IVangeli Elabhalwa NguMathewu
4 Ngemva kwalokho umoya wakhokhela uJesu wamusa enkangala lapho afika khona walingwa+ nguDeveli.+ 2 Wathi esezile ukudla okwamalanga angu-40 lobusuku obungu-40 wezwa eselambile. 3 UMlingi+ wamlanda wafika wathi kuye: “Nxa uyindodana kaNkulunkulu, tshela amatshe la ukuthi abe yizinkwa.” 4 Kodwa yena waphendula wathi: “Kubhaliwe ukuthi: ‘Umuntu akumelanga aphile ngesinkwa sodwa, kodwa langawo wonke amazwi aphuma emlonyeni kaJehova.’”*+
5 UDeveli wasemthatha wahamba laye edolobheni elingcwele,+ wafika wammisa esiqongweni sethempeli+ 6 wasesithi kuye: “Nxa uyindodana kaNkulunkulu ziphosele phansi ngoba kubhaliwe ukuthi: ‘Uzanika izingilosi zakhe umlayo mayelana lawe,’ lokuthi, ‘Zizakuthwala ngezandla zazo ukuze unyawo lwakho lungatshayeki elitsheni.’”+ 7 UJesu wathi kuye: “Kubhaliwe futhi ukuthi: ‘Akumelanga umlinge uJehova* uNkulunkulu wakho.’”+
8 UDeveli waphinda wamthatha wamusa entabeni ende okumangalisayo, wasemtshengisa yonke imibuso yomhlaba lenkazimulo yayo.+ 9 Wasesithi kuye: “Ngizakupha zonke izinto lezi nxa ungaguqa phansi ungikhonze kanye nje kuphela.” 10 UJesu wathi kuye: “Suka Sathane! Phela kubhaliwe ukuthi: ‘NguJehova* uNkulunkulu wakho okumele umkhonze+ njalo nguye yedwa okumele umenzele inkonzo engcwele.’”+ 11 Ngemva kwalokho uDeveli wamtshiya,+ izingilosi zasezifika zamqinisa.*+
12 Uthe esizwa ukuthi uJohane usebotshiwe,+ wasuka waya eGalile.+ 13 Wathi esesukile eNazaretha wafika wahlala eKhaphenawume+ duze kolwandle, ezigabeni zakoZebhuloni lezakoNafithali, 14 ukuze kugcwaliseke lokho okwakhulunywa nguNkulunkulu esebenzisa umphrofethi u-Isaya owathi: 15 “O lizwe lakoZebhuloni lelakoNafithali, wena osemgwaqweni oya elwandle ngaphetsheya kukaJodani, Galile yabezizweni! 16 Abantu abahlezi emnyameni sebebone ukukhanya okukhulu njalo abahlezi esabelweni sethunzi lokufa sebethole+ ukukhanya.”+ 17 Kusukela ngalesosikhathi kusiya phambili, uJesu waqalisa ukutshumayela esithi: “Phendukani ngoba uMbuso wezulu ususondele.”+
18 Wathi ehamba eceleni koLwandle lweGalile wabona izelamani ezimbili, uSimoni obizwa ngokuthi nguPhetro+ lomfowabo u-Andreya. Babephosela inethi elwandle njengoba babengabagoli benhlanzi.+ 19 Wathi kubo: “Ngilandelani ngizalenza libe ngabagoli babantu.”+ 20 Bahle batshiya amanethi abo bamlandela.+ 21 Esuka lapho wabona ezinye izelamani ezimbili, uJakhobe indodana kaZebhedi elomfowabo uJohane.+ Babesesikepeni loyise uZebhedi belungisa amanethi abo, wasebabiza.+ 22 Bahle baphuma esikepeni batshiya uyise, balandela uJesu.
23 UJesu wabhoda kulo lonke elaseGalile+ efundisa emasinagogeni abo+ futhi etshumayela izindaba ezinhle zoMbuso, eselapha yonke imihlobo yemikhuhlane lezifo zonke.+ 24 Umbiko omayelana laye wagcwala kulo lonke elaseSiriya, abantu basebeletha kuye bonke ababebulawa yimikhuhlane etshiyeneyo lababelezinhlungu ezehlukeneyo,+ lababelamadimoni,+ lababelezithuthwane*+ kanye lababeyizigoga, wabasilisa bonke. 25 Ngenxa yalokhu abantu abanengi kakhulu bamlandela besuka eGalile, laseDekhapholi,* laseJerusalema, laseJudiya langaphetsheya kukaJodani.