UMATEWU 9:1-17

UYesu wakhwela esikhitshaneni, wawela uLwandle lwaseGalili, waya edolophini yakowabo. Kwaza kwafika abantu bezise kuye ngokhuko indoda efe umzimba. UYesu elubona ukholo lwabo, wathi kofe umzimba: “Yomelela, nyana! Izono zakho zixolelwe.” Baza abathile kubachazi-mthetho bathetha bodwa besithi: “Lo mfo unyelisa uThixo!” UYesu ke, ezazi iingcamango zabo, wathi: “Kutheni na ukuba nibe neengcamango ezikhohlakele kangaka? Okukona kulula kukuphi na: kukho ukuthi: ‘Zixolelwe izono zakho,’ kukho nokuthi: ‘Vuka uhambe’? Ke ukuze nazi ukuba yena uNyana woLuntu unalo igunya lokuxolela izono emhlabeni apha – úthi kofe umzimba – vuka, uthathe ukhuko lwakho, uhambe ugoduke!” Waphakama ke, wagoduka. Bakukubona oku abantu, batsho boyika, bamdumisa uThixo, yena onika abantu igunya elingaka. UYesu waphuma apho, wathi edlula, wabona indoda egama linguMatewu, ihleli eofisini yerhafu, wathi kuyo: “Ndilandele.” Yaphakama, yamlandela. Kwathi xa uYesu wayesitya endlwini, into eninzi yabaqokeleli-rhafu *neyaboni yeza yahlala kunye naye nabafundi bakhe etafileni. Bakukubona oku *abaFarasi, bâthi kubafundi bakhe: “Kutheni na okokuba umfundisi wenu atye kunye nabaqokeleli-rhafu naboni?” Ekuvile oko uYesu, wathi kubo: “Ugqirha akafuneki nganto kwabaphilileyo, ufuneka kwabagulayo. Khaniye kufunisisa okokuba ithetha ukuthini na le ndawo eziBhalweni ithi: ‘Ndithanda inceba, andithandi mbingelelo.’ Ke mna andizanga kubiza malungisa, ndize kubiza aboni.” Abafundi bakaYohane umbhaptizi beza kuYesu, bambuza bathi: “Kutheni na okokuba thina *nabaFarasi sisoloko sizila ukutya nje, kanti bona abafundi bakho abazili?” Wabaphendula wathi: “Ngaba abakhaphi bomyeni bangákhedama na umyeni esenabo? Abangekhe! Kodwa lofika ixesha lokuba umyeni asuswe kubo, bandule ke ukuzila. “Kaloku akukho mntu uthungela isiziba esitsha kwisambatho esidala, kuba sofinyela, sisikrazule isambatho eso. Kananjalo akukho mntu uyitha kwiimvaba ezindala iwayini entsha engekabili, kuba ukuba uthe wenjenjalo, zogqabhuka zonakale iimvaba, ichitheke iwayini. Kaloku iwayini engekabili ithiwa kwiimvaba ezintsha, ize ke igcinakale iwayini, zingonakali iimvaba.”