Luka 7:1-30

Kwathi eseqedile amazwi akhe zonke ezindlebeni zabantu, wangena eKapernawume. Kepha inceku yenduna yekhulu ethile ethandekayo kuyo yayigula, isizakufa. Kwathi isizwile ngoJesu, yathuma kuye amalunga abaJuda, imcela ukuthi eze asilise inceku yayo. Esefikile kuJesu amncenga masinyane, esithi: Ufanele ukuthi amenzele lokhu; Ngokuba uyasithanda isizwe sakithi, wasakhela nesinagoge. Khona uJesu wahamba nabo. Esengasekude nendlu, induna yekhulu yathuma kuye abangani, bathi kuye: “Nkosi, ungazihluphi, ngokuba angifanele ukuba ungene phansi kophahla lwami; Ngakho angizibonanga ukuthi ngifanele ukuza kuwe, kodwa yisho ngezwi, khona inceku yami iyakusinda. Ngokuba nami ngingumuntu ophansi kwegunya, nginamasosha phansi kwami, ngithi kwelinye: ‘Hamba,’ lihambe; futhi kwenye: Woza, futhi uyeza; nasencekwini yami, Yenza lokhu, ikwenze. Kwathi uJesu ekuzwa lokho wamangala ngayo, waphenduka, wathi ezixukwini ezazimlandela: Ngithi kini: Angitholanga ukholo olungaka nakwaIsrayeli. Ababethunyiwe sebebuyela endlini bafica inceku isisindile. Kwathi ngangomuso waya emzini othiwa iNayini; abaningi babafundi bakhe bahamba naye nesixuku esikhulu. Esesondela ngasesangweni lomuzi, bheka, kwakukhona ofileyo ekhishelwa phandle, indodana eyodwa kanina, yena engumfelokazi, nabantu abaningi bomuzi babe naye. Yathi iNkosi imbona, yamhawukela, yathi kuye: “Ungakhali. Wasesondela wathinta uhlaka; abaluthweleyo bema. Yathi: Nsizwa, ngithi kuwe: Vuka. Ofileyo wavuka wahlala, waqala ukukhuluma. Wamnikela kunina. Ukwesaba kwehlela phezu kwabo bonke, bamdumisa uNkulunkulu, bathi: “Kuvele umprofethi omkhulu phakathi kwethu; nokuthi, UNkulunkulu ubahambele abantu bakhe. Leli zindaba ngaye laphumela kulo lonke iJudiya nakulo lonke izwe langakhona. Abafundi bakaJohane bamtshela ngazo zonke lezizinto. UJohane esebizele kuye ababili kubafundi bakhe, wabathuma kuJesu ukuthi: “Wena unguye ozayo na? noma sifuna omunye? Kwathi efika kuye amadoda athi: UJohane uMbhabhathizi usithumile kuwe esithi: Wena unguye ozayo yini? noma sifuna omunye? Ngaleso sikhathi waphulukisa abaningi ezifweni zabo, nasezifweni, nasemoyeni ababi; nezimpumputhe eziningi wazipha ukubona. UJesu waphendula wathi kubo: “Hambani nimtshele uJohane lokho enikubonile nenikuzwile; ukuthi izimpumputhe ziyabona, izinyonga ziyahamba, abanochoko bayahlanjululwa, izithulu ziyezwa, abafileyo bayavuswa, abampofu bayashunyayelwa ivangeli. Futhi ubusisiwe ongayikukhubeka ngami. Zathi sezimukile izithunywa zikaJohane, waqala ukukhuluma ezixukwini ngoJohane, wathi: “Naphumela ukuyobonani ehlane na? Umhlanga unyakaziswa ngumoya na? Kodwa naphumela ukuyabonani na? Umuntu owembethe ingubo ethambileyo na? Bhekani, abembethe eziwubukhazikhazi, bephila kamnandi, basezindlini zamakhosi. Kodwa naphumela ukuyabonani na? Umprofethi? Yebo, ngithi kini, nodlula umprofethi. Nguye okulotshwe ngaye ukuthi: “Bheka, ngiyathuma isithunywa sami phambi kobuso bakho, esiyakulungisa indlela yakho phambi kwakho. Ngokuba ngithi kini: Kwabazelwe ngabesifazane akakho umprofethi omkhulu kunoJohane uMbhapathizi, kepha omncinyane embusweni kaNkulunkulu mkhulu kunaye. Nabo bonke abantu abamuzwayo nabathelisi bathi uNkulunkulu ulungile, bebhapathizwa ngobhapathizo lukaJohane. Kepha abaFarisi nezazimthetho bala icebo likaNkulunkulu eliqondene nabo, bengabhapathizwa nguye.