Phawula
4:1 Wabuya waqala ukufundisa ngaselwandle
Waza yena wangena emkhombeni, wahlala phantsi
ulwandle; saye sonke isihlwele siphezu kolwandle emhlabeni.
4:2 Wayebafundisa iindawo ezininzi ngemizekeliso
imfundiso,
4:3 Phulaphulani; Yabona, umhlwayeli waphuma waya kuhlwayela.
4:4 Kwathi ekuhlwayeleni kwakhe, inxalenye yembewu yawa ngasendleleni, yathi enye yawa
zeza iintaka zezulu zayidla zayigqiba.
4:5 Enye yawa endaweni elulwalwa, apho ibingenamhlaba mninzi; kwaye
yantshula ke kwaoko, ngenxa yokuba ingenabunzulu bamhlaba;
4:6 Kuthe ke, lakuba shushu ilanga, yatsha; yaye ngenxa yokuba ingenangcambu, yasuka yaba yiyo
yabuna.
4:7 Yimbi yawa phakathi kwemithana enameva, yaza imithana enameva yakhula, yayiminxa, yaza
ayivelisanga siqhamo.
4:8 Yimbi yawa kuwo wona umhlaba olungileyo, yavelisa isiqhamo esakhula, yahluma;
ukwanda; yazala amashumi amathathu, enye amashumi amathandathu, nenye
ikhulu.
4:9 Wathi kubo, Lowo uneendlebe zokuva makeve.
4:10 Ke kaloku, xa abeyedwa, abo babemphahlile, ndawonye nabalishumi elinababini, bambuza
kuye umzekeliso.
4:11 Wathi kubo, Nikuphiwe nina ukuyazi imfihlelo yeNkosi
ubukumkani bukaThixo; ke kwabangaphandle zonke ezo zinto
kwenziwa ngemizekeliso:
4:12 ukuze bebona babone, bangaqiqi; besiva ke beve;
kwaye abaqondi; hleze babuye baguquke, babe nabo
izono mazixolelwe.
4:13 Athi kubo, Aniwazi na lo mzekeliso? nothini na ke ngoko
Uyayazi yonke imizekeliso?
4:14 Umhlwayeli lo uhlwayela ilizwi.
4:15 Abo ke basecaleni kwendlela, apho ilizwi lihlwayelwa khona. kodwa nini
bathe bakuva, uyeza kwaoko uSathana, alithabathe ilizwi elo
kuhlwayelwe ezintliziyweni zabo.
4:16 Ngokukwanjalo ngaba abo bahlwayelwa ezindaweni ezilulwalwa; ngubani, nini
Balivile ke ilizwi, balamkele kwaoko bevuya;
4:17 babe bengenangcambu ngaphakathi kwabo, beme umzuzwana kodwa;
xa kuthe kwakho imbandezelo, nokuba yintshutshiso, ngenxa yelizwi, kwaoko
bayakhubeka.
4:18 Abo bahlwayelweyo emithaneni enameva ngaba; abo balivayo ilizwi,
4:19 namaxhala eli phakade, nokulukuhla kobutyebi, nokulukuhla
iinkanuko zezinye izinto zingene, liminxe ilizwi, lisuke lenze
abangenasiqhamo.
4:20 Abo bahlwayelweyo kuwo umhlaba omhle ngaba; abo balivayo ilizwi,
Lwamkele, luxakathe isiqhamo, omnye amashumi amathathu, omnye amashumi amathandathu, nomnye
ezinye ikhulu.
4:21 Wayesithi kubo, Isibane esi sikha siziswe ukuze sibekwe ngaphantsi kwesitya yini na?
phantsi kwebhedi? nengabekwa phezu kwesiphatho sezibane?
4:22 Kuba akukho nto ifihlakeleyo ingayi kubonakaliswa; kwaye kwakungekho namnye
into efihliweyo, kodwa kufuneka iphumele ngaphandle.
4:23 Ukuba ubani uneendlebe zokuva, makeve.
4:24 Wayesithi kubo, Yilumkeleni into eniyivayo;
Kuya kulinganiselwa kuni nina, nivayo noko
inikwe.
4:25 Kuba osukuba enako, uya kunikwa; nosukuba engenako, uya kunikwa
uya kuthatyathwa kwanaloo nto anayo.
4:26 Wayesithi, Ubukumkani bukaThixo bunjengokuba abengathi umntu aphose imbewu
umhlaba;
4:27 kwaye ilala, ivuke ubusuku nemini, kwaye imbewu iya kuntshula kwaye
uyakhula, akazi ukuba njani na.
4:28 Kuba umhlaba uvelisa iziqhamo ngokwawo; kuqala ibe yincakuba, kwandule ke
isikhwebu, emveni koko ibe yingqolowa ezalisekileyo esikhwebini.
4:29 athi ke, xa sithe savuthwa isiqhamo, asibeke kwaoko
irhengqa, ngokuba ukuvuna kufikile.
4:30 Wayesithi, Siya kubufanekisa nantoni na ubukumkani bukaThixo? okanye ngantoni
sithelekise na?
4:31 Bunjengokhozo lwemostade, oluthi, xa luthe lwahlwayelwa emhlabeni, luthi,
luncinane kuzo zonke iimbewu ezisehlabathini;
4:32 luthi ke, xa luthe lwahlwayelwa, lukhule lube lukhulu kuyo yonke imifuno;
wakhupha amasebe amakhulu; ukuze iintaka zezulu zihlale
phantsi komthunzi wayo.
4:33 Wayelithetha kubo ilizwi ngemizekeliso emininzi enjalo, njengoko banjalo
uyakwazi ukuva.
4:34 Ubengathethi ke kubo kungengamzekeliso;
wayebacacisela zonke izinto abafundi bakhe.
4:35 Kwangaloo mini kwakuhlwa, athi kubo, Masiyeke
welani niye kwelinye icala.
4:36 Basindulula isihlwele, bambamba enjengoko ebenjalo
enqanaweni. Kwaye ke kukho eminye imikhonjana inaye.
4:37 Kwabakho uqhwithela olukhulu lomoya; aye ke amaza ephoseka emkhombeni.
yabe izele ngoku.
4:38 Waye yena esemva emkhombeni, elele emqamelweni;
bamvuse, bathi kuye, Mfundisi, akukhathali na, sitshabalala nje?
4:39 Wavuka, wawukhalimela umoya, wathi kulo ulwandle, Xola, uthi tu!
nangoku. Wadamba umoya, kwabakho ukuzola okukhulu.
4:40 Wathi kubo, Yini na ukuba nibe nje, ukuba ngamagwala? njani ukuba ningabi nazi
ukholo?
4:41 Boyika ngoloyiko olukhulu, batshono ukuthi, Unjani na?
le nto imlulamelayo na, ngumoya nalulwandle?