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17 Ezinsukwini eziyisithupha kamuva uJesu wathatha uPetru noJakobe noJohane umfowabo wabanyusela entabeni ephakeme bebodwa.+ 2 Waguqulwa isimo phambi kwabo, ubuso bakhe bakhanya njengelanga,+ nezingubo zakhe zangaphandle zakhazimula njengokukhanya.+ 3 Futhi, bheka! kwabonakala kubo uMose no-Eliya, bexoxa naye.+ 4 UPetru ebona lokhu wathi kuJesu: “Nkosi, kuhle ukuba lapha. Uma uthanda, ngizomisa amatende amathathu lapha, elinye libe ngelakho, elinye libe ngelikaMose elinye libe ngelika-Eliya.”+ 5 Esakhuluma, bheka! ifu elikhanyayo labasibekela, futhi, bheka! kwavela izwi kulelo fu, lithi: “Lo yiNdodana yami, ethandekayo, engiyamukele;+ mlaleleni.”+ 6 Lapho bezwa lokhu abafundi bawa ngobuso futhi besaba kakhulu.+ 7 Khona-ke uJesu wasondela, futhi ebathinta, wathi: “Vukani, ningesabi.”+ 8 Lapho bephakamisa amehlo abo, ababonanga muntu ngaphandle kukaJesu kuphela.+ 9 Njengoba behla entabeni, uJesu wabayala, wathi: “Ningatsheli muntu ngalo mbono ize ivuswe iNdodana yomuntu kwabafileyo.”+
10 Nokho, abafundi bambuza lo mbuzo: “Pho, kungani ababhali bethi kumelwe kufike u-Eliya kuqala?”+ 11 Ephendula wathi: “U-Eliya, ngempela uyeza, futhi uyobuyisela zonke izinto.+ 12 Nokho, ngithi kini u-Eliya usefikile kakade kodwa abamazanga kunalokho bamenza izinto abazithandayo. Ngale ndlela neNdodana yomuntu imiselwe ukuhlupheka ezandleni zabo.”+ 13 Khona-ke abafundi baqonda ukuthi ubekhuluma kubo ngoJohane uMbhapathizi.+
14 Lapho beza ngasesixukwini,+ umuntu othile wasondela kuye, waguqa wathi: 15 “Nkosi, yiba nesihe endodaneni yami, ngoba inesithuthwane futhi iyagula, ngoba iwela emlilweni kaningi nasemanzini kaningi;+ 16 ngiyilethé kubafundi bakho, kodwa abakwazanga ukuyelapha.”+ 17 UJesu ephendula wathi: “O sizukulwane esingenalukholo nesisontekile,+ kumelwe ngiqhubeke nginani kuze kube nini? Kumelwe nginibekezelele kuze kube nini? Yilethe lapha kimi.” 18 Khona-ke uJesu walikhuza idemoni, laphuma kuye;+ umfana welapheka kusukela ngalelo hora.+ 19 Ngemva kwalokho abafundi beza kuJesu ngasese bathi: “Kungani thina singakwazanga ukulixosha?”+ 20 Wathi kubo: “Kungenxa yokholo lwenu oluncane. Ngoba ngiqinisile ngithi kini, Uma ninokholo olulingana nohlamvu lwesinaphi, niyothi kule ntaba, ‘Suka lapha uye laphaya,’ isuke, futhi akukho lutho olungeke lwenzeke kini.”+ 21 ——
22 Kwakungesikhathi bebuthene ndawonye eGalile lapho uJesu athi kubo: “INdodana yomuntu imiselwe ukukhashelwa ezandleni zabantu,+ 23 futhi bazoyibulala, ngosuku lwesithathu ivuswe.”+ Ngenxa yalokho baba lusizi kakhulu.+
24 Ngemva kokuba befike eKapernawume amadoda aqoqa [intela] yamadrakma amabili asondela kuPetru athi: “Umfundisi wenu akayikhokhi yini [intela] yamadrakma amabili?”+ 25 Wathi: “Yebo.” Nokho, lapho engena endlini uJesu wamhambela phambili ngokuthi: “Ucabangani, Simoni? Amakhosi omhlaba ayamukela kobani intela yempahla noma intela yekhanda? Emadodaneni awo noma ezihambini?” 26 Lapho ethi: “Ezihambini,” uJesu wathi kuye: “Khona-ke, ngempela amadodana awayikhokhi intela. 27 Kodwa ukuze singabakhubekisi,+ hamba uye olwandle, uphonse udobo, bese uthatha inhlanzi yokuqala ephumayo, futhi lapho uvula umlomo wayo, uzothola uhlamvu lwemali. Luthathe ubanike lona ukhokhele mina nawe.”+