UMATEWU 4:1-11

Waza uYesu wakhokelelwa entlango nguMoya, ukuba ahendwe ngumtyholi. Uthe ke, ezile ukutya iintsuku ezimashumi mane, walamba ekupheleni kwazo. Wafika umhendi, wathi kuye: “Ukuba unguye uNyana kaThixo, yitsho la matye abe zizonka.” Waphendula yena wathi: “*IziBhalo zithi: ‘Umntu akaphili ngasonka sodwa; uphila ngamazwi onke athethwa nguThixo.’ ” Umtyholi ke wasa uYesu kwisiXeko esiNgcwele, wammisa phezu *kwendlu kaThixo, wathi kuye: “Ukuba unguye uNyana kaThixo, ziphose ezantsi phaya; kuba iziBhalo zithi: “ ‘UThixo uya kuziwisela umthetho ngawe izithunywa zakhe; ziya kukufunqula, hleze ukhubeke elityeni.’ ” UYesu wathi kuye: “IziBhalo zikwathi: ‘Uze ungayilingi iNkosi uThixo wakho.’ ” Kwakhona umtyholi wasa uYesu entabeni ephakame kakhulu, wambonisa onke amazwe ezikumkani zehlabathi, nobuhle bazo, wathi kuye: “Zonke ezi zinto ndokunika, ukuba uthe wazithoba wandinqula.” Waza wathi kuye uYesu: “Hamb' umke, Sathana; kuba iziBhalo zithi: ‘Uze unqule iNkosi uThixo wakho, ukhonze yona yodwa.’ ” Waza umtyholi wamyeka uYesu, zafika izithunywa zezulu zamlungiselela.