February 8, 2013, Ivangeli

IVangeli Elingcwele NgokukaMarku 6: 14-29

6:14 And king Herod heard of it, (for his name had become well-known) wathi: “John the Baptist has risen futhi from the dead, futhi ngenxa yalokhu, miracles are at work in him.”
6:15 But others were saying, “Because it is Elijah.” Still others were saying, “Because he is a prophet, like one of the prophets.”
6:16 When Herod had heard it, uthe, “John whom I beheaded, the same has risen again from the dead.”
6:17 Ngokuba uHerode ngokwakhe wayethumele ukuba abambe uJohane, wayesembopha etilongweni, ngenxa kaHerodiya, umkamfowabo uFiliphu; ngoba wayemthethe.
6:18 Ngokuba uJohane wathi kuHerode, “Akuvumelekile ukuba ube nomkamfowenu.”
6:19 Manje Herodias was devising treachery against him; wayesefuna ukumbulala, kodwa akakwazanga.
6:20 Ngokuba uHerode wayemesaba uJohane, bemazi ukuthi uyindoda eqotho nengcwele, wasemlinda. Futhi wezwa ukuthi wayefeza izinto eziningi, ngakho wamlalela ngokuzithandela.
6:21 Kwathi sekufike isikhathi esihle, UHerode wenza idili ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa, nabaholi, kanye nezinduna, nababusi bokuqala baseGalile.
6:22 Kwathi sekungene indodakazi kaHerodiya lowo, futhi wasina, wamjabulisa uHerode, kanye nababehlezi naye ekudleni, inkosi yathi entombini, “Cela kimi noma yini oyifunayo, futhi ngizokunika yona.
6:23 Wasefunga kuye, “Noma yini oyicelayo, ngizokunika, kuze kube yingxenye yombuso wami.”
6:24 Kwathi esephumile, esho kumama wakhe, “Ngizocelani?” Kodwa unina wathi, “Ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi.”
6:25 Futhi ngokushesha, esengene enkosini ngokuphangisa, wamncenga, ethi: “Ngifuna ukuba unginike manje ngoqwembe ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi.”
6:26 Inkosi yadabuka kakhulu. Kodwa ngenxa yesifungo sakhe, langenxa yababehlezi laye ekudleni, wayengazimisele ukumdumaza.
6:27 Ngakho, esethumele umbulali, wayala ukuthi ikhanda lakhe lilethwe ngoqwembe.
6:28 Futhi wamnquma ikhanda ejele, waletha ikhanda lakhe ngoqwembe. Futhi wayinika intombazane, intombazane yayinika unina.
6:29 Kwathi abafundi bakhe bekuzwa lokho, beza basithatha isidumbu sakhe, base beyibeka ethuneni.

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