Luka
9:1 Khona wabizela ndawonye abafundi bakhe abayishumi nambili, wabanika amandla futhi
amandla phezu kwawo wonke amadimoni, lokwelapha izifo.
9:2 Wabathuma ukushumayela umbuso kaNkulunkulu, nokuphulukisa abagulayo.
9:3 Wayesethi kubo: “Ningaphathi lutho lwendlela, naludondolo;
nasikhwama, nasinkwa, namali; futhi ningabi namabhantshi amabili.
9:4 Noma kuyiphi indlu eningena kuyo, hlalani lapho, nisuke lapho.
9:5 Futhi noma ubani ongayikunamukela, lapho niphuma kulowo muzi, nithintithe
othulini lwezinyawo zenu kube ngubufakazi kubo.
9:6 Base bemuka, badabula imizi, beshumayela ivangeli, futhi
ukuphulukisa yonke indawo.
9:7 Manje uHerode umtetrarki wezwa ngakho konke okwenziwa nguye
bedidekile, ngoba kwatshiwo ngabanye ukuthi uJohane uvukile kubo
abafileyo;
9:8 Futhi abanye ukuthi u-Eliya ubonakele; labanye, ukuthi omunye omdala
abaprofethi bavuswa futhi.
9:9 UHerode wathi: "UJohane ngamnquma ikhanda;
izinto ezinjalo? wasefisa ukumbona.
9:10 Futhi lapho abaphostoli sebebuyile, bamtshela konke ababenakho
kwenziwe. Wabathatha, waya endaweni eyihlane bebodwa
elomuzi othiwa iBetsayida.
9:11 Futhi isixuku, lapho ekwazi, wamlandela, futhi wabamukela.
wakhuluma kubo ngombuso kaNkulunkulu, wabaphulukisa abasweleyo
lokuphulukisa.
9:12 Futhi lapho usuku luqala ukuwohloka, kwafika abayishumi nambili, bathi kubo
wathi kuye: Mukisa izixuku, ukuze ziye emadolobheni futhi
ezweni elizungezile, nilale, nithole ukudla; ngokuba silapha endaweni
indawo ewugwadule.
9:13 Kodwa wathi kubo: Bapheni lina ukuthi badle. Base bethi: "Asinalutho."
ngaphandle kwezinkwa ezinhlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili; ngaphandle kokuthi sihambe siyothenga inyama
kubo bonke laba bantu.
9:14 Ngoba kwakungamadoda ayizinkulungwane ezinhlanu. Wasesithi kubafundi bakhe.
Bahlalise phansi ngamashumi amahlanu enkampanini.
9:15 Benze njalo, babahlalisa bonke.
9:16 Wathatha izinkwa ezinhlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili, wabheka phezulu
ezulwini, wababusisa, wahlephula, wanika abafundi ukuba babeke
phambi kwesixuku.
9:17 Badla, basutha bonke;
imvuthuluka eyayisele kubo, amaqoma ayishumi nambili.
9:18 Kwathi eyedwa ekhuleka, abafundi bakhe babekanye naye
wababuza, wathi: Abantu bathi ngingubani?
9:19 Baphendula bathi: UJohane uMbhabhathizi; kodwa abanye bathi: UEliya; nabanye
nithi, omunye wabaprofethi abadala ubuye wavuka.
9:20 Wathi kubo: Kepha nina nithi ngingubani na? UPetro waphendula wathi: The
Kristu kaNkulunkulu.
NgokukaLuka 9:21 Wabayala kakhulu, wabayala ukuba bangatsheli muntu lokho
into;
9:22 esithi: INdodana yomuntu imelwe ukuhlupheka ngokuningi, yaliwe
amalunga nabapristi abakhulu nababhali, babulawe, bavuswe
usuku lwesithathu.
9:23 Wathi kubo bonke: "Uma umuntu ethanda ukuza emva kwami, akaphika."
yena, athabathe isiphambano sakhe imihla ngemihla, angilandele.
9:24 Ngoba yilowo nalowo othanda ukusindisa ukuphila kwakhe uyolahlekelwa yikho, kodwa noma ubani olahlekelwayo
ukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yami, yiyona eyoyisindisa.
9:25 Ngoba kuyakumsizani umuntu, uma ezuza izwe lonke, kodwa alahlekelwe?
yena, noma alahlwe?
9:26 Ngokuba yilowo nalowo onezinhloni ngami nangamazwi ami
Indodana yomuntu mayibe namahloni, lapho iza ngenkazimulo yayo, nangokwakhe
EkaBaba, neyezingelosi ezingcwele.
9:27 Kodwa ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Bakhona abanye kwabemi lapha, abasoze
bezwe ukufa, baze babone umbuso kaNkulunkulu.
9:28 Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi ngemva kwezinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili ngemva kwalawo mazwi, wathatha
oPetru, noJohane, noJakobe, bakhuphukela entabeni ukuyokhuleka.
9:29 Kwathi ekhuleka, isimo sobuso bakhe saguquka, kanye nesakhe
izingubo zazimhlophe futhi zicwebezela.
9:30 Bheka, kwakhuluma naye amadoda amabili, uMose no-Eliya.
9:31 owabonakala enkazimulweni, futhi wakhuluma ngokumuka kwakhe
ukufeza eJerusalema.
9:32 Kepha uPetru nababe naye babesindwa ubuthongo
baphaphama, babona inkazimulo yakhe, namadoda amabili ayemi nawo
yena.
9:33 Kwathi, ekwahlukaneni kwawo kuye, uPetru wathi kuJesu:
Mfundisi, kuhle ukuba sibe lapha;
elinye libe ngelakho, elinye libe ngelikaMose, elinye libe ngelika-Eliya, engazi ukuthi athini
kusho.
9:34 Esakhuluma lokho, kwafika ifu, labasibekela;
besaba bengena efwini.
9:35 Kwavela izwi efwini, lithi: “Lo uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo;
muzwe.
9:36 Kwathi izwi selidlulile, uJesu wafunyanwa eyedwa. Futhi bayigcina
bavala, kabatshelanga muntu ngalezonsuku okunye kwalokho ababelakho
sibonile.
9:37 Kwathi ngangomuso, sebehlile
entabeni, abantu abaningi bamhlangabeza.
9:38 Futhi, bheka, indoda esixukwini wamemeza, wathi: "Mfundisi, ngiyakuncenga."
bheka indodana yami, ngokuba yiyo yodwa kimi.
9:39 Bheka, umoya uyambamba, abesekhala masinyane; futhi liyaklebhula
lowo ephinda ekhihliza amagwebu, asuke kalukhuni kuye ukumlimaza.
9:40 Ngancenga abafundi bakho ukuba bawukhiphe; futhi abakwazanga.
9:41 UJesu waphendula wathi: O sizukulwane esingakholwayo nesiphambeneyo, koze kube nini
ngiyakuba nani, nginibekezelela na? Letha lapha indodana yakho.
9:42 Kuthe iseza, idemoni lamlahla phansi, layihlukumeza. Futhi
UJesu wamkhuza umoya ongcolileyo, wamphulukisa umntwana, wabeletha
futhi kuyise.
9:43 Futhi bonke bamangala ngamandla amakhulu kaNkulunkulu. Kodwa ngenkathi bona
bamangala bonke ngakho konke akwenzileyo uJesu, wathi kowakhe
abafundi,
9:44 Vumelani la mazwi angene ezindlebeni zenu, ngoba iNdodana yomuntu izakuba
enikelwa ezandleni zabantu.
9:45 Kodwa kabaliqondanga leli lizwi, futhi lalifihlakele kubo, ukuze babone
kodwa besaba ukumbuza ngalelolizwi.
9:46 Khona-ke kwavela ukuphikisana phakathi kwabo kokuthi ubani okumelwe abe
okukhulu kunakho konke.
NgokukaLuka 9:47 UJesu ebona umcabango wenhliziyo yabo, wathatha umntwana, wahlala
ngaye,
9:48 Wathi kubo: Noma ubani owamukela lo mntwana egameni lami
uyangamukela mina; nalowo ongamukela mina wemukela ongithumileyo;
ngoba omncinyane kini lonke nguye ozaba mkhulu.
9:49 UJohane waphendula wathi: "Mfundisi, sabona umuntu ekhipha amademoni kuwe."
igama; sasesimenqabela, ngoba engasilandeli.
9:50 UJesu wathi kuye: "Ningamnqabeli, ngoba lowo ongamelani nathi
ingeyethu.
9:51 Futhi kwenzeka, lapho isikhathi sokuba amukelwe
wasukuma, wabubhekisa ubuso bakhe ukuya eJerusalema;
9:52 Wathuma izithunywa phambi kobuso bakhe;
umuzi wamaSamariya, ukuze amlungisele.
9:53 Futhi abamamukelanga, ngoba ubuso bakhe kwakungathi uzohamba
eJerusalema.
9:54 Kwathi abafundi bakhe oJakobe noJohane bekubona lokhu bathi: "Nkosi, ngiyathanda."
wena siyaleza umlilo ukuthi wehle ezulwini, ubaqede;
njengoba kwenza u-Eliya?
9:55 Kodwa waphenduka, wabakhuza, wathi: Anazi ukuthi hlobo luni
ningabomoya.
9:56 Ngoba iNdodana yomuntu kayizanga ukubhubhisa imiphefumulo yabantu, kodwa ukuyisindisa.
Basuka baya komunye umuzi.
9:57 Kwathi, njengoba behamba endleleni, umuntu othile wathi
kuye: Nkosi, ngizakulandela loba ngaphi lapho oya khona.
9:58 UJesu wathi kuye: Izimpungushe zinemigodi, nezinyoni zezulu zinemigodi
izidleke; kodwa iNdodana yomuntu kayilalapho engaqamelisa khona ikhanda.
9:59 Wathi komunye: "Ngilandele." Kodwa wathi: Nkosi, ngivumele kuqala
ukuyongcwaba ubaba.
9:60 UJesu wathi kuye: "Yeka abafileyo bembele abafileyo babo;
shumayelani umbuso kaNkulunkulu.
9:61 Nomunye futhi wathi, Nkosi, ngizokulandela; kodwa ake ngiqale ngiyobhida
ngivalelise, ezisekhaya kwami.
9:62 UJesu wathi kuye: "Akekho obeka isandla sakhe egejeni, futhi."
ukubheka emuva kuwufanele umbuso kaNkulunkulu.