4 Jesu wase uholwa ngumoya waNkulunkulu wamyisa ehlane, lapho afike walingwa+ khona nguDeveli.+ 2 Ngemuva kwekuzila kudla emalanga langu-40 nebusuku lobungu-40, walamba kakhulu. 3 Ngaleso sikhatsi, Develi wafika watomlinga,+ watsi kuye: “Nangabe uyindvodzana yaNkulunkulu, tjela lamatje ashintje abe tinkhwa.” 4 Kodvwa wamphendvula watsi: “Kubhaliwe kutsi: ‘Umuntfu ngeke aphile ngesinkhwa sodvwa, kodvwa uphila ngawo onkhe emavi laphuma emlonyeni waJehova.’”*+

5 Ngemuva kwaloko Develi wamyisa edolobheni lelingcwele,+ wammisa esicongweni* selithempeli.+ 6 Watsi kuye: “Nangabe uyindvodzana yaNkulunkulu, tijike phansi ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi: ‘Yena utawutfuma tingilosi takhe kuwe,’ nekutsi: ‘Titakwetfwala ngetandla tato kuze lunyawo lwakho lungakhutjwa litje.’”+ 7 Jesu watsi kuye: “Kubhaliwe futsi kutsi: ‘Ungabomlinga Jehova* Nkulunkulu wakho.’”+

8 Develi waphindze wamtsatsa wamyisa entsabeni lephakeme kakhulu, wamkhombisa yonkhe imibuso yemhlaba nebuhle bayo.+ 9 Watsi kuye: “Tonkhe letintfo ngitakunika tona nawungaguca kanye nje ungikhonte.” 10 Jesu watsi kuye: “Hamba Sathane! Ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi: ‘Kufanele ukhotsamele Jehova* Nkulunkulu wakho,+ futsi nguye yedvwa lokufanele umkhonte.’”+

4 Jesu wesuka eJordane agcwele umoya longcwele, futsi lomoya wamhola wamyisa ehlane,+ 2 wahlala khona emalanga langu-40. Bekangadli lutfo, ngako atsi nakaphela lamalanga besekalambe kakhulu futsi Develi weta kutomlinga.+ 3 Watsi kuye: “Nangabe uyindvodzana yaNkulunkulu, tjela lelitje lishintje libe sinkhwa.” 4 Kodvwa Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Kubhaliwe kutsi: ‘Umuntfu ngeke aphile ngesinkhwa sodvwa.’”+

5 Ngako wakhuphuka naye wamkhombisa yonkhe imibuso yemhlaba ngesikhashana nje.+ 6 Develi wase utsi kuye: “Ngitakunika lonkhe ligunya kulemibuso kanye nebuhle bayo, ngobe inikwe mine+ futsi ngiyinika nobe ngubani lengifuna kumnika yona. 7 Ngako nawungaguca kanye nje ungikhonte, konkhe loku kutawuba kwakho.” 8 Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Kubhaliwe kutsi: ‘Kufanele ukhotsamele Jehova* Nkulunkulu wakho, futsi nguye yedvwa lokufanele umkhonte.’”+

9 Ngemuva kwaloko, Develi wamyisa eJerusalema, wammisa esicongweni* selithempeli, watsi kuye: “Nangabe uyindvodzana yaNkulunkulu, tijike phansi,+ 10 ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi: ‘Utawutfuma tingilosi takhe kutsi tikuvikele,’ 11 nekutsi: ‘Titakwetfwala ngetandla tato kuze lunyawo lwakho lungakhutjwa litje.’”+ 12 Jesu watsi kuye: “Kutsiwa: ‘Ungabomlinga Jehova* Nkulunkulu wakho.’”+ 13 Watsi Develi nakacedza kumlinga, wamshiya, walindza lelinye litfuba lelikahle.+