Maka
6:1 Wamuka lapho, waya ezweni lakubo; kanye neyakhe
abafundi bamlandela.
6:2 Kwathi sekufikile isabatha, waqala ukufundisa esinagogeni.
abaningi abamuzwayo bamangala, bathi: “Lo uvelaphi na?
lezi zinto? futhi ukuhlakanipha kuni lokhu akuphiwe, ukuthi ngisho
imisebenzi yamandla enje yenziwa ngezandla zakhe?
6:3 Lo akusiye umbazi, indodana kaMariya, umfowabo kaJakobe, futhi?
uJose, noJuda, noSimoni? Nodadewabo abakho yini lapha kithi na? Futhi
bakhubeka ngaye.
6:4 Kodwa uJesu wathi kubo: Umprofethi kalahlwa, kodwa ngowakhe
ezweni lakubo, naphakathi kwezihlobo zakhe, nasendlini yakhe.
6:5 Futhi wayengenakwenza khona umsebenzi wamandla, ngaphandle kokuthi wabeka izandla zakhe phezu
abambalwa abagulayo, wabaphulukisa.
6:6 Wamangala ngokungakholwa kwabo. Wahamba ezungeza
nemizana, efundisa.
6:7 Wabiza abayishumi nambili, waqala ukubathuma ngababili
futhi ezimbili; wabanika amandla phezu kwawomoya abangcolileyo;
6:8 Wabayala ukuthi bangaphathi lutho lwendlela, ngaphandle nje
induku kuphela; nasikhwama, nasinkwa, namali emixhakeni yabo;
6:9 Kodwa bagqoke izimbadada; futhi lingagqoki amabhantshi amabili.
6:10 Wayesethi kubo: “Nomaphi lapho ningena khona endlini.
hlalani lapho, nize nimuke kuleyo ndawo.
6:11 Futhi noma ubani ongayikunamukela, noma ukukuzwa, lapho nimuka
kulapho-ke nivuthulule uthuli olungaphansi kwezinyawo zenu kube yibufakazi kubo.
Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kuyakuba ngcono kulo iSodoma neGomora
ngosuku lokwahlulelwa kunakulowo muzi.
6:12 Baphuma, bashumayela ukuba abantu baphenduke.
6:13 Futhi bakhipha amademoni amaningi, futhi bagcoba ngamafutha abaningi ababekhona
abagulayo, wabaphulukisa.
6:14 Inkosi uHerode yezwa ngaye; (ngokuba igama lakhe lasakazwa kabanzi) yena
wathi: UJohane uMbhabhathizi uvukile kwabafileyo, ngakho
imisebenzi yamandla iyabonakala kuye.
6:15 Abanye bathi: UnguEliya. Labanye bathi: Ungumprofethi, kumbe
njengomunye wabaprofethi.
6:16 Kepha uHerode ekuzwa wathi: "NguJohane engamnquma ikhanda."
uvukile kwabafileyo.
6:17 Ngoba uHerode ngokwakhe wayethumele wambamba uJohane, wambopha
etilongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya umkaFiliphu umfowabo, ngokuba wayenaye
wamshada.
6:18 Ngokuba uJohane wayethe kuHerode: "Awuvunyelwe ukuba ube neyakho."
umfazi womfowethu.
6:19 Ngakho uHerodiya waba nenzondo ngaye, wafuna ukumbulala;
kodwa akakwazanga:
6:20 Ngokuba uHerode wayemesaba uJohane, emazi ukuthi uyindoda elungileyo, engcwele, futhi
wambuka; futhi lapho emuzwa, wenza izinto eziningi, futhi wamuzwa
ngokuthokoza.
6:21 Kwathi selufikile usuku oluhle, uHerode ngosuku lokuzalwa kwakhe walwenza
isidlo sakusihlwa ezinkosini zakhe, nezinduna zenkulungwane, nezikhulu zaseGalile;
6:22 Kwathi indodakazi kaHerodiya lowo ingena, yasina
kwajabulisa uHerode nababehlezi naye, inkosi yathi entombazaneni.
Cela kimi loba yini oyithandayo, ngizakunika yona.
6:23 Wafunga kuye, wathi: "Noma yini ongayicela kimi, ngizokunika."
wena, kuze kube yingxenye yombuso wami.
6:24 Waphuma, wathi kunina: "Ngizocelani?" Futhi yena
wathi: Ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi.
6:25 Wayesengena masinyane enkosini, wabuza, wathi.
Ngithanda ukuthi unginike khona manje esitshalweni ikhanda likaJohane the
UmBaptist.
6:26 Inkosi yadabuka kakhulu; nokho ngenxa yesifungo sakhe nangenxa yabo
ngenxa ababehlezi laye, kazange amale.
6:27 Njalo inkosi yahle yathuma umlindi, yalaya ikhanda layo
alethwe; wahamba, wamnquma ikhanda etilongweni;
6:28 Waletha ikhanda lakhe ngoqwembe, walinika intombazane;
intombi yayinika unina.
6:29 Kwathi abafundi bakhe bekuzwa, beza bathatha isidumbu sakhe.
wasibeka ethuneni.
6:30 Abaphostoli babuthana kuJesu, bamtshela
zonke izinto, kokubili ababekwenzile, nalokho ababekufundisile.
6:31 Wathi kubo, Wozani nina nodwa endaweni eyihlane
baphumule isikhashana, ngokuba babebaningi abezayo nabahambayo, kepha babengenalo
ukuzilibazisa okungangokuthi udle.
6:32 Bamuka ngomkhumbi, baya endaweni eyihlane bebodwa.
6:33 Futhi isixuku sababona bemuka, futhi abaningi bamazi, futhi bagijima ngezinyawo
khona bevela kuyo yonke imizi, babandulela, babuthana kuye.
6:34 Kwathi uJesu ephuma, wabona isixuku esikhulu, washukunyiswa
wabahawukela, ngokuba babenjengezimvu ezingenalo
umalusi: waqala ukubafundisa izinto eziningi.
6:35 Kwathi isikhathi sesihambile, abafundi bakhe beza kuye
wathi: “Le ndawo iyihlane, isikhathi sesidlulile;
6:36 Bamukise, ukuze baye emaphandleni azungeze, futhi phakathi
imizi, bazithengele izinkwa, ngokuba abanalutho lokudla.
6:37 Waphendula wathi kubo: Bapheni nina ukudla. Base bethi ku
kuye, Sihambe yini, sithenge izinkwa zabodenariyu abangamakhulu amabili, sibaphe
ukudla?
6:38 Wathi kubo, Zingaki izinkwa eninazo? hambani nibone. Futhi lapho
bathi: Ziyisihlanu, nezinhlanzi ezimbili.
6:39 Futhi wabayala ukuba bonke bahlale phansi ngezigaba phezu eluhlaza
utshani.
6:40 Base behlala phansi izigaba, ngamakhulu nangamashumi amahlanu.
6:41 Esezithabathe izinkwa ezinhlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili, wabheka phezulu
ezulwini, wabusisa, wazihlephula izinkwa, wanika abakhe
abafundi ukubabeke phambi kwabo; nezinhlanzi ezimbili wabahlukanisela zona
konke.
6:42 Badla bonke, basutha.
6:43 Babutha imvuthuluka, iziqabetho eziyishumi nambili ezigcwele
izinhlanzi.
6:44 Futhi labo abadla izinkwa babe ngamadoda ayizinkulungwane ezinhlanu.
6:45 Wayesecindezela masinyane abafundi bakhe ukuba bangene emkhunjini
ukuya ngaphambili ngaphetsheya eBetsayida, yena esebamukisa
abantu.
6:46 Esebamukisile, wenyuka waya entabeni ukuyokhuleka.
6:47 Kwathi sekuhlwile, umkhumbi wawuphakathi kolwandle, yena
ngingedwa emhlabeni.
6:48 Wababona beshikashikeka ekugwedleni; ngokuba umoya wawuphambene nabo;
kwathi ngomlindo wesine wobusuku weza kubo ehamba
phezu kolwandle, ngabe sengibadabula.
6:49 Kodwa lapho bembona ehamba phezu kolwandle, bacabanga ukuthi ulwandle
umoya, wamemeza:
6:50 Ngoba bonke bambona futhi bakhathazeka. Futhi ngokushesha wakhuluma naye
wathi kubo: “Yimani isibindi; ningesabi.
6:51 Wayesekhuphukela kubo emkhunjini; umoya wanqamuka: base besaba
bamangala kakhulu phakathi kwabo ngokungenakulinganiswa, bamangala.
6:52 Ngoba babengaqapheli isibonakaliso sezinkwa, ngoba inhliziyo yabo
lukhuni.
6:53 Sebewelile, bafika ezweni laseGenesaretha.
futhi wadonsela ogwini.
6:54 Sebephumile emkhunjini, bamazi masinyane;
6:55 Base begijima kulo lonke leso sifunda, baqala ukuthwala
emibhedeni abagulayo, lapho abezwa ukuthi ukhona.
6:56 Futhi nomaphi lapho ayengena khona, emizaneni, noma emadolobheni, noma emaphandleni
wabeka abagulayo emigwaqweni, bamncenga ukuthi bathinte
kwakungumphetho wengubo yakhe kuphela, futhi bonke abamthintayo baphenduka
yenziwe yaphelela.