Maka
5:1 Bafika ngaphesheya kolwandle, ezweni lase
amaGadarene.
5:2 Futhi lapho ephuma emkhunjini, khona lapho wamhlangabeza ephuma
emathuneni umuntu onomoya ongcolileyo.
5:3 Owayehlala emathuneni; futhi kwakungekho muntu owayengambopha, cha, cha
ngamaketango:
5:4 Ngoba wayeboshwe kaningi ngamaketanga namaketanga, futhi
amaketanga ayegqashulwe nguye, nezibopho zagqashuka
nezicucu: kwakungekho muntu owayengayithambisa.
5:5 Futhi njalo, ubusuku nemini, wayeba sentabeni nasemathuneni.
ekhala, ezisika ngamatshe.
5:6 Kodwa lapho ebona uJesu ekude, wagijima wakhuleka kuye.
5:7 Wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: "Nginamsebenzi muni nawe?
Jesu, wena Ndodana kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke? ngikufungisa uNkulunkulu, ukuthi
ungangihluphi.
5:8 Ngoba wathi kuye: Phuma kumuntu, moya ongcolileyo.
5:9 Wasembuza wathi: Ungubani ibizo lakho? Yaphendula yathi: Igama lami ngingu
uLegion: ngokuba sibaningi.
5:10 Wamncenga kakhulu ukuthi angabamukisi phakathi kwebandla
izwe.
5:11 Kwakukhona lapho umhlambi omkhulu wezingulube entabeni
ukudla.
5:12 Futhi wonke amademoni amncenga, ethi: "Sithumele ezingulubeni, ukuze singene."
angangena kuzo.
5:13 Wayesezivumela masinyane. Kwaphuma omoya abangcolileyo.
yangena ezingulubeni; umhlambi wagijima wehla eweni
bangena elwandle, (babengaba yizinkulungwane ezimbili;) baminyanisa
ulwandle.
5:14 Ababezalusa izingulube babaleka, babika emzini naphakathi
izwe. Base bephuma ukuyobona ukuthi kwenzekeni.
5:15 Bafika kuJesu, bambona obekhwelwe ngamademoni.
futhi wayeneLegiyoni ehlezi, embethe, futhi esangulukile engqondweni yakhe: futhi
besaba.
5:16 Ababekubona bababikela ukuthi kwenzeke kanjani kowayekhwelwe
kanye noSathane, futhi futhi mayelana nezingulube.
5:17 Baqala ukumncenga ukuba amuke emikhawulweni yabo.
5:18 Esengenile emkhunjini, lowo owayekhwelwe yizingelosi
usathane wamncenga ukuba abe naye.
5:19 Nokho uJesu akamvumelanga, kodwa wathi kuye: "Hamba uye ekhaya lakho."
bangane, nibatshele ukuthi kungakanani iNkosi ekwenzele kona, futhi
wakuhawukela.
5:20 Wamuka, waqala ukushumayela eDekapholi ukuthi zinkulu kangakanani izinto
uJesu wayemenzele khona; bamangala bonke.
5:21 UJesu esephinde wawela ngomkhumbi waya ngaphesheya, okuningi kakhulu
abantu babuthana kuye, wayeseduze nolwandle.
5:22 Bheka, kwafika omunye wabaphathi besinagoge, uJayiru ngaseceleni.
igama; kwathi embona wawa ngasezinyaweni zakhe.
5:23 Futhi bamncenga kakhulu, ethi: "Indodakazi yami encane ilele ngasensimini."
lokufa: ngiyakuncenga, uze ubeke izandla zakho phezu kwakhe, ukuze abe khona
uphulukisiwe; njalo uzaphila.
5:24 UJesu wayesehamba naye; abantu abaningi bamlandela, bamminyezela.
5:25 Owesifazane othile owayenomopho iminyaka eyishumi nambili.
5:26 Futhi wayehlupheke izinto eziningi odokotela abaningi, futhi wayechithe konke lokho
wayenakho, futhi kwakungekho lutho olungcono, kodwa kunalokho waba kubi kakhulu,
5:27 Kwathi esezwile ngoJesu, weza esixukwini ngemva, wamthinta
ingubo.
5:28 Ngoba wathi, Uma ngingathinta nje izingubo zakhe, ngizakusindiswa.
5:29 Futhi wahle woma umthombo wegazi lakhe; futhi wezwa ngaphakathi
umzimba wakhe ukuthi uphulukiswe kuleso sifo.
5:30 UJesu ebona masinyane ngaphakathi kwakhe ukuthi amandla aphumile
waphenduka esixukwini, wathi: “Ngubani othinte izingubo zami na?
5:31 Abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: "Ubona isixuku siminyene."
wena, uthi: Ngubani ongithintileyo?
5:32 Waqalaza ukuze abone lowo owenze lokho.
5:33 Kodwa owesifazana ngokwesaba lokuthuthumela, ekwazi okwakwenziwe kuye, weza
wawa phansi phambi kwakhe, wamtshela iqiniso lonke.
5:34 Wathi kuye, Ndodakazi, ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile; Ngena
thula, uphile ekuhluphekeni kwakho.
5:35 Esakhuluma, kwafika evela endlini yomphathi wesinagoge
abanye bathi: Indodakazi yakho isifile; umhluphelani uMfundisi
okunye okunye?
5:36 Kwathi uJesu ezwa ilizwi elalikhulunywa, wathi kumbusi
wesinagoge, Ungesabi, kholwani kuphela.
5:37 Futhi akavumelanga muntu ukuba amlandele, kuphela uPetru, noJakobe, noJohane
umfowabo kaJakobe.
5:38 Wafika endlini yomphathi wesinagoge, wabona
ukuxokozela, nabakhalayo nabalila kakhulu.
5:39 Esengenile, wathi kubo: "Kungani nibanga lesi sidumo na?"
ukukhala? Intombazana ayifile, kodwa ilele.
5:40 Bamhleka usulu. Kodwa kwathi esezikhiphe zonke, yena
ithatha uyise nonina wentombi, nababe nayo
wangena lapho okwakulele khona intombazana.
5:41 Wambamba ngesandla umntwana, wathi kuye: "Thalitha, kumi;
okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa: Ntombakazi, ngithi kuwe: Vuka.
5:42 Yayisivuka masinyane intombazana, yahamba; ngoba wayesekhulile
iminyaka eyishumi nambili. Bamangala ngokumangala okukhulu.
5:43 Wabayala kakhulu ukuba kungaziwa muntu; waselaya
ukuthi anikwe ukudla.