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Uku­fi­ka ku­ka­Je­su Kri­stu ku­ya­me­nye­ze­lwa ngu­Jo­ha­ne uMbha­bha­thi­zi

1Uku­qa­la kwe­va­nge­li li­ka­Je­su Kri­stu, iNdo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua;

2 nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo ku­ba­pro­fe­thib uku­thi: Kha­nge­la, mi­na ngi­ya­thu­ma isi­thu­nywa sa­mi pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­kho, esi­za­lu­ngi­sa indle­la ya­kho pha­mbi kwa­khoc.

3 Ili­zwi lo­me­me­za­yo enka­nga­la, li­thi: Lu­ngi­sa­ni indle­la ye­Nko­si; qo­ndi­sa­ni izi­ndle­dla­na za­yod.

4 Kwe­za uJo­ha­ne ebha­bha­thi­za enka­nga­la, etshu­ma­ye­la ubha­bha­thi­zo lo­ku­phe­ndu­ka ku­kho uku­the­the­le­lwa kwe­zo­noe,

5 kwa­phu­me­la ku­ye ili­zwe lo­nke le­Ju­di­ya, la­bo abe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ba­se­be­bha­bha­thi­zwa bo­nke ngu­ye emfu­le­ni iJo­da­ni, be­vu­ma izo­no za­bo.

6 Fu­thi uJo­ha­ne wa­ye­mbe­the ubo­ya be­ka­me­la, elo­zwe­zwe lwe­si­khu­mba ekha­lwe­ni lwa­khe, wa­ye­si­dla inte­the lo­lu­ju lwe­ga­nga.

7 Wa­tshu­ma­ye­la, esi­thi: Ola­ma­ndla ku­la­mi uye­za emva kwa­mi, engi­nga­fa­ne­le uku­kho­tha­ma ngi­thu­ku­lu­le umchi­lo wa­ma­nya­the­la akhef.

8 Mi­na isi­bi­li ngi­li­bha­bha­thi­ze nga­ma­nzi; ko­dwa ye­na uza­li­bha­bha­thi­za ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le.

Uku­bha­bha­thi­zwa ku­ka­Je­su

9 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nga­le­zo­nsu­kug kwa­fi­ka uJe­su eve­la eNa­za­re­tha ye­Ga­li­lih, wa­bha­bha­thi­zwa ngu­Jo­ha­ne eJo­da­ni.

10 We­ne­la uku­khu­phu­ka ema­nzi­ni, wa­bo­na ama­zu­lu eqhe­ke­ze­ka, lo­Mo­ya ku­nga­thi li­ju­ba ese­hle­la phe­zu kwa­khe;

11 kwa­se­ku­si­za ili­zwi li­ve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, la­thi: We­na uyi­Ndo­da­na ya­mi etha­nde­ka­yo, engi­tho­ko­za nga­yo.

Uku­li­ngwa ku­ka­Je­su

12 Nja­lo uMo­yai wa­hle wa­mqhu­be­la enka­nga­laj.

13 Wa­ye­kho­na-ke la­pho enka­nga­la insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne eli­ngwa ngu­Sa­tha­ne, wa­ye­le­zi­lo, ingi­lo­si za­se­zi­mnce­da.

UJe­su uqa­la uku­tshu­ma­ye­la

14 Kwa­thi emva ko­ku­ni­ke­lwa ku­ka­Jo­ha­nek, uJe­su wa­fi­ka eGa­li­li, etshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li lo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul,

15 wa­se­si­thi: Isi­kha­thi si­gcwa­li­se­ki­lem, nja­lo umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu usu­so­nde­le; phe­ndu­ka­ni, li­kho­lwe iva­nge­lin.

Uku­bi­zwa kwa­ba­fu­ndi ba­ku­qa­la

16 Kwa­thi eha­mba­ha­mba elwa­ndle lwe­Ga­li­li wa­bo­na uSi­mo­ni loA­ndre­ya umfo­wa­bo, be­pho­se­la imbu­le olwa­ndle; ngo­ba ba­be­nga­ba­go­li be­nhla­nzio.

17 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ngi­la­nde­la­ni, ngi­za­le­nza li­be nga­ba­go­li ba­ba­ntu.

18 Nja­lo ba­hle ba­tshi­ya ama­mbu­le abo, ba­mla­nde­la.

19 Ese­qhu­be­ke iba­nga­na esu­ka la­pho, wa­bo­na uJa­ko­be oka­Ze­be­di­ya, lo­Jo­ha­ne umfo­wa­bo, la­bo ba­be­se­mkhu­nji­ni be­lu­ngi­sa ama­mbu­le abo.

20 Nja­lo wa­hle wa­ba­bi­za; ba­se­be­tshi­ya uyi­se uZe­be­di­ya emkhu­nji­ni le­zi­qa­tshwa, ba­su­ka ba­mla­nde­la.

Uku­si­li­swa kwe­zi­gu­la­ne eKa­pe­na­wu­me

21 Ba­se­be­nge­na eKa­pe­na­wu­mep; kwa­thi nge­sa­ba­tha wa­hle wa­nge­na esi­na­go­ge­ni, wa­fu­ndi­saq.

22 Ba­se­be­ba­ba­za nge­mfu­ndi­so ya­kher; ngo­ba wa­ba­fu­ndi­sa nje­ngo­la­ma­ndla, nja­lo ku­nge­nje­nga­ba­bha­lis.

23 Fu­thi kwa­ku­kho­na esi­na­go­ge­ni la­bo umu­ntu owa­ye­lo­mo­ya ongco­li­le­yo, wa­se­me­me­za,

24 wa­thi: Ye­ke­la, si­la­ni la­we, Je­su we­Na­za­re­tha? Uze uku­si­bhu­bhi­sa yi­nit? Ngi­ya­kwa­zi we­na uku­thi ungu­ba­niu: ONgcwe­le ka­Nku­lu­nku­luv.

25 UJe­su wa­se­mkhu­zaw, wa­thix: Thu­la, uphu­me ku­yey.

26 Fu­thi umo­ya ongco­li­le­yo emhlu­ku­lu­za ekha­la nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu, wa­phu­ma ku­yez.

27 Ba­se­be­ma­nga­la bo­nke, ba­ze ba­bu­za­na, ba­thi: Ku­yi­ni lo­khu? Yi­mfu­ndi­so ba­ni entsha le, uku­thi nga­ma­ndla uya­la­ya la­bo­mo­ya aba­ngco­li­le­yo, fu­thi ba­mla­le­le.

28 Nja­lo ya­hle ya­phu­ma indu­me­la ya­khe esi­ga­be­ni so­nke se­Ga­li­li esi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo.

Uni­na­za­la ka­Pe­tro la­ba­nye aba­gu­la­yo ba­ya­si­li­swa

29 Nja­lo ba­hle ba­phu­maa esi­na­go­ge­ni, ba­nge­na endli­ni ka­Si­mo­ni loA­ndre­ya, ka­nye lo­Ja­ko­be lo­Jo­ha­neb.

30 Fu­thi uni­na­za­la ka­Si­mo­ni wa­ye­le­le elo­qhu­qho, nja­lo ba­hle ba­mtshe­la nga­yec;

31 wa­se­so­nde­la, wa­ba­mba isa­ndla sa­khe wa­mvu­sa; fu­thi uqhu­qho lwa­hle lwa­mye­ke­la, wa­ba­se­be­nze­la.

32 Kwa­thi se­ku­hlwi­le, ila­nga se­li­tsho­na, ba­le­tha ku­ye bo­nke aba­gu­la­yo la­ba­be­nge­nwe nga­ma­di­mo­nid;

33 nja­lo umu­zi wo­nke wa­wu­bu­the­ne emnya­ngoe.

34 Wa­se­si­li­sa aba­ne­ngi aba­be­gu­la izi­fo ezi­tshi­ye­ne­yo, wa­khu­pha ama­di­mo­ni ama­ne­ngif, ko­dwa ka­vu­me­la­nga ama­di­mo­ni uku­thi akhu­lu­meg, ngo­ba aye­ma­zi.

UJe­su uya­khu­le­ka; uya­su­ka eKa­pe­na­wu­me

35 Nja­lo eku­se­ni ku­se­se­mnya­ma ka­khu­lu wa­vu­ka wa­phu­mah, wa­ya enda­we­ni eyi­nka­nga­lai, wa­khu­le­ka kho­naj.

36 USi­mo­ni la­ba­be­la­ye ba­se­be­mdi­ngi­si­sa;

37 se­be­mtho­li­le ba­thi ku­ye: Bo­nke ba­ya­ku­di­nga.

38 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Asi­ye emi­zi­ni ese­du­ze, uku­ze ngi­tshu­ma­ye­le la­kho­na; ngo­ba ngi­phu­me­le lo­khuk.

39 Wa­se­tshu­ma­ye­la ema­si­na­go­ge­ni abo ku­lo lo­nke ele­Ga­li­li, ekhu­pha ama­di­mo­nil.

UJe­su usi­li­sa umle­phe­ro

40 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka ku­ye umle­phe­ro, emnce­ngam egu­qa nga­ma­do­lo pha­mbi kwa­khen, esi­thi ku­ye: Alu­ba utha­nda, unga­ngi­hla­mbu­lu­la.

41 UJe­su wa­se­si­ba le­si­he­lo, we­lu­la isa­ndla, wa­mthi­nta, wa­thi ku­ye: Ngi­ya­tha­nda, hla­mbu­lu­ka;

42 ese­khu­lu­mi­le ba­hle ba­su­ka ubu­le­phe­ro ku­ye, wa­hla­nju­lu­lwa.

43 Wa­se­mla­yi­si­sao, wa­hle wa­mye­ke­la wa­ha­mba,

44 esi­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la unga­tshe­li mu­ntu ulu­tho; ko­dwa ha­mba, uzi­ve­ze ku­mpri­sti, uni­ke­le ngo­ku­hla­nju­lu­lwa kwa­kho lo­kho uMo­zi­si aku­la­ya­yo, ku­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zi ku­bop.

45 Ko­dwa ye­na ese­phu­mi­le wa­qa­la uku­tshu­ma­ye­la ka­khu­luq wa­lwa­ndi­sa uda­bar, kwa­ze kwa­thi wa­ye­nga­se­la­kho uku­nge­na emzi­ni oba­la, ko­dwa wa­ye­nga­pha­ndle ezi­nda­we­ni ezi­zi­nka­nga­las; be­za ku­ye be­ve­la enhla­ngo­thi­ni zo­nket.

UJe­su usi­li­sa umu­ntu oyi­si­go­ga

2Nja­lo wa­bu­ya wa­nge­na eKa­pe­na­wu­mea emva kwe­zi­nsu­kub; kwa­se­ku­zwa­ka­la uku­thi use­ndli­nic.

2 Nja­lo kwa­hle kwa­bu­tha­na aba­ne­ngi, akwa­za­be ku­sa­ba le­nda­wo yabod, ngi­tsho la­nga­se­mnya­ngo; wa­se­khu­lu­ma ili­zwi ku­bo.

3 Ba­se­be­si­za ku­ye, be­le­tha oyi­si­go­ga, ethwe­lwe nga­ba­nee.

4 Ba­be­nge­la­ku­so­nde­la ku­ye nge­nxa ye­xu­ku, ba­vu­laf upha­hla la­pho aye­kho­na, ba­thi se­belu­bho­bo­zi­le be­hli­sa ica­nsi ale­le ku­lo oyi­si­go­gag.

5 Nja­lo uJe­su ebo­na ukho­lo lwa­bo wa­thi ko­yi­si­go­ga: Mntwa­na, izo­no za­kho uzi­the­the­le­lweh.

6 Ko­dwa aba­nye ba­ba­bha­li aba­be­hle­zi la­pho, ba­na­ka­na enhli­zi­ywe­ni za­boi, ba­thi:

7 Ukhu­lu­me­la­ni inhla­mba enje lo? Ngu­ba­ni onga­the­the­le­la izo­no nga­pha­ndle ko­ye­dwa, uNku­lu­nku­luj?

8 Nja­lo kho­no­kho ekwa­zi uJe­su emo­ye­ni wa­khe uku­thi ba­be­na­ka­na nja­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­bo, wa­thi ku­bo: Li­na­ka­ne­la­ni izi­nto le­zi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ze­nuk?

9 Yi­ku­phi oku­lu­la, uku­thi ko­yi­si­go­ga: Izo­no za­kho uzi­the­the­le­lwel, ku­mbe uku­thi: Su­ku­ma, utha­the ica­nsi la­kho, uha­mbe?

10 Ko­dwa uku­ze la­zi uku­thi iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ila­ma­ndla oku­the­the­le­la izo­no emhla­be­ni (wa­thi ko­yi­si­go­ga):

11 Ngi­thi ku­we: Su­ku­ma utha­the ica­nsi la­kho, uye endli­ni ya­kho.

12 Nja­lo wa­hle wa­su­ku­ma, wa­tha­tha ica­nsi, wa­phu­ma pha­mbi kwa­bo bo­nke; ba­ze ba­ma­nga­la bo­nkem, ba­mdu­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lu, be­si­thi: Ka­si­za­nge si­ku­bo­ne oku­nje.

Uku­bi­zwa ku­ka­Le­vi

13 Wa­se­bu­ya esi­ya elwa­ndle, ixu­ku lo­nke la­se­li­si­za ku­ye, wa­se­ba­fu­ndi­san.

14 Ese­dlu­la wa­bo­na uLe­vi okaA­lfe­wu ehle­zi endli­ni yo­ku­the­li­se­la, wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­la­nde­la. Wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­mla­nde­lao.

15 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ehle­zi endli­ni ya­khe, la­ba­the­li­si aba­ne­ngi le­zo­ni ba­hla­la eku­dle­ni lo­Je­su la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khep; ngo­ba ba­be­ba­ne­ngi, nja­lo be­mla­nde­la.

16 Kwa­thi aba­bha­li la­ba­Fa­ri­si, be­mbo­na esi­dla la­ba­the­li­si le­zo­ni, ba­thi ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe: Ku­nga­ni esi­dla ena­tha la­ba­the­li­si le­zo­ni?

17 Kwa­thi uJe­su ese­zwi­le wa­thi ku­bo: Aba­phi­li­le­yo ka­ba­di­ngi me­la­phi, ko­dwa la­bo aba­gu­la­yo. Ka­ngi­za­nga uku­bi­za aba­lu­ngi­le­yo, ko­dwa izo­ni zi­ze eku­phe­ndu­ke­ni.

Uku­zi­la uku­dla

18 Nja­lo aba­fu­ndi ba­ka­Jo­ha­ne la­ba­ba­Fa­ri­si ba­be­zi­la uku­dla; ba­se­be­si­za ba­thi ku­ye: Ku­nga­ni aba­fu­ndi ba­ka­Jo­ha­ne la­ba­ba­Fa­ri­si be­zi­la uku­dla, ko­dwa aba­fu­ndi ba­kho be­nga­zi­li uku­dlaq?

19 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ama­do­da­na endlu yo­mthi­mba anga­zi­la yi­ni uku­dla, umye­ni ese­la­wo? Ange­zi­le, ingqe nge­si­kha­thi umye­ni ese­la­wo;

20 ko­dwa zi­za­fi­ka insu­ku la­pho umye­ni aza­su­swa ku­wo, nja­lo kho­na aza­zi­la uku­dla nga­le­zo­nsu­kur.

21 Fu­thi ka­kho othu­nge­la isi­chi­bi se­le­mbu eli­nga­ka­fi­nye­li ese­mba­thwe­ni esi­da­la; uba-ke ku­nge­nja­lo oku­be­ke­lwe­yo ku­da­bu­ke ki­so, oku­tsha kwe­si­da­la, ku­qhe­le uku­da­bu­ka.

22 Fu­thi ka­kho othe­la iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha emi­go­dle­ni emi­da­la; uba-ke ku­nge­nja­lo iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha li­da­bu­la imi­go­dla, li­chi­the­ke iwa­yi­ni le­mi­go­dla yo­na­ka­le; ko­dwa iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha li­me­le li­fa­kwe emi­go­dle­ni emi­tsha.

UJe­su ucha­si­sa umla­yo we­sa­ba­tha

23 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eda­bu­la ema­si­mi­ni ama­be­le nge­sa­ba­thas, aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­se­be­qa­la uku­kha izi­khwe­bu be­ha­mbat.

24 Aba­Fa­ri­si ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, ku­nga­ni be­se­nza lo­kho oku­nga­vu­nye­lwa­yo nge­sa­ba­tha?

25 Ye­na wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ka­li­za­nge li­ba­le yi­ni uDa­vi­da akwe­nza­yo, mhla eswe­le, ela­mbi­le, ye­na la­ba­be­la­ye?

26 Uku­thi wa­ya­nge­na nja­ni endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu esi­kha­thi­ni uA­bhi­ya­tha engu­mpri­sti omkhu­luu, wa­dla izi­nkwa zo­ku­bu­ki­swa ezi­nga­vu­nye­lwa uku­dli­wa nga­pha­ndle kwa­ba­pri­sti, wa­ba­ni­ka la­ba­be­la­ye?

27 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Isa­ba­tha le­nzi­wa nge­nxa yo­mu­ntu, nja­lo umu­ntu kenzi­wa­nga nge­nxa ye­sa­ba­thav;

28 nga­kho iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu iyi­Nko­si le­ye­sa­ba­thaw.

UJe­su usi­li­sa nge­sa­ba­tha

3Wa­se­bu­ya enge­naa esi­na­go­ge­ni, nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na la­pho umu­ntu ole­sa­ndla esi­tshwa­bhe­ne­yob.

2 Ba­se­be­mqa­phe­la uku­thi uza­msi­li­sa nge­sa­ba­thac, uku­ze ba­mbe­ke ica­lad.

3 Wa­se­si­thi ku­mu­ntu ole­sa­ndla esi­tshwa­bhe­ne­yo: Su­ku­ma uye pha­ka­thi.

4 Wa­thi ku­bo: Ku­vu­nye­lwe yi­ni nga­ma­sa­ba­tha ukwe­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo, ku­mbe ukwe­nza oku­bi? Uku­si­ndi­sa impi­lo, ku­mbe uku­bu­la­la? Ko­dwa ba­thu­la.

5 Wa­se­ba­tha­la­za ngo­ku­thu­ku­the­la, eda­bu­ki­le ngo­bu­lu­khu­ni be­nhli­zi­yo ya­boe, wa­thi ku­mu­ntu: Ye­lu­la isa­ndla sa­kho. Wa­se­lu­la, isa­ndla sa­khe sa­se­si­si­li­swa sa­phi­la nje­nge­si­nye.

6 Ba­se­be­phu­ma aba­Fa­ri­si ba­hle ba­ce­bi­sa­na la­ba­ka­He­ro­di be­me­la­ne la­ye, uku­thi ba­nga­mbu­la­la nja­nif.

UJe­su usi­li­sa aba­nye aba­ntu

7 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­su­ka wa­ha­mba la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe nga­se­lwa­ndleg; ixu­ku eli­khu­lu la­se­li­mla­nde­la li­ve­la eGa­li­lih, le­Ju­di­ya;

8 le­Je­ru­sa­le­mai, leI­du­mi­ya, la­nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­nij, la­be­mi­ma­ngwe­ni ye­Ti­re le­Si­do­nik, ixu­ku eli­khu­lu, se­li­zwi­le izi­nto ezi­nku­lu abe­ze­nza, le­za ku­ye.

9 Wa­se­tshe­la aba­fu­ndi ba­khe uku­thi umko­lo umli­nde­le nge­nxa ye­xu­ku, uku­ze li­nga­mci­nde­ze­lil.

10 Ngo­ba wa­ye­si­li­sa aba­ne­ngi, ba­ze ba­we­la phe­zu kwa­khe bo­nke aba­le­zi­fom, uku­ze ba­mthi­nten.

11 Fu­thi omo­ya aba­ngco­li­le­yo, be­mbo­na, ba­be­si­wa pha­nsi pha­mbi kwa­kheo, be­kha­la be­si­thi: We­na uyi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup.

12 Wa­se­ba­la­yi­si­sa ka­khu­lu uku­thi ba­nga­mve­ziq.

Uku­khe­thwa kwa­ba­pho­sto­li

13 Wa­se­se­nyu­ke­la enta­be­ni, wa­bi­ze­la ku­ye la­bo aye­ba­fu­na ye­nar; ba­se­be­si­za ku­ye.

14 Wa­se­mi­sa aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, uku­ze ba­be la­ye, lo­ku­ze aba­thu­me uku­ya­tshu­ma­ye­la,

15 fu­thi ba­be la­ma­ndla okwe­la­pha imi­khu­hla­ne, la­wo­ku­khu­pha ama­di­mo­ni.

16 Lo­Si­mo­ni wa­mu­tha ibi­zo lo­ku­thi ngu­Pe­tro;

17 lo­Ja­ko­be oka­Ze­be­di­ya, lo­Jo­ha­ne umfo­wa­bo ka­Ja­ko­bes; wa­ba­tha ama­bi­zo wa­thi ngo­Bo­wa­ne­ge­si, oku­yi­ku­thi, ama­do­da­na omdu­mo;

18 loA­ndre­ya, lo­Fi­li­phu, lo­Ba­rto­lo­me­wu, lo­Ma­the­wu, lo­To­ma­si, lo­Ja­ko­be okaA­lfe­wut, lo­Ta­de­wu, lo­Si­mo­ni umKha­na­ni,

19 lo­Ju­da­si uI­ska­ri­yo­thi, la­ye owa­mni­ke­la­you. Ba­se­be­nge­na endli­niv.

Iso­no so­ku­hla­mba­za

20 Ixu­ku la­se­li­bu­tha­na fu­thi, kwa­ze kwa­thi bo­na aba­sa­za­nge be­ne­li­se lo­ku­dla isi­nkwaw.

21 Kwa­thi aba­ki­bo se­be­zwi­le lo­khu ba­phu­ma uku­ya­mba­mba; ngo­ba ba­thix: Uya­hla­nyay.

22 La­ba­bha­li aba­ve­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ba­thiz: Ulo­Bhe­le­ze­bhu­le, lo­ku­thi: Ukhu­pha ama­di­mo­ni nge­nko­si ya­ma­di­mo­nia.

23 Wa­se­ba­bi­ze­la ku­ye, wa­thi ku­bo nge­mi­fa­ne­ki­so: USa­tha­ne anga­khu­pha nja­ni uSa­tha­ne?

24 Fu­thi uba umbu­so we­hlu­ke­ne ume­le­ne la­wo ngo­kwa­wo, lo­wo­mbu­so unge­me.

25 Le­ndlu uba ye­hlu­ke­ne ime­la­na la­yo ngo­kwa­yo, le­yo­ndlu inge­me.

26 Lo­Sa­tha­ne uba ezi­vu­ke­la ye­na, ahlu­ka­ne, ange­me, ko­dwa uya­phe­la.

27 Ka­kho onga­nge­na endli­ni ye­si­qhwa­ga, apha­nge impa­hla ya­so, uba enga­si­bo­phi isi­qhwa­ga ku­qa­la, abe­se­pha­nga indlu ya­sob.

28 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Zo­nke izo­no zi­za­the­the­le­lwa ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu, le­zi­nhla­mba lo­ba zi­phi aba­hla­mba­za nga­zo;

29 ko­dwa lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ohla­mba­za eme­le­ne lo­Mo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le, ka­la­ku­the­the­le­lwa la­ni­nic, ko­dwa ule­ca­la lo­ku­la­hlwa oku­la­pha­ka­de;

30 ngo­ba ba­thi: Ulo­mo­ya ongco­li­le­yod.

Izi­hlo­bo zi­ka­Je­su ezi­yi­zo

31 Kwa­se­ku­fi­kae aba­fo­wa­bo lo­ni­na, be­ma nga­pha­ndle ba­thu­me­la ku­ye, be­mbi­zaf.

32 Nja­lo ixu­ku la­li­hle­zi li­mpha­hli­le; ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, unyo­ko la­ba­fo­we­nu ba­pha­ndle ba­ya­ku­di­nga.

33 Wa­se­ba­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ngu­ba­ni uma­ma ku­mbe aba­fo­we­thu?

34 Wa­se­tha­la­za la­bo aba­be­hle­zi be­mpha­hli­le, wa­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni uma­ma la­ba­fo­we­thu.

35 Ngo­ba lo­ba ngu­ba­ni owe­nza inta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngu­ye ongu­mfo­we­thu lo­da­de­we­thu lo­ma­ma.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­mhla­nye­li

4Wa­se­bu­ya wa­qa­la uku­fu­ndi­sa nga­se­lwa­ndle; kwa­se­ku­bu­tha­na ku­ye ixu­ku eli­khu­lua, wa­ze wa­nge­na emkhu­nji­ni wa­hla­la olwa­ndle; nja­lo ixu­ku lo­nke la­li­se­mhla­ba­thi­ni nga­se­lwa­ndleb.

2 Wa­se­ba­fu­ndi­sa izi­nto ezi­ne­ngi nge­mi­fa­ne­ki­so, le­ku­fu­ndi­se­ni kwa­khe wa­thi ku­boc:

3 La­le­la­ni; kha­nge­la­ni, kwa­phu­ma umhla­nye­li uku­ya­hla­nye­la.

4 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­hla­nye­le­ni, enye ya­we­la ece­le­ni kwe­ndle­la, kwa­se­ku­fi­ka inyo­ni ze­zu­lu za­yi­dla za­yi­qe­da.

5 Ko­dwa enye ya­we­la emhla­ba­thi­ni ola­ma­tshe, la­pho eya­yi­nge­la­mhla­ba­thi omne­ngi kho­na; fu­thi ya­hle ya­mi­la, ngo­ba ya­yi­nge­la­ku­tsho­na ko­mhla­ba­thi;

6 kwa­thi eku­phu­me­ni kwe­la­nga ya­ha­ngu­lwa ya­bu­na ngo­ba ya­yi­nge­la­mpa­nde.

7 Enye ya­si­we­la eme­ve­ni, ame­va ase­khu­la, ayi­mi­nya­ni­sa, fu­thi ayi­the­la­nga isi­the­lo.

8 Nja­lo enye ya­we­la emhla­ba­thi­ni omu­hle; ya­the­la isi­the­lo esa­khu­la­yo sa­nda, ya­za­la enye ama­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, le­nye ama­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, le­nye ikhu­lu.

9 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ole­ndle­be zo­ku­zwa, ake­zwe.

Umse­be­nzi we­mi­fa­ne­ki­so

10 Kwa­thi ese­ye­dwa, la­bo aba­be­mpha­hli­le ka­nye la­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li ba­mbu­za ngo­mfa­ne­ki­so.

11 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ku­phi­we ki­ni ukwa­zi imfi­hlo yo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ko­dwa la­bo aba­nga­pha­ndled be­nze­lwa izi­nto zo­nke nge­mi­fa­ne­ki­so;

12 uku­ze be­bo­na ba­bo­ne, ba­nga­bo­ni­si­si; nja­lo be­si­zwa be­zwe, ba­nga­qe­di­si­si; hle­zi lo­ba ni­ni ba­phe­ndu­ke, ba­the­the­le­lwe izo­no za­boe.

Uku­cha­si­swa ko­mfa­ne­ki­so wo­mhla­nye­li

13 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ka­li­wa­zi lu­mfa­ne­ki­so yi­ni? Pho li­za­ya­zi nja­ni imi­fa­ne­ki­so yo­nke?

14 Umhla­nye­li uhla­nye­la ili­zwi.

15 Nja­lo aba­se­ce­le­ni kwe­ndle­la, yi­la­bo la­pho oku­hla­nye­lwa kho­na ili­zwi, fu­thi nxa be­li­zwa, uSa­tha­ne ahle afi­ke ali­su­se ili­zwi eli­hla­nye­lwe enhli­zi­ywe­ni za­bo.

16 La­la­bo ngo­ku­nja­lo aba­hla­nye­lwe emhla­ba­thi­ni ola­ma­tshe, aba­thi, la­pho be­si­zwa ili­zwi, ba­hle ba­le­mu­ke­le nge­nto­ko­zo,

17 nja­lo ka­ba­la­mpa­nde pha­ka­thi kwa­bo, ko­dwa ba­hla­la okwe­si­kha­thi; ku­thi se­ku­fi­ka inka­tha­zo ku­mbe uku­zi­nge­lwa nge­nxa ye­li­zwi, ba­hle ba­khu­be­ke.

18 La­la­ba yi­la­bo aba­hla­nye­lwe eme­ve­ni, aba­li­zwa­yo ili­zwi,

19 ko­dwa impi­se­ke­lo ya­lu­mhla­ba, le­nko­hli­so ye­no­tho, le­nka­nu­ko ye­zi­nye izi­nto ku­nge­ne ku­mi­nya­ni­se ili­zwi, fu­thi ibe inga­sa­the­li.

20 La­la­ba yi­la­bo aba­hla­nye­lwe emhla­ba­thi­ni omu­hle, aba­thi be­li­zwi­le ili­zwi, bale­mu­ke­le, ba­the­le, enye ama­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, le­nye ama­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, le­nye ikhu­luf.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­si­ba­ne lo­we­nhla­nye­lo

21 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ka­nti isi­ba­ne si­le­thwa uku­ze si­be­kwe nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­tsha ku­mbe nga­pha­nsi ko­mbhe­da? Angi­thi uku­ze si­be­kwe esi­qo­ba­ne­ni se­si­ba­neg?

22 Ngo­ba ka­ku­kho oku­fi­hli­we­yo oku­nga­yi­ku­bo­na­ka­li­swa; aku­kho okwe­nze­ka ku­be yi­mfi­hlo, ko­dwa uku­ze ku­be so­ba­lah.

23 Nxa umu­ntu ele­ndle­be zo­ku­zwa ake­zwei.

24 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Qa­phe­li­sa­ni eli­ku­zwa­yoj. Nge­si­li­nga­ni­so eli­li­nga­ni­sa nga­so li­za­li­nga­ni­se­lwa nga­so, nja­lo li­na eli­zwa­yo li­za­phi­wa ngo­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yok.

25 Ngo­ba lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ola­kho, uza­phi­wa; ko­dwa lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onge­la­kho, uza­kwe­mu­kwa la­lo­kho ala­khol.

26 Wa­se­si­thi: Unja­lo umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nje­ngo­ku­ba nxa umu­ntu epho­sa inhla­nye­lo emhla­ba­thi­ni,

27 nja­lo ala­le abe­se­vu­ka ebu­su­ku le­mi­ni, le­nhla­nye­lo imi­le nja­lo ikhu­le, ye­na ka­kwa­zi uku­thi nja­ni.

28 Ngo­ba umhla­ba­thi uya­the­la ngo­kwa­wo, ku­qa­la usu­ngu­lo, ku­la­nde­le isi­khwe­bu, ku­la­nde­le ama­be­le aphe­le­le­yo esi­khwe­tshi­nim.

29 Ko­dwa nxa se­si­vu­thi­we isi­the­lo, uhle athu­me­ze isi­ke­lan, ngo­ba uku­vu­na se­ku­fi­ki­leo.

30 Wa­thi fu­thip: Si­za­wu­fa­na­ni­sa la­ni umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu? Ku­mbe si­za­wu­fa­na­ni­sa ngo­mfa­ne­ki­so ba­ni?

31 Unje­ngo­hla­mvu lwe­ma­si­te­di, olu­thi nxa se­lu­hla­nye­lwe emhla­ba­thi­ni, lu­nci­nya­ne ku­la­zo zo­nke inhla­mvu ezi­se­mhla­be­niq;

32 nja­lo nxa se­lu­hla­nye­lwe, lu­khu­le, lu­be lu­khu­lu lwe­dlu­le izi­li­mo zo­nke, lwe­nze inga­tsha ezi­nku­lu, ku­ze ku­thi inyo­ni ze­zu­lu zi­nga­khe­la nga­pha­nsi ko­mthu­nzi wa­zor.

33 Wa­se­li­khu­lu­ma ku­bo ili­zwi nge­mi­fa­ne­ki­so emi­ne­ngi enja­los, nje­nga­ma­ndla abo oku­zwat;

34 ko­dwa nga­pha­ndle ko­mfa­ne­ki­so ka­khu­lu­ma­nga ku­bou; ko­dwa se­be­bo­dwa wa­ba­cha­si­se­la aba­fu­ndi ba­khe izi­nto zo­nkev.

Uku­thu­li­swa kwe­si­phe­pho

35 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku se­ku­hlwi­le, wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Asi­cha­phe­le­ni nga­phe­tshe­yaw.

36 Se­be­ye­ke­le ixu­ku la­ha­mbax, ba­mtha­tha ba­ha­mba la­ye nje­ngo­ba enja­lo emkhu­nji­niy. Fu­thi le­mi­nye imi­ko­lo ya­yi­la­ye.

37 Kwa­se­ku­vu­ka isi­phe­pho esi­khu­lu so­mo­ya; la­ma­ga­ga­si apho­se­ka emkhu­nji­ni, wa­ze wa­gcwa­la kha­the­si.

38 Nja­lo ye­na wa­ye­nge­mu­va emkhu­nji­ni ele­le emqa­me­lwe­ni; ba­se­be­mvu­sa, ba­thi ku­ye: Mfu­ndi­si, ka­wu­kha­tha­li yi­ni uku­thi si­ya­bhu­bha?

39 Wa­se­vu­ka wa­khu­za umo­ya, wa­thi ku­lo ulwa­ndle: Thu­la, uthi zwi! Umo­ya wa­su­qa­mu­ka, kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na uku­thu­la oku­khu­lu.

40 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ku­nga­ni li­se­sa­ba ka­nga­ka? Ka­li­la­kho­lo nga­niz?

41 Ba­se­be­se­sa­ba ngo­kwe­sa­ba oku­khu­lu, ba­thi omu­nye ko­mu­nye: Ka­nti ungu­ba­ni lo, uku­thi lo­mo­ya lo­lwa­ndle ku­mla­le­lea?

Uku­khu­tshwa kwa­bo­mo­ya aba­bi

5Ba­se­be­fi­ka nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­lwa­ndle, eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Ga­da­re­nea.

2 Ese­phu­mi­le emkhu­nji­ni, wa­hle wa­mhla­nga­be­za umu­ntu ove­la ema­ngcwa­be­ni elo­mo­ya ongco­li­le­yo,

3 owa­ye­hla­la ema­ngcwa­be­nib; nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­la­mu­ntu owa­ye­nga­mbo­pha ngi­tsho la­nga­ma­ke­ta­ne,

4 ngo­ba wa­ye­bo­tshi­we ka­ne­ngi nge­zi­bo­pho la­nga­ma­ke­ta­ne, ko­dwa ama­ke­ta­ne aye­qa­nyu­lwa ngu­ye, le­zi­bo­pho za­qa­nyu­qa­nyu­lwa; nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­kho owa­ye­nga­mtha­mbi­sa;

5 la­nge­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, ebu­su­ku le­mi­ni, wa­ye­se­zi­nta­be­ni le­ma­ngcwa­be­ni ekla­ba­la­la ezi­si­ka nga­ma­tshe.

6 Kwa­thi ebo­na uJe­su ekha­tsha­na, wa­gi­ji­ma wa­mkho­nzac,

7 wa­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu esi­thi: Ngi­la­ni la­we, Je­su, Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu oPhe­zu­ko­nked? Ngi­ku­fu­ngi­sa ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu, unga­ngi­hlu­phie.

8 Ngo­ba wa­thi ku­ye: Phu­ma emu­ntwi­ni, mo­ya ongco­li­le­yo.

9 Wa­se­mbu­za wa­thi: Ibi­zo la­kho ungu­ba­ni? Wa­se­phe­ndu­la, wa­thi: Ibi­zo la­mi ngi­ngu­Le­gi­yo­ni, ngo­ba si­ba­ne­ngif.

10 Wa­se­mnce­nga ka­khu­lu, uku­thi anga­ba­xo­tshe­li nga­pha­ndle kwe­li­zwe.

11 Kwa­ku­kho­na la­pho nga­se­zi­nta­be­ni umhla­mbi omkhu­lu we­ngu­lu­be usi­dla;

12 la­ma­di­mo­ni wo­nke amnce­nga, athi: Si­thu­me engu­lu­be­ni, si­nge­ne ku­zo.

13 Nja­lo uJe­su wa­hle wa­wa­vu­me­la. Omo­ya aba­ngco­li­le­yo ba­se­be­phu­ma ba­nge­na ezi­ngu­lu­be­ni; umhla­mbi wa­su­pha­pha­the­ka eli­we­ni usi­ya olwa­ndle; nja­lo za­zi­nga­ba zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li; za­mi­nzwa olwa­ndle.

14 Aba­ze­lu­sa­yo ingu­lu­be ba­se­be­ba­le­ka, ba­ya­bi­ka emzi­ni le­ma­pha­ndle­ni. Ba­se­be­phu­ma uku­bo­na uku­thi ku­yi­ni okwe­nza­ke­le­yog;

15 ba­fi­ka ku­Je­su, ba­mbo­na obe­nge­nwe nga­ma­di­mo­ni ehle­zi egqo­ki­leh eqo­ndi­lei, ye­na owa­ye­le­le­gi­yo­nij; ba­se­be­se­sa­ba.

16 La­bo aba­be­ku­bo­ni­le ba­ba­tshe­la uku­thi kwe­nze­ke nja­ni ko­wa­ye­nge­nwe nga­ma­di­mo­ni, la­nge­ngu­lu­be.

17 Ba­se­be­qa­la uku­mnce­nga uku­thi asu­ke eli­zwe­ni la­ki­bo.

18 Wa­thi enge­na emkhu­nji­ni, owa­ye­nge­nwe nga­ma­di­mo­ni wa­mnce­nga, uku­thi abe la­ye.

19 Ko­dwa uJe­su ka­mvu­me­la­nga, ko­dwa wa­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba uye ekha­ya kwa­ba­ki­ni, uba­tshe­le uku­thi iNko­si ikwe­nze­le oku­nga­ka­na­ni, iku­ha­wu­ke­lek.

20 Wa­se­su­ka eha­mba wa­qa­la uku­tshu­ma­ye­la eDi­ka­po­li­si uku­thi uJe­su ume­nze­le oku­nga­ka­na­ni; ba­se­be­ma­nga­la bo­nkel.

Indo­da­ka­zi ka­Ja­yi­ro­si ivu­swa eku­fe­ni. Owe­si­fa­za­na owa­ye­lo­mo­pho uya­si­li­swa

21 UJe­su ese­bu­ye wa­cha­phe­la nga­phe­tshe­ya ngo­mkhu­mbi, kwa­bu­tha­na ku­ye ixu­ku eli­khu­lu, fu­thi wa­ye­nga­so­lwa­ndlem.

22 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, kwa­fi­kan omu­nye wa­ba­pha­thi be­si­na­go­ge, uJa­yi­ro­si nge­bi­zoo; embo­na, wa­wa pha­nsi enya­we­ni za­khe,

23 wa­mnce­nga ka­khu­lu, esi­thi: Indo­da­ka­zi ya­mi enca­ne isi­phe­la; ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga uku­thi ubu­ye ube­ke iza­ndla phe­zu kwa­yo, uku­ze isi­ndi­swe, nja­lo iza­phi­lap.

24 Wa­se­ha­mba la­ye; ixu­ku eli­khu­lu la­se­li­mla­nde­la, la­mmi­nye­ze­la.

25 Nja­lo owe­si­fa­za­na othi­le owa­ye­lo­mo­pho we­ga­zi okwe­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li,

26 ehlu­phe­ki­le ka­khu­lu ku­be­la­phi aba­ne­ngi, echi­thi­le ko­nke aye­la­kho, enga­si­za­ka­la­nga, ko­dwa ku­lo­khu ku­mqi­ne­la,

27 ese­zwi­le ngo­Je­su, we­za exu­kwi­ni nge­mu­va, wa­thi­nta ise­mba­tho sa­khe;

28 ngo­ba wa­thi: Alu­ba ngi­thi­nta ize­mba­tho za­khe nje, ngi­za­si­ndi­swa.

29 Fu­thi wa­hle wo­ma umtho­mbo we­ga­zi la­khe, wa­se­si­zwa emzi­mbe­ni uku­thi usi­li­le esi­fwe­niq.

30 Nja­lo uJe­su wa­hle wa­zi pha­ka­thi kwa­khe uku­thi ama­ndla aphu­mi­le ku­ye, wa­tshi­bi­li­ka ese­xu­kwi­ni, wa­thi: Ngu­ba­ni othi­nte ize­mba­tho za­mir?

31 Aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Uya­bo­na ixu­ku li­ku­mi­nye­ze­la, ko­dwa uthi: Ngu­ba­ni ongi­thi­nti­le­yo?

32 Wa­se­tha­la­za uku­thi ambo­ne owe­nze lo­khu.

33 Ko­dwa owe­si­fa­za­na ese­sa­ba ethu­thu­me­la, ekwa­zi okwe­nze­ki­le­yo ku­ye, we­za wa­wa pha­mbi kwa­khe, wa­mtshe­la iqi­ni­so lo­nke.

34 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ndo­da­ka­zi, ukho­lo lwa­kho lu­ku­si­ndi­si­le; ha­mba ngo­ku­thu­la, si­li­swa esi­fwe­ni sa­khos.

35 Esa­khu­lu­ma, kwa­fi­ka abanye bo­mpha­thi we­si­na­go­get, ba­thi: Indo­da­ka­zi ya­kho isi­fi­le; usa­mkha­tha­ze­la­ni uMfu­ndi­siu?

36 Kwa­hle kwa­thi uJe­su esi­zwa ili­zwi eli­khu­lu­nywa­yo wa­thi ku­mpha­thi we­si­na­go­gev: Unge­sa­bi, kho­lwa ku­phe­law.

37 Fu­thi ka­vu­me­la­nga mu­ntu uku­thi amla­nde­le, nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Pe­tro lo­Ja­ko­bex lo­Jo­ha­ne umfo­wa­bo ka­Ja­ko­bey.

38 Ba­fi­ka-ke endli­ni yo­mpha­thi we­si­na­go­gez, wa­bo­na isi­phi­thi­phi­thi, la­ba­kha­la­yo la­ba­li­la­yo ka­khu­lu,

39 ese­nge­ni­le wa­thi ku­bo: Li­phi­thi­ze­le­la­ni, li­kha­la? Umntwa­na omnca­ne ka­fa­nga, ko­dwa ule­le.

40 Ba­se­be­mhle­ka usu­lu. Ko­dwa ye­na, ese­ba­khu­phi­le bo­nke, wa­tha­tha uyi­se wo­mntwa­na omnca­ne lo­ni­na la­la­bo aba­be­la­ye, wa­nge­na la­pho okwa­ku­le­le kho­na umntwa­na omnca­nea.

41 Wa­ba­mba isa­ndla so­mntwa­na omnca­ne, wa­thi ku­ye: "Tha­li­tha, ku­mi"b; oku­yi­ku­thi ngo­ku­phe­ndu­le­lwa: We­na nto­mba­za­na enca­ne, ngi­thi ku­we, vu­kac.

42 Nja­lo ya­hle ya­vu­ka into­mba­za­na enca­ne, ya­ha­mba, ngo­ba ya­yi­le­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; ba­se­be­sa­nga­ni­se­ka ngo­ku­sa­nga­ni­se­ka oku­khu­lud.

43 Wa­se­ba­la­yi­si­sa ka­khu­lu uku­thi lo­khu ku­nga­zi­wa mu­ntu; wa­thi ka­yi­ni­kwe uku­dlae.

UJe­su ude­le­lwa nga­be­Na­za­re­tha

6Wa­se­su­ka la­pho, wa­ya emzi­ni wa­ki­bo; aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­se­be­mla­nde­la.

2 Se­ku­fi­ke isa­ba­tha, wa­qa­la uku­fu­ndi­sa esi­na­go­ge­ni; la­ba­ne­ngi abamu­zwa­yo ba­ma­nga­la, ba­thi: Zi­ve­la nga­phi le­zi­zi­nto ku­ye? Nja­lo yi­nhla­ka­ni­pho ba­ni ayi­ni­ki­we­yo, uku­thi la­li­mi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­ndla enje ye­nzi­we nge­za­ndla za­khea?

3 Lo ka­yi­su­ye umba­zi yi­ni, indo­da­na ka­Ma­ri­ya, lo­mfo­wa­bo ka­Ja­ko­be lo­Jo­se lo­Ju­da­si lo­Si­mo­nib? La­bo­da­de­wa­bo ka­ba­kho yi­ni la­pha ki­thi? Ba­se­be­khu­be­ka nga­ye.

4 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi ku­bo: Umpro­fe­thi ka­swe­li uku­du­nyi­swa, nga­pha­ndle kwe­li­zwe­ni la­ki­bo, le­zi­hlo­tshe­ni za­khe le­ndli­ni ya­kwa­bo.

5 Fu­thi wa­ye­nge­la­kho ukwe­nza lo­wo­dwa umse­be­nzi wa­ma­ndla la­phoc, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­be­ka iza­ndla phe­zu kwa­ba­gu­la­yo aba­lu­tshwa­na, waba­si­li­sad.

6 Wa­se­ma­nga­la ngo­ku­nga­kho­lwa kwa­boe. Wa­bho­da­bho­da imi­za­na efu­ndi­saf.

Uku­thu­nywa kwa­ba­pho­sto­li

7 Wa­se­bi­ze­la ku­ye aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lig, wa­qa­la uku­ba­thu­ma nga­ba­bi­lih, wa­ba­ni­ka ama­ndla phe­zu kwa­bo­mo­ya aba­ngco­li­le­yoi.

8 Wa­ba­la­ya uku­thi ba­nga­pha­thi lu­tho lwe­ndle­la, nga­pha­ndle ko­do­ndo­lo ku­phe­la; la­si­khwa­ma, la­si­nkwa, la­ma­li1 ezwe­zwe­nij;

9 ko­dwa ba­fa­ke ama­nya­the­lak; fu­thi ba­nge­mba­thi ize­mba­tho ezi­mbi­li.

10 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: La­pho eli­nge­na kho­na endli­ni, hla­la­ni ki­yo li­ze li­phu­me kho­nal.

11 Nja­lo lo­ba ngo­ba­ni aba­nga­yi­ku­le­mu­ke­la, ku­mbe ba­li­zwe, nxa li­phu­ma la­pho, thi­nti­tha­ni uthu­li olu­nga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo ze­nu ku­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zi ku­bom. Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Ku­za­ku­ba lu­la eSo­do­ma ku­mbe la­se­Go­mo­ra ngo­su­ku lwe­si­gwe­bo, ku­la­ku­lo­wo­mu­zi.

12 Se­be­phu­mi­le ba­tshu­ma­ye­la uku­thi ba­phe­ndu­ken;

13 ba­khu­pha ama­di­mo­ni ama­ne­ngi, ba­gco­ba aba­ne­ngi aba­gu­la­yo nga­ma­gco­boo baba­si­li­sap.

Uku­bu­la­wa ku­ka­Jo­ha­ne uMbha­bha­thi­zi

14 Inko­si uHe­ro­diq wa­se­si­zwa nga­khor, ngo­ba ibi­zo la­khe la­ba so­ba­la, wa­se­si­thi: UJo­ha­ne owa­bha­bha­thi­za­yo uvu­ki­le kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, fu­thi ku­nga­kho la­ma­ndla ese­be­nza ku­ye.

15 Aba­nye ba­thi: UnguE­li­ja; la­ba­nye ba­thi: Ungu­mpro­fe­thi, ku­mbe u­nje­ngo­mu­nye wa­ba­pro­fe­thi.

16 Ko­dwa uHe­ro­di esi­zwa wa­thi: Lo ngu­Jo­ha­ne, mi­na enga­mqu­ma ikha­nda; ye­na uvu­ki­le kwa­ba­fi­le­yos.

17 Ngo­ba ye­na uHe­ro­di wa­ye­thu­me­le wa­mba­mba uJo­ha­ne, wa­mbo­pha ento­lo­ngwe­ni, nge­nxa ka­He­ro­di­ya­si umka­Fi­li­phu umfo­wa­bo, ngo­ba wa­ye­mthe­thet.

18 Ngo­ba uJo­ha­ne wa­ye­the ku­He­ro­di: Ka­wu­vu­nye­lwa uku­ba lo­mka­mfo­we­nu.

19 UHe­ro­di­ya­si wa­se­mba­mbe­la inhli­zi­yo, wa­fu­na uku­mbu­la­la; ko­dwa ke­ne­li­sa­nga;

20 ngo­ba uHe­ro­di wa­ye­me­sa­ba uJo­ha­ne, esa­zi uku­thi uyi­ndo­da elu­ngi­le­yo le­ngcwe­le, wa­mlo­ndo­lo­za; la­la­pho emu­zwa, we­nza izi­nto ezi­ne­ngiu, wa­mu­zwa ngo­ku­tho­ko­zav.

21 Kwa­thi se­lu­fi­ki­le usu­ku olu­hle, uHe­ro­di nge­la­nga la­khe lo­ku­za­lwa we­nze­la izi­khu­lu za­khew le­ndu­na ze­nku­lu­ngwa­nex la­ba­li­say be­Ga­li­liz uku­dla kwa­nta­mba­ma,

22 kwa­thi indo­da­ka­zi ka­He­ro­di­ya­si lo isi­nge­ni­le ya­gi­da, ya­mkho­li­sa uHe­ro­di la­la­bo aba­be­hle­zi eku­dle­ni la­ye, inko­si ya­thi ento­mbi­ni: Ce­la ki­mi lo­ba ku­yi­ni oku­tha­nda­yo, nja­lo ngi­za­ku­pha;

23 wa­fu­nga ku­yo esi­thi: Lo­ba ku­yi­ni onga­ku­ce­la ki­mi, ngi­za­ku­ni­kaa, ku­ze ku­be yi­ngxe­nye yo­mbu­so wa­mib.

24 Ya­si­phu­ma isi­thi ku­ni­na: Ngi­za­ce­la­ni? Ye­na wa­se­si­thi: Ikha­nda li­ka­Jo­ha­ne uMbha­bha­thi­zi.

25 Nja­lo ya­hle ya­nge­na enko­si­ni ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sac, ya­ce­la, ya­thi: Ngi­fu­na uku­thi ungi­ni­ke kha­the­si­nje emga­nwi­ni ikha­nda li­ka­Jo­ha­ne uMbha­bha­thi­zi.

26 Inko­si ya­si­da­bu­ka ka­khu­lu, ko­dwa nge­nxa ye­zi­fu­ngo la­nga­la­bo aba­be­hle­zi la­yo eku­dle­nid ka­yi­tha­nda­nga uku­yi­la­ndu­le­lae.

27 Nja­lo inko­si ya­hle ya­thu­ma ibu­tho ya­la­ya uku­thi ku­le­thwe ikha­nda la­khe. Wa­se­ha­mba wa­mqu­ma ikha­nda ento­lo­ngwe­ni,

28 wa­le­tha ikha­nda la­khe ngo­mga­nu, wa­li­ni­ka into­mbi; into­mbi ya­si­li­ni­ka uni­na.

29 Kwa­thi aba­fu­ndi ba­khe se­be­zwi­le be­za, ba­tha­tha isi­du­mbu sa­khe, ba­si­be­ka engcwa­be­nif.

UJe­su usu­thi­sa ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nu

30 Aba­pho­sto­li ba­se­be­bu­tha­na ku­Je­sug, ba­mbi­ke­la ko­nke, la­ba­be­kwe­nzi­le ka­nye la­ba­be­ku­fu­ndi­si­le.

31 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Wo­za­ni li­na lo­dwa enda­we­ni eyi­nka­nga­lah, li­phu­mu­le ka­nci­nya­nei. Ngo­ba ba­be­ba­ne­ngi aba­fi­ka­yo la­ba­ha­mba­yo, fu­thi be­nge­la­thu­ba lo­ku­dlaj.

32 Ba­khu­phu­ka ngo­mkhu­mbik ba­ya enda­we­ni eyi­nka­nga­la be­bo­dwal.

33 Ama­xu­ku ase­ba­bo­na be­su­ka, la­ba­ne­ngi ba­ma­zi, ba­gi­ji­me­la kho­na nda­wo­nye nge­nya­wo be­ve­la emi­zi­ni yo­nke, ba­se­be­ba­dlu­la, ba­hla­nga­na ku­ye.

34 Kwa­thi uJe­su ese­phu­ma wa­bo­na ixu­ku eli­khu­lu, wa­ba le­si­he­lo nga­bom, ngo­ba ba­be­nje­nge­zi­mvu ezi­nge­la­me­lu­sin; wa­se­qa­la uku­ba­fu­ndi­sa izi­nto ezi­ne­ngio.

35 Kwa­thi isi­kha­thi se­si­ha­mbi­le, aba­fu­ndi ba­khe be­za ku­ye ba­thi: Li­nda­wo iyi­nka­nga­la, le­si­kha­thi se­si­ha­mbi­le;

36 ba­ye­ke­le, uku­ze ba­ye ezi­ga­be­ni ezi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo le­mi­za­ne­ni ba­zi­the­nge­le izi­nkwa. Ngo­ba be­nge­la­lu­tho aba­nga­lu­dla.

37 Wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Ba­ni­ke­ni li­na uku­thi ba­dle. Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­yep: Si­ha­mbe yi­ni si­ye­the­nga izi­nkwa nga­bo­de­na­ri­yo* aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li, si­ba­phe ba­dleq?

38 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­le­zi­nkwa ezi­nga­ki? Ha­mba­ni li­ye­bo­na. Se­be­sa­zi ba­thi: Zi­nhla­nu, le­nhla­nzi ezi­mbi­li.

39 Wa­se­ba­la­ya uku­thi ba­ba­hla­li­se bo­nke pha­nsi nge­zi­ga­ba nge­zi­ga­ba etsha­ni­ni obu­lu­hla­zar.

40 Ba­se­be­hla­la pha­nsi nga­ma­vi­yo nga­ma­vi­yo, nga­ma­khu­lu la­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nus.

41 Wa­se­tha­tha izi­nkwa ezi­nhla­nu le­nhla­nzi ezi­mbi­li, ekha­nge­la phe­zu­lu ezu­lwi­ni, wa­bo­nga, wa­zi­hle­phu­la izi­nkwa, wazi­ni­ka aba­fu­ndi ba­khe uku­thi bazi­be­ke pha­mbi kwa­bo; le­nhla­nzi ezi­mbi­li wa­za­be­la bo­nke.

42 Ba­se­be­si­dla bo­nke, ba­su­tha.

43 Ba­se­be­do­bha izi­tsha ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li eza­gcwa­la imvu­thu eza­zi­se­le, loku­se­le­yo kwe­nhla­nzi.

44 La­la­bo aba­dla­yo izi­nkwa, ba­be­nga­ba nga­ma­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nu.

UJe­su uha­mba phe­zu ko­lwa­ndle

45 Nja­lo wa­hle wa­ci­nde­ze­la aba­fu­ndi ba­khet uku­thi ba­nge­ne emkhu­nji­ni, nja­lo bamqa­le­le uku­ya nga­phe­tshe­yau eBhe­thi­sa­yi­da2v, ye­na esa­ye­ke­la ixu­ku li­ha­mba.

46 Ese­ba­va­le­li­si­le, wa­su­ka wa­ya enta­be­niw uku­ya­khu­le­kax.

47 Se­ku­hlwi­le, umkhu­mbi wa­wu­pha­ka­thi ko­lwa­ndle, fu­thi ye­na wa­ye­ye­dwa emhla­ba­thi­ni.

48 Wa­ba­bo­na be­hlu­phe­ka ka­khu­lu eku­gwe­dle­ni, ngo­ba umo­ya wa­wu­pha­mbe­ne la­bo, wa­se­si­za ku­bo so­ku­nga­ba yi­si­kha­thi so­mli­ndo we­si­ne wo­bu­su­ku, eha­mba phe­zu ko­lwa­ndle; wa­se­fu­na uku­ba­dlu­lay.

49 Se­be­mbo­ni­le eha­mba phe­zu ko­lwa­ndle, ba­se­be­ca­ba­nga uku­thi li­tho­nga, ba­kha­la ka­khu­lu;

50 ngo­ba ba­mbo­na bo­nke, be­thu­ka. Ko­dwa wa­hle wa­khu­lu­ma la­bo, wa­thi ku­bo: Ma­ni­ni isi­bi­ndi; yi­mi, li­nge­sa­bi.

51 Wa­se­se­nyu­ke­la ku­bo emkhu­nji­ni, umo­ya wa­su­thu­la; ba­se­be­sa­nga­ni­se­ka ka­khu­lu okwe­dlu­la ama­la­wu­lo nga­pha­ka­thi, ba­ma­nga­laz.

52 Ngo­ba ba­be­nga­qe­di­si­sa­nga nge­zi­nkwaa; ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­bo ya­yi­lu­khu­nib.

UJe­su usi­li­sa eli­zwe­ni le­Ge­ne­sa­re­tha

53 Kwa­thi se­be­cha­phi­le ba­fi­ka eli­zwe­ni le­Ge­ne­sa­re­tha, ba­bo­phe­la umkhu­mbi ekhu­nji­ni.

54 Ba­thi se­be­phu­mi­le emkhu­nji­ni, ba­hle ba­ma­zi,

55 ba­gi­ji­me­la ku­so so­nke le­so­si­ga­ba esi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo, ba­qa­la uku­bho­da be­thwa­la aba­gu­la­yo nga­ma­tha­la be­ba­sa la­pho abe­be­si­zwa uku­thi ukho­na.

56 Nja­lo lo­ba nga­phi ange­na kho­na emi­za­ne­ni lo­ba emi­zi­ni, lo­ba ema­pha­ndle­ni, ba­be­ka aba­gu­la­yo emi­da­nge­ni, ba­mnce­nga uku­thi ba­thi­nte umphe­tho we­se­mba­tho sa­khe nje; nja­lo bo­nke aba­mthi­nta­yo ba­si­ndi­swa.

Aba­Fa­ri­si la­ba­bha­li ba­so­lwa nge­nxa ye­zi­mi­so za­bo

7Kwa­se­ku­bu­tha­na ku­ye aba­Fa­ri­si, la­ba­nye ba­ba­bha­li, aba­be­ve­la eJe­ru­sa­le­maa;

2 se­be­bo­ni­le uku­thi aba­nye ba­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­dla izi­nkwa nge­za­ndla ezi­ngco­li­le­yo, oku­yi­ku­thi ezi­nga­ge­zwa­nga, ba­so­la.

3 Ngo­ba aba­Fa­ri­si la­ma­Ju­da bo­nke ka­ba­dli, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi ba­ge­zi­si­se iza­ndla za­bo, be­lo­ndo­lo­za isi­ko la­ba­da­lab.

4 Nxa be­ve­la emda­nge­ni, ka­ba­dli, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi ba­ge­zec; fu­thi zi­kho­na ezi­nye izi­nto ezi­ne­ngi aba­ze­mu­ke­la­yo uku­zi­lo­ndo­lo­za, uku­ge­zi­sad inke­zo le­mbi­za le­zi­tsha ze­thu­si le­mi­bhe­dae.

5 Emva kwa­lo­khu aba­Fa­ri­si la­ba­bha­li ba­mbu­za ba­thi: Ku­nga­ni aba­fu­ndi ba­kho be­nga­ha­mbi nge­si­ko la­ba­da­la, ko­dwa ba­dla isi­nkwa nge­za­ndla ezi­nga­hla­njwa­ngaf?

6 Ko­dwa wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: UI­sa­ya wa­pro­fe­tha ku­hle nga­ni li­na ba­ze­nzi­si, nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Le­si­si­zwe si­ngi­du­mi­sa nge­zi­nde­be, ko­dwa inhli­zi­yo ya­bo ikha­tsha­na la­mig.

7 Ko­dwa zi­ngi­kho­nza nge­ze, zi­fu­ndi­sa izi­mfu­ndi­so ezi­yi­mi­la­yo ya­ba­ntu.

8 Ngo­ba li­ye­ke­la umla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, li­gci­ne isi­ko la­ba­ntu, uku­ge­zi­sa imbi­za le­nke­zoh; le­zi­nye izi­nto ezi­ne­ngi ezi­nja­lo li­ya­ze­nzai.

9 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­ya­chi­tha ku­hle umla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uku­ze li­lo­ndo­lo­ze isi­ko le­nuj.

10 Ngo­ba uMo­zi­si wa­thi: Hlo­ni­pha uyi­hlo lo­nyo­kok; lo­ku­thi: Othu­ka uyi­se ku­mbe uni­na ku­me­le afe uku­fal;

11 ko­dwa li­na li­thi: Alu­ba umu­ntu esi­thi ku­yi­se ku­mbe ku­ni­na: Lo­kho obu­nga­si­zwa yi­mi nga­kho, "li­Kho­ba­ne", oku­yi­ku­thi umni­ke­lo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu;

12 ka­li­sa­mvu­me­li ukwe­nze­la uyi­se ku­mbe uni­na ulu­thom,

13 li­le­nza ize ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­si­ko le­nu eli­li­qhu­ba­yo; le­zi­nto ezi­ne­ngi ezi­nja­lo li­ya­ze­nzan.

14 Ese­bi­zi­le ku­ye ixu­ku lo­nke, wa­thi ki­lo: Ngi­la­le­la­ni lo­nke, li­qe­di­si­se.

15 Ka­lu­kho ulu­tho olu­nga­pha­ndle ko­mu­ntu olu­nga­mngco­li­sa lu­nge­na ku­ye; ko­dwa izi­nto ezi­phu­ma ku­ye, yi­zo le­zo ezi­ngco­li­sa umu­ntu.

16 Uba ekho­na ole­ndle­be zo­ku­zwa ake­zweo.

17 Ese­nge­ni­le endli­ni eve­la exu­kwi­nip, aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­mbu­za ngo­mfa­ne­ki­soq.

18 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ngo­ku­nja­lo la­ni li­nga­ba­nge­la­ku­qe­di­si­sa yi­ni? Ka­li­qe­di­si­si yi­ni uku­thi ko­nke oku­nga­pha­ndle oku­nge­na emu­ntwi­ni ku­nge­mngco­li­se?

19 Ngo­ba ka­ku­nge­ni enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe, ko­dwa esi­swi­ni; ku­phu­me­la nga­pha­ndle, ku­hla­mbu­lu­la uku­dla ko­nke.

20 Wa­se­si­thi: Oku­phu­ma­yo emu­ntwi­ni, yi­kho oku­ngco­li­sa umu­ntu.

21 Ngo­ba ku­phu­ma nga­pha­ka­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­ba­ntu imi­ca­ba­ngo emi­bi, uku­phi­nga, uku­fe­ba, uku­bu­la­la,

22 ukwe­ba, ubu­hwa­bar1, uku­xhwa­las, inko­hli­so, ama­nya­lat, ili­hlo eli­biu, inhla­mba, uku­zi­gqa­jav, ubu­thu­thaw;

23 zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto ezi­mbi zi­ve­la nga­pha­ka­thi, zi­mngco­li­se umu­ntu.

Owe­si­fa­za­na we­Si­ro­fe­ni­ke

24 Wa­se­su­ku­ma la­pho wa­ya emi­kha­wu­lwe­ni ye­Ti­re le­Si­do­nix. Wa­nge­na endli­ni, enga­tha­ndi uku­thi umu­ntu akwa­zi, ko­dwa wa­ye­nge­la­ku­fi­hla­ka­la.

25 Ngo­ba owe­si­fa­za­na, ole­nto­mba­za­na ya­khe elo­mo­ya ongco­li­le­yo, ese­zwi­le nga­ye, we­za wa­wa pha­nsi enya­we­ni za­khe;

26 nja­lo owe­si­fa­za­na wa­ye­ngu­mGri­ki, engu­mSi­ro­fe­ni­ke ngo­ku­za­lway; wa­se­mnce­nga uku­thi akhu­phe idi­mo­ni endo­da­ka­zi­ni ya­khe.

27 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ake ku­su­the aba­ntwa­na ku­qa­la; ngo­ba ka­ku­ku­hle uku­tha­tha isi­nkwa sa­ba­ntwa­na si­si­pho­se­le izi­nja­na.

28 Ko­dwa wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Ye­bo, Nko­si; ko­dwa le­zi­nja­na ezi­nga­pha­nsi kwe­ta­fu­la zi­ya­dla imvu­thu­lu­ka ya­ba­ntwa­na.

29 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu­ku­tsho ha­mba-ke; idi­mo­ni li­phu­mi­le endo­da­ka­zi­ni ya­kho.

30 Wa­se­su­ka wa­ya endli­ni ya­khe, wa­fi­ca idi­mo­ni se­li­phu­mi­le, le­ndo­da­ka­zi ile­le embhe­de­niz.

Isa­cu­the esi­ga­ga­sa­yo si­ya­si­li­swa

31 Wa­se­bu­ya wa­su­kaa emi­kha­wu­lwe­ni ye­Ti­re le­Si­do­nib, we­za elwa­ndle lwe­Ga­li­lic, pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­kha­wu­lo ye­Di­ka­po­li­sid.

32 Ba­se­be­le­tha ku­ye isa­cu­the esi­ga­ga­sa­yoe, ba­mnce­nga uku­thi abe­ke isa­ndla sa­khe phe­zu kwa­sof.

33 Wa­se­si­khu­pha exu­kwi­ni sa­ba­so­dwa, wa­fa­ka imi­nwe ya­khe endle­be­ni za­sog, wa­kha­fu­lah wa­thi­nta uli­mi lwa­soi,

34 ekha­nge­la phe­zu­lu ezu­lwi­nij, wa­bu­bu­lak, wa­thi ku­so: "E­fa­tha"; oku­yi­ku­thi: Vu­lwal!

35 Nja­lo za­hle za­vu­lwa indle­be za­so; ya­si­thu­ku­lu­lwa inta­mbo yo­li­mi lwa­so, sa­se­si­khu­lu­ma sa­qo­ndam.

36 Wa­se­ba­la­ya uku­thi ba­nga­tshe­li mu­ntun; ko­dwa la­nxao wa­ye­ba­la­yi­le ka­khu­lu, kwa­ng'kho­na be­ku­me­me­ze­la nga­ma­ndlap.

37 Ba­se­be­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lu­ka­zi si­bi­li, ba­thi: Uze­nzi­le ku­hle izi­nto zo­nke; we­nza ko­ku­bi­li iza­cu­the uku­thi zi­zwe, le­zi­mu­ngu­lu uku­thi zi­khu­lu­meq.

UJe­su usu­thi­sa ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­ne

8Nga­le­zo­nsu­ku kwa­ku­kho­na ixu­ku eli­khu­lu ka­khu­lu, nja­lo la­li­nge­la­kho oko­ku­dlaa, uJe­su wa­bi­ze­la ku­ye aba­fu­ndi ba­khe wa­thi ku­bo:

2 Ngi­le­si­he­lo nge­xu­ku; ngo­ba se­be­hle­zi la­mi insu­ku ezi­nta­thu, be­nge­la­lu­tho lo­ku­dla;

3 nja­lo uba ngi­ba­ye­ke­la ba­ye ema­kha­ya abo be­nga­dla­nga, ba­za­ya­tha endle­le­ni; ngo­ba aba­nye ba­bo ba­ve­la kha­tsha­nab.

4 Aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­se­be­mphe­ndu­la ba­thi: Zi­nga­ve­la nga­phi izi­nkwa umu­ntu anga­su­thi­sa nga­zo la­ba la­pha enka­nga­la?

5 Wa­se­ba­bu­za wa­thi: Li­le­zi­nkwa ezi­nga­ki? Ba­se­be­si­thi: Ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

6 Wa­se­la­ya ixu­ku uku­thi li­hla­le pha­nsi emhla­ba­thi­ni; wa­se­tha­tha izi­nkwa ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ese­bo­ngi­le wazi­hle­phu­la wazi­ni­ka aba­fu­ndi ba­khe, uku­thi ba­be­ke pha­mbi kwa­bo; ba­se­be­be­ka pha­mbi kwe­xu­ku.

7 Nja­lo ba­be­le­nhla­nza­na ezi­nlu­tshwa­na; ese­bu­si­si­le wa­thi ba­zi­be­ke la­zo pha­mbi kwa­bo.

8 Ba­se­be­si­dla, ba­su­tha; ba­se­be­do­bha imvu­thu eza­zi­se­le, izi­tsha ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

9 La­ba­be­dli­le ba­be­nga­ba zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­ne; wa­se­ba­ye­ke­la ba­ha­mba.

10 Nja­lo wa­hle wa­nge­nac emkhu­nji­ni la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khed, we­za ku­ngxe­nye ze­Da­lma­nu­thae.

Aba­fu­na isi­bo­na­ka­li­so

11 Aba­Fa­ri­si ba­se­be­phu­ma, ba­qa­la uku­phi­ki­sa­na la­ye, be­fu­ni­si­sa ku­ye isi­bo­na­ka­li­so esi­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni, be­mli­nga.

12 Wa­se­bu­bu­la ka­khu­lu emo­ye­ni wa­khe wa­thif: Le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­na si­di­nge­la­ni isi­bo­na­ka­li­so? Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Qi­ni­so aku­la­si­bo­na­ka­li­so esi­za­ni­kwa ku­le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­na.

13 Wa­se­ba­tshi­ya, wa­nge­na emkhu­nji­ni fu­thi, wa­su­ka wa­ya nga­phe­tshe­yag.

UJe­su ukhu­za aba­fu­ndi ngo­ku­nga­qe­di­si­si kwa­bo

14 Nja­lo aba­fu­ndi ba­be­kho­hli­we uku­tha­tha izi­nkwa, be­nge­lalu­tho emkhu­nji­ni nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­nkwa esi­so­dwa.

15 Wa­se­ba­la­ya, wa­thi: Na­nze­le­la­ni, li­qa­phe­le imvu­be­lo ya­ba­Fa­ri­sih le­mvu­be­lo ka­He­ro­dii.

16 Ba­se­be­zi­ndli­sa­na, be­si­thi: Ngo­ba ka­si­la­zi­nkwaj.

17 UJe­su ese­kwa­zi wa­thi ku­bo: Ku­nga­ni li­khu­lu­mi­sa­na ngo­ku­thi ka­li­la­zi­nkwak? Ka­li­ka­bo­ni, nja­lo ka­li­qe­di­si­si yi­nil? Lo­khe li­le­nhli­zi­yo ezi­lu­khu­ni yi­ni?

18 Li­la­me­hlo ka­li­bo­ni yi­ni? Fu­thi li­le­ndle­be ka­li­zwa yi­ni? Nja­lo ka­li­khu­mbu­li yi­nim?

19 Mhla nga­hle­phu­le­la aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nu izi­nkwa ezi­nhla­nun, la­do­bha izi­tsha ezi­nga­ki ezi­gcwe­le imvu­thu? Ba­thi ku­ye: Ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

20 Nja­lo mhla zi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa kwa­ba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­neo, la­do­bha izi­tsha ezi­nga­ki ezi­gcwe­le imvu­thu? Ba­se­be­si­thi: Ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

21 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Yi­ni­nda­ba li­nga­qe­di­si­sip?

Isi­pho­fu se­Bhe­thi­sa­yi­da

22 Wa­se­fi­ka eBhe­thi­sa­yi­daq. Ba­se­be­le­tha ku­ye isi­pho­fu, ba­mnce­nga uku­thi asi­thi­nter.

23 Wa­se­si­ba­mba isi­pho­fu nge­sa­ndla, wa­si­khu­phe­la nga­pha­ndle ko­mza­nas; ese­kha­fu­le­le eme­hlwe­ni asot, wa­be­ka iza­ndla za­khe phe­zu kwa­sou, wa­si­bu­za uku­thi nga­be si­bo­na ulu­tho.

24 Sa­se­si­kha­nge­la phe­zu­lu sa­thi: Ngi­bo­na aba­ntu be­ha­mba­ha­mba ku­nga­thi yi­zi­hla­hla.

25 Emva kwa­lo­khu wa­bu­ya wa­be­ka iza­ndla za­khe phe­zu kwa­me­hlo aso, wa­se­nza sa­kha­nge­la phe­zu­lu; sa­se­si­si­li­swa, sa­bo­na bo­nke ngo­ku­ca­ci­le­yov.

26 Wa­se­si­thu­ma endli­ni ya­so, wa­thi: Unga­nge­ni emza­ne­niw, nja­lo unga­tshe­li mu­ntu lo­ye­dwa emza­ne­nix.

Isi­vu­mo so­kho­lo si­ka­Pe­tro

27 UJe­su wa­se­phu­ma la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­ya emi­za­ne­ni ye­Ke­sa­ri­ya ye­Fi­li­phuy; be­se­ndle­le­ni wa­ba­bu­za aba­fu­ndi ba­khe, wa­thi ku­bo: Aba­ntu ba­thi ngi­ngu­ba­ni?

28 Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: UJo­ha­ne uMbha­bha­thi­zi; la­ba­nye: UE­li­ja; la­ba­nye: Omu­nye wa­ba­pro­fe­thi.

29 Ye­na wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­na-ke li­thi ngi­ngu­ba­ni? UPe­tro wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: We­na ungu­Kri­stu.

30 Wa­se­ba­la­yi­si­saz uku­thia ba­nga­tshe­li mu­ntu nga­yeb.

UJe­su ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­fa lo­ku­vu­ka kwa­khe

31 Wa­se­qa­la uku­ba­fu­ndi­sac, uku­thi iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ime­le uku­hlu­phe­ka izi­nto ezi­ne­ngi, ila­hlwe nga­ba­da­la la­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­bha­li, ibu­la­we, ibu­ye ivu­ke emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thud.

32 Wa­se­li­khu­lu­ma le­li­li­zwi oba­la. UPe­tro wa­se­mtha­tha wa­qa­la uku­mkhu­za.

33 Ko­dwa etshi­bi­li­ka, wa­bo­na aba­fu­ndi ba­khe, wa­mkhu­za uPe­tro, wa­thi: Su­ka nge­mva kwa­mi, Sa­tha­ne; ngo­ba ka­wu­ca­ba­ngi nge­zi­nto zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ko­dwa nge­za­ba­ntu.

Uku­hlu­tshwa ku­ka­Je­su lo­kwa­ba­mla­nde­la­yo

34 Kwa­thi ese­bi­ze­le ku­ye ixu­ku ka­nye la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe, wa­thi ku­bo: Uba umu­ntu etha­nda uku­za nge­mva kwa­mi, ka­zi­de­le, atha­the isi­pha­mba­no sa­khe, angi­la­nde­le.

35 Ngo­ba lo­ba ngu­ba­ni otha­nda uku­si­ndi­sa impi­lo ya­khe, iza­mla­hle­ke­la; ko­dwa lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ola­hle­ke­lwa yi­mpi­lo ya­khe nge­nxa ya­mi le­va­nge­li, ye­na uza­yi­si­ndi­sa.

36 Ngo­ba ku­za­msi­za­ni umu­ntu, nxa ezu­za umhla­ba wo­nke, ko­dwa ala­hle­ke­lwe ngu­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe?

37 Ku­mbe umu­ntu uza­ni­ka­ni ku­be li­hla­wu­lo lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khee?

38 Ngo­ba lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ole­nhlo­ni nga­mi la­nga­ma­zwi amif ku­le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­na esi­fe­ba­yo le­so­na­ke­le­yo, iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu la­yo iza­ku­ba le­nhlo­ni nga­yeg, nxa isi­za enka­zi­mu­lwe­ni ka­Yi­se ka­nye le­ngi­lo­si ezi­ngcwe­leh.

9Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Ba­kho­na aba­nye kwa­be­mi­yo la­pha, aba­nga­so­ze be­zwe uku­fa, ba­ze ba­bo­ne umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu usu­fi­ki­le nga­ma­ndlaa.

Uku­kha­zi­mu­li­swa ku­ka­Je­su enta­be­ni

2 Emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­thu­pha uJe­su wa­se­tha­tha uPe­tro lo­Ja­ko­be lo­Jo­ha­ne, wa­se­ba­khu­phu­le­la enta­be­ni ende ebe­hlu­ka­ni­sa bo­dwab; wa­se­gu­qu­lwa isi­mo pha­mbi kwa­bo;

3 le­ze­mba­tho za­khe za­cwa­zi­mu­la, za­ba mhlo­phe nke nje­nge­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo, ka­ku­la­mco­li we­le­mbu emhla­be­ni onga­ze­nza zi­be mhlo­phe ka­nga­koc.

4 Kwa­se­ku­bo­na­ka­la ku­bo uE­li­ja elo­Mo­zi­si, nja­lo be­khu­lu­ma lo­Je­su.

5 UPe­tro wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­Je­su: Ra­bi*, ku­hle uku­thi si­be la­phad; fu­thi asa­khe ama­du­mba ama­tha­thu, eli­nye nge­la­kho, le­li­nye nge­li­ka­Mo­zi­si, le­li­nye nge­li­kaE­li­ja.

6 Ngo­ba wa­ye­nga­kwa­zi anga­ku­tsho; ngo­ba ba­be­se­sa­ba ka­khu­lue.

7 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka iye­zi la­ba­si­be­ke­la; kwa­ba le­li­zwi eli­ve­la eye­zi­ni, li­si­thi: Lo uyi­Ndo­da­na ya­mi etha­nde­ka­yo; zwa­ni­ni yo­na.

8 Nja­lo ba­hle ba­tha­la­za, ka­ba­be be­sa­bo­na mu­ntu, ko­dwa uJe­su ye­dwa ela­bo.

9 Kwa­thi be­se­hla enta­be­nif, wa­ba­la­ya uku­thi ba­nga­tshe­li mu­ntu izi­nto aba­zi­bo­ni­le­yo, ize ivu­ke kwa­ba­fi­le­yo iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntug.

10 Nja­lo ba­zi­gci­ne­la le­li­li­zwi, be­bu­za­na uku­thi ku­tsho­ni uku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­yo.

11 Ba­se­be­mbu­za, be­si­thi: Ba­tsho­lo­ni aba­bha­li uku­thi uE­li­ja ufa­ne­le uku­fi­ka ku­qa­la?

12 Wa­se­phe­ndu­la, wa­thi ku­bo: UE­li­ja ufi­ka ku­qa­la isi­bi­li, abu­yi­se­le zo­nke izi­nto; nja­lo ku­bha­lwe nja­ni nge­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntuh, uku­thi ime­le ihlu­phe­ke izi­nto ezi­ne­ngi nja­lo ide­le­lwei.

13 Ko­dwa ngi­tsho ki­ni uku­thi uE­li­ja la­ye se­wa­fi­ka, ba­se­be­se­nza ku­ye ko­nke aba­ku­tha­nda­yo, nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo nga­ye.

Uku­si­li­swa ko­mfa­na owa­ye­le­si­thu­thwa­ne

14 Kwa­thi efi­ka ku­ba­fu­ndi, wa­bo­na ixu­ku eli­khu­lu li­ba­ha­nqi­lej, la­ba­bha­li be­phi­ki­sa­na la­bok.

15 La­hle la­thi uku­mbo­na ixu­ku lo­nke la­se­li­ma­nga­la, la­gi­ji­me­la kuye la­mbi­nge­le­lal.

16 Wa­se­ba­bu­za aba­bha­li wa­thi: Li­phi­ki­sa­na nga­ni la­bom?

17 Omu­nye we­xu­ku wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Mfu­ndi­si, ngi­le­the ku­we indo­da­na ya­mi, elo­mo­ya oyi­si­mu­ngu­lu;

18 ku­thi lo­ba nga­phi oyi­ba­mba kho­na, uyi­da­bu­le; ikhi­hli­ze ama­gwe­bu, ige­dle ama­zi­nyo ayo, yo­me qhan; nja­lo ngi­khu­lu­me la­ba­fu­ndi ba­kho uku­thi ba­wu­khu­phe, ko­dwa be­hlu­le­ka.

19 Wa­se­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: O si­zu­ku­lwa­na esi­nge­la­kho­lo, ko­ze ku­be ni­ni ngi­la­ni? Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni ngi­li­be­ke­ze­le­la? Ile­the­ni ki­mi.

20 Ba­se­be­yi­le­tha ku­ye; kwa­thi umbo­na, umo­ya wa­hle wa­yi­hlu­ku­za; ya­we­la emhla­ba­thi­nio, ya­zi­gi­qa­gi­qa ikhi­hli­za ama­gwe­bup.

21 Wa­se­bu­za uyi­se wa­thi: Ku­le­si­kha­thi esi­nga­ka­na­ni, lo­khu kwe­nze­ka ki­yo? Wa­se­si­thi: Ku­su­ke­la ebu­ntwa­ne­ni.

22 Fu­thi uyi­pho­se­le ka­ne­ngi emli­lwe­ni le­ma­nzi­ni, uku­ze uyi­bhu­bhi­se; ko­dwa nxa ku­kho­na onga­kwe­nza, si­ha­wu­ke­le, usi­si­ze.

23 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Nxa use­ne­li­sa uku­kho­lwa, zo­nke izi­nto zi­ye­nze­ka ko­kho­lwa­yo.

24 Nja­lo uyi­se wo­mntwa­na wa­hle wa­me­me­za nge­zi­nye­mbe­zi wa­thi: Ngi­ya­kho­lwa, Nko­si, si­za uku­nga­kho­lwa kwa­miq.

25 Kwa­thi uJe­su ese­bo­na uku­thi ixu­ku li­gi­ji­ma ka­nye­ka­nye nda­wo­nye, wa­khu­za umo­ya ongco­li­le­yo, esi­thi ku­wo: We­na mo­ya oyi­si­mu­ngu­lu lo­yi­sa­cu­the, mi­na ngi­ya­ku­la­ya: Phu­ma ku­ye, unga­be usa­nge­na ku­yer.

26 Usu­me­me­zi­le, wa­yi­hlu­ku­za ka­khu­lu, wa­phu­mas; ya­si­si­ba nje­ngo­fi­le­yo, kwa­ze kwa­thi aba­ne­ngi ba­thi isi­fi­le.

27 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­yi­ba­mba nge­sa­ndla, wa­yi­pha­ka­mi­sa; ya­si­su­ku­ma.

28 Wa­thi ese­nge­ni­le endli­nit, aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­mbu­za be­bo­dwa ba­thi: Ku­nga­ni thi­na se­hlu­le­ki­le uku­wu­khu­pha?

29 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Lo­lu­hlo­bo lu­nge­ke lu­phu­me nga­lu­tho, nga­pha­ndle ko­mkhu­le­ko lo­ku­zi­la uku­dla.

UJe­su uphi­nda akhu­lu­me ngo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­khe

30 Ba­se­be­su­ka la­pho ba­da­bu­la eGa­li­liu; wa­ye­nga­tha­ndi uku­thi lo­ba ngu­ba­ni akwa­zi,

31 ngo­ba wa­ye­fu­ndi­sa aba­fu­ndi ba­khe, esi­thi ku­bo: INdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu iza­ni­ke­lwa eza­ndle­ni za­ba­ntu, nja­lo ba­za­yi­bu­la­la; isi­bu­le­we iza­vu­ka ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu.

32 Ko­dwa ka­ba­qe­di­si­sa­nga lu­mu­tsho, be­sa­ba uku­mbu­zav.

UJe­su ufu­ndi­sa ngo­ku­tho­be­ka

33 Wa­se­fi­ka eKa­pe­na­wu­mew. Kwa­thi ese­ndli­ni wa­ba­bu­za wa­thi: Be­li­phi­ki­sa­na nga­nix endle­le­niy?

34 Ko­dwa ba­thu­la; ngo­ba endle­le­ni ba­be­phi­ki­se­ne ngo­ku­thi ngu­ba­ni omkhu­luz.

35 Wa­se­hla­la pha­nsi wa­bi­za aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, wa­thi ku­bo: Uba umu­ntu etha­nda uku­ba ngo­wo­ku­qa­la, uza­ku­ba ngo­wo­ku­ci­na ku­bo bo­nkea, le­si­se­be­nzi sa­bo bo­nkeb.

36 Wa­se­tha­tha umntwa­na omnca­ne, wa­mmi­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­boc; wa­mgo­na, wa­thi ku­bod:

37 Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni owe­mu­ke­la omu­nye wa­ba­ntwa­na aba­nca­ne aba­nje ebi­zwe­ni la­mi, we­mu­ke­la mi­na; nja­lo lo­ba ngu­ba­ni owe­mu­ke­la mi­na, ke­mu­ke­li mi­na, ko­dwa ye­na ongi­thu­mi­le­yoe.

38 UJo­ha­ne wa­se­mphe­ndu­la, wa­thi: Mfu­ndi­si, sa­bo­na omu­nye onga­si­la­nde­li­yof ekhu­pha ama­di­mo­ni nge­bi­zo la­kho; sa­se­si­me­nqa­be­la, ngo­ba enga­si­la­nde­lig.

39 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi: Li­nga­me­nqa­be­li; ngo­ba ka­kho owe­nza umse­be­nzi wa­ma­ndla ebi­zwe­ni la­mi, nja­lo ola­ma­ndla oku­khu­lu­ma ku­bi nga­mi ma­si­nya­neh;

40 ngo­ba onga­me­la­ni la­thi, ungo­we­thui.

41 Ngo­ba lo­ba ngu­ba­ni oza­li­na­thi­sa inke­zo ya­ma­nzi nge­bi­zo la­mi, ngo­ba li­nga­ba­ka­Kri­stu, ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Ka­so­ze ala­hle­ke­lwa ngu­mvu­zo wa­khej.

Izi­khu­be­ki­so

42 Fu­thi lo­ba ngu­ba­ni okhu­be­ki­sa omu­nye wa­la­ba aba­nci­nya­ne aba­kho­lwa ki­mi, ku­ngco­no ku­ye uku­thi ili­tshe lo­ku­cho­la li­ga­xwe enta­nye­ni ya­khe, abe­se­pho­se­lwa olwa­ndlek.

43 Nja­lo uba isa­ndla sa­kho si­ku­khu­be­ki­sa, si­qu­me; ku­ngco­no ku­we uku­nge­na eku­phi­le­ni uyi­ngi­nil, ku­lo­ku­thi ule­za­ndla ezi­mbi­li usu­ke uye esi­ho­gwe­nim, emli­lwe­ni onga­ci­tshe­ki­yon,

44 la­pho impe­thu ya­bo enga­fi kho­na, lo­mli­lo onga­ci­tshi kho­nao.

45 Nja­lo uba unya­wo lwa­kho lu­ku­khu­be­ki­sa, lu­qu­mep; ku­ngco­no ku­we uku­nge­na eku­phi­le­ni uyi­si­qhwa­la, ku­lo­ku­thi ule­nya­wo ezi­mbi­li upho­se­lwe esi­ho­gwe­niq, emli­lwe­ni onga­ci­tshe­ki­yor,

46 la­pho impe­thu ya­bo enga­fi kho­na, lo­mli­lo onga­ci­tshi kho­nas.

47 Nja­lo uba ili­hlo la­kho li­ku­khu­be­ki­sa, li­khu­phe; ku­ngco­no ku­we uku­nge­na embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ule­li­hlo eli­lo­dwat, ku­lo­ku­thi ula­me­hlo ama­bi­li upho­se­lwe esi­ho­gwe­ni so­mli­lou,

48 la­pho impe­thu ya­bo enga­fi kho­na, lo­mli­lo onga­ci­tshi kho­nav.

Nge­tshwa­yi

49 Ngo­ba wo­nke uza­tshwa­ywa ngo­mli­low; nja­lox wo­nke umhla­tshe­lo uza­tshwa­ywa nge­tshwa­yiy.

50 Itshwa­yi li­hlez; ko­dwa uba itshwa­yi li­nge­la­bu­tshwa­yi, li­za­li­vu­se­le­la nga­niab? Ba­ni­ni le­tshwa­yi pha­ka­thi kwe­nuc, nja­lo li­hla­li­sa­ned ngo­ku­thu­lae.

Uku­hla­li­sa­na kwa­ba­tha­the­ne­yo

10Wa­se­su­ku­ma la­pho we­za emi­ngce­le­ni ye­Ju­di­ya eda­bu­la nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni; ama­xu­ku ase­bu­ya abu­tha­na ku­yea; wa­se­phi­nda uku­ba­fu­ndi­sa, nje­ngo­kwe­jwa­ye­la kwa­kheb.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­za ku­ye aba­Fa­ri­si ba­mbu­za uku­thi: Ku­vu­nye­lwe yi­ni uku­thi indo­da ya­le umkayo? be­mli­ngac.

3 Wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: UMo­zi­si wa­li­la­ya­ni?

4 Ba­se­be­si­thi: UMo­zi­si wa­vu­ma uku­bha­la incwa­di ye­se­hlu­ka­ni­so, lo­kuma­la.

5 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Nge­nxa yo­bu­lu­khu­ni be­nhli­zi­yo ye­nu wa­li­bha­le­la lu­mla­yo;

6 ko­dwa ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­ni ko­ku­da­li­we­yo, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­be­nza owe­si­li­sa lo­we­si­fa­za­na.

7 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu indo­da iza­tshi­ya uyi­se lo­ni­na, ina­ma­the­le ku­mka­yo,

8 nja­lo la­bo aba­bi­li ba­za­ku­ba nya­ma­nyed. Nga­kho ka­ba­se­ba­bi­li, ko­dwa ba­nya­ma­nye.

9 Nga­kho lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu aku­hla­nga­ni­si­le­yo, ka­ku­nga­bi la­mu­ntu okwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa­yo.

10 Endli­ni aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­se­be­bu­ya be­mbu­za nga­lo­khu.

11 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni owa­la umka­khe atha­the omu­nye, uya­fe­ba ku­ye;

12 lo­mfa­zi uba esa­la indo­da ya­khe ende­le kwe­nye, uya­fe­bae.

Uku­bu­si­swa kwa­ba­ntwa­na aba­nca­ne

13 Ba­se­be­le­tha aba­ntwa­na aba­nca­ne ku­ye uku­ze aba­ba­mbe; ko­dwa aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­ba­khu­za ababa­le­tha­yo.

14 Ko­dwa uJe­su eku­bo­na wa­thu­ku­the­la, wa­thi ku­bo: Vu­me­la­ni aba­ntwa­na aba­nca­ne be­ze ki­mif, li­nga­be­nqa­be­li. Ngo­ba umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ungo­wa­ba­njeg.

15 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onge­mu­ke­li umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nje­ngo­mntwa­na omnca­ne, ka­so­ze ange­ne ku­wo.

16 Nja­lo eba­go­na, ebe­ka iza­ndla za­khe phe­zu kwa­bo, wa­ba­bu­si­sah.

Ija­ha eli­no­thi­le­yo

17 Ese­phu­me­le endle­le­ni, omu­nye wamgi­ji­me­lai, egu­qa pha­mbi kwa­khe wa­mbu­za wa­thi: Mfu­ndi­si olu­ngi­le­yo, ngi­nge­nza­ni uku­ze ngi­dle ili­fa le­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­dej?

18 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ungi­bi­ze­la­ni ngo­ku­thi olu­ngi­le­yo? Ka­kho olu­ngi­le­yo, nga­pha­ndle ko­ye­dwa, uNku­lu­nku­lu.

19 Uya­ya­zi imi­la­yo ethi: Unga­fe­bi, unga­bu­la­li, unge­bi, unga­fa­ka­zi ama­ngak, unga­dle­le­ze­lil, hlo­ni­pha uyi­hlo lo­nyo­kom.

20 Wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Mfu­ndi­si, le­zi­zi­nto zo­nke ngi­zi­gci­ni­le ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni ba­mi.

21 Nja­lo uJe­su emkha­nge­la wa­mtha­ndan, wa­thi ku­ye: Ku­nye oku­swe­le­yo; ha­mba, uthe­ngi­se ko­nke ola­kho, uphe aba­ya­nga, nja­lo uza­ku­ba lo­ku­li­gu­gu ezu­lwi­ni; nja­lo uze, utha­the isi­pha­mba­no, ungi­la­nde­leo.

22 Ko­dwa eda­ni­le nga­le­li­li­zwi wa­su­ka wa­ha­mba eda­bu­ki­le; ngo­ba wa­ye­le­mpa­hla ezi­ne­ngi.

23 UJe­su wa­se­tha­la­za wa­thi ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe: Ku­za­ku­ba lu­khu­ni ka­nga­ka­na­ni kwa­ba­le­no­tho uku­nge­na embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

24 Aba­fu­ndi ba­se­be­ma­nga­la nga­ma­zwi akhep. Ko­dwa uJe­su ephe­ndu­la fu­thi wa­thi ku­bo: Ba­ntwa­na, ku­lu­khu­ni ka­nga­ka­na­ni kwa­ba­the­mbe­la eno­thwe­ni uku­nge­na embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu;

25 ku­lu­la uku­thi ika­me­la li­thu­tshe entu­nje­ni ye­na­li­thi, ku­lo­ku­thi umu­ntu ono­thi­le­yo ange­ne embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luq.

26 Ba­se­be­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lu­ka­zi, be­khu­lu­mi­sa­na ba­thi: Pho ku­nga­si­ndi­swa ba­nir?

27 UJe­su wa­se­ba­kha­nge­la wa­thi: Ku­ba­ntu ka­ku­la­kwe­nze­ka, ko­dwa ka­kunja­lo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ngo­ba zo­nke izi­nto zi­ye­nze­ka ku­Nku­lu­nku­lus.

Umvu­zo wo­ku­zi­de­la

28 UPe­tro wa­se­qa­la uku­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, thi­na si­tshi­ye ko­nke, sa­ku­la­nde­la.

29 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Ka­ku­kho mu­ntu otshi­ye indlu, ku­mbe aba­fo­wa­bo, ku­mbe oda­de­wa­bo, ku­mbe uyi­se, ku­mbe uni­na, ku­mbe umkakhe, ku­mbe aba­ntwa­na, ku­mbe ama­si­mu, nge­nxa ya­mi le­va­nge­li,

30 onga­yi­kwe­mu­ke­la ngo­kwe­khu­lu kha­the­si nga­le­si­si­kha­thi, izi­ndlu la­ba­fo­wa­bo la­bo­da­de­wa­bo la­bo­ni­na la­ba­ntwa­na la­ma­si­mut, ka­nye lo­ku­zi­nge­lwa, le­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­de esi­kha­thi­ni esi­za­you.

31 Ko­dwa aba­ne­ngi abo­ku­qa­la ba­za­ku­ba nga­bo­ku­ci­na, la­bo­ku­ci­na nga­bo­ku­qa­la.

UJe­su uphi­nda akhu­lu­me ngo­ku­fa lo­ku­vu­ka kwa­khe

32 Nja­lo be­se­ndle­le­ni be­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mav; uJe­su wa­ye­se­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­bow, nja­lo ba­be­ma­nge­le, be­la­nde­la ba­be­se­sa­bax. Wa­se­tha­tha fu­thi aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, wa­qa­la uku­ba­tshe­la izi­nto eza­zi­za­kwe­nza­ka­la ku­ye

33 uku­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, se­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, fu­thi iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu iza­ni­ke­lwa ku­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ku­ba­bha­li, nja­lo ba­za­yi­gwe­be­la uku­fa, ba­yi­ni­ke­le kwa­be­zi­zwe,

34 ba­za­yi­ya­ngi­sa, ba­yi­tsha­ye nge­si­swe­pu, ba­yi­kha­fu­le­le ama­they, ba­yi­bu­la­le; nja­lo ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu iza­bu­ya ivu­ke eku­fe­ni.

UJe­su ukhu­za ama­do­da­na ka­Ze­be­di­ya

35 Kwa­se­ku­si­za ku­ye uJa­ko­be lo­Jo­ha­nez, ama­do­da­na ka­Ze­be­di­yaa, be­si­thi: Mfu­ndi­si, si­tha­nda uku­thi use­nze­le lo­ba yi­ni esi­za­yi­ce­la.

36 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­tha­nda uku­thi ngi­le­nze­le­ni?

37 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Si­phe uku­thi si­hla­le omu­nye nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­kho lo­mu­nye nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo sa­kho ebu­kho­si­ni ba­khob.

38 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi ku­bo: Ka­li­kwa­zi eli­ku­ce­la­yo. Li­nga­na­tha yi­ni inke­zo engi­yi­na­tha­yo mi­na, nja­lo li­bha­bha­thi­zwe ngo­bha­bha­thi­zo engi­bha­bha­thi­zwa nga­lo mi­na?

39 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Si­ngakwe­nza. Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi ku­bo: Isi­bi­li inke­zo engi­yi­na­tha­yo mi­na li­za­yi­na­tha; li­za­bha­bha­thi­zwa ngo­bha­bha­thi­zo engi­bha­bha­thi­zwa nga­lo mi­na;

40 ko­dwa uku­hla­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­mi la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo sa­mi ka­yi­si­kho okwa­mi ukuku­pha, ko­dwa ku­ngo­kwa­la­bo aba­ku­lu­ngi­se­lwe­yo.

Ubu­khu­lu obu­qo­tho

41 Kwa­thi se­be­zwi­le aba­li­tshu­mi ba­qa­la uku­thu­ku­the­la ngo­Ja­ko­be lo­Jo­ha­ne.

42 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­ba­bi­ze­la ku­ye wa­thi ku­bo: Li­ya­zi uku­thi la­bo oku­thi­wa ba­bu­sa izi­zwe ba­zi­bu­sa ngo­bu­lu­khu­ni; le­zi­khu­lu za­zo zi­se­be­nzi­sa ama­ndla phe­zu kwa­zoc.

43 Ko­dwa aku­yi­ku­ba nja­lo pha­ka­thi kwe­nu; ko­dwa lo­ba ngu­ba­ni otha­nda uku­ba ngo­mkhu­lu pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, ka­be yi­si­se­be­nzi se­nu;

44 nja­lo lo­ba ngu­ba­ni otha­nda uku­ba ngo­wo­ku­qa­la pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, ka­be yi­si­se­be­nzi sa­bo bo­nked.

45 Ngo­ba le­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ka­yi­za­nga uku­kho­nzwa, ko­dwa uku­kho­nza, lo­ku­ni­ka impi­lo ya­yo ibe li­hla­wu­lo la­ba­ne­ngi.

UBa­rti­me­wu isi­pho­fu

46 Ba­se­be­fi­ka eJe­ri­koe; kwa­thi ese­phu­ma eJe­ri­ko, la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe, le­xu­ku eli­khu­luf, indo­da­na ka­Ti­me­wu, uBa­rti­me­wu oyi­si­pho­fug wa­ye­hle­zi endle­le­ni epha­nza.

47 Kwa­thi ese­zwi­le uku­thi ngu­Je­su we­Na­za­re­tha, wa­qa­la uku­me­me­za lo­ku­thi: Je­su Ndo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da, aku­ngi­ha­wu­ke­leh!

48 Aba­ne­ngi ba­se­be­mkhu­za uku­thi athu­le; ko­dwa wa­me­me­za ka­khu­lu­ka­zi, esi­thi: Ndo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da, aku­ngi­ha­wu­ke­lei!

49 UJe­su esi­ma wa­se­si­thi ka­bi­zwe; ba­se­be­si­bi­za isi­pho­fu, be­si­thi ku­so: Ma­na isi­bi­ndi; su­ku­ma, uya­ku­bi­za.

50 Sa­se­si­la­hla ise­mba­tho sa­so sa­su­ku­ma se­za ku­Je­su.

51 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­so: Ufu­na uku­thi ngi­kwe­nze­le­ni? Isi­pho­fu sa­se­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ra­bo­ni*j, uku­thi ngi­bu­ye ngi­bo­ne.

52 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­so: Ha­mba; ukho­lo lwa­khok lu­ku­si­ndi­si­le. Nja­lo sa­hle sa­bu­ye sa­bo­na, sa­la­nde­la uJe­su endle­le­nil.

UJe­su unge­na eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

11Kwa­thi be­so­nde­la eJe­ru­sa­le­maa, eBe­tfa­ge le­Be­tha­nib, enta­be­ni ye­Mi­hlwa­thi, wa­thu­ma aba­bi­li ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe,

2 wa­thi ku­bo: Ha­mba­ni li­ye emza­ne­ni okha­nge­le­ne la­ni; li­za­hle li­thi li­nge­na ku­wo li­fi­ce itho­le li­ka­ba­bhe­mi li­khu­le­ki­wec, oku­nga­za­nge ku­hla­le ku­lo umu­ntu; li­li­khu­lu­le lili­le­thed.

3 Nja­lo uba umu­ntu esi­thi ki­ni: Li­kwe­nze­la­ni lo­khu? Li­thi: INko­si iya­li­swe­la; nja­lo uza­hle ali­thu­me­le la­pha.

4 Ba­ha­mba-ke ba­fi­ca itho­le li­khu­le­ki­we li­se­sa­ngwe­ni nga­pha­ndle, endle­le­ni; ba­se­be­li­khu­lu­la.

5 La­ba­nye kwa­ba­be­mi kho­na ba­thi ku­bo: Le­nza­ni li­khu­lu­la itho­le?

6 Ba­se­be­si­tsho ku­bo nje­ngo­ba uJe­su ela­yi­le; ba­se­be­ba­ye­ke­la ba­ha­mba.

7 Ba­se­be­li­le­tha itho­le ku­Je­su, ba­pho­se­la ize­mba­tho za­bo phe­zu kwa­lo, wa­se­hla­la phe­zu kwa­lo.

8 La­ba­ne­ngi be­ndla­la ize­mba­tho za­bo endle­le­ni; la­ba­nye ba­ga­mu­la izi­nga­tsha la­ma­hla­mvu ezi­hla­hle­ni, ba­kwe­ndla­la endle­le­nie.

9 La­la­bo aba­be­ha­mba pha­mbi­li la­ba­be­la­nde­la ba­me­me­za, be­si­thi: Ho­sa­na*! Ubu­si­si­we oza­yo ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si;

10 ubu­si­si­we umbu­so ka­ba­ba we­thu uDa­vi­da, oza­yo ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si. Ho­sa­na kwe­li­phe­zu­luf!

11 UJe­su wa­se­nge­na eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, le­the­mpe­li­nig; wa­thi ese­kha­nge­le izi­nto zo­nke ji­ke­le­le, se­ku­hlwi­le, wa­phu­ma wa­ya eBe­tha­ni la­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lih.

Uku­thu­kwa ko­mkhi­wa

12 La­ku­si­sai be­phu­ma eBe­tha­ni, wa­la­mbaj.

13 Ebo­na umkhi­wa ukha­tsha­na, ula­ma­hla­mvu, wa­so­nde­la uku­thi mhla­wu­mbe anga­tho­la ulu­tho ku­wo; nja­lo efi­ka ku­wo, ka­tho­la­nga lu­tho nga­pha­ndle kwa­ma­hla­mvu; ngo­ba kwa­ku­nge­si­so isi­kha­thi so­mkhi­wak.

14 UJe­su ekhu­lu­ma wa­thi ku­wo: Ka­ku­nga­bi ku­sa­dla mu­ntu isi­the­lo ku­we ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni. La­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe baku­zwal.

Uku­hla­nju­lu­lwa kwe­the­mpe­li

15 Ba­se­be­fi­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; uJe­su wa­se­nge­na ethe­mpe­li­ni wa­qa­la uku­xo­tsha la­bo aba­be­the­ngi­sa la­ba­be­the­nga ethe­mpe­li­ni; wa­se­ge­nqu­la ama­ta­fu­la aba­be­ntshi­ntshe­la­na ima­li, le­zi­hla­lo za­la­bo aba­be­the­ngi­sa ama­ju­bam;

16 wa­ye­nga­vu­me­li uku­thi umu­ntu athwa­le impa­hla ada­bu­le ethe­mpe­li­nin.

17 Wa­se­fu­ndi­sa, wa­thi ku­bo: Ka­ku­lo­tshi­we yi­ni uku­thi: Indlu ya­mi iza­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi yi­ndlu yo­mkhu­le­ko ye­zi­zwe zo­nkeo? Ko­dwa li­na se­li­ye­nze ubha­lu lwa­ba­pha­ngip.

18 Aba­bha­li la­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu ba­se­beku­zwa, ba­di­nga uku­thi ba­nga­mbu­la­la nja­niq; ngo­ba ba­be­me­sa­ba, ngo­ba lo­nke ixu­ku la­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lu ngo­ku­fu­ndi­sa kwa­kher.

19 Se­ku­si­hlwa, wa­phu­ma pha­ndle ko­mu­zi.

Uku­zu­za ama­ndla ngo­kho­lo

20 Eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu be­se­dlu­las, ba­bo­na umkhi­wa wo­mi­le ku­su­ke­la empa­nde­ni.

21 UPe­tro wa­se­khu­mbu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Ra­bi*, kha­nge­la, umkhi­wa owu­qa­le­ki­si­le­yo wo­mi­let.

22 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Ba­ni­ni lo­kho­lo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

23 Ngo­ba ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni oza­ku­thi ku­li­nta­ba: Pha­ka­nyi­swa, upho­se­lwe olwa­ndle; nja­lo enga­tha­nda­bu­zi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe, ko­dwa ekho­lwa uku­thi aku­tsho­yo ku­ye­nze­ka, ku­za­kwe­nze­ka ku­ye lo­ba yi­ni aku­tsho­yo.

24 Nga­kho ngi­thi ki­ni: Ko­nke lo­ba yi­ni eli­ku­ce­la­yo li­khu­le­ka, kho­lwa­ni uku­thi li­ya­kwe­mu­ke­la, nja­lo li­za­ku­ba la­you.

25 Nja­lo nxa li­mi li­khu­le­kav, the­the­le­la­ni uba li­lo­lu­tho olu­me­la­na lo­mu­ntu; uku­ze uYi­hlo ose­ma­zu­lwi­ni la­ye ali­the­the­le­le izi­pha­mbe­ko ze­nuw.

26 Ko­dwa uba li­na li­nga­the­the­le­li, lo­Yi­hlo ose­ma­zu­lwi­ni ka­yi­ku­li­the­the­le­la izi­pha­mbe­ko ze­nux.

Ama­ndla ka­Je­su

27 Ba­se­be­bu­ya ba­fi­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; kwa­thi eha­mba­ha­mba ethe­mpe­li­ni, aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­bha­li la­ba­da­la be­za ku­ye,

28 ba­thi ku­ye: Izi­nto le­zi uze­nza nga­li­phi igu­nya; nja­lo ngu­ba­ni oku­ni­ke le­li­gu­nya lo­ku­thi we­nze le­zi­zi­nto?

29 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: La­mi ngi­za­li­bu­za umbu­zo1 ube mu­nye, nja­lo li­ngi­phe­ndu­le, kho­na ngi­za­li­tshe­la uku­thi nge­nza le­zi­zi­nto nga­li­phi igu­nya.

30 Ubha­bha­thi­zo lu­ka­Jo­ha­ne lwa­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni, ku­mbe eba­ntwi­ni? Ngi­phe­ndu­la­ni.

31 Ba­se­be­zi­ndli­sa­na, be­si­thi: Uba si­si­thi: Ezu­lwi­ni, uza­ku­thi: Pho ka­li­kho­lwa­nga ku­ye nga­ni?

32 Ko­dwa uba si­si­thi: Eba­ntwi­ni; be­sa­ba aba­ntu; ngo­ba bo­nke ba­be­mpha­tha uJo­ha­ne, ngo­ku­thi ungu­mpro­fe­thi nge­qi­ni­so.

33 Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ba­thi ku­Je­su: Ka­sa­zi. UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: La­mi ka­ngi­li­tshe­li uku­thi nge­nza le­zi­zi­nto nga­li­phi igu­nyay.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wa­ba­li­mi be­si­vi­ni

12Wa­se­qa­la uku­khu­lu­ma la­bo nge­mi­fa­ne­ki­so wa­thi: Umu­ntu wa­hla­nye­la isi­vi­ni, wa­si­bi­ye­la ngo­tha­ngo, wa­ge­bha isi­kha­me­lo, wa­kha umpho­tsho­ngo, wa­si­qa­tshi­sa ku­ba­li­mi, wa­ya kwe­li­nye ili­zwe.

2 Kwa­thi se­ku­yi­si­kha­thi esi­fa­ne­le­yo wa­thu­ma ince­ku ku­ba­li­mi, uku­ze ye­mu­ke­le ku­ba­li­mi okwe­si­the­lo se­si­vi­ni.

3 Ko­dwa bayi­ba­mba ba­yi­tsha­ya, bayi­mu­ki­sa ize.

4 Wa­se­bu­ya ethu­ma ku­bo enye ince­ku; la­le­yo ba­yi­tsha­ya nga­ma­tshe bayi­li­ma­za ekha­nda, bayi­xo­tsha isi­the­lwe inhlo­ni.

5 Wa­se­bu­ya ethu­ma enye; yo­na ba­se­be­yi­bu­la­la; le­zi­nye ezi­ne­ngi, ezi­nye ba­zi­tsha­ya, le­zi­nye ba­zi­bu­la­laa.

6 Nga­kho ese­se­le­ndo­da­na eyo­dwa etha­nde­ka­yo ku­yeb, eku­ci­ne­ni wa­yi­thu­ma ku­bo la­yo, esi­thi: Ba­za­yi­hlo­ni­pha indo­da­na ya­mi.

7 Ko­dwa la­bo­ba­li­mi ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­si­thi: Le yi­ndla­li­fa; wo­za­ni, si­yi­bu­la­le, le­li­fa li­za­ku­ba nge­le­thu.

8 Ba­se­beyi­ba­mba ba­yi­bu­la­la, bayi­pho­se­la nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­vi­ni.

9 Nga­kho uza­kwe­nza­ni umni­ni­si­vi­ni? Uza­ku­za aba­bhu­bhi­se aba­li­mi, ani­ke­le isi­vi­ni kwa­ba­nyec.

10 Ka­li­ba­la­nga yi­ni lu­mbha­lo othi: Ili­tshe aba­khi aba­la­la­yo, yi­lo ese­li­yi­nhlo­ko ye­ngo­nsi;

11 lo­khu kwe­nzi­we yi­Nko­si, nja­lo ku­yi­si­ma­nga eme­hlwe­ni ethud?

12 Ba­se­be­di­nga uku­mba­mba, ko­dwa be­sa­ba ixu­ku; ngo­ba ba­be­sa­zi uku­thi wa­ye­khu­lu­ma lu­mfa­ne­ki­so eme­la­ne la­boe. Ba­se­be­mtshi­ya ba­ha­mbaf.

Umthe­lo ka­Ke­sa­ri

13 Ba­se­be­thu­ma ku­ye aba­nye ba­ba­Fa­ri­si la­ba­ka­He­ro­dig, uku­ze ba­mthi­ye eku­khu­lu­me­nih.

14 Ba­se­be­si­za ba­thi ku­ye: Mfu­ndi­si, si­ya­zi uku­thi we­na uqo­tho, nja­lo ka­wu­kha­tha­li ngo­mu­ntu; ngo­ba ka­wu­na­nzi isi­mo so­mu­ntu, ko­dwa ufu­ndi­sa indle­la ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­qi­ni­soi: Ku­vu­nye­lwe yi­ni uku­the­la ku­Ke­sa­ri ku­mbe ha­tshi?

15 Si­the­le, ku­mbe si­nga­the­li? Ko­dwa ekwa­zi uku­ze­nzi­sa kwa­bo wa­thi ku­bo: Li­ngi­li­nge­la­nij? Le­tha­ni ki­mi ude­na­ri­yo*, uku­ze ngi­bo­ne.

16 Ba­se­be­le­tha. Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ngo­ka­ba­ni lu­mfa­ne­ki­so la­lu­mbha­lok? Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Ngo­ka­Ke­sa­ri.

17 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Mni­ke­ni uKe­sa­ri oku­ka­Ke­sa­ri, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu oku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Ba­se­be­ma­nga­la nga­ye.

Uku­vu­ka kwa­ba­fi­le­yo

18 Ba­se­be­si­za ku­ye aba­Sa­du­si, aba­thi ka­ku­kho uku­vu­ka kwa­ba­fi­le­yo; ba­mbu­za, ba­thi:

19 Mfu­ndi­si, uMo­zi­si wa­si­bha­le­la, uku­thi: Uba umfo­wa­bo wo­mu­ntu esi­fa, atshi­ye umkakhe, enga­tshi­yi ba­ntwa­na, umfo­wa­bo ka­mtha­the umka­khe, amvu­se­le umfo­wa­bo inza­lol;

20 kwa­ku­le­ze­la­ma­ni ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa; owo­ku­qa­la wa­se­tha­tha umfa­zi, wa­fa enga­tshi­ya­nga inza­lo;

21 lo­we­si­bi­li wa­mtha­tha, wa­fa, la­ye enga­tshi­ya­nga inza­lo; lo­we­si­tha­thu kwa­ba nja­lo;

22 la­la­ba bo­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­mtha­tha, ka­ba­tshi­ya­nga inza­lo. Eku­ci­ne­ni kwa­bo bo­nke kwa­fa lo­mfa­zi.

23 Nga­kho eku­vu­ke­ni kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, mhla be­vu­ka­yo, uza­ku­ba ngu­mka­ba­ni ku­bo; lo­khu aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­be­la­ye engu­mka­bo?

24 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Ka­li­du­ha­nga yi­ni nga­lo­khu, ngo­ba li­nga­ya­zi imi­bha­lo, lo­ba ama­ndla ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu?

25 Ngo­ba mhla be­vu­ka­yo eku­fe­ni, ka­ba­tha­tha­ni, nja­lo ka­be­ndi­swa, ko­dwa ba­nje­nge­ngi­lo­si ezi­se­ma­zu­lwi­ni.

26 Ko­dwa ma­ye­la­na la­ba­fi­le­yo, uku­thi ba­ya­vu­swa, ka­li­fu­nda­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lu­ka­Mo­zi­si, uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu esi­hla­hle­ni wa­khu­lu­ma nja­ni ku­yem, esi­thi: Ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaA­bra­ha­ma, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sa­ka, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­Ja­ko­ben?

27 Ka­yi­su­ye uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba­fi­le­yo, ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba­phi­la­yo; nga­kho li­na li­du­hi­le ka­khu­lu.

Umla­yo wo­ku­qa­la

28 Wa­se­fi­ka omu­nye wa­ba­bha­li, ese­zwi­le be­bu­za­na, ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi uba­phe­ndu­le ku­hle, wa­mbu­za wa­thi: Yi­wu­phi umla­yo wo­ku­qa­la ku­yo yo­nkeo?

29 UJe­su wa­se­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Owo­ku­qa­la ku­yo yo­nke imi­la­yo ngo­wo­ku­thi: Zwa­na, Isra­ye­li: INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, iNko­si yi­nye;

30 nja­lo wo­tha­nda iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho yo­nke, la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho wo­nke, la­nge­ngqo­ndo ya­kho yo­nke, la­nga­ma­ndla akho wo­nke. Yi­lo umla­yo owo­ku­qa­lap.

31 Lo­we­si­bi­li uya­fa­na­na, yi­lo: Wo­tha­nda uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho nje­nga­lo­khu uzitha­nda we­naq. Ka­wu­kho omu­nye umla­yo omkhu­lu ku­la­le.

32 Umbha­li wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ku­hle, Mfu­ndi­si, utsho oku­qo­tho uku­thi ku­lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu oye­dwar, la­nga­pha­ndle kwa­khe ka­kho omu­nye;

33 lo­ku­mtha­nda nge­nhli­zi­yo yo­nkes, la­ngo­ku­qe­di­si­sa ko­nke, la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wo­nke, la­nga­ma­ndla wo­nke, lo­ku­tha­nda uma­khe­lwa­ne nje­nga­wet, ku­ye­dlu­la yo­nkeu imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa le­mi­hla­tshe­lov.

34 UJe­su ese­mbo­na uku­thi uphe­ndu­le nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho, wa­thi ku­ye: Ka­wu­kha­tsha­na lo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­luw. Nja­lo ka­kwa­be ku­sa­ba kho­na umu­ntu ole­si­bi­ndi so­ku­mbu­zax.

UKri­stu lo­se­ndo lwa­khe

35 UJe­suy, efu­ndi­sa ethe­mpe­li­niz, wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ba­tsho nja­ni aba­bha­li uku­thi uKri­stu uyi­ndo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da?

36 Ngo­ba uDa­vi­da uqo­bo lwa­khe ngo­Mo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le wa­thi: INko­si ya­thi eNko­si­ni ya­mi: Hla­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­mi, ngi­ze ngi­be­ke izi­tha za­kho zi­be yi­se­na­be­lo se­nya­wo za­khoa.

37 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da uqo­bo lwa­khe umbi­za ngo­ku­thi yi­Nko­si; pho uyi­ndo­da­na ya­khe nja­ni?

Le­xu­ku eli­khu­lu la­mu­zwa ngo­ku­tho­ko­zab.

UJe­su uso­la aba­bha­li

38 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo eku­fu­ndi­se­ni kwa­khec: Qa­phe­la­ni aba­bha­lid, aba­tha­nda uku­ha­mba be­mbe­the ize­mba­tho ezi­ndee, lo­ku­bi­nge­le­lwa emi­da­nge­nifg,

39 le­zi­hla­lo ezi­qa­ka­the­ki­le­yo ema­si­na­go­ge­nih, le­zi­hla­lo za­ba­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yo eku­dle­ni kwa­nta­mba­maij;

40 aba­dla izi­ndlu za­ba­fe­lo­ka­zi, be­khu­le­ka isi­kha­thi esi­de ngo­ku­ze­nzi­sa; la­ba ba­za­kwe­mu­ke­la uku­la­hlwa oku­khu­luk.

Umni­ke­lo wo­mfe­lo­ka­zi

41 UJe­su wa­se­hla­la pha­nsil ma­qo­nda­na le­si­tsha so­mni­ke­lo wa­bo­na uku­thi ixu­ku li­pho­se­la nja­ni ima­lim1 esi­tshe­ni so­mni­ke­lon; la­ba­no­thi­le­yo aba­ne­ngi ba­pho­se­la oku­ne­ngi.

42 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka umfe­lo­ka­zi othi­le ongu­mya­nga wa­pho­se­la inhla­mva­na ezi­mbi­li ezi­nca­ne ze­ma­li, eze­nza indi­bi­li­tshio.

43 Wa­se­bi­ze­la ku­ye aba­fu­ndi ba­khe, wa­thi ku­bo: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Lu­mfe­lo­ka­zi ongu­mya­nga upho­se­le okwe­dlu­la bo­nkep la­ba aba­pho­se­le­yo esi­tshe­ni so­mni­ke­loq;

44 ngo­ba bo­nke ba­pho­se­le ko­ku­ne­ngi kwa­bo; ko­dwa ye­na ebu­ya­nge­ni ba­kher upho­se­le ko­nke ala­kho, ko­nke okwe­mpi­lo ya­khes.

UJe­su ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­chi­thwa kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma la­ngo­ku­phe­la kwe­si­kha­thi

13Kwa­thi ephu­ma ethe­mpe­li­ni, omu­nye wa­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe wa­thi ku­ye: Mfu­ndi­si, kha­nge­la, ama­tshe anja­ni le­za­khi­wo ezi­nja­ni!

2 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Uya­bo­na le­zi­za­khi­wo ezi­nku­lu yi­ni? Aku­so­ze ku­tshi­ywe ili­tshe phe­zu kwe­li­tshe, eli­nga­so­ze li­di­li­ze­lwe pha­nsia.

3 Ese­hle­zi enta­be­ni ye­Mi­hlwa­thi ma­qo­nda­na le­the­mpe­li, uPe­tro lo­Ja­ko­be lo­Jo­ha­neb loA­ndre­ya ba­mbu­za be­bo­dwa,

4 ba­thi: Si­tshe­le, le­zi­zi­nto zi­za­ku­ba ni­ni? Le­si­bo­na­ka­li­so si­yi­ni la­pho se­zi­za­phe­le­li­swa le­zi­zi­nto zo­nke?

5 UJe­su eba­phe­ndu­la wa­se­qa­la uku­thi: Qa­phe­la­ni ku­nga­bi kho­na oli­du­hi­sa­yoc.

6 Ngo­ba aba­ne­ngi ba­za­ku­za nge­bi­zo la­mi, be­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­nguye; fu­thi ba­du­hi­se aba­ne­ngid.

7 Ko­dwa nxa li­si­zwa nge­zi­mpi la­ma­hu­nga­hu­nga ezi­mpi, li­nge­thu­ki; ngo­ba ku­fa­ne­le kwe­nze­ke; ko­dwa uku­phe­la ka­ku­ka­bi kho­na.

8 Ngo­ba isi­zwe si­za­vu­ke­la isi­zwe, lo­mbu­so uvu­ke­le umbu­so; nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba kho­na uku­za­ma­za­ma ko­mhla­ba inda­wo nge­nda­wo, nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba kho­na indla­la le­zi­nhlu­phe­ko; le­zi­zi­nto zi­yi­ku­qa­la kwe­mi­he­loe.

9 Ko­dwa zi­qa­phe­le­ni li­naf; ngo­ba ba­za­li­ni­ke­la emi­pha­ka­thi­ni, le­ma­si­na­go­ge­ni li­za­tsha­ywa, li­za­le­thwa la­pha­mbi kwa­ba­bu­si la­ma­kho­si nge­nxa ya­mi, ku­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zi obu­me­le­ne la­bog.

10 Ko­dwa iva­nge­li li­me­le uku­tshu­nya­ye­lwa ku­qa­la ku­zo zo­nke izi­zweh.

11 Ko­dwa nxa beli­do­nsa be­li­ni­ke­la, li­nga­kha­tha­le­li nga­pha­mbi­li eli­za­ku­khu­lu­ma, li­nga­na­ka­ni; ko­dwa lo­ba yi­ni eli­za­yi­ni­kwa nga­le­lo­ho­la, ikhu­lu­me­ni; ngo­ba ka­ku­si­ni eli­khu­lu­ma­yo, ko­dwa uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­lei.

12 Fu­thi umfo­wa­bo uza­ni­ke­la umfo­wa­bo eku­fe­ni, lo­yi­se umntwa­na; la­ba­ntwa­na ba­za­vu­ke­la aba­za­li, be­se­be­ba­bu­la­la;

13 nja­lo li­za­zo­ndwa yi­bo bo­nke nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­mi; ko­dwa ophi­ke­le­la­yo ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­ni, ngu­ye oza­si­ndi­swa.

14 Ko­dwa nxa li­bo­na ama­nya­la enci­tha­ka­lo, akhu­lu­nywa ngu­Da­ni­ye­li umpro­fe­thi, emi la­pho anga­fa­ne­le kho­na (o­fu­nda­yo ka­qe­di­si­se), kho­na la­bo aba­se­Ju­di­ya ka­ba­ba­le­ke­le ezi­nta­be­ni;

15 lo­phe­zu ko­pha­hla lwe­ndlu ange­hle­li endli­ni, anga­nge­ni uku­tha­tha ulu­tho endli­ni ya­khe;

16 lo­se­ma­si­mi­ni anga­bu­ye­li emu­va, uku­ya­tha­tha ise­mba­tho sa­khe.

17 Ko­dwa ma­ye kwa­ba­khu­le­lwe­yo la­ba­mu­nyi­sa­yo nga­le­zo­nsu­ku!

18 Ko­dwa khu­le­ka­ni uku­thi uku­ba­le­ka kwe­nu ku­nga­bi se­bu­si­ka.

19 Ngo­ba nga­le­zo­nsu­ku ku­za­ku­ba kho­na uku­hlu­phe­ka, oku­nga­za­nga ku­be kho­na ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­ni ko­ku­da­li­we­yo uNku­lu­nku­lu aku­da­la­yo ku­ze ku­be kha­the­si, lo­ku­nga­so­ze kwa­ba kho­na.

20 Nja­lo uba iNko­si ibi­nga­zi­fi­nye­za­nga le­zo­nsu­ku, be­ku­nge­si­ndi­swe nya­ma; ko­dwa nge­nxa ya­ba­khe­thi­we­yo, eba­khe­thi­le­yo, izi­fi­nye­zi­le insu­ku.

21 La­nga­le­so­si­kha­thi nxa umu­ntu esi­thi ki­ni: Kha­nge­la­ni, na­ngu uKri­stu; ku­mbe: Kha­nge­la­ni, ula­pha­ya­na; li­nga­kho­lwa;

22 ngo­ba ku­za­vu­ka okri­stu ba­ma­nga la­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­ma­nga, be­se­be­se­nza izi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­ma­nga­li­so, uku­du­hi­sa, nxa ku­nge­nze­ka, la­ba­khe­thi­we­yoj.

23 Ko­dwa qa­phe­la­ni li­na; kha­nge­la­ni, se­ngi­li­tshe­li­le ko­nke nga­pha­mbi­lik.

24 Ko­dwa nga­le­zo­nsu­ku, emva kwa­lo­kho­ku­hlu­phe­ka, ila­nga li­za­fi­pha­zwa, le­nya­nga ka­yi­yi­ku­pha uku­kha­nya kwa­yo,

25 le­nka­nye­zi ze­zu­lu zi­za­be zi­si­wa, la­ma­ndla ase­ma­zu­lwi­ni aza­za­nya­za­nyi­swa.

26 Kho­na-ke be­za­bo­na iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu isi­za ema­ye­zi­ni ila­ma­ndla ama­khu­lu le­nka­zi­mu­lo,

27 kho­na-ke iza­thu­ma ingi­lo­si za­yo, ibi­si­qo­qa aba­khe­thi­we­yo ba­yo emi­mo­ye­ni yo­mi­ne, ku­su­ke­la emkha­wu­lwe­ni wo­mhla­ba ku­ze ku­be se­mkha­wu­lwe­ni we­zu­lu.

28 Fu­nda­ni-ke umfa­ne­ki­so emkhi­we­ni; nxa uga­tsha lwa­wo se­lu­si­ba bu­tha­ka­tha­ka lu­hlu­me ama­hla­mvu, li­ya­zi uku­thi ihlo­bo se­li­se­du­ze;

29 ngo­ku­nja­lo la­ni, nxa li­bo­na le­zi­zi­nto zi­se­nze­ka, ya­zi­ni uku­thi ku­se­du­ze ku­se­mi­nya­ngol.

30 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­na asi­so­ze si­dlu­le, zi­ze ze­nze­ke izi­nto zo­nke le­zi.

31 Ku­za­dlu­la izu­lu lo­mhla­ba; ko­dwa ama­zwi ami awa­so­ze adlu­le.

32 Ko­dwa lo­lo­su­ku la­le­lo­ho­la ka­kho owa­zi­yo nga­kho, ngi­tsho le­ngi­lo­si ezi­se­zu­lwi­nim, ngi­tsho le­Ndo­da­na, nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Ba­ban.

33 Qa­phe­la­nio, li­li­nde li­khu­le­ke; ngo­ba ka­la­zi uku­thi isi­kha­thi si­ni­nip.

34 Nje­ngo­mu­ntu owa­su­ka eli­zwe­ni la­ki­bo wa­tshi­ya indlu ya­khe, wa­ni­ka ince­ku za­khe ama­ndla, ku­le­yo la­le­yo umse­be­nzi wa­yoq, wa­la­ya umli­ndi­sa­ngo uku­thi ali­nder.

35 Nga­kho li­nda­nis; ngo­ba ka­la­zi uku­thi inko­si ye­ndlu iza­fi­ka ni­ni, ku­si­hlwa, lo­ba pha­ka­thi ko­bu­su­kut, lo­ba eku­kha­le­ni kwe­qhu­deu, lo­ba ema­da­bu­ka­ku­sav;

36 hle­zi ifi­ke ili­ju­me, ili­fi­ce li­le­le.

37 La­lo­khu engi­ku­tsho ki­ni ngi­ku­tsho ku­bo bo­nke: Li­nda­niw.

Iqhi­nga lo­ku­mbu­la­la uJe­su

14Kwa­thi emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­mbi­li kwa­ba kho­na ipha­si­ka lomkho­si we­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo; aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­bha­li ba­se­be­di­nga uku­thi ba­nga­mba­mba nja­ni ngo­bu­qi­li bambu­la­le;

2 ko­dwa ba­thi: Ku­nga­bi ngo­mkho­si, hle­zi ku­be le­si­phi­thi­phi­thi sa­ba­ntua.

UJe­su uya­gco­tshwa eBe­tha­ni

3 Kwa­thi ese­Be­tha­ni, endli­ni ka­Si­mo­ni umle­phe­ro, ehle­zi eku­dle­ni, kwa­fi­ka owe­si­fa­za­na ephe­the umfu­ma we-a­li­ba­sta* wa­ma­gco­bo awe­na­di* uqo­bo ali­gu­gu eli­khu­lu; wa­se­pha­hla­za umfu­ma we-a­li­ba­sta, wawa­the­la ekha­nda la­khe.

4 Kwa­ku­kho­na aba­nye aba­thu­ku­the­la­yo nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­bo, be­si­thi: Kwe­nze­lwa­ni uku­mo­tshwa kwa­la­ma­gco­bo?

5 Ngo­ba la abe­nga­the­ngi­swa nge­ma­li edlu­la ode­na­ri­yo* aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu, be­se­ku­ni­kwa aba­ya­nga. Ba­se­be­mso­la.

6 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi: Mye­ke­le­ni; li­mhlu­phe­la­ni? We­nze umse­be­nzi omu­hle ki­mi.

7 Ngo­ba aba­ya­nga li­hla­la li­la­bo, fu­thi uba li­tha­nda li­nga­be­nze­la oku­hle; ko­dwa mi­na ka­li­hla­li li­la­mib.

8 Ye­na we­nzi­le abe­nga­kwe­nza; uqa­li­le nga­pha­mbi­li uku­wu­gco­be­la uku­ngcwa­tshwa umzi­mba wa­mic.

9 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Lo­ba nga­phi emhla­be­ni wo­nke la­pho oku­za­tshu­nya­ye­lwa kho­na le­li­va­nge­li, la­lo­khu akwe­nzi­le­yo ku­za­khu­lu­nywa nga­kho ku­be yi­si­khu­mbu­zo nga­ye.

Umvu­zo wo­ku­mni­ke­la uJe­su

10 UJu­da­si Iska­ri­yo­thi, omu­nye wa­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, wa­se­si­ya ku­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu, uku­ze amni­ke­le ku­bod.

11 Fu­thi se­be­zwi­le ba­tho­ko­za, ba­the­mbi­sa uku­mni­ka ima­li; wa­se­di­nga uku­thi anga­mni­ke­la nja­ni ku­hlee.

Uku­mi­swa kwe­si­dlo esi­ngcwe­le

12 Kwa­thi ngo­su­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo, aba­be­hla­ba nga­lo ipha­si­ka, aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­thi ku­ye: Utha­nda uku­thi si­ye­lu­ngi­sa nga­phi uku­ze udle ipha­si­kaf?

13 Wa­se­thu­ma aba­bi­li ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­kheg, wa­thi ku­bo: Ha­mba­ni li­ye emzi­ni, nja­lo umu­ntu uza­hla­nga­na la­ni ethwe­le imbi­za ya­ma­nzi; li­mla­nde­le,

14 nja­lo lo­ba ku­nga­phi aza­nge­na kho­na, ka­li­bo­ku­thi ku­mni­ni­ndlu: UMfu­ndi­si uthi: Inga­phi indlu ye­zi­ha­mbi, la­pho engi­nga­dle­la kho­na ipha­si­ka la­ba­fu­ndi ba­mih?

15 Fu­thi ye­na uza­li­tshe­ngi­sa indlu enku­lu ephe­zu­lu eye­ndle­lwe­yo elu­ngi­si­we­yo; si­lu­ngi­se­le­ni kho­na.

16 Aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­se­be­phu­ma, ba­nge­na emzi­ni, ba­tho­la ku­nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­khe ku­bo ; ba­se­be­lu­ngi­sa ipha­si­ka.

17 Kwa­thi se­ku­ku­si­hlwa wa­fi­ka la­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

18 Se­be­hle­zi be­si­dla, uJe­su wa­thi: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Omu­nye we­nu, odla la­mi, uza­ngi­ni­ke­lai.

19 Ba­se­be­qa­la uku­da­bu­ka, ba­thi ku­ye nga­mu­nye nga­mu­nye: Yi­mi yi­ni? Lo­mu­nye: Yi­mi yi­nij?

20 Ko­dwa wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Ngo­mu­nye wa­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, otshe­ba ka­nye la­mi emga­nwi­ni.

21 Si­bi­li iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu iha­mba, nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo nga­yo; ko­dwa ma­ye ku­lo­wo­mu­ntu eni­ke­lwa ngu­ye iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu! Be­ku­nga­ku­hle ku­ye alu­ba lo­wo­mu­ntu wa­ye­nga­za­lwa­nga.

22 Kwa­thi be­si­dla, uJe­su wa­tha­tha isi­nkwa, wasi­bu­si­sa wasi­hle­phu­la, wa­ba­ni­ka, wa­thi: Tha­tha­ni, li­dle; lo­khu ku­ngu­mzi­mba wa­mi.

23 Wa­se­tha­tha inke­zo, ese­bo­ngi­le wa­ba­ni­ka; ba­se­be­na­tha ku­yo bo­nke.

24 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Le­li li­ga­zi la­mi, ele­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­tsha, eli­chi­the­lwa aba­ne­ngik.

25 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Angi­sa­yi­ku­na­tha okwe­si­the­lo se­vi­ni, ku­ze ku­fi­ke lo­lo­su­ku engi­za­si­na­tha nga­lo si­si­tsha embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

26 Kwa­thi se­be­hla­be­le ingo­ma yo­ku­du­mi­sa ba­phu­ma ba­ya enta­be­ni ye­Mi­hlwa­thi.

Uku­xwa­yi­swa ku­ka­Pe­tro

27 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Lo­nke li­za­khu­be­ka nga­mi nga­lo­bu­bu­su­ku; ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Ngi­za­tsha­ya ume­lu­si, izi­mvu be­se­zi­hla­ka­ze­kal.

28 Ko­dwa emva ko­ku­vu­swa kwa­mi, ngi­za­la­ndu­le­la uku­ya eGa­li­li.

29 Ko­dwa uPe­tro wa­thi ku­ye: La­nxa bo­nke be­za­khu­be­ka, ko­dwa ha­tshi mi­nam.

30 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ku­we: La­mu­hla nga­lo­bu­bu­su­ku, li­nga­ka­kha­li ka­bi­li iqhu­de, uza­ngi­phi­ka ka­tha­thun.

31 Ko­dwa wa­qi­ni­sa nga­ma­ndla esi­thi: Lo­ba ku­di­nge­ka ngi­fe la­we, angi­so­ze ngi­ku­phi­ke. Ba­se­be­si­tsho nja­lo la­bo bo­nke.

EGe­tse­ma­ne

32 Ba­se­be­fi­ka enda­we­ni ebi­zo la­yo yi­Ge­tse­ma­ne; wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe: Hla­la­ni pha­nsi la­pha, ngi­saya­khu­le­kao.

33 Wa­se­tha­tha ka­nye la­ye uPe­tro lo­Ja­ko­be lo­Jo­ha­ne, wa­se­qa­la uku­da­tshu­lwa si­bi­li lo­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka ka­khu­lu.

34 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uda­bu­ki­le ka­khu­lu ku­ze ku­be se­ku­fe­ni; hla­la­ni la­pha li­li­ndep.

35 Wa­se­qhu­be­ka iba­nga­na, wa­we­la emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­khu­le­ka uku­thi, uba ku­nge­nze­ka, ku­dlu­le ku­ye le­li­ho­laq.

36 Wa­se­si­thi: Abha*, Ba­bar, zo­nke izi­nto zi­ye­nze­ka ku­we. Su­sa li­nke­zo ki­mis; ko­dwa ku­nga­bi yi­ku­thi ngi­tha­nda­ni mi­na, ko­dwa ku­be yi­ku­thi utha­nda­ni we­nat.

37 Wa­se­si­za, wa­ba­fi­ca be­le­le, wa­thi ku­Pe­tro: Si­mo­ni, ule­le yi­ni? Ubu­nge­li­nde yi­ni iho­la li­be li­nye?

38 Li­nda­ni li­khu­le­ke, uku­ze li­nga­nge­ni eku­li­ngwe­ni. Umo­ya uya­vu­ma-ke, ko­dwa inya­ma ibu­tha­ka­tha­ka.

39 Wa­se­bu­ya wa­ha­mba waya­khu­le­ka, esi­tsho wo­na la­wo­ma­zwiu.

40 Wa­se­bu­ya wa­ba­fi­ca fu­thi be­le­le; ngo­ba ame­hlo abo aye­nzi­ma, ko­dwa ba­be­nga­zi uku­thi ba­za­mphe­ndu­la ba­thi­niv.

41 Wa­se­si­za ngo­kwe­si­tha­thu, wa­thi ku­bo: Qhu­be­ka­ni li­le­le-ke li­phu­mu­le. Kwa­ne­le; iho­la se­li­fi­ki­le; kha­nge­la­ni, iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu iya­ni­ke­lwa eza­ndle­ni ze­zo­ni.

42 Su­ku­ma­ni, si­ha­mbe; kha­nge­la­ni, ongi­ni­ke­la­yo use­du­zew.

Uku­bo­tshwa ku­ka­Je­su lo­ku­the­thwa kwe­ca­la la­khe

43 Kwa­thi esa­khu­lu­ma, wa­hle wa­fi­ka uJu­da­si, omu­nye wa­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, nja­lo ele­xu­ku eli­khu­lu eli­le­zi­nke­mba le­zi­ndu­ku, li­ve­la ku­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­bha­li la­ba­da­la.

44 Lo­mni­ke­la­yo wa­ye­ba­ni­ke isi­bo­ni­so, esi­thi: Lo­wo engi­za­ma­nga, ngu­ye; li­mba­mbe, limqhu­be limqi­ni­se.

45 Ese­fi­ki­le, wa­hle wa­so­nde­la ku­ye wa­thi: Ra­bi*, Ra­bi! Wa­se­ma­nga.

46 Ba­se­be­mdu­me­la, ba­mba­mba.

47 Lo­mu­nye kwa­ba­be­mi kho­na wa­kho­kha inke­mba wa­ga­dla ince­ku yo­mpri­sti omkhu­lu, wa­qu­ma indle­be ya­yo.

48 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Li­phu­me nje­ngo­ku­ya­me­la­na lo­mpha­ngi yi­ni li­le­zi­nke­mba le­zi­ndu­ku uku­za­ngi­ba­mba?

49 Be­ngi­la­ni insu­ku nge­nsu­ku ethe­mpe­li­ni ngi­fu­ndi­sa, ko­dwa ka­li­ngi­ba­mba­nga; ko­dwa lo­khu kwe­nze­ke uku­ze ku­gcwa­li­se­ke imi­bha­lox.

50 Bo­nke ba­se­be­mtshi­ya ba­ba­le­ka.

51 Le­ja­ha eli­thi­le la­mla­nde­la, le­mbe­the ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo emzi­mbe­ni onqu­nu. Ase­li­ba­mba ama­ja­hay;

52 la­se­li­tshi­ya ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo la­ba­ba­le­ke­la li­nqu­nu.

UJe­su upha­mbi ko­mpri­sti omkhu­lu

53 Ba­se­be­mqhu­ba uJe­su ba­mu­sa ku­mpri­sti omkhu­lu; ba­se­be­bu­tha­na ku­ye aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu bo­nke la­ba­da­la la­ba­bha­liz.

54 UPe­tro wa­se­mla­nde­la ekha­tsha­na wa­ze wa­ba pha­ka­thi kwe­gu­ma lo­mpri­sti omkhu­lu; wa­ye­hle­zi ka­nye le­zi­nce­ku, eso­tha umli­loa.

55 La­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu lo­mpha­ka­thi wo­nke ba­di­nga ubu­fa­ka­zi ngo­Je­su, uku­ze ba­mbu­la­le; ko­dwa ka­ba­bu­tho­la­nga.

56 Ngo­ba aba­ne­ngi ba­fa­ka­za ama­nga nga­ye, ko­dwa lo­bu­bu­fa­ka­zi ka­bu­vu­me­la­na­ngab.

57 Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma aba­nye ba­fa­ka­za ama­nga ame­la­na la­ye be­si­thi:

58 Thi­na sa­mu­zwa esi­thi: Mi­na ngi­za­di­li­za le­li­the­mpe­lic ele­nzi­we nge­za­ndlad, nja­lo nga­khe eli­nye eli­nge­nzi­wa­nga nge­za­ndlae nge­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu.

59 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­bo ka­bu­vu­me­la­na­ngaf.

60 Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma umpri­sti omkhu­lu pha­ka­thi kwa­bo wa­mbu­za uJe­su, esi­thi: Ka­wu­phe­ndu­li lu­tho yi­ni? Ba­fa­ka­za­ni la­ba oku­me­la­na la­we?

61 Ko­dwa wa­thu­la, ka­phe­ndu­la­nga lu­tho. Umpri­sti omkhu­lu wa­bu­ya wa­mbu­za, wa­thi ku­ye: We­na ungu­Kri­stu, iNdo­da­na yo­Bu­si­si­we­yo yi­ni?

62 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­ngu­ye. Nja­lo li­za­bo­na iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ihle­zi nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­ma­ndla, isi­za nga­ma­ye­zi ezu­lug.

63 Umpri­sti omkhu­lu wa­se­da­bu­la ize­mba­tho za­khe wa­thi: Si­sa­swe­le­la­ni aba­fa­ka­zi?

64 Li­yi­zwi­le inhla­mba; li­ca­ba­nga­ni? Bo­nke ba­se­be­mla­hla uku­thi ule­ca­la lo­ku­fa.

65 Aba­nye ba­se­be­qa­la uku­mkha­fu­le­la ama­the, lo­ku­mgu­bu­ze­la ubu­so, lo­ku­mdu­tshu­zah, lo­ku­thi ku­ye: Pro­fe­thai! Izi­nce­ku za­se­zi­mwa­ka­laj.

UPe­tro ula­ndu­la uJe­su

66 UPe­tro ese­gu­me­ni nga­pha­nsik, kwa­fi­ka enye ye­zi­nce­ku­ka­zi zo­mpri­sti omkhu­lul;

67 isi­bo­na uPe­tro eso­tha, ya­mkha­nge­la ya­thi: La­we ubu­lo­mNa­za­re­tha, uJe­sum.

68 Ko­dwa wa­phi­ka, wa­thi: Ka­ngi­kwa­zi, fu­thi ka­ngi­ku­qe­di­si­si oku­tsho­yo. Wa­se­phu­ma pha­ndle, wa­ya entu­be­ni; la­se­li­kha­la iqhu­den.

69 Nja­lo ince­ku­ka­zi enca­ne imbo­na ya­bu­ya ya­qa­la uku­tsho kwa­ba­be­mi kho­na uku­thi: Lo ungomu­nye wa­boo.

70 Ko­dwa wa­bu­ya wa­phi­ka. Kwa­thi emva kwe­si­kha­tsha­na fu­thi la­bo aba­be­mi kho­na ba­thi ku­Pe­tro: Nge­qi­ni­so ungomu­nye wa­bo; ngo­ba la­we ungu­mGa­li­lip, lo­li­mi lwa­kho lu­ya­vu­me­la­naq.

71 Wa­se­qa­la uku­qa­le­ki­sa lo­ku­fu­nga esi­thi: Ka­ngi­ma­zi lu­mu­ntu eli­mtsho­yo.

72 Iqhu­de la­se­li­kha­la ngo­kwe­si­bi­li. UPe­tro wa­se­khu­mbu­la ili­zwi uJe­su aye­li­tshi­lo ku­ye lo­ku­thi: Li­nga­ka­kha­li ka­bi­li iqhu­de, uza­ngi­phi­ka ka­tha­thur. Ese­na­ka­ne nga­lo­khu wa­kha­la.

UJe­su upha­mbi ku­ka­Pi­la­tu

15Kwa­thi kho­no­kho eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu be­nza umhla­nga­no ka­nye la­ba­da­la la­ba­bha­lia, lo­mpha­ka­thi wo­nkeb, ba­mbo­pha uJe­su bamqhu­ba bamni­ke­la ku­Pi­la­tuc.

2 UPi­la­tu wa­se­mbu­za wa­thi: We­na uyi­Nko­si ya­ma­Ju­da yi­ni? Wa­se­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Uya­tsho we­na.

3 Aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu ba­se­be­mma­nga­le­la nge­zi­nto ezi­ne­ngi; ko­dwa ye­na ka­phe­ndu­la­nga lu­tho.

4 UPi­la­tu wa­se­bu­ya embu­za, wa­thi: Ka­wu­phe­ndu­li lu­tho yi­ni? Kha­nge­la, zi­nga­ki izi­nto aba­zi­fa­ka­za­yo ezi­me­la­na la­we.

5 Ko­dwa uJe­su ka­be­sa­phe­ndu­la lu­tho, wa­ze wa­ma­nga­la uPi­la­tud.

6 La­ngo­mkho­si wa­ye­ba­khu­lu­le­la isi­bo­tshwa esi­so­dwa, lo­ba yi­si­phi aba­si­ce­la­yo.

7 Kwa­ku­kho­na umu­ntu othi­wa ngu­Ba­ra­ba­si, owa­ye­bo­tshi­we la­la­bo aba­be­vu­ke­le umbu­so la­ye, aba­be­bu­le­le eku­vu­ke­le­ni umbu­so.

8 Ixu­ku la­se­li­me­me­za la­qa­la uku­ce­la uku­thi ale­nze­le nje­nge­zi­kha­thi zo­nke.

9 UPi­la­tu wa­se­ba­phe­ndu­la, wa­thi: Li­tha­nda uku­thi ngi­li­khu­lu­le­le iNko­si ya­ma­Ju­da yi­nie?

10 Ngo­ba wa­ye­kwa­zi uku­thi ngo­mo­na aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu ba­mni­ke­le.

11 Ko­dwa aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu ba­vu­sa ixu­ku, uku­thi ku­ngco­no ali­khu­lu­le­le uBa­ra­ba­sif.

12 UPi­la­tu wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi fu­thi ku­bo: Pho li­fu­na ngi­me­nze­ni lo eli­thi uyi­Nko­si ya­ma­Ju­da?

13 Ba­se­be­me­me­za fu­thi ba­thi: Mbe­the­le!

14 Ko­dwa uPi­la­tu wa­thi ku­bo: Ngo­ba we­nze ubu­bi ba­ni? Ko­dwa ba­me­me­za ka­khu­lu ba­thi: Mbe­the­le!

15 Kho­na uPi­la­tu etha­nda uku­kho­li­sa ixu­ku, wa­ba­khu­lu­le­la uBa­ra­ba­si; ko­dwa wa­mni­ke­la uJe­su, esemtsha­ye nge­si­swe­pu, uku­thi abe­the­lweg.

Abe­bu­tho ba­me­nza uJe­su inhle­ki­sa

16 Abe­bu­tho ba­se­be­mnge­ni­sah pha­ka­thi, egu­me­nii, eli­yi­ndlu yo­mbu­si, ba­se­be­bi­ze­la ibu­tho lo­nke nda­wo­nyej,

17 ba­mgqo­ki­sa oku­yi­bu­be­nde, se­be­lu­ke umqhe­le wa­me­va ba­me­the­sa,

18 ba­qa­la uku­mbi­nge­le­la be­si­thi: Ba­ye­the, Nko­si ya­ma­Ju­da!

19 Ba­tsha­ya ikha­nda la­khe ngo­mhla­nga, ba­mkha­fu­le­la ama­the, ba­gu­qa nga­ma­do­lo ba­mkho­nzak.

20 Se­be­mklo­lo­de­le, ba­mhlu­bu­la oku­yi­bu­be­nde, ba­mgqo­ki­sa eza­khe ize­mba­tho. Ba­se­be­mu­sa pha­ndle uku­ze ba­mbe­the­le.

UJe­su esi­pha­mba­nwe­ni

21 Ba­ba­mba nga­ma­ndla omu­nye owa­ye­se­dlu­la othi­wa ngu­Si­mo­ni umKu­re­ne, eve­la ema­pha­ndle­ni, uyi­se kaA­le­ksa­ndrol lo­Ru­fu­sim, uku­thi athwa­le isi­pha­mba­no sa­khe.

22 Ba­se­be­mu­sa enda­we­nin ethi­wa yi­Go­lgo­tha, oku­yi­ku­thi ngo­ku­phe­ndu­le­lwa, iNda­wo yo­kha­kha­yio.

23 Ba­se­be­mni­ka iwa­yi­ni li­xu­tsha­ni­swe le­nhla­ka uku­thi ali­na­thep; ko­dwa ka­le­mu­ke­la­nga.

24 Se­be­mbe­the­le, ba­be­la­na ize­mba­tho za­khe, be­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa nga­zo, uku­thi nga­mu­nye uza­tha­tha­ni.

25 Kwa­ku­li­ho­la le­si­tha­thu*, nja­lo ba­mbe­the­laq.

26 Fu­thi kwa­ku­lo­mbha­lo we­ca­la la­khe ela­li­bha­lwe phe­zu­lu usi­thi: INKO­SI YA­MA­JU­DAr.

27 Nja­lo ba­be­the­la ka­nye la­ye aba­pha­ngi aba­bi­li, omu­nye nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne lo­mu­nye nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo sa­khe.

28 Wa­su­gcwa­li­se­ka umbha­lo othi: Fu­thi wa­ba­lwa ka­nye le­zo­nis.

29 La­be­dlu­la­yo ba­mhla­mba­za, be­ni­ki­na ama­kha­nda abo, be­si­thi: Hi­ya, we­na odi­li­za ithe­mpe­li, ula­khe nge­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu,

30 zi­si­ndi­se, we­hle esi­pha­mba­nwe­ni.

31 La­ngo­ku­nja­lo aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­bo ba­klo­lo­da ka­nye la­ba­bha­li ba­thi omu­nye ko­mu­nye: Wa­si­ndi­sa aba­nye, ange­zi­si­ndi­se ye­na.

32 UKri­stu iNko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ke­hle kha­the­si esi­pha­mba­nwe­ni, uku­ze si­bo­ne si­kho­lwe. La­ba­be­be­the­lwe ka­nye la­ye ba­mklo­lo­de­la.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Je­su

33 Kwa­thi se­ku­fi­ke iho­la le­si­thu­pha*, kwa­ba kho­na ubu­mnya­ma phe­zu ko­mhla­ba wo­nke kwa­ze kwa­ba li­ho­la le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye*.

34 Nge­ho­la le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye uJe­su wa­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu, wa­thi, "E­lo­yi, Elo­yi, la­ma sa­ba­kta­ni?" Oku­yi­ku­thi ngo­ku­phe­ndu­le­lwa: Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ungi­tshi­ye­le­nit?

35 La­ba­nye kwa­ba­be­mi kho­na be­si­zwa ba­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, ubi­za uE­li­ja.

36 Wa­se­gi­ji­ma omu­nye, wa­gcwa­li­sa uzi­pho nge­vi­ni­ga, wa­lu­hlo­ma emhla­nge­ni, wa­mni­ka uku­thi ana­the, esi­thi: Ye­ke­la­ni, si­bo­ne uba uE­li­ja uza­ku­za ame­thu­le.

37 UJe­su wa­se­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu wa­phe­fu­mu­la oko­ku­ci­nau.

38 Le­ve­yi­li le­the­mpe­li la­da­tshu­lwa la­ba zi­nce­zu ezi­mbi­li la­qa­la phe­zu­lu li­si­ya pha­nsi.

39 Kwa­thi indu­na ye­khu­lu eya­yi­mi ma­qo­nda­na la­ye ibo­na uku­thi ukha­le nja­lo, wa­phe­fu­mu­la oko­ku­ci­na, ya­thi: Nge­qi­ni­so lu­mu­ntu ube­yi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­luv.

40 Kwa­ku­kho­na la­be­si­fa­za­na be­bu­ke­le be­kha­tsha­na, okwa­ku­kho­na pha­ka­thi kwa­bo lo­Ma­ri­ya Ma­ga­da­le­na, lo­Ma­ri­ya uni­na ka­Ja­ko­be omnci­nya­ne lo­ka­Jo­se, lo­Sa­lo­me,

41 (la­bo aba­be­mla­nde­la, ese­se­Ga­li­li, be­mnce­di­sa), la­ba­nye abe­si­fa­za­na aba­ne­ngi abe­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­maw la­ye.

Uku­ngcwa­tshwa ku­ka­Je­su

42 Kwa­thi se­ku­hlwi­lex, ngo­ba kwa­ku­nga­ma­lu­ngi­se­le­lo, oku­yi­ku­thi usu­ku pha­mbi kwe­sa­ba­thay,

43 wa­fi­ka uJo­se­fa owa­ye­ve­la eA­ri­ma­thi­ya, ilu­ngaz eli­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yoa lo­mpha­ka­thi, owa­ye­li­nde­le la­ye umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub; wa­nge­na nge­si­bi­ndi ku­Pi­la­tu, wa­ce­la isi­du­mbu si­ka­Je­su.

44 UPi­la­tu wa­se­ma­nga­la ngo­ku­thi use­fi­le; wa­bi­ze­la ku­ye indu­na ye­khu­lu, wa­yi­bu­za uku­thi ka­mbe se­ku­yi­si­kha­thi efi­le.

45 Esa­zi­si­we yi­ndu­na ye­khu­lu, wa­mni­ka uJo­se­fa isi­du­mbuc.

46 Wa­se­the­nga ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo, wa­me­thu­la, wa­mgo­qe­la nge­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo, wa­mbe­ka engcwa­be­ni ela­li­gu­jwe edwa­le­ni; wa­gi­qe­la ili­tshe emnya­ngo we­ngcwa­ba.

47 Fu­thi uMa­ri­ya Ma­ga­da­le­na lo­Ma­ri­ya uni­na ka­Jo­se ba­bo­na la­pho aye­be­kwa kho­nad.

Uku­vu­ka ku­ka­Je­su

16Isa­ba­tha se­li­dlu­li­lea, uMa­ri­ya Ma­ga­da­le­nabc lo­Ma­ri­ya uni­na ka­Ja­ko­bed lo­Sa­lo­mee ba­the­nga ama­kha, uku­ze ba­ha­mbe ba­ye­mgco­baf.

2 Kwa­thi eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu ngosu­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­vi­ki be­za engcwa­be­nig, eku­phu­me­ni kwe­la­ngahi.

3 Ba­se­be­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­si­thi: Ngu­ba­ni oza­si­gi­qe­la ili­tshe li­su­ke emnya­ngo we­ngcwa­ba?

4 Fu­thi ba­thi uku­kha­nge­la ba­bo­na ili­tshe se­li­gi­qwe la­su­swa; ngo­ba la­li­li­khu­lu ka­khu­luj.

5 Ku­the be­nge­na engcwa­be­nik, ba­bo­na ija­ha li­hle­zi nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­nel, le­mbe­the ise­mba­tho esi­dem esi­mhlo­phen; be­sa­bao.

6 Ko­dwa la­thi ku­bo: Li­nge­sa­bi; li­di­nga uJe­su umNa­za­re­tha obe­be­the­lwe; uvu­ki­le, ka­kho la­pha; kha­nge­la­ni, inda­wo la­pho abe­be­mbe­ke kho­nap.

7 Ko­dwa ha­mba­ni, li­tshe­le aba­fu­ndi ba­khe lo­Pe­tro uku­thi uza­la­ndu­le­la uku­ya eGa­li­liq; li­za­mbo­na kho­na, nje­nga­lo­kho aye­ku­tshi­lo ki­nir.

8 Ba­se­be­phu­ma ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa ba­ba­le­ka engcwa­be­ni; fu­thi uku­qhu­qha lo­kwe­thu­ka kwa­ba­ba­mba; fu­thi ka­ba­khu­lu­ma­nga lu­tho emu­ntwi­ni, ngo­ba ba­be­se­sa­bas.

Uku­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ku­ka­Je­su emva ko­ku­vu­ka kwa­khe

9 Kwa­thi uJe­su ese­vu­ki­le eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­vi­kit, wa­bo­na­ka­la ku­qa­lau ku­Ma­ri­ya Ma­ga­da­le­nav, aye­khu­phe ku­ye ama­di­mo­ni ayi­si­kho­mbi­saw.

10 Ye­na wa­su­ka wa­ba­bi­ke­la la­bo aba­be­la­yex, be­li­la be­kha­lay.

11 La­bo se­be­zwi­le uku­thi uya­phi­la lo­ku­thi ubo­nwe ngu­ye, ka­ba­kho­lwa­ngaz.

12 Nja­lo emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto wa­bo­na­ka­la nge­si­nye isi­moa kwa­ba­bi­li ba­bo be­ha­mba, be­si­ya ema­pha­ndle­nib.

13 La­bo ba­ha­mba ba­bi­ke­la aba­nye; la­la­bo ka­ba­ba­kho­lwa­ngac.

14 Emva kwa­lo­khu wa­bo­na­ka­la kwa­ba­li­tshu­mi la­nyed be­hle­zi eku­dle­ni1, wa­so­la uku­nga­kho­lwa kwa­boe lo­bu­lu­khu­ni be­nhli­zi­yof, ngo­ba be­nga­kho­lwa­nga la­bo aba­mbo­na­yo ese­vu­ki­leg.

15 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ha­mba­ni li­ye emhla­be­ni wo­nkeh, li­tshu­ma­ye­le iva­nge­li ku­so so­nke isi­da­lwai.

16 Lo­wo okho­lwa­yoj abha­bha­thi­zwe uza­si­ndi­swak; ko­dwa onga­kho­lwa­yo uza­la­hlwal.

17 La­le­zi­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so zi­za­ba­la­nde­la aba­kho­lwa­yom: Ebi­zwe­ni la­mi ba­za­khu­pha ama­di­mo­nin; ba­khu­lu­me nge­ndi­mi ezi­ntshao;

18 ba­za­do­bha izi­nyo­ka; uba be­na­tha lo­ba yi­ku­phi oku­bu­la­la­yop, ka­ku­so­ze ku­ba­li­ma­ze; ba­za­be­ka iza­ndlaq phe­zu kwa­ba­gu­la­yo, fu­thi ba­za­phi­lar.

Ukwe­nyu­ka ku­ka­Je­su

19 Nga­kho iNko­si, emva ko­ku­thi isi­khu­lu­mi­le la­bos, ya­khu­tshu­le­lwa ezu­lwi­nit, ya­hla­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu.

20 Bo­na ba­se­be­phu­ma ba­tshu­ma­ye­la enda­we­ni zo­nke, iNko­si ise­be­nza labov, iqi­ni­saw ili­zwix nge­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so eza­zi­la­nde­lay. Ame­ni.