IVA­NGE­LI ELA­LO­TSHWA

NGU­JO­HA­NE

Ubu­Nku­lu­nku­lu lo­bu­ntu lo­mse­be­nzi ka­Je­su Kri­stu

1Eku­qa­le­nia wa­ye­kho­na uLi­zwib, nja­lo uLi­zwi wa­ye­lo­Nku­lu­nku­luc, nja­lo uLi­zwi wa­ye­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lud.

2 Ye­na lo wa­ye­lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu eku­qa­le­ni.

3 Zo­nke izi­nto ze­nzi­wa nga­ye, nja­lo nga­pha­ndle kwa­khe ka­ku­la­lu­tho lo­lu­lo­dwa olwe­nzi­wa­yo lo­lo olwe­nzi­we­yoe.

4 Impi­lo ya­yi­ku­yef, nja­lo impi­lo ya­yi­yi­ku­kha­nya kwa­ba­ntug,

5 lo­ku­kha­nya ku­kha­nyah emnya­me­nii, ko­dwa ubu­mnya­ma ka­bu­kwe­mu­ke­la­ngaj.

6 Kwa­ve­la umu­ntu ethu­nywe ngu­Nku­lu­nku­luk, obi­zo la­khe li­ngu­Jo­ha­nel;

7 ye­na lo we­ze­la ubu­fa­ka­zi, uku­ze afa­ka­ze ngo­ku­kha­nya, uku­ze bo­nke ba­kho­lwe nga­yem.

8 Ye­na wa­ye­nga­yi­si­kho uku­kha­nya, ko­dwa uku­ze afa­ka­ze ngo­ku­kha­nyan.

9 Kwa­ku­yi­ku­kha­nya oku­qo­thoo, oku­kha­nyi­sa wo­nke umu­ntu oza emhla­be­nip.

10 Wa­ye­kho­na emhla­be­ni, nja­lo umhla­ba we­nzi­wa nga­yeq, ko­dwa umhla­ba ka­wu­ma­za­nga.

11 We­za ko­kwa­kher, ko­dwa aba­khe ka­ba­me­mu­ke­la­ngas.

12 Ko­dwa bo­nke aba­me­mu­ke­la­yo, wa­ba­pha ama­ndla1 oku­thi ba­bet nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, la­bo aba­kho­lwa ebi­zwe­ni la­khe;

13 aba­za­lwa ku­nge­yi­si­kho nge­ga­zi, la­nge­nta­ndo ye­nya­mau, la­nge­nta­ndo ye­ndo­da, ko­dwa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­luv.

14 ULi­zwiw wa­se­si­ba yi­nya­max, wa­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwe­thuy, nja­lo sa­bo­na inka­zi­mu­lo ya­khez, inka­zi­mu­lo inje­nge­yo­ze­lwe ye­dwa ka­Yi­sea, egcwe­leb umu­sa le­qi­ni­soc.

15 UJo­ha­ne wa­fa­ka­za nga­yed, wa­me­me­za wa­thi: Ngu­ye lo ebe­ngi­si­tsho nga­ye uku­thie: Lo­wo oza­yo emva kwa­mif upha­mbi kwa­mig; ngo­ba wa­ye­kho­nah ku­qa­la ku­la­mii.

16 Le­ku­gcwa­le­ni kwa­khe thi­na se­mu­ke­le so­nke, fu­thi umu­sa ngo­mu­saj;

17 ngo­ba umla­yo wa­ni­kwa ngo­Mo­zi­sik, umu­sal le­qi­ni­so kwe­za ngo­Je­su Kri­stum.

18 Ka­khon owa­ke wa­bo­na uNku­lu­nku­luo; iNdo­da­na eze­lwe yo­dwap, ese­si­fu­be­niq si­ka­Yi­ser, yi­yo emve­zi­le­yos.

Ubu­fa­ka­zi bu­ka­Jo­ha­ne

19 Nja­lo lo­bu yi­bu­fa­ka­zi bu­ka­Jo­ha­net, mhla ama­Ju­da ethu­ma aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi be­ve­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma uku­ze ba­mbu­ze uku­thi: We­na ungu­ba­niu?

20 Wa­se­vu­ma, ka­phi­ka­nga; fu­thi wa­vu­ma wa­thi: Ka­ngi­su­ye uKri­stu mi­nav.

21 Ba­mbu­za fu­thi ba­thi: Ku­yi­ni pho? We­na unguE­li­ja yi­niw? Wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ngi­su­ye. We­na ungu­lo­wo­mPro­fe­thi yi­nix? Wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ha­tshi.

22 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Ungu­ba­ni? Uku­ze si­ba­phe impe­ndu­lo aba­si­thu­mi­le­yo; uthi­ni nga­we?

23 Wa­thi: Mi­na ngi­yi­li­zwi lo­me­me­za­yo enka­nga­lay: Lu­ngi­sa­ni indle­la ye­Nko­si, nje­ngo­ba uI­sa­ya umpro­fe­thi wa­tshoz.

24 La­la­bo aba­be­thu­nyi­we ba­be­ve­la ku­ba­Fa­ri­sia.

25 Ba­se­be­mbu­za, ba­thi ku­ye: Ubha­bha­thi­ze­la­ni phob, uba we­na unge­yi­su­ye uKri­stu, loE­li­ja, la­lo­wo­mPro­fe­thic?

26 UJo­ha­ne wa­ba­phe­ndu­la, wa­thi: Mi­na ngi­bha­bha­thi­za nga­ma­nzid; ko­dwa pha­ka­thi kwe­nue ku­mi, li­na eli­nga­ma­zi­yof;

27 ngu­ye oza­yo emva kwa­mi, opha­mbi kwa­mig, engi­nga­fa­ne­le mi­na uku­thu­ku­lu­la umchi­lo wa­ma­nya­the­la akheh.

28 Le­zi­zi­nto ze­nze­ka eBe­tha­ba­rai nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni, la­pho uJo­ha­ne aye­bha­bha­thi­za kho­naj.

29 Ku­si­sa uJo­ha­ne wa­bo­na uJe­su esi­za ku­ye, wa­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni iWu­ndlu li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luk, eli­su­sa li­thwa­le iso­no so­mhla­bal.

30 Ngu­ye lo mi­na ebe­ngili­tshe­la nga­ye uku­thi: Emva kwa­mi ku­za indo­da, eya­yi­kho­na pha­mbi kwa­mim, ngo­ba ya­yi­kho­na ku­qa­la ku­la­min.

31 La­mi be­ngi­nga­ma­zi; ko­dwa uku­ze abo­na­ka­li­swe kuI­sra­ye­lio, nga­lo­kho mi­na ngi­zi­le ngi­bha­bha­thi­za nga­ma­nzip.

32 UJo­ha­ne wa­se­fa­ka­zaq, esi­thi: Ngi­bo­ni­le uMo­ya ese­hla ezu­lwi­ni nje­nge­ju­ba, wa­hla­la phe­zu kwa­kher.

33 La­mi be­ngi­nga­ma­zi; ko­dwa owa­ngi­thu­ma­yo uku­bha­bha­thi­za nga­ma­nzi, ye­na wa­thi ki­mi: Lo­wo oza­bo­na uMo­ya ese­hle­la phe­zu kwa­khe ahla­le ku­ye, ngu­ye obha­bha­thi­za ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­les.

34 Mi­na ngi­bo­ni­le, nga­fa­ka­zat uku­thi lo uyi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu.

Aba­fu­ndi bo­ku­qa­la

35 Ku­si­sa fu­thi uJo­ha­ne wa­ye­mi, la­ba­bi­li ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe;

36 wa­se­kha­nge­la uJe­su eha­mba­ha­mbav, wa­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni iWu­ndlu li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luw.

37 Aba­fu­ndi aba­bi­li ba­mu­zwa ekhu­lu­ma, ba­se­be­mla­nde­la uJe­su.

38 Kwa­thi uJe­su enye­mu­ku­la eba­bo­na be­la­nde­la, wa­thi ki­bo: Li­di­nga­nix? Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Ra­bi*, (o­ku­yi­ku­thi ngo­ku­phe­ndu­le­lwa, Mfu­ndi­si) uhla­la nga­phiy?

39 Wa­thi ki­bo: Wo­za­ni li­bo­ne. Be­za ba­bo­na la­pho aye­hla­la kho­na; ba­hla­la la­ye nga­lo­lo­su­ku; kwa­ku­nga­ba li­ho­la le­tshu­mi*.

40 UA­ndre­ya umfo­wa­bo ka­Si­mo­ni Pe­troz wa­ye­ngo­mu­nye wa­ba­bi­li aba­beku­zwe ngo­Jo­ha­ne ba­mla­nde­la.

41 Ye­na wa­tho­la ku­qa­la umfo­wa­bo uqo­bo uSi­mo­nia, wa­thi ku­ye: Si­mtho­li­le uMe­si­ya2, oku­phe­ndu­le­lwa ngo­ku­thi, uKri­stub.

42 Wa­se­mle­tha ku­Je­su. UJe­su ese­mkha­nge­le wa­thic: We­na ungu­Si­mo­ni indo­da­na ka­Jo­nad; uza­thi­wa ngu­Ke­fa­si, oku­phe­ndu­le­lwa ngo­ku­thi uPe­troe.

43 Ku­si­saf uJe­su wa­ye­fu­na uku­su­ka aye eGa­li­lig, wa­tho­la uFi­li­phu, wa­thi ku­ye: Ngi­la­nde­la.

44 UFi­li­phu-keh wa­ye­ngo­we­Bhe­thi­sa­yi­dai, emzi­ni wa­ki­bo kaA­ndre­ya lo­Pe­tro.

45 UFi­li­phu wa­tho­la uNa­tha­ni­ye­lij, wa­thi ku­ye: Si­mtho­li­le lo­wo abha­la nga­ye uMo­zi­si emla­ywe­nik la­ba­pro­fe­thil, uJe­su we­Na­za­re­tham, indo­da­na ka­Jo­se­fan.

46 UNa­tha­ni­ye­li wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ka­mbe ku­nga­ve­la oku­hle eNa­za­re­thao? UFi­li­phu wa­thi ku­ye: Wo­za ubo­ne.

47 UJe­su wa­bo­na uNa­tha­ni­ye­li esi­za ku­ye, wa­thi nga­ye: Kha­nge­la­ni umI­sra­ye­li uqo­bop, oku­nge­kho nko­hli­so ku­yeq.

48 UNa­tha­ni­ye­li wa­thi ku­ye: Unga­ze­la nga­phi? UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: UFi­li­phu enga­ka­ku­bi­zi, unga­pha­nsi ko­mkhi­wa, nga­ku­bo­na.

49 UNa­tha­ni­ye­li wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Ra­bir, we­na uyi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus, we­na uyi­Nko­si kaI­sra­ye­lit.

50 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Uya­kho­lwa ngo­ba ngi­the ku­we, be­ngi­ku­bo­na unga­pha­nsi ko­mkhi­wau. Uza­bo­na izi­nto ezi­nku­lu ku­la­le­zi.

51 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Ku­su­ke­la kha­the­siv li­za­bo­na izu­lu li­vu­le­ki­lew, le­ngi­lo­si zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu zi­se­nyu­ka zi­se­hlax phe­zu kwe­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntuy.

Isi­ma­nga­li­so so­ku­qa­la si­ka­Je­su

2Kwa­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu kwa­ba kho­na umtsha­doa eKa­na ye­Ga­li­lib; lo­ni­na ka­Je­su wa­ye­kho­na la­pho;

2 nja­lo uJe­su la­ye wa­ye­nxu­si­we la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khec emtsha­dwe­nid.

3 Kwa­thi iwa­yi­ni se­li­swe­le­ka, uni­na ka­Je­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ka­ba­la­lo iwa­yi­ni.

4 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ma­mae, ngi­la­ni la­wef? Iho­la la­mi ka­li­ka­fi­kig.

5 Uni­na wa­thi ku­zi­nce­ku: Ye­nza­ni lo­ba yi­ku­phi aza­li­tshe­la kho­na.

6 Kwa­ku­kho­na la­pho imbi­za za­ma­nzi eza­ma­tshe zi­mi­swe nje­ngo­ko­ku­hla­mbu­lu­la kwa­ma­Ju­dah, inye inge­na ama­pho­co ama­bi­li ku­mbe ama­tha­thui.

7 UJe­su wa­thi ku­zo: Gcwa­li­sa­ni imbi­za za­ma­nzi nga­ma­nzi. Za­se­zi­zi­gcwa­li­sa za­thi kli­ki.

8 Wa­se­si­thi ku­zo: Kha­ni­ni kha­the­si, li­se ku­mpha­thi wo­ku­dla. Za­se­zi­ku­sa.

9 Umpha­thi wo­ku­dlaj esi­zwa ama­nzi ase­be li­wa­yi­nik, enga­zi uku­thi li­ve­la nga­phi (ko­dwa ince­ku eza­zi­wa­khi­le ama­nzi za­zi­sa­zi), umpha­thi wo­ku­dla wa­bi­za umye­ni,

10 wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Wo­nke umu­ntu ule­tha iwa­yi­ni eli­mna­ndi ku­qa­la, ku­thi la­pho se­be­na­thi­le ka­khu­lul, abe­sele­tha eli­bi; we­na ugci­ni­le iwa­yi­ni eli­mna­ndi kwa­ze kwa­ba kha­the­si.

11 Lo­kho ku­yi­ku­qa­la kwe­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so uJe­su akwe­nza eKa­na ye­Ga­li­lim wa­bo­na­ka­li­sa inka­zi­mu­lo ya­khen; la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­kho­lwa ku­ye.

Aba­the­ngi­si ethe­mpe­li­ni

12 Emva kwa­lo­kho we­hle­la eKa­pe­na­wu­meo, ye­na, lo­ni­na, la­ba­fo­wa­bop, la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe; nja­lo ba­hla­la kho­na ku­nge­yi­si­kho okwe­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi.

13 Ipha­si­ka la­ma­Ju­da la­se­li­so­nde­leq, uJe­su wa­se­se­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mar.

14 Wa­fi­ca ethe­mpe­li­ni la­bo aba­the­ngi­sa inka­bi le­zi­mvu la­ma­ju­ba, la­ba­ntshi­ntshi be­ma­li be­hle­zis.

15 Ese­nze isi­swe­pu se­zi­nta­mbot wa­ba­xo­tsha bo­nke ethe­mpe­li­ni, izi­mvu ka­nye le­nka­bi; wa­chi­tha ima­li ya­ba­ntshi­ntshi­sa­yo, wa­ge­nqu­la ama­ta­fu­la;

16 wa­se­si­thi kwa­ba­the­ngi­sa ama­ju­ba: Su­sa­ni le­zi­zi­nto la­pha; li­nga­ye­nzi indlu ka­Ba­ba indlu yo­ku­the­ngi­se­lau.

17 Aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­se­be­khu­mbu­la uku­thi ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Uku­tshi­se­ke­la indlu ya­kho ku­ngi­dli­lev.

18 Nga­kho ama­Ju­da aphe­ndu­la athi ku­yew: Usi­tshe­ngi­sa isi­bo­na­ka­li­so ba­ni, so­ku­thi we­nze le­zi­zi­ntox?

19 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­wo: Di­li­za­niy le­li­the­mpe­liz, nja­lo nge­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu ngi­za­li­vu­saa.

20 Ama­Ju­da ase­si­thib: Okwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne le­si­thu­pha le­li­the­mpe­li la­khi­wa, we­na-ke uza­li­vu­sa nge­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu yi­ni?

21 Ko­dwa ye­na wa­ye­khu­lu­ma nge­the­mpe­li lo­mzi­mba wa­khec.

22 Nga­kho, kwa­thi ese­vu­ki­le kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­khu­mbu­la uku­thi wa­ye­ku­tshi­lo lo­khu ku­bod; ba­kho­lwa umbha­lo, le­li­zwi aye­li­tshi­lo uJe­sue.

23 Nja­lo kwa­thi ese­Je­ru­sa­le­ma nge­pha­si­ka, emkho­si­ni, aba­ne­ngi ba­kho­lwa ebi­zwe­ni la­khe, be­bo­na izi­bo­na­ka­li­so za­khe aze­nza­yof;

24 ko­dwa uJe­su ngo­kwa­khe ka­zi­ni­ke­la­nga ye­na ku­bo, ngo­ba ye­na wa­ye­ba­zi bo­nke,

25 la­nge­nxa yo­ku­thi wa­ye­nga­swe­li uku­thi lo­ba ngu­ba­ni afa­ka­ze ngo­mu­ntu; ngo­ba ye­na wa­ye­kwa­zi oku­se­mu­ntwi­nig.

UJe­su ukhu­lu­ma lo­Ni­ko­di­ma

3Kwa­ku­kho­na-ke umu­ntu wa­ku­ba­Fa­ri­si, ngu­Ni­ko­di­ma ibi­zo la­khea, isi­khu­lu sa­ma­Ju­dab;

2 lo we­za ku­Je­suc ebu­su­kud, wa­thi ku­ye: Ra­bi*e, si­ya­zi uku­thi ungu­mfu­ndi­si ove­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ngo­ba ka­kho onge­nza le­zi­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so oze­nza­yo we­naf, uba uNku­lu­nku­lu enge­la­yeg.

3 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ku­we: Nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi umu­ntu aza­lweh ngo­ku­tsha1i, ange­wu­bo­ne umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

4 UNi­ko­di­ma wa­thi ku­ye: Umu­ntu anga­za­lwa nja­ni ese­mda­la? Anga­nge­na yi­ni ngo­kwe­si­bi­li esi­swi­ni si­ka­ni­na aza­lwej?

5 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ku­we: Uba umu­ntu enga­za­lwa­nga nga­ma­nzikl la­ngo­Mo­yam, ange­nge­ne embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

6 Lo­kho oku­ze­lwe yi­nya­ma ku­yi­nya­ma; la­lo­kho oku­ze­lwe ngu­Mo­ya ku­ngu­mo­yan.

7 Unga­ma­nga­li uku­thi ngi­the ku­we: Ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi li­za­lwe ngo­ku­tsha2o.

8 Umo­ya uphe­phe­the­la la­pho otha­nda kho­na, uya­wu­zwa umdu­mo wa­wo, ko­dwa ka­wa­zi la­pho ove­la kho­na la­la­pho oya kho­na; unja­lo wo­nke oze­lwe ngu­Mo­yap.

9 UNi­ko­di­ma wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Le­zi­zi­nto zi­nge­nze­ka nja­niq?

10 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: We­na ungu­mfu­ndi­si wa­koI­sra­ye­li, ko­dwa ka­wu­za­zi le­zi­zi­nto yi­nir?

11 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ku­we: Si­khu­lu­ma esi­kwa­zi­yo, si­fa­ka­ze esi­ku­bo­ni­le­yos; ko­dwa ka­li­be­mu­ke­li ubu­fa­ka­zi be­thut.

12 Nxa ngi­li­tshe­li­le izi­nto zo­mhla­ba nja­lo li­nga­kho­lwa, li­za­kho­lwa nja­ni, uba ngi­li­tshe­la izi­nto ze­zu­lwi­ni?

13 Nja­lo ka­kho owa­ke we­nyu­ke­la ezu­lwi­niu, nga­pha­ndle ko­we­hla ezu­lwi­ni, iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntuv ese­zu­lwi­niw.

14 Fu­thi nje­ngo­ba uMo­zi­si wa­pha­ka­mi­sa inyo­ka enka­nga­lax, ngo­ku­nja­lo iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntuy ime­le uku­pha­ka­nyi­swaz;

15 uku­ze wo­nke okho­lwa ku­yo anga­bhu­bhia, ko­dwa abe le­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­deb.

16 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­wu­tha­nda umhla­ba ngo­ku­nja­loc, nga­kho wa­ni­kad iNdo­da­na ya­khe eze­lwe yo­dwae, uku­ze wo­nke okho­lwa ku­yo anga­bhu­bhi, ko­dwa abe le­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­def.

17 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­thu­ma­nga iNdo­da­na ya­khe emhla­be­nig uku­thi iwu­la­hle umhla­bah, ko­dwa uku­ze umhla­ba usi­ndi­swe nga­yoi.

18 Okho­lwa ki­yo ka­la­hlwaj; ko­dwa onga­kho­lwa­yo use­la­hli­wek, ngo­ba enga­kho­lwa­nga ebi­zwe­ni le­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eze­lwe yo­dwal.

19 Uku­la­hlwa ku­yi­lo­khu, uku­thi uku­kha­nya ku­fi­ki­le emhla­be­nim, ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­tha­nda ubu­mnya­man ku­lo­ku­kha­nyao; ngo­ba imi­se­be­nzi ya­bo ya­yi­mi­bip.

20 Ngo­ba wo­nkeq owe­nza oku­bi uzo­nda uku­kha­nya, nja­lo ke­zi eku­kha­nye­nir, uku­ze imi­se­be­nzi ya­khe inga­so­lwas3.

21 Ko­dwa owe­nza iqi­ni­so uye­za eku­kha­nye­ni, uku­ze imi­se­be­nzi ya­khe ibo­na­ka­le, uku­thi ye­nzi­we ku­Nku­lu­nku­lut.

Ubu­fa­ka­zi bo­ku­ci­na bu­ka­Jo­ha­ne

22 Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto uJe­su we­za eli­zwe­ni le­Ju­di­yau la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khev; nja­lo wa­hla­la kho­na ka­nye la­bo nja­lo wa­bha­bha­thi­zaw.

23 UJo­ha­ne la­ye wa­ye­bha­bha­thi­za eE­no­nix edu­ze le­Sa­li­may, ngo­ba kwa­ku­la­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngi kho­na; nja­lo ba­be­si­za be­bha­bha­thi­zwaz.

24 Ngo­ba uJo­ha­ne wa­ye­nga­ka­pho­se­lwa ento­lo­ngwe­nia.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na uku­phi­ki­sa­na pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fu­ndi ba­ka­Jo­ha­ne la­ma­Ju­da ngo­ku­hla­mbu­lu­lab.

26 Ba­se­be­si­za ku­Jo­ha­ne ba­thi ku­ye: Ra­bic, lo­wo owa­wu­la­ye nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­nid, owa­mfa­ka­ze­la­yoe, kha­nge­la ye­na uya­bha­bha­thi­za, nja­lo ba­ye­za ku­ye bo­nke.

27 UJo­ha­ne wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Umu­ntu ange­mu­ke­le4 ulu­thof, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi alu­ni­kwe lu­ve­la ezu­lwi­nig.

28 Li­na ngo­kwe­nu li­ya­ngi­fa­ka­ze­la uku­thi nga­thi: Ka­ngi­su­ye uKri­stu mi­nah, ko­dwa uku­thi ngi­thu­nyi­we nga­pha­mbi kwa­khei.

29 Olo­ma­ko­ti ungu­mye­nij; ko­dwa umnga­ne wo­mye­ni, omi­yo emu­zwak, utho­ko­za nge­nto­ko­zol nge­li­zwi lo­mye­nim; nga­kho li­nto­ko­zo ya­mi isi­phe­le­le.

30 Ume­le uku­khu­la ye­na, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­nci­phen.

Ove­la ezu­lwi­ni

31 Ove­lao phe­zu­lup uphe­zu kwa­kho ko­nkeq. Ove­la emhla­be­ni, ungo­wo­mhla­ba, nja­lo ukhu­lu­ma oko­mhla­bar; ove­las ezu­lwi­nit uphe­zu kwa­kho ko­nkeu.

32 La­lo­kho aku­bo­ni­le­yov la­ku­zwi­le­yow, ufa­ka­za kho­na; ko­dwa ka­kho owe­mu­ke­la ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­khex.

33 Owe­mu­ke­le ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­khe upha­wu­li­ley uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu uqi­ni­si­lez.

34 Ngo­ba lo­wo uNku­lu­nku­lu amthu­mi­le­yo, ukhu­lu­ma ama­zwi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu umni­ka uMo­ya ku­nge­yi­si­kho nge­si­li­nga­ni­sob.

35 UYi­se uya­yi­tha­nda iNdo­da­nac, nja­lo uni­ke­le izi­nto zo­nke esa­ndle­ni sa­yod.

36 Ye­na okho­lwa eNdo­da­ne­ni ule­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­de; ko­dwa ye­na onga­kho­lwa­yo eNdo­da­ne­ni, ka­yi­ku­bo­na impi­lo, ko­dwa ula­ka lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lu­hle­zi phe­zu kwa­khee.

UJe­su ukhu­lu­ma lo­we­si­fa­za­na we­Sa­ma­ri­ya

4Kwa­thi-ke iNko­si isi­sa­zi uku­thi aba­Fa­ri­si se­be­zwi­le uku­thi uJe­su we­nza wa­bha­bha­thi­za aba­fu­ndi aba­ne­ngi ku­lo­Jo­ha­nea,

2 la­nxa uJe­su ngo­kwa­khe wa­ye­nga­bha­bha­thi­zi, ko­dwa aba­fu­ndi ba­kheb,

3 wa­su­ka eJu­di­yac, wa­su­ka wa­ya fu­thi eGa­li­lid.

4 Ko­dwa kwa­ku­me­lee uku­thi ada­bu­le eSa­ma­ri­yaf.

5 Wa­fi­ka-ke emzi­ni we­Sa­ma­ri­ya oku­thi­wa yi­Si­ka­rig, edu­ze le­si­qi­nti uJa­ko­be asi­ni­ka indo­da­na ya­khe uJo­se­fah;

6 lo­mtho­mbo ka­Ja­ko­be wa­wu­la­pho. Nga­kho uJe­su ekha­the­le ngo­ha­mboi wa­hla­la ngo­ku­nja­lo emtho­nje­nij. Kwa­ku­nga­ba li­ho­la le­si­thu­pha*k.

7 Kwa­fi­ka owe­si­fa­za­na eve­la eSa­ma­ri­ya uku­za­ku­kha ama­nzi; uJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ngi­na­thi­sa

8 (ngo­ba aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­be­ha­mbi­le ba­ya emzi­ni, uku­ze ba­the­nge uku­dlal).

9 Nga­kho owe­si­fa­za­na umSa­ma­ri­ya wa­thi ku­ye: Ku­nga­ni we­na ungu­mJu­da uce­la uku­na­tha ki­mi, owe­si­fa­za­na ongu­mSa­ma­ri­ya? Ngo­ba ama­Ju­da awa­la­bu­dle­lwa­no la­ma­Sa­ma­ri­yam.

10 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Alu­ba ubu­sa­zi isi­pho si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, lo­ku­thi ungu­ba­ni othi ku­we: Ngi­na­thi­sa; ubu­za­ce­la ku­ye, nja­lo ube­za­ku­ni­ka ama­nzi aphi­la­yon.

11 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, ka­wu­la­lu­tho lo­ku­kha, lo­mgo­di uya­tsho­na; uwa­the­the nga­phi pho ama­nzi aphi­la­yo?

12 We­na umkhu­lu yi­ni ku­lo­ba­ba we­thu uJa­ko­be, owa­si­ni­ka umgo­di, wa­na­tha ku­wo ye­na, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe, le­mi­hla­mbi ya­khe?

13 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Wo­nke ona­tha la­ma­nzi, uza­ko­ma fu­thi;

14 ko­dwa lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ona­tha ama­nzi mi­na engi­za­mni­ka wo­na, ka­so­ze ome ku­ze ku­be la­pha­ka­deo; ko­dwa ama­nzi engi­za­mni­ka wo­na aza­ku­ba ngu­mtho­mbo wa­ma­nzi pha­ka­thi kwa­khe ogo­bho­ze­la empi­lwe­ni ela­pha­ka­dep.

15 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, ngi­pha la­wo­ma­nzi, uku­ze ngi­ngo­mi, ngi­nga­be ngi­se­za la­pha uku­khaq.

16 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba, ubi­ze umka­kho, uze la­phar.

17 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ka­ngi­la­ndo­da. UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Utsho ku­hle uku­thi: Ka­ngi­la­ndo­da;

18 ngo­ba usu­ke wa­ba la­ma­do­da ama­hla­nu, le ola­yo kha­the­si ka­yi­si­yo indo­da ya­kho; lo­khu uku­tsho uqi­ni­si­le.

19 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, ngi­ya­bo­na uku­thi we­na ungu­mpro­fe­this.

20 Oba­ba be­thu ba­be­kho­nza ku­li­nta­bat; ko­dwa li­na li­thi ise­Je­ru­sa­le­ma inda­wo la­pho oku­fa­ne­le umu­ntu akho­nze kho­nau.

21 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ma­ma, kho­lwa ki­mi, uku­thi iho­la li­ye­zav, la­pho eli­za­kho­nza uBa­baw ku­nge­yi­si­kho ku­li­nta­ba, ku­mbe eJe­ru­sa­le­max.

22 Li­na li­kho­nza eli­nga­kwa­zi­yoy; thi­na si­kho­nza esi­kwa­zi­yo; ngo­ba usi­ndi­so lu­ve­la ku­ma­Ju­daz.

23 Ko­dwa iho­la li­ye­za nja­lo se­li­yi­loa, la­pho aba­kho­nzi aba­qo­tho ba­za­kho­nza uBa­ba ngo­mo­yab la­nge­qi­ni­soc; ngo­ba-ke uBa­ba udi­nga aba­nja­lo aba­mkho­nza­yod.

24 UNku­lu­nku­lu ungu­Mo­yae; la­la­bo aba­mkho­nza­yo, ba­fa­ne­le uku­kho­nza ngo­mo­yaf la­nge­qi­ni­sog.

25 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­thi ku­ye: Ngi­ya­zi uku­thi uMe­si­ya uye­za oku­thi­wa ngu­Kri­stuh; nxa lo ese­fi­ki­lei, uza­si­tshe­la ko­nkej.

26 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Mi­na ngi­ngu­ye, okhu­lu­ma la­wek.

27 Kwa­thi nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ba­fi­ka aba­fu­ndi ba­khe, ba­ma­nga­la uku­thi wa­ye­khu­lu­ma lo­we­si­fa­za­na; ko­dwa ka­kho owa­thi: Udi­nga­ni? Ku­mbe: Ukhu­lu­ma­ni la­ye?

28 Nga­kho owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­tshi­ya inko­nxa ya­khe, wa­se­su­ka wa­ya emzi­ni, wa­thi eba­ntwi­ni:

29 Wo­za­ni, li­bo­ne umu­ntu, ongi­tshe­le ko­nke enga­kwe­nza­yol; ka­mbe ka­yi­su­ye yi­ni uKri­stu lom?

30 Nga­kho ba­phu­ma emzi­ni, be­za ku­ye.

31 Ku­se­nja­lo aba­fu­ndi ba­mnce­nga be­si­thi: Ra­bi*n, dla­nao.

32 Ko­dwa wa­thi ku­bo: Mi­na ngi­lo­ku­dla engi­ku­dla­yo li­na eli­nga­kwa­zi­yo.

33 Ba­se­be­khu­lu­mi­sa­na aba­fu­ndi be­si­thi: Ka­mbe ukho­na omle­the­le uku­dlap?

34 UJe­su wa­thi ku­bo: Uku­dla kwa­miq ku­yi­ku­thi nge­nze inta­ndo yo­ngi­thu­mi­le­yor, lo­ku­thi ngi­qe­de umse­be­nzi wa­khes.

35 Ka­li­tsho yi­ni uku­thi: Ku­se­se­le­nya­nga ezi­ne uku­thi ku­fi­ke uku­vu­na? Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­thi ki­ni: Pha­ka­mi­sa­ni ame­hlo enut, li­bo­ne ama­si­muu, ngo­ba ase­hle emhlo­phe elu­nge­le isi­vu­nov.

36 Nja­lo ovu­na­yo we­mu­ke­la umvu­zow, nja­lo abu­the isi­the­lo empi­lwe­ni ela­pha­ka­de; uku­ze bo­ba­bi­li ohla­nye­la­yox lo­vu­na­yo ba­tho­ko­ze be­nda­wo­nyey.

37 Ngo­ba ku­lo­khu ili­zwi li­qi­ni­si­le elo­ku­thi: Omu­nye ngo­hla­nye­la­yo, lo­mu­nye ngo­vu­na­yoz.

38 Mi­na nga­li­thu­ma uku­vu­naa lo­kho eli­nga­ku­se­be­nze­la­nga;b aba­nye ba­se­be­nzi­le, li­na-ke se­li­nge­ni­le emse­be­nzi­ni wa­boc.

39 Nja­lo ama­Sa­ma­ri­ya ama­ne­ngi aku­lo­wo­mu­zi akho­lwa ku­ye nge­nxa ye­li­zwi lo­we­si­fa­za­nad, ela­fa­ka­za li­si­thi: Ungi­tshe­le ko­nke engi­kwe­nzi­le­yoe.

40 Kwa­thi ese­fi­ki­le ku­ye ama­Sa­ma­ri­ya, amnce­nga uku­thi ahla­le la­wof; wa­se­hla­la kho­na insu­ku ezi­mbi­lig.

41 Aba­ne­ngi be­nge­ze­le­lwa ba­kho­lwa nge­nxa ye­li­zwi la­khe.

42 Ba­se­be­si­thi ko­we­si­fa­za­na: Ka­si­sa­kho­lwa nge­nxa yo­ku­tsho kwa­kho; ngo­ba se­si­zi­zwe­le thi­na, si­ya­zi uku­thi oqo­tho lo ungu­Msi­ndi­si wo­mhla­ba, uKri­stuh.

Uku­si­li­swa kwe­ndo­da­na ye­ndu­na eKa­pe­na­wu­me

43 Kwa­thi emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­mbi­li wa­su­ka la­phoi, wa­ya eGa­li­lij;

44 ngo­ba uJe­su ngo­kwa­khe wa­fa­ka­za uku­thi umpro­fe­thi ka­la­du­mo eli­zwe­ni la­ki­bok.

45 Wa­thi ese­fi­ki­le eGa­li­li, ama­Ga­li­li ame­mu­ke­lal, ebo­ni­le ko­nke akwe­nza­yo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma emkho­si­nim; ngo­ba la­wo aye­yi­le emkho­si­nin.

46 UJe­su wa­fi­ka-ke fu­thi eKa­na ye­Ga­li­lio, la­pho enza kho­na ama­nzi aba li­wa­yi­nip. Kwa­ku­kho­na othi­le owe­si­kho­si­ni, ondo­da­na ya­khe ya­yi­gu­la eKa­pe­na­wu­meq.

47 Ese­zwi­le uku­thi uJe­su use­fi­ki­le eGa­li­li eve­la eJu­di­yar, wa­ya ku­ye, wa­mnce­nga uku­thi ehle, asi­li­se indo­da­na ya­khes, ngo­ba ya­yi­si­za­phe­la.

48 Nga­kho uJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thit li­bo­ne izi­bo­na­ka­li­sou le­zi­ma­nga­li­sov, ka­li­so­ze li­kho­lwe.

49 Owe­si­kho­si­ni wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, ye­hlaw enga­ka­fi umnta­na­mix.

50 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba; indo­da­na ya­kho iya­phi­la. Umu­ntu wa­se­kho­lwa ili­zwi uJe­su ali­khu­lu­ma la­ye, wa­su­ka wa­ha­mba.

51 Kwa­thi ese­se­hlay, ince­ku za­khe za­mhla­nga­be­za, za­bi­ka za­thi: Umnta­na­kho uya­phi­la.

52 Wa­se­zi­bu­za iho­la aqa­le nga­lo uku­ba ngco­no. Za­se­zi­si­thi ku­ye: Izo­lo nge­ho­la le­si­kho­mbi­sa uqhu­qho lu­mye­ke­lez.

53 Nga­kho uyi­se wa­zi uku­thi kwa­ku­nga­le­lo­ho­la uJe­su athi nga­lo ku­ye: Indo­da­na ya­kho iya­phi­la; wa­se­kho­lwa ye­na le­ndlu ya­khe yo­nke.

54 UJe­su wa­phi­nda wa­kwe­nza lo­khu kwa­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so se­si­bi­lia, efi­ki­le eGa­li­li eve­la eJu­di­yab.

UJe­su usi­li­sa isi­gu­la­ne eBe­the­sda

5Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto kwa­ba kho­na umkho­si wa­ma­Ju­daa; uJe­su wa­se­se­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mab.

2 Kwa­ku­kho­na-ke la­pho eJe­ru­sa­le­ma edu­ze le­sa­ngo le­zi­mvu ichi­bi, eli­thi­wa nge­si­He­bhe­ru iBe­the­sda, li­la­ma­khu­lu­si ama­hla­nuc.

3 Kwa­ku­le­le ku­wo ixu­ku eli­khu­lu la­ba­gu­la­yo, ele­zi­pho­fu, ele­zi­qhu­li, ela­ba­tshwa­bhe­ne­yod, be­li­nde­le uku­za­nya­nza­nyi­swa kwa­ma­nzi.

4 Ngo­ba ingi­lo­si ya­yi­se­hle­la echi­bi­ni nge­zi­kha­thi ezi­thi­lee, iza­ma­za­mi­se ama­nzi; ku­thi lo­wo onge­ne ku­qa­la emva ko­ku­za­nya­za­nyi­swa kwa­ma­nzi, asi­li­swe, lo­ba yi­si­phi isi­fo ebe­si­mba­mbi­le.

5 Nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na la­pho umu­ntu othi­le owa­ye­le­si­fo okwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li.

6 Kwa­thi uJe­su embo­na ele­le, esa­zi uku­thi ule­si­kha­thi esi­de enja­lo, wa­thi ku­ye: Uya­fu­na uku­thi uphi­le yi­ni?

7 Ogu­la­yo wa­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Nko­si, ka­ngi­la­mu­ntu wo­ku­ngi­fa­ka echi­bi­ni, nxa ama­nzi eza­nya­za­nyi­swa; ku­thi nxa ngi­za­yo mi­na, kwe­hle omu­nye pha­mbi kwa­mi.

8 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Su­ku­ma, utha­the ica­nsi la­kho, uha­mbef.

9 Lo­wo­mu­ntu wa­hle wa­phi­la, wa­tha­tha ica­nsi la­khe wa­ha­mba.

Nja­lo kwa­ku­li­sa­ba­tha mhla­lo­khog.

10 Nga­kho ama­Ju­da athi ko­si­li­si­we­yo: Ku­li­sa­ba­thah; nga­kho ka­wu­vu­nye­lwa uku­thwa­la ica­nsii.

11 Wa­wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ongi­phi­li­si­le­yo, ye­na uthe ki­mi: Tha­tha ica­nsi la­kho uha­mbe.

12 Nga­kho ambu­za: Ngu­ba­ni umu­ntu othe ku­we: Tha­tha ica­nsi la­kho uha­mbe?

13 Ko­dwa osi­li­si­we­yo wa­ye­nga­ma­zi uku­thi ungu­ba­ni; ngo­ba uJe­su wa­ye­se­si­the­le, ngo­ba ku­kho­na ixu­ku ku­le­yo­nda­wo.

14 Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto uJe­su wa­mfi­ca ethe­mpe­li­ni, wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la usu­phi­li­le; unga­be uso­na fu­thij, hle­zi kwe­hle ku­we oku­nye oku­khu­lu ku­la­lo­khuk.

15 Umu­ntu wa­su­ka, wa­tshe­la ama­Ju­da uku­thi ngu­Je­su owa­ye­me­nze wa­phi­lal.

16 Nja­lo nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ama­Ju­da amzi­nge­la uJe­sum, ase­di­nga uku­mbu­la­lan, ngo­ba we­nza le­zi­zi­nto nge­sa­ba­thao.

17 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thip: UBa­ba uya­se­be­nza ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlaq, la­mi ngi­ya­se­be­nzar.

18 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu-ke ama­Ju­das adi­nga ka­khu­lu uku­mbu­la­lat, ngo­ba wa­ye­nge­phu­la­nga isa­ba­tha ku­phe­lau, ko­dwa wa­bu­ya wa­thi uNku­lu­nku­luv ungu­Yi­se wa­khew, eze­nza oli­nga­na lo­Nku­lu­nku­lux.

UJe­su uyi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

19 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­boy: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: INdo­da­na inge­nze lu­tho ngo­kwa­yo, nga­pha­ndle kwa­lo­kho ebo­na uYi­se ekwe­nza; ngo­ba lo­ba yi­ni ye­na aye­nza­yo, le­Ndo­da­na iye­nza le­zi­zi­nto ngo­ku­nja­loz.

20 Ngo­ba uYi­se uya­yi­tha­nda iNdo­da­na, uya­yi­tshe­ngi­sa ko­nke akwe­nza­yo ye­naa; nja­lo uza­yi­tshe­ngi­sa imi­se­be­nzi emi­khu­lu ku­la­le, uku­ze li­na li­ma­nga­leb.

21 Ngo­ba nje­nga­lo­khu uYi­se evu­sa aba­fi­le­yo aba­phi­li­sec, ku­nja­lo-ke le­Ndo­da­na iya­ba­phi­li­sa la­bo etha­ndad uku­ba­phi­li­sa.

22 Ngo­ba lo­Yi­se ka­hlu­le­li mu­ntu, ko­dwa uni­ke iNdo­da­na ko­nkee ukwa­hlu­le­laf;

23 uku­ze bo­nke ba­du­mi­se iNdo­da­na, nje­nga­lo­khu be­du­mi­sa uYi­seg. Onga­yi­du­mi­si­yo iNdo­da­na, ka­mdu­mi­si uYi­se oyi­thu­mi­le­yoh.

24 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Oli­zwa­yo ili­zwi la­mi, akho­lwe ku­ye ongi­thu­mi­le­yo, ule­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­de; nja­lo ka­nge­ni eku­la­hlwe­nii, ko­dwa use­dlu­le eku­fe­ni wa­ya empi­lwe­nij.

25 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Iho­la li­ye­za, nja­lo se­li­kho­nak, la­pho aba­fi­le­yo be­za­li­zwal ili­zwi le­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, la­la­bo abali­zwi­le­yo ba­za­phi­lam.

26 Ngo­ba nje­ngo­ba uYi­se ele­mpi­lo ngo­kwa­khe, ku­nja­lo uyi­ni­ki­le la­yo iNdo­da­na uku­thi ibe le­mpi­lo ngo­kwa­yon;

27 nja­lo uyi­phi­leo ama­ndlap la­wo­kwa­hlu­le­laq, ngo­ba iyi­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntur.

28 Li­nga­ma­nga­li nga­lo­khus; ngo­ba iho­la li­ye­za, la­pho bo­nke aba­se­ma­ngcwa­be­ni ba­za­li­zwa ili­zwi la­yot,

29 ba­be­se­be­phu­mau, la­bo abe­nzev oku­lu­ngi­le­yow, eku­vu­ke­ni kwe­mpi­lo; la­la­bo abe­nze oku­bi, eku­vu­ke­ni ko­ku­la­hlwaxy.

Aba­fa­ka­zi ba­ka­Je­su

30 Mi­na ngi­nge­nze lu­tho ngo­kwa­miz; nje­ngo­ku­zwa kwa­mi, ngi­ya­hlu­le­la; nja­lo ukwa­hlu­le­la kwa­mi ku­lu­ngi­le; ngo­ba ka­ngi­di­ngi inta­ndo ya­mia, ko­dwa inta­ndo ka­Ba­ba ongi­thu­mi­le­yob.

31 Alu­ba ngi­zi­fa­ka­ze­la mi­na, ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­mi abu­si­lo­qi­ni­soc.

32 Ukho­na omu­nye ongi­fa­ka­ze­la­yo mi­nad, nja­lo ngi­ya­zi uku­thi ubu­fa­ka­zi abu­fa­ka­za nga­mi bu­li­qi­ni­soe.

33 Li­na la­thu­me­la ku­Jo­ha­nef, wa­li­fa­ka­ze­la iqi­ni­sog.

34 Ko­dwa mi­na ka­ngi­be­mu­ke­li ubu­fa­ka­zi obu­ve­la emu­ntwi­ni, ko­dwa ngi­tsho le­zi­zi­nto uku­ze li­na li­si­ndi­sweh.

35 Ye­na wa­ye­yi­si­ba­nei esi­vu­tha­yoj le­si­kha­nya­yok, la­ni la­vu­ma uku­tho­ko­za okwe­si­kha­tsha­na eku­kha­nye­ni kwa­khel.

36 Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­lo­bu­fa­ka­zi obu­khu­lu ku­lobu­ka­Jo­ha­nem; ngo­ba imi­se­be­nzin uBa­ba angi­ni­ke yo­na uku­ze ngi­yi­qe­de, yo­na­le imi­se­be­nzi mi­na engi­ye­nza­yoo, iya­ngi­fa­ka­ze­la uku­thi uBa­ba ungi­thu­mi­lep.

37 La­ye uBa­ba ongi­thu­mi­le­yoq, ye­na ungi­fa­ka­ze­ler. Ka­li­ka­ze li­li­zwe ili­zwi la­khe la­ni­nis, le­si­mo sa­khe ka­li­ka­ze li­si­bo­net,

38 nja­lo ka­li­la­li­zwi la­khe eli­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, ngo­ba amthu­mi­le­yo ye­na, lo­wo li­na ka­li­mkho­lwau.

39 Hlo­la­ni imi­bha­lo, ngo­ba li­na li­ca­ba­nga uku­thi li­le­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­de ki­yov, nja­lo yi­yo engi­fa­ka­ze­la­yow;

40 ko­dwa ka­li­vu­mi uku­za ki­mi, uku­ze li­be le­mpi­lox.

41 Ange­mu­ke­li udu­mo eba­ntwi­niy;

42 ko­dwa ngi­ya­la­zi li­naz, uku­thi ka­li­la­lo utha­ndo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu pha­ka­thi kwe­nua.

43 Mi­na ngi­zi­le ebi­zwe­ni li­ka­Ba­ba, ko­dwa ka­li­nge­mu­ke­lib; uba omu­nye esi­za nge­la­khe ibi­zo, li­za­me­mu­ke­la ye­nac.

44 Li­nga­kho­lwa nja­ni li­na, nxa li­se­mu­ke­la udu­mo omu­nye ko­mu­nyed, ko­dwa li­nga­lu­di­ngi udu­mo olu­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lue oye­dwaf?

45 Li­nga­ca­ba­ngi uku­thi mi­na ngi­za­li­ma­nga­le­la ku­Ba­bag; ukho­na oli­ma­nga­le­la­yo, uMo­zi­sih, eli­the­mba ku­ye li­nai.

46 Ngo­ba uba be­li­kho­lwa uMo­zi­si, be­li­za­kho­lwa mi­na; ngo­ba ye­na wa­bha­la nga­mij.

47 Ko­dwa uba li­nga­kho­lwa imi­bha­lo ya­khek, li­za­kho­lwa nja­ni ama­zwi amil?

UJe­su usu­thi­sa ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nu

6Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto uJe­su wa­su­ka wa­yaa nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­lwa­ndle lwe­Ga­li­lib, lwe­Ti­be­ri­ya­sic.

2 La­se­li­mla­nde­la ixu­ku eli­khu­lu, ngo­ba ba­be­bo­ne izi­bo­na­ka­li­so za­khe aze­nza ku­la­bo aba­gu­la­yod.

3 UJe­su wa­se­se­nyu­ke­la enta­be­nie, wa­hla­la pha­nsi kho­na la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khef.

4 Ipha­si­ka, umkho­si wa­ma­Ju­da, la­se­li­so­nde­leg.

5 Kwa­thi uJe­su epha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo, wa­se­bo­na ixu­ku eli­khu­lu li­si­za ku­yeh, wa­thi ku­Fi­li­phui: Si­za­the­nga nga­phi izi­nkwa, uku­ze la­ba ba­dle?

6 Nja­lo wa­tsho lo­khu emhlo­la, ngo­ba ye­na wa­ye­kwa­zi aza­kwe­nzaj.

7 UFi­li­phu wa­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Izi­nkwa za­bo­de­na­ri­yo* aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li zi­nge­ba­ne­le, uku­thi wo­nke nga­mu­nye wa­bo azu­ze ingco­sa­nak.

8 Omu­nye wa­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe, uA­ndre­ya umfo­wa­bo ka­Si­mo­ni Pe­trol, wa­thi ku­ye:

9 Ku­kho­na umfa­nya­na la­pha, ole­zi­nkwa ezi­nhla­nu ze­bha­li* le­nhla­nza­na ezi­mbi­lim; ko­dwa zi­yi­ni kwa­ba­ne­ngi ka­nga­ka?

10 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi: Hla­li­sa­ni aba­ntu pha­nsi. Kwa­ku­kho­na utsha­ni obu­ne­ngi kule­yo­nda­won. Nga­kho ama­do­da ahla­la pha­nsi ina­ni la­wo la­li­nga­ba zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nuo.

11 UJe­su wa­se­zi­tha­tha izi­nkwa, ese­bo­ngi­le wa­zi­ni­ka aba­fu­ndip, la­ba­fu­ndi ku­la­bo aba­be­hle­zi pha­nsi; ngo­ku­nja­lo le­nhla­nza­na nga­ngo­ku­fu­na kwa­boq.

12 Ba­thi se­be­su­thi, wa­thi ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe: Bu­tha­ni imvu­thu ezi­se­le­yo, uku­ze ku­nga­chi­the­ki lu­tho.

13 Ba­se­be­bu­tha, ba­gcwa­li­sa izi­tsha ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li nge­mvu­thu ze­zi­nkwa ezi­nhla­nu ze­bha­li, eza­sa­la­yo ku­la­bo aba­dla­yor.

14 Kwa­thi la­ba­ba­ntu be­bo­na isi­ma­nga­li­so ase­nzi­le­yo uJe­su, ba­thi: Nge­qi­ni­so lo ngu­ye umPro­fe­this ome­le uku­za emhla­be­nit.

15 Kwa­thi uJe­su esa­zi uku­thi ba­za­ku­za ba­mba­mbe nga­ma­ndlau, uku­mbe­ka abe yi­nko­siv, wa­mo­nyu­ke­la fu­thi enta­be­ni ye­na eye­dwaw.

UJe­su uha­mba phe­zu ko­lwa­ndle

16 Se­ku­hlwi­le, aba­fu­ndi ba­khe be­hle­la elwa­ndle,

17 se­be­nge­ni­le emkhu­nji­nix, be­za nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­lwa­ndle uku­ya eKa­pe­na­wu­mey. Kwa­se­ku­mnya­ma, uJe­su wa­ye­nga­fi­ka­nga ku­bo.

18 Lwa­se­lu­vu­ka ulwa­ndle ngo­ba umo­ya ola­ma­ndla wa­wu­vu­ngu­za.

19 Se­be­gwe­dli­le ama­sta­di­yu* anga­ba nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nuz ku­mbe ama­tshu­mi ama­tha­thua, ba­bo­na uJe­su eha­mba phe­zu ko­lwa­ndle, eso­nde­la emkhu­nji­ni; ba­se­be­se­thu­ka.

20 Ko­dwa wa­thi ku­bo: Yi­mi, li­nge­sa­bi.

21 Ba­se­be­vu­ma uku­me­mu­ke­la emkhu­nji­ni; nja­lo wa­hle wa­fi­ka umkhu­mbi eli­zwe­ni aba­be­si­ya ki­lob.

Aba­ntu ba­ce­la isi­bo­na­ka­li­so ku­Je­su. Isi­nkwa se­mpi­lo

22 Ku­si­sa ixu­ku ela­li­mi nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­lwa­ndlec, li­bo­na uku­thi kwa­ku­nge­la la­mu­nye umko­lo la­phod nga­pha­ndle kwa­lo­wo aba­be­nge­ne ku­wo aba­fu­ndi ba­khe, lo­ku­thi uJe­su wa­ye­nga­nge­na­nga emko­lwe­ni la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khee, ko­dwa aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­be­ha­mbe bo­dwa,

23 ko­dwa imi­ko­lo eve­la eTi­be­ri­ya­sif ya­fi­ka edu­ze le­nda­wo la­pho aba­be­dle kho­na isi­nkwa, emva ko­ku­thi iNko­si isi­bo­ngi­leg;

24 nga­kho ixu­ku se­li­bo­ni­le uku­thi uJe­su wa­ye­nge­kho la­pho lo­ba aba­fu­ndi ba­khe, ba­nge­na la­bo emi­khu­nji­ni, ba­fi­ka eKa­pe­na­wu­meh, be­di­nga uJe­su.

25 Ba­thi se­be­mtho­li­le nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­lwa­ndlei, ba­thi ku­ye: Ra­bi*j, ufi­ke ni­ni la­pha?

26 UJe­su wa­ba­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Li­ya­ngi­di­nga, ku­nge­yi­si­kho uku­thi la­bo­na izi­bo­na­ka­li­so, ko­dwa ngo­ba la­dla izi­nkwa la­su­tha.

27 Li­nga­se­be­nzeli uku­dla oku­phe­la­yok, ko­dwa uku­dla oku­hla­la ku­ze ku­be yi­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­del, eza­li­ni­ka kho­na iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntum; ngo­ba ye­na uNku­lu­nku­lu uYi­sen umpha­wu­li­leo.

28 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Si­za­kwe­nza­ni, uku­ze se­nze imi­se­be­nzi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup?

29 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Lo ngu­mse­be­nzi ka­Nku­lu­nku­luq, uku­ze li­kho­lwe ku­lo­wo ye­na amthu­mi­le­yor.

30 Nga­kho ba­thi ku­ye: Pho we­na we­nza isi­bo­na­ka­li­so ba­ni, uku­ze si­bo­ne si­kho­lwe ku­we? Use­be­nza­nis?

31 Oba­ba be­thu ba­dla ima­na enka­nga­lat, nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Wa­ba­ni­ka isi­nkwa esi­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni uku­thi ba­dleu.

32 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: UMo­zi­si ka­li­ni­ka­nga isi­nkwa esi­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni; ko­dwa uBa­ba uli­ni­ka isi­nkwa so­qo­bo esi­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni.

33 Ngo­ba isi­nkwa si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu si­ngu­ye owe­hla eve­la ezu­lwi­ni esi­ni­ka impi­lo emhla­be­niv.

34 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, si­ni­ke le­so­si­nkwa nja­lo­nja­low.

35 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Mi­nax ngi­yi­si­nkwa se­mpi­loy; lo­wo oza ki­mi, ka­so­ze ala­mbe; la­lo­wo okho­lwa ki­mi, ka­so­ze ome la­ka­nyez.

36 Ko­dwa ngi­the ki­ni: La­ni li­ngi­bo­ni­le, ko­dwa ka­li­kho­lwaa.

37 Bo­nke uBa­ba angi­ni­ka bo­na ba­za­ku­za ki­mib; lo­za­yo ki­mi angi­so­ze ngi­mxo­tshe­le pha­ndlec.

38 Ngo­ba nge­hli­le ezu­lwi­nid, ha­tshi uku­thi nge­nze inta­ndo ya­mie, ko­dwa inta­ndo ya­lo­wo ongi­thu­mi­le­yof.

39 La­lo­khu ku­yi­nta­ndo ka­Ba­ba ongi­thu­mi­le­yo, uku­ze ko­nke angi­ni­ke kho­nag, ngi­nga­la­hle­ke­lwa lu­tho ki­khoh, ko­dwa ngi­ku­vu­se ngo­su­ku lo­ku­ci­nai.

40 La­lo­khu ku­yi­nta­ndo yo­ngi­thu­mi­le­yo, uku­thi wo­nke obo­na iNdo­da­naj nja­lo akho­lwe ku­yok, abe le­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­de, nja­lo mi­na ngi­za­mvu­sa ngo­su­ku lo­ku­ci­nal.

41 Nga­lo­kho ama­Ju­da akho­no­na nga­yem, ngo­ba wa­thi: Mi­na ngi­yi­si­nkwa ese­hla si­ve­la ezu­lwi­nin.

42 Athi-ke: Lo ka­yi­su­ye yi­ni uJe­su indo­da­na ka­Jo­se­fao, uyi­se lo­ni­na thi­na esi­ba­zi­yo? Pho ye­na utsho nja­ni, uku­thi: Nge­hle ngi­ve­la ezu­lwi­nip?

43 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­wo: Li­nga­kho­no­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­nu.

44 Ka­kho onge­za ki­mi, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi uBa­ba ongi­thu­mi­le­yo amdo­nseq, nja­lo mi­na ngi­za­mvu­sa ngo­su­ku lo­ku­ci­nar.

45 Ku­lo­tshi­we ku­ba­pro­fe­this uku­thi: Nja­lo bo­nke ba­za­fu­ndi­swa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lut. Nga­kho wo­nke ozwi­le­yo ngo­Ba­ba wa­fu­nda, uye­za ki­miu.

46 Ka­yi­si­kho uku­thi ukho­na obo­ne uBa­bav, nga­pha­ndle kwa­khew ove­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lux, ye­na umbo­ni­le uBa­ba.

47 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Okho­lwa­yo ki­mi, ule­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­dey.

48 Mi­na ngi­yi­si­nkwa se­mpi­loz.

49 Oyi­hlo ba­dla ima­na enka­nga­la, fu­thi ba­faa;

50 le­si yi­si­nkwa ese­hla si­ve­la ezu­lwi­nib, uku­ze umu­ntu adle okwa­so anga­fic.

51 Mi­na ngi­yi­si­nkwa esi­phi­la­yod, ese­hla si­ve­la ezu­lwi­nie; uba umu­ntu esi­dla le­si­si­nkwa, uza­phi­la epha­ka­de­nif. Nja­lo le­si­nkwa mi­na engi­za­si­ni­ka, si­yi­nya­ma ya­mig, mi­na engi­za­yi­ni­ke­la impi­lo yo­mhla­bah.

52 Ama­Ju­dai ase­phi­ki­sa­na esi­thij: Lo anga­si­ni­ka nja­ni inya­ma ya­khe si­yi­dlek?

53 Nga­kho uJe­su wa­thi ku­wo: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi li­dle inya­ma ye­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntul li­na­the iga­zi la­yo, ka­li­la­mpi­lo pha­ka­thi kwe­numn.

54 Odla inya­ma ya­mi ana­the iga­zi la­mi, ule­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­deo, nja­lo mi­na ngi­za­mvu­sa ngo­su­ku lo­ku­ci­nap.

55 Ngo­ba inya­ma ya­mi iyi­ku­dla oqo­tho, le­ga­zi la­mi li­ngo­ku­na­thwa­yo oqo­tho.

56 Odla inya­ma ya­mi ana­the iga­zi la­mi, uhla­la ki­mi, la­mi ku­yeq.

57 Nje­nga­lo­khu uBa­ba ophi­la­yo engi­thu­mi­le, la­mi ngi­phi­la ngo­Ba­bar; nga­kho ongi­dla­yo, la­ye uza­phi­la nga­mis.

58 Le­si yi­si­nkwat ese­hla si­ve­la ezu­lwi­niu; aku­nje­nga­bo­yi­hlo aba­dla ima­na, se­ba­fav; odla le­si­si­nkwa, uza­phi­la oku­la­pha­ka­dew.

59 Wa­tsho le­zi­zi­nto esi­na­go­ge­ni efu­ndi­sa eKa­pe­na­wu­mex.

Aba­fu­ndi aba­tha­nda­bu­za­yo

60 Kwa­thi aba­ne­ngi ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe be­si­zwa ba­thiy: Li­lu­khu­ni le­li­li­zwiz; ngu­ba­ni onga­li­zwaa?

61 Ko­dwa uJe­su esa­zi pha­ka­thi kwa­khe uku­thi aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­ya­so­la nga­lo­khub, wa­thi ku­bo: Lo­khu ku­ya­li­khu­ba yi­nic?

62 Pho, li­za­thi­ni uba li­bo­na iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntud ise­nyu­ke­la la­phoe eya­yi­kho­na ku­qa­laf?

63 Ku­ngu­Mo­ya ophi­li­sa­yo, inya­ma ka­yi­si­zi lu­thog; ama­zwi mi­na engi­wa­khu­lu­ma ki­nih, angu­mo­ya nja­lo ayi­mpi­loi.

64 Ko­dwa ba­kho­na aba­nye ki­ni aba­nga­kho­lwa­yoj. Ngo­ba uJe­su wa­ye­kwa­zi ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­nik, uku­thi ngo­ba­ni aba­nga­kho­lwa­yol, lo­ku­thi ngu­ba­ni oza­mni­ke­lam.

65 Wa­se­si­thi: Ku­nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ngi­the ki­ni: Ka­kho onge­za ki­mi, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi eku­ni­kwe ngu­Ba­ban.

Isi­vu­mo so­kho­lo si­ka­Pe­tro

66 Ku­su­ke­la la­pho aba­ne­ngi ba­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­bu­ye­la emu­va, ka­ba­be be­sa­ha­mba la­yeo.

67 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi kwa­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li: La­ni li­tha­nda uku­zi­ha­mbe­la yi­nip?

68 USi­mo­ni Pe­tro wa­se­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Nko­si, si­za­ku­ya ku­ba­niq? Ama­zwi empi­lo ela­pha­ka­de aku­wer,

69 nja­lo thi­na si­ya­kho­lwa, se­si­sa­zi uku­thi we­na ungu­Kri­stu iNdo­da­nas ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yot.

70 UJe­su wa­ba­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Mi­na ka­ngi­li­khe­tha­nga yi­niu li­na aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­liv, ko­dwa omu­nye we­nu ungu­di­ya­bho­law?

71 Wa­ye­khu­lu­ma ngo­Ju­da­si Iska­ri­yo­thi ka­Si­mo­nix; ngo­ba ngu­ye owa­ye­za­mni­ke­la, engo­mu­nye wa­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­liy.

UJe­su we­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ngo­mkho­si wa­ma­du­mba

7Nja­lo emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto uJe­su wa­bho­da eGa­li­li; ngo­ba wa­ye­nga­tha­ndi uku­bho­da eJu­di­yaa, nge­nxab yo­ku­thi ama­Ju­da aye­di­nga uku­mbu­la­lac.

2 Wa­wu­so­nde­le umkho­si wa­ma­Ju­da wo­kwa­kha ama­du­mbad.

3 Nga­kho aba­fo­wa­bo ba­thi ku­ye: Su­ka la­pha, uye eJu­di­yae, uku­ze la­ba­fu­ndi ba­kho ba­bo­ne imi­se­be­nzi oye­nza­yof.

4 Ngo­ba ka­kho owe­nza ulu­tho ensi­tha, ko­dwa ye­na ngo­kwa­khe edi­nga uku­ba so­ba­la. Uba uze­nza le­zi­zi­nto, zi­ve­ze we­na emhla­be­nig.

5 Ngo­ba la­ba­fo­wa­boh ba­be­nga­kho­lwa ku­yei.

6 Nga­kho uJe­su wa­thi ku­bo: Isi­kha­thi sa­mi ka­si­ka­fi­ki, ko­dwa ese­nu isi­kha­thi si­hla­la si­lu­ngi­lej.

7 Unge­li­zo­nde umhla­ba li­na; ko­dwa uya­ngi­zo­nda, ngo­ba mi­na ngi­fa­ka­za nga­wok, uku­thi imi­se­be­nzi ya­wo mi­bil.

8 Ye­nyu­ke­la­ni li­na emkho­si­ni lo; mi­na angi­ke­nyu­ke­li ku­lu­mkho­sim, ngo­ba isi­kha­thi sa­mi ka­si­ka­gcwa­li­se­kino.

9 Ese­tshi­lo le­zi­zi­nto ku­bo, wa­hla­la eGa­li­li.

10 Ko­dwa se­be­nyu­ki­lep aba­fo­wa­boq, la­ye wa­se­se­nyu­ke­la emkho­si­ni, ku­nge­yi­si­kho oba­la, ko­dwa ku­nga­thi ku­se­nsi­tha.

11 Ama­Ju­dar ase­mdi­nga emkho­si­nis, athi: Unga­phi ye­na?

12 Kwa­ku­kho­na uku­kho­no­na oku­khu­lu nga­ye pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­xu­kut; aba­nye ba­thi: Ulu­ngi­leu. Ko­dwa aba­nye ba­thi: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa uya­li­du­hi­sa ixu­kuv.

13 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­kho mu­ntu owa­khu­lu­ma oba­la nga­ye ngo­kwe­sa­baw ama­Ju­dax.

Imfu­ndi­so ngo­Kri­stu

14 Ku­the se­ku­pha­ka­thi ko­mkho­si, uJe­su we­nyu­ke­lay ethe­mpe­li­ni, wa­fu­ndi­saz.

15 Ama­Ju­daa ase­ma­nga­la athib: Lo uya­zi nja­ni imi­bha­lo, enga­fu­nda­nga?

16 UJe­su wa­wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Imfu­ndi­so ya­mi ka­yi­si­yo eya­mi ko­dwa nge­ya­lo­wo ongi­thu­mi­le­yoc.

17 Uba umu­ntu etha­nda ukwe­nza inta­ndo ya­khe, uza­kwa­zi nge­mfu­ndi­so, uku­thi ive­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ku­mbe ngi­zi­khu­lu­me­la mi­na ngo­kwa­mid.

18 Ozi­khu­lu­me­la ngo­kwa­khe, uzi­di­nge­la udu­mo lwa­khee; ko­dwa odi­nga udu­mo lwa­lo­wo omthu­mi­le­yo, lo­wo uqi­ni­si­le, nja­lo ka­ku­kho uku­nga­lu­ngi ku­yef.

19 Ka­li­ni­ka­nga yi­ni uMo­zi­si umla­yog, ka­nti ka­kho ki­ni ogci­na umla­yoh? Li­di­nge­la­ni uku­ngi­bu­la­lai?

20 Ixu­ku la­phe­ndu­la la­thi: Ule­di­mo­nij; ngu­ba­ni odi­nga uku­ku­bu­la­lak?

21 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Nge­nze umse­be­nzi owo­dwa, nja­lo lo­nke li­ya­ma­nga­lal.

22 Nga­kho uMo­zi­si wa­li­ni­ka uku­so­ka (ku­nge­yi­si­kho uku­thi kwa­ve­la ku­Mo­zi­sim, ko­dwa ku­bo­ba­ban), nja­lo li­ya­mso­ka umu­ntu la­nge­sa­ba­thao.

23 Uba nge­sa­ba­tha umu­ntu ese­mu­ke­la uku­so­ka, uku­ze ku­nge­phu­lwa umla­yo ka­Mo­zi­sip, li­ngi­thu­ku­the­le­laq ngo­ba nga­phi­li­sa umu­ntu ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo nge­sa­ba­tha yi­nir?

24 Li­nga­hlu­le­li ngo­ku­bo­na, ko­dwa ya­hlu­le­la­ni ukwa­hlu­le­la oku­qo­ndi­le­yos.

25 Aba­nye kwa­be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ba­se­be­si­thi: Lo ka­yi­su­ye yi­ni aba­di­nga uku­mbu­la­lat?

26 Ko­dwa kha­nge­la ukhu­lu­ma oba­la, ko­dwa ka­ba­tsho lu­tho ku­ye. Ku­nga­ba yi­ku­thi aba­bu­si se­be­sa­zi oqo­tho uku­thi lo ungu­Kri­stu uqo­bo yi­niu?

27 Ko­dwav lo si­ya­zi la­pho ave­la kho­naw; ko­dwa uKri­stu nxa efi­ka, ka­kho oza­kwa­zi la­pho ave­la kho­nax.

28 Nga­kho uJe­su efu­ndi­sa ethe­mpe­li­ni wa­me­me­zay wa­thiz: La­mi li­ya­nga­zi, li­ya­kwa­zi la­la­pho engi­ve­la kho­naa; nja­lo ka­ngi­zi­ze­la­nga ngo­kwa­mib, ko­dwa ongi­thu­mi­le­yo uqi­ni­si­lec, eli­nga­ma­zi­yo li­nad.

29 Ko­dwa ngi­ya­ma­zi mi­nae, ngo­ba ngi­ve­la ku­yef, nja­lo ye­na ungi­thu­mi­leg.

30 Nga­kho ba­di­nga uku­mba­mbah, ko­dwa ka­ku­ba­nga kho­na owa­be­ka isa­ndla phe­zu kwa­khei, ngo­ba iho­la la­khe la­li­nga­ka­fi­kijk.

31 Ko­dwa aba­ne­ngi be­xu­ku ba­kho­lwa ku­yel, ba­thi: Nxa uKri­stu ese­fi­ki­lem, uza­kwe­nza yi­ni izi­bo­na­ka­li­so ezi­ne­ngi ku­la­le­zi aze­nzi­le­yo lon?

32 Aba­Fa­ri­si be­zwa ixu­ku li­kho­no­na le­zi­zi­nto nga­ye; aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­Fa­ri­si ba­se­be­thu­ma aba­nce­di­si uku­ze ba­mba­mbeo.

33 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ngi­se­la­ni okwe­si­kha­tsha­nap, be­se­ngi­ha­mba ngi­ye ko­ngi­thu­mi­le­yoq.

34 Li­za­ngi­di­nga, li­ngangi­tho­lirs, la­la­pho mi­na engi­kho­nat, li­na li­nge­ze le­zau.

35 Nga­kho ama­Ju­da akhu­lu­mi­sa­na athi: Uza­ku­ya nga­phi lo uku­thi thi­na si­nga­yi­ku­mtho­lav? Ka­yi­ku­ya yi­ni kwa­ba­hla­ka­ze­ki­le­yo ba­ma­Gri­ki, afu­ndi­se ama­Gri­kiw?

36 Yi­li­zwi ba­ni le­li ali­tsho­yo elo­ku­thi: Li­za­ngi­di­nga, ali­yi­kungi­tho­la; le­loku­thi: La­pho engi­kho­na mi­na, li­na li­nge­ze le­zax?

Ama­nzi oku­phi­la

37 Kwa­thi ngo­su­ku lo­ku­ci­na olu­khu­lu lo­mkho­siy uJe­su we­ma wa­me­me­zaz, esi­thi: Uba ekho­na owo­mi­le­yo, ke­ze ki­mi ana­thea.

38 Okho­lwa ki­mi, nje­ngo­ku­tsho ko­mbha­lob, ku­za­ge­le­za ku­phu­ma esi­swi­ni sa­khec imi­fu­la ya­ma­nzi aphi­la­yod.

39 La­lo­khu wa­ku­tshoe ngo­Mo­ya aba­be­za­me­mu­ke­la aba­kho­lwa ku­yef; ngo­ba uMo­ya oNgcwe­leg wa­ye­nga­kafi­kih, lo­khu uJe­sui wa­ye­nga­ka­du­nyi­swaj.

40 Nga­kho aba­ne­ngi be­xu­ku be­si­zwa le­li­li­zwi ba­thi: Oqo­tho lo ungu­lo­wo­mPro­fe­thik.

41 Aba­nye ba­thi: Lo ungu­Kri­stul. Ko­dwa aba­nye ba­thi: Ka­mbe uKri­stu uza­ve­la eGa­li­lim?

42 Ka­wu­tsho yi­ni umbha­lo uku­thi uKri­stu uza­ve­la enza­lwe­ni ka­Da­vi­dan, le­Bhe­the­le­he­mao, emza­ne­ni la­pho uDa­vi­da aye­kho­nap?

43 Nga­kho kwa­ba kho­na ukwe­hlu­ka­na nga­ye pha­ka­thi kwe­xu­kuq.

44 Aba­nye ba­bo ba­fu­na uku­mba­mbar, ko­dwa ka­ku­ba­nga kho­na owa­mbe­ka iza­ndlas.

Aba­nce­di­si ba­di­nga uku­mba­mba uJe­su

45 Kho­na aba­nce­di­si ba­ya ku­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ku­ba­Fa­ri­sit; bo­na ba­se­be­si­thi ku­bo: Ku­nga­ni li­nga­mle­tha­ngau?

46 Aba­nce­di­si ba­phe­ndu­la ba­thiv: Ka­ku­za­nge ku­khu­lu­me umu­ntu ka­nje, nje­nga­lu­mu­ntuw.

47 Aba­Fa­ri­si ba­se­be­ba­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: La­ni se­li­du­hi­si­we yi­nix?

48 Ukho­na yi­niy ku­ba­bu­si ku­mbe ku­ba­Fa­ri­si okho­lwe ku­yez?

49 Ko­dwa le­li­xu­ku eli­nga­wa­zi­yo umla­yo li­qa­le­ki­si­we.

50 UNi­ko­di­maa, lo­wo owe­za ku­ye ebu­su­ku, owa­ye­ngo­mu­nye wa­bob, wa­thi ku­bo:

51 Ka­nti umla­yo wa­ki­thi uya­mgwe­ba umu­ntuc, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi umu­zwe ku­qa­lad ukwa­zi akwe­nza­yo?

52 Ba­phe­ndu­la ba­thi ku­ye: Ka­nti la­we ungo­we­Ga­li­li? Hlo­li­si­sa ubo­ne uku­thi ka­ku­vu­ka­nga umpro­fe­thi eGa­li­lie.

53 Ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­se­su­ka wa­ya ekha­ya.

8Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­ya enta­be­ni ye­Mi­hlwa­thia.

Owe­si­fa­za­na oba­njwe ephi­nga

2 Kwa­thi eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu wa­bu­ya we­zab ethe­mpe­li­nicd, isi­zwe so­nke sa­se­si­si­za ku­ye; wa­se­hla­la pha­nsi wa­ba­fu­ndi­sae.

3 Aba­bha­li la­ba­Fa­ri­si ba­se­be­le­tha ku­ye owe­si­fa­za­na owa­ye­ba­njwe efe­ba, ba­mmi­sa pha­ka­thi,

4 ba­thi ku­ye: Mfu­ndi­si, lo owe­si­fa­za­na uba­njwe ese­qo­tshe­ni lo­ku­phi­nga;

5 le­mla­ywe­ni uMo­zi­sif wa­si­la­ya uku­thi aba­nje ba­kha­ndwe nga­ma­tsheg; nga­kho we­na uthi­ni?

6 Ko­dwa ba­tsho lo­khu be­mli­ngah, uku­ze ba­zu­ze oko­ku­mma­nga­le­la nga­khoi. Ko­dwa uJe­su ekho­tha­me­la pha­nsi, wa­bha­la emhla­ba­thi­ni ngo­mu­nwej, we­nza anga­thi kabe­zwa.

7 Kwa­thi be­phi­ke­le­la uku­mbu­za, wa­lu­la­ma wa­thi ku­bok: Onge­la­so­no pha­ka­thi kwe­nul, ka­qa­le uku­mji­ki­je­la nge­li­tshem.

8 Wa­se­bu­ya ekho­tha­me­la pha­nsi wa­bha­la emhla­ba­thi­nin.

9 Ko­dwa bo­na, be­ku­zwa, ba­la­hlwao yi­sa­ze­la sa­bop, ba­phu­ma nga­mu­nye nga­mu­nye ku­qa­la ko­mda­la kwa­ze kwa­ba ko­wo­ku­ci­naq; uJe­su wa­se­sa­la ye­dwa, lo­we­si­fa­za­na emi pha­ka­thi.

10 UJe­su wa­se­se­lu­la­ma, enga­bo­ni mu­ntu nga­pha­ndle ko­we­si­fa­za­nar, wa­thi ku­ye: Ma­ma, ba­nga­phi la­bo aba­ku­ma­nga­le­la­yo? Ka­kho oku­la­hla­yo yi­ni?

11 Wa­se­si­thi: Ka­kho, Nko­si. UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: La­mi ka­ngi­ku­la­hlis; ha­mba unga­be uso­na fu­thit.

Uku­kha­nya ko­mhla­ba

12 Nga­kho uJe­su wa­khu­lu­ma la­bo fu­thi wa­thi: Mi­na ngi­yi­ku­kha­nya ko­mhla­bau; ongi­la­nde­la­yo, ka­so­ze aha­mbe emnya­me­ni, ko­dwa uza­ku­ba lo­ku­kha­nya kwe­mpi­lov.

13 Nga­kho aba­Fa­ri­si ba­thi ku­ye: We­na uya­zi­fa­ka­ze­la; ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­kho ka­bu­la­qi­ni­so.

14 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: La­nxa ngi­zi­fa­ka­ze­la mi­naw, bu­qi­ni­si­le ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­mix; ngo­ba ngi­ya­zi uku­thi ngi­ve­la nga­phiyz, lo­ku­thi ngi­ya nga­phia; ko­dwa li­na ka­la­zi uku­thi ngi­ve­la nga­phi, lo­ku­thi ngi­ya nga­phib.

15 Li­na la­hlu­le­la ngo­kwe­nya­mac; ko­dwa mi­na ka­nga­hlu­le­li mu­ntud.

16 Ko­dwa uba la­mi ngi­sa­hlu­le­la, ukwa­hlu­le­la kwa­mi ku­qi­ni­si­lee; ngo­ba ka­ngi­nge­dwa, ko­dwa yi­mi lo­Ba­ba ongi­thu­mi­le­yof.

17 Nja­lo emla­ywe­ni we­nu ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­ba­ntu aba­bi­li bu­ngo­bu­qi­ni­si­le­yog.

18 Mi­na ngi­ngo­zi­fa­ka­ze­la­yo, lo­Ba­ba ongi­thu­mi­le­yo ufa­ka­za nga­mih.

19 Nga­kho ba­thi ku­ye: Unga­phi uYi­hlo? UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ka­li­nga­zi mi­na, lo­ba uBa­bai. Uba be­li­nga­zi mi­na, la­ye uBa­ba be­li­za­ma­zij.

20 UJe­su wa­khu­lu­ma la ama­zwi endli­ni yo­mni­ke­lok, efu­ndi­sa ethe­mpe­li­nil; fu­thi ka­kho owa­mba­mba­yom, ngo­ba iho­la la­khe la­li­nga­ka­fi­kino.

UJe­su ula­ya ama­Ju­da nge­si­kha­thi ese­sa­be­ka­yo esi­za­yo

21 Nga­kho uJe­su wa­thi ku­bo fu­thi: Ngi­ya­ha­mba mi­na, nja­lo li­za­ngi­di­ngap, nja­lo li­za­fe­la eso­nwe­ni se­nuq; la­pho engi­ya kho­na mi­na, li­nge­ze le­za li­nars.

22 Nga­kho ama­Ju­da athit: Uza­zi­bu­la­la yi­ni? Ngo­ba uthi: La­pho engi­ya kho­na mi­na, li­nge­ze le­za kho­na li­nau.

23 Wa­se­si­thi ku­wo: Li­na li­ve­la pha­nsiv, mi­na ngi­ve­la phe­zu­luw; li­na li­nga­bo­mhla­ba loxy, mi­na ka­ngi­su­ye owa­lu­mhla­baz.

24 Nga­kho ngi­the ki­ni, li­za­fe­la ezo­nwe­ni ze­nua; ngo­ba uba li­nga­kho­lwab uku­thi ngi­nguye, li­za­fe­la ezo­nwe­ni ze­nuc.

25 Nga­kho athi ku­ye: We­na ungu­ba­ni? UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­wo: Lo­kho enga­li­tshe­la kho­na fu­thi eku­qa­le­nid.

26 Ngi­le­zi­nto ezi­ne­ngi engi­lo­ku­zi­khu­lu­ma nga­ni lo­kwa­hlu­le­la nga­zo; ko­dwa ongi­thu­mi­le­yo uqi­ni­si­lee, le­zi­nto engi­zi­zwe ku­ye le­zi ngi­zi­khu­lu­ma emhla­be­nif.

27 Ka­wa­qe­di­si­sa­nga uku­thi ukhu­lu­ma la­wo ngo­Yi­seg.

28 Nga­kho uJe­su wa­thi ku­wo: Nxa se­li­yi­pha­ka­mi­si­le iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntuh, kho­na li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­nguyei, nja­lo ka­ngi­ze­nze­li lu­tho ngo­kwa­mij, ko­dwa ngi­khu­lu­ma le­zi­zi­nto nje­nga­lo­khu uBa­ba engi­fu­ndi­si­lek;

29 nja­lo ye­na ongi­thu­mi­le­yo ula­mil; uBa­ba ka­ngi­tshi­ya­nga nge­dwam, ngo­ba mi­na ngi­hla­la ngi­se­nza le­zi­zi­nto ezi­mtho­ko­zi­sa­yo ye­nan.

UJe­su uphe­ndu­la­na la­ma­Ju­da ngoA­bra­ha­ma

30 Esa­khu­lu­ma le­zi­zi­nto aba­ne­ngi ba­kho­lwa ku­yeo.

31 Nga­kho uJe­su wa­thi ku­ma­Ju­da akho­lwe ku­ye: Uba li­na li­hla­la eli­zwi­ni la­mip, li­nga­ba­fu­ndi ba­mi oqo­thoq;

32 li­za­la­zi iqi­ni­sor, le­qi­ni­so li­za­li­khu­lu­las.

33 Amphe­ndu­la athi: Si­yi­nza­lo kaA­bra­ha­ma, ka­si­za­nga si­be yi­zi­gqi­li za­mu­ntut; we­na utsho nja­ni uku­thi: Li­za­ku­ba nga­ba­khu­lu­le­ki­le­you?

34 UJe­su wa­wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Wo­nke owe­nza iso­no uyi­si­gqi­li se­so­nov.

35 Nja­lo isi­gqi­li ka­si­hla­li pha­ka­de ekha­yaw; indo­da­na ihla­la pha­ka­dex.

36 Nga­kho uba iNdo­da­nay ili­khu­lu­la, li­za­ku­ba nga­ba­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yo oqo­thoz.

37 Ngi­ya­zi uku­thi li­yi­nza­loa kaA­bra­ha­mab; ko­dwa li­di­nga uku­ngi­bu­la­la, ngo­ba ili­zwi la­mi ka­li­la­nda­wo ki­nic.

38 Mi­na ngi­khu­lu­ma lo­kho engi­ku­bo­ni­le­yo ku­Ba­bad; la­ni-ke le­nza lo­kho eli­ku­bo­ni­le­yo ku­yi­hloe.

39 Aphe­ndu­la athi ku­ye: Uba­ba we­thu nguA­bra­ha­maf. UJe­su wa­thi ku­wo: Uba be­li­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­kaA­bra­ha­mag, be­li­za­kwe­nza imi­se­be­nzi kaA­bra­ha­mah.

40 Ko­dwa kha­the­si li­di­nga uku­ngi­bu­la­la, umu­ntu oli­tshe­le iqi­ni­soi, engi­li­zwe ku­Nku­lu­nku­luj; lo­kho uA­bra­ha­ma ka­kwe­nza­nga.

41 Li­na le­nza imi­se­be­nzi ka­yi­hlo. Nga­kho athi ku­ye: Ka­si­za­lwa­nga ngo­bu­fe­be thi­nak; si­lo­ba­ba mu­nye, uNku­lu­nku­lul.

42 UJe­su wa­thi ku­wo: Uba uNku­lu­nku­lu ube­ngu­yi­hlo, be­li­za­ngi­tha­ndam; ngo­ba mi­na ngi­phu­me ngi­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lun; ngo­ba ka­ngi­zi­ze­la­nga ngo­kwa­mio, ko­dwa ye­na ungi­thu­mi­lep.

43 Ku­nga­ni li­nga­qe­di­si­si inku­lu­mo ya­mi? Ngo­ba li­nge­ke li­li­zwe ili­zwi la­miq.

44 Li­nar li­nga­ba­ka­yi­hlo udi­ya­bho­las, li­tha­nda ukwe­nza inka­nu­ko zi­ka­yi­hlo. Ye­na wa­ye­ngu­mbu­la­li ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­ni, nja­lo ke­mi eqi­ni­swe­nit, ngo­ba iqi­ni­so ka­li­kho ku­ye. Nxa eqa­mba ama­ngau, ukhu­lu­ma ngo­kwa­khev; ngo­ba engu­mqa­mbi­ma­nga lo­yi­se wa­wo.

45 Mi­na-ke ngo­ba ngi­khu­lu­ma iqi­ni­so, ka­li­ngi­kho­lwa.

46 Ngu­wu­phi ki­niw ongi­la­hlax nge­so­noy? Nja­lo uba ngi­li­tshe­la iqi­ni­so, li­na ka­li­ngi­kho­lwa nga­ni?

47 Ye­na ongo­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luz uya­we­zwa ama­zwi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua; ku­nga­kho li­na li­nge­zwab, ngo­ba ka­li­si­bo aba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc.

48 Nga­kho ama­Ju­da aphe­ndu­la athi ku­yed: Ka­si­tsho ku­hle yi­ni thi­na uku­thi we­na ungu­mSa­ma­ri­yae, lo­ku­thi ule­di­mo­nif?

49 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Mi­na ka­ngi­la­di­mo­ni, ko­dwa ngi­ya­du­mi­sa uBa­ba; ko­dwa li­na li­ya­ngi­gco­nag.

50 Mi­na-ke ka­ngi­zi­di­nge­li udu­mo lwa­mi; ukho­na odi­nga­yo lo­wa­hlu­le­la­yoh.

51 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Uba umu­ntu elo­ndo­lo­za ili­zwi la­mii, ka­so­ze abo­ne uku­fa la­pha­ka­dej.

52 Nga­kho ama­Ju­da athi ku­ye: Kha­the­si se­si­sa­zi uku­thi ule­di­mo­nik; uA­bra­ha­ma wa­fa, la­ba­pro­fe­thil, ko­dwa we­na uthi: Uba umu­ntu elo­ndo­lo­za ili­zwi la­mim, ka­so­ze ezwe uku­fa la­pha­ka­den.

53 We­na umkhu­lu yi­ni ku­lo­ba­ba we­thu uA­bra­ha­ma, owa­fa­yo? La­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­fa; uze­nza ba­ni we­na?

54 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Uba ngi­zi­du­mi­sa mi­na, udu­mo lwa­mi lu­yi­zeo; ngu­Ba­ba ongi­du­mi­sa­yo, eli­tsho nga­ye li­na uku­thi ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nup,

55 nja­lo ka­li­ma­za­ngaq; ko­dwa mi­na ngi­ya­ma­zir, nja­lo uba ngi­si­thi ka­ngi­ma­zi, ngi­za­ku­ba ngu­mqa­mbi wa­ma­nga nje­nga­nis; ko­dwa ngi­ya­ma­zi, ngi­ya­li­lo­ndo­lo­za ili­zwi la­khet.

56 Uyi­hlo uA­bra­ha­ma wa­ja­bu­la ka­khu­lu uku­bo­nau usu­ku lwa­mi, nja­lo walu­bo­na wa­tho­ko­zav.

57 Nga­kho ama­Ju­da athi ku­yew: Ka­wu­ka­bi le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, nja­lo we­na wa­mbo­na uA­bra­ha­ma yi­ni?

58 UJe­su wa­thi ku­wo: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: UA­bra­ha­ma enga­ka­bi kho­na, mi­na ngi­kho­nax.

59 Ase­do­bha ama­tshe uku­ze amji­ki­je­ley; ko­dwa uJe­su wa­ca­tshaz, wa­phu­ma ethe­mpe­li­nia, eda­bu­la pha­ka­thi kwa­wo; wa­dlu­la ngo­ku­nja­lob.

UJe­su uvu­la ame­hlo esi­pho­fu

9Wa­thi ese­dlu­la wa­bo­na umu­ntu oyi­si­pho­fu ku­su­ke­la eku­za­lwe­ni.

2 Aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­se­be­mbu­za ba­thi: Ra­bi*a, ngu­ba­ni owo­na­yob, lo ku­mbe aba­za­li ba­khe, aze aza­lwe eyi­si­pho­fuc?

3 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ko­na­nga lo lo­ba aba­za­li ba­khe; ko­dwa uku­ze ku­bo­na­ka­li­swe imi­se­be­nzi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­yed.

4 Ku­fa­ne­le ngi­se­be­nze imi­se­be­nzi yo­ngi­thu­mi­le­yoe ku­se­se­mi­nif; ubu­su­ku bu­ye­za, la­pho oku­nge­kho ola­kho uku­se­be­nza kho­na.

5 Ngi­se­kho­na emhla­be­ni, ngi­yi­ku­kha­nya ko­mhla­bag.

6 Ese­tshi­lo le­zi­zi­nto, wa­kha­fu­le­la emhla­ba­thi­ni, we­nza uda­ka nga­ma­the, wa­ni­nda lo­lu­da­ka eme­hlwe­ni esi­pho­fuh,

7 wa­se­si­thi ku­so: Ha­mba uye­ge­za echi­bi­ni le­Si­lo­wa­mai (o­ku­phe­ndu­le­lwa ngo­ku­thi, oThu­nyi­we­yo). Nga­kho sa­ha­mba sa­ge­za, sa­bu­ya se­si­bo­naj.

8 Nga­kho aba­khe­le­ne la­so la­la­bo aba­be­si­bo­ni­le nga­pha­mbi­li uku­thi sa­si­yi­si­pho­fuk, ba­thi: Ka­yi­su­ye yi­ni lo owa­ye­hle­zi epha­nzal?

9 Aba­nye ba­thi: Lo ngu­ye; ko­dwa aba­nye ba­thi: Unje­nga­ye. Ye­na wa­thi: Ngi­nguye.

10 Nga­kho ba­thi ku­ye: Avu­lwe nja­ni ame­hlo akho?

11 Ye­na wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Umu­ntu othi­wa ngu­Je­su we­nze uda­ka, wa­ni­nda ame­hlo ami, wa­thi ki­mi: Ha­mba uye echi­bi­ni le­Si­lo­wa­ma, uge­ze. Nja­lo nga­ha­mba nga­ge­za, nga­bu­ye nga­bo­nam.

12 Nga­kho ba­thi ku­ye: Unga­phi ye­na? Wa­thi: Ka­nga­zi.

13 Ba­se­be­mle­tha ku­ba­Fa­ri­si, lo­wo owa­ye­ka­de eyi­si­pho­fu.

14 Nja­lo kwa­ku­li­sa­ba­tha mhla uJe­su ese­nza uda­ka, evu­la ame­hlo akhen.

15 Aba­Fa­ri­si la­bo ba­se­be­mbu­za fu­thi, uku­thi we­mu­ke­le nja­ni uku­bo­na. Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ufa­ke uda­ka eme­hlwe­ni ami, nga­se­ngi­ge­za, se­ngi­bo­nao.

16 Nga­kho aba­nye ba­ba­Fa­ri­si ba­thi: Lu­mu­ntu ka­ve­li ku­Nku­lu­nku­lup, ngo­ba ka­gci­ni isa­ba­thaq. Aba­nye ba­thir: Umu­ntu oyi­so­ni anga­ze­nza nja­ni izi­bo­na­ka­li­so ezi­njes? Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na ukwe­hlu­ka­na pha­ka­thi kwa­bot.

17 Ba­phi­nda ba­thi ku­so isi­pho­fu: We­na uthi­ni nga­ye, lo­khu evu­le ame­hlo akho? Wa­se­si­thi: Ungu­mpro­fe­thiu.

18 Ama­Ju­da-ke ka­wa­kho­lwa­nga nga­yev, uku­thi wa­ye­yi­si­pho­fu use­mu­ke­le uku­bo­na, aze abi­za aba­za­li ba­khe ose­bu­ye wa­bo­na,

19 ase­ba­bu­za athi: Lo uyi­ndo­da­na ye­nu, li­na eli­thi ya­za­lwa iyi­si­pho­fu yi­ni? Pho isi­bo­na nja­ni kha­the­si?

20 Aba­za­li ba­khe ba­wa­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: Si­ya­zi uku­thi lo uyi­ndo­da­na ye­thu, lo­ku­thi wa­za­lwa eyi­si­pho­fu;

21 ko­dwa uku­thi ubo­na nja­ni kha­the­si, ka­si­kwa­zi; ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni ovu­le ame­hlo akhe, thi­na ka­si­kwa­zi; ye­na use­khu­li­le; mbu­ze­ni, uza­zi­khu­lu­me­la ye­na.

22 Aba­za­li ba­khe ba­tsho le­zi­zi­nto, ngo­ba be­se­sa­baw ama­Ju­dax; ngo­ba ama­Ju­da aye­se­vu­me­le­ne ngo­ku­thi, uba lo­ba engu­ba­ni ovu­ma uku­thi ungu­Kri­stuy, ka­khu­tshwe esi­na­go­ge­niz.

23 Ku­nga­kho aba­za­li ba­khe ba­thi: Use­khu­li­le, mbu­ze­ni.

24 Ambi­za-ke ngo­kwe­si­bi­li lo­wo­mu­ntu owa­ye­yi­si­pho­fu, athi ku­ye: Pha­na uNku­lu­nku­lu udu­moa; thi­na si­ya­zi uku­thi lo­wo­mu­ntu uyi­so­nib.

25 Ye­na wa­se­phe­ndu­la esi­thi: Lo­ba eyi­so­ni ka­nga­zi, ku­nye engi­kwa­zi­yo, uku­thi be­ngi­yi­si­pho­fu, kha­the­si se­ngi­bo­na.

26 Ase­si­thi ku­ye fu­thi: We­nze­ni ku­we? Uwa­vu­le nja­ni ame­hlo akho?

27 Wa­wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Se­ngi­li­tshe­li­le, ko­dwa ka­li­zwa­ngac, li­fu­ne­la­ni uku­zwa fu­thi? Li­ya­fi­sa la­ni uku­ba nga­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe yi­ni?

28 Nga­kho amthu­ka, esi­thi: Ngu­we ongu­mfu­ndi wa­khe; ko­dwa thi­na si­nga­ba­fu­ndi ba­ka­Mo­zi­si.

29 Thi­na si­ya­zi uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khu­lu­ma lo­Mo­zi­si; ko­dwa lo ka­si­ma­zi la­pho ave­la kho­nad.

30 Umu­ntu wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­wo: Ngo­ba ku­lo­khu ku­yi­si­ma­nga uku­thi li­na ka­li­ma­zi la­pho ave­la kho­na, ka­nti uvu­le ame­hlo amie.

31 Nja­lo si­ya­zi uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­zi­zwa izo­nif; ko­dwa uba umu­ntu engo­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lu, ese­nza inta­ndo ya­khe, uya­mu­zwa lo­wog.

32 Lo­ba ni­ni ka­ku­ka­ze ku­zwa­ka­le uku­thi ku­kho­na umu­ntu owa­vu­la ame­hlo owa­za­lwa eyi­si­pho­fuh.

33 Uba loi ube­nga­ve­li ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ube­nge­be la­ma­ndla okwe­nza ulu­thoj.

34 Aphe­ndu­la athi ku­ye: We­na wa­za­le­lwa eso­nwe­ni ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo, nja­lo we­na uya­si­fu­ndi­sa yi­nik? Ase­mxo­tshe­la pha­ndlel.

35 UJe­su we­zwa uku­thi amxo­tshe­le pha­ndlem; kwa­thi ese­mfi­ci­le, wa­thi ku­ye: We­na uya­kho­lwa yi­nin eNdo­da­ne­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luo?

36 Ye­na wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ingu­ba­ni, Nko­si, uku­ze ngi­kho­lwe ku­yo?

37 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: La­we usu­yi­bo­ni­lep, nja­lo okhu­lu­ma la­we uyi­yoq.

38 Wa­se­si­thi: Nko­si, ngi­ya­kho­lwa; wa­se­mkho­nzar.

39 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­ze­le ukwa­hlu­le­la ku­lu­mhla­ba, uku­ze aba­nga­bo­ni­yo ba­bo­nes, la­la­bo aba­bo­na­yo ba­be yi­zi­pho­fut.

40 La­la­bo ku­ba­Fa­ri­si aba­be­la­ye be­zwa le­zi­zi­nto, ba­thi ku­ye: La­thi si­yi­zi­pho­fu yi­niu?

41 UJe­su wa­thi ku­bo: Uba be­li­yi­zi­pho­fu, nga­be ka­li­la­so­nov. Ko­dwa kha­the­si li­thi: Si­ya­bo­na; nga­kho iso­no se­nu si­miw.

Ume­lu­si olu­ngi­le­yo

10Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Onga­nge­ni nge­sa­ngo esi­ba­ye­ni se­zi­mvu, ko­dwa akhwe­le kwe­nye inda­wo, lo­wo uli­se­la lo­mpha­ngia;

2 ko­dwa onge­na nge­sa­ngo ungu­me­lu­si we­zi­mvu.

3 Umli­ndi we­sa­ngo uya­mvu­le­la, le­zi­mvu zi­ya­li­zwa ili­zwi la­khe, nja­lo uya­zi­bi­za eza­khe izi­mvu nge­bi­zo, azi­kho­khe­le­le pha­ndleb.

4 Nxa ese­zi­khu­phi­le eza­khe izi­mvu, uha­mba pha­mbi kwa­zo; le­zi­mvu zi­mla­nde­le, ngo­ba zi­ya­la­zi ili­zwi la­khec.

5 Ko­dwa owe­mzi­ni ka­zi­so­ze zi­mla­nde­le, ko­dwa zi­za­mba­le­ke­la; ngo­ba ka­zi­la­zi ili­zwi la­be­mzi­nid.

6 UJe­su wa­khu­lu­ma lu­mfa­ne­ki­so ku­boe; ko­dwa bo­na ka­ba­qe­di­si­sa­nga uku­thi zi­yi­ni izi­nto azi­tsho­yo ku­bof.

7 Nga­kho uJe­su wa­phi­nda wa­thi ku­bo: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Mi­na ngi­li­sa­ngo le­zi­mvu;

8 bo­nke aba­ke ba­fi­ka pha­mbi kwa­mi ba­nga­ma­se­la la­ba­pha­ngig; ko­dwa izi­mvu ka­zi­be­zwa­nga.

9 Mi­na ngi­li­sa­ngo; uba umu­ntu enge­na nga­mi, uza­si­ndi­swah, ange­ne aphu­mei, atho­le idle­loj.

10 Ise­la ka­li­zi nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­za­kwe­ba lo­ku­bu­la­la lo­ku­bhu­bhi­sa; mi­na ngi­zi­le uku­ze ba­be le­mpi­lo, ba­be la­yo iphu­phu­me.

11 Mi­na ngi­ngu­me­lu­si olu­ngi­le­yok. Ume­lu­si olu­ngi­le­yo uzi­be­ke­la pha­nsi izi­mvu impi­lo ya­khel.

12 Ko­dwa oqa­tshi­we­yom, enge­su­ye ume­lu­si, izi­mvu zi­nge­si­zo eza­khe, ubo­na impi­si isi­zan, atshi­ye izi­mvu, aba­le­keo; ku­thi impi­si izi­ba­mbe, izi­chi­tha­chi­the izi­mvup.

13 Oqa­tshi­we­yo uya­ba­le­ka-ke, ngo­ba engo­qa­tshi­we­yo, nja­lo enga­zi­kha­tha­le­li izi­mvuq.

14 Mi­na ngi­ngu­me­lu­si olu­ngi­le­yo, ngi­ya­za­zi eza­mi, ngi­ya­zi­wa nge­za­mir,

15 nje­nga­lo­khu uBa­ba enga­zi, la­mi ngi­ya­ma­zi uBa­bas; ngi­zi­be­ke­la pha­nsi izi­mvu impi­lo ya­mit.

16 Nja­lo ngi­le­zi­nye izi­mvuu, ezi­nge­si­zo za­le­si­si­ba­yav; la­zo ku­me­le ngi­zi­le­thew, nja­lo zi­za­ku­zwa ili­zwi la­mi; nja­lo ku­be mhla­mbix mu­nyey, me­lu­si mu­nyez.

17 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu uBa­ba uya­ngi­tha­ndaa, ngo­ba mi­nab ngi­be­ka pha­nsi impi­lo ya­mi, uku­ze ngi­bu­ye ngi­yi­tha­thec.

18 Ka­kho onge­mu­ka yo­na, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­yi­be­ka pha­nsi ngo­kwa­mi. Ngi­la­ma­ndla oku­yi­be­ka pha­nside, nja­lo ngi­la­ma­ndla oku­bu­ya ngi­yi­tha­thef. Lu­mla­yo ngi­we­mu­ke­le ku­Ba­bag.

19 Nga­kho kwa­ba kho­na fu­thi ukwe­hlu­ka­nah pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­Ju­da nge­nxa ya­la­ma­zwii.

20 La­ba­ne­ngi ba­wo ba­thi: Ule­di­mo­nij fu­thi uya­hla­nya; li­mla­le­le­la­nik?

21 Ama­nye athi: La­ma­zwi ka­wa­si­wo wo­nge­nwe li­di­mo­nil; ka­mbe idi­mo­nim li­nga­vu­la ame­hlo ezi­pho­fu yi­nin?

UJe­su ungu­Kri­stu

22 Kwa­ku­kho­na umkho­si wo­ku­vu­se­le­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, kwa­ku­se­bu­si­ka;

23 uJe­su wa­se­ha­mba­ha­mba ethe­mpe­li­ni ekhu­lu­si­ni li­ka­So­lo­mo­nio.

24 Ama­Ju­da ase­mha­nqap, athi ku­ye: Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni usi­li­ba­zi­sa? Uba we­na ungu­Kri­stu, si­tshe­le ngo­ku­ca­ci­le­yo.

25 UJe­su wa­wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Nga­li­tshe­la, ko­dwa ka­li­kho­lwa­ngaq; imi­se­be­nzi mi­na engi­ye­nza ebi­zwe­ni li­ka­Ba­ba, yi­yo engi­fa­ka­ze­la­yor;

26 ko­dwa li­na ka­li­kho­lwa; ngo­ba ka­li­si­bo abe­zi­mvu za­mi, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­mi ki­nist.

27 Izi­mvu za­mi zi­ya­li­zwa ili­zwi la­mi, la­mi ngi­ya­za­zi, fu­thi zi­ya­ngi­la­nde­la;

28 nja­lo mi­na ngi­zi­ni­ka impi­lo ela­pha­ka­deu; fu­thi ka­zi­so­ze za­bhu­bha la­pha­ka­dev, nja­lo ku­nge­kho oza­zi­hlu­thu­na esa­ndle­ni sa­miw.

29 UBa­bax ozi­ni­ke mi­na, mkhu­lu ku­la­bo bo­nkey; ku­nge­kho nja­lo onga­zi­hlu­thu­na esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Ba­ba.

30 Mi­na lo­Ba­ba si­mu­nyez.

31 Nga­kho ama­Ju­daa aphi­nda atha­tha ama­tshe uku­ze amkha­nde nga­wob.

32 UJe­su wa­wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ngi­li­tshe­ngi­se imi­se­be­nzi emi­ne­ngi emi­hle eve­la ku­Ba­ba; yi­wu­phi umse­be­nzi ku­yo eli­ngi­kha­nde­la wo­na nga­ma­tshec?

33 Ama­Ju­da amphe­ndu­la athi: Ka­si­ku­kha­ndi nga­ma­tshe nge­nxa yo­mse­be­nzi omu­hled, ko­dwa nge­nxa ye­nhla­mbae, la­ngo­ku­thi we­na ungu­mu­ntu uze­nza uNku­lu­nku­luf.

34 UJe­su wa­wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ka­ku­lo­tshi­we yi­ni emla­ywe­ni we­nug uku­thi: Mi­na nga­thih: Li­ngo­nku­lu­nku­lui?

35 Uba wa­ba­bi­za bo­na ngo­ku­thi ngo­nku­lu­nku­lu, ele­za ku­bo ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nja­lo umbha­lo unge­phu­lwe,

36 lo­wo uBa­ba ame­hlu­ka­ni­si­le­yoj wa­mthu­ma emhla­be­nik, ka­nti li­na li­thi: Uya­hla­mba­zal, ngo­ba ngi­them: Ngi­yi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun?

37 Uba ngi­nge­nzi imi­se­be­nzi ka­Ba­ba, ka­li­nga­kho­lwa ki­mio.

38 Ko­dwa uba ngiye­nza, la­nxa li­nga­kho­lwa ki­mi, kho­lwa­ni imi­se­be­nzip; uku­ze la­zi li­kho­lwe uku­thi uBa­ba uki­mi, la­mi ngi­ku­yeq.

39 Nga­kho adi­nga fu­thi uku­mba­mbar; ko­dwa wa­phu­nyu­ka esa­ndle­ni sa­bos.

40 Wa­se­bu­ya wa­su­ka wa­ya nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­nit ku­nda­wo la­pho uJo­ha­ne aye­bha­bha­thi­za kho­na ku­qa­lau; wa­se­hla­la kho­na.

41 La­ba­ne­ngi be­za ku­ye, ba­thi: UJo­ha­ne ke­nza­nga si­bo­na­ka­li­sov; ko­dwa ko­nke uJo­ha­ne aku­tsho nga­lo, kwa­ku­li­qi­ni­sow.

42 Aba­ne­ngi ba­se­be­kho­lwa ku­ye la­phox.

Uku­vu­swa ku­ka­La­za­ro

11Kwa­ku­kho­na-ke othi­le owa­ye­gu­la othi­wa ngu­La­za­roa we­Be­tha­nib, emza­ne­ni ka­Ma­ri­ya lo­Ma­rta uda­de­wa­boc.

2 Kwa­ku­ngu­ye uMa­ri­ya owa­gco­ba iNko­si nga­ma­gco­bo, we­su­la inya­wo za­yo nge­nwe­le za­khe, omne­wa­bo uLa­za­ro wa­ye­gu­lad.

3 Nga­kho oda­de­wa­bo ba­thu­me­la ku­ye be­si­thi: Nko­sie, kha­nge­la lo­wo omtha­nda­yo uya­gu­laf.

4 UJe­su ese­zwi­le wa­thi: Lo­khu uku­gu­la ka­ku­si­kho oko­ku­fa, ko­dwa ku­ngo­ko­du­mo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­ze iNdo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu idu­nyi­swe nga­khog.

5 UJe­su wa­ye­ba­tha­nda-ke oMa­rta lo­da­de­wa­bo lo­La­za­roh.

6 Nga­kho ese­zwi­le uku­thi uya­gu­la, wa­se­hla­la insu­ku ezi­mbi­li enda­we­ni la­pho aye­kho­nai.

7 Emva kwa­lo­khu wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fu­ndi: Asi­phi­nde si­ye eJu­di­yaj.

8 Aba­fu­ndi ba­thi ku­ye: Ra­bi*k, ama­Ju­da asa­nda uku­di­nga uku­ku­kha­nda nga­ma­tshe, nja­lo uya kho­na fu­thi yi­nil?

9 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ka­wa­kho ama­ho­la ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li emi­ni yi­nim? Nxa umu­ntu eha­mba emi­ni, ka­khu­be­ki, ngo­ba uya­bo­na uku­kha­nya kwa­lu­mhla­ban.

10 Ko­dwa uba umu­ntu eha­mba ebu­su­ku, uya­khu­be­ka, ngo­ba uku­kha­nya ka­ku­kho ku­yeo.

11 Wa­khu­lu­ma le­zi­zi­nto, emva kwa­lo­khu wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Umnga­ne we­thu uLa­za­rop use­le­le; ko­dwa ngi­ya­ha­mba uku­ze ngi­mvu­se ebu­tho­ngwe­niq.

12 Nga­kho aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, uba ele­le, uza­phi­lar.

13 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­khu­lu­ma ngo­ku­fa kwa­khe; ko­dwa bo­na ba­ca­ba­nga uku­thi wa­khu­lu­ma ngo­ku­phu­mu­la ko­bu­tho­ngo.

14 Nga­kho uJe­su wa­se­ba­tshe­la ngo­ku­ca­ci­le­yo: ULa­za­ro ufi­le.

15 Nja­lo ngi­ya­tho­ko­za nge­nxa ye­nu uku­thi be­ngi­nge­kho la­pho, uku­ze li­kho­lwe; ko­dwa asi­ye ku­ye.

16 Nga­kho uTo­ma­sis, othi­wa ngu­Di­di­mu­si, wa­thi ku­ba­fu­ndi ka­nye la­ye: Asi­ha­mbe­ni la­thi, uku­ze si­fe ka­nye la­yet.

17 Kwa­thi ese­fi­ka uJe­su, wa­mfi­ca ese­le­nsu­ku ezi­ne engcwa­be­niu.

18 Le­Be­tha­ni ya­yi­se­du­ze le­Je­ru­sa­le­mav, oku­nga­ba nga­ma­sta­di­yu* ali­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu uku­su­ka la­pho;

19 la­ba­ne­ngi ku­ma­Ju­da ba­be­fi­ki­le ku­Ma­rta lo­Ma­ri­ya, uku­ze ba­ba­du­du­ze ngo­mne­wa­bow.

20 Nga­kho uMa­rta, ese­zwi­le uku­thi uJe­su uye­za, wa­ya­ku­mhla­nga­be­zax; ko­dwa uMa­ri­ya wa­hla­la endli­niy.

21 UMa­rta wa­se­si­thi ku­Je­su: Nko­si, alu­ba ubu­kho­na la­pha, umne­we­thu nga­be ka­fa­ngaz;

22 ko­dwa la­kha­the­si ngi­ya­zi uku­thi lo­ba yi­ni onga­yi­ce­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­ku­ni­ka yo­naa.

23 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Umne­we­nu uza­bu­ya avu­ke.

24 UMa­rta wa­thi ku­ye: Ngi­ya­zi uku­thi uza­bu­ya avu­ke eku­vu­ke­ni ngo­su­ku lo­ku­ci­nab.

25 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Mi­na ngi­yi­ku­vu­kac le­mpi­lod; okho­lwa ki­mi, lo­ba ese­fi­le, uza­phi­lae;

26 nja­lo wo­nke ophi­la­yo ekho­lwa ki­mi, ka­so­ze afe la­pha­ka­def. Uya­ku­kho­lwa lo­khu yi­ni?

27 Wa­thi ku­ye: Ye­bo, Nko­si; mi­na ngi­ya­kho­lwa uku­thi we­na ungu­Kri­stug, iNdo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh, obe­za­ku­za emhla­be­nii.

28 Ese­tshi­lo lo­khu uMa­rta wa­su­ka, wa­ya­bi­za uda­de­wa­bo uMa­ri­ya ensi­tha, wa­thi: UMfu­ndi­si ula­pha uya­ku­bi­zaj.

29 Ye­na-ke ese­zwi­le lo­khu, wa­hle wa­su­ku­ma wa­ya ku­ye.

30 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­ye­nga­ka­fi­ki emza­ne­ni, ko­dwa wa­ye­se­nda­we­ni la­pho uMa­rta amhla­nga­be­za kho­nak.

31 Nga­kho ama­Ju­da aye­se­ndli­ni la­ye emdu­du­zal, ebo­na uMa­ri­ya uku­thi wa­su­ku­ma ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa ephu­ma, amla­nde­la, esi­thi: Uya engcwa­be­ni, uku­ze akha­le kho­nam.

32 Kwa­thi uMa­ri­ya, ese­fi­ke la­pho uJe­su akho­na, embo­na, wa­we­la enya­we­ni za­khen, esi­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, nga­be ubu­kho­na la­pha, umne­we­thu nga­be ka­fa­ngao.

33 Nga­kho uJe­su wa­thi embo­na ekha­la, la­ma­Ju­da afi­ka la­ye ekha­la, wa­bu­bu­la emo­ye­ni, wa­zi­kha­tha­zap,

34 wa­thi: Li­mbe­ke nga­phi? Ba­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, wo­za ubo­ne.

35 UJe­su wa­li­laq.

36 Nga­kho ama­Ju­da athi: Kha­nge­la­ni uku­thi ube­mtha­nda nja­nir.

37 Ko­dwa ama­nye awo athi: Lo, owa­vu­la ame­hlo esi­pho­fu, ube­nge­kwe­nze yi­ni uku­thi la­lo anga­fis?

38 Nga­kho uJe­su ebu­bu­la fu­thi pha­ka­thi kwa­khe wa­fi­ka engcwa­be­nit. Nja­lo la­li­lu­bha­luu, le­li­tshe li­be­kwe phe­zu kwa­lov.

39 UJe­su wa­thi: Su­sa­ni ili­tshew. UMa­rta uda­de­wa­bo wo­fi­le­yo wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, use­nu­ka; ngo­ba use­le­nsu­ku ezi­nex.

40 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ka­ngi­tsho­ngo yi­ni ku­wey, uku­thi uba ukho­lwaz, uza­bo­na inka­zi­mu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua?

41 Ba­li­su­sa-ke ili­tshe, la­pho okwa­ku­le­le kho­na ofi­le­yob. UJe­su wa­se­pha­ka­mi­se­la ame­hlo akhe phe­zu­luc, wa­thi: Ba­ba, ngi­ya­ku­bo­nga ngo­ba we­na ungi­zwi­le.

42 Ko­dwa mi­na be­ngi­sa­zi uku­thi uya­ngi­zwa nja­lo­nja­lod; ko­dwa nge­nxa ye­xu­ku eli­ngi­pha­hli­le­yo ngi­tshi­lo lo­khue, uku­ze ba­kho­lwe uku­thi ungi­thu­mi­lef.

43 Ese­tshi­lo le­zi­zi­nto, wa­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu wa­thi: La­za­ro, phu­mag!

44 Wa­se­phu­ma owa­ye­fi­le, ebo­tshi­we iza­ndla le­nya­wo nga­ma­le­mbuh, lo­bu­so ba­khe bu­go­qe­lwei nge­le­mbu. UJe­su wa­thi ku­bo: Mthu­ku­lu­le­ni, li­mye­ke­le aha­mbej.

Umpha­ka­thi uqu­ma uku­mbu­la­la uJe­su

45 Nga­kho aba­ne­ngi ku­ma­Ju­da, aba­be­ze ku­Ma­ri­yak be­bo­na izi­nto aze­nzi­le­yo uJe­su, ba­kho­lwa ku­yel.

46 Ko­dwa aba­nye ba­bo ba­ya ku­ba­Fa­ri­sim, ba­ba­tshe­la izi­nto aze­nzi­le­yo uJe­su.

47 Nga­kho aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­Fa­ri­sin ba­qo­qa umpha­ka­thio, ba­thi: Si­za­kwe­nza­ni? Ngo­ba umu­ntu lo we­nza izi­bo­na­ka­li­so ezi­ne­ngi;

48 uba si­mye­ke­le nja­lo, bo­nke ba­za­kho­lwa ku­yep; ama­Ro­maq ase­za­ku­za atha­the li­nda­wor le­si­zwe sa­ki­this.

49 Ko­dwa omu­nye wa­bo, uKa­ya­fa­sit, owa­ye­ngu­mpri­sti omkhu­lu nga­lo­wo­mnya­kau, wa­thi ku­bo: Ka­la­zi lu­tho li­na,

50 fu­thi ka­li­na­ka­ni uku­thi ku­si­lu­nge­le uku­thi umu­ntu oye­dwa afe­le aba­ntu, lo­ku­thi isi­zwe so­nke si­nga­bhu­bhiv.

51 Ko­dwa ka­zi­tsho­lo­ngo lo­khu ngo­kwa­khew, ko­dwa engu­mpri­sti omkhu­lu nga­lo­wo­mnya­kax, wa­pro­fe­thay uku­thi uJe­su uza­fe­la isi­zwez,

52 nja­loa ku­nga­bi yi­si­zwe ku­phe­lab, ko­dwa uku­zec abu­the­le nda­wo­nyed la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue aba­hla­ka­ze­ki­le­yo ba­be mu­nyef.

53 Nga­kho ku­su­ke­la ku­lo­lo­su­ku be­nza nda­wo­nye ice­bo uku­ze ba­mbu­la­leg.

54 Nga­kho uJe­su ka­be­sa­ha­mba oba­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­Ju­dah, ko­dwa wa­su­ka la­pho wa­ya eli­zwe­ni eli­se­du­ze le­nka­nga­lai, emzi­ni othi­wa yiE­fra­yi­mij, wa­se­hla­la kho­na la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe.

55 La­se­li­so­nde­le ipha­si­ka la­ma­Ju­dak; la­ba­ne­ngi aba­ve­la ema­pha­ndle­ni be­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma li­nga­ka­fi­ki ipha­si­kal, uku­ze ba­zi­hla­mbu­lu­lem.

56 Nga­kho ba­mdi­nga uJe­su, be­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­mi ethe­mpe­li­ni be­si­thi: Li­ca­ba­nga­ni? Li­thi isi­bi­li ka­yi­ku­za emkho­si­ni yi­nin?

57 Ko­dwa bo­nke aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­Fa­ri­si ba­be­khu­phe umla­yo wo­ku­thi uba ekho­na owa­zi­yo la­pho akho­na, aku­bi­ke uku­ze ba­mba­mbe.

UJe­su ugco­tshwa eBe­tha­ni

12Kwa­thi ku­se­le­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­thu­pha li­nga­ka­fi­kia ipha­si­kab, uJe­su wa­fi­ka eBe­tha­nic, la­pho okwa­ku­lo­La­za­ro kho­na owa­ye­fi­le, aye­mvu­se kwa­ba­fi­le­yod.

2 Ba­se­be­me­nze­la uku­dla kwa­nta­mba­ma la­phoe, lo­Ma­rta wa­ye­se­be­nzafg; nja­lo uLa­za­ro wa­ye­ngo­mu­nye wa­la­bo aba­be­hle­zi eku­dle­ni la­ye.

3 UMa­ri­yah wa­se­tha­tha ipha­wu­ndi ya­ma­gco­bo awe­na­di* uqo­bo adu­la­yoi, wa­gco­ba inya­wo zi­ka­Je­suj, we­su­la inya­wo za­khe nge­nwe­le za­khe; le­ndlu ya­gcwa­la iphu­nga la­ma­gco­bo.

4 Nga­kho omu­nye wa­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe, uJu­da­si Iska­ri­yo­thi ka­Si­mo­ni, owa­ye­za­mni­ke­lak, wa­thi:

5 Ku­nga­ni ama­fu­tha la enga­the­ngi­swa­nga nga­bo­de­na­ri­yo* aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu, kwa­se­ku­ni­kwa aba­ya­ngal?

6 Wa­ku­tsho-ke lo­khu, ku­nge­yi­si­kho uku­thi ekha­tha­le­le aba­ya­nga, ko­dwa ngo­ba wa­ye­li­se­la, wa­ye­le­si­khwa­mam, ethwa­la okwa­ku­fa­kwa pha­ka­thi kwa­son.

7 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi: Mye­ke­le­ni; uwa­lo­ndo­lo­ze­le usu­ku lo­ku­ngcwa­tshwa kwa­mio.

8 Ngo­ba aba­ya­nga li­hla­la li­la­bo, ko­dwa mi­na ka­li­hla­li li­la­mi.

9 Nga­kho ixu­ku eli­khu­lu la­ma­Ju­da la­kwa­zi uku­thi ula­pho; la­se­li­si­za ku­nge­si­ku­thi nge­nxa ka­Je­su ku­phe­la, ko­dwa lo­ku­thi ba­bo­ne lo­La­za­rop, aye­mvu­se kwa­ba­fi­le­yoq.

10 Aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lur ba­se­be­se­nza ice­bo lo­ku­thi ba­bu­la­le lo­La­za­ros;

11 ngo­ba nge­nxa ya­khet ama­Ju­da ama­ne­ngiu asu­ka, akho­lwa ku­Je­suv.

UJe­su unge­na eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

12 Ku­si­sa ixu­ku eli­khu­luw ela­li­zi­le emkho­si­nix, le­zwa uku­thi uJe­su uye­za eJe­ru­sa­le­ma,

13 ba­tha­tha inga­tsha ze­zi­hla­hla ze­la­la, ba­phu­ma ukuya­mhla­nga­be­za, ba­me­me­za be­si­thi: Ho­sa­na*! Ubu­si­si­we oza­yo ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si, iNko­si kaI­sra­ye­liy.

14 UJe­su wa­se­fi­ca itho­le li­ka­ba­bhe­mi, wa­hla­la phe­zu kwa­lo, nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi:

15 Unge­sa­bi, ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Si­yo­ni; kha­nge­la, inko­si ya­kho iye­za, ihle­zi phe­zu kwe­tho­le li­ka­ba­bhe­miz.

16 Ko­dwa aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ka­ba­qe­di­si­sa­nga le­zi­zi­nto eku­qa­le­nia; ko­dwa uJe­su ese­du­nyi­si­web, ba­se­be­khu­mbu­la uku­thi le­zi­zi­nto za­zi­lo­tshi­we nga­ye, lo­ku­thi ba­be­ze­nzi­le le­zi­zi­nto ku­yec.

17 Nga­kho ixu­ku ela­li­la­ye la­pho ebi­za uLa­za­ro uku­thi aphu­me engcwa­be­ni, emvu­sa kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, la­fa­ka­zad.

18 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ixu­ku la­phu­ma fu­thi ukuya­mhla­nga­be­za, ngo­ba le­zwa uku­thi we­nze le­si­si­bo­na­ka­li­soe.

19 Nga­kho aba­Fa­ri­si ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­si­thi: Li­ya­bo­na uku­thi ka­li­si­zi lu­tho; kha­nge­la­ni umhla­ba uya­mla­nde­laf.

UJe­su ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­fa kwa­khe

20 Kwa­ku­kho­na ama­Gri­ki pha­ka­thi kwa­la­bog aba­be­nyu­ke­le­le uku­kho­nzah emkho­si­nii;

21 wo­na-ke eza ku­Fi­li­phuj owe­Bhe­thi­sa­yi­da ye­Ga­li­lik, ba­se­be­mce­la be­si­thi: Nko­si, si­tha­nda uku­bo­na uJe­su.

22 UFi­li­phu we­za wa­tshe­la uA­ndre­ya; uA­ndre­ya lo­Fi­li­phu ba­se­be­tshe­la uJe­su fu­thil.

23 UJe­su wa­se­ba­phe­ndu­la esi­thi: Iho­la se­li­fi­ki­lem lo­ku­thi iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu idu­nyi­swen.

24 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi uhla­mvu lwe­be­le lu­we­le emhla­ba­thi­ni lu­fe, lo­na lu­hla­la lu­lo­dwa; ko­dwa alu­ba lu­si­fa, lu­the­la isi­the­lo sa­ndeo.

25 Ye­na otha­nda impi­lo ya­khe uya­la­hle­ke­lwa yi­yop; lo­zo­nda impi­lo ya­khe ku­lu­mhla­ba uza­yi­lo­ndo­lo­za ku­ze ku­be yi­mpi­lo engu­la­pha­ka­deq.

26 Uba umu­ntu engi­se­be­nze­la, ka­ngi­la­nde­le; la­la­pho engi­kho­na mi­nar, le­nce­ku ya­mi iza­ku­ba kho­na. Fu­thi uba umu­ntu engi­se­be­nze­la, uBa­ba uza­mhlo­ni­phas.

27 Kha­the­si umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ukha­tha­ze­ki­let; se­ngi­za­thi­ni? Ba­bau, ngi­si­ndi­se ku­le­li­ho­lav. Ko­dwa nge­nxa ya­lo­khuw ngi­fi­ki­le ku­le­li­ho­lax.

28 Ba­ba, du­mi­sa ibi­zo la­khoy. Kwa­se­ku­si­za ili­zwi li­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni li­si­thi: Se­ngili­du­mi­si­le, ngi­za­phi­nda ngili­du­mi­sez.

29 Nga­kho ixu­ku ela­li­mi kho­na li­si­zwa la­thi ku­be lo­mdu­mo. Aba­nye ba­thi: Ingi­lo­si ikhu­lu­me la­ye.

30 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Le­li­li­zwi ka­li­za­nga nge­nxa ya­mi, ko­dwa nge­nxa ye­nua.

31 Kha­the­si yi­si­gwe­bo sa­lu­mhla­bab; kha­the­si umbu­si wa­lu­mhla­bac uza­xo­tshe­lwa pha­ndled.

32 Mi­na-ke nxa ngi­pha­ka­nyi­swa emhla­be­nie, ngi­za­do­nse­laf bo­nke ki­mig.

33 Wa­tsho-ke lo­khuh etshe­ngi­sa uhlo­bo lo­ku­fa aye­za­ku­fa nga­loi.

34 Ixu­ku la­mphe­ndu­la la­thi: Thi­na se­zwa emla­ywe­nij uku­thi uKri­stu uhla­la pha­ka­dek; nja­lo unga­tsho nja­ni uku­thi: INdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ime­le uku­pha­ka­nyi­swal? Ingu­ba­ni le iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu?

35 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ku­se­yi­si­kha­tsha­nam uku­kha­nyan li­la­khoo. Ha­mba­ni li­se­lo­ku­kha­nya, hle­zi umnya­ma ule­hlu­lep; nja­lo oha­mba emnya­me­ni ka­zi la­pho aya kho­naq.

36 Li­se­lo­ku­kha­nya, kho­lwa­ni ku­kho uku­kha­nya, uku­ze li­be nga­ba­ntwa­na bo­ku­kha­nyar. UJe­su wa­khu­lu­ma le­zi­zi­nto, wa­su­ka, wa­ba­ca­tshe­las.

Uku­la­hlwa kwa­ma­Ju­da ngo­ku­nga­kho­lwa kwa­wo

37 La­nxa wa­ye­nze izi­bo­na­ka­li­so ezi­ne­ngi ka­nga­ka pha­mbi kwa­bot, ka­ba­kho­lwa­nga ku­ye;

38 uku­ze li­gcwa­li­se­ke ili­zwi li­kaI­sa­ya umpro­fe­thi, ali­khu­lu­ma­yo elo­ku­thi: Nko­si, ngu­ba­ni okho­lwe uku­tshu­ma­ye­la kwe­thu? Le­nga­lo ye­Nko­si ye­mbu­le­lwa ba­niu?

39 Nga­kho ba­be­nge­la­kho uku­kho­lwa, ngo­ba uI­sa­ya wa­bu­ya wa­thi:

40 Uphu­mpu­the­ki­si­le ame­hlo abov, wa­ye­nza lu­khu­ni inhli­zi­yo ya­bo; uku­ze ba­nga­bo­ni nga­me­hlo abo, ba­qe­di­si­se nge­nhli­zi­yo, ba­phe­ndu­ke, be­se­ngi­ba­si­li­saw.

41 UI­sa­ya wa­khu­lu­ma le­zi­zi­ntox, la­pho ebo­na inka­zi­mu­lo ya­khe, wa­khu­lu­ma nga­yey.

42 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo-ke la­ba­ne­ngi ba­ba­bu­siz ba­kho­lwa ku­yea; ko­dwa nge­nxa ya­ba­Fa­ri­si ka­ba­vu­ma­ngab, uku­ze ba­nga­mi­swa esi­na­go­ge­nic;

43 ngo­ba ba­tha­nda udu­mo lwa­ba­ntu ku­lo­du­mo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud.

UJe­su we­za uku­za­si­ndi­sa umhla­ba

44 UJe­su wa­se­me­me­za esi­thie: Okho­lwa ki­mi, ka­kho­lwa ki­mif, ko­dwa ku­ye ongi­thu­mi­le­yog;

45 nja­lo obo­na mi­na, ubo­na ongi­thu­mi­le­yoh.

46 Mi­na ngi­zi­le ngi­yi­ku­kha­nya emhla­be­ni, uku­ze wo­nke okho­lwa ki­mi, anga­hla­li emnya­me­nii.

47 Nja­lo uba ekho­na owe­zwa­yo ama­zwi ami anga­kho­lwa, mi­na ka­ngi­mgwe­bij; ngo­ba ka­ngi­za­nga uku­thi ngi­gwe­be umhla­ba, ko­dwa uku­ze ngi­si­ndi­se umhla­bak.

48 Ye­nal onga­la­yo enga­we­mu­ke­li ama­zwi ami, ula­ye omgwe­ba­yom; ili­zwi ese­ngi­li­khu­lu­mi­len, lo­na li­za­mgwe­bao ngo­su­ku lo­ku­ci­nap.

49 Ngo­ba mi­na ka­ngi­zi­khu­lu­me­la­nga ngo­kwa­miq; ko­dwa uBa­ba ongi­thu­mi­le­yo, ngu­ye ongi­ni­ke umla­yor, wo­ku­thi ngi­za­thi­ni lo­ku­thi ngi­za­khu­lu­ma­nis.

50 Nja­lo ngi­ya­zi uku­thi umla­yo wa­khe uyi­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­de; nga­kho izi­nto mi­na engi­zi­khu­lu­ma­yo, nje­ngo­ku­tsho ku­ka­Ba­ba ki­mi, ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­ya­zi­khu­lu­mat.

UJe­su uge­zi­sa inya­wo za­ba­fu­ndi

13Kwa­thi unga­ka­fi­ki umkho­si we­pha­si­kaa, uJe­su esa­zi uku­thi iho­la la­khe la­se­li­fi­ki­leb uku­thi asu­ke ku­lu­mhla­ba aye ku­Yi­sec, ese­ba­tha­ndi­le aba­khed aba­se­mhla­be­ni, wa­ba­tha­nda kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­phe­le­nie.

2 Uku­dla kwa­nta­mba­ma se­kwe­nzi­we, udi­ya­bho­la ese­ku­fa­ki­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni ka­Ju­da­si Iska­ri­yo­thif, ka­Si­mo­ni, uku­thi amni­ke­leg,

3 uJe­su ekwa­zi uku­thi uYi­se uni­ke­le izi­nto zo­nke eza­ndle­ni za­kheh, lo­ku­thi wa­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lui nja­lo uya ku­Nku­lu­nku­luj,

4 wa­su­ku­ma eku­dle­ni kwa­nta­mba­mak, wa­khu­pha ize­mba­tho za­khe, wa­tha­tha ile­mbu wa­zi­tha­nde­la nga­lol.

5 Emva kwa­lo­khu wa­the­la ama­nzi emga­nwi­ni, wa­qa­la uku­ge­zi­sa inya­wo za­ba­fu­ndi, lo­kuze­su­la nge­le­mbu aye­zi­tha­nde­le nga­lom.

6 Wa­se­fi­ka ku­Si­mo­ni Pe­tro; ye­na wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, we­na uge­zi­sa inya­wo za­mi yi­nin?

7 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Engi­kwe­nza­yo mi­na, ka­wu­kwa­zi kha­the­si, ko­dwa uza­kwa­zi emva kwa­le­zi­zi­ntoo.

8 UPe­tro wa­thi ku­ye: Ka­wu­so­ze uge­zi­se inya­wo za­mi ku­ze ku­be la­pha­ka­de. UJe­su wa­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Uba ngi­nga­ku­ge­zi­si, ka­wu­la­sa­be­lo la­mip.

9 USi­mo­ni Pe­tro wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, ka­ku­nga­bi zi­nya­wo za­mi zo­dwa, ko­dwa le­za­ndla le­kha­ndaq.

10 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Oge­zi­le­yo ka­swe­li lu­tho nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­ge­zi­swa inya­wo, ko­dwa uhla­mbu­lu­ki­ler ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yos; li­na-ke li­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le, ko­dwa-ke ka­kusi­ni lo­nket.

11 Ngo­ba wa­ye­ma­zi lo­wo owa­ye­za­mni­ke­la; nge­nxa ya­lo­khu wa­thi: Ka­li­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga lo­nkeu.

12 Ese­ge­zi­si­le inya­wo za­bo, wa­tha­tha ize­mba­tho za­khe, wa­bu­ya wa­hla­la pha­nsiv, wa­thi ku­bo: Li­ya­kwa­zi yi­ni engi­kwe­nze ki­niw?

13 Li­na li­ngi­bi­za li­thi: Mfu­ndi­six, loku­thi Nko­si; li­ku­tsho ku­hle, ngo­ba ngi­yikhoy.

14 Nga­kho uba mi­na, iNko­si lo­Mfu­ndi­si, ngi­ge­zi­se inya­wo ze­nuz, la­ni-ke li­fa­ne­le uku­ge­zi­sa­na inya­woa.

15 Ngo­ba ngi­li­ni­ki­le isi­bo­ne­lo, uku­ze le­nze la­ni nje­ngo­ba mi­na nge­nzi­le ki­nib.

16 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Ince­ku ka­yi­nku­lu ku­le­nko­si ya­yoc, lo­thu­nyi­we­yo ka­mkhu­lu ku­lo­mthu­mi­le­yod.

17 Uba li­sa­zi le­zi­zi­nto, li­bu­si­si­we uba li­ze­nzae.

18 Ka­ngi­khu­lu­mi nga­ni lo­nkef; mi­na ngi­ya­ba­zi engi­ba­khe­thi­le­yog; ko­dwa uku­ze ku­gcwa­li­se­ke umbha­lo othi: Odla la­mi isi­nkwa ungi­pha­ka­mi­se­le isi­the­nde sa­kheh.

19 Se­ngi­li­tshe­la ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si ku­nga­ke­nze­kii, uku­ze, nxa se­ku­se­nze­ka, li­kho­lwe uku­thi ngi­nguyej.

20 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Owe­mu­ke­la lo­ba ngu­ba­ni engi­mthu­mi­le­yo, we­mu­ke­la mi­na; lo­we­mu­ke­la mi­na, we­mu­ke­la ongi­thu­mi­le­yok.

UJe­su ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­ni­ke­lwa kwa­khe

21 UJe­su ese­tshi­lol le­zi­zi­nto wa­kha­tha­ze­ka emo­ye­nim, wa­fa­ka­za wa­thin: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­nio, omu­nye we­nu uza­ngi­ni­ke­lap.

22 Nga­kho aba­fu­ndi ba­kha­nge­la­na, be­nga­qo­ndi uku­thi ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ba­niq.

23 Kwa­kwe­ye­me esi­fu­be­ni si­ka­Je­su omu­nye wa­ba­fu­ndi ba­kher, uJe­su aye­mtha­ndas;

24 nga­kho uSi­mo­ni Pe­tro wa­mqhwe­ba uku­bu­za uku­thi ngu­ba­ni akhu­lu­ma nga­ye.

25 Ye­na-ke eqa­me­la esi­fu­be­ni si­ka­Je­sut, wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, ngu­ba­ni?

26 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ngu­lo­wo mi­na engi­za­mni­ka uce­zu se­ngi­lu­tshe­bi­leu. Kwa­thi ese­lu­tshe­bi­le uce­zu, walu­ni­ka uJu­da­si Iska­ri­yo­thi ka­Si­mo­niv.

27 Fu­thi emva ko­ce­zu, uSa­tha­ne wa­se­nge­na ku­yew. UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Okwe­nza­yo, kwe­nze ma­si­nya­nex.

28 Ko­dwa ka­kho kwa­ba­be­hle­zi eku­dle­ni owa­ye­kwa­zi uku­thi uku­tsho­lo­ni ku­ye.

29 Ngo­ba aba­nye ba­ca­ba­nga uku­thi, nje­ngo­ba uJu­da­si wa­ye­le­si­khwa­may, uJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: The­nga esi­ku­swe­la­yo emkho­si­niz; lo­ba uku­thi ka­ni­ke aba­ya­nga oku­nye.

30 Lo­wo wa­thi ese­lwe­mu­ke­le uce­zu, wa­hle wa­phu­ma; kwa­ku­se­bu­su­ku.

UJe­su uni­kwa udu­mo. Umla­yo wo­ku­tha­nda­na

31 Nga­kho kwa­thi ese­phu­mi­le, uJe­su wa­thi: Kha­the­si iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu idu­nyi­si­wea, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu udu­nyi­si­we ku­yob.

32 Uba uNku­lu­nku­lu edu­nyi­swe ku­yoc, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu uza­yi­du­mi­sa ku­ye ngo­kwa­khed, nja­lo uza­hle ayi­du­mi­see.

33 Ba­ntwa­nya­na, ngi­se­la­ni isi­kha­tsha­na. Li­za­ngi­di­ngaf, fu­thi nje­nga­lo­khu nga­tsho ku­ma­Ju­da uku­thig: La­pho mi­na engi­ya kho­na, li­nge­ze le­za li­na; ngi­tsho la­ki­ni kha­the­si.

34 Ngi­li­ni­kah umla­yo omu­tshai, uku­thi li­tha­nda­ne; nje­nga­lo­khu ngi­li­tha­ndi­le, la­ni-ke li­tha­nda­nej.

35 Nga­lo­khu bo­nke ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi li­nga­ba­fu­ndi ba­mi, uba li­lo­tha­ndo omu­nye ko­mu­nyek.

Uku­xwa­yi­swa ku­ka­Pe­tro

36 USi­mo­ni Pe­tro wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, uya nga­phil? UJe­su wa­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: La­pho engi­ya kho­na, unge­ngi­la­nde­le kha­the­sim, ko­dwa uza­ngi­la­nde­la emva kwa­lo­khun.

37 UPe­tro wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, ngi­nge­ku­la­nde­le kha­the­si nga­ni? Impi­lo ya­mi ngi­za­yi­be­ke­la we­na pha­nsio.

38 UJe­su wa­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Impi­lo ya­kho uza­yi­be­ke­la mi­na pha­nsi yi­nip? Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ku­we: Iqhu­de ka­li­so­ze li­kha­leq uze ungi­phi­ke ka­tha­thur.

Inku­lu­mo yo­ku­va­le­li­sa ku­ka­Je­su

14Inhli­zi­yo ye­nu ka­yi­nga­kha­tha­ze­ki; li­ya­kho­lwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, kho­lwa­ni la­ki­mia.

2 Ekha­ya li­ka­Ba­ba ku­kho­na izi­ndlu ezi­ne­ngi; ko­dwa uba kwa­kunge­nja­lo, nga­be nga­li­tshe­lab. Ngi­ya­ha­mba uku­ya­li­lu­ngi­se­la inda­woc.

3 Nja­lo nxa ngi­ha­mba ngi­si­ya­li­lu­ngi­se­la inda­wo, ngi­za­bu­ya fu­thi ngi­le­mu­ke­le ki­mid; uku­ze ku­thi la­pho mi­na engi­kho­na, li­be kho­na la­nie.

4 La­la­pho mi­na engi­ya kho­na li­ya­kwa­zi, le­ndle­la li­ya­ya­zi.

5 UTo­ma­si wa­thi ku­yef: Nko­si, ka­si­kwa­zi la­pho oya kho­na; pho, si­nga­ya­zi nja­ni indle­lag?

6 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Mi­na ngi­yi­ndle­lah, le­qi­ni­soi, le­mpi­loj; ka­kho oza ku­Ba­ba, ko­dwa nga­mik.

7 Uba be­li­nga­zi­le, be­li­za­ma­zi lo­Ba­bal; nja­lo ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si li­ya­ma­zi, se­li­mbo­ni­lem.

8 UFi­li­phu wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, si­tshe­ngi­se uYi­hlo, nja­lo ku­sa­ne­len.

9 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Se­ngi­la­ni isi­kha­thi esi­de ka­nga­ka, ka­wu­ka­nga­zi, Fi­li­phu? Ye­na obo­ne mi­na, ubo­ne uBa­bao; nja­lo utsho nja­ni uku­thi: Si­tshe­ngi­se uYi­hlo?

10 Ka­wu­kho­lwa yi­ni uku­thi mi­na ngi­ku­Ba­ba, lo­Ba­ba uki­mip? Ama­zwi mi­na engi­wa­khu­lu­ma ki­ni, ka­ngi­zi­khu­lu­me­li ngo­kwa­mi; ko­dwa uBa­ba ohle­zi ki­miq, ye­na we­nza imi­se­be­nzir.

11 Ngi­kho­lwa­ni uku­thi mi­na ngi­ku­Ba­ba, lo­Ba­ba uki­mis; nja­lo uba ku­ngenja­lo, ngi­kho­lwa­ni nge­nxa ye­mi­se­be­nzi ngo­kwa­yot.

12 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Okho­lwa ki­mi, imi­se­be­nzi engi­ye­nza­yo uza­ye­nza la­yeu, le­mi­khu­lu ku­la­le uza­ye­nzav; ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ya ku­Ba­baw.

13 Nja­lo lo­ba yi­ni eli­yi­ce­la­yox nge­bi­zo la­mi, le ngi­za­ye­nzay, uku­ze uYi­se adu­nyi­swe eNdo­da­ne­ni.

14 Uba li­ce­la lo­ba yi­ni ebi­zwe­ni la­mi, mi­na ngi­zaye­nzaz.

UMo­ya uya­the­nji­swa

15 Uba li­ngi­tha­nda, lo­ndo­lo­za­ni imi­la­yo ya­mia.

16 La­mi ngi­za­ce­la ku­Ba­ba, la­ye uza­li­ni­ka omu­nye uMdu­du­zib, uku­ze ahla­le la­ni la­pha­ka­de,

17 uMo­ya we­qi­ni­soc, onge­me­mu­ke­le umhla­ba, ngo­ba unga­mbo­ni, unga­ma­zid. Ko­dwa li­na li­ya­ma­zie, ngo­ba uhla­la la­nif, nja­lo uza­ku­ba ki­nig.

18 Ka­ngi­yi­ku­li­tshi­ya li­zi­nta­nda­ne; ngi­za­ku­za ki­nih.

19 Ku­be ka­nti okwe­si­kha­tsha­nai lo­mhla­ba ka­wu­sa­yi­ku­ngi­bo­na, ko­dwa li­na li­za­ngi­bo­naj; ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ya­phi­la, la­ni li­za­phi­lak.

20 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku li­na li­za­kwa­zil uku­thi mi­na ngi­ku­Ba­ba, la­ni li­ki­mim, la­mi ngi­ki­nin.

21 Ole­mi­la­yo ya­mi ayi­lo­ndo­lo­ze, ngu­ye ongi­tha­nda­yoo; nja­lo ye­na ongi­tha­nda­yo, uza­tha­ndwa ngu­Ba­ba; la­mi ngi­za­mtha­nda, ngi­za­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ku­yep.

22 UJu­da­si, onge­su­ye uI­ska­ri­yo­thi, wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, ku­nga­ni uza­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ki­thi, ko­dwa ku­nge­yi­si­kho ku­mhla­baq?

23 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Uba umu­ntu engi­tha­ndars, uza­lo­ndo­lo­za ili­zwi la­mit, lo­Ba­ba uza­mtha­ndau, nja­lo si­za­ku­za ku­yev, si­hla­le la­yew.

24 Ye­na onga­ngi­tha­ndi­yo, ka­wa­lo­ndo­lo­zi ama­zwi ami; le­li­zwi eli­li­zwa­yo ka­yi­si­lo ela­mi, ko­dwa nge­li­ka­Ba­ba ongi­thu­mi­le­yox.

25 Le­zi­zi­nto ngi­zi­khu­lu­mi­le ki­ni ngi­hle­zi la­ni.

26 Ko­dwa uMdu­du­zi, uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­ley, uBa­ba aza­mthu­ma ebi­zwe­ni la­miz, ye­na uza­li­fu­ndi­sa zo­nke izi­nto, nja­lo ali­khu­mbu­ze ko­nke enga­ku­tsho­yo ki­nia.

27 Uku­thu­la ngi­ku­tshi­ya ki­nib, uku­thu­la kwa­mi ngi­li­ni­ka kho­nac; ku­nge­yi­si­kho nje­ngo­ba umhla­ba uni­kad, mi­na ngi­ya­li­ni­ka. Inhli­zi­yo ye­nu ka­yi­nga­kha­tha­zwa, inge­sa­bie.

28 Li­zwi­le uku­thi mi­na ngi­the ki­nif: Ngi­ya­ha­mba nja­lo ngi­za­bu­ya ki­nig. Uba be­li­ngi­tha­nda, be­li­za­tho­ko­za, ngo­ba ngi­the: Ngi­ya ku­Ba­bah; ngo­ba uBa­ba mkhu­lu ku­la­mii.

29 Nja­lo kha­the­si ngi­li­tshe­li­le ku­nga­ke­nze­ki; uku­ze, la­pho se­ku­se­nze­ka, li­kho­lwej.

30 Ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­khu­lu­ma oku­ne­ngi la­nik; ngo­ba umbu­si wa­lu­mhla­ba uye­zal, ko­dwa ka­la­lu­tho ki­mim;

31 ko­dwa uku­ze umhla­ba wa­zin uku­thi ngi­ya­mtha­nda uBa­bao, lo­ku­thi nje­ngo­ba uBa­ba engi­la­yi­le, nge­nze nja­lo. Su­ku­ma­ni, si­su­ke la­phap.

Ivi­ni le­zi­nga­tsha

15Mi­na ngi­li­vi­ni eli­qo­tho, nja­lo uBa­ba ungu­mli­mia.

2 Lo­nke uga­tsha olu­ki­mi olu­nga­the­li­yo isi­the­lo, uya­lu­su­sa; la­lo lo­nke olu­the­la isi­the­lo, uya­lu­the­na, uku­ze lwe­nge­ze uku­the­lab.

3 Se­li­hla­mbu­lu­le­ki­lec li­na nge­li­zwi engi­li­khu­lu­me ki­nid.

4 Hla­la­ni ki­mi, la­mi ki­ni. Nje­nga­lo­khu uga­tsha lu­nge­the­le isi­the­lo ngo­kwa­lo, uba lu­nga­hla­li evi­ni­ni, ngo­ku­nja­lo la­ni li­nge­ke, uba li­nga­hla­li ki­mie.

5 Mi­na ngi­li­vi­ni, li­na li­zi­nga­tshaf. Lo­wo ohla­la ki­mi, la­mi ku­yeg, ye­na uya­the­la isi­the­lo sa­ndeh; ngo­ba nga­pha­ndle kwa­mi li­nge­nze lu­tho.

6 Uba umu­ntu enga­hla­li ki­mi, ula­hle­lwa pha­ndle nje­ngo­ga­tsha, abe ese­bu­nai, ba­zi­bu­thej bazi­pho­se emli­lwe­nikl, zi­tshi­swem.

7 Uba li­hla­la ki­min, la­ma­zwi ami ehla­la ki­nio, li­za­ce­la eli­ku­tha­nda­yo, li­za­kwe­nze­lwap.

8 UBa­ba uya­du­nyi­swa nga­lo­khu, uku­thi li­the­le isi­the­lo sa­ndeq; nja­lo li­za­ku­ba nga­ba­fu­ndi ba­mir.

9 Nje­nga­lo­khu uBa­ba engi­tha­ndi­le, la­mi ngi­li­tha­ndi­le; hla­la­ni etha­ndwe­ni lwa­mis.

10 Uba li­lo­ndo­lo­za imi­la­yo ya­mi, li­za­hla­la etha­ndwe­ni lwa­mit; nje­nga­lo­khu mi­na ngi­lo­ndo­lo­ze imi­la­yo ka­Ba­ba, nja­lo ngi­hla­la etha­ndwe­ni lwa­kheu.

11 Le­zi­zi­nto ngi­zi­khu­lu­me ki­ni, uku­ze into­ko­zo ya­mi ihla­le ki­niv, nja­lo into­ko­zo ye­nu igcwa­lew.

Umla­yo wo­ku­tha­nda­na

12 Lo ngu­mla­yo wa­mi, uku­thi li­tha­nda­ne, nje­nga­lo­khu ngi­li­tha­ndi­lex.

13 Ka­kho olo­tha­ndo olu­khu­lu ku­la­lo­luy, lo­ku­thi umu­ntu aba­be­ke­le pha­nsi aba­nga­ne ba­khe impi­lo ya­khez.

14 Li­na li­nga­ba­nga­ne ba­mia, uba li­se­nza lo­ba yi­ni mi­na engi­li­la­ya yo­nab.

15 Ka­ngi­sa­li­bi­zi ngo­ku­thi li­zi­nce­ku, ngo­ba ince­ku ka­yi­kwa­zi uku­thi inko­si ya­yo ye­nza­ni; ko­dwa se­ngi­li­bi­ze ngo­ku­thi li­nga­ba­nga­ne, ngo­ba ko­nke engi­ku­zwi­le­yo ku­Ba­bac ngi­la­zi­se kho­nad.

16 Ka­li­ngi­khe­tha­nga li­na, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­li­khe­thi­lee, nja­lo ngi­li­mi­si­lef, uku­ze li­na li­ha­mbe li­the­le isi­the­log, le­si­the­lo se­nu si­hla­leh; uku­ze lo­ba yi­ni eli­yi­ce­la ku­Ba­ba nge­bi­zo la­mi, ali­ni­kei.

17 Ngi­li­la­ya le­zi­zi­nto, uku­ze li­tha­nda­nej.

Inzo­ndo yo­mhla­ba

18 Uba umhla­ba uli­zo­ndak, ya­zi­ni uku­thi wa­ngi­zo­nda mi­na nga­pha­mbi kwe­nul.

19 Uba be­li­nga­bo­mhla­ba, umhla­ba ubu­za­tha­nda aba­wom; ko­dwa ngo­ba li­nge­yi­si­bo abo­mhla­ban, ko­dwa nga­li­khe­tha mi­na emhla­be­ni, nga­kho umhla­ba uya­li­zo­ndao.

20 Khu­mbu­la­ni ili­zwi mi­na enga­li­tsho ki­ni: Ince­ku ka­yi­nku­lu ku­le­nko­si ya­yop. Uba be­ngi­zi­nge­le mi­na, ba­za­li­zi­nge­la la­niq; uba be­lo­ndo­lo­za ili­zwi la­mi, ba­za­lo­ndo­lo­za le­le­nur.

21 Ko­dwa ba­za­kwe­nza ko­nke lo­khus nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­mit, ngo­ba be­nga­ma­zi ongi­thu­mi­le­you.

22 Uba be­ngi­nga­fi­ka­nga nga­khu­lu­ma la­bo, nga­be ka­ba­la­so­nov; ko­dwa kha­the­siw ka­ba­la­za­ba nge­so­no sa­box.

23 Ongi­zo­nda­yo, uzo­nda lo­Ba­ba.

24 Uba be­ngi­nge­nza­nga pha­ka­thi kwa­bo imi­se­be­nzi ku­nge­kho omu­nye owa­ye­nza­yoy, nga­be ka­ba­la­so­noz; ko­dwa kha­the­si se­beyi­bo­ni­lea se­be­zo­nde so­nke mi­na lo­Ba­bab.

25 Ko­dwa uku­ze li­gcwa­li­se­ke ili­zwi eli­lo­tshi­we­yo emla­ywe­ni wa­bo elo­ku­thic: Ba­ngi­zo­nda ku­nge­la­si­za­thod.

26 Ko­dwa nxa ese­fi­ki­le uMdu­du­zie, engi­za­mthu­ma mi­na ki­ni eve­la ku­Ba­baf, uMo­ya we­qi­ni­sog, ophu­ma ku­Ba­bah, lo uza­ngi­fa­ka­ze­lai;

27 la­ni fu­thi li­za­fa­ka­zaj, ngo­ba be­li­la­mi ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­nik.

Isi­ci­no se­nku­lu­mo ka­Je­su. Uku­hlu­phe­ka oku­za­yo

16Le­zi­zi­nto ngi­zi­khu­lu­me ki­nia, uku­ze li­nga­khu­be­kib.

2 Ba­za­li­mi­sa ema­si­na­go­ge­nic; ye­bo isi­kha­thi si­ye­zad, la­pho wo­nke oli­bu­la­la­yoe eza­ca­ba­nga uku­thi we­nze­la uNku­lu­nku­lu inko­nzof.

3 La­le­zi­zi­nto ba­za­ze­nza ki­ni, ngo­ba be­nga­ma­za­nga uBa­ba lo­ba mi­nag.

4 Ko­dwa ngi­khu­lu­me le­zi­zi­nto ki­nih, uku­ze la­pho se­si­fi­ki­le isi­kha­thi, li­zi­khu­mbu­le uku­thi mi­na nga­li­tshe­lai. Ko­dwa le­zi­zi­nto ka­ngi­zi­khu­lu­ma­nga eku­qa­le­ni, ngo­ba be­ngi­la­nij.

5 Ko­dwa kha­the­si ngi­ya­ha­mba ngi­ya ko­ngi­thu­mi­le­yok, ka­nti ka­kho ki­ni ongi­bu­za uku­thi: Uya nga­phil?

6 Ko­dwa ngo­ba ngi­khu­lu­me le­zi­zi­nto ki­ni, usi­zi lu­gcwa­li­se inhli­zi­yo ye­num.

7 Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­li­tshe­la iqi­ni­so: Ku­li­lu­nge­le uku­thi mi­na ngi­ha­mbe; ngo­ba nxa ngi­nga­ha­mbi, uMdu­du­zin ka­yi­ku­za ki­nio; ko­dwa nxa ngi­ha­mbap, ngi­za­mthu­ma ki­niq.

8 Nxa ese­fi­ki­le ye­na uza­qi­ni­se­ki­sa umhla­ba nge­so­no la­ngo­ku­lu­nga la­nge­si­gwe­bor;

9 nge­so­nos, ngo­ba ka­ba­kho­lwa ki­mit;

10 la­ngo­ku­lu­ngau, ngo­ba ngi­ya ku­Ba­ba, ka­li­sa­yi­ku­ngi­bo­nav;

11 la­nge­si­gwe­bow, ngo­ba umbu­si wa­lu­mhla­bax use­gwe­tshi­wey.

12 Ngi­se­se­le­zi­nto ezi­ne­ngi engi­nga­li­tshe­la zo­naz, ko­dwa li­nge­zi­thwa­le kha­the­sia;

13 ko­dwa nxa ye­na ese­fi­ki­le, uMo­ya we­qi­ni­sob, uza­li­kho­khe­le­la eqi­ni­swe­ni lo­nke; ngo­ba ka­yi­ku­zi­khu­lu­me­la ngo­kwa­khe, ko­dwa lo­ba yi­ni ayi­zwa­yo uza­yi­khu­lu­mac, ali­bi­ke­led izi­nto ezi­za­yoe.

14 Ye­na uza­ngi­du­mi­saf, ngo­ba uza­tha­tha oku­ngo­kwa­mig, ali­bi­ke­le kho­nah.

15 Ko­nke uBa­ba ala­kho, ku­ngo­kwa­mii; yi­kho-ke ngi­si­thi uza­tha­tha oku­ngo­kwa­mij, ali­bi­ke­le kho­nak.

Uku­va­le­li­sa ku­ka­Je­su

16 Okwe­si­kha­tsha­na fu­thi ka­li­yi­ku­ngi­bo­nal, ku­bu­ye ku­be yi­si­kha­tsha­na li­be se­li­ngi­bo­nam, ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ya ku­Ba­ban.

17 Nga­kho aba­nye ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­si­thi: Ku­yi­ni lo­kho aku­tsho ki­thi: Okwe­si­kha­tsha­na, fu­thi ka­li­yi­ku­ngi­bo­na, ku­bu­ye ku­be yi­si­kha­tsha­na li­be se­li­ngi­bo­na; lo­ku­thi: Ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ya ku­Ba­bao?

18 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Ku­yi­ni lo­khu aku­tsho­yo uku­thi: Okwe­si­kha­tsha­na? Ka­sa­zi uku­thi utsho­ni.

19 UJe­su wa­ye­se­sa­zi uku­thi ba­be­tha­nda uku­mbu­zap, wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­ya­bu­za­na nga­lo­kho yi­ni, uku­thi ngi­the: Okwe­si­kha­tsha­na fu­thi ka­li­yi­ku­ngi­bo­na, ku­bu­ye ku­be yi­si­kha­tsha­na li­be se­li­ngi­bo­naq?

20 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Li­na li­za­kha­la li­li­ler, ko­dwa umhla­ba uza­tho­ko­za; fu­thi li­za­ku­ba lo­si­zi li­na, ko­dwa usi­zi lwe­nu lu­za­phe­ndu­lwa lu­be yi­nto­ko­zos.

21 Owe­si­fa­za­na nxa ebe­le­tha ulo­bu­hlu­ngu, ngo­ba iho­la la­khe se­li­fi­ki­le; ko­dwa nxa ese­be­le­the usa­ne, ka­sa­khu­mbu­li ubu­hlu­ngu, nge­nxa ye­nto­ko­zo yo­ku­thi ku­ze­lwe umu­ntu emhla­be­nit.

22 Nga­kho la­ni-ke li­lo­si­zi kha­the­siu; ko­dwa ngi­za­bu­ya ngi­li­bo­ne, le­nhli­zi­yo ye­nu itho­ko­ze, nja­lo ka­kho onga­le­mu­ka into­ko­zo ye­nuv.

23 La­nga­lo­lo­su­ku ka­li­yi­ku­ngi­bu­za lu­thow. Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ki­ni: Lo­ba ku­yi­ni eli­za­ku­ce­la ku­Ba­ba ebi­zwe­ni la­mi uza­li­ni­kax.

24 Ku­ze ku­be kha­the­si ka­li­ce­la­nga lu­tho ebi­zwe­ni la­mi; ce­la­ni, li­za­kwe­mu­ke­li­swa, uku­ze into­ko­zo ye­nu igcwa­ley.

25 Ngi­khu­lu­me izi­nto le­zi ki­ni nge­mi­fa­ne­ki­so; ko­dwa isi­kha­thi si­ye­za la­pho ngi­nga­sa­yi­ku­khu­lu­ma ki­ni nge­mi­fa­ne­ki­so, ko­dwa ngi­za­li­tshe­la ngo­Ba­ba ngo­ku­ca­ci­le­yoz.

26 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku li­za­ce­la ebi­zwe­ni la­mi; nja­lo ka­ngi­tsho ki­ni uku­thi ngi­za­li­ce­le­la mi­na ku­Ba­baa;

27 ngo­ba uBa­ba uqo­bo uya­li­tha­nda, ngo­ba li­na li­ngi­tha­ndi­leb, li­kho­li­wec uku­thi mi­na ngi­phu­me ku­Nku­lu­nku­lude.

28 Ngi­phu­me ku­Ba­ba, nja­lo nge­za emhla­be­nifg; ngi­ya­su­ka fu­thi emhla­be­ni, ngi­ya ku­Ba­bah.

29 Aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la kha­the­si ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­ca­ci­le­yoi, nja­lo ka­wu­khu­lu­mi la­mfa­ne­ki­so.

30 Kha­the­si si­ya­zi uku­thi uya­zi izi­nto zo­nke, nja­lo ka­wu­di­ngi uku­thi umu­ntu aku­bu­zej; nga­lo­khu si­ya­kho­lwak uku­thi uphu­me ku­Nku­lu­nku­lulm.

31 UJe­su wa­ba­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Se­li­kho­lwa yi­nin?

32 Kha­nge­la­ni, iho­la li­ye­za, ye­bo se­li­fi­ki­leo, elo­ku­thi li­hla­ka­ze­kep ngu­lo­wo la­lo­woq aye ki­bo, li­ngi­tshi­ye ngi­nge­dwar; ka­nti ka­ngi­nge­dwa, ngo­ba uBa­ba ula­mis.

33 Ngi­khu­lu­me le­zi­zi­nto ki­ni, uku­ze li­be lo­ku­thu­la ki­mit. Emhla­be­ni li­za­ku­ba le­nhlu­phe­kou; ko­dwa ma­ni­ni isi­bi­ndiv, mi­na ngi­wu­nqo­bi­le umhla­baw.

Umkhu­le­ko ka­Je­su

17UJe­su wa­khu­lu­ma le­zi­zi­nto, wa­pha­ka­mi­se­la ame­hlo akhe ezu­lwi­nia, wa­thi: Ba­ba, iho­la se­li­fi­ki­leb; du­mi­sa iNdo­da­na ya­kho, uku­ze la­yo iNdo­da­na ya­kho iku­du­mi­sec;

2 nje­ngo­ba uyi­ni­ki­le ama­ndla phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke inya­mad, uku­ze bo­nke oba­ni­ke yo­na, iba­ni­ke impi­lo ela­pha­ka­dee.

3 La­lo­khu yi­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­de, uku­thi ba­zi we­naf uNku­lu­nku­lu we­dwa we­qi­ni­sog, lo­Je­su Kri­stu omthu­mi­le­yoh.

4 Mi­na ngi­ku­du­mi­si­le emhla­be­nii; ngi­wu­qe­di­le umse­be­nzi obu­ngi­ni­ke wo­na uku­thi ngi­we­nzej;

5 kha­the­si-ke ngi­du­mi­se we­na, Ba­bak, ngi­la­we uqo­bo nge­nka­zi­mu­lo enga­ngi­la­yo ka­nye la­wel unga­ka­bi kho­na umhla­bam.

6 Ngi­li­bo­na­ka­li­si­le ibi­zo la­kho eba­ntwi­nin ongi­ni­ke bo­na be­ve­la emhla­be­nio; ba­be­nga­ba­kho, nja­lo wa­ngi­ni­ka bo­nap; ba­li­lo­ndo­lo­zi­le ili­zwi la­khoq.

7 Kha­the­si se­be­sa­zi uku­thi ko­nke, lo­ba yi­ku­phi ongi­ni­ke kho­na, ku­ve­la ku­wer;

8 ngo­ba ama­zwi ongi­ni­ke wo­na, ngi­ba­ni­ki­le wo­na; bawe­mu­ke­las, nja­lo ba­ya­zi nge­qi­ni­so uku­thi ngi­phu­ma ku­wet, ba­kho­li­weu uku­thiv ungi­thu­mi­le we­naw.

9 Mi­na ngi­ya­ba­khu­le­ke­la bo­nax; ka­ngi­khu­le­ke­li umhla­bay, ko­dwa la­bo ongi­ni­ke bo­naz, ngo­ba ba­nga­ba­khoa;

10 nja­lo ko­nke okwa­mi ku­ngo­kwa­kho, lo­kwa­kho ku­ngo­kwa­mib; nja­lo ngi­du­nyi­si­we ku­boc.

11 Nja­lo ka­ngi­se­kho emhla­be­nid, ko­dwa ba­se­mhla­be­ni bo­na, nja­lo mi­na ngi­ye­za ku­wee. Ba­ba oNgcwe­lef, ba­lo­ndo­lo­zeg ebi­zwe­ni la­kho la­boh ongi­ni­ke bo­nai, uku­ze ba­be mu­nyej, nje­nga­thik.

12 La­pho ngi­se­la­bo emhla­be­ni, mi­na nga­ba­lo­ndo­lo­zal ebi­zwe­ni la­khom; la­bo ongi­ni­ke bo­na ngi­ba­li­ndi­len, nja­lo ka­kho ku­bo ola­hle­ki­le­yoo, nga­pha­ndle kwe­ndo­da­na yo­ku­la­hlwap, uku­ze ku­gcwa­li­se­ke umbha­loq.

13 Ko­dwa kha­the­si ngi­za ku­wer, nja­lo le­zi­zi­nto ngi­zi­khu­lu­ma emhla­be­ni, uku­ze ba­be le­nto­ko­zo ya­mi igcwa­li­se­ki­le ku­bos.

14 Mi­na ngi­ba­ni­ki­le ili­zwi la­khot, lo­mhla­ba uba­zo­ndi­leu, ngo­ba be­nge­yi­si­bo abo­mhla­bav, nje­ngo­ba mi­na ngi­nge­su­ye owo­mhla­baw.

15 Ka­ngi­ce­li uku­thi uba­su­se emhla­be­ni, ko­dwa uku­ze uba­lo­ndo­lo­zex ko­ku­biy.

16 Ka­ba­si­bo abo­mhla­ba, nje­nga­lo­khu mi­na ngi­nge­su­ye owo­mhla­baz.

17 Ba­ngcwe­li­sea eqi­ni­swe­ni la­khob; ili­zwi la­khoc li­li­qi­ni­sod.

18 Nje­nga­lo­khu wa­ngi­thu­ma emhla­be­ni, la­mi ngi­ba­thu­mi­le emhla­be­nie.

19 Nja­lo mi­na ngi­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la bo­naf, uku­ze la­bo be­hlu­ka­ni­swe eqi­ni­swe­nig.

20 Nja­lo ka­ngi­ce­le­li la­ba bo­dwa, ko­dwa la­la­bo aba­za­kho­lwa ki­mi nge­li­zwi la­boh;

21 uku­ze bo­nke ba­be mu­nyei; nje­nga­lo­khu we­na, Ba­ba, uki­mi, la­mi ngi­ku­wej, uku­ze la­bo ba­be mu­nye ki­thik; uku­ze umhla­ba ukho­lwel uku­thi we­na ungi­thu­mi­lem.

22 Le­nka­zi­mu­lo mi­na ongi­ni­ke yo­nan, ngi­ba­ni­ki­le bo­nao, uku­ze ba­be mu­nye, nje­nga­thi si­mu­nyep.

23 Mi­na ngi­ku­bo, la­we uki­miqr, uku­ze ba­phe­le­li­swe ba­be mu­nyes, lo­ku­ze umhla­ba wa­zit uku­thi we­na ungi­thu­mi­le, lo­ku­thi uba­tha­ndi­le, nje­nga­lo­khu ungi­tha­ndi­leu.

24 Ba­ba, la­bo ongi­ni­ke bo­nav, ngi­tha­nda uku­thi la­phow mi­na engi­kho­na, la­bo ba­be la­mix; uku­ze ba­bo­ne inka­zi­mu­lo ya­miy, ongi­ni­ke yo­naz, ngo­ba wa­ngi­tha­nda ku­nga­ka­se­ke­lwa umhla­baa.

25 Ba­ba olu­ngi­le­yob, ngi­tsho umhla­ba ka­wu­kwa­za­ngac, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­kwa­zi­led, la­la­ba ba­ya­zie uku­thi we­na ungi­thu­mi­lef;

26 nja­lo ngi­ba­zi­si­le ibi­zo la­kho, nja­lo ngi­za­ba­zi­sa lo­nag; uku­ze utha­ndo ongi­tha­nde nga­lo lu­be ku­boh, la­mi ku­boi.

Uku­bo­tshwa ku­ka­Je­su

18UJe­su ese­khu­lu­mi­le le­zi­zi­nto wa­phu­ma ka­nye la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khea wa­ya nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­si­fu­dla­na iKi­dro­nib, la­pho okwa­ku­kho­na isi­va­nde, ange­na ku­so ye­na la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khec.

2 Nja­lo uJu­da­si la­ye, owa­mni­ke­la­yo, wa­ye­ya­zi li­nda­wod; ngo­ba uJe­su wa­ye­bu­tha­na kho­na la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe ka­ne­ngie.

3 Nga­kho uJu­da­si, ese­the­thef isi­ga­ba sa­ma­bu­thog, la­ba­nce­di­si aba­ve­la ku­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­Fa­ri­sih, wa­ya kho­na be­le­zi­ba­ne la­ma­la­mbi le­zi­kha­lii.

4 Kwa­thi uJe­su, ekwa­zi ko­nke okwa­ku­za­me­hle­la, wa­phu­ma wa­thi ku­bo: Li­di­nga ba­nij?

5 Ba­mphe­ndu­la ba­thi: UJe­su we­Na­za­re­tha. UJe­su wa­thi ku­bo: Mi­na ngi­nguye. Lo­Ju­da­si owa­mni­ke­la­yo la­ye wa­ye­mi la­bo.

6 Nga­kho ku­the esi­thi ku­bo: Mi­na ngi­nguye; ba­hle­hla nyo­va­ne, ba­we­la pha­nsi.

7 Wa­se­phi­nda wa­ba­bu­za wa­thi: Li­di­nga ba­ni? Ba­se­be­si­thi: UJe­su we­Na­za­re­tha.

8 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ngi­li­tshe­li­le uku­thi mi­na ngi­nguye; nga­kho uba li­di­nga mi­na, ye­ke­la­ni la­ba ba­ha­mbe;

9 uku­ze li­gcwa­li­se­ke ili­zwi aye­li­khu­lu­mi­le elo­ku­thi: Ku­la­bo owa­ngi­ni­ka bo­na, angi­la­hle­ke­lwa­nga la­mu­nye wa­bok.

10 Kwa­thi uSi­mo­ni Pe­tro ele­nke­mba wa­yi­hwa­tsha, wa­ga­dla ince­ku yo­mpri­sti omkhu­lu, wa­qu­ma indle­be ya­yo yo­ku­ne­ne. Le­bi­zo le­nce­ku la­li­ngu­Ma­li­ku­si.

11 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­Pe­tro: Fa­ka inke­mba ya­kho esi­khwa­me­ni; inke­zo uBa­ba angi­ni­ke yo­na, ka­ngi­yi­ku­yi­na­tha yi­nil?

12 Nga­kho isi­ga­bamn sa­ma­bu­tho le­ndu­nao la­ba­nce­di­si ba­ma­Ju­da ba­mba­mba uJe­sup, ba­mbo­pha,

13 ba­se­be­mu­saq ku­qa­la kuA­na­sir; ngo­ba wa­ye­ngu­yi­se­za­la ka­Ka­ya­fa­sis, owa­ye­ngu­mpri­sti omkhu­lu nga­lo­wo­mnya­kat.

14 Kwa­ku­ngu­ye uKa­ya­fa­si owa­ye­ce­bi­se ama­Ju­da, uku­thi kwa­ku­lu­ngi­le uku­thi umu­ntu oye­dwa afe­le isi­zweu.

UPe­tro ula­ndu­la uJe­su. Uku­the­thwa kwe­ca­la li­ka­Je­su

15 USi­mo­ni Pe­tro wa­se­mla­nde­la uJe­suv, lo­mu­nye umfu­ndi. La­lo­wo­mfu­ndi wa­ye­sa­zi­wa ngu­mpri­sti omkhu­lu, wa­nge­na lo­Je­su egu­me­ni lo­mpri­sti omkhu­luw;

16 ko­dwa uPe­tro wa­ye­mi nga­pha­ndle emnya­ngox. Wa­se­phu­ma lo­wo­mfu­ndi omu­nye owa­ye­sa­zi­wa ngu­mpri­sti omkhu­lu, wa­se­khu­lu­ma lo­mli­ndi­sa­ngo­ka­zi, wa­mnge­ni­sa uPe­troy.

17 Ince­ku­ka­zi enca­ne engu­mli­ndi­sa­ngo ya­si­si­thi ku­Pe­tro: Ka­wu­su­ye la­we omu­nye wa­ba­fu­ndi ba­lu­mu­ntu yi­ni? Ye­na wa­thi: Ka­ngi­suyez.

18 Nja­lo izi­nce­ku la­ba­nce­di­sia ba­be­mi be­ba­se umli­lo wa­ma­la­hle, ngo­ba kwa­ku­ma­kha­zab, nja­lo be­so­tha; uPe­tro la­ye wa­ye­mi la­bo eso­tha.

19 Umpri­sti omkhu­lu wa­se­mbu­za uJe­su nga­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe, la­nge­mfu­ndi­so ya­khec.

20 UJe­su wa­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Mi­na ngi­khu­lu­me oba­la emhla­be­nid; nge­zi­kha­thi zo­nke mi­na be­ngi­fu­ndi­sa esi­na­go­ge­nie le­the­mpe­li­nif, la­pho ama­Ju­da abu­tha­na kho­na nge­si­kha­thi so­nke, nja­lo ka­ngi­khu­lu­ma­nga lu­tho ensi­thag.

21 Ubu­ze­la­ni ki­mi? Bu­za la­bo aba­ku­zwa­yo lo­kho enga­ku­khu­lu­ma la­boh; kha­nge­la, bo­na ba­ya­za­zi izi­nto mi­na enga­zi­tsho­yoi.

22 Kwa­thi ese­tshi­lo le­zi­zi­nto, omu­nye wa­ba­nce­di­sij owa­ye­mi kho­na wa­mwa­ka­la1 uJe­suk, esi­thi: Ka­nti uphe­ndu­la nja­lo umpri­sti omkhu­lul?

23 UJe­su wa­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Uba ngi­khu­lu­me ku­bi, fa­ka­za ngo­bu­bi; ko­dwa uba ku­hle, ungi­tsha­ye­la­ni?

24 UA­na­si wa­se­mthu­ma ebo­tshi­we ku­Ka­ya­fa­si umpri­sti omkhu­lum.

25 Ko­dwa uSi­mo­ni Pe­tro wa­ye­mi eso­than; ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Ka­wu­su­ye la­we omu­nye wa­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe yi­ni? Wa­phi­ka ye­na, wa­thi: Ka­ngi­suyeo.

26 Omu­nye we­zi­nce­ku zo­mpri­sti omkhu­lu, oyi­si­ni­ni so­mu­ntu uPe­tro aqu­ma indle­be ya­khep, wa­thi: Mi­na ka­ngi­ku­bo­na­nga yi­ni esi­va­nde­ni ula­ye?

27 UPe­tro wa­se­bu­ya ephi­ka; nja­lo la­hle la­kha­la iqhu­deq.

UJe­su upha­mbi ku­ka­Pi­la­tu

28 Ba­se­be­mkhu­pha uJe­sur ku­Ka­ya­fa­si ba­mu­sa endli­ni yo­mbu­sis; nja­lo kwa­ku­se­ku­se­ni, ko­dwa ka­ba­nge­na­nga bo­na endli­ni yo­mbu­si, uku­ze ba­nga­ngco­lit, ko­dwa uku­ze ba­dle ipha­si­kau.

29 Nga­kho uPi­la­tu wa­phu­me­la ku­bo, wa­thi: Li­mbe­ka ca­la ba­ni lu­mu­ntuv?

30 Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ba­thi ku­ye: Uba lo ube­nge­su­ye owe­nza oku­biw, nga­be ka­si­mni­ke­la­nga ku­we.

31 UPi­la­tu wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Mtha­the­ni li­na, li­ma­hlu­le­le nje­ngo­mla­yo wa­ki­nix. Nga­kho ama­Ju­da athi ku­ye: Ka­ku­vu­nye­lwa ki­thi uku­bu­la­la umu­ntu;

32 uku­ze ku­gcwa­li­se­ke ili­zwi uJe­su ali­khu­lu­ma­yo, uku­tshe­ngi­sa uhlo­bo lo­ku­fa aye­za­ku­fa nga­loy.

33 Nga­kho uPi­la­tu wa­bu­ye wa­nge­na endli­ni yo­mbu­si, wa­mbi­za uJe­su, wa­thi ku­ye: We­na uyi­Nko­si ya­ma­Ju­da yi­niz?

34 UJe­su wa­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Uya­zi­tsho­lo lo­khu we­na yi­ni, ku­mbe aba­nye ba­ku­tshe­li­le nga­mi?

35 UPi­la­tu wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ka­nti ngi­ngu­mJu­da mi­na? Isi­zwe sa­ki­ni la­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu ba­ku­ni­ke­le ki­mi; we­nze­ni?

36 UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Umbu­so wa­mia ka­wu­si­wo wa­lu­mhla­bab; uba umbu­so wa­mi ubu­ngo­wa­lu­mhla­bac, ince­ku za­mid be­zi­za­ku­lwae, uku­ze ngi­nga­ni­ke­lwa ku­ma­Ju­daf; ko­dwa kha­the­si umbu­so wa­mi ka­wu­si­wo owa­la­pha.

37 UPi­la­tu wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Nga­kho uyi­nko­si yi­ni? UJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Uya­tsho we­na, uku­thi mi­na ngi­yi­nko­sig. Mi­na nga­za­le­lwa lo­khu, nja­lo ngi­ze­le lo­khu emhla­be­nih, uku­ze ngi­fa­ka­ze­lei iqi­ni­soj. Wo­nke owe­qi­ni­so uya­li­zwa ili­zwi la­mik.

38 UPi­la­tu wa­thi ku­ye: Li­yi­ni iqi­ni­so?

Kwa­thi ese­tshi­lo lo­khu, wa­bu­ya wa­phu­me­la ku­ma­Ju­dal, wa­thi ku­wo: Mi­na ka­ngi­tho­li la­ca­la ku­yem.

39 Ko­dwa li­lo­mkhu­ba, wo­ku­thi ngi­li­khu­lu­le­le omu­nye nge­pha­si­ka; nga­kho li­ya­tha­nda uku­thi ngi­li­khu­lu­le­le iNko­si ya­ma­Ju­da yi­nin?

40 Wo­nke ase­me­me­za fu­thio, athi: Ha­tshi lo, ko­dwa uBa­ra­ba­sip; ko­dwa uBa­ra­ba­si wa­ye­ngu­mpha­ngiq.

UJe­su ugwe­tshe­lwa uku­fa

19Nga­kho uPi­la­tu wa­mtha­tha uJe­su, wamtsha­ya nge­si­swe­pua.

2 La­be­bu­tho be­lu­ka umqhe­le wa­me­va bawu­be­ka ekha­nda la­kheb, ba­mgqo­ki­sa ise­mba­tho esi­yi­bu­be­ndec,

3 ba­se­be­si­thi: Ba­ye­the, Nko­si ya­ma­Ju­da! Ba­se­be­mtsha­ya nge­mpa­mad.

4 UPi­la­tu wa­se­bu­ya wa­phu­me­la pha­ndle, wa­thi ku­bo: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­ya­mkhu­phe­la pha­ndle ki­nie, uku­ze la­zi uku­thi ka­ngi­tho­li la­ca­la ku­yefg.

5 UJe­su wa­se­phu­me­la pha­ndle, ethwe­le umqhe­le wa­me­va embe­the ise­mba­tho esi­yi­bu­be­nde. UPi­la­tu wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Kha­nge­la­ni lu­mu­ntu!

6 Kwa­thi aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­nce­di­sih be­mbo­na, ba­me­me­za ba­thi: Be­the­la, be­the­la! UPi­la­tu wa­thi ku­bo: Mtha­the­ni li­na, limbe­the­le; ngo­ba mi­na ka­ngi­tho­li ca­la ku­yei.

7 Ama­Ju­da amphe­ndu­la athi: Si­lo­mla­yo thi­na, la­ngo­ko­mla­yo we­thu ufa­ne­le uku­faj, ngo­ba uze­nze iNdo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­luk.

8 Kwa­thi uPi­la­tu esi­zwa le­lo­li­zwi, we­sa­ba ka­khu­lul,

9 wa­nge­na fu­thi endli­ni yo­mbu­sim, wa­thi ku­Je­su: Uve­la nga­phi we­nan? Ko­dwa uJe­su ka­mni­ka­nga mpe­ndu­loo.

10 Kho­na uPi­la­tu wa­thi ku­ye: Ka­wu­khu­lu­mi la­mi yi­ni? Ka­wa­zi yi­ni uku­thi ngi­la­ma­ndla oku­ku­be­the­la, nja­lo ngi­la­ma­ndla oku­ku­khu­lu­la?

11 UJe­su wa­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Unge­ke ube la­ma­ndla phe­zu kwa­mip, uba unga­wa­ni­kwa­ngaq eve­la phe­zu­lur; nga­kho ongi­ni­ke­le ku­we ule­so­no esi­khu­lus.

12 Ku­su­ke­la la­pho uPi­la­tu wa­di­nga uku­mkhu­lu­la. Ko­dwa ama­Ju­da ame­me­za athi: Uba ukhu­lu­la lo, ka­wu­su­ye umnga­ne ka­Ke­sa­ri; wo­nke oze­nza inko­si, uphi­ki­sa­na lo­Ke­sa­rit.

13 Kwa­thi uPi­la­tu esi­zwa le­li­li­zwi wa­mkhu­phe­la pha­ndle uJe­suu, wa­hla­la pha­nsi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­kwa­hlu­le­la, enda­we­ni ebi­zwa ngo­ku­thi Ga­nde­lwe nga­Ma­tshev, ko­dwa nge­si­He­bhe­ru yi­Ga­ba­thaw;

14 nja­lo kwa­ku­nga­ma­lu­ngi­se­le­lo epha­si­kax, nja­lo kwa­ku­nga­ba li­ho­la* le­si­thu­phay; wa­se­si­thi ku­ma­Ju­da: Kha­nge­la­ni inko­si ye­nuz!

15 Ko­dwa ame­me­za athi: Su­sa, su­sa, mbe­the­lea! UPi­la­tu wa­thi ku­wo: Ngi­be­the­le yi­ni inko­si ye­nu? Aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu ba­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: Ka­si­la­nko­si nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Ke­sa­rib.

16 Nga­kho wa­se­mni­ke­la ku­bo, uku­ze abe­the­lwec. Ba­se­be­mtha­tha uJe­su bamqhu­bad.

Uku­be­the­lwa lo­ku­fa ku­ka­Je­su

17 Kwa­thi ethwe­le isi­pha­mba­noe sa­khe wa­phu­ma wa­ya enda­we­ni ethi­wa yi­Nda­wo yo­kha­kha­yif, ethi­wa nge­si­He­bhe­ru yi­Go­lgo­tha;

18 la­pho aba­mbe­the­la kho­na, la­ba­nye aba­bi­li ka­nye la­ye, nga­pha la­nga­pha, lo­Je­su epha­ka­thig.

19 UPi­la­tu wa­se­bha­la le­sa­zi­so, wasi­pha­nye­ka esi­pha­mba­nwe­ni; nja­lo kwa­ku­bha­lwe uku­thi: UJE­SU UMNA­ZA­RE­THA INKO­SI YA­MA­JU­DAh.

20 La­le­si­sa­zi­so aba­ne­ngi ba­ma­Ju­da ba­si­fu­nda, ngo­ba inda­wo la­pho uJe­su aye­be­the­lwe kho­na ya­yi­se­du­ze lo­mu­zii; nja­lo kwa­ku­bha­lwe nge­si­He­bhe­ru, nge­si­Gri­ki, nge­si­Ro­maj.

21 Aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu ba­ma­Ju­da ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Pi­la­tu: Unga­bha­li uku­thi: INko­si ya­ma­Ju­da; ko­dwa uku­thi lo wa­thi: Ngi­yi­Nko­si ya­ma­Ju­da.

22 UPi­la­tu wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Engi­ku­bha­li­le­yo, ngi­ku­bha­li­lek.

23 Kwa­thi abe­bu­tho, se­be­mbe­the­le uJe­sul, ba­tha­tha ize­mba­tho za­khe, ba­se­be­ze­nza iza­be­lo ezi­ne, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo owe­bu­tho wa­ba le­sa­be­lom, le­si­gqo­ko; ko­dwa isi­gqo­ko sa­si­nge­la­mthu­ngon, se­lu­ki­we so­nke ku­su­ke­la phe­zu­lu.

24 Nga­kho ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­si­thi: Ka­si­nga­si­da­bu­li, ko­dwa asi­se­nze­le inka­tho, uku­thi si­za­ku­ba nge­si­ka­ba­ni; uku­ze ku­gcwa­li­se­ke umbha­lo othi: Ba­be­la­na ize­mba­tho za­mi, be­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa nge­si­gqo­ko sa­mio. Aze­nza-ke le­zi­zi­nto ama­bu­tho.

25 Kwa­ku­mi esi­pha­mba­nwe­ni si­ka­Je­su uni­na, lo­da­de­wa­bo ka­ni­nap, uMa­ri­yaq umka­Klo­pha­si, lo­Ma­ri­ya Ma­ga­da­le­nar.

26 Nga­kho uJe­su ebo­na uni­na, lo­mfu­ndi amtha­nda­yo be­mi kho­nas, wa­thi ku­ni­na: Ma­ma, kha­nge­la indo­da­na ya­khot.

27 Emva kwa­lo­kho wa­thi ku­mfu­ndi: Kha­nge­la unyo­ko. Ku­su­ke­la nga­le­lo­ho­la lo­wo­mfu­ndi wa­mtha­tha wa­mu­sa kwa­kheu.

28 Emva kwa­lo­khu uJe­su ekwa­zi uku­thi ko­nke kwa­se­ku­phe­li­le, uku­ze ku­gcwa­li­se­ke umbha­lov, wa­thi: Ngo­mi­le.

29 Kwa­ku­be­kwe isi­tsha si­gcwe­le ivi­ni­gaw; ba­se­be­gcwa­li­sa uzi­pho nge­vi­ni­gax, balu­hlo­ma ku­hi­so­pe*, balu­sa emlo­nye­ni wa­khey.

30 Kwa­thi-ke uJe­su ele­mu­ke­le ivi­ni­ga, wa­thi: Ku­phe­li­lez; wa­se­kho­tha­mi­sa ikha­nda, wa­ni­ke­la umo­yaa.

31 Nga­kho ama­Ju­da, ngo­ba kwa­ku­nga­ma­lu­ngi­se­le­lob, uku­ze izi­du­mbu zi­nga­hla­li esi­pha­mba­nwe­ni nge­sa­ba­thac (ngo­ba lo­lo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha lwa­lu­lu­khu­lud), ace­la uPi­la­tu uku­thi ye­phu­lwe imi­le­nze ya­bo, nja­lo ba­su­swe.

32 Nga­kho abe­bu­tho be­za, be­phu­la imi­le­nze yo­wo­ku­qa­la le­yo­mu­nye aba­be­be­the­lwe la­ye;

33 ko­dwa se­be­fi­ka ku­Je­su, kwa­thi be­bo­na uku­thi wa­ye­se­fi­le, ka­ba­ye­phu­la­nga imi­le­nze ya­khe;

34 ko­dwa omu­nye we­bu­tho wa­mgwa­za ngo­mkho­nto ehla­ngo­thi­ni, nja­lo kwa­hle kwa­phu­ma iga­zi la­ma­nzie.

35 Ye­na owa­bo­na­yo ufa­ka­zi­le, nja­lo ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­khe bu­qi­ni­si­le, ye­na-ke uya­zi uku­thi ukhu­lu­ma oku­li­qi­ni­so, uku­ze li­na li­kho­lwef.

36 Ngo­ba le­zi­zi­nto ze­nze­ka uku­ze ku­gcwa­li­se­ke umbha­lo othi: Ka­ku­yi­kwe­phu­lwa tha­mbo la­kheg.

37 Nja­lo lo­mu­nye umbha­lo uthi: Ba­za­mkha­nge­la aba­mgwa­zi­le­yoh.

Uku­ngcwa­tshwa ku­ka­Je­su

38 Kwa­thi emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto uJo­se­fa weA­ri­ma­thi­yai, owa­ye­ngu­mfu­ndi ka­Je­su, ko­dwa nga­se­se nge­nxa yo­kwe­sa­ba ama­Ju­daj, wa­ce­la ku­Pi­la­tu uku­thi asu­se isi­du­mbu si­ka­Je­su; fu­thi uPi­la­tu wa­vu­ma. Nga­kho we­za wa­si­su­sa isi­du­mbu si­ka­Je­su.

39 Kwa­se­ku­si­za lo­Ni­ko­di­mak, owa­fi­ka ku­Je­su ku­qa­la ebu­su­ku, ephe­the inhla­nga­ni­sol ye­mu­re*m le­nhla­ban enga­ba ama­pha­wu­ndi ali­khu­luo.

40 Ba­se­be­si­tha­tha isi­du­mbu si­ka­Je­su, ba­si­bo­pha nga­ma­le­mbu aco­le­ki­le­yo ka­nye la­ma­khap, nje­ngo­mkhu­ba wa­ma­Ju­da wo­ku­ngcwa­baq.

41 Nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na ku­le­yo­nda­wo aye­be­the­lwe kho­na isi­va­nde, le­si­va­nde­ni kwa­ku­le­ngcwa­ba eli­tsha, okwa­ku­nga­za­nge ku­be­kwe mu­ntu ku­lo.

42 Ba­se­be­mbe­ka la­pho uJe­su nge­nxa ya­ma­lu­ngi­se­le­lo ama­Ju­da, ngo­ba ingcwa­ba la­li­se­du­zer.

Uku­vu­ka ku­ka­Je­su

20Kwa­thi ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­vi­ki uMa­ri­ya Ma­ga­da­le­na wa­fi­ka engcwa­be­ni eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, ku­se­se­mnya­maa, wa­bo­na ili­tshe li­su­si­we engcwa­be­nib.

2 Nga­kho wa­gi­ji­ma we­za ku­Si­mo­ni Pe­tro la­ko­mu­nye umfu­ndi uJe­su aye­mtha­ndac, wa­thi ku­bo: Ba­yi­su­si­le iNko­si engcwa­be­ni, nja­lo ka­sa­zi la­pho aba­yi­be­ke kho­na.

3 Nga­kho uPe­tro wa­phu­ma lo­mu­nye umfu­ndi, ba­fi­ka engcwa­be­nid.

4 Ba­se­be­gi­ji­ma bo­ba­bi­li ka­nye­ka­nye; omu­nye umfu­ndi wa­se­gi­ji­ma pha­mbi­li nge­si­qu­bu ku­lo­Pe­tro, wa­fi­ka ku­qa­la engcwa­be­ni.

5 Kwa­thi ekho­tha­ma elu­ngu­zae wa­bo­na ama­le­mbu aco­le­ki­le­yo endle­lwe, ko­dwa ka­nge­na­ngaf.

6 USi­mo­ni Pe­tro wa­se­fi­ka emla­nde­la, wa­nge­na engcwa­be­ni, wa­bo­na ama­le­mbu aco­le­ki­le­yo endle­lweg,

7 le­le­mbu lo­bu­so ela­li­se­kha­nda la­khe, li­nga­be­kwa­nga la­ma­le­mbu aco­le­ki­le­yoh, ko­dwa le­ndlu­li­we li­se­nda­we­ni ya­lo lo­dwa.

8 Nga­kho wa­se­nge­na la­ye omu­nye umfu­ndi owa­ye­fi­ke ku­qa­la engcwa­be­ni, wa­bo­na, wa­kho­lwa;

9 ngo­ba ba­be­nga­ka­qe­di­si­sii umbha­lo, uku­thi ube­me­le uku­vu­ka kwa­ba­fi­le­yoj.

10 Ba­se­be­su­ka fu­thi aba­fu­ndi ba­ya ki­bok.

Uku­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ku­ka­Je­su

11 Ko­dwa uMa­ri­ya we­ma engcwa­be­ni pha­ndle ekha­lal; kwa­thi esa­kha­la, wa­kho­tha­ma wa­lu­ngu­za engcwa­be­nim,

12 wa­se­bo­na ingi­lo­si ezi­mbi­li ze­mbe­the ezi­mhlo­phe zi­hle­zi, enye ise­ma­kha­nda, le­nye inga­se­nya­we­ni, la­pho isi­du­mbu si­ka­Je­su ebe­si­le­le kho­nan.

13 Zo­na za­se­zi­si­thi ku­ye: Ma­ma, ukha­le­la­ni? Wa­thi ku­zo: Ngo­ba ba­yi­the­the iNko­si ya­mi, nja­lo ka­nga­zi la­pho aba­yi­be­ke kho­na.

14 Kwa­thi ese­tshi­lo le­zi­zi­nto wa­tshi­bi­li­ka, wa­bo­na uJe­su emio, ko­dwa wa­ye­nga­zi uku­thi ngu­Je­sup.

15 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ma­ma, ukha­le­la­ni? Udi­nga ba­niq? Ye­na eca­ba­nga uku­thi ngu­mpha­thi we­si­va­nde, wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, uba we­na umsu­si­le, ngi­tshe­le la­pho ombe­ke kho­na, mi­na-ke ngi­za­mtha­thar.

16 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ma­ri­ya! Ye­na wa­tshi­bi­li­ka wa­thi ku­ye: Ra­bo­ni! oku­yi­ku­thi: Mfu­ndi­sis.

17 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Unga­ngi­ba­mbi, ngo­ba ka­ngi­ke­nyu­ke­li ku­Ba­bat; ko­dwa ya­na ku­ba­fo­we­thuu, uthi ku­bo: Ngi­ye­nyu­ke­la ku­Ba­ba lo­Yi­hlov, laku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nuw.

18 UMa­ri­ya Ma­ga­da­le­na we­za wa­ba­bi­ke­la aba­fu­ndi uku­thi uyi­bo­ni­le iNko­si, nja­lo imtshe­le le­zi­zi­ntox.

19 Kwa­thi ku­si­hlwa nga­lo­lo­su­ku, olo­ku­qa­la lwe­vi­kiy, le­mi­nya­ngo iva­li­we la­pho aba­fu­ndi aba­be­hla­nge­ne kho­naz, nge­nxa yo­kwe­sa­ba ama­Ju­daa, uJe­su wa­fi­ka we­ma pha­ka­thib, wa­thi ku­bo: Uku­thu­la ka­ku­be ki­nic.

20 Nja­lo ese­tshi­lo lo­khu wa­ba­tshe­ngi­sa iza­ndla za­khe lo­hla­ngo­thi lwa­khed. Nga­kho aba­fu­ndi ba­tho­ko­za be­yi­bo­na iNko­sie.

21 UJe­su wa­se­bu­ya esi­thi ku­bo: Uku­thu­la ka­ku­be ki­nif; nje­ngo­bag uBa­ba engi­thu­mi­le, la­mi ngi­ya­li­thu­mah.

22 Kwa­thi ese­tshi­lo lo­khu wa­phe­phe­tha phe­zu kwa­bo wa­thi ku­bo: Ye­mu­ke­la­ni uMo­ya oNgcwe­lei.

23 Lo­ba ngo­ba­ni eli­the­the­le­la izo­no za­bo, ba­the­the­le­lwe; lo­ba ngo­ba­ni eli­ba­mba eza­bo, zi­ba­nji­wej.

24 Ko­dwa uTo­ma­si, omu­nye wa­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, othi­wa ngu­Di­di­mu­si, wa­ye­nge­kho la­bo mhla uJe­su efi­kak.

25 Nga­kho aba­nye aba­fu­ndi ba­thi ku­ye: Si­yi­bo­ni­le iNko­si. Ko­dwa ye­na wa­thi ku­bo: Uba ngi­nga­bo­ni eza­ndle­ni za­yo ama­nxe­ba ezi­pi­ki­li, nja­lo ngi­fa­ke umu­nwe wa­mi enxe­be­ni le­zi­pi­ki­li, nja­lo ngi­be­ke iza­ndla za­mi ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwa­yo, ka­ngi­so­ze ngi­kho­lwel.

26 Nja­lo emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­be­pha­ka­thi fu­thi, lo­To­ma­si ela­bo. UJe­su wa­fi­kam, imi­nya­ngo iva­li­we, we­ma pha­ka­thi wa­thin: Uku­thu­la ka­ku­be ki­nio.

27 Wa­se­si­thi ku­To­ma­si: Le­tha umu­nwe wa­kho la­pha, ubo­ne iza­ndla za­mi; nja­lo le­tha isa­ndla sa­kho, usi­fa­ke ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwa­mi; nja­lo unga­bi ngo­nga­kho­lwa­yo, ko­dwa okho­lwa­yop.

28 UTo­ma­si wa­se­phe­ndu­la, wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si ya­mi lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi!

29 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ngo­ba usu­ngi­bo­ni­le, To­ma­si, ukho­li­we; ba­bu­si­si­we aba­nga­bo­na­ngaqr, ka­nti ba­kho­li­wes.

Umse­be­nzi we­va­nge­li

30 Nja­lot uJe­su wa­ze­nza le­zi­nye izi­bo­na­ka­li­so ezi­ne­ngi pha­mbi kwa­ba­fu­ndi ba­kheu, ezi­nga­lo­tshwa­nga ku­lo­lu­gwa­lo.

31 Ko­dwa le­zi zi­lo­tshi­we, uku­ze li­kho­lwe uku­thi uJe­su ungu­Kri­stuv iNdo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­luw, nja­lo uku­ze li­thi, li­kho­lwa, li­be le­mpi­lox ebi­zwe­ni la­khey.

UJe­su uzi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe elwa­ndle lwe­Ti­be­ri­ya­si

21Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto uJe­su wa­bu­ya wa­zi­bo­na­ka­li­saa ku­ba­fu­ndi elwa­ndle lwe­Ti­be­ri­ya­sib; nja­lo wa­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa nga­li­ndle­la.

2 Ba­be­nda­wo­nye oSi­mo­ni Pe­tro, lo­To­ma­si othi­wa ngu­Di­di­mu­sic, lo­Na­tha­ni­ye­lid owe­Ka­na ye­Ga­li­lie, lama­do­da­na ka­Ze­be­di­ya, la­ba­nye aba­bi­li ba­ba­fu­ndi ba­khef.

3 USi­mo­ni Pe­tro wa­thi ku­bo: Ngi­ya­go­la inhla­nzi. Ba­thi ku­ye: La­thi si­za­ha­mba la­we. Ba­se­be­phu­ma ba­hle ba­nge­na emkhu­nji­nig, ko­dwa nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku ka­ba­ba­mba­nga lu­thoh.

4 Kwa­thi se­ku­se­ma­da­bu­ka­ku­sa uJe­su we­ma ekhu­nji­nii; ko­dwa aba­fu­ndi ba­be­nga­zi uku­thi ngu­Je­suj.

5 Nga­kho uJe­su wa­thi ku­bo: Ba­ntwa­na, li­lo­ku­dla yi­nik? Ba­mphe­ndu­la ba­thi: Ha­tshil.

6 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Pho­sa­ni imbu­le ehla­ngo­thi­ni lo­ku­ne­ne lo­mkhu­mbi, nja­lo li­za­tho­lam. Ba­se­be­pho­sa, nja­lo ba­be­nga­se­la­kho uku­li­do­nsa nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi be­nhla­nzi.

7 Nga­kho lo­wo­mfu­ndi uJe­su aye­mtha­nda wa­thi ku­Pe­tron: Yi­Nko­si. USi­mo­ni Pe­tro, ese­zwi­le uku­thi yi­Nko­si, wa­gqo­ka ise­mba­thoo (ngo­ba wa­ye­nqu­nup), wa­se­zi­pho­se­la olwa­ndle.

8 Ko­dwa aba­nye aba­fu­ndi be­za ngo­mko­loq, be­do­nsa imbu­le le­nhla­nzi, ngo­ba ba­be­nge­kha­tsha­na lo­mhla­ba­thi, ko­dwa ku­nga­ba zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li.

9 Kwa­thi se­be­khu­phu­ke­le emhla­ba­thi­ni, ba­bo­na umli­lo wa­ma­la­hler kho­na, le­nhla­nzi zi­be­kwe phe­zu kwa­wo, le­si­nkwas.

10 UJe­su wa­thi ku­bo: Le­tha­ni ezinye ze­zi­nhla­nzi eli­sa­nda ku­zi­ba­mbat.

11 USi­mo­ni Pe­tro wa­se­khwe­la, wa­hu­du­le­la imbu­le emhla­ba­thi­ni, li­gcwe­le inhla­nzi ezi­nku­lu, ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­nta­thu; nja­lo la­nxa za­zi­ne­ngi ka­nga­ka, imbu­le ka­li­da­bu­ka­ngau.

12 UJe­su wa­thi ku­bo: Wo­za­niv li­dlew. Ko­dwa ka­kho ku­ba­fu­ndi owa­ba le­si­bi­ndi so­ku­mbu­za uku­thi: Ungu­ba­ni we­na? be­sa­zi uku­thi yi­Nko­si.

13 UJe­su wa­se­si­zax, wa­tha­tha isi­nkwa, wa­ba­ni­ka, le­nhla­nzi ngo­ku­fa­na­na­yoy.

14 Lo­khu se­ku­ngo­kwe­si­tha­thu uJe­su ebo­na­ka­li­swaz ku­ba­fu­ndi, ese­vu­ki­le kwa­ba­fi­le­yoa.

Ukho­lo lu­ka­Pe­tro

15 Se­be­dli­leb, uJe­su wa­thi ku­Si­mo­ni Pe­tro: Si­mo­ni ka­Jo­nac, uya­ngi­tha­nda ku­la­la­ba yi­nid? Wa­thi ku­ye: Ye­bo Nko­si; we­na uya­zi uku­thi ngi­ya­ku­tha­nda. Wa­thi ku­ye: Pha­na ama­wu­ndlu ami uku­dla.

16 Wa­bu­ya wa­thi ku­ye ngo­kwe­si­bi­li: Si­mo­ni ka­Jo­na, uya­ngi­tha­nda yi­nie? Wa­thi ku­ye: Ye­bo Nko­si, we­na uya­zi uku­thi ngi­ya­ku­tha­nda. Wa­thi ku­ye: Ye­lu­sa izi­mvu za­mif.

17 Wa­thi ku­ye ngo­kwe­si­tha­thu: Si­mo­ni ka­Jo­na, uya­ngi­tha­nda yi­nig? UPe­tro wa­da­bu­ka ngo­ba wa­thi ku­ye ngo­kwe­si­tha­thu: Uya­ngi­tha­nda yi­nih? Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, we­na uya­kwa­zi ko­nke; we­na uya­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­ya­ku­tha­ndai. UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Pha­na izi­mvu za­mi uku­dla.

18 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­qi­ni­si­le, ngi­thi ku­wej: Use­mu­tsha, wa­wu­zi­bhi­nca, uha­mba la­pho otha­nda kho­na; ko­dwa nxa usu­mda­la, uza­kwe­lu­la iza­ndla za­kho, omu­nye abe­se­ku­bo­pha, aku­se la­pho onga­tha­ndi kho­nak.

19 La­lo­khu wa­ku­tsho, etshe­ngi­sa indle­la yo­ku­fal aye­za­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lu nga­yom. Ese­tshi­lo lo­khu wa­thi ku­ye: Ngi­la­nde­lan.

20 UPe­tro etshi­bi­li­ka wa­bo­na umfu­ndi uJe­su amtha­nda­yo ela­nde­lao, ye­na fu­thi owa­ye­ye­me esi­fu­be­ni sa­khe eku­dle­ni kwa­nta­mba­ma wa­thi: Nko­si, ngu­ba­ni oza­ku­ni­ke­lap?

21 Kwa­thi uPe­tro embo­na wa­thi ku­Je­su: Nko­si, lo-ke?

22 UJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Uba ngi­tha­nda uku­thi ahla­leq ngi­ze ngi­fi­ke, ula­ni la­khor? Ngi­la­nde­la we­nas.

23 Nga­kho le­li­li­zwi la­phu­me­la ku­ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­thi lo­wo­mfu­ndi ka­yi­ku­fa; ka­nti uJe­su ka­tsho­ngo ku­ye uku­thi ka­yi­ku­fa; ko­dwa wa­thi: Uba ngi­tha­nda uku­thi ahla­le ngi­ze ngi­fi­ke, ula­ni la­khot?

Isi­ci­no

24 Ngu­ye lo­wo­mfu­ndi ofa­ka­za nga­le­zi­zi­nto, lo­zi­bha­li­le­yo; nja­lo si­ya­ziu uku­thi ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­khe bu­li­qi­ni­sov.

25 Nja­lo zi­kho­na le­zi­nye izi­nto ezi­ne­ngi uJe­su aze­nza­yo, uba be­zi­lo­tshi­we zo­nke nga­zi­nyew, ngi­ca­ba­nga uku­thi lo­mhla­ba la­wox ubu­nge­be le­nda­wo ye­zi­ngwa­lo ezi­lo­tshi­we­yo. Ame­niy.