Luka
8:1 Kwathi emva kwalokho, wahamba phakathi kwemizi yonke
umuzi, eshumayela, eshumayela ivangeli lombuso kaNkulunkulu;
nabayishumi nambili babe naye.
8:2 Futhi abesifazane abathile, ababephulukiswe imimoya emibi futhi
ebuthakathakeni, uMariya othiwa uMagdalena, okwaphuma kuye amadimoni ayisikhombisa.
8:3 NoJowana umkaKhuza induna kaHerode, noSusana, nabaningi
abanye ababemkhonza ngempahla yabo.
8:4 Futhi lapho isixuku esikhulu babuthana ndawonye, futhi beza kuye bevela
yonke imizi, wakhuluma ngomfanekiso.
8:5 Umhlwanyeli waphuma ukuyohlwanyela imbewu yakhe; futhi njengoba ehlwanyela, enye yawela ngasendleleni
uhlangothi; yanyathelwa, izinyoni zezulu zayidla zayidla.
8:6 Enye yawela edwaleni; kwathi nje imila yabuna
kude, ngoba yayintula umswakama.
8:7 Enye yawela emeveni; ameva akhula kanye nawo, aminyanisa
yona.
8:8 Enye yawela emhlabathini omuhle, yahluma, yathela izithelo
ngekhulu. Esetshilo lezizinto wamemeza wathi: Olakho
izindlebe zokuzwa, makezwe.
8:9 Abafundi bakhe bambuza, bathi: Ungaba uyini lo mfanekiso?
8:10 Wathi, Kunikiwe kini ukwazi izimfihlakalo zombuso
kaNkulunkulu: kodwa kwabanye ngemifanekiso; ukuze bebona bangaboni, futhi
ukuzwa bangase bangaqondi.
8:11 Manje umfanekiso yilokhu: Imbewu iyizwi likaNkulunkulu.
8:12 Labo abasendleleni yilabo abezwayo; bese kufika uSathane, futhi
lisusa izwi enhliziyweni yabo, ukuze bangakholwa, futhi
usindiswe.
8:13 Edwaleni yilabo abathi, lapho bezwa, balamukele izwi
injabulo; futhi laba kabanampande, abakholwa okwesikhatshana, langesikhathi sakho
isilingo siyawa.
8:14 Leyo eyawela emeveni yilabo abathi sebezwile.
phumani, niminyaniswe yizinkathazo nengcebo nezinjabulo zalokhu
ukuphila, futhi ungalethi isithelo ekupheleleni.
8:15 Kodwa ezisemhlabathini omuhle yilabo abathi ngenhliziyo eqotho lelungileyo.
selizwile ilizwi, ligcine, njalo lithele isithelo ngokubekezela.
8:16 Akukho muntu othi esokhela isibani, asimboze ngesitsha, noma
usibeka ngaphansi kombhede; kodwa ulubeka othini lwesibani, ukuthi labo
ngena libone ukukhanya.
8:17 Ngoba akukho lutho oluyimfihlo, olungayikubonakaliswa; noma yimuphi
into efihliweyo, engayikwaziwa, iphumele obala.
8:18 Ngakho qaphelani ukuthi nizwa kanjani;
inikezwe; kepha ongenakho uyakwamukwa nalokho
ubonakala enakho.
8:19 Khona kwafika kuye unina nabafowabo, kodwa behluleka ukufinyelela kuye
kwabezindaba.
8:20 Wabikelwa abathile ukuthi: "Unyoko nabafowenu."
yima ngaphandle, ufuna ukukubona.
8:21 Waphendula, wathi kubo: Umama nabafowethu yilaba
abalizwayo ilizwi likaNkulunkulu, balenze.
8:22 Kwathi ngolunye usuku, wangena emkhunjini
abafundi bakhe; wathi kubo: “Asiwele siye ngaphesheya
ichibi. Base bephuma.
8:23 Kodwa njengoba behamba ngomkhumbi, walala ubuthongo, futhi kwehla isiphepho
echibini; bagcwala amanzi, baba sengozini.
8:24 Basebesondela kuye bamvusa, besithi: Nkosi, nkosi, siyabhubha.
Wase evuka, wakhuza umoya nokuzanyaza kwamanzi;
zanqamuka, kwaba khona ukuthula.
8:25 Wathi kubo, Kuphi ukukholwa kwenu? Futhi besaba
bamangala, bathi omunye komunye: “Umuntu onjani lo? ngoba yena
uyala ngisho nemimoya namanzi, kumlalele.
8:26 Bafika ezweni lamaGadara, elibhekene
iGalile.
8:27 Esephumele emhlabathini, wamhlangabeza othile ovela emzini
umuntu, owayenamademoni isikhathi eside, engagqokile ingubo, engahlali phakathi
noma iyiphi indlu, kodwa emathuneni.
8:28 Lapho ibona uJesu, yamemeza, yawa phansi phambi kwakhe, futhi nge
izwi elikhulu lathi: “Nginamsebenzi muni nawe Jesu, Ndodana kaNkulunkulu
eliphezulu kakhulu? ngiyakuncenga, ungangihluphi.
8:29 (Ngokuba wayeyalile umoya ongcolileyo ukuba uphume kumuntu
lalimbamba kaningi, wayegcinwe eboshwe ngamaketanga nangaphakathi
izibopho; wagqabula izibopho, waqhutshelwa idemoni
ihlane.)
8:30 UJesu wambuza, wathi: Ungubani igama lakho? Wathi: Legiyoni.
ngoba amadimoni amanengi ayengene kuye.
8:31 Amncenga ukuthi angabalaya ukuthi baphume baye emangweni
ejulile.
8:32 Kwakukhona lapho umhlambi wezingulube eziningi ziklabile entabeni
bamncenga ukuthi abavumele bangene kuzo. Futhi yena
wabahluphekela.
8:33 Khona amademoni aphuma kumuntu, angena ezingulubeni;
umhlambi waphaphatheka, wehla eweni, waphonseka echibini, waminza.
NgokukaLuka 8:34 Kwathi ababezalusa bebona okwenzekileyo, babaleka, babika
yona edolobheni nasemaphandleni.
8:35 Base bephuma ukuyobona okwenzekileyo; weza kuJesu, wafumana
indoda, okwaphuma kuyo amademoni, ihlezi ngasezinyaweni zika
uJesu embethe, enengqondo ephilileyo; base besaba.
8:36 Labo ababekubona babatshela ukuthi ungenwe yini
amadimoni aphiliswa.
8:37 Khona-ke isixuku sonke sezwe lamaGadara nxazonke
bamncenga ukuthi asuke kubo; ngoba babanjwa ngokwesaba okukhulu.
wakhwela emkhunjini, wabuya.
8:38 Manje indoda okwakuphume kuye amademoni wamncenga ukuba aphume
angaba naye; kepha uJesu wayimukisa, ethi:
8:39 Buyela endlini yakho, ulande ukuthi kukhulu kangakanani uNkulunkulu akwenzileyo
wena. Wamuka, washumayela emzini wonke ukuthi kanjani
izinto ezinkulu uJesu ayezenzile kuye.
8:40 Kwathi, lapho uJesu ebuyile, isixuku sathokoza
bamemukela, ngokuba bonke babemlindele.
NgokukaLuka 8:41 Bheka, kwafika indoda, igama layo linguJayiru, ingumbusi webandla
esinagogeni*: yawa phansi ngasezinyaweni zikaJesu, yamncenga ukuba ayenze
angene endlini yakhe.
8:42 Ngoba wayenendodakazi eyodwa, cishe iminyaka eyishumi nambili;
efa. Kepha ekuhambeni kwakhe abantu bamminyezela.
8:43 Owesifazane owayenomopho iminyaka eyishumi nambili, eseqede konke
ukuphila kwakhe phezu kwabelaphi, kungenakuphulukiswa muntu,
8:44 Wasondela emva kwakhe, wathinta umphetho wengubo yakhe;
ukopha kwakhe kwanqamuka.
8:45 UJesu wasesithi: Ngubani ongithintileyo? Lapho bonke bephika, uPetru nalabo lokho
ababelaye bathi: Mfundisi, ixuku likuminyezela, likucindezele;
uthi: Ngubani ongithintileyo?
8:46 UJesu wasesithi: Ukhona ongithintileyo; ngoba ngibonile ukuthi amandla
waphuma kimi.
8:47 Futhi lapho owesifazane ebona ukuthi wayengacashile, weza ethuthumela, futhi
wawa phansi phambi kwakhe, wamtshela phambi kwabantu bonke
ukuthi ubemthintile ngani, nokuthi waphulukiswa kanjani masinyane.
8:48 Wathi kuye: "Yima isibindi, Ndodakazi!
uphelele; hamba ngokuthula.
8:49 Esakhuluma, kwafika othile evela kumphathi wesinagoge
endlini, ethi kuye: Indodakazi yakho isifile; ningamkhathazi uMfundisi.
8:50 Kodwa uJesu ekuzwa, wamphendula, wathi: Ungesabi;
kuphela, njalo uzaphiliswa.
8:51 Esengenile endlini, akavumelanga muntu ukuba angene, kuphela
uPetru, noJakobe, noJohane, noyise nonina wentombazana.
8:52 Bakhala bonke, beyililela. akafanga,
kodwa ilele.
8:53 Bamhleka usulu, bazi ukuthi ifile.
8:54 Wabakhiphela phandle bonke, wambamba ngesandla, wamemeza, wathi.
Nkosazana, vuka.
8:55 Futhi umoya wakhe wabuya, futhi ngokushesha wavuka
ukumnika inyama.
8:56 Abazali bayo bamangala, kodwa wabayala
lingatsheli muntu okwenziwayo.