Mathewu 16 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Mathewu 16

¹ Kwafika abaFarisi nabaSadusi, bamlinga bamcela ukuba ababonise isibonakaliso esivela ezulwini.

² Waphendula wathi kubo: Kusihlwa nithi: Izulu lizokuba sihle, ngokuba izulu libomvu;

³ Futhi ekuseni nithi: ‘Namuhla izulu lizoba mnyama, ngokuba izulu libomvu, lisibekele. Bazenzisi, niyakwazi ukubona ubuso bezulu; kepha aniziqondi izibonakaliso zezikhathi na?

⁴ Isizukulwane esibi nesiphingayo sifuna isibonakaliso; futhi kasiyikunikwa sibonakaliso, ngaphandle kwesibonakaliso sikaJona umprofethi. Wabashiya, wahamba.

⁵ Kwathi abafundi bakhe sebewelela ngaphesheya, babekhohliwe ukuphatha izinkwa.

⁶ UJesu wasesithi kubo: Qaphelani liqaphele imvubelo yabaFarisi labaSadusi.

⁷ Basebekhulumisana bodwa, besithi: Kungoba singaphathanga izinkwa.

⁸ Ekwazi uJesu wathi kubo: “O nina eninokukholwa okuncane, nikhulumelani phakathi kwenu ngokuthi ningaphathanga izinkwa na?

⁹ Anikaqondi yini, futhi anikazikhumbuli izinkwa eziyisihlanu zezinkulungwane ezinhlanu nokuthi bangaki obhasikidi enabutha?

¹⁰ Nezinkwa eziyisikhombisa zezinkulungwane ezine nokuthi nabutha oqoma abangaki na?

¹¹ Aniqondi kanjani ukuthi angikhulumanga kini ngesinkwa ukuthi nixwaye imvubelo yabaFarisi nabaSadusi na?

¹² Base beqonda ukuthi wayengashongo ukuthi baxwaye imvubelo yesinkwa kodwa isifundiso sabaFarisi nabaSadusi.

¹³ Kwathi uJesu esefikile emikhawulweni yeKesariya yeFiliphi, wabuza abafundi bakhe, wathi: Abantu bathi mina iNdodana yomuntu ngingubani?

¹⁴ Basebesithi: Abanye bathi unguJohane uMbhabhathizi; labanye bathi nguJeremiya kumbe omunye wabaprofethi.

¹⁵ Wathi kubo: “Nina-ke nithi ngingubani na?

¹⁶ USimoni Petru waphendula wathi: “Wena unguKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo.

¹⁷ UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: “Ubusisiwe wena Simoni kaJona, ngokuba inyama negazi akukwambulelanga lokhu, kodwa uBaba osezulwini.

¹⁸ Nami ngithi kuwe: Wena unguPetru, phezu kwalelidwala ngiyakulakha ibandla lami; futhi amasango esihogo ngeke alinqobe.

¹⁹ Ngizakunika izihluthulelo zombuso wezulu, njalo loba yini ozayibopha emhlabeni izakuba kubotshiwe ezulwini, njalo loba yini ozayikhulula emhlabeni izakuba yinto ethukululiwe ezulwini.

²⁰ Wasebalaya abafundi bakhe ukuthi bangatsheli muntu ukuthi yena unguJesu uKristu.

²¹ Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uJesu waqala ukubonisa abafundi bakhe ukuthi umelwe ukuya eJerusalema, ahlushwe ngokuningi ngamalunga nabapristi abakhulu nababhali, abulawe, avuswe ngosuku lwesithathu.

²² UPetru wayesemthatha, waqala ukumkhuza, ethi: “Makube kude nawe, Nkosi;

²³ Kodwa yena waphenduka wathi kuPetro: Suka emva kwami, Sathane;

²⁴ Khona uJesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Uma umuntu ethanda ukungilandela, makazidele, athabathe isiphambano sakhe, angilandele.

²⁵ Ngokuba yilowo nalowo othanda ukusindisa ukuphila kwakhe uyakulahlekelwa yikho, kepha olahlekelwa ngukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yami uyakukufumana.

²⁶ Ngokuba kuyakumsizani umuntu, uma ezuza izwe lonke, onakalelwe ukuphila kwakhe, na? Yingabe uyakukhiphani umuntu, kube yisihlengo sokuphila kwakhe, na?

²⁷ Ngokuba iNdodana yomuntu iyakuza ngenkazimulo kaYise kanye nezingelosi zayo; khona-ke iyakuvuza yilowo nalowo ngesenzo sakhe.

²⁸ Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Bakhona abanye kwabemi lapha abangayikuzwa ngempela ukufa, baze bayibone iNdodana yomuntu iza embusweni wayo.”