Mathewu
8:1 Esehlile entabeni, zamlandela izixuku eziningi.
8:2 Bheka, kwafika onochoko, wakhuleka kuye, wathi: "Nkosi, uma."
uyathanda, ungangihlambulula.
8:3 UJesu welula isandla, wamphatha, wathi: Ngiyathanda; yiba wena
ihlanzekile. Masinyane uchoko lwakhe lwahlambuluka.
8:4 UJesu wathi kuye: “Bheka, ungatsheli muntu; kodwa hamba, ubonise
wena kumpristi, unikele ngomnikelo uMose ayala ngawo,
ubufakazi kubo.
8:5 Kwathi uJesu esengenile eKapernawume, kweza kuye
induna yekhulu yamncenga.
8:6 Wathi, Nkosi, inceku yami ilele endlini, efe uhlangothi, ibuhlungu kakhulu
ehlushwa.
8:7 UJesu wathi kuye, Mina ngizakuza ngimphulukise.
8:8 Induna yekhulu yaphendula yathi: Nkosi, angifanele ukuba wena
kufanele ungene ngaphansi kophahla lwami: kepha khuluma izwi kuphela, nenceku yami
izophulukiswa.
8:9 Ngoba mina ngingumuntu ongaphansi kwegunya, nginamasosha ngaphansi kwami;
lendoda, Hamba, ihambe; futhi komunye: Woza, futhi uyeza; futhi ku
inceku yami, Yenza lokhu, ikwenze.
8:10 UJesu ekuzwa lokho wamangala, wathi kwabamlandelayo:
Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, angizange ngithole ukukholwa okungaka, cha, naphakathi
Israyeli.
8:11 Futhi ngithi kini: Abaningi bayofika bevela empumalanga nasentshonalanga, futhi
uyakuhlala ekudleni no-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe, embusweni ka-Israyeli
ezulwini.
8:12 Kodwa abantwana bombuso bayophonswa ebumnyameni obungaphandle.
lapho kuyakuba khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo.
8:13 UJesu wasesithi enduneni yekhulu: Hamba; futhi njengoba unakho
wakholwa, makube njalo kuwe. Inceku yakhe yasilaliswa esigodlweni
Ihora elifanayo.
8:14 Futhi lapho uJesu wangena endlini kaPetru, wabona unina womkakhe
elele phansi, enomkhuhlane.
8:15 Wabamba isandla sakhe, umkhuhlane wamyeka;
wabakhonza.
8:16 Sekuhlwile, baletha kuye abaningi abakhwelwe
namademoni: wakhipha imimoya ngezwi lakhe, wabaphulukisa bonke
ababegula:
8:17 ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa nguIsaya umprofethi.
bethi, Yena wathatha ubuthakathaka bethu, wathwala izifo zethu.
8:18 Kwathi uJesu ebona izixuku ezinkulu zimphahlile, walaya
suka uye ngaphesheya.
8:19 Kwasekufika umbhali othile, wathi kuye: Mfundisi, mina ngizakulandela
noma ngaphi lapho oya khona.
8:20 UJesu wathi kuye: Izimpungushe zinemigodi, nezinyoni zezulu
babe nezidleke; kodwa iNdodana yomuntu kayilalapho engaqamelisa khona ikhanda.
8:21 Futhi omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye, Nkosi, ngivumele ngihambe kuqala
ngingcwabe ubaba.
8:22 Kodwa uJesu wathi kuye: Ngilandele; futhi abafileyo bayekele abafileyo babo.
8:23 Esengenile emkhunjini, abafundi bakhe bamlandela.
8:24 Bheka, kwavuka isiphepho esikhulu elwandle,
umkhumbi wawumbozwe ngamaza, kepha wayelele.
8:25 Abafundi bakhe beza kuye, bamvusa, bathi: "Nkosi, sisindise!
bhubha.
8:26 Wathi kubo: "Kungani nesaba, O onokholo oluncane? Khona-ke
wavuka, wakhuza imimoya nolwandle; kwasekusiba khona ukuthula okukhulu.
8:27 Kodwa abantu bamangala, bathi: Ungubani lo ukuthi ngisho na?
imimoya nolwandle kuyamlalela!
8:28 Futhi lapho efika ngaphesheya ezweni
Gergesenes, kwahlangana naye ababili abakhwelwe ngamademoni, bephuma endlini
amathuna, anolaka kakhulu, ukuze kungadluli muntu ngaleyondlela.
8:29 Futhi bheka, bamemeza, bathi: "Sinamsebenzi muni nawe?
Jesu, wena Ndodana kaNkulunkulu? uze lapha ukusihlupha phambi kukaJehova
isikhathi?
8:30 Kwakukhona kude nabo umhlambi wezingulube eziningi uklabile.
8:31 Ngakho amademoni amncenga, ethi: "Uma usikhipha, sivumele sihambe."
emhlambini wezingulube.
8:32 Wathi kubo, Hambani. Sebephumile bangena
umhlambi wezingulube; bheka, umhlambi wonke wezingulube wagijima ngamandla
wehlela eweni, wafela emanzini.
8:33 Futhi ababezalusa babaleka, bangena emzini, futhi
wakhuluma konke, nalokho okwehlele abakhwelwe ngamademoni.
8:34 Bheka, umuzi wonke waphuma ukumhlangabeza uJesu;
bamncenga ukuthi amuke emikhawulweni yabo.