seziphelile, walamba.

₃Wayesethi kuye uSathane: Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yisho kulelitshe ukuba libe-yisinkwa.

₄UJesu wamphendula wathi: Kulotshiwe ukuthi: Akusinkwa sodwa umuntu azakuphila ngaso.

₅Esemenyusela entabeni ende wambonisa imibuso yonke yezwe ngomzuzwanyana.

₆USathane wathi kuye: Amandla onke lana ngokunika wena kanye nenkazimulo yawo, ngokuba inikwé mina, futhi ngiyinika noma ubani ngokuthanda kwami.

₇Ngakho-ke wena, uma ukhuleka phambi kwami, konke kuzakuba-ngokwakho.

₈UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: Kulotshiwe ukuthi: Wokhuleka eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, umkhonze yena yedwa.

₉Wayesemholela eJerusalema, wammisa esiqongweni sethempeli, wathi kuye: Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ziphonse phansi lapha,

₁₀ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi:

₁₂UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: Kwathiwa: Ungayilingi iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.

₁₃USathane eseqedé ukulinga konke wamuka kuye isikhathi.

₁₄UJesu wabuyela eGalile ngamandla kaMoya; udumo lwakhe lwanda kulo lonke izwe langakhona.

₁₅Wafundisa emasinagogeni* abo edunyiswa yibo bonke.

₁₆Wafika eNazaretha, lapho wayondliwa khona, wangena esinagogeni* ngosuku lwesabatha njengokwenza kwakhe, wasukumela ukufunda.

₁₇Wanikwa incwadi kaIsaya umprofethi, wayivula incwadi, wafumana indawo okulotshwé kuyo ukuthi:

₂₀Wayigoqonga incwadi, wayinika isikhonzi, wahlala; amehlo abo bonke ababesesinagogeni* amgqolozela.

₂₁Waqala ukukhuluma kubo, ethi: Namhla nje ugcwalisekile lombhalo ezindlebeni zenu.

₂₂Bonke bamfakazela bemangala ngamazwi omusa aphuma emlonyeni wakhe, bathi: Lo akasiyo indodana kaJosefa na?

₂₃Wathi kubo: Nempela niyakusho kimi lesisaga sokuthi: Nyanga, zelaphe wena. Lokho esikuzwile kwenziwa eKapernawume, kwenze nalapha ezweni lakini.

₂₄Wathi-ke: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Akukho-mprofethi owamukelwa ezweni lakubo.

₂₅Kepha ngempela ngithi kini: Kwakukhona kwa Israyeli abafelokazi abaningi emihleni kaEliya, lapho izulu lalivalekile iminyaka emithathu nezinyanga eziyisithupha, kwaba-khona indlala enkulu ezweni lonke;

₂₆kepha uEliya kathunyelwanga nakoyedwa kubona, kuphela eSarepita laseSidoni kowesifazane ongumfelokazi.

₂₇Kwakukhona futhi kwaIsrayeli abanochoko abaningi ngesikhathi sikaElisa umprofethi; kepha akuhlanjululwanga namunye kubo, kuphela uNayimani umSiriya.

₂₈Bonke ababesesinagogeni* bagcwala ulaka bekuzwa lokho.

₂₉Basukuma, bamxosha emzini, bamqhubela ekwengameni kwentaba umuzi wabo owakhiwe phezu kwayo, ukuze bamkhalakathelisele phansi.

₃₀Kepha yena edabula phakathi kwabo wamuka.

₃₁Wehlela eKapernawume umuzi waseGalile. Wayebafundisa ngosuku lwesabatha.

₃₂Bamangala ngokufundisa kwakhe, ngokuba izwi lakhe lalinamandla.

₃₃Kwakukhona esinagogeni* umuntu onomoya wedemoni elingcolileyo, wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi:

₃₄Hiya! Sinamsebenzi muni naweJesu waseNazaretha? Uzé ukusibhubhisa na? Ngiyakwazi ukuba ungubani: ungoNgcwele kaNkulunkulu.

₃₅UJesu wamkhuza wathi: Thula, uphume kuye! Idemoni lamphonsa phansi phakathi kwabo, laphuma kuye lingamlimazanga.

₃₆Behlelwa ngukwesaba bonke, bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: Yizwi lini leli lokuba ayale omoya abangcolileyo ngegunya nangamandla, baphume.

₃₇Kwanda udumo ngaye kuzo zonke izindawo zangakhona.

₃₈Wasuka esinagogeni*, wangena endlini kaSimoni. Kepha umkhwekazi kaSimoni wayebanjwé ngomkhuhlane omkhulu; bamnxusa ngaye.

₃₉Wamengama, wakhuza umkhuhlane; wona wamyeka; wasuka masinyane, wabakhonza.

₄₀Ukushona kwelanga bonke ababenabagulayo izifo ngezifo babaletha kuye; ebeka izandla phezu kwabo ngabanye wabaphulukisa.

₄₁Kwaphuma namademoni kwabaningi ememeza ethi: Wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Kepha wawakhuza, kawavumelanga ukuba akhulume, ngokuba ayemazi ukuthi unguKristu.

₄₂Sekusile, waphuma waya endaweni eyihlane; izixuku zamfuna, zaze zafika kuye impela, zambamba ukuba angamuki kuzo.

₄₃Kepha wathi kuzo: Nakweminye imizi ngimelwe ukushumayela ivangeli lombuso kaNkulunkulu, ngokuba ngithunyelwe lokho.

₄₄Washumayela emasinagogeni* aseGalile.