NgokukaMarku 3

₁Khona wabuye wangena esinagogeni.* Kwakukhona lapho umuntu onesandla esishwabeneyo. ₂Bamqaphela ukuba uzakumphilisa yini ngesabatha, ukuze bambeke icala. ₃Wathi kumuntu onesandla esishwabeneyo: “Sukuma, ume phakathi.”

₄Wayesethi kubo: “Kuvunyelwe ngesabatha ukwenza okuhle noma okubi yini, ukusindisa umuntu noma ukumbulala na?” Kepha bathula.

₅Waqalaza ebabuka ngokuthukuthela, edabukile ngobulukhuni benhliziyo yabo; wayesethi kulowo muntu: “Yelula isandla.” Waselula, saphiliswa isandla sakhe. ₆AbaFarisi base bephuma masinyane bacebisana ngaye nabakaHerode ukuthi bangambhubhisa kanjani.

₇UJesu wasuka kanye nabafundi bakhe, waya ngaselwandle; isixuku esikhulu samlandela sivela eGalile, naseJudiya, ₈naseJerusalema, nase-Idumiya, nangaphesheya kweJordani, nangaseTire, naseSidoni; isixuku esikhulu sesizwile konke akwenzayo seza kuye. ₉Wayeseyala abafundi bakhe ukuba isikebhe simlindele ngenxa yesixuku sabantu, ukuze bangamcindezeli, ₁₀ngokuba wayephulukisa abaningi, kwaze kwathi bonke abanezifo bawela phezu kwakhe ukuba bamnamathe. ₁₁Nawomoya abangcolileyo bathi ukuba bambone, bawa phansi phambi kwakhe, bamemeza bathi: “Wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.” ₁₂Wabayalisisa ukuba bangamzwakalisi.

₁₃Wayesenyukela entabeni, wabizela kuye abebafuna yena; beza kuye. ₁₄Wamisa abayishumi nambili ukuba babe naye nokuba abathume baye kushumayela, ₁₅babe namandla okukhipha amademoni. ₁₆Wayesemisa laba abayishumi nambili: uSimoni owamqamba igama lokuthi uPetru, ₁₇noJakobe kaZebedewu, noJohane umfowabo kaJakobe; laba wabaqamba igama lokuthi oBowanergesi okungukuthi amadodana okuduma; ₁₈no-Andreya, noFiliphu, noBartolomewu, noMathewu, noTomase, noJakobe ka-Alfewu, noThadewu, noSimoni umKhanani, ₁₉noJuda Iskariyothe owamkhaphelayo.

₂₀Wayesefika ekhaya; isixuku sabuthana futhi, ababe besaba nathuba lokudla nasinkwa. ₂₁Abakubo sebekuzwile baphuma ukuyombamba, ngokuba bathi uyahlanya.

₂₂Nababhali abehla bevela eJerusalema bathi: “UnoBelzebule, ukhipha amademoni ngombusi wamademoni.”

₂₃Wayesebabiza, wakhuluma kubo ngemifanekiso, ethi: “USathane angakhipha kanjani uSathane na? ₂₄Uma umbuso wahlukene wodwa, lowo mbuso ungeme. ₂₅Nendlu, uma yahlukene yodwa, leyo ndlu ayizukuma. ₂₆NoSathane, uma ezivukela yena, ahlukane, akanakuma, kepha uyaphela. ₂₇Yebo, akakho ongangena endlini yesiqhwaga, aphange impahla yaso, uma engabophi kuqala isiqhwaga, andukuba aphange indlu yaso. ₂₈Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Abantwana babantu bayakuthethelelwa izono zonke nokuhlambalaza noma kungakanani abangahlambalaza ngakho, ₂₉kepha lowo ohlambalaza uMoya oNgcwele kanakuthethelelwa naphakade, kodwa unecala lesono esingapheliyo.” ₃₀Ngokuba bathi unomoya ongcolileyo.

₃₁Kwase kufika unina nabafowabo, bema ngaphandle, bathumela kuye bembiza. ₃₂Isixuku sabantu sasimphahlile; bathi kuye: “Bheka, unyoko nabafowenu nawodadewenu bangaphandle bekufuna.”

₃₃Wabaphendula wathi: “Ngubani umame nabafowethu na?”

₃₄Waqalaza ebuka ababehlezi bemphahlile, wathi: “Bhekani, nangu umame nabafowethu. ₃₅Ngokuba owenza intando kaNkulunkulu nguye ongumfowethu nodadewethu nomame.”