NgokukaMarku 6

₁Khona wamuka lapho, waya ezweni lakubo; abafundi bakhe bamlandela. ₂Sekufikile isabatha, waqala ukufundisa esinagogeni.* Abaningi abamuzwayo bamangala bathi: “Lo ukuthathaphi lokhu na? Ukuhlakanipha kuni akunikiwe lona na? Nemisebenzi yamandla enje yenziwe ngezandla zakhe na? ₃Lo akusiye umbazi, indodana kaMariya, nomfowabo kaJakobe, noJose, noJuda, noSimoni, na? Nawodadewabo abakho yini lapha kithi na?” Base bekhubeka ngaye.

₄Wayesethi kubo uJesu: “Umprofethi kadelelwa ngaphandle kwasezweni lakubo, nasezihlotsheni zakhe, nasendlini yakwabo.” ₅Wayengenakwenza lapho nowodwa umsebenzi wamandla ngaphandle kokuthi wabeka izandla phezu kwabagulayo abayingcosana, wabaphulukisa. ₆Wamangala ngokungakholwa kwabo.

Wahamba imizi ngemizi efundisa.

₇Wayesebabiza abayishumi nambili, waqala ukubathuma ngababili, wabanika amandla phezu kwawomoya abangcolileyo. ₈Wabayala ukuba bangaphathi lutho lwendlela, kuphela udondolo lodwa, bangaphathi nasinkwa, nasikhwama, nathusi emixhakeni, ₉kepha bafake izicathulo, bangembathi kodwa amabhantshi amabili. ₁₀Wathi kubo: “Nakuphi lapho ningena khona endlini, hlalani kuyo, nize nimuke khona. ₁₁Nayiphi indawo engayikunamukela, nalapho bengayikunizwa khona, anothi nimuka kuyo, nivuthulule uthuli oluphansi kwezinyawo zenu, kube ngubufakazi kubo.”

₁₂Base behamba beshumayela ukuba abantu baphenduke. ₁₃Bakhipha amademoni amaningi, bagcoba abagulayo abaningi ngamafutha, babaphulukisa.

₁₄Yayisikuzwa inkosi uHerode, ngokuba lalidumile igama lakhe. Kwathiwa uJohane uMbhapathizi uvukile kwabafileyo; kungalokho lawa mandla asebenza kuye.

₁₅Kodwa abanye bathi: “Ngu-Eliya;” abanye bathi: “Ngumprofethi njengomunye wabaprofethi.”

₁₆Kepha uHerode ekuzwile wathi: “UJohane engamnquma ikhanda nguye ovukile.”

₁₇Ngokuba yena uHerode wayethumele wambamba uJohane, wambopha etilongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya umkaFiliphu umfowabo, ngokuba wayeganwe nguye. ₁₈Ngokuba uJohane wayethe kuHerode: “Awuvunyelwe ukuthatha umkamfowenu.” ₁₉Njalo uHerodiya wambambela amagqubu, wafuna ukumbulala; kepha kabanga namandla, ₂₀ngokuba uHerode wayemesaba uJohane emazi ukuthi uyindoda elungileyo engcwele, wamlonda; nalapho emuzwa, wayesambatheka kaningi, nokho kwabamnandi kuye ukumuzwa.

₂₁Kwathi sekufikile usuku oluhle, lapho uHerode ngosuku lokuzalwa kwakhe ezenzela idili izikhulu zakhe, nezinduna zempi, nabanumzane baseGalile, ₂₂kwangena indodakazi kaHerodiya uqobo, yasina, yajabulisa uHerode nababehlezi naye. Inkosi yayisithi entombazaneni: “Cela kimi noma yini okuthandayo, ngizakukunika.” ₂₃Wafunga kuyo, wathi: “Noma yini ongakucela kimi ngizakukunika, nakuba kungaze kube yinxenye yombuso wami.”

₂₄Yayisiphuma, yathi kunina: “Ngizakucelani na?”

Yena wathi: “Ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi.”

₂₅Yakhawuleza yangena masinyane enkosini, yacela yathi: “Ngithanda ukuba ungiphe khona manje ngoqwembe ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi.”

₂₆Inkosi yadabuka kakhulu, kepha ngenxa yezifungo nangenxa yababehlezi nayo ekudleni ayithandanga ukuyilandulela. ₂₇Inkosi yayisithuma masinyane ibutho, waliyala ukuba lilethe ikhanda lakhe. Lahamba, lamnquma ikhanda etilongweni. ₂₈Laletha ikhanda lakhe ngoqwembe, layinika intombazana, intombazana yamnika unina. ₂₉Kwathi ukuba abafundi bakhe bakuzwe lokho, beza bathatha isidumbu sakhe, basibeka ethuneni.

₃₀Abaphostoli babuthana kuJesu, bambikela ababekwenzile nababekufundisile. ₃₁Wayesethi kubo: “Zanini nina nodwa endaweni eyihlane, niphumule ingcosana.” Ngokuba babe baningi abezayo nabahambayo, abaze bathola nasikhathi sokudla.

₃₂Base bemuka ngomkhumbi, baya endaweni eyihlane bebodwa. ₃₃Abaningi sebebabona bemuka, baqonda, baze bagijimela khona ngezinyawo, bephuma kuyo yonke imizi, babandulela. ₃₄Wathi ephuma, wabona isixuku esikhulu, waba nesihe ngabantu, ngokuba babe njengezimvu ezingenamalusi; waqala ukubafundisa okuningi.

₃₅Kwathi isikhathi sesihambile, beza kuye abafundi bakhe, bathi: “Le ndawo iyihlane, isikhathi sesidlulile; ₃₆bamukise ukuba baye emaphandleni nasemizaneni ezungezileyo, bazithengele ukudla.”

₃₇Wayesephendula, ethi kubo: “Bapheni nina ukudla.”

Bathi kuye: “Sihambe yini, siyothenga izinkwa zawodenariyu* abangamakhulu amabili, sibaphe badle na?”

₃₈Wathi kubo: “Ninezinkwa ezingaki na? Hambani nibone.”

Sebazi bathi: “Ziyisihlanu, nezinhlanzi ezimbili.”

₃₉Wabayala ukuba bonke bahlale phansi etshanini obuluhlaza izigaba ngezigaba. ₄₀Base behlala phansi amaviyo ngamaviyo, kwaba ngamakhulu nangamashumi ayisihlanu. ₄₁Wazithabatha izinkwa eziyisihlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili, wabheka ngasezulwini, wazibusisa, wazihlephula izinkwa, wazinika abafundi ukuba bazibeke phambi kwabo; nezinhlanzi ezimbili wababela bonke ngazo. ₄₂Badla bonke, basutha. ₄₃Babutha imvuthuluka, iziqabetho eziyishumi nambili ezigcwele, neyezinhlanzi. ₄₄Ababedlile izinkwa babe ngamadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyisihlanu.

₄₅Wayesecindezela masinyane abafundi bakhe ukuba bangene emkhunjini, bamandulele ukuya phesheya eBetsayida, yena aze amukise isixuku. ₄₆Esebavalelisile wahamba waya entabeni ukuyokhuleka.

₄₇Kwathi sekuhlwile, umkhumbi wawuphakathi nolwandle, yena eyedwa emhlabathini. ₄₈Wababona behlupheka ekugwedleni, ngokuba umoya wawuphambene nabo, weza kubo ngomlindo wesine wobusuku ehamba phezu kolwandle. Kwangathi uyadlula kubo. ₄₉Sebembonile ehamba phezu kolwandle, bacabanga ukuthi yisithunzi; bakhala. ₅₀Ngokuba bonke bambona, bethuka.

Kepha washesha wakhuluma nabo, wathi kubo: “Yimani isibindi; yimina, ningesabi.” ₅₁Wayesekhwela emkhunjini kubo, umoya wanqamuka; bamangala kakhulu impela phakathi kwabo. ₅₂Ngokuba abaqondanga okwezinkwa, lokhu inhliziyo yabo yayilukhuni.

₅₃Sebewelile bafika ezweni laseGenesaretha, babopha ogwini. ₅₄Ukuphuma kwabo emkhunjini yena wayaziwa masinyane. ₅₅Bagijimela kulo lonke lelo zwe, baqala ukuletha abagulayo ngezinhlaka, lapho bemuzwa ukuthi ukhona.

₅₆Kwathi nomaphi lapho engena khona, emizaneni, nasemizini, nasemaphandleni, babeka abagulayo ezigcawini, bamncenga ukuba bathinte noma umphetho wengubo yakhe kuphela; bonke abamthinta basindiswa.