Bible Reading Plan – Day 292

₁Wayesebabizela ndawonye abayishumi nambili, wabanika amandla negunya phezu kwamademoni onke nokuphulukisa izifo. ₂Wabathuma ukushumayela umbuso kaNkulunkulu nokuphulukisa. ₃Wathi kubo: “Ningaphathi lutho lwendlela, naludondolo, nasikhwama, nasinkwa, namali, ningabi namabhantshi amabili. ₄Nakuyiphi indlu eningena kuyo, hlalani lapho, nize nimuke khona. ₅Bonke abanganamukeliyo, anothi nxa nimuka kulowo muzi, nithintithe uthuli ezinyaweni zenu, kube ngubufakazi ngabo.” ₆Bamuka-ke, bahamba imizi ngemizi beshumayela ivangeli, bephulukisa ezindaweni zonke.

₇Kwathi uHerode umtetrarki* ekuzwa konke okwenzekayo, wasambatheka ngokusho kwabanye ukuthi uJohane uvukile kwabafileyo, ₈ngokwabanye ukuthi u-Eliya ubonakele, ngokwabanye ukuthi kuvukile umprofethi othile kwabadala. ₉Kepha uHerode wathi: “UJohane ngamnquma ikhanda mina; kodwa ngubani lo engizwa ngaye okunje?” Wafuna ukumbona.

₁₀Abaphostoli sebebuyile bamlandisa konke abakwenzileyo; wabathatha, wamuka nabo bebodwa ukuya emzini othiwa iBetsayida. ₁₁Kepha izixuku sezazi zamlandela; wazithakazela, wakhuluma kuzo ngombuso kaNkulunkulu, wabaphulukisa abaswela ukuphulukiswa.

₁₂Seliqala ukushona, beza kuye abayishumi nambili, bathi: “Bamukise abantu ukuba baye emizaneni nasezweni elizungezileyo, bangenise, bathole ukudla, ngokuba lapha sisendaweni eyihlane.”

₁₃Kepha wathi kubo: “Bapheni nina ukudla.”

Bathi-ke: “Esinakho yizinkwa eziyisihlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili kuphela ngaphandle kokuba siyobathengela bonke laba bantu ukudla.” ₁₄Ngokuba kwakukhona amadoda okungathi izinkulungwane eziyisihlanu.

Wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Bahlaliseni ngezigaba ngamashumi ayisihlanu.” ₁₅Benze njalo, babahlalisa bonke. ₁₆Wazithabatha izinkwa eziyisihlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili, wabheka ngasezulwini, wazibusisa, wazihlephula, wanika abafundi ukuba babele isixuku. ₁₇Badla, basutha bonke, kwabuthwa imvuthuluka eyasala kubo, iziqabetho eziyishumi nambili.

₁₈Kwathi ekhuleka ngasesitha, abafundi babe naye; wababuza ethi: “Abantu bathi ngingubani na?”

₁₉Baphendula bathi: “UJohane uMbhapathizi; kepha abanye bathi: Ngu-Eliya; abanye kodwa bathi: Kuvukile umprofethi othile wabadala.”

₂₀Wayesethi kubo: “Nina-ke nithi ngingubani na?”

UPetru waphendula wathi: “UnguKristu kaNkulunkulu.”

₂₁Wabayala, wagcizelela ukuba bangatsheli muntu lokho, ₂₂wathi: “INdodana yomuntu imelwe ukuhlupheka ngokuningi, ilahlwe ngamalunga nabapristi abakhulu nababhali, ibulawe, ivuswe ngosuku lwesithathu.”

₂₃Wayesethi kubo bonke: “Uma umuntu ethanda ukuza emva kwami, makazidele, athabathe isiphambano sakhe imihla ngemihla, angilandele. ₂₄Ngokuba yilowo nalowo othanda ukusindisa ukuphila kwakhe uyakulahlekelwa yikho; kepha olahlekelwa ngukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yami uyakukusindisa. ₂₅Ngokuba kuyakumsizani umuntu, uma ezuzile izwe lonke, yena uqobo alahleke nokuba alimale, na? ₂₆Ngokuba yilowo nalowo onezinhloni ngami nangamazwi ami ngaye lo iNdodana yomuntu iyakuba nezinhloni, lapho iza ngenkazimulo yayo nekaYise neyezingelosi ezingcwele. ₂₇Kepha nginitshela ngesiminya ukuthi bakhona abanye kwabemi lapha abangayikuzwa ngempela ukufa, baze babone umbuso kaNkulunkulu.”

₂₈Kwathi emva kwalawo mazwi kungathi izinsuku zaba yisishiyagalombili wathatha oPetru, noJohane, noJakobe, wenyukela entabeni ukuyokhuleka. ₂₉Kwathi ekukhulekeni kwakhe isimo sobuso bakhe saba ngesinye, nezingubo zakhe zaba mhlophe, zacwebezela. ₃₀Bheka, kwakhuluma naye amadoda amabili ayengoMose no-Eliya; ₃₁abonakala ngenkazimulo, akhuluma ngokumuka kwakhe abemelwe ukukufeza eJerusalema. ₃₂UPetru nababe naye babekhwelwe ngubuthongo; kepha sebephapheme babona inkazimulo yakhe namadoda amabili emi naye. ₃₃Kwathi ekwahlukaneni kwawo naye uPetru wathi kuJesu: “Nkosi, kuhle ukuba silapha; masakhe amadokodo amathathu, elinye libe ngelakho, elinye libe ngelikaMose, elinye libe ngelika-Eliya;” wayengazi ukuthi uthini.

₃₄Esakhuluma lokhu, kwafika ifu, labasithibeza; besaba ekungeneni kwabo efwini. ₃₅Kwavela izwi efwini, lathi: “Lo uyiNdodana yami ekhethiweyo; yizweni.” ₃₆Kwathi livela izwi, uJesu wafunyanwa eyedwa. Bathula bona, ngaleyo mihla kabatshelanga muntu neyodwa yalezo zinto abazibonileyo.

₃₇Kwathi ngangomuso sebehlile entabeni, isixuku esikhulu samhlangabeza. ₃₈Bheka, indoda yasesixukwini yamemeza yathi: “Mfundisi, ngiyakunxusa ukuba ubheke indodana yami, ngokuba yiyo yodwa kimi. ₃₉Bheka, umoya uyayibamba, idazuluke masinyane; uyihlukumeza, ikhihlize amagwebu, amuke kuyo eseyizukile. ₄₀Ngibanxusile abafundi bakho ukuba bamkhiphe, kepha bahluleka.”

₄₁UJesu waphendula wathi: “O sizukulwane esingakholwayo nesiphambeneyo, koze kube nini nginani, nginibekezelela, na? Yilethe lapha indodana yakho.”

₄₂Kuthe iseza, idemoni layiwisa phansi, layihlukumeza kakhulu; uJesu wamkhuza umoya ongcolileyo, wamphulukisa umfana, wambuyisela kuyise. ₄₃Bethuka bonke ngamandla amakhulu kaNkulunkulu.

Besamangele bonke ngakho konke akwenzileyo, wathi kubafundi bakhe: ₄₄“Khwezani lawo mazwi ezindlebeni zenu, ngokuba iNdodana yomuntu izakukhashelwa ezandleni zabantu.” ₄₅Kepha abakuzwisisanga lokho kusho, kwakusithekile kubo, ukuze bangakuqondi; besaba ukumbuza ngalokho kusho.

₄₆Kwavela ukuzindlisana phakathi kwabo kokuthi ngubani ongahle abemkhulu kubo. ₄₇Kuthe uJesu ebona ukuzindla kwenhliziyo yabo, wathabatha umntwana, wammisa phambi kwakhe, ₄₈wathi kubo: “Yilowo nalowo oyakwamukela lo mntwana ngegama lami uyangamukela mina, ongamukela mina uyamamukela ongithumileyo; ngokuba omncinyane kini nonke nguye omkhulu.”

₄₉UJohane waphendula wathi: “Nkosi, sabona umuntu ekhipha amademoni ngegama lakho, samnqabela ngokuba engalandelani nathi.”

₅₀Kepha uJesu wathi kuye: “Ningamnqabeli, ngokuba ongamelene nani ungakini.”

₅₁Kwathi sezizakuphelela izinsuku zokwenyuswa kwakhe, wabhekisa ubuso bakhe ukuya eJerusalema. ₅₂Wathuma izithunywa phambi kwakhe; zahamba, zangena emzini wamaSamariya ukuba zimlungisele. ₅₃Kepha awamamukelanga, ngokuba ubuso bakhe babubheke eJerusalema. ₅₄Kuthe abafundi bakhe oJakobe noJohane sebekubonile lokho, bathi: “Nkosi, uyathanda ukuba sibize umlilo wehle ezulwini, uwaqede, na?”

₅₅Kepha waguquka, wabakhuza wathi: “Anazi ukuthi ningabomoya muni. ₅₆Ngokuba iNdodana yomuntu ayizanga ukubhubhisa imiphefumulo yabantu kodwa ukuyisindisa,” base beya komunye umuzi.

₅₇Kwathi behamba endleleni, umuntu othile wathi kuye: “Ngizakukulandela, noma uya ngaphi.”

₅₈UJesu wayesethi kuye: “Izimpungushe zinemigodi, nezinyoni zezulu zinezidleke, kepha iNdodana yomuntu kayinandawo, lapho ingacamelisa khona ikhanda.”

₅₉Wayesethi komunye: “Ngilandele.”

Wathi yena: “Ngivumele ngiye kuqala ukuyakummbela ubaba.”

₆₀Kepha wathi kuye: “Yeka abafileyo bembele abafileyo babo, kodwa hamba wena, ushumayele umbuso kaNkulunkulu.”

₆₁Nomunye-ke wathi: “Ngizakukulandela, Nkosi; kepha ngivumele ngiye kuqala ukuyovalelisa abasekhaya.”

₆₂Kodwa uJesu wathi kuye: “Akakho othi esebeke isandla sakhe egejeni, abuke emuva, ofanele umbuso kaNkulunkulu.”

₁Emva kwalokho iNkosi yamisa abanye abangamashumi ayisikhombisa, yabathumela ngababili phambi kwayo emizini nasezindaweni zonke ebizakuya kuzo yona. ₂Yathi kubo: “Ukuvuna kukhulu, kepha izisebenzi ziyingcosana; ngakho-ke nxusani inkosi yokuvuna ukuba ithumele izisebenzi ekuvuneni kwayo. ₃Hambani; bhekani, ngiyanithuma ninjengezimvu phakathi kwezimpisi. ₄Ningaphathi sikhwama, nayika, nazicathulo, ningabingeleli muntu endleleni.

₅“Nakuyiphi indlu eningena kuyo, qalani nithi: ‘Ukuthula makube kule ndlu.’ ₆Kuyakuthi uma kukhona lapho indodana yokuthula, ukuthula kwenu kohlala phezu kwayo; kepha uma kungenjalo, kuzakubuyela kini. ₇Hlalani kuleyo ndlu, nidle, niphuze abanipha khona; ngokuba isisebenzi sifanele inkokhelo yaso. Ningangenisi ezindlini ngezindlu.

₈“Nakumuphi umuzi eningena kuwo, benamukele, yidlani okubekwa phambi kwenu, ₉niphulukise abagulayo abakuwo, nithi kubo: ‘Umbuso kaNkulunkulu usondele kini.’ ₁₀Kepha nakumuphi umuzi eningena kuwo, benganamukeli, phumelani ezitaladini zawo, nithi: ₁₁‘Nothuli lomuzi wenu olunamathele ezinyaweni zethu siyaluhlangulela kini; nokho-ke yazini lokhu ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu usondele.’ ₁₂Ngithi kini: Kuyakuba ngcono kwabaseSodoma ngalolo suku kunakulowo muzi.

₁₃“Maye kuwe Korazini! Maye kuwe Betsayida! Ngokuba uma kwakwenziwe eTire naseSidoni imisebenzi yamandla eyenziwe kini, ngakube kade yaphenduka, ihlala ngesaka nangomlotha. ₁₄Kepha kuyakuba ngcono kulo iTire neSidoni ekwahlulelweni kunakini. ₁₅Nawe Kapernawume uyakuphakanyiselwa ezulwini na? Uyakwehliselwa eHayidese.*

₁₆“Onizwayo nina uyangizwa mina; onalayo nina uyangala mina; ongalayo mina uyamala ongithumileyo.”

₁₇Babuya-ke abangamashumi ayisikhombisa ngokujabula, bathi: “Nkosi, namademoni ayasithobela ngegama lakho.”

₁₈Wathi kubo: “Ngabona uSathane ewa ezulwini njengonyazi. ₁₉Bhekani, ngininikile igunya lokunyathela izinyoka nawofezela naphezu kwamandla onke esitha; anisoze noniwa lutho. ₂₀Nokho ningathokozi ngalokhu kokuthi omoya bayanithobela, kepha thokozani ngokuthi amagama enu alotshiwe ezulwini.”

₂₁Ngasona leso sikhathi wathokoza ngoMoya oNgcwele, wathi: “Ngiyakubonga, Baba, Nkosi yezulu nomhlaba, ngokuba ukufihlile lokho kwabahlakaniphileyo nabanokuqonda, wakwambulela izingane; yebo, Baba, ngokuba kwaba kuhle phambi kwakho ukuba kube njalo. ₂₂Konke ngikunikelwe nguBaba; akakho owazi ukuthi iNdodana ingubani, kuphela uYise, nokuthi uYise ungubani, kuphela iNdodana nalowo iNdodana ethanda ukumambulela yena.”

₂₃Waphendukela kubafundi bebodwa, wathi: “Abusisiwe amehlo abona enikubonayo. ₂₄Ngokuba ngithi kini: Baningi abaprofethi namakhosi ababethanda ukubona enikubonayo, abakubonanga, nokuzwa enikuzwayo, abakuzwanga.”