Mark 3
1 Wabuye wangena esinagogeni; kwakukhona lapho umuntu onesandla esishwabene.
2 Basebemqaphela ukuthi uzamsilisa yini ngesabatha; ukuze bambeke icala.
3 Wathi endodeni enesandla esishwabeneyo: “Sukuma uye phakathi.”
4 Wathi kubo: Kuvunyelwe yini ngesabatha ukwenza okuhle kumbe okubi? ukusindisa impilo, kumbe ukubulala? Kodwa bathula.
5 Wabaqalaza ngokuthukuthela, edabukile ngobulukhuni benhliziyo yabo, wathi kumuntu: Yelula isandla sakho. Waseselula; saphiliswa isandla sakhe saba njengesinye.
6 Base bephuma abaFarisi, bahle bacebisana nabakaHerode ukuthi bangambulala kanjani.
7 Kodwa uJesu wasuka wahamba labafundi bakhe, waya elwandle;
8 naseJerusalema, nase-Idumiya, nangaphesheya kweJordani; nangaseTire naseSidoni, isixuku esikhulu, sesizwile ukuthi kukhulu akwenzayo, seza kuye.
9 Wasekhuluma kubafundi bakhe ukuthi umkhunjana umlinde ngenxa yexuku, hlezi bammpitshe.
10 Ngokuba wayephulukise abaningi; baze bamcindezela ukuba bamthinte bonke ababenezifo.
11 Kwathi omoya abangcolileyo bembona, baziwise phansi phambi kwakhe, bakhale, bathi: “Wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.
12 Wasebalaya kakhulu ukuthi bangamenzi aziwe.
13 Wasesenyukela entabeni, wabiza labo ayebathanda; beza kuye.
14 Wasemisa abalitshumi lambili, ukuthi babe laye, lokuthi abathume ukuyatshumayela;
15 nokuba namandla okwelapha izifo, nokukhipha amademoni;
16 USimoni amqamba ngokuthi uPetru;
17 noJakobe kaZebedewu, noJohane umfowabo kaJakobe; wabaqamba ngokuthi uBowanerges, okungukuthi, amadodana okuduma;
18 noAndreya, noFiliphu, noBartolomewu, noMathewu, noTomase, noJakobe ka-Alfewu, noThadewu, noSimoni umKhanani,
19 NoJuda Iskariyothe owamkhaphelayo, bangena endlini.
20 Isixuku sabuye sabuthana, baze bahluleka ngisho nokudla isinkwa.
21 Kwathi abangabakhe bekuzwa baphuma ukuyombamba, ngokuba bathi: Uyahlanya.
22 Nababhali abehla bevela eJerusalema bathi: “UnoBelzebule, ukhipha amademoni ngombusi wamademoni.
23 Wasebabizela kuye, wathi kubo ngemifanekiso: USathane angakhupha njani uSathane?
24 Futhi uba umbuso uhlukene phakathi, lowombuso ungeme.
25 Futhi uba indlu ihlukene phakathi, leyondlu ayinakuma;
26 Futhi uma uSathane ezivukela yena, ehlukene, angema, kodwa uyaphela.
27 Akakho ongangena endlini yesiqhwaga, aphange impahla yaso, uma engabophi kuqala isiqhwaga; khona-ke uyakuphanga indlu yakhe.
28 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Abantwana babantu bazathethelelwa zonke izono lenhlamba loba yini abahlambaza ngayo;
29 Kepha ohlambalaza uMoya oNgcwele akanakuthethelelwa naphakade, kodwa ulecala lokulahlwa okuphakade;
30 ngoba bathi: Unomoya ongcolileyo.
31 Kwase kufika abafowabo nonina, bema ngaphandle, bathumela kuye bembiza.
32 Isixuku sasihlezi simzungezile, sathi kuye: “Bheka, unyoko nabafowenu ngaphandle bayakufuna.
33 Wasebaphendula wathi: Ngubani umame kumbe abafowethu?
34 Wasethalaza ababehlezi bemphahlile, wathi: Khangelani umama labafowethu.
35 Ngokuba owenza intando kaNkulunkulu nguye ongumfowethu nodadewethu nomame.”