1 Kwafika *abaFarasi nabachazi-mthetho kuYesu, bevela eJerusalem, bambuza besithi:
2 “Kutheni abafundi bakho bengasilandeli nje isithethe samanyange, le nto batya isonka ngezandla ezingahlanjwanga?”
3 Wabaphendula wathi: “Nina, kutheni ukuba nithi ngenxa yesithethe senu, ningawenzi umthetho kaThixo?
4 Kaloku uThixo wathi: ‘Beka uyihlo nonyoko,’ watsho nokuthi: ‘Othuka uyise, nokuba ngunina, makabulawe.’
5 Kanti nina nithi ukuba ubani unento angamnceda ngayo uyise nokuba ngunina, kodwa asuke athi loo nto ingumnikelo kuThixo,
6 akasavumelekanga ukumenzela nto ngaloo nto uyise nokuba ngunina. Ngokwenjenjalo nithi ngenxa yesithethe senu, nilenze into engento ilizwi likaThixo.
7 Bahanahanisindini, uIsaya wayenyanisile ukushumayela ngani, esithi:
8 “ ‘Aba bantu bandibeka ngomlomo,kanti yona intliziyo ikude lee kum,’ itsho iNkosi.
9 ‘Bafumana bendihlonela,kuba bafundisa iimfundiso eziyimithetho nje yabantu.’”
10 UYesu, eyibizele kuye indimbane, wathi: “Phulaphulani niqonde.
11 Umntu akangcoliswa yiloo nto ingena kuye ngomlomo; zizinto azithetha ziphume kuye ngomlomo ezimngcolisayo.”
12 Basondela kuYesu abafundi bakhe, bathi kuye: “Uyazi nje ukuba *abaFarasi bakhutyekisiwe yintetho yakho?”
13 Waphendula wathi: “Zonke izityalo ezingatyalwanga nguBawo osezulwini ziya kuncothulwa.
14 Bayekeni; baziinkokheli eziziimfama. Ke ukuba imfama ikhokela enye imfama, ziya kweyela zombini ezindongeni.”
15 Waza uPetros wathi: “Khawusicacisele lo mzekeliso.”
16 UYesu wathi kubo: “Kanti nani nikwanje na ukungaqondi?
17 Aniqondi na ukuba konke okungena emlonyeni, kuya esiswini, kuze kulahlwe ngasese?
18 Ke zona izinto ezithethwa ngomlomo, zisuka entliziyweni. Zezo zinto ke ezimenza angcole umntu.
19 Kaloku ziphuma entliziyweni iingcamango ezimbi. Kusentliziyweni apho kuphuma khona ukubulala, ukukrexeza, ubuhenyu, ubusela, ukungqina ubuxoki, nokunyelisa.
20 Zezi zinto ezimenza angcole umntu; kodwa ukutya ngezandla ezingahlanjwanga akumenzi angcole umntu.”
21 Emkile apho uYesu, waya kummandla waseTire naseSidon.
22 Kwathi thu umKananekazi, evela kuloo mimandla, ekhala esithi: “Nkosi, Nyana kaDavide, yiba nenceba kum. Intombi yam iphethwe kakubi yindimoni.”
23 Kodwa uYesu akamphendulanga tu. Basondela abafundi bakhe, bambongoza besithi: “Mvumele, kuba nanku ekhwaza emva kwethu.”
24 Waphendula wathi: “Ndithunyelwe kuphela kwiigusha ezilahlekileyo zakwaSirayeli.”
25 Weza ke, waqubuda kuye, wathi: “Nkosi, ndincede.”
26 Yena waphendula wathi: “Akufanelekanga ukuba ukutya kuthathwe kubantwana, kunikwe iinjana.”
27 Waphendula yena wathi: “Kunjalo, Nkosi, kodwa noko iinjana ziyatya kwimvuthuluka ewayo etafileni yabaninizo.”
28 Ke ngoko uYesu waphendula wathi kuye: “Mfazindini, lukhulu ukholo lwakho. Makwenzeke kuwe ngokomnqweno wakho.” Yaphiliswa ke intombi yakhe kwangelo xesha.
29 Akumka apho, uYesu wafika ngakuLwandle lwaseGalili, wenyuka intaba, wahlala phantsi.
30 Kweza kuye ke izihlwele zabantu, zizisa iziqhwala, neemfama, nezilima, nezimumu, nabanye abaninzi ababeyimilwelwe, zababeka phambi koYesu, waza yena wabaphilisa.
31 Zamangaliswa ke izihlwele ezo, zakubona izimumu zithetha, izilima ziphilile, iziqhwala zihamba, neemfama zibona; zaza zamdumisa uThixo kaSirayeli.
32 UYesu, ebabizele kuye abafundi bakhe, wathi: “Ndiyasivela esi sihlwele saba bantu bangakanana, kuba sekuziintsuku ezintathu bekunye nam, yaye ke àbasenanto ityiwayo. Andifuni ukubandulula bengatyanga, hleze baphelelwe endleleni.”
33 Baza bathi kuye abafundi: “Zingafumaneka phi na entlango apha izonka ezinokubanela abantu abangaka?”
34 Waza wathi kubo uYesu: “Zingaphi izonka eninazo?”Bathi ke bona: “Zisixhenxe, neentlanzi ezimbalwa.”
35 UYesu ke wasiyalela ukuba sihlale phantsi isihlwele;
36 wazithatha ezo zonka zisixhenxe nezo ntlanzi, wabulela, waziqhekeza, wazinika abafundi bakhe, baza bona banika isihlwele.
37 Batya bonke, bahlutha, kwaza kwaqokelelwa iibhaskiti ezisixhenxe zizele yintsalela.
38 Amadoda atyáyo aba kumawaka amane, bengekho kwelo nani abafazi nabantwana.
39 Wasindulula ke uYesu isihlwele, wakhwela esikhitshaneni, wafika kummandla waseMagadan.