UJesu uyaninwa eNazaretha
(Mt 13:53-58; Lk 4:16-30)
1UJesu wasuka lapho wabuyela edorobheni lekhabo alandelwa bafundi bakhe. 2Ngelanga leSabatha wathoma ukufundisa ngesinagogini. Abanengi abamuzwako barareka bathi: “Indoda le, ikuthathaphi koke lokhu na? Buhlakani obungangani lobu aphiwe bona, qala bewenza nemikarisomraro! 3Kanti akusimbazi lo na? Angithi yindodana kaMariya nomfowabo kaJakopo, uJosisi, uJudasi noSimoni? Abodadwabo bahlala nathi lapha!” Yeke bakhubeka ngaye.
4UJesu wathi kibo: “Kusedorobheni lekhabo, hlangana neenhlobo zakhe nangakwabo kwaphela lapha umphorofidi angahlonitjhwa khona.”
5Azange enze namunye umkarisomraro lapho ngaphandle kokubeka izandla eengulanini ezimbalwa azipholise. 6Wararwa kungakholwa kwabo.
UJesu uthuma abafundi bakhe abalitjhumi nambili
(Mt 10:5-15; Lk 9:1-6)
Yeke uJesu wakhambakhamba lapho, wangena umuzi nomzana, afundisa. 7Wabizela kuye abafundi abalitjhumi nambili, wabathuma ngababili. Wabanikela amandla phezu kwemimoya emimbi. 8Wabayala wathi: “Ningaphathi ilitho ekhambeni lenu, ngaphandle kwedondolo. Ningaphathi isikwa, imbada ngitjho nemali ngeenkhwanyeni zenu. 9Fakani amapatlagwana, kodwana ningaphathi izambatho ezinye ngaphandle kwenizembetheko. 10Njalo lokha naningena emzini, hlalani kiwapho bekube kumhlana nisukako edorobhenelo. 11Nakube kunalapha ningamukelekiko khona, namkha lapha ningalalelwako khona, thintithani ithuli eenyaweni zenu nikhambe. Lokho kuzakuba bufakazi obujamelene nabo.”
12Bakhamba-ke bayokutjhumayela bona abantu batjhuguluke. 13Baqotjha amadimoni amanengi, bazesa abanengi abagulako ngamafutha we-oliva, babapholisa.
UJwanisi uMbhabhadisi uyabulawa
(Mt 14:1-12; Lk 9:7-9)
14Ibizo lakaJesu laduma kangangombana ikosi uHerode yezwa ngalokho. Abanye bebathi: “UJwanisi uMbhabhadisi uvusiwe kabafileko, ngikho akghona ukwenza imikarisomraro nje.”
15Abanye bathi: “Ngu-Eliya.” Godu abanye bathi: “Umphorofidi njengomunye wabaphorofidi bekadeni.”
16Kodwana kwathi lokha uHerode nezwa lokho, wathi: “Baba-ke! UJwanisi yena lo engamqunta ihloko, uvukileko kabafileko!” 17UHerode ngokwakhe wakhupha umyalo bona kubanjwe uJwanisi, wabotjhwa bewafakwa ngesikhungweni. Lokho ubegade akwenze ngebanga lakaHerodiya umkaFlebhe, umfowabo amngenako. 18UJwanisi bekathe kuHerode: “Akusimthetho bona ungathatha umkamfowenu!” 19Ngalokho uHerodiya wabambela uJwanisi amavundo, wafuna ukumbulala. Kodwana wabhalelwa 20ngombana uHerode ubegade esaba uJwanisi begodu amvikela ngokwazi bona uyindoda elungileko necwengileko. Yeke bekuthi uHerode nezwa uJwanisi akhuluma, arareke khulu kodwana ubegade athanda ukumlalela.
21Ekugcineni uHerodiya wafumana ithuba lakhe. Bekumhlana welanga lokubelethwa kwakaHerode. Wenzela iinkhulu zombuso, iinduna zepi nabosaziwako beGalile umgidi. 22Kwathi lokha indodakazi kaHerodiya nayingena, igida, yathokozisa uHerode nabasesidlweni naye. Nje-ke ikosi yathi emntazaneni: “Nawungangibawa nanyana yini oyifunako, ngingakunikela yona.” 23Wayithembisa ngesifungo wathi: “Nanyana yini oyibawako ngizakupha yona, ngitjho nesiquntu sombuswami.”
24Waphuma waya kunina wafese wathi: “Ngibaweni na?”
Waphendula wathi: “Bawa ihloko kaJwanisi uMbhabhadisi.”
25Khonokho wabuyela ekosini ngebelo, wafika wathi: “Ngifuna bona unginikele ihloko kaJwanisi uMbhabhadisi ngesitja, khona nje.”
26Ikosi yezwa ubuhlungu khulu, kodwana ngebanga lesifungo sayo kanye nabayeni abasesidlweni nayo, akhange ithande ukulandulela umntazana lo. 27Yeke yayala khonokho umbulali kobana eze nehloko kaJwanisi. Umuntu loyo wakhamba-ke, wafese waqunta uJwanisi ihloko angesikhungweni, 28wayiletha ngesitja. Wayinikela umntazana, yena wayidlulisela kunina. 29Kwathi bona abafundi bakaJwanisi bezwe lokho, beza, bathatha umzimbakhe bawubulunga ngethuneni.
UJesu wondla iinkulungwana ezihlanu
(Mt 14:13-21; Lk 9:10-17; Jwan 6:1-14)
30Abapostoli babuthana kuJesu, bambikela koke abakwenzileko nabakufundisileko. 31Yeke, ngebanga lokobana bekunabantu abanengi ebebasehla benyuka, abafundaba bebatlhoga nethuba lokugoma, uJesu wathi kibo: “Nambani sikhambeni sodwa siyeni endaweni ethulileko lapha singaphumula khona.” 32Bakhamba-ke ngomkhumbi, baya endaweni ethulileko.
33Kodwana inengi labantu elababonako nabakhambako labazi bona bobani, alo-ke laphuma kiyo yoke imizana lagijima ngeenyawo belayokufika lapho phambi kwabo. 34UJesu wathi nahlika emkhunjini, wabona isiqubuthu esikhulu, wasirhawukela ngombana gade sifana nezimvu ezingenamelusi. Nje-ke wathoma wasifundisa okunengi. 35Ngesikhatheso besele kuhlwile, abafundi bakhe batjhidela kuye, bathi: “Indawo le ikude nemizi, kanti nokuhlwa sekuhlwile. 36Tjela abantwaba bakhambe ukuze baye emzini nemizaneni eseduze bazithengele okugonywako.”
37Kodwana waphendula wathi: “Banikeleni nina okugonywako.”
Bamphendula bathi: “Lokho kungathatha umrholo womuntu weenyanga ezibunane! Alo, sizakusebenzisa imali enengi kangaka esikweni siphe abantwaba bona bagome na?”
38UJesu wababuza wathi: “Ninezikwa ezingaki na? Khambani niyokuqala.”
Kwathi bona babone, bathi kuye: “Zihlanu neenhlambi ezimbili.”
39UJesu wabayala bona bahlalise boke abantu emgwengweni ngeenqhema. 40Nje-ke bahlala phasi ngeenqhema zabalikhulu nezabamatjhumi amahlanu. 41UJesu wathatha izikwa ezihlanu neenhlambi ezimbili, waqala ezulwini, wathokoza bewahlephula izikwa. Wanikela abafundi bakhe bona bahlukanisele abantu. Godu wabahlukanisela iinhlambi ezimbili boke njalo. 42Boke bagoma basutha, 43abafundi babuthelela bazalisa iinqwebu ezilitjhumi nambili ngeentshutshuru ezasalako zezikwa neenhlambi. 44Isibalo samadoda agomako saba ziinkulungwana ezihlanu.
UJesu ukhamba phezu kwamanzi
(Mt 14:22-23; Jwan 6:15-21)
45Khonokho uJesu wayala abafundi bakhe bona bangene ngemkhunjini bamtjhiye baye eBhethe-Sayida, yena wasala atjela abantu bona bakhambe. 46Kuthe bona ahlukane nabo, watjhinga entabeni wayokuthandaza. 47Kwathi nakurhwalalako, umkhumbi wabe uphakathi kwelwandle, yena gade asese senarheni. 48Wabona abafundi badosa emhlweni ngokuthayisa umkhumbi ngebanga lokobana ummoya bewubakhandela. Ekuseni ngomlindo wesine, weza kibo akhamba phezu kwelwandle. Gade asele azokudlula ngakibo, 49kodwana kwathi nabambonako njalo akhamba phezu kwelwandle, badlumbana bona sipuku. Barhuwelela, 50ngombana boke bambona, yeke bethuka.
Khonokho uJesu wakhuluma nabo wathi: “Qinani isibindi. Ngimi, ningesabi.” 51Yeke wangena ngemkhunjinabo, ummoya wathula. Bathi dlemelele 52ngebanga lokobana bebasamangazwe yindaba yezikwa ngombana iinhliziyo zabo bezingakghoni ukwamukela.
UJesu upholisa abagulako eGenezaretha
(Mt 14:34-36)
53Kwathi sele bayamele ngaphetjheya, bafika eGenezaretha, babopha umkhumbi wabo lapho. 54Nasele baphumile ngemkhunjini, abantu balemuka bona nguJesu. 55Bagijima bagidizela soke isifundeso, baletha boke abagulako babathwele ngemikghadi, babasa nanyana kukuphi lapha bezwa bona uya ngakhona. 56Kuphi nakuphi lapha afika khona, emizaneni, emizini nemaphandleni, bakhuphela abagulako ematatawini. Bamrabhela bona abavumele bakghwathe nje kwaphela umphetho wengubakhe. Nje-ke boke abayikghwathako baphola.
