Ukuthunywa kwabafundi abalishumi elinambini
1Ke kaloku uYesu ubabizele ndawonye abafundi bakhe abalishumi elinambini, wabanika amandla negunya lokoyisa zonke iindimoni, nokuphilisa izifo. 2Wabathuma ukuba bashumayele bavakalise ulawulo lukaThixo, baphilise nemilwelwe. 3Wathi kubo: “Ze ningaphathi nto yandlela: nokuba ngumsimelelo, nokuba yingxowa, nokuba sisonka, nokuba yimali. Ningaphathi zambatho ngazibini. 4Nasemzini enithe nafikela kuwo, hlalani khona nide nimke kuloo ndawo. 5Apho sukuba benganamkeli, manithi ekuphumeni kwenu kuloo dolophu, niluvuthulule nothuli olusezinyaweni zenu, ukuze oko kube bubungqina bokuba abanamkelanga.”
6Baphuma ke, bazityhutyha iidolophana, beshumayela iindaba ezimnandi, bephilisa kuzo zonke iindawo.
UHerode unexhala
7UHerode, owayephethe kuloo mmandla, waziva zonke izinto ezenziweyo nguYesu. Wasuka wanexhala, kuba kwakusithiwa: “Kuvuke uYohane kwabafileyo;” 8kusithiwa: “Kubonakele uEliya;” kusithiwa ngabanye: “Kubuye kwavuka *umshumayeli wexesha lamanyange.”
9UHerode ke wathi: “Ndamnqumla intloko nje uYohane. Ngaba ngubani ke lo ndiva kuthethwa ezi zinto ngaye?” Watsho wafuna ukumbona.
UYesu wandisa ukutya
10Ekubuyeni kwabo *abathunywa bamxelela uYesu oko bakwenzileyo. Wabathatha ke, wemka nabo, waya kwidolophu ekuthiwa yiBhetesayida. 11Sithe isihlwele, sikwazile oko, samlandela; waza uYesu wasamkela, wathetha naso ngolawulo lukaThixo, ephilisa abo baswele impilo.
12Yakuba ke isimka imini, abafundi abalishumi elinambini bathe kuYesu: “Sindulule isihlwele, abantu bemke, baye ezidolophini ezijikelezileyo nasezilalini, balale, bafumane ukutya, kuba apha sikwindawo engenamizi.”
13Ke yena wathi kubo: “Bapheni nina ukutya, batye.”
Bathi bona: “Sinezonka ezihlanu neentlanzi ezimbini kuphela. Asinakubatyisa ngaphandle kokuba siye kubathengela ukutya bonke aba bantu.” 14(Kwakukho amadoda akumawaka amahlanu.)
Wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Bahlaliseni babe ngamaqela ngamaqela, iqela ngalinye libe ngamashumi amahlanu.”
15Benjenjalo ke, babahlalisa phantsi bonke. 16Ezithathile ezo zonka zihlanu nezo ntlanzi zimbini, ukhangele ezulwini, wabulela, waziqhekeza, wamana enika abafundi bakhe ukuba babele isihlwele. 17Badla ke bahlutha bonke, kwaza kwaqokelelwa iingobozi ezilishumi elinambini zokutya okuseleyo.
UPetros uyavuma ukuba uYesu unguKrestu
18Kwathi uYesu ethandaza bucala enabafundi bakhe, wababuza esithi: “Ngaba izihlwele ezi zithi ndingubani?”
19Baphendula bona bathi: “Kuthiwa unguYohane umbhaptizi. Abanye bathi unguEliya. Kanti abanye bathi kubuye kwavuka mshumayeli uthile wamandulo.”
20Wathi kubo: “Ke nina nithi ndingubani?”
Waphendula uPetros wathi: “Unguye *uKrestu kaThixo.”
21UYesu wabayala ngqongqo ukuba le nto bangayithethi mntwini.
UYesu ufundisa okokuqala ngokufa nokuvuka kwakhe
22Waza wathi uYesu: “*UNyana woLuntu umelwe kukuba eve ubunzima obukhulu; achaswe ngamadoda amakhulu, nangababingeleli abaziintloko, nangabachazi-mthetho; aze abulawe, athi emva kweentsuku ezintathu abuye avuke.”
23UYesu ke wabhekisa kubo bonke wathi: “Osukuba ethanda ukundilandela makazincame, awuthwale umnqamlezo wakhe imihla ngemihla, andilandele; 24kuba othe wabukokosa ubomi bakhe, wolahlekelwa bubo; kodwa othe wabuncama ubomi bakhe ngenxa yam, wobusindisa. 25Kuba kaloku komnceda ntoni na umntu ukuba uthe walizuza ihlabathi liphela, abe yena ezilahlile okanye onakalelwe? 26Kuba othe waneentloni ngam, nangamazwi am, naye uNyana woLuntu woba neentloni ngaye, xa eza esewongeni lakhe nelikaYise nelezithunywa ezingcwele. 27Inene, kukho abathile kwabakhoyo apha abangayi kuze beve kufa, bade balubone ulawulo olutsha lukaThixo.”
UYesu wenziwa kumila kumbi
28Kwathi, malunga neveki emva kokuba uYesu ezithethile ezi zinto, wathatha uPetros noYohane noYakobi, wenyuka nabo waya entabeni, esiya kuthandaza. 29Kwathi ethandaza njalo, ubuso bakhe babonakala bububumbi, nesambatho sakhe siqaqambile, simenyezela. 30Kwavela amadoda amabini, uMosis noEliya, bathetha naye. 31Babebengezela, baza bancokola naye ngokunduluka kwakhe okwakumele ukuba seJerusalem. 32Ke kaloku uPetros nâbo babenaye basindwa bubuthongo, kodwa bakuthi balulu, babubona ubuqaqawuli bukaYesu, bewabona naloo madoda mabini ayemi naye. 33Ke akwahlukana noYesu la madoda, uPetros wathi kuye: “Ngxatsho ke ukuba sibe lapha, Mhlekazi! Masakhe amaphempe abe mathathu: elinye libe lelakho, elinye libe lelikaMosis, elinye libe lelikaEliya.” (Watsho engayazi into ayithethayo.)
34Kwathi ke esatsho, kwabakho ilifu elibagubungelayo. Boyika ke abafundi bakungena efini ooMosis. 35Kwabakho nelizwi liphuma efini apho, lisithi: “Lo nguNyana wam onyuliweyo; mveni yena.”
36Lakutsho ke elo lizwi, uYesu bambona seleyedwa. Abafundi bazigcina ezo zinto babezibonile, àbaxelela mntu ngazo ngaloo mihla.
