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.