UMarko Chapter 4

1. Wabuya waqala ukufundisa ngaselwandle. Kwahlanganisana kuye isihlwele esikhulu, ngokokude aye kungena emkhombeni, ahlale elwandle yena; sabe sonke isihlwele sisemhlabeni, sibheke elwandle apho.

2. Wayebafundisa iindawo ezininzi ngemizekeliso. Ubesithi kubo ekubafundiseni kwakhe,

3. Phulaphulani; yabonani, umhlwayeli waphuma waya kuhlwayela;

4. kwathi ekuhlwayeleni kwakhe, inxalenye yembewu yawa ngasendleleni, zeza iintaka zezulu zayidla zayigqiba.

5. Enye yawa endaweni elulwalwa, apho ibingenamhlaba mninzi; yantshula ke kwaoko, ngenxa yokuba ibingenabunzulu bamhlaba;

6. ithe ke, lakuphuma ilanga, yatsha, yathi ngenxa yokuba ingenangcambu, yoma kwaphela.

7. Yimbi yawa emithaneni enameva; yakhula imithana enameva yayiminxa; ayanika siqhamo.

8. Yimbi yawa kuwo wona umhlaba omhle, yanika isiqhamo esakhulayo sachuma; yathwala amashumi amathathu enye, namashumi amathandathu enye, nekhulu enye.

9. Wathi kubo, Lowo uneendlebe zokuva makeve.

10. Ke kaloku, xa abeyedwa, abo babemphahlile, ndawonye nabalishumi elinababini, bambuza umzekeliso lowo.

11. Wathi kubo, Nikuphiwe nina ukuyazi imfihlelo yobukumkani bukaThixo; ke kwabo bangaphandle zonke izinto ezi zibakho ngemizekeliso;

12. ukuze bebona nje, babone bangaqiqi; besiva nje, beve bangaqondi; hleze babuye, zebaxolelwe izono zabo.

13. Athi kubo, Aniwazi na lo mzekeliso? Nothini na ke ukuyazi imizekeliso yonke?

14. Umhlwayeli lo uhlwayela ilizwi.

15. Abo ke bangasendleni, apho ilizwi lihlwayelwa khona, ngaba kuthi, xa bathe beva, afike kwaoko uSathana, alithabathe ilizwi elihlwayelweyo ezintliziyweni zabo.

16. Ngokunjalo abo bahlwayelwayo ezindaweni ezilulwalwa ngabathi, xa bathe baliva ilizwi, balamkele kwaoko bevuya;

17. babe bengenangcambu ngaphakathi kwabo, beme umzuzwana kodwa; bathi kamva, kwakuhla imbandezelo, nokuba yintshutshiso, ngenxa yelizwi, bakhutyekiswe kwaoko.

18. Abo bahlwayelwayo emithaneni enameva ngaba, bathi balive ilizwi;

19. aze amaxhala eli phakade, nokulukuhla kobutyebi, neenkanuko zezinye izinto, zingene ziliminxe ilizwi, lisuke lingabi nasiqhamo.

20. Abo bahlwayelweyo kuwo umhlaba omhle ngaba, basakuthi balive ilizwi, balamkele, baxakathe isiqhamo, omnye amashumi amathathu, omnye amashumi amathandathu, nomnye ikhulu.

21. Wayesithi kubo, Isibane esi sikha siziswe ukuze sibekwe ngaphantsi kwesitya yini na, nokuba kuphantsi kwesingqengqelo? Asiziswa na ukuze sibekwe esiphathweni saso?

22. Kuba akukho nto ifihlakeleyo ingayi kubonakaliswa; kananjalo akubangakho nto ifihliweyo ingafihlelwa ukuba ize ekuhleni.

23. Ukuba ubani uneendlebe zokuva, makeve.

24. Wayesithi kubo, Yilumkeleni into eniyivayo; umlinganiselo enilinganisela ngawo, niya kulinganiselwa ngawo nani, kongezwe kuni nina nivayo.

25. Kuba osukuba enako uya kunikwa, nongenako uya kuhluthwa kwanoko anako.

26. Wayesithi, Ubukumkani bukaThixo bunjengokuba abengathi umntu aphose imbewu emhlabeni;

27. aze alale, avuke, ubusuku nemini, ibe imbewu intshula ikhula ngohlobo angalwaziyo.

28. Kuba umhlaba uvelisa iziqhamo ngokwawo, kuqala ibe likhaba, ize ibe sisikhwebu, ize ibe yingqolowa ezalisekileyo esikhwebini;

29. athi ke, xa sithe savuthwa isiqhamo, alifake kwaoko irhengqa, ngokuba kusekusondele ukuvuna.

30. Wayesithi, Siya kubufanekisa nantoni na ubukumkani bukaThixo? Siya kubuzekelisa ngamzekeliso mni na?

31. Bunjengokhozo lwemostade; lona luthi, xa sukuba luhlwayelwa emhlabeni, lube luloluncinane kuzo zonke iimbewu ezisemhlabeni;

32. luthi ke, xa luthe lwahlwayelwa, lukhule lube lukhulu kuyo yonke imifuno, lwenze amasebe amakhulu, ngokokude iintaka zezulu zibe nako ukuhlala phantsi komthunzi walo.

33. Wayelithetha kubo ilizwi ngemizekeliso emininzi enjalo, njengoko baye benako ukuva.

34. Ubengathethi ke kubo kungengamzekeliso; ke ubesithi, bakuba bodwa, abacombululele iindawo zonke abafundi bakhe.

35. Athi kubo kwangaloo mini, kwakuhlwa, Masiwele siye ngaphesheya.

36. Besindulule isihlwele, bamthabatha esemkhombeni njalo; kwaye ke kukho eminye imikhonjana inaye.

37. Kwabakho uqhwithela olukhulu lomoya; aye ke amaza ephoseka emkhombeni, abetha wafuna ukuzala kwangoku.

38. Waye yena esesinqeni somkhombe, elele ubuthongo phezu komqamelo; bamvuse, bathi kuye, Mfundisi, akukhathali na, sitshabalala nje?

39. Wavuka, wawukhalimela umoya, wathi kulo ulwandle, Hlala uthi tu, uthi cwaka! Wadamba umoya, kwabakho ukuzola okukhulu.

40. Wathi kubo, Yini na ukuba nibe nje, ukuba ngamagwala? Kutheni na, le nto ningenalukholo?

41. Boyika ngoloyiko olukhulu, batshono ukuthi, Ngubani na ke lo, le nto alulanyelwa nangumoya nalulwandle?