Mathewu
14:1 Ngalesosikhathi uHerodi umtetrarki wezwa udumo lukaJesu.
14:2 Wathi ezincekwini zakhe: Lo nguJohane uMbhapathizi; uvukile kubo
abafileyo; ngakho-ke imisebenzi yamandla iyabonakala kuye.
14:3 Ngokuba uHerode wayembambile uJohane, wambopha, wamfaka etilongweni
ngenxa kaHerodiya umkaFiliphu umfowabo.
14:4 Ngokuba uJohane wathi kuye: "Awuvunyelwe ukuba ube naye.
14:5 Kwathi efuna ukumbulala, wesaba isixuku;
ngoba bathi ungumprofethi.
14:6 Kodwa ngosuku lokuzalwa kukaHerode, indodakazi kaHerodiya yasina
phambi kwabo, wamjabulisa uHerode.
14:7 Ngakho wayithembisa ngesifungo ukuyinika loba yini engayikucela.
14:8 Futhi yena, njengoba eyaliwe ngunina, wathi: Nginike lapha uJohane
Ikhanda likaBaptist eshajani.
14:9 Inkosi yadabuka, nokho ngenxa yesifungo, nangenxa yabo
wahlala laye ekudleni, walaya ukuthi ayinikwe.
14:10 Wathumela wamnquma ikhanda uJohane etilongweni.
14:11 Ikhanda lakhe lalethwa ngoqwembe, lanikwa intombazana;
wayiletha kunina.
14:12 Abafundi bakhe beza, basithatha isidumbu, basingcwaba, bahamba
wasetshela uJesu.
14:13 UJesu ekuzwa lokho, wamuka lapho ngomkhumbi, waya endaweni eyihlane
bebodwa: kwathi abantu sebezwile bamlandela ngezinyawo
emadolobheni.
14:14 UJesu ephuma, wabona isixuku esikhulu, washukunyiswa
waba nesihe kubo, waphulukisa abagulayo babo.
14:15 Kwathi sekuhlwile, abafundi bakhe beza kuye, bathi: "Lokhu kungumusa."
indawo eyihlane, nesikhathi sesidlulile; mukise isixuku, lokho
bangene emizaneni, bazithengele ukudla.
14:16 Kodwa uJesu wathi kubo: Akudingekile ukuba bahambe; bapheni nina ukudla.
14:17 Bathi kuye: Sinazo lapha kuphela izinkwa ezinhlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili.
14:18 Wathi: "Ziletheni lapha kimi."
14:19 Waselaya amaxuku ukuthi ahlale phansi etshanini, wathatha ixuku
izinkwa eziyisihlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili, ebheke ezulwini, wazibusisa;
wahlephula, wanika abafundi bakhe izinkwa, labafundi bapha
isixuku.
14:20 Badla bonke, basutha, babutha imvuthuluka
okwasala, amaqoma ayishumi nambili agcwele.
14:21 Futhi labo ababedlile kwakungamadoda ayizinkulungwane ezinhlanu, ngaphandle kwabesifazane kanye
izingane.
14:22 Njalo uJesu wahle wacindezela abafundi bakhe ukuthi bangene emkhunjini
ukuthi bamandulele ukuya phesheya, yena aze amukise izixuku.
14:23 Esezimukisile izixuku, wenyukela entabeni
bebodwa ukukhuleka; sekuhlwile wayekhona lapho yedwa.
NgokukaLuka 14:24 Kepha umkhumbi wawususukile phakathi kolwandle, unyakaziswa amaza;
umoya wawuphambene.
14:25 Kwathi ngomlindo wesine wobusuku uJesu waya kubo ehambahamba
ulwandle.
14:26 Kwathi abafundi bembona ehamba phezu kolwandle, bakhathazeka.
besithi: Kungumoya; bakhala ngokwesaba.
14:27 Kodwa uJesu wahle wakhuluma kubo, wathi: Manini isibindi; Ikona
mina; ningesabi.
14:28 UPetru waphendula, wathi kuye: "Nkosi, uma kunguwe, yisho ngize kuye
nawe emanzini.
14:29 Wathi, Woza. Kwathi uPetru ehla emkhunjini, yena
wahamba phezu kwamanzi, ukuze aye kuJesu.
14:30 Kodwa ebona umoya, wesaba; futhi iqala
cwila, wakhala wathi: Nkosi, ngisindise.
14:31 Masinyane uJesu welula isandla sakhe, wambamba, wathi
wathi kuye: Wena olokholo oluncinyane, ungabazeleni?
14:32 Futhi lapho bengena emkhunjini, umoya wanqamuka.
14:33 Ababesemkhunjini basondela kuye, bakhuleka kuye, bathi:
iqiniso wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.
14:34 Sebewelile, bafika ezweni laseGenesaretha.
14:35 Futhi lapho amadoda kuleyo ndawo emazi, bathumela
lonke lelo zwe elizingelezeleyo, baletha kuye bonke ababekhona
nesifo;
14:36 bamncenga ukuthi bathinte nje umphetho wengubo yakhe;
bonke abathintwayo baphiliswa ngokuphelele.