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4:1 Ke kaloku uYesu, ezele nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wabuya eYordan, wakhokelelwa
ngoMoya entlango;
4:2 Wantsuku zimashumi mane ehendwa nguMtyholi. Wadla ke ngaloo mihla
zakuphela ke, walamba.
4:3 Wathi ke uMtyholi kuye, Ukuba unguNyana kaThixo, yitsho loo nto
ilitye, ukuze libe sisonka.
4:4 UYesu wamphendula esithi, Kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Akayi kuphila umntu
kungesonka sodwa, kungengalo lonke ilizwi likaThixo.
4:5 UMtyholi, emnyuse entabeni ephakamileyo, wambonisa konke
izikumkani zehlabathi ngesiquphe sexesha.
4:6 Wathi ke uMtyholi kuye, Ndokunika bonke obu bukhosi
uzuko lwabo; ngokuba lunikelwe kum; nakulowo ndisukuba ndithanda ndiya kuye
ndinike.
4:7 Ukuba ngoko uthe wandinqula, zonke ziya kuba zezakho.
4:8 Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye, Suka uye emva kwam, Sathana;
kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Uze uqubude eNkosini uThixo wakho, ukhonze yena yedwa
khonza.
4:9 Wamsa eYerusalem, wammisa eluchochoyini lwetempile
wathi kuye, Ukuba unguye uNyana kaThixo, ziphose ezantsi
ukusuka apho:
4:10 Kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Uya kuziwisela umthetho ngawe izithunywa zakhe, ukuba zikugcine
wena:
4:11 Kwaye baya kukufukula ngezandla, hleze uwiswe nangaliphi na ixesha
unyawo lwakho phezu kwelitye.
4:12 Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye, Kuthiwe, Uze ungamhendi
Nkosi uThixo wakho.
4:13 Waza uMtyholi, ekugqibile konke ukuhenda, wesuka kuye
okwexeshana.
4:14 Wabuya uYesu enamandla oMoya, weza kwelaseGalili;
Lwaphuma udumo lwakhe kuwo wonke ummandla lowo.
4:15 Waye yena efundisa ezindlwini zabo zesikhungu, ezukiswa ngabo bonke.
4:16 Weza kufika eNazarete, apho wayekhulele khona, njengaye
Ke kaloku wangena endlwini yesikhungu ngomhla wesabatha, wesuka wema
ukuze ufunde.
4:17 Waza wanikwa incwadi yomprofeti uIsaya. Kwaye
Eyityhilile ke incwadi, wafumana indawo le kubhalwe kuyo.
4:18 UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwam, Ethe ngenxa yoko yandithambisela ukushumayela
iindaba ezilungileyo kumahlwempu; undithume ukuba ndiphilise abantliziyo zaphukileyo, ukuze
vakalisani inkululeko kubathinjwa, nokubuyiselwa kokubona kwabathinjwa
iimfama, ukuba abakhulule abaqobekileyo;
4:19 ndivakalise umnyaka owamkelekileyo weNkosi.
4:20 Eyisongile ke incwadi, wayibuyisela kwisicaka, wahlala phantsi
phantsi. Aye ke amehlo abo bonke abasendlwini yesikhungu enamathele
kuye.
4:21 Waqala ukuthi kubo, Namhlanje sizalisekile esi sibhalo
iindlebe zakho.
4:22 Baye bonke bemngqinela, bemangaliswa ngamazwi amnandi abenawo
waphuma emlonyeni wakhe. Ayesithi, Lo asinguye na unyana kaYosefu?
4:23 Wathi kubo, Okunene niya kuwuthetha kum lo mzekeliso.
Gqirha, ziphilise; okungangoko sikuve kwenzeke eKapernahum, kwenze
nalapha ezweni lakowenu.
4:24 Wathi ke, Inene, ndithi kuni, Akukho mprofeti wamkelekileyo kowabo
ilizwe.
4:25 Ndithi ke kuni, Inyaniso, Babebaninzi abahlolokazi kwaSirayeli ngemihla yamandulo
UEliya, xa izulu lalivaliwe iminyaka emithathu eneenyanga ezintandathu, xa
Kwabakho indlala enkulu kulo lonke ilizwe;
4:26 kanti uEliya akathunywanga nakumnye kubo;
eTsidon kumhlolokazi owayengumhlolokazi.
4:27 Kanjalo babebaninzi abaneqhenqa kwaSirayeli ngexesha likaElisha umprofeti; kwaye
akwahlanjululwanga namnye kubo, ingenguNahaman umSiriya.
4:28 Bathi bonke ababesendlwini yesikhungu, bakuziva ezi zinto, bazala
ngomsindo,
4:29 yesuka yamkhuphela ngaphandle komzi, yamrholela elungqamekweni.
endulini owakhelwe kuyo umzi wabo, ukuze bamphose phantsi
ngentloko.
4:30 Usuke yena wacanda phakathi kwabo, wemka.
4:31 Wehla waya eKapernahum, umzi welaseGalili, wabafundisa khona
imihla yesabatha.
4:32 Baye ke bekhwankqiswa kukufundisa kwakhe; ngokuba ilizwi lakhe libe linegunya.
4:33 Kwaye kukho endlwini yesikhungu apho umntu onomoya ongcolileyo;
umtyholi, wakhala ngezwi elikhulu.
4:34 besithi, Siyeke; Yintoni na enathi nawe, Yesu ka?
eNazarete? uze kusitshabalalisa na? Ndiyakwazi wena ukuba ungubani; i
OyiNgcwele kaThixo.
4:35 Wawukhalimela uYesu, esithi, Yithi tu, uphume kuye. Kwaye
Ithe ke idemon yamntlala esazulwini, yaphuma kuye, yenzakele
hayi yena.
4:36 Bathi nqa ke bonke, bathetha bodwa, besithi, Yintoni na?
ilizwi leli! kuba uthi ngegunya nangamandla abathethela into engcolileyo
oomoya, kwaye baphuma.
4:37 Lwaye luphuma udaba lwakhe, lusiya kuzo zonke iindawo zaloo mmandla
malunga.
4:38 Esukile endlwini yesikhungu, wangena endlwini kaSimon. Kwaye
Ke umkhwekazi kaSimon wayebanjwe ngumkhuhlane omkhulu; babongoza
kuye.
4:39 Wema phezu kwakhe, wayikhalimela icesina; yamyeka
wavuka kwangoko, wabalungiselela.
4:40 Ke kaloku, lakuba litshonile ilanga, bonke abo babenabafayo benazo zonke iindidi
Zabazisa izifo kuye; wazibeka izandla phezu kwabo bonke ngabanye
wabaphilisa, wabaphilisa.
4:41 Zaye ke needemon ziphuma kwabaninzi, zikhala zisithi, Unguye wena
UKristu uNyana kaThixo. Uthe ezikhalimela, akazivumela ukuba zithethe;
kuba babemazi ukuba unguye uKristu.
4:42 Kwakusa, waphuma waya endaweni eyintlango
abantu bamfuna, beza kuye, bamnqanda ukuba angavumi
mka kubo.
4:43 Uthe ke kuzo, Ndimelwe kukuba ndishumayele ubukumkani bukaThixo nakweminye imizi
kuba ndithunywe oko.
4:44 Wayevakalisa ke ezindlwini zesikhungu kwelaseGalili.