NGOKUKAMATHEWU 14

₁Ngalesosikhathi uHerode umtetrarki* waluzwa udumo lukaJesu,

₂waze wathi ezincekwini zakhe: Lo nguJohane uMbhapathizi; yena uvukile kwabafileyo; kungalokho lawamandla asebenza kuye.

₃Ngokuba uHerode wayembambile uJohane, wambopha, wamfaka etilongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya umkaFiliphu umfowabo,

₄lokhu uJohane wayethé kuye: Awuvunyelwe ube-naye.

₅Kuthé efuna ukumbulala, wesaba abantu, ngokuba bathi ungumprofethi.

₆Kepha ngosuku lokuzalwa kukaHerode indodakazi kaHerodiya yasina phambi kwabo, yamjabulisa uHerode,

₇kwenzeka ukuba ayithembise ngesifungo ukuyipha lokho engakucela.

₈Yona isifundisiwe ngunina yathi: Ngiphe lapha ngoqwembe ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi.

₉Inkosi yadabuka, kepha ngenxa yezifungo zayo nangenxa yababehlezi nayo ekudleni yayaleza ukuba inikwe,

₁₀yathuma yamnquma uJohane ikhanda etilongweni.

₁₁Ikhanda lakhe lalethwa ngoqwembe, lanikwa intombazana; yaliyisa kunina.

₁₂Kwafika abafundi bakhe, bathabatha isidumbu, basimbela; baya bambikela uJesu.

₁₃Wathi uJesu esekuzwile lokho, wamuka lapho ngomkhumbi, waya endaweni eyihlane eyedwa. Kepha izixuku zathi sezikuzwile, zamlandela ngezinyawo ziphuma emizini.

₁₄Waphuma, wabona isixuku esikhulu; waba-nesihe ngaso, waphulukisa abagulayo babo.

₁₅Selishonile, abafundi bakhe beza kuye, bathi: Lendawo iyihlane, isikhathi sesihambile; mukisa izixuku ukuba ziye emizaneni, zizithengele ukudla.

₁₆Kepha uJesu wathi kubo: Akuswelekile ukuba bamuke; bapheni nina ukudla.

₁₇Bathi kuye: Asinalutho lapha, kuphela izinkwa eziyisihlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili.

₁₈Wayesethi: Ziletheni lapha kimi.

₁₉Wayeseyala izixuku ukuba zihlale phansi etshanini, wazithabatha izinkwa eziyisihlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili, wabheka ngasezulwini, wazibusisa, wazihlephula, wabanika abafundi izinkwa, abafundi baphakela izixuku.

₂₀Badla bonke, basutha, babutha, imvuthuluka eseleyo, iziqabetho eziyishumi nambili ezigcwele.

₂₁Kepha abadlayo kwakungathi amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyisihlanu ngaphandle kwabesifazane nabantwana.

₂₂Wayesecindezela masinyane abafundi ukuba bangene emkhunjini, bamandulele ukuya phesheya, aze amukise izixuku.

₂₃Esezimukisile izixuku wenyukela entabeni eyedwa ukuyokhuleka; sekuhlwile, wayeyedwa lapho.

₂₄Kepha umkhumbi wawususukile amastadiyu* amaningi emhlabathini, ushukunyiswa ngamaza, ngokuba umoya wawuphambene nabo.

₂₅Ngomlindo wesine wobusuku weza kubo ehamba phezu kolwandle.

₂₆Kepha abafundi sebembonile ehamba phezu kolwandle bashaywa luvalo, bethi yisithunzi; bakhala ngokwesaba.

₂₇Kodwa uJesu wakhuluma kubo masinyane, wathi: Yimani isibindi; yimina, ningesabi.

₂₈UPetru wayesephendula, wathi kuye: Nkosi, uma kunguwe, yisho ukuba ngize kuwe phezu kwamanzi.

₂₉Wayesethi: Woza. Wehla-ke uPetru emkhunjini, wahamba phezu kwamanzi, weza kuJesu.

₃₀Kepha ebona umoya wesaba; eseqala ukushona wakhala wathi: Nkosi, ngisindise!

₃₁Masinyane uJesu welula isandla, wambamba, wathi kuye: Awu, wena onokukholwa okuncinyane, ungabazeleni na?

₃₂Sebekhwele emkhunjini, umoya wanqamuka.

₃₃Abasemkhunjini bakhuleka kuye, bathi: Ngempela uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.

₃₄Sebewelile bafika ezweni laseGenesaretha.

₃₅Athi ukumazi amadoda aleyondawo, athuma izigijimi kulo lonke izwe langakhona; baletha kuye bonke abagulayo.

₃₆Bamncenga ukuba bathinte nje umphetho wengubo yakhe; bonke abawuthinta basindiswa.