The Transfiguration

¹Emva kwezinsuku eziyisithupha uJesu wathatha oPetru, noJakobe, noJohane umfowabo, wakhuphukela nabo entabeni ende bebodwa.

²Waphenduka esinye isimo phambi kwabo; ubuso bakhe bakhanya njengelanga, izingubo zakhe zaba mhlophe njengokukhanya.

³Bheka, kwabonakala kubo oMose no-Eliya bekhuluma naye.

⁴Wathatha uPetru wathi kuJesu: “Nkosi, kuhle ukuba silapha. Uma uthanda, ngizakwakha lapha amadokodo amathathu, elinye libe ngelakho, elinye libe ngelikaMose, elinye libe ngelika-Eliya.”

⁵Esakhuluma, bheka ifu elikhanyayo labasithibeza; bheka, kwavela izwi efwini, lathi: “Lo uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo engithokozile ngayo; yizweni.”

⁶Kuthe sebezwa lokho abafundi, bawa ngobuso babo, besaba kakhulu.

⁷Kepha uJesu wasondela, wabathinta, wathi: “Sukumani, ningesabi.”

⁸Kepha bephakamisa amehlo abo ababonanga muntu, kuphela uJesu yedwa.

⁹Besehla entabeni, uJesu wabayala wathi: “Ningatsheli muntu lowo mbono, ize ivuke iNdodana yomuntu kwabafileyo.”

¹⁰Bambuza abafundi, bathi: “Pho, basholoni ababhali ukuthi u-Eliya umelwe ukufika kuqala na?”

¹¹Waphendula wathi: “Nempela u-Eliya uyeza, uyakubuyisela konke.

¹²Kepha ngithi kini: U-Eliya sewafika; abamazanga nokho, kodwa benza kuye abakuthandayo. Kanjalo neNdodana yomuntu iyakuhlushwa yibo.”

¹³Khona abafundi baqonda ukuba ubekhuluma kubo ngoJohane uMbhapathizi.

¹⁴Sebefikile esixukwini, kweza kuye umuntu, waguqa ngamadolo phambi kwakhe,

¹⁵wathi: “Nkosi, hawukela indodana yami, ngokuba inesithuthwane, ihlupheka kabi, lokhu iwela kaningi emlilweni, kaningi emanzini.

¹⁶Ngiyilethe kubafundi bakho, kepha bahluleka ukuyiphulukisa.”

¹⁷UJesu waphendula wathi: “O! sizukulwane esingakholwayo nesiphambeneyo, koze kube nini nginani na? Koze kube nini nginibekezelela na? Yiletheni lapha kimi.”

¹⁸UJesu wayeseyikhuza, idemoni laphuma kuyo; umfana waphulukiswa kusukela kuleso sikhathi.

¹⁹Khona kwafika abafundi kuJesu bebodwa, bathi: “Thina besingemkhiphe ngani na?”

²⁰Wayesethi kubo: “Kungenxa yokukholwa kwenu okuncane. Ngokuba ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Uma ninokukholwa njengembewu yesinaphi, niyakuthi kule ntaba: ‘Suka lapha, uye laphaya,’ iyakusuka; akukho okuyakunahlula.

²¹Kepha lolo hlobo aluphumi ngaphandle kokuba kube ngokukhuleka nokuzila ukudla.”

²²Besahambahamba eGalile, uJesu wathi kubo: “INdodana yomuntu izakukhashelwa ezandleni zabantu;

²³bazakuyibulala, kepha ngosuku lwesithathu izakuvuswa.” Badabuka kakhulu.

²⁴Kwathi ukuba bafike eKapernawume, abaqoqi bemali yethempeli beza kuPetru, bathi: “Umfundisi wenu akayitheli imali yethempeli na?”

²⁵Wathi: “Uyayithela.” Esengene endlini uJesu wamandulela, wathi: “Usho ukuthini, Simoni? Amakhosi omhlaba athatha kubaphi intela nenkokhiso, kumadodana awo noma kubafo, na?”

²⁶Wathi: “Kubafo.” UJesu wayesethi: “Ngakho-ke amadodana akhululekile.

²⁷Kodwa-ke ukuba singabakhubekisi, yana elwandle, uphonse udobo, ubambe inhlanzi ephuma kuqala; wothi ukuba uyivule umlomo, uzakufumana imali; yithathe, ubanike, usithelele mina nawe.”