NgokukaLuka 13
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UJesu ufundisa ngokuphenduka
1Ngaleso sikhathi kwakukhona abathile abamtshela ngabaseGalile igazi labo uPilatu ayelixubanisile nemihlatshelo yabo. 2Waphendula, wathi kubo: “Nithi labo baseGalile babe yizoni kunabo bonke abaseGalile, ngokuba behlelwa yilokho, na? 3Ngithi kini: Qha, kepha uma ningaphenduki, niyakubhubha kanjalo nonke. 4Nalabo abayishumi nesishiyagalombili owawela phezu kwabo umbhoshongo waseSilowama, wababulala, nithi bona babe namacala kunabantu bonke abakhileyo eJerusalema na? 5Ngithi kini: Qha, kepha uma ningaphenduki, niyakubhubha ngokunjalo nonke.”
6Wayesebalandisa lo mfanekiso wokuthi: “Umuntu othile wayenomkhiwane utshalwe esivinini sakhe; weza efuna isithelo kuwo, akasifumananga. 7Wayesethi kuso isisebenzi sesivini: ‘Bheka, sekuyiminyaka emithathu ngiza ngifuna isithelo kulo mkhiwane, ngingasifumani; wunqume; yini ukuba uyone futhi inhlabathi?’
8“Sona saphendula, sathi kuye: ‘Nkosi, wuyeke nangalo mnyaka, ngize ngivukuze inhlabathi emaceleni awo, ngiwuthelele umquba; 9mhlawumbe ungaze uthele ngozayo; kepha uma kungenjalo, wowunquma.’ ”
Ukuphulukiswa kowesifazane onomoya wobuthakathaka
10Wayefundisa kwelinye lamasinagoge* ngesabatha. 11Bheka, kwaba khona owesifazane onomoya wobuthakathaka iminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili, eseqhothile engenakululama nempela. 12Kwathi uJesu embona, wambiza, wathi kuye: “Mame, ukhululiwe ebuthakathakeni bakho.” 13Wabeka izandla phezu kwakhe; weluleka khona lapho, wamdumisa uNkulunkulu.
14Umphathi wesinagoge,* ecunukile ngokuba uJesu ephulukisile ngesabatha, waphendula, wathi kuso isixuku: “Kukhona izinsuku eziyisithupha okufanele ukusetshenzwa ngazo; ngakho-ke anoza ngazo, niphulukiswe, kungabi ngosuku lwesabatha.”
15Kepha iNkosi yamphendula yathi: “Bazenzisi, kanti yilowo nalowo kini kayithukululi yini ngesabatha inkabi yakhe noma imbongolo yakhe emkhombeni, ayise ukuyoyiphuzisa, na? 16Kepha lona, eyindodakazi ka-Abrahama, uSathane abembophile, bhekani, iminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili, bekungafanele yini ukuba akhululwe kuleso sibopho ngosuku lwesabatha na?”
17Wathi ukuba asho lokho, bajabha bonke ababemelene naye; isixuku sonke sathokoza ngemisebenzi yonke yenkazimulo eyenziwe nguye.
Imifanekiso ngombuso kaNkulunkulu
(Math. 13:31; Mark. 4:30)
18Wayesethi: “Umbuso kaNkulunkulu ufana nani na? Ngiyakuwufanisa nani na? 19Ufana nenhlamvu yesinaphi ayithatha umuntu, wayihlwanyela ensimini yakhe; yamila, yaba ngumuthi, izinyoni zezulu zaze zakhela emagatsheni awo.”
20Wabuye wathi: “Umbuso kaNkulunkulu ngiyakuwufanisa nani na? 21Ufana nemvubelo ayithatha owesifazane, wayifaka emaqomeni amathathu empuphu, kwaze kwabila konke.”
22Wayesedlula, wahamba imizi ngemizi nemizana ngemizana, efundisa, eqonde eJerusalema. 23Umuntu othile wayesethi kuye: “Nkosi, bayingcosana abasindiswayo na?”
Wathi kubo: 24 “Phikelelani ukungena ngomnyango omncinyane; ngokuba ngithi kini: Abaningi bayakufuna ukungena, bahluleke. 25 Nxa umninindlu esukumile wavala emnyango, niqale ukuma ngaphandle, ningqongqothe emnyango, nithi: ‘Nkosi, sivulele,’ uyakuphendula, athi: ‘Anginazi lapho nivela khona.’
26“Lapho-ke niyakuqala ukuthi: ‘Sasidla, siphuza phambi kwakho, wawufundisa emigwaqweni yakithi.’
27“Athi-ke: ‘Ngithi kini: Anginazi lapho nivela khona; sukani kimi nina nonke, basebenzi bokungalungi.’
28“Lapho kuyakuba khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo, nxa senibona o-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe, nabaprofethi bonke embusweni kaNkulunkulu, kepha nina nikhishelwe ngaphandle. 29 Bayakufika bevela empumalanga, nasentshonalanga, nasenyakatho, naseningizimu, bahlale ekudleni embusweni kaNkulunkulu. 30 Bhekani, bakhona abokugcina abayakuba ngabokuqala; bakhona abokuqala abayakuba ngabokugcina.”
UJesu uyalikhalela iJerusalema
31Ngawo lowo mzuzwana kweza abaFarisi abathile, bathi kuye: “Suka, umuke lapha, ngokuba uHerode ufuna ukukubulala.”
32Wathi kubo: “Hambani nithi kuleyo mpungushe: ‘Bheka, ngikhipha amademoni, ngiphulukise abagulayo namuhla nakusasa, kuthi ngosuku lwesithathu ngipheleliswe.’ 33Nokho ngimelwe ukuba ngihambe namuhla nakusasa nangomhlomunye; ngokuba akunakwenzeka ukuba umprofethi abhubhe ngaphandle kweJerusalema.
34 “Jerusalema, Jerusalema, wena obulala abaprofethi, okhanda ngamatshe abathunyelwe kuwe, bengithanda kangaki ukubuthela ndawonye abantwana bakho njengesikhukukazi sibuthela amazinyane aso phansi kwamaphiko; kepha anivumanga. 35 Bhekani, indlu yenu isisala inxiwa kini; kepha ngithi kini: Anisoze nangibona, kuze kufike isikhathi sokuba nithi: ‘Ubusisiwe ozayo egameni leNkosi.’ ”
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