UJesu egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, wabuya eJordani, wayeseholelwa nguMoya ehlane, walingwa nguSathane izinsuku ezingama-40. Akadlanga lutho ngalezo zinsuku; kuthe seziphelile, walamba. USathane wayesethi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yisho kuleli litshe ukuba libe yisinkwa.”
UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Umuntu akanakuphila ngesinkwa kuphela.’ ”
USathane wamenyusela entabeni ende, wambonisa yonke imibuso yomhlaba ngomzuzwana nje. USathane wathi kuye: “Ngiyakukunika wonke lawa mandla nenkazimulo yawo, ngokuba kunikwe mina, futhi ngikunika noma ngubani ngokuthanda kwami. Ngakho-ke uma ukhuleka phambi kwami, konke kuzakuba ngokwakho.”
UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Wokhuleka eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, umkhonze Yena yedwa.’ ”
USathane wayesemholela eJerusalema, wammisa esiqongweni sethempeli, wathi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ziphonse phansi lapha, ngokuba kulotshiwe kwathiwa:
“ ‘Uyakuyaleza izingelosi zakhe ngawe, zikulinde,’
“nokuthi:
“ ‘Ziyakukuthwala ngezandla,
ungaze waqhuzuka etsheni ngonyawo lwakho.’ ”
UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: “Kwathiwa: ‘Ungayilingi iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.’ ”
USathane eseqedile konke ukumlinga, wamshiya kuze kufike isikhathi esifanele.
UJesu wabuyela eGalile ngamandla kaMoya. Udumo lwakhe lwasabalala kulo lonke lelo lizwe. Wayefundisa emasinagogeni abo, edunyiswa yibo bonke.
Wafika eNazaretha lapho akhulela khona, wangena esinagogeni ngosuku lwesabatha njengalokhu ayevame ukwenza kanjalo, wasukuma ukuba afunde. Wanikwa umqulu ka-Izaya, umphrofethi, wawuvula, wafumana indawo okulotshwe kuyo kwathiwa:
“UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwami,
ngokuba ingigcobile
ukuba ngishumayele ivangeli kwabampofu;
ingithumele ukumemezela ukukhululwa kwabathunjiweyo,
ukuvula amehlo ezimpumputhe,
ukuhlenga abacindezelweyo,
nokumemezela unyaka omuhle weNkosi.”
Wawugoqa umqulu, wawunika isikhonzi, wahlala; amehlo wonke ababesesinagogeni amgqolozela. Waqala ukukhuluma kubo, ethi: “Namhlanje ugcwalisekile lo mbhalo njengoba nizwa ngezenu izindlebe.”
Bonke bakhuluma kahle ngaye, bemangaliswa ngamazwi omusa aphuma emlonyeni wakhe, bathi: “Kanti lo akasiyo yini indodana kaJosefa na?”
Wathi kubo: “Impela niyakusisho kimi lesi saga, nithi: ‘Nyanga, zelaphe wena. Lokhu esizwa ukuthi ukwenzile eKhaphernawume, kwenze phela nalapha ezweni lakini.’ ”
Wathi-ke: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: akukho mphrofethi owemukelekayo ezweni lakubo. Kepha impela ngithi kini: ngezinsuku zika-Eliya kwakukhona abafelokazi abaningi kwa-Israyeli; izulu lomisile iminyaka emithathu nezinyanga eziyisithupha; kwaba khona indlala enkulu ezweni lonke. Kepha u-Eliya akathunyelwanga nakoyedwa wabo, kuphela kowesifazane ongumfelokazi, eZarephitha eSidoni. Kwakukhona abaningi ababenochoko kwa-Israyeli ngesikhathi sika-Elisha, umphrofethi, kodwa akukho namunye kubo owahlanjululwa, kuphela uNayimani, umSiriya.”
Bonke ababesesinagogeni bagcwala intukuthelo enkulu lapho bekuzwa lokho. Basukuma, bamxosha emzini, bamqhubela esiweni esasisentabeni umuzi wabo owawakhiwe phezu kwayo, ukuze bamkhalakathelise kuso. Kepha Yena wadabula phakathi kwabo wahamba.
Wehlela eKhaphernawume, umuzi iGalile. Wayebafundisa abantu kulusuku lwesabatha. Bamangala ngokufundisa kwakhe, ngokuba izwi lakhe lalinegunya.
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