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.