Maka
2:1 Wabuye wangena eKapernawume emva kwezinsuku ezithile; kwase kuzwakala umsindo
ukuthi usendlini.
2:2 Futhi ngokushesha kwabuthana abaningi, kangangokuthi kwakungekho
indawo yokubamukela, qha, ngisho ngasemnyango, washumayela
izwi kubo.
2:3 Futhi beza kuye ethwele ofome uhlangothi
kwezine.
2:4 Futhi lapho bengakwazi ukusondela kuye ngenxa yesixuku, bambula
ophahleni lapho ayekhona; kwathi sebelubhodlozile baluhlisa
umbhede lapho owayefe uhlangothi wayelele khona.
2:5 UJesu ebona ukholo lwabo wathi kofe uhlangothi: "Ndodana, wakho."
uthethelelwe izono.
NgokukaLuka 2:6 Kepha kwakukhona ababhali abathile behlezi khona, bephikisana
izinhliziyo zabo,
2:7 Kungani lo muntu ekhuluma ngale ndlela inhlamba? ngubani ongathethelela izono ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu
kuphela?
2:8 Futhi ngokushesha lapho uJesu ekwazi emoyeni wakhe ukuthi babecabanga kanjalo
wathi kubo: Kungani liphendulana ngalezizinto phakathi kwenu
izinhliziyo?
2:9 Yikuphi okulula ukuthi kofe uhlangothi: ‘Makube yizono zakho;
ukuthethelele; noma ukuthi: Vuka, uthabathe uhlaka lwakho, uhambe?
2:10 Kodwa ukuze nazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu inamandla emhlabeni okuthethelela
izono, (wathi kofe uhlangothi,)
2:11 Ngithi kuwe: Vuka, uthabathe uhlaka lwakho, uye endlini yakho.
indlu.
2:12 Wayesevuka masinyane, wathatha uhlaka, waphuma phambi kwabo
konke; baze bamangala bonke, bamdumisa uNkulunkulu, besithi: Thina
akakaze akubone ngale mfashini.
2:13 Wabuye waphuma waya ngaselwandle; lase libuthana lonke ixuku
kuye, wabafundisa.
2:14 Wathi edlula, wabona uLevi ka-Alfewu ehlezi endaweni
ethola intela, wathi kuye: Ngilandele. Wasukuma futhi
amlandele.
2:15 Kwathi ehlezi ekudleni endlini yakhe, abaningi
nabathelisi nezoni babehlezi kanye noJesu nabafundi bakhe.
ngokuba babebaningi, bamlandela.
2:16 Futhi lapho ababhali nabaFarisi bembona edla nabathelisi
izoni, bathi kubafundi bakhe: Kungani edla futhi
uphuza nabathelisi nezoni na?
2:17 UJesu ekuzwa lokho wathi kubo: "Abaphilayo kabanabo."
ngidinga udokotela, kodwa abagulayo; angizanga ukubiza abagulayo
abalungileyo, kodwa izoni ekuphendukeni.
NgokukaJohane 2:18 Abafundi bakaJohane nababaFarisi babezila ukudla;
beze bathi kuye: Kungani abafundi bakaJohane lababaFarisi
bazile ukudla, kepha abafundi bakho abazili na?
2:19 UJesu wasesithi kubo: Abantwana bendlu yomtshado bangazila yini ukudla?
umkhwenyana esenabo na? inqobo nje uma sebenomyeni
nabo, abakwazi ukuzila.
2:20 Kodwa zizafika izinsuku, lapho umyeni ezakususwa
khona-ke bayakuzila ngalezo zinsuku.
2:21 Akakho othungela isiziba sendwangu entsha engutsheni endala;
ucezu oluligcwalisile lususa komdala, futhi ukuklebhuka kuyenziwa
okubi kakhulu.
2:22 Futhi akakho othela iwayini elisha ezimvabeni ezindala;
Izimvaba ziqhume, kuchitheke iwayini nezimvaba
kodwa iwayini elisha limelwe ukuthelwa ezimvabeni ezintsha.
2:23 Futhi kwenzeka, ukuthi wadabula amasimu ngesabatha
usuku; abafundi bakhe baqala ukuhamba ukukha izikhwebu.
2:24 AbaFarisi bathi kuye: "Bheka, kungani benza ngesabatha
lokho okungavunyelwe na?
2:25 Wathi kubo: "Anikaze nifunde lokho uDavide akwenza, lapho esekwenzile
wayelambile yini yena nababe naye na?
2:26 Ukuthi wangena endlini kaNkulunkulu ezinsukwini zika-Abiyathara ophakeme
umpristi, badla isinkwa sokubukwa, okungavunyelwe ukudliwa kuphela
abapristi, wanika nababe naye?
2:27 Wayesethi kubo: "Isabatha lenzelwa umuntu, futhi hhayi umuntu ngenxa yomuntu
isabatha:
2:28 Ngakho iNdodana yomuntu iyiNkosi yesabatha.