Guqukani hleze nife
1Kwangelo xesha ke kwabakho abathile abâmxeleláyo uYesu ngamaGalili, awathi esenzela uThixo amadini, abulawa nguPilato. 2Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo: “Niba loo maGalili ebengabôni ngaphezulu kwawo onke amanye amaGalili, kuba evé ubunzima obunjalo? 3Nakanye! Inene, nani ukuba anithanga niguquke, notshabalala kwangokunjalo nonke. 4Khanitsho ke, bona abo balishumi elinesibhozo abawelwa yinqaba eSilowa bafa, niba babenetyala ngaphezu kwabo bonke abantu baseJerusalem? 5Nakanye! Inene, nani ukuba anithanga niguquke notshabalala kwangokunjalo nonke.”
Umzekeliso ngomkhiwane ongathwali siqhamo
6UYesu ke wabenzela lo mzekeliso: “Ubani wayenomkhiwane utyalwe esidiliyeni sakhe, weza efuna isiqhamo kuwo, waza akafumana nto. 7Wathi ke kosebenza esidiliyeni: ‘Uyabona, ndiminyaka mithathu ndisiza ndifuna isiqhamo kulo mkhiwane, ndingafumani nto. Wugawule! Yini na ukuba ude uphuthise nomhlaba lo?’ 8Waphendula yena wathi kuye: ‘Nkosi, khawuwuyeke nakulo mnyaka, ndikhe ndimbe ndiwujikeleze, ndigalele umgquba. 9Ukuba ke uthe wavelisa isiqhamo, woseluwuyeka; kodwa ukuba akubanga njalo, wogawulwa.’ ”
Ukuphiliswa komfazi ongumlwelwe ngoMhla woPhumlo
10Ke kaloku ngomnye *uMhla woPhumlo uYesu wayefundisa *ndlwini yesikhungo ithile. 11Apho kwakukho umfazi owayenendimoni eyamgulisa iminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo. Wayegobile, engenako mpela ukuma nkqo. 12Akuba uYesu embonile, wambiza, wathi kuye: “Mfazi, ukhululekile ebulwelweni bakho.” 13Wambeka izandla, waza ke lo mfazi wema nkqo kwangoko, wabulela uThixo.
14Ke lona igosa lendlu yesikhungo, licaphukile kuba uYesu ephilise ngoMhla wokuPhumla, lathi kwisihlwele: “Mithandathu imihla ekufanele ukusetyenzwa ngayo. Yizani ngayo niphiliswe, kungabi ngawo uMhla wokuPhumla.”
15Yaphendula ke iNkosi, yathi: “Mamenemenendini, ngubani na kuni ongayikhululiyo ngoMhla woPhumlo emkhumbini wesitali inkomo yakhe, okanye idonki yakhe, ayirhole esiya kuyiseza? 16Lo ke, eyintombi ka-Abraham nje, owayebotshiwe le minyaka ilishumi elinesibhozo nguSathana, ubengamelwe kukukhululwa na kulo mabophe ngoMhla woPhumlo?” 17Akuba etshilo, basuka badana bonke ababechasene naye. Ke sona isihlwele sasivuya ngenxa yazo zonke izinto ezintle awayezenza.
Umzekeliso ngokhozo lwemostade
18Ke uYesu wathi: “Lufana nantoni na ulawulo lukaThixo? Ndingaluzekelisa ngamzekeliso mni na? 19Lufana nokhozo lwembewu yemostade, awaluthathayo umntu, waluhlwayela esitiyeni sakhe, lwaza lwakhula lwaba ngumthi, zathi iintaka zakha iindlwane zazo emasebeni awo.”
Umzekeliso ngegwele
20UYesu waphinda wathi: “Ndingaluzekelisa ngamzekeliso mni na ulawulo lukaThixo? 21Lufana negwele, awalithathayo umfazi, walixovulela kumgubo ozizitya ezithathu, laza layinyusa yonke intlama.”
Isango elimxinwa
22UYesu wacanda kwiidolophu needolophana, ehamba efundisa, esinga eJerusalem. 23Umntu othile wathi kuye: “Nkosi, bambalwa na abo basindiswayo?”
UYesu ke wathi kubo: 24“Zamani ukungena ngesango elimxinwa. Ndithi kuni, baninzi abaya kufuna ukungena, bangabi nako.
25“Xa selethe waphakama umninindlu, wavala emnyango, nothi nina, nime ngaphandle, ninkqonkqoze emnyango, nisithi: ‘Nkosi, sivulele.’ Wophendula ke umninindlu, athi kuni: ‘Andinazi apho nivela khona.’ 26Ke ngoko nina nothi: ‘Kaloku sikhe satya, sasela, ukho nawe; nawe wafundisa ezitalatweni zethu.’ 27Kodwa yena wothi: ‘Inene, andinazi apho nivela khona. Mkani kum, nina nonke benzi bobubi.’ 28Khona apho niya kulila ningcungcutheke, xa nibona uAbraham noIsake noYakobi nabo bonke abashumayeli bamandulo bexhamla ubuncwane bokulawulwa nguThixo, nibe nina nikhutshelwe ngaphandle. 29Abantu bofika bevela empumalanga nasentshonalanga, bevela ngasentla nangasezantsi, babuxhamle ubuncwane bokulawulwa nguThixo. 30Niyabona ke, bakho abokugqibela abaya kuba ngabokuqala, bekho nabokuqala abaya kuba ngabokugqibela.”
UYesu ubuhlungu ngeJerusalem
31Kwangelo xesha kwafika abaFarasi abathile, bathi kuYesu: “Phuma umke apha, kuba uHerode ufuna ukukubulala.”
32Wathi kubo: “Yiyani nithi kuloo mpungutye: ‘Uyabona, ndikhupha iindimoni, ndiphilise, namhlanje nangomso, ndithi ngowesithathu umhla ndigqibe.’ 33Kodwa ndimelwe kukuthi ndihambe namhlanje nangomso nangomsomnye, kuba umshumayeli akangekhe abulawe kwenye indawo ngaphandle kwaseJerusalem.
34“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, wena ubabulalayo abashumayeli, ubakhande ngamatye abo bathunywa kuwe nguThixo! Kunini na ndifuna ukubawola abantu bakho ngokwesikhukukazi esigquma amantshontsho aso ngamaphiko, waza wena awavuma. 35Niyabona, uThixo uyanifulathela nomzi wenu. Inene, aniyi kuba sandibona de kufike ixesha eniya kuthi: ‘Makabongwe lowo uzayo egameni leNkosi.’”
