¹ Waphuma wahamba waya edolobheni lakibo nebafundzi bakhe bamulandzela. ² Latsi malifika lisabatha,wafundzisa esinagogeni.Bantfu labanyenti bamuva futsi bamangala.batsi uyitfolephi lefundziso?futsi hloboluni lwenhlakanipho lolo luniketweyena?Hloboluni lwemi mangaliso lalayeta ngetandlatakhe ³ Utsakusiye lombati,indvodzana yaMeli futsi umnakabo Jemusi,Joses,Judasi na Simoni?akusibo bodzadze wakhe lesinabo lapha?baphoceka ngetento takhe Jesu. ⁴ Jesu watsi kubo,Umphrofethi akahlonipheki ngaphandle kwelidolobhalakibo netihlobo futsi nemdlu yakhe. ⁵ bekanga khoni kwenta imisebenti lemikhulu,ngaphandle kwekubabeka tandla bantfu laba mubalwa labagulako abaphilise. ⁶ wamangaliswa kunga kholwa kwabo.wabese uhamba hamba lomumango afundzisa. ⁷ Wabita bafundzi bakhe labalishumi nakubili wabatfuma ngababili,waba niketa emagunya etikwemimoya lemibi, ⁸ wabayala kutsi bangaphatsi lutfo kulolu hambo lwabo ngaphandle kwelindvondvolo,abaphatsanga sinkhwa,sikwama nobe imali emaphoketheni. ⁹ kepha bafake tincabule nenguboyinye. ¹⁰ watsi kubo,likhaya lofike kilo uhlala khona utewuhambe kuleyo ndzawo. ¹¹ mangabe kukhona lidolobha lelingakumukeli nobe lingakulaleli,mawuhamba kuleyondzawo, tsintsitsa lutfuli etinyaweni takho njengebufakazi kubo. ¹² Bahamba bamemetela kutsi bantfu baphendvuke. ¹³ Bakhokha emadimoni lamanyenti.bagcoba bantfu labanyenti labebagula ngemafutsa babaphilisa. ¹⁴ Inkhosi Herodi yakuva loku, libito laJesu beselatiwa kahle.labanye bebatsi Johane umubhabhatisi uvusiwe kulabafile,kungako lemimangaliso yenteka kuye. ¹⁵ labanye batsi unemandla a_Elisha.futsi labanye batsi,ungumphrofethi njengalabakandzeni baphrofethi. ¹⁶ Kepha watsi Herodi makeva loku,Johane lengimususe inhloko sewuvusiwe. ¹⁷ Herodi watfumela kutsi Johane aboshwe,futsi agcinwe etilongwe esikhundleni saMaherodi(umkafiliphu umnakabo)ngobe bekamushadile ¹⁸ Johane watjela Herodi, akukho emutsetfweni kutsatsa umfati wemunakeni. ¹⁹ kepha Herodiyeni wakwata wafuna kumubulala,kepha akakhonanga, ²⁰ Herodi bekamesaba Johane;bekati kutsi uyindvodza lelungile futsi lengcwele,wamugcina aphephile.kumulalela kwamunyanyisa kakhulu kepha wamuva kahle. ²¹ Lusuku lolukahle lwafika lapho Herodi beka gubhalusuku lwekutalwa kwakhe wenta lidzili wabita bahlonishwa nabo khomanda kanye nebaholi base Galile. ²² emadvodzakati aHerodiyeni matfupha eta atewujayivela timenywa.kwamuchaza Herodi netimenywa takhe.Inkhosi yatsi kulentfombatane, ''cela nobeyini lokufunako ngitakuniketa. ²³ Wafunga kuye watsi,nobeyini loyicela kimi,ngitakunika, ngisho nehhafu yebukhosi yembuso wami. ²⁴ wahamba watsi kunina, ''ngingacelani kuye?watsi inhloko yaJohane umbabhatisi. ²⁵ wajika masishane ashesha wayeNkhosini, watsi, ''ngifuna unginike, inhloko yaJohane umbabhatisi emcwembeni. ²⁶ Nobeloku kwayilimata kakhulu inkhosi, bekangeke akhone kusala lesicelo ngenca yesifungo lasentile nangenca yetimenywa. ²⁷ Ngakoke inkhosi yatfumela lisotja kubogandzi wamphocelela kutsi amuletsele inhloko yaJohane.logadzi wahamba wamujuba inhloko lena ejele. ²⁸ wayiletsa lenhloko wayinika lontfombatane,lontfombatana wayinika unina. ²⁹ Batsi bafundzi bakhe mabeva loku,beta batsatsa sidvumbusakhe bamungcwaba. ³⁰ Bafundzi bahlangana kanye naJesu base bayamundlulela ngalabakwentile kanye nalabakufundzisile. ³¹ wabese utsi kubo, tihambeleni niyehlane niyophumula kancane.''ngobe bebabanyenti labebeta futsi bahambe,futsi abazange babenesi khatsi sekudla. ³² ngakoke bahamba ngemukhumbi baya endzaweni lesehlane. ³³ Kepha bababona bahamba futsi labanye bababona kutsi babobani, babese bagijima ngetinyawo yonkhe indlela kuwo wonkhe emadolobha.futsi bafika kucala kunabo. ³⁴ Batsi mabafika emacentselweni,wabona sicuku sebantfu wabevela ngobe beba fana netinvu letite umelusi. ngakoke wacala kuba fundzisa tintfo letinyenti. ³⁵ Kwatsi maseliyoshona, bafundzi bakhe beta kuye batsi,''lena indzawo lesehlane futsi seliyoshona. ³⁶ Bakhulule kute batawuya emacentselweni emumango nome edolobheni bayotsenga labanga tidlela kona. ³⁷ Kepha waphendvula watsi kubo, ''baniketeni labangakudla.''Batsi kuye, ''singahamba yini siyotsenga tinkhwa letinga bita emakhulu lamabili emadinari sibanike badle. ³⁸ Watsi kubo,''Ninetinkhwa letingakhi? hambani niyobuka.''batsi mabatfola batsi tinkwa letisihlanu netinfishi letimbili. ³⁹ wabalawula watsi bokhe bantfu abahlale phasi ngemacembu etjanini. ⁴⁰ Bahlala ngemacembu lalikhulu nange mashumi lasihlanu. ⁴¹ Watsatsa letinkhwa letisihlanu naletinfishi letimbili, wase ubuka etulu emazulwini wabusisa lokudla wahlephula sinkhwa wanika bafundzi kutsi babele bantfu.waphindze wahlukanisa letinfishi letimbili wababela bonkhe. ⁴² Bonkhe badla banetiseka. ⁴³ batsatsa tincetu tetinkhwa,bekugcwele mabhasikithi lalishumi nakubili,kanye netincetu tetinfishi. ⁴⁴ Bekatinkhulungwane letisihlanu emadvodza ladla letinkhwa. ⁴⁵ ngekushesha watjela bafundzi bakhe kutsi bangene emukhumbini bahambe embili bawelele ngesheya ebethisayida,ngalesikhatsi yena asatjela lesicuku kutsi sebangakhululeka. ⁴⁶ masebahambile,wenyuka intsaba wayothandaza ⁴⁷ Intsambama yafika nemukhumbi besese wusemukhatsini welulwandle,Jesu bekasele yedvwa ⁴⁸ Wabona kutsi basigwedla kalukhuni sikebhe, ngobe umoya bewuphambene nabo.kwatsi ngetikhatsi tasekuseni weta kubo, ahamba etikwelwandle, futsi bekafuna kwendlula ngakibo. ⁴⁹ Kepha batsi mabamubona ahamba tikwelwandle , bacabanga kutsi sipoko bamemeta baphumisela, ⁵⁰ Ngobe bamubona futsi bakhatsateka. ngekushesha wakhuluma kibo watsi, ''kutsatenikani! ngimi! ningesabi!'' ⁵¹ Wangena emukhunjini kanyenabo, futsi nemoya wehla kushaya ngemandla. bamangala kakhulu. ⁵² Abacondzisisanga kutsi letinkhwa betishoni.tinhlitiyo tabo tabalikhuni. ⁵³ Kwatsi mabawelela ngeshaya ,bafika endzaweni yase Gennesaret bapaka umukhumbi. ⁵⁴ batsi mabaphuma emukhunjini, bantfu bamubona ngekushesha, ⁵⁵ bagijima yonkhe indzawo bacala kuletsa labagulako nobengukuphi labeve kutsi ungakhona. ⁵⁶ Bekutsi makangena emumangweni nome edolobheni nome eveni, bebaka labagulako etimakethe. bamucele kutsi abavumela batsintse umphetfo wengubo yakhe, lanyenti bamutsintsa baphiliswa.