Ngako-ke umfundzi kufanele eneliswe kutsi ufanana nemfundzisi wakhe, nenceku kufanele yeneliswe kutsi ifanana nenkhosi yayo. Nangabe inhloko yemuti kwatsiwa nguBhelzebule, emalunga alowo muti ayawubitwa ngemagama lamabi kakhulu!”
Matewu 23:8 - Siswati 1996 Bible Kepha nine ningabobitwa ngumuntfu ngekutsi: ‘Mfundisi,’ ngobe nonkhe nibazalwane, munye uMfundzisi wenu. |
Ngako-ke umfundzi kufanele eneliswe kutsi ufanana nemfundzisi wakhe, nenceku kufanele yeneliswe kutsi ifanana nenkhosi yayo. Nangabe inhloko yemuti kwatsiwa nguBhelzebule, emalunga alowo muti ayawubitwa ngemagama lamabi kakhulu!”
Watsi asakhuluma loko, kwachamuka lifu lelikhatimulako, labasibekela. Kwevakala livi kulelifu litsi: “Lena yiNdvodzana yami letsandzekako, lengitfokota ngayo; yilaleleni!”
batsandza nekubingelelwa ngenhlonipho etimakethe, bantfu bababite ngekutsi: ‘Mfundisi!’
Wase uyabuta naJudasi labetamtsengisa watsi: “Kungabe ngimi yini, Mfundzisi?” Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Usho kona.”
Jesu wayibuta watsi: “Ufuna ngikwenteleni?” Lemphumphutse yatsi: “Mfundzisi wami, mane ngibone nje.”
Phetro wayikhumbula indzaba yangayitolo, wase utsi: “Mfundzisi, buka lesa sihlahla losicalekise itolo, sesomile.”
Phetro watsi kuJesu: “Mfundzisi, kuhle lokutsi sibe lapha. Asakhe emathende lamatsatfu, linye litawuba lakho, lelinye libe laMosi, lelinye libe la-Elija.”
Noko sengikukhulekele, Simoni, kuze kungehluleki kukholwa kwakho. Nase uphendvukile wabuya kimi, kufanele ucinise nalabanakenu.”
Jesu watsi uyagucuka wababona bamlandzela, wababuta watsi: “Nifunani?” Bamphendvula batsi: “Rabi” (lokusho kutsi: “Mfundzisi”), “uhlalaphi?”
Nathanayeli waphendvula watsi: “Mfundzisi, wena uyiNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, uyiNkhosi yaka-Israyeli!”
Bafundzi bakhe batsi: “Mfundzisi, khona nyalo emaJuda abesandza kufuna kukugcoba ngematje, kepha wena usafuna kubuyela khona nanyalo?”
Jesu watsi kuye: “Mariya!” Wagucuka wasabela ngesiHebheru watsi: “Rabhuni,” lokusho kutsi: “Mfundzisi.”
Weta kuJesu ngalobunye busuku, wefike watsi: “Mfundzisi, siyati kutsi wena ungumfundzisi lophuma kuNkulunkulu. Ngobe kute umuntfu longenta timangaliso letingaka, nakate Nkulunkulu.”
Ngako-ke base beta kuJohane, befika batsi: “Mfundzisi, uyayikhumbula yini lendvodza bewunayo uyifakazela ngesheya kweJordane? Seyiyabhabhatisa nyalo, bonkhe bantfu sebaya kuyo!”
Bafundzi bakhe bambuta batsi: “Mfundzisi, kwabangelwa sono sabani lokutsi lomuntfu atalwe ayimphumphutse? Sono sakhe yini nome sebatali bakhe?”
Asisho kutsi tsine sitikhulu etikwekukholwa kwenu, kodvwa sibambisene nani ekusebenteleni kujabula kwenu, ngobe nisimile ekukholweni.
Asitishumayeli tsine, kodvwa sishumayela kutsi Khristu Jesu uyiNkhosi, tsine-ke sitisebenti tenu ngenca yakhe.
Manje akasabuyi njengesigcili, kodvwa sengumzalwane lotsandzekako. Njengobe angulotsandzeka kangaka kimi, kangakanani-ke kuwe! Phela sewuligugu kuwe, hhayi njengobe asigcili sakho kuphela, kodvwa njengemzalwane wakho eNkhosini.
Bazalwane bami, akukuhle kutsi linyenti lenu libe bafundzisi, nati kutsi tsine lesifundzisako siyakwemukeliswa kwehlulelwa lokumatima.
Ningatenti emakhosi etikwalabo lenibaphetse, kodvwa nibe tibonelo letinhle emhlambini leniwelusile.
Mine Johane, umzalwane wenu, nginesabelo kanye nani kuJesu ekuhlushweni, nasebukhosini, nasekuciniseleni. Ngangisesichingini, lesibitwa ngekutsi yiPhatmose, ngenca yekushumayela livi laNkulunkulu ngekufakaza ngaJesu.
Ngase ngiwela ngasetinyaweni tayo ngayikhotsama, kodvwa yatsi kimi: “Ungakwenti loko! Nami ngisisebenti kanye nawe nebazalwane bakho labanebufakazi baJesu. Khotsama Nkulunkulu.” Ngobe bufakazi baJesu bunguMoya wesiphrofetho.
Yatsi kimi: “Ungakwenti loko. Nami ngisisebenti nje njengawe, nebazalwane bakho lababaphrofethi, kanye nabo bonkhe labawentako lamavi alencwadzi. Khotsama Nkulunkulu.”