Luka 8:40-56

Kwathi ekubuyeni kukaJesu, isixuku samamukela ngokuthokoza, ngokuba bonke babemlindele. Bheka, kwafika indoda, nguJayiru igama layo, ingumphathi wesinagoge, yaziphonsa phansi ngasezinyaweni zikaJesu, yamncenga ukuba angene endlini yayo. Ngoba wayelendodakazi eyodwa, eyayileminyaka elitshumi lambili, yona isigulela ukufa. Kepha ekuhambeni kwakhe abantu bamminyezela. Owesifazana owayelomopho iminyaka elitshumi lambili, esechithe konke abephila ngakho ezinyangeni, engelakwelatshwa lamunye. Weza emva kwakhe, wathinta umphetho wengubo yakhe; kwanqamuka masinyane ukopha kwakhe. UJesu wasesithi: Ngubani ongithintileyo? Kwathi bonke bephika, uPetro lababelaye bathi: Nkosi, ixuku likucindezele, likucindezele, uthi: Ngubani ongithintileyo? UJesu wathi: “Ukhona ongithintileyo, ngokuba mina ngibonile ukuthi amandla aphumile kimi. Owesifazane ebona ukuthi akacashile, weza ethuthumela, wawa phansi phambi kwakhe, walandisa phambi kwabantu bonke ukuthi ubemthintile ngani, nokuthi usinde kanjani masinyane. Wathi kuye: “Yima isibindi, ndodakazi, ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile; hamba ngokuthula. Esakhuluma, kwafika omunye evela kwamphathi wesinagoge, wathi kuye: “Indodakazi yakho isifile; ningamkhathazi uMfundisi. Kepha uJesu ekuzwa, wamphendula wathi: “Ungesabi, kholwa kuphela, khona uzakusindiswa. Esengenile endlini, kavumelanga muntu ukuthi angene, ngaphandle kukaPetro, loJakobe, loJohane, loyise wentombazana, lonina. Bakhala bonke, beyililela, kepha wathi: “Ningakhali; kafile, kodwa ulele. Bamhleka usulu, bazi ukuthi ifile. Wayesebakhiphela phandle bonke, wayibamba ngesandla, wabiza, wathi: “Ntombazana, vuka! Wabuya umoya wayo, yavuka masinyane; Abazali bayo bamangala, kepha wabayala ukuba bangatsheli muntu okwenzekileyo.