Kwathi isixuku simcindezela ukuba sizwe izwi likaNkulunkulu, wayemi ngaselwandle lwaseGenesaretha.
Wabona imikhumbi emibili imi ngaselwandle, kepha abadobi babephumile kuyo, begeza amanetha abo.
Wasengena komunye wemikhumbi, owawungokaSimoni, wamcela ukuthi awususe kancane emhlabathini. Wahlala phansi, wafundisa abantu esemkhunjini.
Kwathi eseqedile ukukhuluma, wathi kuSimoni: Qhubekela ekujuleni, lehlise amanetha enu, libambe.
USimoni waphendula wathi kuye: “Rabi, sishikile ubusuku bonke, asibambanga lutho;
Sebekwenzile lokho babamba izinhlanzi eziningi kakhulu, lagqabhuka inetha labo.
Baqhweba abalingane babo ababekomunye umkhumbi, ukuba beze babasize. Beza, bayigcwalisa imikhumbi yomibili, yaze yaqala ukucwila.
USimoni Petru ekubona, wawa phansi emadolweni kaJesu, wathi: “Suka kimi; ngoba ngingumuntu oyisoni, Nkosi.
Ngokuba wamangala yena nabo bonke ababe naye ngokubanjiswa kwezinhlanzi ababezibambile.
Ngokunjalo noJakobe noJohane, amadodana kaZebedewu, ababengabambisene noSimoni. UJesu wasesithi kuSimoni: Ungesabi; kusukela khathesi uzakubamba abantu.
Sebeyifikisile imikhumbi emhlabathini, bashiya konke, bamlandela.
Kwasekusithi esemzini othile, khangela, indoda egcwele ubulephero, yathi imbona uJesu yawa ngobuso, yamncenga yathi: Nkosi, uba uthanda, ungangihlambulula.
Waseselula isandla, wamphatha, wathi: Ngiyathanda, hlambuluka. Masinyane uchoko lwasuka kuye.
Wamlaya ukuthi angatsheli muntu, kodwa hamba uziveze kumpristi, unikele ngokuhlanjululwa kwakho, njengokulaya kukaMozisi, kube ngubufakazi kubo.
Kodwa kwayikhona udumo lwakhe lwanda, kwabuthana izixuku ukuzolalela nokuphulukiswa nguye ezifweni zazo.
Wayesesuka waya ehlane wakhuleka.
Kwathi ngolunye usuku efundisa, kwakuhlezi khona abaFarisi nabafundisi bomthetho ababephuma kuyo yonke imizi yaseGalile, naseJudiya, naseJerusalema, namandla eNkosi. Khona ukubaphulukisa.
Bheka, amadoda ethwele ngohlaka umuntu ofe uhlangothi, efuna ukumngenisa, ambeke phambi kwakhe.
Kuthe bengafumani indlela yokumngenisa ngenxa yesixuku, bakhwela phezu kwendlu, bamehlisa othayela ngohlaka, bamehlisa phakathi phambi kukaJesu.
Ebona ukukholwa kwabo wathi kuye: “Ndoda, uthethelelwe izono zakho.
Ababhali nabaFarisi baqala ukuzindla, bathi: “Ngubani lo okhuluma inhlamba na? Ngubani ongathethelela izono ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu yedwa?
Kepha uJesu eyazi imicabango yabo waphendula wathi kubo: “Nizindlani ezinhliziyweni zenu na?
Yikuphi okulula, ukuthi: ‘Uthethelelwe izono zakho; noma ukuthi: Vuka uhambe?
Kepha ukuze nazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu inamandla emhlabeni okuthethelela izono,” wathi kofe uhlangothi: “Ngithi kuwe: Vuka, uthathe uhlaka lwakho, uye endlini yakho.
Wasukuma masinyane phambi kwabo, wathatha lokho abelele kukho, wamuka waya endlini yakhe, ekhazimulisa uNkulunkulu.
Basebemangala bonke, bamdumisa uNkulunkulu, bagcwala ukwesaba, besithi: Sibone izimanga lamuhla.
Emva kwalokho waphuma, wabona umthelisi ogama lakhe linguLevi ehlezi endaweni yokuthela, wathi kuye: “Ngilandele.
Waseshiya konke, wasukuma, wamlandela.
ULevi wamenzela idili elikhulu endlini yakhe, kwakukhona isixuku esikhulu sabathelisi nabanye ababehlezi nabo ekudleni.
Kodwa ababhali babo labaFarisi bakhonona ngabafundi bakhe, besithi: Kungani lisidla linatha labathelisi lezoni?
UJesu waphendula wathi kubo: Abaphilileyo abadingi melaphi; kodwa abagulayo.
Angizanga ukubiza abalungileyo, kodwa izoni ekuphendukeni.
Basebesithi kuye: Kungani abafundi bakaJohane bezila ukudla kanengi, bakhuleka, ngokunjalo labafundi babaFarisi; kepha abakho bayadla, baphuze na?
Wathi kubo: Ningabazilisa yini abantwana bomyeni, umyeni esenabo na?
Kodwa zizafika insuku, lapho umyeni ezakususwa kubo;
Wayesebalandisa nomfanekiso; Akakho obekela isiziba sengubo entsha engutsheni endala; uma kungenjalo, esitsha siyaklebhuka, nesiqeshana esikhishwe kwesitsha asihambisani nendala.
Akakho othela iwayini elisha ezimvabeni ezindala; uba-ke iwayini elitsha lizaqhuma izimvaba, lichitheke, lezimvaba zonakale.
Kodwa iwayini elisha limelwe ukuthelwa ezimvabeni ezintsha; futhi zombili ziyalondolozwa.
Akakho othi ephuze iwayini elidala ahle afune elisha, ngokuba uthi: Elidala lingcono
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