Matthew 16

Abafuna isibonakaliso

1AbaFarisi labaSadusi a sebezile, bemlinga bamcela ukuthi abatshengise isibonakaliso esivela ezulwini b. 2Kodwa waphendula wathi kubo: Kusihlwa lithi c: Umkhathi muhle; ngoba isibhakabhaka sibomvu; 3lekuseni lithi: Umkhathi mubi lamuhla; ngoba isibhakabhaka sibomvu sinyukubele. Bazenzisi, liyakwazi ukwehlukanisa umumo wesibhakabhaka; kodwa izibonakaliso zezikhathi lingeke d yini? 4Isizukulwana esibi lesifebayo sidinga isibonakaliso; kodwa kasiyikunikwa isibonakaliso, ngaphandle kwesibonakaliso sikaJona umprofethi. Wasebatshiya, wahamba e.

UJesu ukhuza abafundi ngokungaqedisisi kwabo

5Sebefikile ngaphetsheya abafundi bakhe babekhohliwe ukuthatha izinkwa. 6UJesu wasesithi kubo: Nanzelelani liqaphele f imvubelo yabaFarisi labaSadusi g. 7Basebekhulumisana besithi: Ngoba singathathanga izinkwa h. 8UJesu esekwazi wathi kubo: Lina abokholo oluncinyane i, kungani likhulumisana ngokuthi alithathanga izinkwa j? 9Kalikaqedisisi yini, futhi kalikhumbuli izinkwa ezinhlanu zenkulungwane ezinhlanu k, lokuthi labutha izitsha ezingaki l? 10Futhi lezinkwa eziyisikhombisa zenkulungwane ezine, lokuthi labutha izitsha ezingaki m? 11Kaliqedisisi njani, ukuthi bekungemayelana lesinkwa ebengikukhuluma kini ukuthi liqaphele imvubelo yabaFarisi labaSadusi n? 12Basebeqedisisa ukuthi katshongo ukuthi baqaphele imvubelo yezinkwa o, kodwa imfundiso yabaFarisi labaSadusi p.

Isivumo sokholo sikaPetro

13Kwathi uJesu esefikile kungxenye zeKesariya yeFiliphu wababuza abafundi bakhe, esithi: Abantu bathi, mina, iNdodana yomuntu, ngingubani q? 14Basebesithi: Abanye bathi: NguJohane uMbhabhathizi r; labanye bathi: NguElija s; labanye bathi: NguJeremiya, kumbe ngomunye wabaprofethi t. 15Wathi kubo: Lina-ke lithi ngingubani? 16USimoni Petro wasephendula wathi: Wena unguKristu, iNdodana u kaNkulunkulu ophilayo v. 17UJesu wasephendula wathi kuye: Ubusisiwe w, Simoni ndodana kaJona x, ngoba inyama legazi y kakukwembulelanga lokhu z, kodwa uBaba osemazulwini aa. 18Lami-ke ngiyakutshela, ukuthi wena unguPetro ab; laphezu kwalelidwala ngizalakha ibandla lami ac, lamasango esihogo kawayikulehlula ad. 19Futhi ngizakunika izihluthulelo zombuso wamazulu ae; njalo loba yini ozayibopha emhlabeni, izakuba ibotshiwe emazulwini; njalo loba yini ozayithukulula emhlabeni, izakuba ithukululwe emazulwini af. 20Wasebalayisisa abafundi ukuthi bangatsheli muntu ukuthi yena unguJesu onguKristu ag.

UJesu ukhuluma ngokuhlupheka kwakhe

21Kusukela kulesosikhathi uJesu waqala ukubatshengisa abafundi bakhe ah ukuthi umele ukuya eJerusalema ai, njalo ahlupheke okunengi ngabadala labapristi abakhulu lababhali, abulawe aj , ak, avuswe ngosuku lwesithathu al. 22UPetro wasesiya laye eceleni waqala ukumkhuza esithi: Kakungabi kuwe
 kakungabi kuwe: kumbe,  zizwele
, Nkosi; lokhu kakusoze kwenziwa kuwe.
23Kodwa yena watshibilika wathi kuPetro: Suka ngemva kwami, Sathane an, uyisikhubekiso kimi ao; ngoba kawucabangi izinto zikaNkulunkulu, kodwa ezabantu ap.

Ukuhlutshwa kukaJesu lokwabamlandelayo

24UJesu wasesithi kubafundi bakhe: Uba umuntu ethanda ukuza ngemva kwami, kazidele, athathe isiphambano sakhe, angilandele aq. 25Ngoba loba ngubani othanda ukusindisa impilo yakhe izamlahlekela ar; kodwa loba ngubani olahlekelwa yimpilo yakhe ngenxa yami uzayithola; 26ngoba kuzamsizani umuntu nxa ezuza umhlaba wonke as, kodwa alahlekelwe ngumphefumulo wakhe at? Kumbe umuntu uzanikani au kube lihlawulo lomphefumulo wakhe av? 27Ngoba iNdodana yomuntu izakuza ngenkazimulo kaYise aw kanye lengilosi zayo ax, khona izavuza ngulowo lalowo njengokwenza kwakhe ay. 28Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Bakhona abanye kwabemiyo lapha, abangasoze bezwe ukufa az, baze bayibone iNdodana yomuntu isiza embusweni wayo ba.

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