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9 UJesu wathi kibo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini kunabanye abajame lapha abangekhe bafe bangakawuboni umBuso kaZimu sewufike ngamandla.”+ 2 Ngemva kwamalanga asithandathu, uJesu wathatha uPitrosi, uJakopo noJwanisi bakhuphukela entabeni ede babodwa. UJesu watjhuguluka phambi kwabo;+ 3 izambatho zakhe zathoma ukumanyazela, zaba mhlophe twa! Ukudlula indlela nanyana ngimuphi umhlanzi wezambatho ephasini egade angazenza zibe mhlophe ngayo. 4 Godu, kwabonakala u-Eliya noMosi bakhuluma noJesu. 5 UPitrosi wathi kuJesu: “Rabi, kuhle ngathi ukuba lapha. Nje-ke sivumela sihlome amatende amathathu, elinye kube ngelakho, elinye kube ngelakaMosi bese elinye kube ngelaka-Eliya.” 6 Eqinisweni, uPitrosi bekangazi ukuthi angathini ngombana bebathukwe khulu. 7 Kwavela ilifu, labasibekela, kwazwakala ilizwi+ elifini lithi: “Le yiNdodanami, engiyithandako.+ Yilaleleni.”+ 8 Ngemva kwalokho, bathalaza babona ukuthi akusenamuntu ngaphandle kwabo noJesu.
9 Njengombana behla entabeni, uJesu wabatjela indlebe ukuzwa bona bangatjeli muntu ngalokho abakubonileko+ bekube kulapho iNdodana yomuntu seyivukile kwabafileko.+ 10 Yeke ilizwelo balibeka ehliziyweni* kodwana babonisana bodwa ukuthi ukuvuswokhu kwabahlongakeleko kutjho ukuthini. 11 Bathoma ukumbuza, bathi: “Kubayini abatloli bathi u-Eliya+ kufuze eze qangi?”+ 12 Wathi kibo: “Nangambala u-Eliya uza qangi abuyisele zoke izinto esigeni;+ kodwana kuza njani kutlolwe ngeNdodana yomuntu bona izakutlhaga khulu beyininwe na?+ 13 Kodwana ngithi kini u-Eliya,+ kuhlekuhle, weza, bazenzela umathanda ngaye njengombana kutloliwe ngaye.”+
14 Kuthe nabafika kwabanye abafundi, babona isiqubuthu esikhulu sibabungelele, lapho bekunabatloli baphikisana nabo.+ 15 Kodwana msinyana soke isiqubuthu sithe nasimbonako, sarareka khulu, sagijimela kuye bona siyomlotjhisa. 16 Ngalokho wababuza: “Niphikisana ngani nabo?” 17 Omunye esiqubuthwini wamphendula wathi: “Mfundisi, ngilethe indodanami kuwe ngombana inommoya oyenza ingakghoni ukukhuluma.+ 18 Uthi nawuyibambako, uyidule phasi, ibhubhudlhe amagwebu, iququde amazinyo beyiphelelwe mamandla. Ngibawe abafundi bakho bona bawukhuphe kodwana babhalelwe.” 19 Wathi kibo: “Maye! Sizukulwana esingakholwako,+ kuzabe kube kunini nginani? Kufuze nginibekezelele isikhathi esingangani? Mletheni kimapha.”+ 20 Baletha umsana loyo kuye kodwana kuthe ummoya nawubona uJesu, wabhudabhuda umsana. Ngemva kokumdula phasi, wasolo agedeka phasi, abhubhudlha amagwebu. 21 UJesu wabuza uyise womsana wathi: “Sekusikhathi esingangani lokhu kwenzeka?” Wathi: “Kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe, 22 sekukanengi umlahlela emlilweni nemanzini ufuna ukumbulala. Kodwana nawungakghona ukumlapha, sibawa usirhawukele, usisize.” 23 UJesu wathi kuye: “Kubayini uthi, ‘Nawungakghona’? Ngombana zoke izinto ziyenzeka emuntwini okholwako.”+ 24 Msinyana uyise womntwana warhuwelela wathi: “Ngiyakholwa! Ngisiza lapha ngitlhoga khona ukukholwa!”+
25 UJesu, abona ukuthi isiqubuthu sigijimela ngakibo, wakhalima ummoya omumbi, wathi kiwo: “Wena mmoya omenza angakghoni ukukhuluma begodu angezwa, ngikuyala bona uphume kuye, ungasangeni kuye godu!”+ 26 Ngemva kokurhuwelela nokubhudabhudeka kanengi, waphuma, umntwana wabonakala ngasuthi uhlongakele, kangangobana abantu abanengi bebathi: “Uhlongakele!” 27 Kodwana uJesu wambamba ngesandla wamvusa, wajama ngeenyawo. 28 Wangena ngendlini, abafundi bakhe bambuza ngemsitheleni bathi: “Kubayini thina sibhalelwe kuwuqotha?”+ 29 Wathi kibo: “Umhlobo lo ungaphuma kwaphela ngomthandazo.”
30 Basuka lapho badlula ngeGalile kodwana akhenge afune abantu bazi ngakho. 31 Ngombana bekafundisa abafundi bakhe athi kibo: “INdodana yomuntu izokukghatjhelwa ezandleni zabantu, bazoyibulala,+ naphezu kokubulawa, izokuvuswa ngemva kwamalanga amathathu.”+ 32 Nokho, akhenge bawazwisise amezwakhe, basaba nokumbuza.
33 Bafika eKapernawumi. Kuthe nabangendlini, wababuza: “Beniphikisana ngani endleleni?”+ 34 Bathula ngombana endleleni bebaphikisana ngokuthi ngubani omkhulu phakathi kwabo. 35 Wahlala phasi wabiza abaliTjhumi namBili wathi kibo: “Nanyana ngubani ofuna ukuba ngewokuthoma, kufuze abe ngewokugcina kikho koke begodu abe sisebenzi sabo boke.”+ 36 Ngalokho wabiza umntwana wamjamisa phambi kwabo; wamsingatha, wathi kibo: 37 “Nanyana ngubani owamukela munye wabantwana abanjengalo+ ngebanga legama lami, uyangamukela nami nanyana ngubani ongamukelako akamukeli mina kwaphela kodwana wamukela naloyo ongithumileko.”+
38 UJwanisi wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, sibone umuntu aqotha amadimoni ngegama lakho, silinge ukumvimba ngombana bekangasimlandelethu.”+ 39 Kodwana uJesu wathi: “Ningalingi ukumvimba ngombana akunamuntu ongenza imisebenzi yamandla ngegama lami ongajika msinyana angithuke. 40 Ngombana nanyana ngubani ongaphikisani nathi, ungakithi.+ 41 Nanyana ngubani oninikela ikapho yamanzi bona nisele ngombana ningebakaKrestu,+ ngiqinisile ngithi kini, angekhe alahlekelwe mvuzwakhe.+ 42 Kodwana nanyana ngubani owisa omunye wabancanaba abakholwako, kuzokuba ngcono ngaye bona kubotjhelwe entanyenakhe ilitje lokusila elizombeleziswa ngudumbana bese aphoselwe ngelwandle.+
43 “Nangabe isandla sakho sikwenza wone, siqunte. Kungcono ukungena ekuphileni urholophele kunokobana ungene eGehena* emlilweni ongapheliko unezandla zombili.+ 44 *—— 45 Nangabe inyawo lakho likwenza wone, liqunte. Kungcono ungene ekuphileni usirhole kunokobana uphoselwe eGehena* uneenyawo ezimbili.+ 46 *—— 47 Nangabe ilihlo lakho likwenza wone, likhuphe ulilahle.+ Kungcono ukungena emBusweni kaZimu unelihlo linye kunokobana uphoselwe eGehena* unamehlo womabili,+ 48 lapho isibungu singafi khona nalapho umlilo ungacimi khona.+
49 “Woke umuntu kufuze afufuzelwe ngetswayi lomlilo.+ 50 Itswayi lilungile kodwana nangabe liphelelwa butswayi balo, uzolinunga ngani?+ Yibani netswayi kini+ begodu nihlale ninokuthula komunye nomunye.”+