Mathewu 17:1 Kwathi emva kwezinsuku eziyisithupha uJesu wathatha oPetru, noJakobe, noJohane umfowabo, kanye ubakhuphulele entabeni ende bebodwa. 17:2 Futhi waguqulwa isimo phambi kwabo: futhi ubuso bakhe bakhazimula njengelanga, futhi izingubo zakhe zazimhlophe njengokukhanya. 17:3 Futhi bheka, kwabonakala kubo oMose no-Eliya bekhuluma naye. 17:4 Khona-ke uPetru waphendula, futhi wathi kuJesu: "Nkosi, kuhle ngathi lapha: uma uthanda, masenze lapha amadokodo amathathu; eyodwa yakho, elinye libe ngelikaMose, elinye libe ngelika-Eliya. 17:5 Esakhuluma, bheka, ifu elikhanyayo labasibekela; kwavela izwi efwini, lathi: Lo uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo engiyiyo ngijabule; yizweni. 17:6 Futhi lapho abafundi bezwa lokho, bawa ngobuso babo, futhi babebuhlungu besaba. 17:7 UJesu wasondela, wabathinta, wathi, Sukumani, ningesabi. 17:8 Futhi lapho bephakamisa amehlo abo, ababonanga muntu, ngaphandle kukaJesu kuphela. 17:9 Kwathi behla entabeni, uJesu wabayala, wathi. Lingatsheli muntu umbono lo, ize ivuke iNdodana yomuntu efile. 17:10 Abafundi bakhe bambuza, bathi: Pho kungani ababhali bathi u-Eliya? kufanele ngifike kuqala? 17:11 UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: "Nempela u-Eliya uzofika kuqala, futhi." buyisela zonke izinto. 17:12 Kodwa ngithi kini: U-Eliya usefikile, kodwa abamazanga. kodwa benza kuye konke abakuthandayo. Kuyakuba njalo futhi INdodana yomuntu ihlushwa yibo. 17:13 Khona abafundi baqonda ukuthi ubekhuluma kubo ngoJohane UmBaptist. 17:14 Futhi lapho befika esixukwini, kweza kuye othile indoda, yaguqa phambi kwakhe, yathi: 17:15 Nkosi, hawukela indodana yami, ngokuba inobuhlanya, ihluphekile; kaningi uwela emlilweni nasemanzini kaningi. 17:16 Futhi ngiyilethe kubafundi bakho, futhi behluleka ukuyiphulukisa. 17:17 Khona uJesu waphendula wathi: O sizukulwane esingakholwayo nesiphambeneyo! ngiyakuhlala nani isikhathi eside na? koze kube nini nginibekezelela? mletheni lapha kimi. 17:18 UJesu walikhuza idemoni; waphuma kuye: nomntwana welapheka kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. 17:19 Khona abafundi beza kuJesu bebodwa, bathi: "Kungani thina behlulekile ukuphonsa aphume? 17:20 UJesu wathi kubo: "Ngenxa yokungakholwa kwenu, ngoba ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Uma ninokukholwa okungangembewu yesinaphi, niyakusho kini lentaba, Suka lapha uye laphaya; futhi iyosuka; futhi akukho okungenzeke kini. 17:21 Nokho lolu hlobo aluphumi, kuphela ngokukhuleka nokuzila ukudla. 17:22 Kwathi besahlezi eGalile, uJesu wathi kubo: INdodana yomuntu uyakukhashelwa ezandleni zabantu; 17:23 Futhi bayombulala, futhi ngosuku lwesithathu izakuvuswa. Futhi bazisola kakhulu. 17:24 Futhi lapho sebefikile eKapernawume, labo abamukela imali yentela beza kuPetru, bathi: “Umfundisi wenu akayitheli yini imali? 17:25 Wathi: Yebo. Esengenile endlini, uJesu wamandulela. wathi: Ucabangani, Simoni? okungabo amakhosi omhlaba ukuthatha isiko noma intela? kubantwana babo, kumbe kwabafokazi? 17:26 UPetro wathi kuye: Kwabezizweni. UJesu wathi kuye: Bakhona-ke izingane mahhala. 17:27 Nokho, funa singabakhubekisi, hamba uye olwandle, futhi phonsa ingwegwe, ubambe inhlanzi ephuma kuqala; futhi nini wena ewuvule umlomo wakhe, uyakufumana uhlamvu lwemali: thatha, futhi banike mina nawe.