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.