4 Ngemva kwalokho umoya wakhokhela uJesu wamusa enkangala lapho afika khona walingwa+ nguDeveli.+ 2 Wathi esezile ukudla okwamalanga angu-40 lobusuku obungu-40 wezwa eselambile. 3 UMlingi+ wamlanda wafika wathi kuye: “Nxa uyindodana kaNkulunkulu, tshela amatshe la ukuthi abe yizinkwa.” 4 Kodwa yena waphendula wathi: “Kubhaliwe ukuthi: ‘Umuntu akumelanga aphile ngesinkwa sodwa, kodwa langawo wonke amazwi aphuma emlonyeni kaJehova.’”*+

5 UDeveli wasemthatha wahamba laye edolobheni elingcwele,+ wafika wammisa esiqongweni sethempeli+ 6 wasesithi kuye: “Nxa uyindodana kaNkulunkulu ziphosele phansi ngoba kubhaliwe ukuthi: ‘Uzanika izingilosi zakhe umlayo mayelana lawe,’ lokuthi, ‘Zizakuthwala ngezandla zazo ukuze unyawo lwakho lungatshayeki elitsheni.’”+ 7 UJesu wathi kuye: “Kubhaliwe futhi ukuthi: ‘Akumelanga umlinge uJehova* uNkulunkulu wakho.’”+

8 UDeveli waphinda wamthatha wamusa entabeni ende okumangalisayo, wasemtshengisa yonke imibuso yomhlaba lenkazimulo yayo.+ 9 Wasesithi kuye: “Ngizakupha zonke izinto lezi nxa ungaguqa phansi ungikhonze kanye nje kuphela.” 10 UJesu wathi kuye: “Suka Sathane! Phela kubhaliwe ukuthi: ‘NguJehova* uNkulunkulu wakho okumele umkhonze+ njalo nguye yedwa okumele umenzele inkonzo engcwele.’”+

4 UJesu wasuka eJodani waya enkangala.+ Wayegcwele umoya ongcwele futhi wawumkhokhela ngesikhathi elapho 2 okwamalanga angu-40 elingwa nguDeveli.+ Wayengadli lutho ngensuku lezo, yikho zathi ziphela wayeselambile. 3 UDeveli wathi ekubona lokhu wathi kuye: “Nxa uyindodana kaNkulunkulu, tshela ilitshe leli ukuthi libe yisinkwa.” 4 Kodwa uJesu wamphendula wathi: “Kubhaliwe ukuthi, ‘Umuntu akumelanga aphile ngesinkwa sodwa.’”+

5 Ngakho uDeveli wamthatha wamusa endaweni ephakemeyo, wamtshengisa yonke imibuso yomhlaba ngesikhatshana nje+ 6 wasesithi kuye: “Ngizakupha amandla phezu kwayo yonke imibuso le kanye lenkazimulo yayo ngoba ngeyami,+ futhi ngiyinika loba ngubani engifuna ukumnika yona. 7 Yikho nxa ungaguqa phansi ungikhonze kanye nje kuphela, yonke izakuba ngeyakho.” 8 UJesu waphendula wathi: “Kubhaliwe ukuthi, ‘NguJehova* uNkulunkulu wakho okumele umkhonze njalo nguye yedwa okumele umenzele inkonzo engcwele.’”+

9 Ngemva kwalokho wamusa eJerusalema wafika wammisa esiqongweni sethempeli wasesithi kuye: “Nxa uyindodana kaNkulunkulu ziphosele phansi usuka lapha+ 10 ngoba kubhaliwe ukuthi, ‘Uzanika izingilosi zakhe umlayo mayelana lawe ukuze zikuvikele,’ 11 lokuthi, ‘Zizakuthwala ngezandla zazo ukuze unyawo lwakho lungatshayeki elitsheni.’”+ 12 UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Kubhaliwe ukuthi, ‘Akumelanga umlinge uJehova* uNkulunkulu wakho.’”+ 13 UDeveli wathi eseqedile ukumlinga ngezilingo zonke lezi wamtshiya wahamba, waselindela ukuthola esinye isikhathi esihle sokumlinga.+