Mark 4
1 Wayesebuye waqala ukufundisa ngaselwandle; kwabuthana kuye isixuku esikhulu, waze wangena emkhunjini, wahlala olwandle; isixuku sonke sasiphezu kolwandle emhlabathini.
2 Wabafundisa izinto eziningi ngemifanekiso, wakhuluma kubo ekufundiseni kwakhe.
3 Lalelani; Bheka, kwaphuma umhlwanyeli ukuyohlwanyela;
4 Kwathi ekuhlanyeleni kwakhe, enye yawela ngasendleleni, kweza izinyoni zezulu, zayidla zayiqeda.
5 Enye yawela edwaleni, lapho eyayingenamhlabathi omningi khona; yasihluma masinyane, ngoba yayingelakutshona komhlabathi;
6 Kodwa seliphumile ilanga, lahangulwa; futhi ngenxa yokuthi yayingenampande, yabuna.
7 Enye yawela phakathi kwameva, ameva akhula ayiminyanisa, kodwa ayizange ithele.
8 Enye yawela emhlabathini omuhle, yathela isithelo, yakhula, yanda; yazala, enye ngamashumi amathathu, enye ngamashumi ayisithupha, enye ikhulu.
9 Wasesithi kubo: Onezindlebe zokuzwa makezwe.
10 Eseyedwa, ababemphahlile kanye nabayishumi nambili bambuza ngomfanekiso.
11 Wathi kubo: “Nina niphiwe ukwazi imfihlakalo yombuso kaNkulunkulu;
12 ukuze bebona babone, bangaboni; nokuzwa, bezwe, bangaqondi; funa noma nini baphenduke, bathethelelwe izono zabo.
13 Wasesithi kubo: Kaliwazi yini lumfanekiso? Pho niyakuyazi kanjani imifanekiso yonke na?
14 Umhlanyeli uhlanyela ilizwi.
15 Laba ngasendleleni, lapho okuhlanyelwe khona ilizwi; kodwa nxa sebezwile, uSathane uyafika masinyane, alisuse izwi elihlwanyelwe ezinhliziyweni zabo.
16 Kanjalo laba ngabahlwanyelwe edwaleni; abathi sebelizwile ilizwi, balamukele masinyane ngokuthokoza;
17 njalo kabanampande phakathi kwabo, bahlala okwesikhathi; kuthi sekuvele ukuhlupheka kumbe ukuzingelwa ngenxa yelizwi, bahle bakhubeke.
18 Laba yilabo abahlanyelwe emeveni; abalizwayo izwi,
19 Kepha iminako yaleli zwe, nokukhohlisa kwengcebo, nezinkanuko zezinye izinto, kungena kuminyanise izwi, lingatheli.
20 Laba yilabo abahlwanyelwe emhlabathini omuhle; abalizwayo izwi, balamukele, bathele isithelo, omunye ngamashumi amathathu, omunye ngamashumi ayisithupha, omunye ngekhulu.
21 Wathi kubo: “Isibani siyalethwa ukuba sibekwe phansi kwesitsha noma ngaphansi kombhede na? futhi hhayi ukuthi ibekwe othini lwesibani?
22 Ngokuba akukho okufihliweyo okungayikubonakaliswa; futhi akukho okufihliwe, ngaphandle kokuthi kuvele obala.
23 Uma ekhona onezindlebe zokuzwa, makezwe.
24 Wathi kubo: “Kuqapheleni enikuzwayo;
25 Ngokuba onakho uyakuphiwa, kepha ongenakho uyakwamukwa nalokho anakho.
26 Wathi: “Umbuso kaNkulunkulu unjengoba umuntu ephonsa inhlanyelo emhlabathini;
27 Alale, avuke ubusuku nemini, imbewu ihlume, ikhule, yena engazi ukuthi kanjani.
28 Ngokuba umhlabathi uthela isithelo ngokwawo; kuqala ikhaba, kulandele isikhwebu, bese kuba amabele agcwele esikhwebu;
29 Kodwa nxa isithelo sesivuthiwe, alifake masinyane isikela, ngoba ukuvuna sekufikile.
30 Wasesithi: Sizawufanisa lani umbuso kaNkulunkulu? kumbe singakufanisa ngamuphi umfanekiso?
31 Kunjengohlamvu lwesinaphi, okuthi, nxa luhlwanyelwa emhlabathini, lube luncane kuzo zonke izimbewu ezisemhlabeni;
32 Kepha nxa selihlwanyelwe, liyakhula, libe likhulu kunemibhida yonke, kwenze amagatsha amakhulu; ukuze izinyoni zezulu zihlale emthunzini wawo.
33 Walikhuluma izwi kubo ngemifanekiso eminingi enjalo, njengokuzwa kwabo.
34 Kepha akakhulumanga kubo ngaphandle komfanekiso; kepha sebebodwa wabachazela abafundi bakhe zonke izinto.
35 Ngalolo suku sekuhlwile, wathi kubo: “Asiwele siye ngaphesheya.
36 Sebemukisile isixuku, bamthatha esemkhunjini. Kwakukhona neminye imikhumbi emincane kanye naye.
37 Kwavuka isivunguvungu esikhulu somoya, amaza ashaya umkhumbi, waze wasugcwele.
38 Yena wayengemuva emkhunjini elele emqamelweni; bamvusa, bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, awukhathali ukuthi siyabhubha na?
39 Wasevuka, wawukhuza umoya, wathi kulo ulwandle: Thula, uthi cwaka. Umoya wanqamuka, kwaba khona ukuthula okukhulu.
40 Wathi kubo: “Nesabani kangaka na? Kanjani ukuba ningabi nalukholo?
41 Basesaba ngokwesaba okukhulu, bathi omunye komunye: “Ubani lo, ukuthi nomoya nolwandle kumlalele?