Chapter 8
1 Ke kaloku, akuhla entabeni apho, walandelwa ngabantu abaninzi.
2 Nanko kusiza oneqhenqa, waqubuda kuye, esithi, Nkosi, ukuba uyathanda, unako ukundihlambulula.
3 Wasolula isandla uYesu, wamchukumisa, esithi, Ndiyathanda, hlambuluka. Lahlambuluka kwaoko iqhenqa lakhe.
4 Athi uYesu kuye, Lumka angaxeleli bani; hamba uye kuzibonisa kumbingeleli, usondeze umnikelo awamisa wona uMoses, ube bubungqina kubo.
5 Ke kaloku, akubon’ ukuba uYesu ungene eKapernahum, kweza kuye umthetheli-khulu embongoza,
6 esithi, Nkosi, isicaka sam silele ngendlu, sinedumbe, sithuthunjelwa ngokoyikekayo.
7 Athi uYesu kuye, Ndoza ndisiphilise mna.
8 Waphendula umthetheli-khulu, wathi, Nkosi, andikulingene ukuba ude ungene phantsi kophahla lwam; thetha ilizwi lodwa, sophiliswa isicaka sam.
9 Kuba nam ndingumntu ophantsi kwegunya labanye, ndinamasoldati phantsi kwam; ndithi kweli, Yiya, liye; kweliya, Yiza, lize; kwisicaka sam, Yenza oku, sikwenze.
10 Evile ke uYesu wamangaliswa, wathi kwabalandelayo, Inene ndithi kuni, andifumananga lukholo lungaka nakwaSirayeli.
11 Ndithi ke kuni, Baninzi abaya kufika bevela empumalanga nasentshonalanga, bangqengqe ndawonye noAbraham noIsake noYakobi ebukumkanini bamazulu.
12 Kodwa bona abantwana bobukumkani baya kukhutshelwa emnyameni ongaphandle; khona apho kuya kubakho ukulila nokutshixiza kwamazinyo.
13 Waza wathi uYesu kumthetheli-khulu, Hamba ke, makwenzeke kuwe ngokokholo lwakho. Saphiliswa kwangalo elo lixa isicaka sakhe.
14 Ke kaloku uYesu wangena endlwini kaPetros, wabona umkhwekazi wakhe elele, esifa yicesina.
15 Waza wachukumisa isandla sakhe, yamyeka icesina; wavuka ke, wabalungiselela.
16 Kuthe ke kwakuhlwa, kwaziswa kuye into eninzi yabaphethwe ziidemon; wabakhupha oomoya abo ngelizwi, wathi nabo bonke abafayo wabaphilisa;
17 ukuze kuzaliseke okwathethwayo ngoIsaya umprofeti, esithi, Yena ngokwakhe wabuthabatha ubulwelwe bethu, wazithwala izifo zethu.
18 Uthe ke uYesu, akubona abantu abaninzi bemphahlile, wathi makumkiwe kuyiwe ngaphesheya.
19 Kweza mbhali uthile, wathi kuye, Mfundisi, ndiya kukulandela apho ungaya khona.
20 Athi uYesu kuye, Iimpungutye zinemingxuma, neentaka zezulu zineendawo zokuhlala; yena uNyana woMntu akanandawo apho angalalisa khona intloko.
21 Uthe ke omnye wabafundi bakhe kuye, Nkosi, ndivumele ndiye kungcwaba ubawo kuqala.
22 Wathi ke uYesu kuye, Landela mna, ubayeke abafileyo bangcwabe abafileyo babo.
23 Engenile ke emkhombeni, bamlandela abafundi bakhe.
24 Kwasuka kwabakho uqhwithela olukhulu elwandle, ngokokude umkhombe ugutyungelwe ngamaza; waye ke yena elele ubuthongo.
25 Beza abafundi bakhe bamvusa, besithi, Nkosi, sisindise, satshabalala!
26 Athi kubo, Yini na ukuba nibe ngamagwala, bantundini balukholo luncinane? Waza wavuka, wayikhalimela imimoya nolwandle; kwabakho ukuzola okukhulu.
27 Bamangaliswa ke abantu abo, besithi, Ngumntu mni na lo, le nto alulanyelwayo nayimimoya nalulwandle?
28 Kuthe akufika ngaphesheya, ezweni lamaGergasi, kwaqubisana naye abantu ababini abaphethwe ziidemon, bephuma emangcwabeni, belugcalagcala, kwada kwayinkohla ukuba kudlule umntu ngaloo ndlela.
29 Basuka bakhala besithi, Yintoni na enathi nawe, Yesu, Nyana kaThixo? Apha uze kusithuthumbisa na phambi kwelona xesha?
30 Bekukho ke mgama kubo ugxuba olukhulu lweehagu lusidla.
31 Zaye ke iidemon zimbongoza, zisithi, Ukuba uyasikhupha, sivumele siye kungena elugxubeni lweehagu oluya.
32 Wathi kuzo, Yiyani. Zaphuma ke, zaya kungena elugxubeni lweehagu; lwasuka lonke ugxuba lweehagu lwaphaphatheka, lwehla eweni, lwela elwandle; zatshabalala emanzini.
33 Bathe ke abo babezalusa basaba, baya ekhaya, babika into yonke, kwanendawo yababephethwe ziidemon.
34 Wasuka wonke umzi waphuma, waya kumhlangabeza uYesu; bathi bakumbona, bambongoza ukuba agqithe kuloo mida yabo.