Mark 4
1 Again he began to teach beside the sea, and a large crowd gathered around him. He stepped into a boat that was on the sea, and he sat down in it. The whole crowd was on the shore beside the sea.
UJesu waphinda njalo wafundisa okhunjini lwesiziba. Ixuku labantu elaqoqana labuthana kuye laba likhulu kakhulu waze wangena esikepeni wahlala kuso siphakathi kwamanzi, kodwa abantu bonke bona bethe gwaqa okhunjini ekucineni kwamanzi.
2 He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching, this is what he said to them.
Wabafundisa izinto ezinengi ngemizekeliso, ekufundiseni kwakhe wathi:
3 “Listen, the farmer went out to sow his seed.
“Lalelani! Umlimi waphuma wayahlanyela inhlanyelo yakhe.
4 As he sowed, some seed fell on the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
Kwathi eyihaza inhlanyelo, enye yawela endleleni, kwafika izinyoni zayidobha.
5 Other seed fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. Immediately it sprang up, because it did not have deep soil.
Eyinye yawela okhetheni lapho okwakungela mhlabathi owaneleyo. Yamila masinyane ngoba umhlabathi wawungatshoni.
6 But when the sun rose, the plants were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up.
Kodwa kwathi ilanga seliphumile, yahanguka yabuna ngoba yayingelampande.
7 Other seed fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked it, and it did not produce a crop.
Enye inhlanyelo yawela emeveni asuka akhula aminya leyonhlanyelo yaze yehluleka ukuthela izikhwebu.
8 Other seed fell into good soil and it produced a crop growing up and increasing thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times.”
Eyinye inhlanyelo yawela emhlabathini omuhle. Yamila, yakhula, yathela amabele yanda ngamatshumi amathathu, ayisithupha ngitsho langekhulu.”
9 Then he said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!”
UJesu wasesithi, “Lowo olendlebe zokuzwa kezwe.”
10 When Jesus was alone, those who were close to him and with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Kwathi eseyedwa, abalitshumi lambili labanye ababeseduze laye bambuza mayelana lemizekeliso leyo.
11 He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those outside everything is in parables,
Wabatshela wathi, “Imfihlakalo yombuso kaNkulunkulu seliyambulelwe. Kodwa kulabo abangaphandle konke kukhulunywa ngemizekeliso
12 so that when they look, yes they look, but do not see, and so that when they hear, yes they hear, but do not understand, or else they would turn and God would forgive them.”
ukuze, ‘bazahlala bebona kokuphela kodwa bengabonisisi, njalo bahlale besizwa kodwa bengaqedisisi funa baphenduke bathethelelwe!’”
13 Then he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the other parables?
UJesu wasesithi kubo, “Kaliwuzwisisi na umzekeliso lo? Pho lizawuzwa kanjani loba yiwuphi umzekeliso?
14 The farmer who sows his seed is the one who sows the word.
Umlimi uhlanyela ilizwi.
15 These are the ones that fall beside the road, where the word was sown, but when they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
Abanye abantu bafana lenhlanyelo esendleleni okuhlanyelwe khona ilizwi. Bonela ukuthi balizwe uSathane uyafika alithathe ilizwi elihlanyelwe kubo.
16 These are the ones that are sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy.
Abanye, njengenhlanyelo eyahlanyelwa okhetheni bayalizwa ilizwi bahle balamukele ngentokozo.
17 They have no root in themselves, but endure for a short time. Then tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, and immediately they stumble.
Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi kabalampande bema okwesikhatshana kuphela. Kungafika uhlupho loba ukuhlukuluzwa komhlaba baphanga bawe.
18 The others are the ones that were sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
Kunjalo abanye, njengenhlanyelo ehlanyelwe emeveni, bayalizwa ilizwi;
19 but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things enter in and choke the word, and it does not produce a crop. (aiōn g165)
kodwa ukuphisekela izinto zalumhlaba, inkohliso yenotho kanye lezinkanuko zezinye izinto konke kuyeza kuliminyanise ilizwi, kulenze lingatheli. (aiōn g165)
20 Then those that were sown in the good soil are the ones who hear the word and receive it, and they produce crops—thirty, sixty, or a hundred times what was sown.”
Abanye, njengenhlanyelo ehlanyelwe emhlabathini omuhle, bayalizwa ilizwi, balamukele, bathele izithelo, bedlule okwakuhlanyelwe ngamatshumi amathathu, ayisithupha loba ngekhulu.”
21 Jesus said to them, “Do you bring a lamp inside the house to put it under a basket, or under the bed? You bring it in and you put it on a lampstand.
Wathi kubo, “Uyalumathisa isibane usifake ngaphansi kwesitsha kumbe ngaphansi kombheda na? Kawusibeki oluthini lwaso yini?
22 For nothing is hidden that will not be known, and nothing is secret that will not come out into the open.
Ngoba loba yini efihliweyo kumele yambulwe, lalokho okuthukuziweyo kumele kuvezwe obala.
23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Nxa ekhona olendlebe zokuzwa kezwe.”
24 He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear, for the measure you use will be measured to you, and more will be added to you.
Waqhubeka wathi, “Kuqapheliseni lokho elikuzwayo. Ngaleso isilinganiso elisisebenzisayo lizalinganiselwa ngaso kumbe kuze kwedlulise.
25 Because whoever has, to him will be given more, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken.”
Lowo olakho uzakwengezelelwa; lowo ongelakho lalokho alakho uzakwemukwa.”
26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who sows his seed on the ground.
Waphinda wathi, “Umbuso wezulu ufana lalokhu. Indoda ihaza inhlanyelo emhlabathini.
27 He sleeps at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
Ebusuku lemini ingabe ilele loba ikhangele inhlanyelo iyamila ikhule loba yona ingakwazi ukuthi kwenzeka njani.
28 The earth bears grain by itself: First the blade, then the ear, then the mature grain in the ear.
Umhlabathi uyiwo wodwa uthela amabele, kuqala ikhaba kuze isikhwebu besekusiza inhlamvu ezikhwetshini.
29 When the crop is ripe, he immediately sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”
Kuthi amabele angavuthwa iwavune ngesikela ngoba ukuvuna sekufikile.”
30 Again he said, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to explain it?
Waphinde wathi, “Sizakuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu unjengani, kumbe sizasebenzisa umzekeliso bani ukuwuchaza?
31 It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.
Unjengentanga yemastadi encinyane kulazo zonke intanga ezihlanyelwa emhlabathini.
32 Yet, when it is sown, it grows and becomes greater than all the garden plants, and it forms large branches, so that the birds of heaven can make their nests in its shade.”
Kodwa nxa ihlanyeliwe iyakhula ibe yisihlahla esikhulu kulazo zonke esivandeni, sibe lengatsha ezinkulu ezihlalwa emthunzini waso yizinyoni zezulu.”
33 With many parables like this he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to understand,
UJesu walikhuluma ilizwi kubo ngemizekeliso eminengi enjalo ukuze bazwisise.
34 and he did not speak to them without a parable. But when he was alone, he explained everything to his own disciples.
Kazange atsho ulutho kubo engasebenzisanga umzekeliso. Kodwa nxa wayeyedwa labafundi bakhe wachaza konke.
35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.”
Ngalelolanga sekuntambama wathi kubafundi bakhe, “Kasihambeni sichaphele ngaphetsheya.”
36 So they left the crowd, taking Jesus with them, just as he was, in the boat. There were other boats going along with him.
Batshiya ixuku, bahamba laye esikepeni enjalo. Zazikhona njalo ezinye izikepe zihamba laye.
37 Just then a violent windstorm arose and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was almost full of water.
Kwaqubuka isiphepho esesabekayo, amagagasi atshaya esikepeni kwaze kwangathi sesitshona.
38 But Jesus himself was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him up, saying, “Teacher, do you not care that we are about to die?”
UJesu wayengemuva ezilalele emendlalweni obuthakathaka. Abafundi bamvusa bathi, “Awu, mfundisi kawunanzi yini nxa sigalula?”
39 He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Waphakama wawukhuza umoya wathi emagagasini, “Thulani lithi cwaka!” Ngakho umoya wadeda, kwasekuthula cwaka.
40 Then he said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still not have faith?”
Wathi kubafundi bakhe, “Kungani lisesaba kangaka? Lilokhu lingakholwa na?”
41 They were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, because even the wind and the sea obey him?”
Babethuthumela babuzana bathi, “Ungubani lo na? Kambe aze alalelwe ngumoya lamagagasi!”
