Luka 8:22-56

Kwathi ngolunye usuku wangena emkhunjini kanye nabafundi bakhe, wathi kubo: “Asiwele siye ngaphesheya kolwandle. Base bephuma. Kwathi besahamba ngomkhumbi walala ubuthongo; basebegcwaliswa ngamanzi, baba sengozini. Basebesondela bamvusa, besithi: Nkosi, nkosi, siyabhubha. Wasevuka, wawukhuza umoya lokuzanyaza kwamanzi; Wathi kubo: “Kuphi ukukholwa kwenu na? Besaba bamangala, bathi omunye komunye: “Umuntu onjani lo? ngoba uyala ngisho imimoya namanzi, futhi kuyamlalela. Bafika ezweni lamaGadara, elibhekene neGalile. Esephumele emhlabathini, kwamhlangabeza indoda ethile evela emzini, eyayinamademoni isikhathi eside, ingagqoki, ingahlali endlini, kodwa emathuneni. Yathi imbona uJesu, yamemeza yawa phansi phambi kwakhe, yathi ngezwi elikhulu: “Nginamsebenzi muni nawe Jesu, Ndodana kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke? ngiyakuncenga, ungangihluphi. (Ngokuba wayeyalile umoya ongcolileyo ukuba uphume kumuntu, ngokuba wawumbambe kaningi, eboshiwe ngamaketanga nangamaketanga, wazigqabula izibopho, waqhutshelwa nguSathane ehlane.) UJesu wambuza wathi: “Ungubani igama lakho na? Wathi: “ILegiyoni, ngokuba amademoni amaningi abengene kuye. Zamncenga ukuthi angazilaya ukuthi ziphumele ekujuleni. Kwakukhona lapho umhlambi wezingulube eziningi ziklabile entabeni, zamcela ukuba azivumele zingene kuzo. Futhi wabavumela. Khona aphuma amademoni kumuntu, angena ezingulubeni; Kwathi ababezalusa bebona okwenzekileyo, babaleka, babika emzini nasemaphandleni. Base bephuma ukuyobona okwenzekileyo; bafika kuJesu, bamfumana umuntu okwakuphume kuye amademoni ehlezi ngasezinyaweni zikaJesu embethe, esangulukile; Lababekubonile babatshela ukuthi okhwelwe ngamadimoni usiliswe njani. Isixuku sonke sesifunda samaGadara samncenga ukuba amuke kubo; ngoba babebanjwe ngukwesaba okukhulu; wasekhwela emkhunjini, wabuya. Kodwa indoda okwakuphume kuyo amadimoni yamncenga ukuthi abe laye; kodwa uJesu wayimukisa, esithi. Buyela endlini yakho, ulandise ukuthi kungakanani uNkulunkulu akwenzele khona. Wamuka, washumayela emzini wonke ukuthi kungakanani uJesu akwenzile kuye. 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.