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9 UJesu wathi kibo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini kunabanye abajame lapha abangekhe bafe bangakawuboni umBuso kaZimu sewufike ngamandla.” 2 Ngemva kwamalanga asithandathu uJesu wathatha uPitrosi, uJakopo noJwanisi bakhuphukela entabeni ede babodwa. UJesu watjhuguluka phambi kwabo; 3 izambatho zakhe zathoma ukumanyazela, zaba mhlophe twa ukudlula indlela nanyana ngimuphi umhlanzi wezambatho ephasini egade angazenza zibe mhlophe ngayo. 4 Godu, kwabonakala u-Eliya noMosi bakhuluma noJesu. 5 UPitrosi wathi kuJesu: “Rabi, kuhle ngathi ukuba lapha. Nje-ke sivumela ukuthi sihlome amatende amathathu, elinye kube ngelakho, elinye kube ngelakaMosi, bese elinye kube ngelaka-Eliya.” 6 Eqinisweni, uPitrosi bekangazi bona angathini ngombana bebathukwe khulu. 7 Kwavela ilifu, labagubuzesa, kwazwakala ilizwi elifwinelo lithi: “Le yiNdodanami, engiyithandako. Yilaleleni.” 8 Ngemva kwalokho bathalaza babona ukuthi akusenamuntu ngaphandle kwabo noJesu.
9 Njengombana basehla entabeni, uJesu wabatjela indlebe ukuzwa bona bangatjeli muntu ngalokho abakubonileko bekube kulapho iNdodana yomuntu seyivukile kwabafileko. 10 Yeke ilizwelo balibeka ehliziyweni,* kodwana babonisana bodwa ukuthi ukuvuswa kwabahlongakelekokhu kutjho ukuthini. 11 Bathoma ukumbuza, bathi: “Kubayini abatloli bathi u-Eliya kufuze eze qangi?” 12 Wathi kibo: “Nangambala u-Eliya uza qangi abuyisele zoke izinto esigeni; kodwana kuza njani kutlolwe ngeNdodana yomuntu bona izakutlhaga khulu beyininwe na? 13 Kodwana ngithi kini u-Eliya, kuhlekuhle, weza, bazenzela umathanda kuye, njengombana kutloliwe ngaye.”
14 Kuthe nabafika kwabanye abafundi, babona isiqubuthu esikhulu sibabungelele, lapho bekunabatloli baphikisana nabo. 15 Kodwana msinyana soke isiqubuthu sithe nasimbonako, sarareka khulu, sagijimela kuye bona siyomlotjhisa. 16 Ngalokho wababuza: “Niphikisana ngani nabo?” 17 Omunye esiqubuthwini wamphendula wathi: “Mfundisi, ngilethe indodanami kuwe ngombana inommoya oyenza ingakghoni ukukhuluma. 18 Uthi nawuyibambako, uyidule phasi, ibhubhudlhe amagwebu, iququde amazinyo beyiphelelwe mamandla. Ngibawe abafundi bakho bona bawukhuphe, kodwana babhalelwe.” 19 Wathi kibo: “Maye sizukulwana esingakholwako, kuzabe kube nini nginani? Kufuze nginibekezelele isikhathi esingangani? Mletheni kimapha.” 20 Baletha umsana loyo kuye, kodwana kuthe ummoya nawubona uJesu, wabhudabhuda umsana. Ngemva kokumdula phasi, wasolo agedeka phasi, abhubhudlha amagwebu. 21 UJesu wabuza uyise lomsana wathi: “Sekusikhathi esingangani lokhu kwenzeka?” Wathi: “Kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe, 22 sekukanengi umlahlela emlilweni nemanzini ufuna ukumbulala. Kodwana nawungakghona ukumlapha, sibawa usirhawukele, usisize.” 23 UJesu wathi kuye: “Kubayini uthi, ‘Nawungakghona’? Ngombana zoke izinto ziyenzeka emntwini okholwako.” 24 Msinyana uyise lomntwana warhuwelela wathi: “Ngiyakholwa! Ngisiza lapha ngitlhoga khona ukukholwa!”
25 UJesu, abona ukuthi isiqubuthu sigijimela ngakibo, wakhalima ummoya omumbi, wathi kiwo: “Wena mmoya omenza angakghoni ukukhuluma begodu angezwa, ngikuyala bona uphume kuye, ungasangeni kuye godu!” 26 Ngemva kokurhuwelela nokubhudabhudeka kanengi, waphuma, umntwana wabonakala ngasuthi uhlongakele, kangangobana abantu abanengi bebathi: “Uhlongakele!” 27 Kodwana uJesu wambamba ngesandla wamvusa, wajama ngeenyawo. 28 Wangena ngendlini, abafundi bakhe bambuza ngemsitheleni bathi: “Kubayini thina sibhalelwe kuwuqotha?” 29 Wathi kibo: “Umhlobo lo ungaphuma kwaphela ngomthandazo.”
30 Basuka lapho badlula ngeGalile, kodwana khenge afune abantu bazi ngakho. 31 Ngombana bekafundisa abafundi bakhe athi kibo: “INdodana yomuntu izokukghatjhelwa ezandleni zabantu, bazoyibulala, naphezu kokubulawa, izokuvuswa ngemva kwamalanga amathathu.” 32 Nokho, akhenge bawazwisise amezwakhe, basaba nokumbuza.
33 Bafika eKapernawumi. Kuthe nabangendlini, wababuza: “Beniphikisana ngani endleleni?” 34 Bathula, ngombana endleleni bebaphikisana ngokuthi ngubani omkhulu phakathi kwabo. 35 Wahlala phasi wabiza abaliTjhumi namBili wathi kibo: “Nanyana ngubani ofuna ukuba ngewokuthoma, kufuze abe ngewokugcina kikho koke begodu abe sisebenzi sabo boke.” 36 Ngalokho wabiza umntwana wamjamisa phambi kwabo; wamsingatha, wathi kibo: 37 “Nanyana ngubani owamukela munye wabantwana abanjengalo ngebanga lebizo lami uyangamukela nami; nanyana ngubani ongamukelako akamukeli mina kwaphela kodwana wamukela naloyo ongithumileko.”
38 UJwanisi wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, sibone umuntu aqotha amadimoni ngebizo lakho, silinge ukumvimba, ngombana bekangasimlandelethu.” 39 Kodwana uJesu wathi: “Ningalingi ukumvimba, ngombana akunamuntu ongenza imisebenzi yamandla ngebizo lami ongajika msinyana angithuke. 40 Ngombana nanyana ngubani ongaphikisani nathi ungakithi. 41 Nanyana ngubani oninikela ikapho yamanzi bona nisele ngombana ningebakaKrestu, ngiqinisile ngithi kini, angekhe alahlekelwe mvuzwakhe. 42 Kodwana nanyana ngubani owisa omunye wabancanaba abakholwako, kuzokuba ngcono ngaye bona kubotjhelwe entanyenakhe ilitje lokusila elizombeleziswa ngudumbana, bese aphoselwe ngelwandle.
43 “Nangabe isandla sakho sikwenza wone, siqunte. Kungcono ukungena ekuphileni uqhwalile kunokobana ungene eGehena* emlilweni ongapheliko unezandla zombili. 44 ——45 Nangabe inyawo lakho likwenza wone, liqunte. Kungcono ungene ekuphileni usirhole kunokobana uphoselwe eGehena* uneenyawo ezimbili. 46 ——47 Nangabe ilihlo lakho likwenza wone, likhuphe ulilahle. Kungcono ukungena emBusweni kaZimu unelihlo linye kunokobana uphoselwe eGehena* unamehlo womabili, 48 lapho isibungu singafi khona nalapho umlilo ungacimi khona.
49 “Woke umuntu kufuze afufuzelwe ngetswayi lomlilo. 50 Itswayi lilungile, kodwana nangabe liphelelwa butswayi balo, uzolinunga ngani? Yibani netswayi kini, begodu nihlale ninokuthula komunye nomunye.”