Mathewu 17 - IsiZulu 2020

Ukukhazimuliswa KukaJesu Entabeni

¹ Sekwedlule izinsuku eziyisithupha, uJesu wathatha uPhethro, uJakobe, noJohane umfowabo, wenyukela nabo entabeni ende, bebodwa.

² Waphenduka esinye isimo bezibonela ngawabo; ubuso bakhe bakhanya njengelanga, izingubo zakhe zaba mhlophe njengokukhanya.

³ Bheka, base bebona uMose no-Eliya bekhuluma naye.

⁴ UPhethro wayesethi kuJesu: “Nkosi, kuhle ukuba sibe lapha. Uma uthanda, ngizakwakha lapha amadokodo amathathu, elinye kube ngelakho, elinye kube ngelikaMose, nelinye kube ngelika-Eliya.”

⁵ Esakhuluma, kwafika ifu elikhanyayo labemboza, kwezwakala izwi livela efwini, lithi: “Lo uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo, engithokozile ngayo; yilaleleni.”

⁶ Kuthe lapho bekuzwa lokho abafundi, bathi mbo ngobuso phansi, ngokuba babethukile kakhulu.

⁷ Kepha uJesu wasondela, wabathinta, wathi: “Sukumani, ningesabi.”

⁸ Kwathi lapho bephakamisa amehlo abo, ababona muntu, ngaphandle kukaJesu kuphela.

⁹ Sebehla entabeni, uJesu wabayala wathi: “Ningalokothi nitshele muntu ngalo mbono, ize ivuswe kwabafileyo, iNdodana yomuntu.”

¹⁰ Abafundi bambuza, bathi: “Pho kungani izazimthetho zithi u-Eliya kumele afike kuqala na?”

¹¹ Wabaphendula wathi kubo: “Impela uyeza u-Eliya, uyakubuyisela konke esimeni sakho,

¹² kodwa ngithi kini: u-Eliya sewafika; nokho abamazanga, kodwa benza kuye abakuthandayo. Kanjalo neNdodana yomuntu izakuhlushwa yibo.”

¹³ Abafundi bakuqonda ukuthi wayekhuluma ngoJohane uMbhabhadisi.

UJesu Uphulukisa Umfana Onesithuthwane

¹⁴ Sebefikile esixukwini, kweza kuye umuntu, waguqa ngamadolo phambi kwakhe,

¹⁵ wathi: “Nkosi, hawukela indodana yami, ngokuba inesithuthwane, iyahlukumezeka kakhulu; kukaningi iwela emlilweni nasemanzini.

¹⁶ Ngiyilethe kubafundi bakho, kodwa bahluleka ukuyiphulukisa.”

¹⁷ UJesu waphendula wathi: “Maye, kinina, sizukulwane esingakholwayo nesiphambeneyo; kuyoze kube nini nginani na? Kuyoze kube nini nginibekezelela na? Yiletheni lapha kimi.”

¹⁸ UJesu wayeselikhuza idimoni, laphuma kuyo; umfana wasinda ngaleso sikhathi.

¹⁹ Abafundi base beya kuJesu bebodwa, bathi: “Kungani thina singakwazanga ukulikhipha idimoni na?”

²⁰ Wayesethi kubo: “Kungenxa yokukholwa kwenu okuncane. Ngokuba ngiqinisile ngithi kini: uma ninokukholwa okungangembewu yesinaphi, niyakuthi kule ntaba: ‘Suka lapha, uye laphaya,’ iyakusuka, ngokuba akukho okuyakunahlula.

²¹ Kepha lolu hlobo lwedimoni aluphumi ngaphandle kokukhuleka nokuzila ukudla.”

UJesu Ukhuluma Okwesibili Ngokuhlupheka Kwakhe

²² Besahamba eGalile, uJesu wathi kubo: “INdodana yomuntu izakukhashelwa ezandleni zabantu;

²³ bayakuyibulala, kodwa ngosuku lwesithathu izakuvuswa.” Badabuka kakhulu.

²⁴ Kuthe sebefikile eKhaphernawume, abaqoqi bemali yethempeli baya kuPhethro, bambuza, bathi: “Kungani umfundisi wenu engayitheli imali yethempeli na?”

²⁵ Wathi: “Uyayithela.” Esengene endlini, uJesu wamandulela ngenkulumo, wathi: “Uthini umbono wakho, Simoni ngalokhu na? Amakhosi omhlaba ayithatha kobani intela yempahla neyekhanda; emadodaneni awo noma ebafokazini na?”

²⁶ Wathi: “Ebafokazini.” UJesu wayesethi kuye: “Ngakho-ke amadodana akhululekile ukungayikhokhi.

²⁷ Kepha-ke ukuze singabakhubekisi, hamba uye olwandle, uphonse udobo, uthathe inhlanzi eyakubanjwa kuqala; kuyakuthi lapho usuyivule umlomo, ufumane imali; yithathe, ubanike yona, uthelele Mina nawe.”