Mark 6
1 Wasemuka lapho, waya ezweni lakubo; labafundi bakhe bamlandela.
2 Kwathi sekufikile isabatha, waqala ukufundisa esinagogeni; abaningi abamuzwayo bamangala, bathi: “Lo ukuthathaphi lokhu na? Yikuhlakanipha kuni lokhu akuphiweyo, ukuthi le misebenzi yamandla enje yenziwa ngezandla zakhe na?
3 Lo akasiye umbazi, indodana kaMariya, nomfowabo kaJakobe, noJose, noJuda, noSimoni? Nodadewabo abakho yini lapha kithi na? Base bekhubeka kuye.
4 Kepha uJesu wathi kubo: “Umprofethi kadelelwa, kuphela ezweni lakubo, nasezihlotsheni zakubo, nasendlini yakubo.
5 Wayengenakwenza khona umsebenzi wamandla lapho, kuphela wabeka izandla phezu kwabagulayo abayingcosana, wabaphulukisa.
6 Wamangala ngokungakholwa kwabo. Wahamba imizi ngemizi efundisa.
7 Wasebiza abayishumi nambili, waqala ukubathuma ngababili; wabanika amandla phezu kwawomoya abangcolileyo;
8 Wabalaya ukuthi bangaphathi lutho lwendlela, ngaphandle kodondolo lodwa; nasikhwama, nasinkwa, namali emixhakeni yabo;
9 Kodwa bagqoke izimbadada; futhi lingagqoki amabhantshi amabili.
10 Wathi kubo: “Nomaphi lapho ningena khona endlini, hlalani khona nize nimuke kuleyo ndawo.
11 Nabaninganamukeli, enganizwa, anothi nimuka lapho, nivuthulule uthuli oluphansi kwezinyawo zenu, kube ngubufakazi kubo. Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kuyakuba ngcono kulo iSodoma neGomora ngosuku lokwahlulelwa kunakulowo muzi.
12 Basebephuma batshumayela ukuthi abantu baphenduke.
13 Bakhipha amademoni amaningi, bagcoba abagulayo abaningi ngamafutha, babaphulukisa.
14 Inkosi uHerode yasizwa ngaye; (ngokuba igama lakhe laduma) wathi: “UJohane uMbhapathizi uvukile kwabafileyo, ngakho-ke imisebenzi yamandla iyabonakala kuye.
15 Abanye bathi: UnguEliya. Abanye bathi: Ungumprofethi, noma unjengomunye wabaprofethi.
16 Kodwa uHerodi esezwile wathi: UJohane engamquma ikhanda;
17 Ngokuba uHerode uqobo wayethumele wambamba uJohane, wambopha etilongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya umkaFiliphu umfowabo, ngokuba wayemthathile.
18 Ngokuba uJohane wayethe kuHerode: “Awuvunyelwe ukuba nomkamfowenu.
19 Ngakho uHerodiya waba nokusola kwakhe, wafuna ukumbulala; kodwa akakwazanga:
20 Ngokuba uHerode wayemesaba uJohane emazi ukuthi uyindoda elungileyo engcwele, wamgcina; kwathi emuzwa, wenza izinto eziningi, wamuzwa ngokuthokoza.
21 Kwathi sekufikile usuku oluhle, uHerode ngosuku lokuzalwa kwakhe wenzela izikhulu zakhe, nezinduna zezikhulu, nezikhulu zaseGalile idili;
22 Kwathi ingena indodakazi kaHerodiya lowo, yasina, yamjabulisa uHerode nababehlezi naye.
23 Wafunga kuye wathi: “Noma yini ongayicela kimi ngiyakukunika yona, kuze kube yinxenye yombuso wami.
24 Wasephuma, wathi kunina: Ngizacelani? Wasesithi: Ikhanda likaJohane uMbhabhathizi.
25 Yangena masinyane enkosini ngokuphangisa, yacela, yathi: “Ngithanda ukuba unginike manje ngoqwembe ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi.
26 Inkosi yadabuka kakhulu; nokho ngenxa yesifungo sakhe nangenxa yabahlezi naye, akathandanga ukumlahla.
27 Khona masinyane inkosi yathuma umlindi, yayala ukuba kulethwe ikhanda lakhe;
28 Letha ikhanda lakhe ngoqwembe, walinika intombazana; intombazana yalinika unina.
29 Kwathi abafundi bakhe bekuzwa, beza bathatha isidumbu sakhe, basibeka ethuneni.
30 Abaphostoli babuthana kuJesu, bambikela ngakho konke ababekwenzile nababekufundisile.
31 Wathi kubo: “Zanini nina nodwa endaweni eyihlane, niphumule isikhashana;
32 Basuka ngomkhumbi baya endaweni eyihlane bebodwa.
33 Isixuku sababona bemuka, abaningi bamazi, bagijimela khona ngezinyawo, bephuma kuyo yonke imizi, babandulela, babuthana kuye.
34 Kwathi ephuma, wabona isixuku esikhulu, waba nesihe ngaso, ngokuba babenjengezimvu ezingenamalusi; wayeseqala ukubafundisa okuningi.
35 Kwathi isikhathi sesihambile, abafundi bakhe beza kuye bathi: “Le ndawo iyihlane, isikhathi sesihambile;
36 bamukise ukuba baye emaphandleni nasezindaweni ezizungezile, bazithengele izinkwa, ngokuba abanakudla.
37 Wasephendula wathi kubo: Bapheni lina ukudla. Basebesithi kuye: Sihambe yini siyethenga izinkwa zabodenariyo abangamakhulu amabili, sibaphe badle?
38 Wathi kubo: Zingaki izinkwa eninazo? hambani nibone. Sebekwazi bathi: Ziyisihlanu, nezinhlanzi ezimbili.
39 Wabalaya ukuthi bonke bahlale phansi ngezigaba etshanini obuluhlaza.
40 Base behlala phansi amaviyo amaviyo, ngamakhulu nangamashumi ayisihlanu.
41 Wazithabatha izinkwa eziyisihlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili, wabheka ngasezulwini, wazibusisa, wazihlephula izinkwa, wazinika abafundi bakhe, ukuba bazibeke phambi kwabo; lezinhlanzi ezimbili wababela bonke.
42 Badla bonke, basutha.
43 Babutha imvuthuluka, iziqabetho eziyishumi nambili ezigcwele, nezezinhlanzi.
44 Abadla izinkwa babengamadoda angaba yizinkulungwane eziyisihlanu.
45 Wayesecindezela masinyane abafundi bakhe ukuba bangene emkhunjini, bamandulele ukuya ngaphesheya eBetsayida, yena esamukisa isixuku.
46 Esebamukisile wenyuka waya entabeni ukuyokhuleka.
47 Kwathi sekuhlwile, umkhumbi wawuphakathi nolwandle, yena eyedwa emhlabathini.
48 Wababona beshikashikeka ekugwedleni; ngokuba umoya wawuphambene nabo; kwathi ngomlindo wesine wobusuku weza kubo ehamba phezu kolwandle, efuna ukudlula kubo.
49 Kwathi bembona ehamba phezu kolwandle, bacabanga ukuthi yisithunzi;
50 Ngokuba bonke bambona, bakhathazeka. Washesha wakhuluma nabo, wathi kubo: “Yimani isibindi; ningesabi.
51 Wayesekhuphukela kubo emkhunjini; umoya wanqamuka; bamangala kakhulu phakathi kwabo ngokungenakulinganiswa, bamangala.
52 Ngokuba babenganakanga ngezinkwa, ngokuba inhliziyo yabo yayilukhuni.
53 Sebewelile bafika ezweni laseGenesaretha, bamisa ogwini.
54 Sebephumile emkhunjini bamazi masinyane;
55 Base begijima kuso sonke leso sifunda, baqala ukuthwala abagulayo ngemibhede, babayisa lapho ababemuzwa ukuthi ukhona.
56 Nomaphi lapho engena khona emizaneni, nasemizini, noma emaphandleni, babeka abagulayo emigwaqweni, bamncenga ukuba bathinte noma umphetho wengubo yakhe kuphela;