Kwathi emva kwalawo mazwi kungathi izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili, wathatha oPetru noJohane noJakobe, wakhuphukela entabeni ukuyokhuleka.
Kwathi ekhuleka, isimo sobuso bakhe saguquka, nengubo yakhe yaba mhlophe, yabenyezela.
Bheka, kwakhuluma naye amadoda amabili, oMose no-Eliya;
ababonakala ngenkazimulo, bakhuluma ngokumuka kwakhe abezakufeza eJerusalema.
Kepha uPetru nababe naye babesindwa ubuthongo; sebevukile babona inkazimulo yakhe namadoda amabili ayemi naye.
Kwathi ekwahlukaneni kwawo kuye, uPetru wathi kuJesu: “Rabi, kuhle ukuba sibe lapha; elinye libe ngelakho, elinye libe ngelikaMose, elinye libe ngelika-Eliya, engakwazi akushoyo.
Esakhuluma lokho, kwafika ifu, labasithibeza; besaba lapho bengena efwini.
Kwavela izwi efwini, lithi: “Lo uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo;
Kwathi izwi seliphumile, uJesu wafunyanwa eyedwa. Bakugcina, abatshela muntu ngalezo zinsuku lutho lwalezo zinto ababezibonile.
Kwathi kusisa sebehlile entabeni, ixuku elikhulu lamhlangabeza.
Bheka, kwamemeza indoda esixukwini, yathi: “Mfundisi, ngiyakucela ukuba ubheke indodana yami, ngokuba yiyo yodwa kimi;
Bheka, umoya uyambamba, akhale masinyane; wamdwengula, aze akhihlize amagwebu, asuke kalukhuni kuye ukumlimaza.
Ngabancenga abafundi bakho ukuthi bawukhiphe; kepha abakwazanga.
UJesu waphendula wathi: “O sizukulwane esingakholwayo nesiphambeneyo, koze kube nini nginani, nginibekezelela na? Letha lapha indodana yakho.
Kwathi eseza, idimoni layiwisela phansi, layihlukumeza kakhulu. UJesu wamkhuza umoya ongcolileyo, wamphulukisa umntwana, wambuyisela kuyise.
Basebemangala bonke ngamandla amakhulu kaNkulunkulu. Kwathi bonke bemangala ngakho konke akwenzayo uJesu, wathi kubafundi bakhe.
Bekani la mazwi endlebeni zenu, ngokuba iNdodana yomuntu iyakukhashelwa ezandleni zabantu.
Kodwa kabaliqondanga lelilizwi, njalo lalifihlakele kubo, ukuze bangaliqondi; basebesesaba ukumbuza ngalelolizwi.
Kwase kuba khona ukuphikisana phakathi kwabo kokuthi ngubani ongaba mkhulu kubo.
UJesu ebona izizindlo zenhliziyo yabo, wathatha umntwana, wammisa eduze kwakhe.
Wathi kubo: “Yilowo nalowo owamukela lo mntwana egameni lami uyangamukela mina;
UJohane waphendula wathi: “Mfundisi, sabona umuntu ekhipha amademoni ngegama lakho; sasesimenqabela, ngoba engasilandeli.
UJesu wathi kuye: “Ningamnqabeli, ngokuba ongamelene nathi ungakithi.
Kwathi sesifikile isikhathi sokuthi anyuswe, waqinisela ubuso bakhe ukuya eJerusalema.
Wathuma izithunywa phambi kwakhe, zahamba, zangena emzaneni wamaSamariya ukuba amlungisele.
Kodwa kabamemukelanga, ngoba ubuso bakhe babunjengokuya eJerusalema.
Kwathi abafundi bakhe oJakobe noJohane bekubona bathi: “Nkosi, uyathanda ukuba sibize umlilo wehle ezulwini, ubaqothule, njengokuba no-Eliya enza na?
Kodwa watshibilika, wabakhuza wathi: Kalikwazi ukuthi lingabomoya onjani.
Ngokuba iNdodana yomuntu ayizanga ukubhubhisa imiphefumulo yabantu, kodwa ukuyisindisa. Bahamba baya komunye umuzi.
Kwathi besahamba endleleni, umuntu othile wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ngiyakukulandela noma ngaphi lapho oya khona.
UJesu wathi kuye: “Izimpungushe zinemigodi, nezinyoni zezulu zinezidleke; kodwa iNdodana yomuntu kayilalapho engaqamelisa khona ikhanda.
Wasesithi komunye: Ngilandele. Kodwa wathi: Nkosi, ngivumele ngiye kuqala ngingcwabe ubaba.
UJesu wathi kuye: “Yeka abafileyo bembele abafileyo babo;
Nomunye wathi: “Nkosi, ngiyakukulandela; kodwa ngivumele ngiqale ngiyevalelisa labo abasekhaya.
UJesu wathi kuye: “Akakho othi esebeké isandla sakhe egejeni, abuke emuva, ofanele umbuso kaNkulunkulu.
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