IVangeli likaTomase Lobusana bukaJesu
Kristu
ISAHLUKO 1
1 Mina Tomasi, umIsrayeli, ngakubona kufanele ukwazisa abazalwane bethu phakathi kwabeZizwe, izenzo nezimangalisozikaKristuebuntwaneni bakhe, iNkosi yethu noNkulunkulu uJesu Kristu eyazenza ngemva kokuzalwa kwakhe eBetlehema ezweni lakithi, lapho ngenza khona lokho. nami ngamangala;ukuqala kwakhokwaba kanje.
2 Lapho umntwana uJesu eseneminyaka emihlanu ubudala futhi kunemvula, eyayisiphelile manje, uJesu wayedlala nabanye abafana abangamaHebheru ngasemfuleni ogelezayo; namanzi ageleza phezu kosebe, ema emachibini amancane;
3 Kodwa amanzi ahle akhanya futhi aba usizo futhi; esebashayile ngezwilakhe kuphela, bamlalela ngesineke.
4 Wathatha ogwini lomfula ubumba oluthambileyo, wabumba kulo ondlunkulu abayishumi nambili; kwakukhona nabanyeabafana ababedlala naye.
5 Kodwa umJuda othile ebona akwenzayo, okungukuthi, ukubumba kwakhe udaka emifanekisweni yondlunkulu ngosuku lwesabatha, wahle waya wabikela uyise uJosefa, wathi:
6 Bheka, umfana wakho udlala ngasemfuleni, wathatha ubumba, walubumba lwaba ondlunkulu abayishumi nambili, walona isabatha.
7 UJosefa wayesefika endaweni lapho ayekhona, wathi embona, wambiza, wathi: “Ukwenzelani okungavunyelwe ukwenziwa ngesabatha na?
8 Khona uJesu eshaya ihlombe, wabiza ondlunkulu, wathi kubo: “Hambani, balekani; futhi nisaphila ngikhumbuleni.
9 Ngakhoondlunkulubabaleka bebanga umsindo.
10 AbaJuda bekubona lokhu bamangala, basuka babikela izikhulu zabo ngesimangaliso esimangalisayo ababesibonilesenziwa nguJesu.
ISAHLUKO 2
1 Ngaphandle kwalokho indodana ka-Ana umbhali yayimi noJosefa, yathatha ingatsha yomnyezane, yahlakaza amanzi abewabuthele echibini.
2 Kodwa umfana uJesu ebona akwenzileyo wathukuthela, wathi kuye: Siphukuphuku, ukwenze okubi yini ulwandle, ukuthi uhlakazeamanzi?
3 Bheka, manje uzobuna njengesihlahla, futhi ungavezi amaqabunga, noma amagatsha, noma isithelo.
4 Wahlewabuna umzimba wonke.
5 UJesu wasesuka waya ekhaya. Kepha abazali bomfana oshwabeneyo, belililela ububi bobusha bakhe, bamthatha, bamyisa kuJosefa, bemmangalela, bathi: “Uyigcineleni indodana enecala lezenzoezinjalona?
6 Khona-ke uJesu ngokucela kwabo bonke ababekhona wamphulukisa, kwasala isitho esincane esibunayo, ukuze baxwayiswe.
7 Ngesinye isikhathi uJesu waphuma waya emgwaqeni, futhiumfana wagijima wagijima ehlombelakhe;
8 UJesuwasethukuthela wathi kuye:Kawusoze uqhubekele phambili.
9 Wahlewawa phansi wafa;
10 Abanye sebebonile bathi: “Lo mfana wazalelwa ngaphi ukuba konkeakushoyokufezeke manje na?
11 Abazali babafileyobathenga ukuya kuJosefa bakhonona, besithi: Kawufanele ukuhlala lathi emzini wakithi, ube lomfana onje;
12 Mfundise ukuthi abusise futhi angaqalekisi, noma asuke lapha naye, ngokuba ubulala abantwana bethu.
13 UJosefa wasebiza umfana uJesu yedwa, wamlaya esithi: Ukwenzelani izinto ezinje ukuze ulimaze abantu, baze bazonde, basitshutshise?
14 Kodwa uJesu waphendula wathi: Ngiyazi ukuthi okutshoyo kakusuwe, kodwa ngenxa yakho kangiyikutsho lutho;
15 Kodwa laboabakhuluma lezi zintokuwe bayakujeziswa okuphakade.
16 Masinyane laboababemmangalele baba yizimpumputhe.
17 Bonke abakubonayo besaba kakhulu basanganiseka, bathi ngaye: Konke akutshoyo, kuhle kumbe kubi, kuyenzeka masinyane;
18 Kwathi sebebone lokho kukaKristu, uJosefa wasukuma, wamnqamula indlebe, umfana wathukuthela, wathi kuye: “Khululeka;
19 Ngokuba uma besifuna, abayikusifumana; wenze ngokunganaki kakhulu.
20 Awazi yini ukuthi ngingowakho na? Ungabe usangihlupha.
ISAHLUKO 3
1 Umfundisi othile uZakewu ogama lakhe wayemi endaweniethile, wezwa uJesuekhuluma lezizintokuyise.
2 Wamangala kakhulu ukuthi esemncane akhulume lezizinto; kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa wafika kuJosefa, wathi:
3 Wena unomntwana ohlakaniphileyo nonengqondo, mthumele kimi, ukuzeafunde ukufunda.
4 Lapho ehlala phansi ukuze afundise izincwadi kuJesu, waqala ngencwadi yokuqala ethi Alefi;
5 Kodwa uJesu wabiza incwadi yesibili ethi Mpeth (Beth) Cghimel (Gimel), futhi washo kuzo zonke izincwadi kuye kwaze kwaba sekugcineni.
6 Wasevula incwadi, wafundisa inkosi yakheabaprofethi; 7 Wasukuma wabuyela ekhaya, emangale ngokumangalisayongentoeyinqaba.
ISAHLUKO 4
1 Kwathi uJesu edlula esitolo esithile, wabona insizwa icwilisa (noma idaya) izindwangu namasokisi eziko ezinombala odabukisayo, izenza ngokohlelo lomuntu ngamunye;
2 Umfana uJesu owayesiya ejahani elenza lokhu, wathatha lezinyezezindwangu.