NgokukaMathewu 8
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UJesu uphilisa umuntu onochoko
(Mark. 1:40; Luk. 5:12)
1Kwathi esehlile entabeni, zamlandela izixuku eziningi. 2Bheka, kwafika onochoko, wakhuleka kuye, wathi: “Nkosi, uma uthanda, ungangihlambulula.”
3Wayeselula isandla, wamphatha, wathi: “Ngiyathanda; hlambuluka.” Wayesehlambuluka masinyane ochokweni lwakhe. 4 UJesu wayesethi kuye: “Bheka, ungatsheli muntu, kepha hamba uzibonakalise kumpristi, uyise umnikelo owayalelwa nguMose, kube ngubufakazi kubo.”
Ukuphulukiswa kwenceku yenduna
(Luk. 7:1)
5Kwathi esangena eKapernawume, kweza kuye induna yekhulu, yamncenga yathi: 6“Nkosi, umfana wami ulele endlini, ufe uhlangothi, ukhwelwe kakhulu ngubuhlungu.”
7 Wathi kuyo: “Mina ngizakuza ngimphulukise.”
8Induna yekhulu yaphendula yathi: “Nkosi, angifanele ukuba ungene phansi kophahla lwami, kepha yisho izwi nje, khona umfana wami uyakusinda. 9Ngokuba nami ngingumuntu ophansi kwamakhosi, nginamabutho phansi kwami; ngithi kwelinye: ‘Hamba,’ lihambe; ngithi kwelinye: ‘Woza,’ lize; nasencekwini yami: ‘Yenza lokhu,’ ikwenze.”
10UJesu ekuzwa lokho wamangala, wathi kwabamlandelayo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Angizange ngifumane kwa-Israyeli ukukholwa okungaka kumuntu. 11 Kepha ngithi kini: Abaningi bayakuza bevela empumalanga nasentshonalanga, bahlale ekudleni no-Abrahama no-Isaka noJakobe embusweni wezulu, 12 kodwa abantwana bombuso bayakukhishelwa ebumnyameni obungaphandle; lapho kuyakuba khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo.”
13UJesu wayesethi enduneni yekhulu: “Hamba, makube kuwe njengokukholwa kwakho.” Umfana wasinda ngaso leso sikhathi.
Umkhwekazi kaPetru nabanye abagulayo bayaphulukiswa
(Mark. 1:23; Luk. 4:31)
14UJesu wayesengena endlini kaPetru, wabona umkhwekazi wakhe elele phansi enomkhuhlane. 15Waphatha isandla sakhe, umkhuhlane wamyeka; wavuka, wamkhonza.
16Kwathi sekuhlwile, baletha kuye abaningi abakhwelwe ngamademoni, wakhipha omoya ngezwi, waphulukisa bonke abagulayo, 17 ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngo-Isaya umprofethi ukuthi:
“Yena wabetshatha ubuthakathaka bethu,
wathwala izifo zethu.”
Ukumlandela uJesu
(Luk. 9:57)
18Kwathi uJesu ebona isixuku simhaqile, wayala ukuba kuwelelwe ngaphesheya. 19Kwase kufika umbhali, wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, ngizakukulandela, noma uya ngaphi.”
20UJesu wayesethi kuye: “Izimpungushe zinemigodi, nezinyoni zezulu zinezidleke, kepha iNdodana yomuntu kayinandawo, lapho ingacamelisa khona ikhanda.”
21Kodwa omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ngivumele ngiye kuqala ukuyakummbela ubaba.”
22Kepha uJesu wathi kuye: “Ngilandele; yeka abafileyo bembele abafileyo babo.”
Ukuthuliswa kwesivunguvungu
(Mark. 4:35; Luk. 8:22)
23Wayesengena emkhunjini; abafundi bakhe bamlandela. 24Bheka, kwavuka isiphepho esikhulu elwandle, umkhumbi waze wagujuzelwa ngamaza; kepha yena wayelele. 25Basondela, bamvusa, bathi: “Nkosi, sisindise, safa.”
26Wayesethi kubo: “Nesabelani nina bokukholwa okuncane na?” Khona wavuka wakhuza umoya nolwandle, kwaba khona ukuthula okukhulu.
27Kepha abantu bamangala, bathi: “Unjani lo ukuba nomoya nolwandle kumlalele na?”
Ukukhishwa kwamademoni
(Mark. 5:1; Luk. 8:26)
28Kwathi esefikile ngaphesheya ezweni lamaGadara, kwahlangana naye ababili abakhwelwe ngamademoni, bephuma emathuneni, beyizidlova ezinkulu ngangokuba kwakungedlule muntu ngaleyo ndlela. 29Bheka, bamemeza bathi: “Sinamsebenzi muni nawe Ndodana kaNkulunkulu? Uze lapha ukusizwisa ubuhlungu, kungakabi yiso isikhathi, na?”
30Manje kwakukhona kude nabo umhlambi wezingulube eziningi ziklabile. 31Amademoni amncenga athi: “Uma usikhipha, sithume ukuba singene emhlambini wezingulube.”
32Wathi kuwo: “Hambani.” Ayesephuma, angena ezingulubeni; bheka, umhlambi wonke wagulukudela eweni, waphonseka elwandle, wafela emanzini. 33Kodwa ababezalusa babaleka, baya emzini, babika konke, nalokho okwehlele abakhwelwe ngamademoni. 34Bheka, umuzi wonke waphuma ukuyomhlangabeza uJesu; bathe bembona, bamncenga ukuba amuke emikhawulweni yelakubo.
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