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3 Godu uJesu wangena ngesinagogeni, wafumana kunendoda enesandla esitjhwabeneko.*+ 2 AbaFarisi bamqalisisa bafuna ukubona ukuthi uzoyilapha na ngeSabatha, ukuze bammangalele. 3 Wathi endodeni etjhwabene* isandla: “Sikima uze phakathi nendawo.” 4 Wathi kibo: “Kuvumelekile na ukwenza okuhle, ukulimaza, ukusindisa ukuphila* namkha ukubulala ngeSabatha?”+ Kodwana bathula du. 5 Wabaqala asilingekile, ezwa nobuhlungu ngokungabi nezwelo kweenhliziyo zabo,+ wathi endodeni leyo: “Thabulula isandla sakho.” Yasithabulula, isandla sayo sathabuluka. 6 Khonokho abaFarisi baphuma benza umhlangano nabalandeli behlangano kaHerode,+ barerisana ngaye ukuze bambulale.
7 UJesu wakhamba nabafundi bakhe baya elwandle, iwoma labantu abavela eGalile neJudiya lamlandela.+ 8 Ngitjho newoma labantu abavela eJerusalema, e-Idumiya, ngaphetjheya kweJordani, namagega neTirosi neSidoni, nalizwa ngezinto ezinengi ebekazenza leza kuye. 9 Watjela abafundi bakhe ukuthi bamlungiselele isikepe esincani khona isiqubuthu singazomminyezela. 10 Ngombana walapha abantu abanengi, boke ebebagula khulu bebasunduzelana kuye bona bamthinte.+ 11 Ngitjho nemimoya emimbi,+ nayimbonako, beyiguqa ngamadolo phambi kwakhe irhuwelele ithi: “UyiNdodana kaZimu!”+ 12 Kodwana kanengi bekayikhalima bona ingakhulumi ukuthi ungubani.+
13 Wakhuphukela entabeni wabiza labo abafunako, beza kuye.+ 14 Wakhetha isiqhema sabali-12, wasibiza ngokuthi bapostoli, bekazokukhamba naso asithume bona siyokutjhumayela 15 wasinikela namandla wokuqotha amadimoni.+
16 Isiqhema sabali-12+ asikhethako,* bekunguSimoni, loyo amthiya ngokuthi nguPitrosi,+ 17 uJakopo indodana kaZebediya noJwanisi umfowabo kaJakopo (nalaba wabathiya igama elithi Bhowanerigesi elitjho ukuthi, “Amadodana Womdumo”),+ 18 u-Andrisi, uFlebhe, uBhartholomewu, uMatewu, uTomasi, uJakopo indodana ka-Alfiyosi, uThadiyosi, uSimoni umKanana,* 19 noJudasi Iskariyodi, owathengisa uJesu ngokukhamba kwesikhathi.
Ngemva kwalokho, uJesu waya ngendlini ethileko, 20 godu isiqubuthu sababungelela kangangobana akhenge bafumane nethuba lokudla. 21 Iinhlobo zakhe nazizwa ngalokhu, zaphuma zifuna ukuyombamba ngombana bezithi: “Uyarhapha.”+ 22 Nabatloli ebebavela eJerusalema bebathi: “UnoBhelzabhulu,* uqotha amadimoni ngombusi wamadimoni.”+ 23 Wababiza, wakhuluma nabo asebenzisa imifanekiso wathi: “USathana angamqotha njani uSathana? 24 Nangabe umbuso uhlukene phakathi, umbuso loyo angeze wajama;+ 25 nomuzi nangabe uhlukene phakathi, umuzi loyo angeze wakghona ukujama. 26 NoSathana nakalwa yedwa, uhlukene phakathi, angeze akwazi ukujama kodwana kuzokuba kuphela kwakhe. 27 Akunamuntu ongangena ngendlini yekakaramba ebe izinto zayo ngaphandle kobana ayibophe qangi. Nasele ayibophile, angakghona-ke ukuthatha izinto ezingendlinayo. 28 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, abantu bazokulitjalelwa zoke izinto, ngitjho nanyana ngiziphi izono abazenzileko namkha ukuhlambalaza abakukhulumileko. 29 Kodwana nanyana ngubani ohlambalaza ummoya ocwengileko, angeze alitjalelwe bekube nini nanini+ kunalokho unomlandu wesono esingapheliko.”+ 30 Watjho lokhu ngombana bebathi: “Unommoya omumbi.”+
31 Nje-ke kwafika unina nabafowabo,+ bajama ngaphandle bathumela othileko bona ayombiza.+ 32 Njengombana bekunesiqubuthu sihlezi simbungelele, bathi kuye: “Unyoko nabafowenu bangaphandle bayakufuna.”+ 33 Wabaphendula wathi: “Ngubani umma nabafowethu na?” 34 Ngemva kwalokho waqala labo abahlezi phasi bambungelele wathi: “Nangu umma nabafowethu!+ 35 Nanyana ngubani owenza intando kaZimu, loyo nguye ongumfowethu nodadwethu nomma.”+