Bangena eKapernawume; kwathi masinyane ngesabatha wangena esinagogeni, wafundisa.
Bamangala ngokufundisa kwakhe, ngokuba wabafundisa njengonegunya, kungenjengababhali.
Kwakukhona esinagogeni labo umuntu onomoya ongcolileyo; wakhala.
Esithi: Ake siyeke; Sinamsebenzi muni nawe Jesu waseNazaretha? Uze ukusibhubhisa na? Ngiyakwazi ukuthi ungubani, ungoNgcwele kaNkulunkulu.
UJesu wamkhuza wathi: “Thula, uphume kuye!
Umoya ongcolileyo wamdwengula, wakhala ngezwi elikhulu, waphuma kuye.
Basebemangala bonke, baze babuzana besithi: Kuyini lokhu? Iyini imfundiso entsha le? ngoba ngegunya uyala lomoya abangcolileyo, bamlalele.
Udumo lwakhe lwanda masinyane kuso sonke isifunda saseGalile.
Base bephuma esinagogeni bangena masinyane endlini kaSimoni no-Andreya kanye noJakobe noJohane.
Kepha umkhwekazi kaSimoni wayelele enomkhuhlane, bahle bamtshela ngaye.
Wasondela, wambamba ngesandla, wamsukumisa; umkhuhlane wamyeka masinyane, wabakhonza.
Kwathi sekuhlwile, ilanga selishonile, baletha kuye bonke ababegula nababekhwelwe ngamademoni.
Umuzi wonke wawubuthene ngasemnyango.
Waphulukisa abaningi ababephethwe yizifo ngezifo, wakhipha amademoni amaningi; njalo wayengawavumeli amadimoni ukuthi akhulume, ngoba ayemazi.
Ekuseni kusesekuseni kakhulu, wavuka waphuma, waya endaweni eyihlane, wakhuleka khona.
USimoni nababe naye bamlandela.
Sebemtholile bathi kuye: Bonke bayakufuna.
Wathi kubo: “Asihambe siye emizini eseduze, ukuze ngishumayele nakhona, ngokuba ngiphumele lokho.
Wayeseshumayela emasinagogeni abo kulo lonke iGalile, ekhipha amademoni.
Kwasekusiza kuye onochoko, emncenga, eguqa phambi kwakhe, esithi kuye: Uba uthanda, ungangihlambulula.
UJesu waba nesihe, welula isandla, wamphatha, wathi kuye: “Ngiyathanda; hlambuluka.
Esakhuluma, basuka masinyane uchoko kuye, wahlanjululwa.
Waseyilaya kakhulu, wayimukisa masinyane;
Wathi kuye: “Bheka, ungatsheli muntu lutho;
Kepha yena waphuma, waqala ukumemezela kakhulu nokuyidalula leyondaba, kwaze kwaba yilapho uJesu engasenakukwazi ukungena emzini obala, kodwa waba ngaphandle ezindaweni eziyihlane