Mathewu 16:1 Kwafika abaFarisi nabaSadusi, bamcela ukumlinga ukuze ababonise isibonakaliso esivela ezulwini. 16:2 Waphendula, wathi kubo: "Nxa kuhlwa nithi: 'Kuzokwenzeka.' isimo sezulu esihle: ngoba isibhakabhaka sibomvu. 16:3 Futhi ekuseni, izulu lizoba, ngoba isibhakabhaka sibomvu kanye nokwehlisa. Bazenzisi, niyakwazi ukubona ubuso bezulu; kodwa Aniziqondi izibonakaliso zezikhathi na? 16:4 Isizukulwane esibi nesiphingayo sifuna isibonakaliso; futhi kuyoba khona kasiphi isibonakaliso, ngaphandle kwesibonakaliso sikaJona umprofethi. Wahamba bahamba. 16:5 Futhi lapho abafundi bakhe befika ngaphesheya, base bekhohliwe ukuthatha isinkwa. 16:6 UJesu wasesithi kubo: Qaphelani liqaphele imvubelo yemvubelo abaFarisi nabaSadusi. 16:7 Bakhulumisana bodwa, bathi: "Kungokuba sithathile." akukho sinkwa. 16:8 UJesu ekwazi, wathi kubo: O nina bokukholwa okuncane! nibonisana phakathi kwenu ukuthi aniphathanga izinkwa na? 16:9 Anikaqondi namanje, futhi anizikhumbuli izinkwa ezinhlanu ezinhlanu nabutha obhasikidi abangaki na? 16:10 Ngisho nezinkwa eziyisikhombisa zezinkulungwane ezine, nokuthi bangaki obhasikidi nina wathatha? 16:11 Kungani ningaqondi ukuthi angikhulumanga kini? mayelana nezinkwa, ukuze nixwaye imvubelo yabaFarisi nabaSadusi na? 16:12 Base beqonda ukuthi ubengashongo ukuthi baxwaye imvubelo isinkwa, kodwa isifundiso sabaFarisi labaSadusi. 16:13 Kwathi uJesu esefikile emikhawulweni yeKesariya yeFiliphi, wabuza eyakhe abafundi bathi: “Abantu bathi mina iNdodana yomuntu ngingubani na? 16:14 Basebesithi: Abanye bathi unguJohane uMbhabhathizi; futhi abanye bathi uJeremiya kumbe omunye wabaprofethi. 16:15 Wathi kubo: "Kepha nina nithi ngingubani na?" 16:16 USimoni Petru waphendula wathi: "Wena unguKristu, iNdodana kaJesu." uNkulunkulu ophilayo. 16:17 UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: Ubusisiwe wena, Simon Barjona. ngokuba inyama negazi akukwambulelanga lokhu, kodwa uBaba owami usezulwini. 16:18 Futhi ngithi kuwe: Wena unguPetru, futhi phezu kwaleli dwala ngizothanda akhe ibandla lami; futhi amasango esihogo ngeke alinqobe. 16:19 Futhi ngizokunika izihluthulelo zombuso wezulu loba yini ozayibopha emhlabeni izakuba kubotshiwe ezulwini; loba yini eniyakukukhulula emhlabeni koba kukhululiwe ezulwini. 16:20 Khona wabayala abafundi bakhe ukuthi bangatsheli muntu ukuthi unguye uJesu Kristu. 16:21 Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uJesu waqala ukubonisa kubafundi bakhe ukuthi umelwe ukuya eJerusalema, futhi ahlushwe ngokuningi kumalunga nezinduna abapristi nababhali, abulawe, avuswe ngosuku lwesithathu. 16:22 Khona uPetru wamthatha, waqala ukumkhuza, ethi: "Makube kude!" wena, Nkosi: lokhu akuyikuba kuwe. 16:23 Kodwa waphenduka, wathi kuPetru: Suka emva kwami, Sathane; Kuyisikhubekiso kimi, ngokuba awuqondi okukaNkulunkulu; kodwa ezabantu. 16:24 Khona uJesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: "Uma umuntu ethanda ukuza emva kwami, myekeni." azidele, athabathe isiphambano sakhe, angilandele. 16:25 Ngoba yilowo nalowo othanda ukusindisa ukuphila kwakhe uyolahlekelwa yikho, futhi noma ubani olahlekelwa ukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yami uyakukufumana. 16:26 Ngokuba kuyakumsizani umuntu, uma ezuza izwe lonke, kodwa alahlekelwe umphefumulo wakhe? Kumbe umuntu uyakunikani kube yisihlengo somphefumulo wakhe? 16:27 Ngoba iNdodana yomuntu izakuza ngenkazimulo kaYise kanye layo izingelosi; khona-ke uyakuvuza yilowo nalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe. 16:28 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kukhona abanye kwabemi lapha, abasoze bezwe ukufa, baze babone iNdodana yomuntu iza embusweni wayo.