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.