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4 Ngemva kwalokho ummoya kaZimu wanqophisa uJesu emmangweni, bona ayokulingwa+ nguDeveli.+ 2 Kuthe sekazile ukudla amalanga ama-40, walamba khulu. 3 UDeveli+ waya kuye wathi: “Nangabe uyindodana kaZimu, tjela amatje la abe burotho.” 4 Kodwana waphendula wathi: “Kutloliwe ukuthi: ‘Umuntu akaphili ngoburotho kwaphela kodwana nangawo woke amezwi aphuma emlonyeni kaJehova.’”*+
5 Ngokulandelako uDeveli wamusa edorobheni elicwengileko,+ wamjamisa esiqongolweni sethempeli+ 6 wathi kuye: “Nangabe uyindodana kaZimu, ziphose phasi, ngombana kutloliwe ukuthi: ‘Uzokuyala iingilozi zakhe,’ begodu ‘Zizokuthwala ngezandla zazo, bona inyawo lakho lingabetheki elitjeni.’”+ 7 UJesu wathi kuye: “Kutloliwe nokuthi: ‘Ungamlingi uJehova* uZimakho.’”+
8 Godu uDeveli wamusa entabeni ede khulu ngokurarako, wamtjengisa yoke imibuso yephasi nobukhazikhazi bayo.+ 9 Wathi kuye: “Ngizokunikela zoke izintwezi nawungakhothama ungilotjhe kanye kwaphela.” 10 UJesu wathi kuye: “Suka Sathana! Ngombana kutloliwe ukuthi: ‘Kufuze ulotjhe uJehova* uZimakho+ begodu nguye kwaphela okufuze umenzele umsebenzi ocwengileko.’”+ 11 Ngemva kwalokho uDeveli wasuka kuye,+ iingilozi zeza kuJesu zizomtjheja.+
12 Kuthe uJesu nakezwa bona uJwanisi ubotjhiwe,+ waya eGalile.+ 13 Ngemva kokusuka eNazaretha, wayokuhlala eKapernawumi+ hlanu kwelwandle eemfundeni zakwaZebuloni nezakwaNafitali, 14 bona kuzaliseke lokho uZimu akutjho ngo-Isaya umphorofidakhe, nakathi: 15 “Narha yakwaZebuloni neyakwaNafitali, enisendleleni etjhinga elwandle, ngaphetjheya kweJordani, Galile yeentjhaba! 16 Abantu abasebumnyameni babone ukukhanya okukhulu, nalabo abagubuzeswe lithunzi lokufa, bavelelwe mkhanyo.”+ 17 Kusukela ngesikhatheso, uJesu wathoma ukutjhumayela athi: “Tjhugulukani, ngombana umBuso wezulu utjhidele.”+
18 Kwathi asakhamba magega neLwandle leGalile, wabona uSimoni obekabizwa ngokuthi nguPitrosi+ nomfowabo u-Andrisi, baphosela inedabo ngelwandle ngombana bebabathiyi beenhlambi.+ 19 Wathi kibo: “Ngilandelani, ngizonenza abathiyi babantu.”+ 20 Khonokho batjhiya amanedabo, bamlandela.+ 21 Asaraga nekhambo lakhe, wabona abanye ababili ababantwana bomuntu, amadodana kaZebediya, uJakopo nomfowabo uJwanisi.+ Bebanoyise ngesikepeni balungisa amanedabo, wababiza.+ 22 Khonokho batjhiya isikepe noyise, bamlandela.
23 Yeke wakhamba yoke iGalile,+ afundisa emasinagogeni,+ atjhumayela iindaba ezimnandi zomBuso kaZimu, alapha nayo yoke imihlobo yamalwele aphethe abantu.+ 24 Iindaba ezimalungana naye zarhatjheka iSiriya yoke, kwalethwa kuye abantu ebebatshwenywa malwele nobuhlungu+ obuhlukahlukeneko, abanamadimoni,+ abanesithunthwana+ nabarholopheleko, wabalapha boke. 25 Ngebanga lalokho, iinqubuthu ezikulu zamlandela zisuka eGalile, eDekapolisi,* eJerusalema, eJudiya nangaphetjheya kweJordani.