UMateyu
17:1 Uthi uYesu, emveni kweentsuku ezintandathu, athabathe uPetros noYakobi noYohane umzalwana wakhe
ubanyuse baye entabeni ende bodwa;
17:2 Wenziwa waba kumila kumbi phambi kwabo, bathi ubuso bakhe bakhazimla njengelanga
isambatho sakhe sasimhlophe njengokukhanya.
17:3 Nanko kubonakala kubo uMoses noEliya, bethetha naye.
17:4 Waphendula ke uPetros, wathi kuYesu, Nkosi, kulungile ukuba sibe njalo
Ukuba uyathanda, masenze apha iminquba ibe mithathu, omnye ube ngowakho, omnye ube ngowakho; enye kuwe,
omnye ube ngokaMoses, omnye ube ngokaEliya.
17:5 Esathetha, kwathi gqi ilifu elikhanyayo, labenzela ithinzi;
kwabakho nezwi liphuma efini, lisithi, Lo nguNyana wam oyintanda, endikho ngaye mna
ndonwabile; mveni yena.
17:6 Bekuvile oko abafundi bakhe, bawa ngobuso, babuhlungu
yoyika.
17:7 Waza uYesu, wabachukumisa, wathi, Vukani ningoyiki.
17:8 Bathe ke bakuphakamisa amehlo abo, ababona mntu, yanguYesu yedwa
kuphela.
17:9 Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba bayehla entabeni, wabawisela umthetho uYesu, esithi,
Ize ningawuxeleli bani umbono lowo, ade avuke ekufeni uNyana woMntu
ufile.
17:10 Bambuza abafundi bakhe, besithi, Yini na phofu ukuba ababhali bathi, uEliya?
kufuneka eze kuqala?
17:11 Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo, UEliya okunene uya kufika tanci, abuye
buyisela zonke izinto.
17:12 Ke ndithi kuni, uEliya uselefikile, abamazanga.
kodwa benza kuye konke abakuthandayo. Kuya kuba njalo ngokunjalo
UNyana woMntu abandezeleke ngabo.
17:13 Bandula ukuqonda abafundi ukuba ubethetha kubo ngaye uYohane
UmBhaptizi.
17:14 Ke kaloku, bakufika esihlweleni, kweza kuye othile;
umntu, equbuda kuye, esithi,
17:15 Nkosi, menzele inceba unyana wam; ngokuba unesithuthwane, ubandezelekile;
kufuthi esiwa emlilweni, nasemanzini futhi.
17:16 Ndithe ndamzisa kubafundi bakho, ababa nako ukumphilisa.
17:17 Waphendula ke uYesu wathi, Sizukulwanandini singakholwayo, sigwenxa!
Koda kube nini na ndinani? Koda kube nini na ndininyamezele? Mziseni apha
kum.
17:18 Waza uYesu wayikhalimela idemon leyo; wemka kuye nomntwana lowo
waphiliswa kwangelo lixa.
17:19 Bandula beza abafundi kuYesu bebodwa, bathi, Bekungani na ukuba singabi nako ukulahla thina?
uphume yena?
17:20 Wathi ke uYesu kubo, Bekungenxa yokungakholwa kwenu; kuba inene ndithi
Beningathi, beninokholo olunjengokhozo lwemostade
le ntaba, suka apha uye phaya; kwaye iya kufuduswa; kwaye
akukho nto iya kuninqabela.
17:21 Olu ke lona uhlobo aluphumi, kungengako ukuthandaza nokuzila ukudla.
17:22 Ke kaloku, bakubon' ukuba bahleli kwelaseGalili, wathi uYesu kubo, Nyana woMntu
uya kunikelwa ezandleni zabantu;
17:23 baya kumbulala, athi ngomhla wesithathu abuye avuke. Kwaye
bazisola kakhulu.
17:24 Ke, bakubon' ukuba bafikile eKapernahum, abo bamkela imali yetempile
beza kuPetros bathi, Umfundisi wenu akayirholi na imali yetempile?
17:25 Athi, Ewe. Eye kungena endlwini, uYesu wama phambi kwakhe;
besithi, Uthini na wena, Simon? ookumkani behlabathi bathetha ngabo
thabatha isithethe okanye irhafu? koonyana babo, kwabasemzini, kusini na?
17:26 Athi uPetros kuye, Kwabasemzini. Athi uYesu kuye, Batsho ke
abantwana free.
17:27 Noko ke, ukuze singabakhubekisi, hamba uye elwandle, uye elwandle
phosa umlobothi wakho, uthabathe loo ntlanzi ithe yavela tanci; kwaye xa wena
Wawuvula umlomo wayo, wofumana ishekele; thabatha, kwaye
banike ngenxa yam nawe.