NgokukaLuka 4:16-30

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.