IVangeli Elabhalwa NguMathewu
9 Ngakho wangena esikepeni waya ngaphetsheya kolwandle, wasesiya edolobheni ayehlala kulo.*+ 2 Baletha kuye indoda eyayilele phezu kohlaka,* yome umhlubulo. UJesu wathi ebona ukuthi babelokholo, wathi endodeni eyayome umhlubulo: “Ungakhathazeki* ndodana yami! Izono zakho sezithethelelwe.”+ 3 Abanye ababhali bathi ezinhliziyweni zabo: “Umuntu lo uthuka uNkulunkulu.” 4 UJesu esazi ababekucabanga wathi: “Kungani licabanga izinto ezimbi ezinhliziyweni zenu?+ 5 Yikuphi okulula phakathi kokuthi, ‘Izono zakho sezithethelelwe,’ lokuthi, ‘Sukuma uhambe’?+ 6 Kodwa ukuze likwazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu ilamandla okuthethelela izono emhlabeni—” wasesithi endodeni eyayome umhlubulo: “Sukuma uthathe uhlaka* lwakho uye emzini wakho.”+ 7 Yasisukuma yaqonda emzini wayo. 8 Ixuku lathi likubona lokhu lesaba lakhazimulisa uNkulunkulu owayenike abantu amandla anjalo.
9 UJesu uthe esehamba wabona indoda okuthiwa nguMathewu ihlezi ewofisini yokubhadalisa imithelo, wathi kuyo: “Woba ngumlandeli wami.” Ngakho yasukuma yamlandela.+ 10 UJesu wathi esesendlini kaMathewu esidla, kwabuya abathelisi abanengi lezoni ezinengi bazokudla laye labafundi bakhe.+ 11 Kodwa abaFarisi bathi bekubona lokhu babuza abafundi bakhe bathi: “Kungani umfundisi wenu esidla labathelisi lezoni?”+ 12 Esizwa lokhu wathi: “Abantu abaphilileyo abamdingi udokotela, abagulayo yibo abamdingayo.+ 13 Yikho hambani liyefunda ukuthi kutshoni ukuthi: ‘Ngifuna isihawu hatshi umhlatshelo.’+ Angilandanga ukuzobiza abalungileyo, ngalanda ukuzobiza izoni.”
14 Abafundi bakaJohane basebemlanda bambuza bathi: “Kungani thina labaFarisi sizila ukudla kodwa abafundi bakho bona bengazili?”+ 15 UJesu wathi kubo: “Kambe sikhona yini isizatho sokuthi abangane bomyeni balile yena umyeni+ eseselabo? Zizafika insuku lapho abazathathelwa khona umyeni.+ Yikho lapho abazazila khona ukudla. 16 Akulamuntu othungela isichibi esitsha esigqokweni esidala ngoba isichibi esitsha siyafinyela sidonse isigqoko leso, besesidabuka ukwedlula kuqala.+ 17 Kanti njalo abantu abafaki iwayini elitsha emigodleni yesikhumba emidala. Nxa bangenza njalo, imigodla yesikhumba iyadabuka iwayini lichitheke, lemigodla yonakale. Kodwa abantu bafaka iwayini elitsha emigodleni yesikhumba emitsha ukuze kokubili kulondolozwe.”
18 Elokhu esabatshela konke lokhu, omunye umbusi owayeze khonapho wamkhothamela wathi: “Khathesi kumele ukuthi indodakazi yami isifile, kodwa ngicela sihambe uyefaka isandla sakho phezu kwayo, izaphinda iphile.”+
19 UJesu wasesukuma wamlandela elabafundi bakhe. 20 Kwathutsha owesifazana owayesehlutshwe ngumkhuhlane wokopha okweminyaka engu-12.+ Wasondela ngemva kwakhe wathinta umphetho wesembatho sakhe sangaphandle+ 21 ngoba wayelokhu esithi enhliziyweni yakhe: “Nxa nje ngingathinta isembatho sakhe sangaphandle, ngizasila.” 22 UJesu watshibilika wasembona wathi: “Ungakhathazeki* ndodakazi! Ukholo lwakho lukusilisile.”+ Owesifazana lo wahle wasila ngalesosikhathi.+
23 UJesu uthe efika endlini yombusi, ebona ababetshaya izingoma zokulila* labantu bexokozela,+ 24 wathi: “Phumani ngoba intombazana kayifanga kodwa ilele.”+ Bathi bekuzwa lokhu baqalisa ukumhleka bemenza isithutha. 25 Abantu bathe besanda kukhitshelwa phandle, wangena phakathi wabamba isandla+ sentombazana yasivuka.+ 26 Indaba le yamemetheka kuso sonke isabelo.
27 UJesu wathi esuka lapho walandelwa ngamadoda amabili ayeyiziphofu,+ ememeza esithi: “Sizwele isihawu Ndodana kaDavida.” 28 Wathi esengene endlini, amadoda ayeyiziphofu afika kuye wasewabuza wathi: “Liyakholwa yini ukuthi ngingakwenza lokhu?”+ Amphendula athi: “Ye siyakholwa Nkosi.” 29 Wasethinta amehlo awo+ esithi: “Elikukholwayo akwenzakale kini.” 30 Amehlo awo aqalisa ukubona, uJesu wasewaqonqosela wathi: “Akungabi lomuntu ozakwazi ngalokhu.”+ 31 Kodwa athi esephume phandle, ahamba ekhuluma ngaye kuso sonke isabelo leso.
32 Ngesikhathi amadoda la esuka, abantu baletha kuye indoda eyayiyisimungulu futhi iledimoni.+ 33 Idimoni lathi selikhitshiwe, indoda le eyayiyisimungulu yakhuluma.+ Abantu ababelapho bamangala bathi: “Okunje akukaze kubonakale ko-Israyeli.”+ 34 Kodwa abaFarisi bona babesithi: “Umuntu lo ukhipha amadimoni ngombusi wamadimoni.”+
35 UJesu waqalisa ukubhoda wonke amadolobho lazo zonke izigaba, efundisa emasinagogeni futhi etshumayela izindaba ezinhle zoMbuso, eselapha yonke imihlobo yemikhuhlane lezifo zonke.+ 36 Wathi ebona amaxuku abantu, wawazwela usizi+ ngoba ayehlukuluzekile futhi elahlelwe iganga njengezimvu ezingelamelusi.+ 37 Wasesithi kubafundi bakhe: “Manengi amabele okumele avunwe, kodwa izisebenzi zilutshwana.+ 38 Ngakho ncengani iNkosi yokuvuna ukuthi ithumele izisebenzi emsebenzini wayo wokuvuna.”+