ULukha 5 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978Ukubizwa kukaPetro lababelaye ( Mat 4:18–22 ; Mark 1:16–20 ) 1 Kwathi ixuku selimminyezele ukuzwa ilizwi likaNkulunkulu, wayemi ngasolwandle lwaseGenesaretha, 2 wabona imikolo emibili imi ngasolwandle; kodwa abagoli benhlanzi babephumile begezisa amambule abo. 3 Esengenile komunye wemikolo ongokaSimoni wamcela ukuba asuke kancinyane emhlabathini. Wahlala phansi, wafundisa abantu esemkolweni. 4 Kwathi eseqedile ukukhuluma, wathi kuSimoni: Qhubekela enzikini, wehlise amambule akho, ubambe. 5 USimoni waphendula wathi: Nkosi, sitshikatshike ubusuku bonke, kasibambanga lutho; kodwa ngelizwi lakho ngizakwehlisa amambule. 6 Sebekwenzile lokho babamba inhlanzi ezinengi kakhulu, aze adabuka amambule abo. 7 Baqhweba abangane babo ababekomunye umkolo ukuba beze, babasize. Bezake, bayigcwalisa yomibili imikolo, yaze yaqala ukutshona. 8 Kuthe uSimoni Petro ekubona lokhu, wawela phansi ngasenyaweni zikaJesu, esithi: Suka kimi, Nkosi, ngoba ngingumuntu oyisoni. 9 Ngoba wamangala yena labo bonke ababelaye ngobunengi benhlanzi ababezibambile; 10 ngokunjaloke loJakobe loJohane amadodana kaZebediya ababengabangane bakaSimoni bamangala. UJesu wathi kuSimoni: Ungesabi; kusukela khathesi uzakubamba abantu. 11 Sebeyifikisile imikolo yabo emhlabathini batshiya konke, bamlandela. UJesu usilisa umuntu olobulephero ( Mat 8:1–4 ; Mark 1:40–45 ) 12 Kwathi ekomunye umuzi, kweza indoda egcwele ubulephero. Kwathi ibona uJesu, yawa ngobuso, yamncenga isithi: Nkosi, aluba uthanda, ungangihlambulula. 13 UJesu welula isandla sakhe, wamthinta esithi: Ngiyathanda, hlambuluka. Bahle basuka ubulephero kuye. 14 Wamlayisisa ukuba angatsheli muntu, wathi: Kodwa hamba, uziveze kumpristi, unikele ngokuhlanjululwa kwakho, njengokulaya kukaMose, kube yibufakazi ebantwini. 15 Kodwa kwayilapho ukukhuluma ngaye kusanda kakhulu. Amaxuku abuthana kuye ukumlalela lokusiliswa ezifweni zawo. 16 Kodwa yena wayayaphumele enkangala ukukhuleka. UJesu usilisa umuntu oyisilima ( Mat 9:1–8 ; Mark 2:1–12 ) 17 Kwathi ngolunye lwalezonsuku efundisa, kwakuhlezi khona abaFarisi labafundisi bomlayo abavela kuyo yonke imizi yaseGalili, laseJudiya, laseJerusalema. Lamandla eNkosi ayekuye ukuba asilise. 18 Kweza amadoda ethwele ngethala umuntu oyisilima, afuna ukumngenisa ambeke phambi kukaJesu. 19 Kodwa engafumani indlela yokumngenisa ngenxa yexuku, akhwela phezu kwendlu, amehlisa ophahleni ngethala, ambeka phambi kukaJesu ngaphakathi. 20 Kwathi ebona ukukholwa kwawo wathi: Ndoda, uthethelelwe izono zakho. 21 Ababhali labaFarisi banakana besithi: Ungubani lo okhuluma inhlamba na? Ngubani ongathethelela izono ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu yedwa na? 22 Kwathi uJesu esazile ngokunakana kwabo waphendula, wathi kibo: Linakanelani izinto lezi enhliziyweni zenu na? 23 Yikuphi okulula ukuthi: Izono zakho zithethelelwe; ingabe ukuthi: Sukuma uhambe, na? 24 Kodwa ukuze lazi ukuba iNdodana yomuntu ilamandla okuthethelela izono emhlabeni — wathi koyisilima — ngithi kuwe: Sukuma uthathe ithala lakho, uye ekhaya. 25 Wahle wasukuma phambi kwabo, wathatha ithala ayelele kulo, waya ekhaya edumisa uNkulunkulu. 26 Bamangala bonke, badumisa uNkulunkulu, behlelwa yikwesaba besithi: Sibonile izimanga lamuhla. Ukubizwa kukaLevi ( Mat 9:9–13 ; Mark 2:13–17 ) 27 Emva kwalokho waphuma, wabona umthelisi othiwa nguLevi, ehlezi endaweni yokuthelisela. Wathi kuye: Ngilandela. 28 Watshiya konke, wasuka, wamlandela. 29 ULevi wamenzela idili elikhulu endlini yakhe; kwakukhona ixuku elikhulu labathelisi behlezi kanye labo ekudleni. 30 AbaFarisi lababhali babo basola kubafundi bakhe besithi: Lidlelani linathe labathelisi lezoni na? 31 UJesu wabaphendula wathi: Labo abaphilayo kabadingi nyanga, kodwa labo abagulayo. 32 Kangizanga ukubiza abalungileyo, kodwa ngize ukubiza izoni ukuba ziphenduke. Ukuzila ukudla ( Mat 9:14–17 ; Mark 2:18–22 ) 33 Basebesithi kuye: Abafundi bakaJohane bandisa ukuzila ukudla, benze imikhuleko, kunjalo labafundi babaFarisi, kodwa abakho bayadla, banathe. 34 Kodwa uJesu wathi kubo: Lingabazilisa ukudla yini abakwabo kamyeni, umyeni eselabo na? 35 Kodwa zizakufika insuku, lapho umyeni ezakususwa kibo; kubeng’khonake bezakuzila ngalezonsuku. 36 Wasebatshela lumfanekiso wokuthi: Kakho odabula isichibi engutsheni entsha, asibekele engutsheni endala; uba esenza njalo, uzakuyona entsha, futhi isichibi sentsha kasizukuzwana lendala. 37 Kakho othela iwayini elitsha emigodleni emidala; uba esenza njalo iwayini elitsha lizakudabula imigodla, lichitheke lona, lemigodla yonakale. 38 Kodwa iwayini elitsha limele lithelwe emigodleni emitsha. 39 Kakho othi esenathe iwayini elidala afise elitsha, ngoba uthi elidala limnandi. |
Bible Society of Zimbabwe 1978
Bible Society of Zimbabwe