Maka
4:1 Wabuye waqala ukufundisa ngaselwandle, babuthana
isixuku esikhulu kuye, waze wangena emkhunjini, wahlala phakathi kwawo
ulwandle; isixuku sonke sasiphezu kolwandle emhlabathini.
4:2 Wabafundisa izinto eziningi ngemifanekiso, wakhuluma kubo ngeyakhe
imfundiso,
4:3 Lalela; Bheka, kwaphuma umhlwanyeli ukuyohlwanyela;
4:4 Kwathi esahlwanyela, enye yawela ngasendleleni, nembewu
izinyoni zezulu zeza zawudla zawuqeda.
4:5 Enye yawela edwaleni, lapho eyayingenamhlabathi omningi khona; futhi
yahle yamila, ngoba yayingelakutshona komhlabathi;
4:6 Kodwa ilanga seliphumile, lahangulwa; futhi ngenxa yokuthi yayingelampande, yona
yabuna yasuka.
4:7 Enye yawela phakathi kwameva, ameva akhula, ayiminyanisa, futhi
ayizange ithele isithelo.
4:8 Enye yawela emhlabathini omuhle, yathela izithelo, yahluma, yakhula
anda; yazala, enye amashumi amathathu, enye amashumi ayisithupha, enye
ikhulu.
4:9 Wathi kubo: “Onezindlebe zokuzwa makezwe.
4:10 Futhi lapho eyedwa, labo ababemzungezile kanye nabayishumi nambili bacela
kuye umfanekiso.
4:11 Wayesethi kubo: “Nina niphiwe ukwazi imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu
umbuso kaNkulunkulu, kepha kwabangaphandle zonke lezizinto zikhona
kwenziwa ngemifanekiso:
4:12 Ukuze bebona babone, bangaboni; nokuzwa bangezwa.
futhi bengaqondi; hlezi loba nini baphenduke, labo
izono kufanele zithethelelwe.
4:13 Wathi kubo, Aniwazi yini lo mfanekiso? kanti-ke lizakwenza njani
uyazi yonke imifanekiso?
4:14 Umhlwanyeli uhlwanyela izwi.
4:15 Laba ngabaseceleni kwendlela, lapho okuhlanyelwa khona ilizwi. kodwa nini
sebezwile, uSathane uyeza masinyane, alisuse izwi ayelishilo
kwahlwanyelwa ezinhliziyweni zabo.
4:16 Futhi laba ngabanjalo abahlwanyelwe edwaleni; ubani, nini
Sebelizwile izwi, bahle balamukele ngentokozo;
4:17 futhi kabanampande phakathi kwabo, ngakho bahlala kodwa okwesikhathi;
nxa sekuvela ukuhlupheka kumbe ukuzingelwa ngenxa yelizwi, masinyane
bacasukile.
4:18 Futhi laba yilabo abahlwanyelwe phakathi kwameva. njengabalizwayo izwi,
4:19 Futhi izinkathazo zaleli zwe, futhi inkohliso yengcebo, futhi
izinkanuko zezinye izinto zingena, liminyanise ilizwi, libe lenze
engatheli.
4:20 Laba yilabo abahlwanyelwe emhlabathini omuhle; njengabalizwayo izwi,
namukele, nithele isithelo, enye ngamashumi amathathu, enye ngamashumi ayisithupha, futhi
abanye ikhulu.
4:21 Wayesethi kubo: "Isibani siyalethwa ukuba sibekwe ngaphansi kwesitsha, noma."
ngaphansi kombhede? hhayi ukuthi ibekwe othini lwesibani?
4:22 Ngoba akukho lutho olufihliwe olungayikubonakaliswa; futhi kwakungekho
into efihliwe, kodwa ukuthi kufanele iphumele ngaphandle.
4:23 Uma umuntu enezindlebe zokuzwa, makezwe.
4:24 Wathi kubo: Qaphelani enikuzwayo: ngesilinganiso esingakanani
niyakulinganiselwa kini, nine enizwayo kuyakuba ngokwengeziwe
inikezwe.
4:25 Ngoba lowo onakho, kuye uyonikwa, futhi lowo ongenakho, kuye
uyakuthathwa ngisho nalokho anakho.
4:26 Wathi, Unjalo umbuso kaNkulunkulu, njengokuthi umuntu uphonsa inhlanyelo
umhlabathi;
4:27 Futhi kufanele alale, futhi avuke ubusuku nemini, futhi imbewu ikhule futhi
akhule, akazi ukuthi kanjani.
4:28 Ngoba umhlabathi uthela izithelo ngokwawo; kuqala i-blade, bese kuba yi-
isikhwebu, emva kwalokho amabele agcwele esikhwebu.
4:29 Kodwa nxa isithelo sesivuthiwe, wahle wasifaka
isikela, ngoba ukuvuna sekufikile.
4:30 Wathi: "Siyakuwufanisa nani umbuso kaNkulunkulu na? noma ngani
siqhathanise na?
4:31 Kunjengohlamvu lwesinaphi, oluthi, lapho luhlwanyelwa emhlabathini,
incane kuzo zonke izimbewu ezisemhlabeni;
4:32 Kodwa nxa selihlwanyelwe, liyakhula, libe likhulu kunemibhida yonke.
yahluma amagatsha amakhulu; ukuze izinyoni zezulu zihlale
ngaphansi komthunzi walo.
4:33 Futhi ngemifanekiso eminingi enjalo walikhuluma izwi kubo njengoba benjalo
uyakwazi ukukuzwa.
4:34 Kodwa ngaphandle komfanekiso akakhulumanga kubo;
wabachasisela abafundi bakhe zonke izinto.
4:35 Futhi ngalolo suku, lapho sekuhlwile, wathi kubo: "Siyekeni."
dlulelani ngaphetsheya.
4:36 Base bemukisa isixuku, bamthatha njengoba ayenjalo
emkhunjini. Kwakukhona neminye imikhumbi emincane kanye naye.
4:37 Kwavuka isivunguvungu esikhulu somoya, amaza ashaya umkhumbi.
kangangokuthi lase ligcwele.
4:38 Yena wayengemuva emkhunjini, elele emqamelweni;
nimvuse, nithi kuye: “Mfundisi, awukhathali ukuthi siyabhubha na?
4:39 Wavuka, wakhuza umoya, wathi kulo ulwandle: Thula, thula
namanje. Umoya wanqamuka, kwaba khona ukuthula okukhulu.
4:40 Wathi kubo: Kungani nesaba kangaka? kanjani ukuthi ningabi na?
ukholo?
4:41 Besaba kakhulu, bathi omunye komunye: "Umuntu onjani?
Yilokhu, ukuthi ngisho nomoya nolwandle kuyamlalela?