UMateyu 16:1 Bathe ke abaFarisi nabaSadusi beza kuye, bamlinga ukuba ababonise umqondiso ophuma ezulwini. 16:2 Waphendula ke wathi kubo, Ngokuhlwa nithi, Kuya kubakho imozulu entle: kuba izulu limlilo ukuba bomvu. 16:3 Kanjalo kusasa nithi, Namhla luqhwithela; kuba izulu limlilo ukuba bomvu kunye nokunciphisa. Bahanahanisindini, niyakwazi ukubucalula ubuso bezulu; kodwa Imiqondiso yamaxesha aninako na ukuyicalula? 16:4 Isizukulwana esingendawo, esikrexezayo, singxamele umqondiso; kwaye kuya kubakho asinikwa mqondiso, ingenguwo umqondiso kaYona umprofeti. Wemka ke bemka. 16:5 Bakufika abafundi bakhe ngaphesheya, baye balibele ukuthatha isonka. 16:6 Wathi ke uYesu kubo, Ligqaleni nililumkele igwele legwele abaFarisi nabaSadusi. 16:7 Baye becamanga phakathi kwabo, besithi, Kungokuba sithabathile akukho sonka. 16:8 Ekwazi ke oko uYesu, wathi kubo, Ehlani, nina balukholo luncinane! nicamanga phakathi kwenu, ngokuba ningaphathanga zonka? 16:9 Anikaqondi na, kwaye anizikhumbuli izonka ezihlanu zezonka ezihlanu Zingaphi na iingobozi enazithabathayo? 16:10 Kwanezonka ezisixhenxe zamawaka amane, nokuba zingaphi na iingobozi nina unyusele? 16:11 Yini na ukuba ningaqondi, ukuba bendingatshongo kuni? malunga nezonka, ukuze nililumkele igwele labaFarisi nabaSadusi? 16:12 Bandula ukuqonda, ukuba ubengatsho ukuthi, mabalilumkele igwele isonka, kodwa yona imfundiso yabaFarisi nabaSadusi. 16:13 Akufika uYesu emacaleni aseKesareya yakwaFilipu, wambuza Abafundi bathi, Bathi abantu ndingubani na mna, Nyana woMntu? 16:14 Bathi ke bona, Inxenye ithi, UnguYohane umbhaptizi; kwaye bambi bathi, UnguYeremiya, mhlawumbi ungomnye wakubaprofeti. 16:15 Athi kubo, Ke nina nithi ndingubani na? 16:16 Waphendula ke uSimon Petros wathi, Wena unguye uKristu, uNyana kaNyana uThixo ophilileyo. 16:17 Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye, Unoyolo, Simon kaYona; ngokuba akukutyhilelwanga oku yinyama negazi, ukutyhilelwe nguBawo usezulwini. 16:18 Nam ke, ndithi kuwe, UnguPetros wena; yakha ibandla lam; kwaye amasango esihogo akayi koyisa ngokuchasene nayo. 16:19 Ndiya kukunika izitshixo zobukumkani bamazulu; nakuphi na othe wakubopha emhlabeni, kubotshwa emazulwini; othe wakukhulula emhlabeni, kokhululwa emazulwini. 16:20 Wabayala abafundi bakhe, ukuba bangaxeleli bani ukuba unguye UYesu Kristu. 16:21 Waqalela kwelo xa uYesu ukubabonisa abafundi bakhe, ukuba wababonisa umelwe kukuba aye eYerusalem, eve ubunzima obukhulu kuwo amadoda amakhulu nabathetheli ababingeleli nababhali, babulawe, babuye bavuke ngomhla wesithathu. 16:22 Uthe ke uPetros wamthabatha, waqala ukumkhalimela, esithi, Makube lee oko Wena, Nkosi, akuyi kuba njalo kuwe. 16:23 Wajika ke wathi kuPetros, Suka uye emva kwam, Sathana; sisikhubekiso kum; ngokuba ungazinyamekeli ezikaThixo izinto; kodwa ezabantu. 16:24 Wathi ngoko uYesu kubafundi bakhe, Ukuba ubani uthanda ukundilandela, makandilandele makazincame, awuthwale umnqamlezo wakhe, andilandele. 16:25 Kuba othe wathanda ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yam wowufumana. 16:26 Kuba, kumnceda ntoni na umntu, ukuba uthe wazuza ihlabathi liphela, waza wonakalelwa? umphefumlo wakhe? Okanye worhola ntoni na umntu, ibe sisananelo somphefumlo wakhe? 16:27 Kuba uNyana woMntu uya kuza esebuqaqawulini boYise, enabakhe iingelosi; andule ke ukubavuza elowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe. 16:28 Inene, ndithi kuni, Kukho abathile kwabemiyo apha, abangayiyo beva ukufa, bade bambone uNyana woMntu esiza, esebukumkanini bakhe.