Bible Reading Plan – Day 336

₁Naku ukusungulwa kweendaba ezimnandi ezingoYesu Krestu, uNyana kaThixo. ₂Kunjengoko umshumayeli uIsaya walithethayo ilizwi likaThixo esithi:

₄Entlango ke kwabonakala uYohane ebhaptiza, eshumayela ukuba abantu mabaguquke babhaptizwe, aze uThixo abaxolele izono zabo. ₅Babephuma besiya kuye bonke abakwaJuda nabaseJerusalem, bezixela izono zabo, aze ababhaptize emlanjeni iJordan.

₆UYohane wayesambatha ingubo yoboya benkamela, abhinqe ngethwathwa. Wayesitya iinkumbi nobusi. ₇Wayeshumayela esithi: “Lowo uza emva kwam unamandla kunam. Bendingubani mna kakade ukuba ndingade ndikhulule imitya yezihlangu zakhe? ₈Mna okunene ndinibhaptiza ngamanzi, kodwa yena uya kunibhaptiza ngoMoya oyiNgcwele.”

₉Ngaloo mihla ke weza uYesu, evela eNazarete kwelaseGalili, wabhaptizwa nguYohane eJordan apho. ₁₀Kuthe kwangoko, akuphuma uYesu emanzini, izulu lavuleka, wabona uMoya oyiNgcwele esihla phezu kwakhe njengehobe. ₁₁Kwavakala nelizwi elivela ezulwini, lisithi: “UnguNyana wam endimthandayo wena; ndikholisiwe nguwe.”

₁₂Kwangoko uMoya oyiNgcwele wamqhubela entlango uYesu. ₁₃Waba lapho entlango iintsuku ezimashumi mane, elingwa nguSathana, ephakathi kwezilo zasendle. Izithunywa zezulu ke zazimlungiselela kwiintswelo zakhe.

₁₄Emva kokubanjwa kukaYohane, uYesu waya eGalili, evakalisa iindaba ezimnandi ezivela kuThixo, ₁₅esithi: “Lifikile ngoku ixesha. Luthwasile ulawulo lukaThixo. Guqukani, nikholwe kuzo ezi ndaba zimnandi.”

₁₆Ke kaloku kwathi ehamba ngakuLwandle lwaseGalili, wabona uSimon noAndreya umninawe wakhe bephosa umnatha elwandle. Kaloku bona babengabalobi beentlanzi. ₁₇UYesu wathi kubo: “Yizani apha nindilandele; ndonenza nibe ngabalobi babantu.” ₁₈Bayishiya kwangoko ke iminatha yabo, bamlandela.

₁₉Uthe ke, ehambele phambili kancinane, wabona uYakobi noYohane umninawe wakhe, oonyana bakaZebhedi, besesikhitshaneni sabo, belungisa iminatha yabo. ₂₀Wababiza, baza ke bamshiya uyise uZebhedi esikhitshaneni apho enabaqeshwa, balandela uYesu.

₂₁Bangena ke kwidolophu yaseKapernahum, waza ke uYesu *ngoMhla wokuqala wokuPhumla wafundisa *endlwini yesikhungo. ₂₂Bamangaliswa abantu kukufundisa kwakhe, kuba wayefundisa ngegunya, engafundisi njengabachazi-mthetho.

₂₃Kwakukho umntu onendimoni endlwini yesikhungo apho, owayekhala esithi: ₂₄“Ufuna ntoni kuthi, Yesu waseNazarete? Ngaba uze kusitshabalalisa na? Ndiyakwazi ukuba ungubani na: ungoyiNgcwele kaThixo!”

₂₅UYesu wayikhalimela loo ndimoni, esithi: “Yithi tu, uphume kulo mntu!”

₂₆Ke indimoni leyo yamxhuzula loo mntu, yaphuma kuye ibhomboloza. ₂₇Bamangaliswa bonke abantu, babuzana besithi: “Yaz'ba yintoni na le nto! Ngaba yimfundiso entsha? Ngathi lo mfo ufundisa ngegunya! Ewe, neendimoni ezi uyazikhalimela zimthobele!”

₂₈Lwathi ke udumo lukaYesu lwavakala kulo lonke elaseGalili.

₂₉Baphuma ke *endlwini yesikhungo, kwangoko baya kwindlu kaSimon noAndreya, benoYakobi noYohane. ₃₀Ke umkhwekazi kaSimon wayelele, egula yifiva, baza bamxelela uYesu ukuba akaphilanga. ₃₁Waya kuye uYesu, wamphakamisa embambe ngesandla; yaphela kwangoko loo fiva, waza wabalungiselela ukutya.

₃₂Kwathi ke ngokuhlwa, selitshonile ilanga, abantu bazisa kuye bonke abagulayo nabaneendimoni. ₃₃Bonke abantu baloo dolophu babehlanganisene ngasemnyango apho. ₃₄UYesu ke waphilisa abaninzi abagula zizifo ngezifo, ekhupha neendimoni. Iindimoni ezi wayengazivumeli ukuba zithethe, kuba zazimazi.

₃₅Kwathi kusesekuseni kakhulu, kusemnyama, wavuka uYesu, waya kuthandaza ngasese. ₃₆USimon nâbo babenaye baya kumfuna. ₃₇Bakuba bemfumene, bathi kuye: “Uyafunwa ngumntu wonke.”

₃₈Kambe ke yena wathi kubo: “Masihambe siye kwezinye iidolophu zalapha, ukuze nakhona ndizivakalise iindaba ezimnandi. Kaloku ndizele kanye loo nto.”

₃₉Walityhutyha lonke elaseGalili, eshumayela *ezindlwini zesikhungo, ekhupha iindimoni.

₄₀Kwasuka mntu uthile uneqhenqa weza kuYesu, wambongoza eguqe phambi kwakhe, wathi: “Unako ukundihlambulula ukuba uyathanda.”

₄₁UYesu wavelana naye, wasolula isandla, wamchukumisa, wathi kuye: “Ndiyathanda; hlambuluka.” ₄₂Kwangoko laphela iqhenqa, wahlambuluka. ₄₃Akuba emyale kabukhali, wamndulula kwangoko, ₄₄esithi kuye: “Lumka ungaxeleli bani nento le. Hamba uye kuzibonisa kumbingeleli, wenze umnikelo ngezo zinto wazimiselayo uMosis, ube bubungqina ngokuhlanjululwa kwakho.”

₄₅Kodwa yena akuphuma, wasuka wayibhengeza kakhulu le nto. Ngenxa yoko uYesu akabanga saba nako ukungena edolophini ebonwa ngabantu, koko wahlala emaphandleni. Abantu ke babesiza kuye, bevela macala onke.

₁Kwakuba ntsuku, uYesu wabuyela eKapernahum; kwavakala ukuba usekhayeni lakhe. ₂Ke kwahlanganisana into eninzi yabantu, kwada akwabikho ndawo nangasemnyango.

Kwathi ke xa uYesu wayesashumayela, ₃kwafika abantu, bezise kuye umntu ofe umzimba, ethwelwe ngabané. ₄Bakuba bengenakusondela kuYesu ngenxa yokuxinana kwendimbane, baqhaqhe uphahla ngakuloo ndawo wayekuyo. Begqobhozile ke, bamhlisa ngokhuko lowo ufe umzimba. ₅UYesu akulubona ukholo lwabo, wathi kofe umzimba: “Nyana, izono zakho zixolelwe.”

₆Abachazi-mthetho abathile, ababekhona, bathi ezintliziyweni zabo: ₇“Yini na ukuba lo athethe ngolu hlobo? Uyanyelisa! Ngubani onako ukuxolela izono ingenguye uThixo kuphela?”

₈Kwangoko uYesu wazazi iingcamango zabo, wathi kubo: “Yini na ukuba nibe nezi ngcamango ezintliziyweni zenu? ₉Okukona kulula kukuphi na? Kukho ukuthi kofe umzimba: ‘Izono zakho zixolelwe,’ kukho nokuthi: ‘Vuka, uthathe ukhuko lwakho uhambe’? ₁₀Ke ukuze nazi ukuba *uNyana woLuntu unalo igunya lokuxolela izono emhlabeni apha – úthi kofe umzimba – ₁₁ndithi kuwe: ‘Vuka, uthathe ukhuko lwakho, uhambe ugoduke.’ ”

₁₂Wavuka kwangoko ke, wathatha ukhuko, wemka. Bamangaliswa bonke, bemdumisa uThixo, besithi: “Asizange siyibone into enje!”

₁₃UYesu wabuya waphuma waya ngaselwandle. Kwaza ke kwahlanganisana isihlwele ngakuye, wasifundisa. ₁₄Wathi edlula wabona uLevi, unyana ka-Alifeyu, ehleli eofisini yerhafu; wathi kuye: “Ndilandele.” Waphakama ke, wamlandela.

₁₅Kwathi, xa wayesitya kwaLevi, kwakho nento eninzi yabaqokeleli-rhafu *naboni, isitya ndawonye noYesu nabafundi bakhe, kuba babebaninzi, bemlandela. ₁₆Ke abachazi-mthetho beqela *labaFarasi, bakumbona esitya kunye nabaqokeleli-rhafu naboni, bathi kubafundi bakhe: “Yini na ukuba atye kunye nabaqokeleli-rhafu naboni?”

₁₇Ekuvile oko uYesu, wathi kubo: “Ugqirha akafuneki nganto kwabaphilileyo, ufuneka kwabagulayo. Andizanga kubiza malungisa, ndizé kubiza aboni.”

₁₈Abafundi bakaYohane *nabaFarasi babezila ukutya. Ke abantu beza kuYesu, bathi kuye: “Kutheni abafundi bakaYohane nababaFarasi besoloko bezila ukutya nje, kanti bona abakho abazili?”

₁₉UYesu ke wathi kubo: “Ngaba abakhaphi bomyeni bangakuzila na ukutya lo gama umyeni asekunye nabo? Nakanye! Ngalo lonke ixesha asephakathi kwabo umyeni, abangekhe bakuzile! ₂₀Kodwa lofika ixesha lokuba umyeni asuswe kubo, bandule ke ukuzila.

₂₁“Kaloku akukho mntu uthungela isiziba esitsha kwisambatho esidala, kuba ukuba uthe wenjenjalo, sofinyela, sisikrazule ngakumbi isambatho eso. ₂₂Kananjalo akukho mntu uyitha kwiimvaba ezindala iwayini entsha engekabili, kuba ukuba uthe wenjenjalo, zogqabhuka ziphele iimvaba, ichitheke iwayini. Kaloku iwayini engekabili ithiwa kwiimvaba ezintsha.”

₂₃Kwathi uYesu ecanda emasimini *ngoMhla wokuPhumla, abafundi bakhe basuka bakha izikhwebu zengqolowa. ₂₄Bathi ke kuye *abaFarasi: “Khawutsho, kungani na ukuba abafundi bakho benze okungavumelekanga ngoMhla woPhumlo?”

₂₅Uthe ke yena kubo: “Anizange nikufunde na awakwenzayo uDavide, mhla walamba engenanto ityiwayo, yena neqela lakhe? ₂₆Kaloku wangena endlwini kaThixo ngemihla ka-Abhiyatare umbingeleli omkhulu, wazitya izonka ezazinikelwe kuThixo, wanika neqela lakhe. Kanti ngokomthetho ezi zonka azimelwe kutyiwa ngabangengobabingeleli.”

₂₇Waza wathi ke kubo: “UMhla woPhumlo lo wabakho ngenxa yomntu, asinguye umntu owabakho ngenxa yawo. ₂₈Ngoko ke uNyana woLuntu uyiNkosi yawo noMhla woPhumlo.”

₁Waphinda uYesu wangena *endlwini yesikhungo. Apho kwakukho umntu owayome isandla. ₂Babemlalele ke befuna ukubona ukuba womphilisa na *ngoMhla woPhumlo, ukuze bammangalele. ₃UYesu wathi kuloo mntu wayome isandla: “Phakama, uze ngaphambili.” ₄Waza wathi kubo: “Okuvumelekileyo ngoMhla woPhumlo kukwenza okulungileyo, kukwenza okubi; kukuphilisa, kukubulala; kusini na?”

Kwathi cwaka. ₅Akuba ebasingasingile, ebuhlungu ngenxa yokuqaqadeka kweentliziyo zabo, wathi kumntu lowo: “Solule isandla sakho.” Wasolula, saza saphila isandla sakhe. ₆Kwangoko ke baphuma *abaFarasi, baya kubhunga *namaHerode, becebisana ngokubulala uYesu.

₇Wemka uYesu, enabafundi bakhe, waya elwandle. Yamlandela inkitha yabantu, ivela kwelaseGalili, nakwelakwaJuda, ₈naseJerusalem, nase-Edom, naphesheya kweJordan, nakwimimandla yeTire neSidon. Loo nkitha ininzi yeza kuYesu, kuba yayivile ngemimangaliso yakhe. ₉Wathi kubafundi bakhe mabamlungiselele isikhitshana, hleze axinwe sisihlwele, ₁₀kuba wayephilise abantu abaninzi, baza bonke abanezifo bathi ngunga phezu kwakhe, ukuze bamchukumise. ₁₁Naxa sukuba abantu abaneendimoni bembona, babesiwa phambi kwakhe, bakhale, besithi: “Unguye wena uNyana kaThixo!”

₁₂Wayebakhalimela kakhulu ke ukuba bangamazisi ebantwini.

₁₃UYesu ke wenyuka intaba, wabiza abo wayefuna bamlandele. Baya kuye ke, ₁₄waza wamisela abalishumi elinambini awababiza ngokuba *ngabathunywa, ebamisela ukuba babe kunye naye nokuba abathume baye kushumayela, ₁₅ebanike igunya lokukhupha iindimoni.

₁₆Wamisela aba ke: uSimon, awamthiya igama elinguPetros; ₁₇uYakobi, unyana kaZebhedi, noYohane umninawe wakhe, awathi bona wabathiya amagama okuba ngooBhowanerges, oko kukuthi ngooSatsha; ₁₈uAndreya noFilipu, noBhartolomeyu, noMatewu, noTomas, noYakobi unyana ka-Alifeyu, noTadeyu, noSimon owayengoweqela lamaTsha-ntliziyo, ₁₉noJudas Sikariyoti, owayeza kumngcatsha.

₂₀UYesu ke wangena endlwini, kwaza kwakhona kwabuthelana isihlwele. Kwakuxinene kangangokuba yena nabafundi bakhe bangabi nako nokutya oku. ₂₁Bevile ngale nto, abakowabo baphuma besiya kumphuthuma, kuba kwakusithiwa: “Ushiywe ziingqondo.”

₂₂Ke abachazi-mthetho ababevela eJerusalem babesithi unoSathana, besithi iindimoni ezi uzikhupha ngomphathi wazo. ₂₃Ebabizele kuye abantu, uthethe nabo ezekelisa, esithi: “Angáthini na uSathana ukukhupha uSathana? ₂₄Kaloku isizwe esivukelana sodwa siyachithakala; ₂₅nomzi ovukelana wodwa uyachithakala. ₂₆NoSathana ke, ukuba uvukelana noSathana, uya kuphanza angabikho.

₂₇“Akukho bani unako ukungena endlwini yegorha, aze aphange impahla yalo, engathanga kuqala alibophe elo gorha, aze ke andule ukuyiphanga indlu yalo.

₂₈“Inene, baya kuzixolelwa zonke izono oonyana babantu, kwanezinyeliso abasukuba benyelisa ngazo; ₂₉kodwa yena othe wanyelisa uMoya oyiNgcwele akanako ukuxolelwa naphakade; unetyala lesono esingatshitshiyo.” ₃₀UYesu watsho kuba babesithi unendimoni.

₃₁Kwafika abantakwabo-Yesu kunye nonina, baza bathi, bemi ngaphandle, bayaleza ukuba makabizwe. ₃₂Wayengqongwe sisihlwele sabantu, kwaza kwakho othi kuye: “Uxolo, nanku unyoko nabantakwenu ngaphandle, bekufuna.”

₃₃Wabaphendula esithi: “Ngubani umama? Ngoobani bona abantakwethu?” ₃₄Ebasingasingile ke abo babemngqongile, wathi: “Nguye lo umama nabantakwethu. ₃₅Kaloku lowo uthe wakwenza ukuthanda kukaThixo nguye ongumntakwethu, nodade wethu, nomama.”