Bible Reading Plan – Day 339

₁Ngaloo mihla, xa kwakuhlanganisene isihlwele kwakhona, singenanto sinokuyitya, uYesu wababizela kuye abafundi bakhe, wathi kubo: ₂“Ndiyavelana nesi sihlwele, kuba sekuziintsuku ezintathu aba bantu bekunye nam. Ke abasenanto ityiwayo. ₃Ukuba ndiyabandulula bagoduke bengatyanga, bophelelwa endleleni, kuba inxenye yabo ivela kude.”

₄Bamphendula abafundi bakhe besithi: “Kungafumaneka phi apha entlango ukutya okunokubanela aba bantu?”

₅Wababuza ke esithi: “Zingaphi izonka eninazo?”

Bathi ke bona: “Zisixhenxe.”

₆UYesu ke wasiyalela ukuba sihlale phantsi isihlwele; wazithatha ezo zonka zisixhenxe, wabulela, waziqhekeza, wazinika abafundi bakhe ukuba bazabele isihlwele. Benjenjalo ke. ₇Babenazo neentlanzana ezimbalwa. Akuba uYesu ebulele kuThixo, wathi mazabelwe isihlwele nazo. ₈Batya ke, bahlutha, kwaza kwaqokelelwa iibhaskiti ezisixhenxe zizele yintsalela. ₉UYesu wasindulula ke eso sihlwele esasikumawaka amane abantu; ₁₀waza kwangoko wakhwela esikhitshaneni kunye nabafundi bakhe, waya kummandla waseDalmanuta.

₁₁Bafika ke *abaFarasi, baza bamgocagoca ngemibuzo uYesu, befuna umqondiso ovela ezulwini, bemlinga. ₁₂Watsho ngesingqala esibuhlungu, wathi kubo: “Yini na ukuba esi sizukulwana singxamele umqondiso? Ndithi kuni, inene, soze siwunikwe umqondiso onjalo esi sizukulwana!”

₁₃Wabashiya, waphinda wakhwela esikhitshaneni, wemka waya ngaphesheya koLwandle lwaseGalili.

₁₄Abafundi babelibele ukuphatha izonka, benesonka esinye kuphela esikhitshaneni. ₁₅Wabayala uYesu esithi: “Ligqaleni nililumkele igwele labaFarasi negwele likaHerode.”

₁₆Bona ke babesithi omnye komnye: “Útsho ngokuba singenazonka.”

₁₇UYesu, ekwazi oko bakuthethayo, wathi kubo: “Yini na ukuba nithethe ngokungabi nazonka? Anikaqiqi na; aniqondi na? Ngaba iqaqadekile na intliziyo yenu? ₁₈Ninamehlo nje, aniboni na? Nineendlebe nje, aniva na? Anikhumbuli na ₁₉ukuba zazingaphi iingobozi ezizele ngamasalela okuyá ndandiqhekezela amawaka amahlanu izonka ezihlanu?”

Bathi kuye: “Zazilishumi elinambini.”

₂₀Kwakhona wathi: “Okuyá ke izonka ezisixhenxe ndandiziqhekezela amawaka amane, zazingaphi na iibhaskiti ezazizele yintsalela?”

Bathi ke: “Zazisixhenxe.”

₂₁Wathi ke kubo: “Phofu yini na ke ukuba ningaqondi?”

₂₂Bafika ke eBhetesayida, kweziswa imfama kuYesu, wabongozwa ukuba ayichukumise. ₂₃UYesu wayibamba ngesandla imfama leyo, waphuma nayo edolophini; waza wayiqaba ngamathe emehlweni, wayibeka izandla, wayibuza ukuba inanto iyibonayo na.

₂₄Yaphakamisa intloko, yathi: “Ndibona abantu, bengathi yimithi. Nâbo behamba.”

₂₅Kwakhona ke uYesu wazibeka izandla emehlweni ayo, yaza yakhangela yondela, yaphila, yabona konke ngokucacileyo. ₂₆UYesu ke wayiyalela ukuba igoduke, esithi: “Sukubuyela edolophini.”

₂₇Wemka uYesu nabafundi bakhe, waya ezidolophini zaseKhesariya-Filipi. Endleleni wababuza abafundi bakhe esithi: “Ngaba abantu bathi ndingubani na?”

₂₈Bamphendula besithi: “Kuthiwa ùnguYohane umbhaptizi. Abanye bathi ùnguEliya. Kanti abanye bathi ùngomye *wabashumayeli.”

₂₉Wathi ke yena kubo: “Ke nina nithi ndingubani?”

Waphendula uPetros esithi kuye: “Wena unguye *uKrestu.”

₃₀UYesu ke wabayala ukuba bangaxeleli bani ngaye.

₃₁Waqala ke uYesu ukubafundisa abafundi bakhe, esithi: “*UNyana woLuntu umelwe kukuba eve ubunzima obukhulu; achaswe ngamadoda amakhulu, nangababingeleli abaziintloko, nangabachazi-mthetho; aze abulawe, athi emva kweentsuku ezintathu abuye avuke.” ₃₂Wakuthetha oku kubo ngokucacileyo. UPetros ke, emse ngasese uYesu, wamkhalimela. ₃₃Uthe ke uYesu, ejikile wajonga kubafundi bakhe, wakhalimela uPetros, esithi: “Suka umke kum, Sathana. Akuzinyamekeli izinto zikaThixo; unyamekela ezabantu.”

₃₄UYesu wasibizela kuye isihlwele kwanabafundi bakhe, wathi kubo: “Othanda ukundilandela makazincame, awuthwale umnqamlezo wakhe, andilandele. ₃₅Kuba othe wathanda ukusindisa ubomi bakhe, wolahlekelwa bubo; kodwa othe wabuncama ubomi bakhe ngenxa yam, nangenxa yeendaba ezimnandi ezi, wobusindisa. ₃₆Kuba kaloku komnceda ntoni umntu, ukuba uthe walizuza ihlabathi liphela, kodwa walahlekelwa bubomi bakhe? ₃₇Okanye umntu wobeka ntoni elingana nexabiso lobomi bakhe? ₃₈Othe ke waneentloni ndim nangamazwi am kwesi sizukulwana sonayo, sikrexezayo ngokunganyaniseki kuThixo, naye uNyana woLuntu woba neentloni nguye, xa athe weza esebuqaqawulini boYise, enezithunywa ezingcwele.”

₁Wathi kubo: “Ndithi kuni, inene, kukho abathile kwabakhoyo apha abangayi kuze beve kufa, bade bakubone ukuthwasa kolawulo lukaThixo olunobunganga.”

₂Emva kweentsuku ezintandathu, uYesu uthathe uPetros noYakobi noYohane, banyuka intaba ephakamileyo bebodwa. UYesu ke wenziwa kumila kumbi phambi kwabo. ₃Zasuka nezambatho zakhe zabengezela, zamhlophe qhwa; zamhlophe ngangokuba kungabikho bani emhlabeni apha unokuzenza njalo. ₄Kwabonakala uEliya noMosis bethetha noYesu. ₅Wasuka ke uPetros wathi kuYesu: “Mfundisi, kulungile ukuba sibe lapha. Masakhe amaphempe abe mathathu: elinye libe lelakho, elinye libe lelikaMosis, elinye libe lelikaEliya.” ₆Wayesitsho kuba ebengayazi into anokuyithetha, kuba babesoyika kakhulu.

₇Ke kwabakho ilifu elibagubungelayo, kwavakala nelizwi livela efini apho, lisithi: “Lo nguNyana wam endimthandayo; yivani yena.” ₈Bakusinga-singa ke, ababa sabona mntu wumbi ngaphandle koYesu.

₉Xa babesihla entabeni, uYesu wabayala ukuba bangazixeleli bani ezo zinto bazibonileyo, ade yena *uNyana woLuntu avuke kwabafileyo. ₁₀Babambelela kule ntetho, bebuzana bodwa ukuba ngaba ukuvuka kubo abafileyo kukuthini na. ₁₁Bambuza uYesu besithi: “Kungani na ukuba abachazi-mthetho bathi uEliya umelwe kukufika kuqala?”

₁₂Waphendula wathi kubo: “Ewe, okunene nguEliya ofikayo kuqala azilungise zonke izinto. Kodwa ke kutheni ukuba *iziBhalo zitsho ukuthi uNyana woLuntu ufanele ukuva ubunzima obukhulu, enziwe into engento yanto? ₁₃Mna ke ndithi kuni: ufikile uEliya, baza abantu benza kuye konke abakuthandayo, kwanjengoko zitshoyo ngaye iziBhalo.”

₁₄Bakufika kubafundi, babona isihlwele sibangqongile, nabachazi-mthetho bebaxoxisa. ₁₅Sakumbona isihlwele, savuyiseka kakhulu sonke, sasuka kwangoko saya kuye sibaleka, sambulisa. ₁₆Wababuza ke esithi: “Nixoxisana ngantoni na?”

₁₇Waphendula omnye esihlweleni apho wathi: “Mfundisi, bendizise unyana wam kuwe, kuba unendimoni emenza angathethi. ₁₈Ithi le ndimoni yakumqubula axhuzule, alephuze amagwebu, atshixize namazinyo, asuke ome. Ndithethe nabafundi bakho ukuba bayikhuphe, kodwa bakhohlwa.”

₁₉UYesu waphendula wathi kubo: “Sizukulwanandini esingakholwayo, koda kube nini na ndinani? Koda kube nini na ndininyamezela? Mziseni kum!” ₂₀Bamsa ke. Loo ndimoni, yakumbona uYesu, yesuka kwangoko yamhlasela watsho waxhuzula unyana lowo, wawa emhlabeni, wamana eqika-qikeka, elephuza amagwebu. ₂₁UYesu ke wabuza kuyise ukuba únaxesha lingakanani na ehliwe yile nto.

Wathi yena: “Kwasebuntwaneni bakhe. ₂₂Le ndimoni imphose kaninzi emlilweni, kwanasemanzini, ukuba imtshabalalise. Ke ukuba unako ukwenza into, sincede uvelane nathi.”

₂₃Wathi kuye uYesu: “Oo, uthi: ‘Ukuba ndinako;’ – zonke izinto zinokwenzeka kokholwayo.”

₂₄Kwangoko ke wakhala uyise womntwana lowo, wathi: “Ndiyakholwa! Ndincede apho ukholo lwam lungenakufikelela khona!”

₂₅UYesu ke, ebona isihlwele sibuthelana ngakumbi, wayikhalimela indimoni, esithi kuyo: “Ndimonindini engathethiyo, esisithulu, ndithi kuwe, phuma kuye, ungaze uphinde ungene!” ₂₆Yakhala indimoni, yambetha watsho waxhuzula kunene umntwana, yaphuma. Umntwana lowo ke waba njengofileyo, bada abaninzi bathi: “Ufile.” ₂₇UYesu ke wambamba ngesandla, wamvusa, wesuka wema.

₂₈UYesu eye kungena endlwini, abafundi bakhe bambuza ngasese besithi: “Bekutheni ukuba singabi nako ukuyikhupha le ndimoni thina?”

₂₉Wathi kubo: “Olu lona uhlobo alunako ukuphuma kungengako ukuthandaza.”

₃₀Bemkile apho, bahamba becanda kwelaseGalili. UYesu wayengafuni ukuba aziwe apho akhona, ₃₁kuba wayebaxelela abafundi bakhe, esithi kubo: “UNyana woLuntu wonikelwa ezandleni zabantu abaya kumbulala. Wothi ke ebulewe njalo, abuye avuke ngomhla wesithathu.”

₃₂Bona babengayiqondi into ayithethayo, besoyika nokumbuza ngayo.

₃₃Bafika ke eKapernahum, waza uYesu akuba sendlwini, wababuza abafundi bakhe esithi: “Benibuzana ngantoni endleleni?”

₃₄Bahlala bathi tu, kuba endleleni babephikisana ngokuthi ngubani na omkhulu kunabanye. ₃₅UYesu wahlala phantsi, wababiza abafundi abalishumi elinambini, wathi kubo: “Ukuba ubani ufuna ukuba ngoyena mkhulu, makazenze oyena mncinci kubo bonke, abe sisicaka sabo bonke.” ₃₆Wathatha umntwana, wammisa phakathi kwabo, wamsingatha, wathi kubo: ₃₇“Othe egameni lam wamkela noko amnye wabantwana abanje, wamkela mna; nothe wamkela mna, akamkeli mna nje, wamkela lowo wandithumayo.”

₃₈UYohane wathi kuYesu: “Mfundisi, sibone umntu okhupha iindimoni egameni lakho, saza samnqanda ke, kuba engenguye oweqela labafundi bakho.”

₃₉Wathi uYesu: “Hayi, ngeningamnqandanga, kuba akukho namnye unokuthi enze ummangaliso egameni lam, aze andigxeke. ₄₀Ongachasaniyo nathi ungakuthi. ₄₁Inene, othe wanipha nekomityi le yamanzi ngenxa yam, ngokuba ningabakaKrestu, wowamkela ngokuqinisekileyo umvuzo wakhe.”

₄₂“Othe wakhubekisa nokuba mnye wabancinane abakholwayo, ngekumlungele kanye ukuba ebegangxwe ilitye lokusila entanyeni, waphoswa elwandle. ₄₃Ukuba ke isandla sakho sithe sakukhubekisa sinqumle. Kulunge kanye ukuba ungene ebomini usisilima, kunokuba uthi, unezandla zozibini, umke uye esihogweni, emlilweni ongacimiyo, [ ₄₄apho ‘kumpethu ingafiyo, kumlilo ungacimiyo.’] ₄₅Nokuba unyawo lwakho luthe lwakukhubekisa, lunqumle. Kulunge kanye ukuba ungene ebomini usisiqhwala, kunokuba uthi uneenyawo zombini, uphoswe esihogweni, [emlilweni ongacimiyo, ₄₆apho ‘kumpethu, ingafiyo, kumlilo ungacimiyo.’] ₄₇Nokuba ke iliso lakho lithe lakukhubekisa, likhuphe. Kulunge kanye ukuxhamla ukulawulwa nguThixo unaliso linye, kunokuba uthi, unamehlo omabini, uphoswe esihogweni, ₄₈apho ‘kumpethu ingafiyo, kumlilo ungacimiyo.’

₄₉“Umntu ngamnye uya kugalelwa umlilo ngokungathi yityiwa. ₅₀Ityiwa ilungile, kodwa ukuba ithe ayaba nasongo noyithini na ukuyibuyisela isongo sayo? Yibani nesongo setyiwa phakathi kwenu, nihlale ninoxolo omnye nomnye.”