Bible Reading Plan – Day 279

₂₉Akumka apho, uYesu wafika ngakuLwandle lwaseGalili, wenyuka intaba, wahlala phantsi. ₃₀Kweza kuye ke izihlwele zabantu, zizisa iziqhwala, neemfama, nezilima, nezimumu, nabanye abaninzi ababeyimilwelwe, zababeka phambi koYesu, waza yena wabaphilisa. ₃₁Zamangaliswa ke izihlwele ezo, zakubona izimumu zithetha, izilima ziphilile, iziqhwala zihamba, neemfama zibona; zaza zamdumisa uThixo kaSirayeli.

₃₂UYesu, ebabizele kuye abafundi bakhe, wathi: “Ndiyasivela esi sihlwele saba bantu bangakanana, kuba sekuziintsuku ezintathu bekunye nam, yaye ke àbasenanto ityiwayo. Andifuni ukubandulula bengatyanga, hleze baphelelwe endleleni.”

₃₃Baza bathi kuye abafundi: “Zingafumaneka phi na entlango apha izonka ezinokubanela abantu abangaka?”

₃₄Waza wathi kubo uYesu: “Zingaphi izonka eninazo?”

Bathi ke bona: “Zisixhenxe, neentlanzi ezimbalwa.”

₃₅UYesu ke wasiyalela ukuba sihlale phantsi isihlwele; ₃₆wazithatha ezo zonka zisixhenxe nezo ntlanzi, wabulela, waziqhekeza, wazinika abafundi bakhe, baza bona banika isihlwele. ₃₇Batya bonke, bahlutha, kwaza kwaqokelelwa iibhaskiti ezisixhenxe zizele yintsalela. ₃₈Amadoda atyáyo aba kumawaka amane, bengekho kwelo nani abafazi nabantwana.

₃₉Wasindulula ke uYesu isihlwele, wakhwela esikhitshaneni, wafika kummandla waseMagadan.

₁*AbaFarasi *nabaSadusi beza kuYesu, bathi bemlinga bacela okokuba ababonise umqondiso ophuma ezulwini. ₂Waphendula ke wathi kubo: [“Ukutshona kwelanga nithi: ‘Liya kuba lihle, kuba amafu abomvu.’ ₃Kusasa nithi: ‘Namhlanje liza kuna, kuba lisibekele.’ Niyayahlula ke imo yezulu. Kutheni na phofu ningayahluli nje imiqondiso yeli xesha sikulo?] ₄Sisizukulwana esikhohlakeleyo, nesikrexezayo ngokunganyaniseki kuThixo, esifuna umqondiso; kwaye asiyi kunikwa mqondiso ngaphandle komqondiso kaJona.” Wabashiya ke wemka.

₅Ekuluweleni kwabo abafundi bakaYesu uLwandle lwaseGalili, bâlibala ukuphatha isonka; ₆waza uYesu wathi kubo: “Ligqaleni nililumkele igwele *labaFarasi *nabaSadusi.”

₇Bona ke babesithi omnye komnye: “Útsho ngokuba singaphathanga zonka.”

₈UYesu, ekwazi oko bakuthethayo, wathi kubo: “Yini na ukuba nithethe ngokungabi nazonka, nina balukholo luncinane? ₉Anikaqondi na? Anikhumbuli na ukuba zazingaphi iingobozi ezazizele yintsalela okuya ndandiqhekezela amawaka amahlanu izonka ezihlanu? ₁₀Anikhumbuli na ukuba zazingaphi iibhaskiti ezazizele yintsalela okuya ndandiqhekezela amawaka amane izonka ezisixhenxe? ₁₁Yini na okokuba ningaqondi ukuba bendingathethi sonka xa bendisithi kuni: ‘Lilumkeleni igwele labaFarasi nabaSadusi’?” ₁₂Baqonda ke ngoko ukuba uYesu ubengàtsho ukuthi mabalumkele igwele lesonka, koko wayesithi mabalumkele imfundiso yabaFarasi nabaSadusi.

₁₃UYesu efikile kummandla waseKhesariya-Filipi, wababuza abafundi bakhe, esithi: “Ngaba abantu bathi ùngubani na *uNyana woLuntu?”

₁₄Bamphendula besithi: “Abathile bathi ùnguYohane umbhaptizi. Abanye bathi ùnguEliya; babe abanye besithi ùnguJeremiya, okanye ùngomnye *wabashumayeli bamandulo.”

₁₅Wathi kubo: “Ke nina nithi ndingubani?”

₁₆Waphendula uSimon Petros wathi: “Wena unguye *uKrestu, uNyana kaThixo ophilayo.”

₁₇Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “Unethamsanqa wena, Simon nyana kaJona, kuba le nto akuyityhilelwanga ngumntu, uyityhilelwe nguBawo osezulwini. ₁₈Nam ke, ndithi kuwe: UnguPetros, igama elithetha ulwalwa; ndiya kulakhela kolu lwalwa ke ibandla lam, kwaye namandla okufa akayi kuloyisa. ₁₉Ndiya kukunika igunya kulawulo olutsha lukaThixo. Kuya kuthi okubophileyo emhlabeni, kubotshwe nasezulwini; kuthi nokukhululeyo emhlabeni, kukhululwe nasezulwini.” ₂₀Wabayala ke abafundi bakhe ukuba bangaxeleli bani ukuba yena unguye uKrestu.

₂₁Waqala ke ngoko uYesu ukubacacisela abafundi bakhe ukuba umelwe kukuya eJerusalem, aviswe ubunzima obukhulu ngamadoda amakhulu, nangababingeleli abaziintloko, nangabachazi-mthetho, abulawe, aze avuke ngomhla wesithathu. ₂₂UPetros ke, emse bucala uYesu, wamkhalimela esithi: “Wanga uThixo angakunceda, Nkosi; oku kungàze kwenzeke kuwe.”

₂₃Wajika uYesu, wathi kuPetros: “Hamb' umke kum, Sathana. Uyandikhubekisa, kuba akuzinyamekeli izinto zikaThixo, unyamekela ezabantu.”

₂₄UYesu ke wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Ofuna ukuba ngumlandeli wam makazincame, athwale umnqamlezo wakhe, andilandele; ₂₅kuba othe wafuna ukusindisa ubomi bakhe, wolahlekelwa bubo, kodwa othe wabuncama ubomi bakhe ngenxa yam, wobusindisa. ₂₆Kaloku komnceda ntoni na umntu, ukuba uthe walizuza ihlabathi liphela, kodwa walahlekelwa bubomi bakhe? Okanye umntu angakhupha ntoni na exabisekileyo ukuze angàlahlekelwa bubomi bakhe? ₂₇Kaloku *uNyana woLuntu selesiza, esebuqaqawulini boYise, enezithunywa zakhe. Akufika uya kubabuyekeza bonke ngabanye ngokwezenzo zabo. ₂₈Ndithi kuni, inene, kwabakhoyo apha bakho abangayi kubonana nokufa bade bambone uNyana woLuntu efika engukumkani.”

₁Emva kweentsuku ezintandathu uYesu wathatha uPetros noYakobi noYohane, banyuka intaba ephakamileyo bebodwa. ₂UYesu wênziwa kumila kumbi phambi kwabo, ubuso bakhe babengezela ngokwelanga, izambatho zakhe zaqaqamba njengokukhanya. ₃Nâko kubonakala uMosis noEliya bethetha noYesu. ₄Wasuka ke uPetros wathi kuYesu: “Nkosi, kulungile ukuba sibe lapha. Ukuba uyafuna masakhe apha amaphempe abe mathathu: elinye libe lelakho, elinye libe lelikaMosis, elinye libe lelikaEliya.”

₅Esathetha kwabakho ilifu elibengezelayo, labasibekela; kwavakala nelizwi livela efini apho, lisithi: “Lo nguNyana wam endimthandayo; yivani yena.”

₆Bakukuva oko abafundi bawa phantsi ngobuso, besoyika kakhulu. ₇Waya kubo uYesu, wabavusa esithi: “Phakamani! Musani ukoyika!” ₈Bawaphakamisa ke amehlo abo, àbabona mntu ngaphandle koYesu.

₉Xa babesihla entabeni, uYesu wabayala esithi: “Ze ningawuxeleli bani lo mbono, ade *uNyana woLuntu avuke kwabafileyo.”

₁₀Bambuza ke uYesu abafundi, besithi: “Kungani na ukuba abachazi-mthetho bathi uEliya umelwe kukufika kuqala?” ₁₁Waphendula wathi: “Ewe, okunene nguEliya omelwe kukufika kuqala, azilungise zonke izinto. ₁₂Mna ke ndithi kuni: uEliya selefikile, baza abantu àbamazi, koko bênza kuye konke abakuthandayo. Ngokukwanjalo naye uNyana woLuntu seleza kuviswa ubunzima ngabo.” ₁₃Baqonda ke abafundi okokuba wayethetha ngoYohane umbhaptizi.

₁₄Bakubuyela esihlweleni, kweza indoda kuYesu, yaguqa phambi kwakhe, ₁₅yathi: “Nkosi, menzele inceba unyana wam. Uphethwe kakubi sisithuthwane. Usoloko esiwa emlilweni okanye emanzini. ₁₆Ke bendimzisile kubafundi bakho, kodwa àbaba nako ukumphilisa.”

₁₇Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Sizukulwanandini esingàkholwayo, esigwenxa, koda kube nini ndinani, ndininyamezele? Mziseni apha kum!” ₁₈Wayikhalimela uYesu indimoni leyo, yaza yaphuma kumntwana lowo, waphila kwangoko.

₁₉Abafundi bakaYesu bêza kuye bucala, bathi: “Bekutheni kakade ukuze thina singabi nako ukuyikhupha le ndimoni?” ₂₀Wathi kubo: “Kungenxa yokulambatha kokholo lwenu. Ndithi kuni, inene, ukuba beninokholo olungangokhozo lwemostade, beninokuthi kule ntaba: ‘Suka apha, uye phaya,’ ize iye, kungabikho nto ininqabelayo.

[ ₂₁“Olu lona uhlobo alunako ukuphuma kungengako ukuthandaza nokuzila ukutya.”]

₂₂Xa babelityhutyha elaseGalili, uYesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “*UNyana woLuntu seleza kunikelwa ezandleni zabantu. ₂₃Baya kumbulala, aze abuye avuke ngomhla wesithathu.”

Baba buhlungu kakhulu ke.

₂₄Kwathi uYesu nabafundi bakhe bakufika eKapernahum, kweza kuPetros abo bamkela umrhumo *wendlu kaThixo, bathi kuye: “Umfundisi wenu akawurholi na umrhumo wendlu kaThixo?”

₂₅Wathi: “Ewe, uyawurhola.”

UPetros akungena endlwini, kwathi engekathethi, uYesu wathi kuye: “Simon, ubona njani? Ookumkani beli hlabathi barhafisa bani? Ngaba barhafisa oonyana babo, okanye abasemzini?”

₂₆Waphendula wathi: “Abasemzini.”

Waza uYesu wathi kuye: “Bakhululekile ke erhafini oonyana, ₂₇kodwa ukuze singabakhubekisi, yiya elwandle, uphose umlobothi, uvule umlomo waloo ntlanzi uthe wayibamba kuqala. Wothi ke emlonyeni wayo ufumane iqhosha lemali elanele umrhumo wam nowakho. Yithathe ubanike, urhumele mna nawe.”

₁Ngelo xesha abafundi bakaYesu beza kuye, babuza besithi: “Nguwuphi oyena mkhulu kwabalawulwa nguThixo?”

₂UYesu wabizela umntwana kuye, wammisa phambi kwabo, ₃wathi: “Ndithi kuni, inene, ukuba anithanga nijike nibe njengabantwana, anisoze nifikelele kumgangatho wabalawulwa nguThixo. ₄Oyena mkhulu kwabalawulwa nguThixo ngulowo uzithobayo abe njengalo mntwana. ₅Othe egameni lam wamkela nokuba mnye onje, wamkela mna.”

₆“Othe wakhubekisa nokuba mnye waba bancinane bakholwayo kum, ngekumlungele kanye ukuba agangxwe ilitye lokusila entanyeni, antywiliselwe enzonzobileni yolwandle. ₇Hayi ihlabathi ngezikhubekiso! Azinakungezi izinto ezibakhubekisayo abantu, kodwa hayi loo mntu kuza ngaye ukukhubeka!

₈“Ukuba ke isandla sakho, nokuba lunyawo lwakho, luyakukhubekisa, lunqumle, ululahle. Kulunge kanye ukuba ungene ebomini usisilima okanye usisiqhwala, kunokuba uthi, unezandla zozibini, okanye uneenyawo zombini, uphoswe emlilweni wangonaphakade. ₉Nokuba ke iliso lakho lithe lakukhubekisa, likhuphe, ulilahle. Kulunge kanye ukuba ungene ebomini unaliso linye, kunokuba uthi, unamehlo amabini, uphoswe esihogweni somlilo.”

₁₀“Lumkani, ningadeli namnye waba bancinane. Ndithi kuni, izithunywa zabo ezulwini zihlala ziphambi koBawo osezulwini. [ ₁₁Kaloku *uNyana woLuntu weza kusindisa abo balahlekileyo.]

₁₂“Nithini ke nina? Ukuba ubani unekhulu leegusha, kuze kulahleke ibe nye kuzo, akayi kuzishiya na edlelweni ezo zimashumi alithoba anethoba, aye kufuna leyo ilahlekileyo? ₁₃Ukuba ke uthe wayifumana, ndithi kuni, inene, uyavuya kukuyifumana leyo ngaphezu kokuba evuya zezinye ezimashumi alithoba anesithoba ezingalahlekanga. ₁₄Kwangokunjalo naye uYihlo osezulwini akafuni kulahleke nokuba abe mnye kwaba bancinane.”