Mathewu
4:1 Khona uJesu waholelwa nguMoya ehlane ukuba alingwe
usathane.
NgokukaLuka 4:2 Esezile ukudla izinsuku ezingamashumi amane nobusuku obungamashumi amane, wabuye wadla
elambile.
4:3 Kwathi umlingi efika kuye, wathi: Uba uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.
yala ukuthi lamatshe enziwe izinkwa.
4:4 Kodwa waphendula wathi: Kulotshiwe ukuthi: Umuntu kayikuphila ngesinkwa
kuphela, kodwa ngawo wonke amazwi aphuma emlonyeni kaNkulunkulu.
4:5 Khona-ke uSathane wamyisa emzini ongcwele, futhi wambeka phezu
isiqongo sethempeli,
4:6 Wathi kuye: "Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ziphonse phansi
kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Uyakuyaleza izingelosi zakhe ngawe;
izandla zabo ziyakukuthwala, funa uqhuzuke unyawo lwakho
phezu kwetshe.
4:7 UJesu wathi kuye: Kulotshiwe futhi ukuthi: Ungayilingi iNkosi
uNkulunkulu wakho.
4:8 USathane wabuye wamthatha wamyisa entabeni ende kakhulu
imkhombisa imibuso yonke yomhlaba, nenkazimulo yayo;
4:9 Wathi kuye: "Zonke lezi zinto ngizokunika, uma uwa
phansi ungikhonze.
4:10 Khona uJesu wathi kuye: Suka, Sathane, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi:
Uzakhuleka eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, umkhonze yena yedwa.
4:11 Khona-ke uSathane wamshiya, futhi bheka, izingelosi zeza zamkhonza
yena.
4:12 UJesu esezwile ukuthi uJohane uboshiwe, waphuma
eGalile;
4:13 Wasuka eNazaretha, weza wahlala eKapernawume eliseceleni komfula.
ugu lolwandle, emikhawulweni yakwaZabuloni neyakwaNafetali;
4:14 ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa nguIsaya umprofethi.
ethi,
4:15 Izwe lakwaZabuloni, nezwe lakwaNafetali, ngasendleleni yolwandle,
ngaphesheya kweJordani, iGalile labezizwe;
4:16 Abantu ababehlezi ebumnyameni babona ukukhanya okukhulu; lakwabahleziyo
endaweni nasethunzini lokufa ukukhanya kuphumile.
4:17 Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uJesu waqala ukushumayela, futhi wathi: Phendukani, ngoba the
umbuso wezulu ususondele.
4:18 Kwathi uJesu ehamba ngaselwandle lwaseGalile wabona izelamani ezimbili, uSimoni othiwa
uPetru no-Andreya umfowabo, bephonsa inetha olwandle, ngokuba babenjalo
abadobi.
4:19 Wathi kubo: "Ngilandeleni, futhi ngizonenza nibe ngabadobi babantu.
4:20 Base bewashiya masinyane amanetha abo, bamlandela.
4:21 Eqhubeka esuka lapho, wabona ezinye izelamani ezimbili, uJakobe indodana ka
uZebedewu noJohane umfowabo besemkhunjini kanye noZebedewu uyise.
belungisa amanetha abo; wasebabiza.
4:22 Base beshiya masinyane umkhumbi noyise, bamlandela.
4:23 UJesu walihamba lonke elaseGalile efundisa emasinagogeni abo
eshumayela ivangeli lombuso, ephulukisa izifo zonke
nazo zonke izinhlobo zezifo phakathi kwabantu.
4:24 Udumo lwakhe lwahamba kulo lonke elaseSiriya, futhi baletha kuye konke
abantu abagulayo ababephethwe yizifo ngezinhlobo nezinhlupheko, nalabo
ababekhwelwe ngamadimoni, nabangamahlanya, na
labo ababefe uhlangothi; wasebasilisa.
4:25 Kwamlandela izixuku eziningi zivela eGalile nasezweni
eDekapholi, naseJerusalema, naseJudiya, nangaphesheya kweJordani.