Phawula
3:1 Wabuya wangena endlwini yesikhungu; kwaye kukho umntu apho
wayenesandla esomileyo.
3:2 Baye ke bemlalele ukuba womphilisa na ngesabatha; ukuba
basenokummangalela.
3:3 Athi kuloo mntu unesandla esomileyo, Phakama uze phakathi.
3:4 Athi kubo, Kuvumelekile na ngesabatha ukwenza okulungileyo?
ukwenza ububi? Kukusindisa, kukubulala, kusini na? Bathi tu ke bona.
3:5 Wabasingasingile ngengqumbo, ebuhlungu
ngokuba lukhuni kwentliziyo yabo, uthi kumntu lowo, Yolule isandla sakho
isandla. Wasolula, saphiliswa isandla sakhe
enye.
3:6 Baphuma ke abaFarisi, benza kwaoko ibhunga nabo
namaHerode ngokuchasene naye, ukuze amtshabalalise.
3:7 Wemka uYesu nabafundi bakhe, waya elwandle;
Yamlandela inkitha evela kwelaseGalili, nakwelakwaYuda;
3:8 naseYerusalem, nakwelakwaIdume, naphesheya kweYordan; kwaye bona
Malunga neTire neTsidon, inkitha enkulu, yakuva ukuba mkhulu kangakanani na
izinto awazenzayo, zeza kuye.
3:9 Wathi ke kubafundi bakhe, umkhonjana umlinde
ngenxa yendimbane, hleze bamxinzelele phantsi.
3:10 Kuba waphilisa babaninzi; ngokokude bathi ngunga phezu kwakhe, ukuba amchukumise
kuye, bonke ababenezibetho.
3:11 nabo oomoya abangcolileyo babesithi, xa sukuba bembona, bawe phantsi kuye, bakhale.
esithi, Wena unguye uNyana kaThixo.
3:12 Wabakhalimela ukuba bangamtyhili.
3:13 wenyuka intaba, abizele kuye abo abethanda ukubabiza yena ngokwakhe;
beza kuye.
3:14 Wamisela abalishumi elinababini, ukuze babe naye, nokuze abe nako
bathume baye kushumayela;
3:15 nokuba negunya lokuphilisa izifo, nelokukhupha iidemon;
3:16 USimon awamthiya igama elinguPetros;
3:17 noYakobi kaZebhedi, noYohane umzalwana kaYakobi; kwaye yena
wabathiya ukuba nguBhowanerges, oko kukuthi, oonyana beendudumo;
3:18 noAndreya, noFilipu, noBhartolomeyu, noMateyu, noTomas, no
uYakobi ka-Alifeyu, noTadeyu, noSimon umKanan,
3:19 noYuda Sikariyoti, lowo wamngcatshayo nokumngcatsha
indlu.
3:20 Sabuya sahlanganisana isihlwele, ngokokude bangabi nako kakhulu
njengokutya isonka.
3:21 Bevile abakowabo, baphuma besiya kumbamba;
bathi, Uyageza.
3:22 Baye bona ababhali, abehla bevela eYerusalem, besithi, UnoBhelezebhule;
Uzikhupha iidemon ngaye umphathi weedemon.
3:23 Wababizela kuye, wathi kubo ngemizekeliso, Ungáthini na?
USathana wamkhupha uSathana?
3:24 Nobukumkani, ukuba buthe bahlulelana bodwa, abunako ukuma obo bukumkani;
3:25 nendlu, ukuba ithe yahlulelana yodwa, ayinako ukuma loo ndlu;
3:26 noSathana, ukuba uthe wazichasa ngokwakhe, wahlulelana yedwa, akanako ukuma;
kodwa inesiphelo.
3:27 Akukho bani unako ukungena endlwini yegorha, ayiphange impahla yalo, ukuba akathanga abe nako ukungena endlwini yegorha elo
uya kulibopha kuqala igorha; andule ke ukuyiphanga indlu yakhe.
3:28 Inene, ndithi kuni, Zonke izono baya kuzixolelwa oonyana babantu;
kwanezinyeliso abasukuba benyelisa ngazo;
3:29 ke yena othe wanyelisa uMoya oyiNgcwele, akanakuze abe naphakade
ukuxolelwa ke, usengozini yokugwetywa okungunaphakade.
3:30 kuba besithi, Unomoya ongcolileyo.
3:31 Bafika ngoko abazalwana bakhe nonina, bema ngaphandle, bathumela
kuye, embiza.
3:32 Zaye izihlwele zihleli zimphahlile;
unyoko nabantakwenu ngaphandle bafuna wena.
3:33 Wabaphendula wathi, Ngubani na uma? Ngubani na uma?
3:34 Wasingasinga ababehleli bemphahlile, wathi, Nanko!
umama nabantakwethu!
3:35 Kuba othe wakwenza ukuthanda kukaThixo, lowo ngumzalwana wam, nowam
udade, nomama.