1 Kwakuba ntsuku, uYesu wabuyela eKapernahum; kwavakala ukuba usekhayeni lakhe.
2 Ke kwahlanganisana into eninzi yabantu, kwada akwabikho ndawo nangasemnyango.Kwathi ke xa uYesu wayesashumayela,
3 kwafika abantu, bezise kuye umntu ofe umzimba, ethwelwe ngabané.
4 Bakuba bengenakusondela kuYesu ngenxa yokuxinana kwendimbane, baqhaqhe uphahla ngakuloo ndawo wayekuyo. Begqobhozile ke, bamhlisa ngokhuko lowo ufe umzimba.
5 UYesu akulubona ukholo lwabo, wathi kofe umzimba: “Nyana, izono zakho zixolelwe.”
6 Abachazi-mthetho abathile, ababekhona, bathi ezintliziyweni zabo:
7 “Yini na ukuba lo athethe ngolu hlobo? Uyanyelisa! Ngubani onako ukuxolela izono ingenguye uThixo kuphela?”
8 Kwangoko uYesu wazazi iingcamango zabo, wathi kubo: “Yini na ukuba nibe nezi ngcamango ezintliziyweni zenu?
9 Okukona kulula kukuphi na? Kukho ukuthi kofe umzimba: ‘Izono zakho zixolelwe,’ kukho nokuthi: ‘Vuka, uthathe ukhuko lwakho uhambe’?
10 Ke ukuze nazi ukuba *uNyana woLuntu unalo igunya lokuxolela izono emhlabeni apha – úthi kofe umzimba –
11 ndithi kuwe: ‘Vuka, uthathe ukhuko lwakho, uhambe ugoduke.’ ”
12 Wavuka kwangoko ke, wathatha ukhuko, wemka. Bamangaliswa bonke, bemdumisa uThixo, besithi: “Asizange siyibone into enje!”
13 UYesu wabuya waphuma waya ngaselwandle. Kwaza ke kwahlanganisana isihlwele ngakuye, wasifundisa.
14 Wathi edlula wabona uLevi, unyana ka-Alifeyu, ehleli eofisini yerhafu; wathi kuye: “Ndilandele.” Waphakama ke, wamlandela.
15 Kwathi, xa wayesitya kwaLevi, kwakho nento eninzi yabaqokeleli-rhafu *naboni, isitya ndawonye noYesu nabafundi bakhe, kuba babebaninzi, bemlandela.
16 Ke abachazi-mthetho beqela *labaFarasi, bakumbona esitya kunye nabaqokeleli-rhafu naboni, bathi kubafundi bakhe: “Yini na ukuba atye kunye nabaqokeleli-rhafu naboni?”
17 Ekuvile oko uYesu, wathi kubo: “Ugqirha akafuneki nganto kwabaphilileyo, ufuneka kwabagulayo. Andizanga kubiza malungisa, ndizé kubiza aboni.”
18 Abafundi bakaYohane *nabaFarasi babezila ukutya. Ke abantu beza kuYesu, bathi kuye: “Kutheni abafundi bakaYohane nababaFarasi besoloko bezila ukutya nje, kanti bona abakho abazili?”
19 UYesu ke wathi kubo: “Ngaba abakhaphi bomyeni bangakuzila na ukutya lo gama umyeni asekunye nabo? Nakanye! Ngalo lonke ixesha asephakathi kwabo umyeni, abangekhe bakuzile!
20 Kodwa lofika ixesha lokuba umyeni asuswe kubo, bandule ke ukuzila.
21 “Kaloku akukho mntu uthungela isiziba esitsha kwisambatho esidala, kuba ukuba uthe wenjenjalo, sofinyela, sisikrazule ngakumbi isambatho eso.
22 Kananjalo akukho mntu uyitha kwiimvaba ezindala iwayini entsha engekabili, kuba ukuba uthe wenjenjalo, zogqabhuka ziphele iimvaba, ichitheke iwayini. Kaloku iwayini engekabili ithiwa kwiimvaba ezintsha.”
23 Kwathi uYesu ecanda emasimini *ngoMhla wokuPhumla, abafundi bakhe basuka bakha izikhwebu zengqolowa.
24 Bathi ke kuye *abaFarasi: “Khawutsho, kungani na ukuba abafundi bakho benze okungavumelekanga ngoMhla woPhumlo?”
25 Uthe ke yena kubo: “Anizange nikufunde na awakwenzayo uDavide, mhla walamba engenanto ityiwayo, yena neqela lakhe?
26 Kaloku wangena endlwini kaThixo ngemihla ka-Abhiyatare umbingeleli omkhulu, wazitya izonka ezazinikelwe kuThixo, wanika neqela lakhe. Kanti ngokomthetho ezi zonka azimelwe kutyiwa ngabangengobabingeleli.”
27 Waza wathi ke kubo: “UMhla woPhumlo lo wabakho ngenxa yomntu, asinguye umntu owabakho ngenxa yawo.
28 Ngoko ke uNyana woLuntu uyiNkosi yawo noMhla woPhumlo.”