uLuka 8:22-39

Kwathi ngamhla uthile, wangena emkhombeni, kwanabafundi bakhe, wathi kubo, Masiwele siye ngaphesheya kolwandle. Banduluka ke. Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba bayahamba ngomkhombe, walala ubuthongo. Kwehla uqhwithela lomoya edikeni; bazaliswa ngamanzi, baba semngciphekweni. Beza ke bamvusa, besithi, Mfundisi, nkosi, siya kufa. Wavuka ke, wawukhalimela umoya nokulatyuza kwamaza; zapheza, kwabakho ukuzola. Wathi kubo, Luphi na ukholo lwenu? Basuka boyika, bamangaliswa, batshono ukuthi, Ngubani na lo? kuba uyalela kwanemimoya namanzi, zimthobele. Bafika kumhlaba wamaGadara, okhangelene nelaseGalili. Akuba ephumile emhlabeni, wahlangatyezwa ngumntu othile ophuma esixekweni, obeneendimoni ixesha elide, enganxibanga ngubo imbi, engahlali endlwini, emane esemangcwabeni. Ithe ke yakumbona uYesu, yakhala kunene, yawa phambi kwakhe, yathi ngezwi elikhulu, Yini na enam nawe, Yesu, Nyana kaThixo Osenyangweni? Ndiyakukhunga, ungandithuthumbisi. (Kuba wayewuthethele umoya ongcolileyo ukuba uphume emntwini; kuba futhi wawumbamba, ekhonkxiwe ngamakhamandela namakhamandela, waye wawaqhawula amakhamandela, wakhutshelwa entlango nguMtyholi.) uYesu wambuza esithi, Ungubani na igama lakho? Uthe ke yena, NdinguMkhosi; ngokuba bekungene kuye iidemon ezininzi. Wayembongoza ukuba angazithetheli ziye kungena enzonzobileni. Bekukho ke apho ugxuba lweehagu ezininzi, lusidla entabeni; zaye zimbongoza, ukuba azivumele ziye kungena kuzo. Wabavumela ke. Ziphumile ke iidemon emtwini lowo, zangena ezihagwini; lwaza ugxuba olo lwaphaphatheka, lwehla eweni, lwela edikeni, lwarhaxwa. Bakukubona ke okuhlileyo abo babezalusa, basaba, baya babika ekhaya nasemaphandleni. Baphuma ke abantu, baya kukubona okuhlileyo; beza kuYesu, bamfumana ehleli umntu lowo, beziphume kuye iidemon, ambathisiwe, enengqondo ephilileyo, engasezinyaweni zikaYesu; baza boyika. Baza nabo babeyibonile le nto bababikela ukuba utheni na ukuphiliswa obephethwe ziidemon. Yamcela yonke inkitha yommandla wabaseGadara, ukuba emke kubo; kuba babebanjwe kukoyika okukhulu. Wenyuka ke waya emkhombeni, wabuya wabuya. Ke kaloku indoda leyo, zaye ziphume kuyo iidemon, yayimkhunga ukuba ibe naye. Buyela endlwini yakho, ubacacisele oko zingako izinto uThixo akwenzele zona. Wemka, wavakalisa kuwo wonke umzi oko zingako izinto uYesu ayenzele zona.