Luka
4:1 UJesu egcwele uMoya oNgcwele wabuya eJordani, waholwa
ngoMoya ehlane.
4:2 elingwa nguSathane izinsuku ezingamashumi amane. Futhi ngalezo zinsuku wadla
lutho; kwathi seziphelile, walamba.
4:3 USathane wathi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yisho lokhu
itshe ukuze libe isinkwa.
4:4 UJesu wamphendula, wathi: Kulotshiwe ukuthi: Umuntu akayikuphila
ngesinkwa sodwa, kodwa ngawo wonke amazwi kaNkulunkulu.
4:5 USathane wamyisa entabeni ende, wambonisa konke
imibuso yezwe ngomzuzwana wesikhathi.
4:6 USathane wathi kuye, Wonke lawa mandla ngiyakukunika wona, nawe
inkazimulo yabo, ngokuba lokho kunikelwe kimi; futhi nakulowo engithanda kuye
yinikeze.
4:7 Ngakho-ke uma ukhuleka kimi, konke kuyakuba ngokwakho.
4:8 UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: Suka emva kwami, Sathane;
kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Wokhuleka eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, ukhonze yena yedwa
sebenzela.
4:9 Wamyisa eJerusalema, wammisa esiqongweni sethempeli
ethempelini, wathi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ziphonse phansi
kusuka lapha:
4:10 Ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: "Uyakuyaleza izingelosi zakhe ngawe, ukuba zikugcine
wena:
4:11 Futhi ezandleni zabo bayokuthwala, funa nganoma isiphi isikhathi wena uphahlazeke
unyawo lwakho etsheni.
4:12 UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: Kwashiwo ukuthi: Ungamlingi
Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.
4:13 Futhi lapho uSathane eseqedile ukulinga konke, wamuka kuye
okwesikhathi esithile.
4:14 UJesu wabuyela eGalile ngamandla kaMoya;
udumo lwakhe lwaphumela kuso sonke isifunda.
4:15 Wafundisa emasinagogeni abo, edunyiswa yibo bonke.
4:16 Wafika eNazaretha, lapho akhulele khona
njengomkhuba, wangena esinagogeni ngosuku lwesabatha, wasukuma
ukuze ufunde.
4:17 Futhi wanikezwa incwadi ka-Isaya umprofethi. Futhi
kwathi eyivula incwadi, wafumana indawo okulotshwe kuyo.
4:18 UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwami, ngoba ungigcobile ukuba ngishumayele
ivangeli kwabampofu; ungithumile ukuba ngiphilise abanhliziyo zaphukileyo, ukuze
shumayelani ukukhululwa kwabathunjiweyo, lokubona kwabathunjiweyo
izimpumputhe, ukukhulula abachotshoziweyo;
4:19 ukushumayela umnyaka omuhle weNkosi.
4:20 Wayeseyigoqa incwadi, wayibuyisela kumfundisi, wahlala
phansi. Amehlo abo bonke ababesesinagogeni ayegqolozelwe
kuye.
4:21 Waqala ukuthi kubo: “Namuhla lo mbhalo ugcwalisekile
izindlebe zakho.
4:22 Futhi bonke bafakaza ngaye, futhi bamangala ngamazwi omusa
ephuma emlonyeni wakhe. Basebesithi: Lo kayisiyo indodana kaJosefa yini?
4:23 Wathi kubo: "Niyakusho kimi lesi saga.
Nyanga, zelaphe wena; konke esikuzwile kwenziwa eKapernawume, kwenze
nalapha ezweni lakini.
4:24 Wathi, Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Akakho umprofethi owamukelwayo kwelakhe
izwe.
4:25 Kodwa ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kwakukhona abafelokazi abaningi kwa-Israyeli ezinsukwini zika-Israyeli
U-Eliya, lapho izulu lalivaliwe iminyaka emithathu nezinyanga eziyisithupha, lapho
kwaba khona indlala enkulu ezweni lonke;
4:26 Kodwa u-Eliya kathunyelwanga nakoyedwa kubo, ngaphandle kwaseSarepta, umuzi wase
iSidoni kowesifazane ongumfelokazi.
4:27 Kwakukhona abanochoko abaningi kwa-Israyeli ngesikhathi sika-Elisha umprofethi; futhi
akekho kubo owahlanjululwayo, ngaphandle kukaNahamani umSiriya.
4:28 Futhi bonke ababesesinagogeni, lapho bezwa lezi zinto, bagcwala
ngolaka,
4:29 Wasukuma, wamkhiphela ngaphandle komuzi, wamyisa ebunzini.
entabeni owawakhiwe kuyo umuzi wabo, ukuze bamwise
ngekhanda.
4:30 Kodwa yena edabula phakathi kwabo wahamba.
4:31 Wehlela eKapernawume umuzi waseGalile, wabafundisa khona
izinsuku zesabatha.
4:32 Bamangala ngokufundisa kwakhe, ngokuba izwi lakhe lalinamandla.
4:33 Futhi esinagogeni kwakukhona umuntu onomoya ongcolile
uSathane, wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu.
4:34 Ethi: "Siyeke; Sinamsebenzi muni nawe Jesu kabani
Nazaretha? Uze ukusibhubhisa na? Ngiyakwazi ukuthi ungubani; i
oNgcwele kaNkulunkulu.
4:35 UJesu wamkhuza, wathi: Thula, uphume kuye. Futhi
idemoni selimjikijele phakathi, laphuma kuye, lalimala
hhayi yena.
4:36 Bamangala bonke, bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: "Yini na?
izwi leli! ngoba ngegunya nangamandla uyala ongcolileyo
imimoya, futhi iyaphuma.
4:37 Futhi udumo lwakhe lwanda kuzo zonke izindawo
mayelana.
4:38 Wasuka esinagogeni, wangena endlini kaSimoni. Futhi
Umkhwekazi kaSimoni wayenomkhuhlane omkhulu; basebencenga
ngaye.
4:39 Wema phezu kwakhe, wawukhuza umkhuhlane; laselimshiya: futhi
wahle wasukuma, wabakhonza.
NgokukaLuka 4:40 Kwathi selishona ilanga, bonke ababe nabagulayo nabahlukahlukene
izifo zabaletha kuye; wabeka izandla phezu kwabo bonke
wabaphulukisa.
4:41 Futhi amademoni aphuma kwabaningi, ememeza ethi: "Wena unguye."
Kristu iNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Wasezikhuza kazange azivumele ukuthi zikhulume.
ngoba babemazi ukuthi unguKristu.
4:42 Kwathi sekusile, waphuma waya endaweni eyihlane;
abantu bamdinga, beza kuye, bamvimba, ukuba angam
suka kubo.
4:43 Wathi kubo: Ngimelwe ukushumayela umbuso kaNkulunkulu nakweminye imizi
futhi: ngokuba ngithunyelwe lokho.
4:44 Washumayela emasinagogeni aseGalile.