Lukha 9
9
Jesu utfumela bafundzi bakhe labali-12
(Mat. 10:5-15; Mak. 6:7-13)
1Jesu wabita bafundzi bakhe labali-12 watsi abasondzele kuye; wase ubanika emandla, neligunya lekukhipha emadimoni nekuphilisa labanetifo. 2Wase uyabatfuma kutsi bayewushumayela umbuso waNkulunkulu baphilise nalabagulako.
3 Watsi kubo: “Ningaphatsi lutfo lwalendlela, ningaphatsi naludvondvolo lwekudvondvolotela, nemgodla wetihambi, nekudla, nemali, ngisho nemphahla yekuntjintja. 4Lapho banemukela khona, hlalani kulelo khaya nize nihambe kulelo dolobha. 5 Lapho banganemukeli khona lishiyeni lelo dolobha, nitsintsitse lutfuli etinyaweni tenu, kuze kube bufakazi bekunala kwabo.”
6Bahamba-ke, bangenela imiti ngemiti bashumayela liVangeli, baphilisa kuto tonkhe tindzawo.
Kudzidzeka kwaHerodi
(Mat. 14:1-12; Mak. 6:14-29)
7 Herodi, inkhosi yaseGalile, weva ngato tonkhe letintfo letatenteka; wadzidzeka kakhulu, ngobe labanye bantfu bebatsi: “Johane uMbhabhatisi sewuvukile ekufeni;” 8labanye bebatsi ngu-Elija lotibonakalisile; kantsi labanye bebatsi ngulomunye webaphrofethi basendvulo lovuke ekufeni.
9 Herodi watsi: “Ngayijuba inhloko yaJohane; kodvwa manje sengubani lona lesengiva ngaye konkhe loku?” Wase wetama kumbona.
Jesu wesutsisa sicumbi lesinemadvodza lati-5 000
(Mat. 14:13-21; Mak. 6:30-44; Joh. 6:1-14)
10Nase babuyile baphostoli, bafike batjela Jesu konkhe lababekwentile. Wase uhamba nabo uya edolobheni eBhethsayida. 11Tatsi kube tikuve loko leticumbi tebantfu, tamlandzela. Watemukela, wakhuluma ngembuso waNkulunkulu, waphilisa nalabo bebadzinga kuphiliswa.
12Nalishonako lilanga, baphostoli labali-12 beta kuye batsi: “Bacitse labantfu bahambe baye emitini nasemakhaya bayewutifunela kudla kanye nendzawo yekulala, ngobe ilihlane kakhulu lendzawo lesikuyo.”
13Kodvwa Jesu watsi kubo: “Banikeni nine matfupha labangahle bakudle.”
Baphendvula batsi: “Lesinako tinkhwa letisihlanu netinhlanti letimbili, ngaphandle kwekutsi siyewutsenga lokunye sitekwengeta, kuze kutekwenela bonkhe labantfu.”
14Bekungaba ti-5 000 temadvodza labelapho. Jesu watsi kubafundzi bakhe: “Hlalisani labantfu ngema-50 sicumbi sisinye.”
15Bafundzi bakhe benta njengobe abeshito, babahlalisa phansi bonkhe. 16Jesu wase utsatsa letinkhwa letisihlanu netinhlanti letimbili wabuka ezulwini, watibusisa, watihlephula wase utinika bafundzi bakhe kutsi babele bantfu. 17Bonkhe badla besutsa; bafundzi base babutsa timvutfuluka letatisele, kwagcwala emabhasikidi lali-12.
Phetro uvuma kutsi Jesu unguKhristu
(Mat. 16:13-19; Mak. 8:27-29)
18Kwatsi Jesu asathandaza yedvwana bafundzi bakhe banaye, wababuta watsi: “Bantfu batsi ngingubani?”
19 Bafundzi bamphendvula batsi: “Labanye batsi unguJohane uMbhabhatisi, labanye batsi ungu-Elija, kantsi labanye batsi ungulomunye webaphrofethi basendvulo uvukile ekufeni.”
20 Wababuta watsi: “Nine nitsi ngingubani?”
Phetro wamphendvula watsi: “UnguKhristu waNkulunkulu.”
Jesu ukhuluma kwekucala ngekuhlupheka nekufa kwakhe
(Mat. 16:21-28; Mak. 8:30 – 9:1)
21Jesu wabadvonsa ngendlebe watsi loko bangakutjeli muntfu, 22wachubeka watsi: “INdvodzana yeMuntfu ifanele kuhlupheka kakhulu, ilahlwe tibondza tenkholo, nebaphristi labakhulu nebafundzisi bemtsetfo. Iyawubulawa, ivuswe ekufeni ngelilanga lesitsatfu.”
23 Wase utsi kubo bonkhe: “Lofuna kungilandzela, kufanele atidzele, etjatse siphambano sakhe onkhe emalanga, angilandzele. 24 Ngobe lofuna kusindzisa imphilo yakhe, uyawulahlekelwa ngiyo, kodvwa lolahlekelwa yimphilo yakhe ngenca yami, uyakuyisindzisa.
25“Kodvwa kuyawumbuyiselani umuntfu kuzuza live lonkhe, bese ulahlekelwa nguye lucobo lwakhe nome abhujiswe? 26Nangabe umuntfu unemahloni ngami nangemavi ami, neNdvodzana yeMuntfu iyawuba nemahloni ngaye nayita ngenkhatimulo yayo nangebukhosi beYise kanye neyetingilosi letingcwele. 27Ase nginitjele naliciniso kutsi, bakhona lapha emkhatsini wenu labangeyikufa bangakawuboni umbuso waNkulunkulu.”
Kugucuka kwesimo saJesu
(Mat. 17:1-8; Mak. 9:2-8)
28 Ngemuva kweliviki akushito loko, Jesu watsatsa boPhetro, naJohane, naJakobe wenyukela nabo entsabeni ayewuthandaza. 29Asathandaza buso bakhe bagucuka, netimphahla takhe taba mhlophe tamengetela. 30Kusenjalo kwabonakala emadvodza lamabili asakhuluma naye, kwakuboMosi na-Elija; 31babonakala ngebukhatikhati banenkhatimulo yasezulwini bakhuluma naJesu ngeluhambo lwakhe belutawugcwaliseka eJerusalema lokwakuyinjongo yaNkulunkulu.
32Phetro nebangani bakhe babephetfwe butfongo lobukhulu, kodvwa babebhekile bayibona inkhatimulo yaJesu kanye nalamadvodza. 33Atsi nasehlukana lamadvodza, Phetro watsi kuye: “Mfundzisi, kuhle lokutsi sibe lapha. Asakhe emathende lamatsatfu: lelinye libe lakho, lelinye libe laMosi, lelinye libe la-Elija.” Empeleni abengati kutsi utsini.
34Asakhuluma loko, kwachamuka lifu labasitsa ngesitfunti salo, bafundzi besaba nababona kusondzela lelifu. 35 Kwase kuvakala livi liphuma kulelifu litsi: “Lena yiNdvodzana yami, lengiyikhetsile, yilaleleni!”
36Latsi libindza lelivi, kwabesekusele Jesu yedvwana. Bafundzi bakufihla loko, abazange batjele muntfu ngalababekubonile ngalawo malanga.
Jesu uphilisa umfana lonemoya lomubi
(Mat. 17:14-18; Mak. 9:14-27)
37Ngakusasa sebehlile entsabeni, sicumbi lesikhulu seta sihlangabeta Jesu. 38Kwase kumemeta indvodza emkhatsini waso itsi: “Mfundzisi, ase ungibonele nangu umsa wami, indvodzana yekuphela. 39Kunemoya lomhlaselako ummemetise kakhulu, bese uba nesitfutfwane, aze akhihlite emagwebu emlonyeni; kumshumphisa kangangekutsi uze ehluleke ngisho nekuhamba, kulukhuni kuphuma kwawo. 40Ngancenga bafundzi bakho kutsi bawukhiphe lomoya, kodvwa behluleka.”
41Jesu waphendvula watsi: “Yehheni, nine situkulwane lesonakele nalesingakholwa, ngiyawuhlala nani kuze kube ngunini nginibeketelela? Mletse lapha lomsa wakho.”
42Watsi naketa lomfana, lidimoni lamjika phansi, waba nesitfutfwane. Jesu wawekhuta lomoya lomubi, wamphilisa lomfana, wase umbuyisela kuyise. 43Bonkhe bantfu bamangala ngalamandla aNkulunkulu lamakhulu kangaka.
Jesu ukhuluma kwesibili ngekufa kwakhe
(Mat. 17:22-23; Mak. 9:30-32)
Bantfu bebasamangele ngako konkhe lokwakwentiwa nguJesu, nakatsi kubafundzi bakhe: 44“Ningabokukhohlwa naku lengitanitjela kona! INdvodzana yeMuntfu itawunikelwa etandleni tebantfu.”
45Kodvwa abazange bayive lenkhulumo kutsi isho kutsini, ngobe beyifihlakele kubo futsi ingevakali, kantsi babesaba nekumbuta ngalendzaba.
Ngubani lomkhulu kakhulu?
(Mat. 18:1-5; Mak. 9:33-37)
46Bafundzi baJesu babese bayaphikisana ngekutsi ngubani lomkhulu kunabo bonkhe. 47Kodvwa Jesu asabonile kutsi bacabangani, wase uletsa umntfwana, wammisa eceleni kwakhe. 48 Wase utsi kubo: “Umuntfu lowemukela lomntfwana ngelibito lami, wemukela mine; nalowo lowemukela mine, wemukela lowo longitfumile. Ngobe lowo lomncane kakhulu kunani nonkhe, nguye lomkhulu kunani nonkhe.”
Longalwi nani ungakini
(Mak. 9:38-40)
49Johane wakhuluma watsi: “Mfundzisi, sibone umuntfu akhipha emadimoni ngelibito lakho, samtjela satsi akakhawule, ngobe akahambisani natsi.”
50 Jesu wase utsi kuye: “Ningamyekelisi, ngobe longalwi nani ungakini.”
Lidolobha laseSamariya lala kwemukela Jesu
51Sekusele emalangana ekutsi Jesu atsatfwe ayiswe ezulwini, watimisela kutsi aye eJerusalema. 52Watfumela titfunywa ngembili kwakhe, letesuka tangena edolobheni lemaSamariya kuyawumlungisela khona. 53Kodvwa bantfu balapho abazange bamemukele, ngobe kwakukhanya kutsi ucondze kuya eJerusalema.
54 BoJakobe naJohane, bafundzi bakhe, nabakubona loku, batsi: “Nkhosi, uyafuna yini sibite umlilo wehle ezulwini ubacedze bonkhe?”
55Kodvwa Jesu wagucuka wabekhuta. 56Base bachubekela kulelinye lidolobha.
Labangaba balandzeli baJesu
(Mat. 8:19-22)
57 Basesendleleni, kwefika indvodza kuJesu yatsi: “Ngitakulandzela nome ngukuphi lapho uya khona.”
58Jesu watsi kuyo: “Timphungutja tinemigodzi, netinyoni tinetidleke, kodvwa iNdvodzana yeMuntfu ayinandzawo yekulala iphumule.”
59Wase utsi kulenye indvodza: “Ngilandzele!”
Kodvwa yona yatsi: “Nkhosi, asewungivumele ngiyewungcwaba babe.”
60Jesu waphendvula watsi: “Yekela labafile bangcwabane bodvwana. Wena hamba uyewushumayela umbuso waNkulunkulu!”
61 Lenye indvodza yatsi: “Ngitakulandzela, Nkhosi, kodvwa asewungivumele sengiyewuvalelisa likhaya lami.”
62 Jesu watsi kuye: “Wonkhe lobambe likhuba alima bese ubuka emuva, akawufaneli umbuso waNkulunkulu.”
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