Mathewu 14

¹Ngaleso sikhathi uHerode umtetrarki waluzwa udumo lukaJesu,

²waze wathi ezincekwini zakhe: “Lo nguJohane uMbhapathizi; yena uvukile kwabafileyo; kungalokho lawa mandla asebenza kuye.”

³Ngokuba uHerode wayembambile uJohane, wambopha, wamfaka etilongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya umkaFiliphu umfowabo,

⁴lokhu uJohane wayethe kuye: “Awuvunyelwe ube naye.”

⁵Kuthe efuna ukumbulala, wesaba abantu, ngokuba bathi ungumprofethi.

⁶Kepha ngosuku lokuzalwa kukaHerode indodakazi kaHerodiya yasina phambi kwabo, yamjabulisa uHerode,

⁷kwenzeka ukuba ayithembise ngesifungo ukuyipha lokho engakucela.

⁸Yona isifundisiwe ngunina yathi: “Ngiphe lapha ngoqwembe ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi.”

⁹Inkosi yadabuka, kepha ngenxa yezifungo zayo nangenxa yababehlezi nayo ekudleni yayaleza ukuba inikwe,

¹⁰yathuma yamnquma uJohane ikhanda etilongweni.

¹¹Ikhanda lakhe lalethwa ngoqwembe, lanikwa intombazana; yaliyisa kunina.

¹²Kwafika abafundi bakhe, bathabatha isidumbu, basimbela; baya bambikela uJesu.

¹³Wathi uJesu esekuzwile lokho, wamuka lapho ngomkhumbi, waya endaweni eyihlane eyedwa. Kepha izixuku zathi sezikuzwile, zamlandela ngezinyawo ziphuma emizini.

¹⁴Waphuma, wabona isixuku esikhulu; waba nesihe ngaso, waphulukisa abagulayo babo.

¹⁵Selishonile, abafundi bakhe beza kuye, bathi: “Le ndawo iyihlane, isikhathi sesihambile; mukisa izixuku ukuba ziye emizaneni, zizithengele ukudla.”

¹⁶Kepha uJesu wathi kubo: “Akuswelekile ukuba bamuke; bapheni nina ukudla.”

¹⁷Bathi kuye: “Asinalutho lapha, kuphela izinkwa eziyisihlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili.”

¹⁸Wayesethi: “Ziletheni lapha kimi.”

¹⁹Wayeseyala izixuku ukuba zihlale phansi etshanini, wazithabatha izinkwa eziyisihlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili, wabheka ngasezulwini, wazibusisa, wazihlephula, wabanika abafundi izinkwa, abafundi baphakela izixuku.

²⁰Badla bonke, basutha, babutha imvuthuluka eseleyo, iziqabetho eziyishumi nambili ezigcwele.

²¹Kepha abadlayo kwakungathi amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyisihlanu ngaphandle kwabesifazane nabantwana.

²²Wayesecindezela masinyane abafundi ukuba bangene emkhunjini, bamandulele ukuya phesheya, aze amukise izixuku.

²³Esezimukisile izixuku wenyukela entabeni eyedwa ukuyokhuleka; sekuhlwile, wayeyedwa lapho.

²⁴Kepha umkhumbi wawususukile amastadiyu amaningi emhlabathini, ushukunyiswa ngamaza, ngokuba umoya wawuphambene nabo.

²⁵Ngomlindo wesine wobusuku weza kubo ehamba phezu kolwandle.

²⁶Kepha abafundi sebembonile ehamba phezu kolwandle bashaywa luvalo, bethi yisithunzi; bakhala ngokwesaba.

²⁷Kodwa uJesu wakhuluma kubo masinyane, wathi: “Yimani isibindi; yimina, ningesabi.”

²⁸UPetru wayesephendula, wathi kuye: “Nkosi, uma kunguwe, yisho ukuba ngize kuwe phezu kwamanzi.”

²⁹Wayesethi: “Woza.” Wehla-ke uPetru emkhunjini, wahamba phezu kwamanzi, weza kuJesu.

³⁰Kepha ebona umoya wesaba; eseqala ukushona wakhala wathi: “Nkosi, ngisindise!”

³¹Masinyane uJesu welula isandla, wambamba, wathi kuye: “Awu, wena onokukholwa okuncinyane, ungabazeleni na?”

³²Sebekhwele emkhunjini, umoya wanqamuka.

³³Abasemkhunjini bakhuleka kuye, bathi: “Ngempela uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”

³⁴Sebewelile bafika ezweni laseGenesaretha.

³⁵Athi ukumazi amadoda aleyo ndawo, athuma izigijimi kulo lonke izwe langakhona; baletha kuye bonke abagulayo.

³⁶Bamncenga ukuba bathinte nje umphetho wengubo yakhe; bonke abawuthinta basindiswa.