Umzekeliso Ngomehluleli Nomfelokazi
1UJesu wayesebalandisa umzekeliso, ebafundisa ukuthi kufanele bakhuleke njalo, bangadangali. 2Wathi: “Emzini othile kwakukhona umehluleli othile owayengamesabi uNkulunkulu, futhi engenandaba namuntu. 3Kulowo muzi kwakukhona futhi umfelokazi owayelokhu egqigqa, ethi kuye: ‘Ngenzele ubulungiswa maqondana nomelene nami.’
4“Kwaba yisikhathi eside umehluleli engathandi. Kepha kamuva wadlinza, wathi: ‘Nakuba ngingamesabi uNkulunkulu, futhi ngingenandaba namuntu, 5kodwa-ke ngokuba lo mfelokazi ulokhu engibelesele, ngizakumenzela ubulungiswa, funa ekugcineni angicasule.’ ”
6INkosi yayisithi: “Lalelani-ke ukuthi wathini umehluleli okhohlakeleyo. 7UNkulunkulu akayukubenzela yini ubulungiswa abakhethiweyo bakhe, abakhala kuye imini nobusuku, ababekezelele na? 8Ngithi kini: uyakubenzela ubulungiswa ngokushesha. Ngabe iNdodana yomuntu iyokufumana yini ukukholwa emhlabeni mhla ifika na?”
Umzekeliso NgomFarisi Nomthelisi Ethempelini
9UJesu wakhuluma nabanye ababezigabisa ngokuthi balungile, bedelela abanye; wabatshela lo mzekeliso, wathi: 10“Abantu ababili benyukela ethempelini ukuyokhuleka, omunye engumFarisi, omunye engumthelisi. 11UmFarisi wema, wakhuleka wathi: ‘Nkulunkulu, ngiyakubonga ngokuba ngingenjengabo abanye abantu: izigebengu, izikhohlakali, iziphingi, nanjengalo mthelisi. 12Ngizila ukudla kabili ngeviki, nginikela ngokweshumi kwakho konke engikutholayo.’
13“Kepha umthelisi wema kude engafuni ngisho nokuphakamisela amehlo akhe ngasezulwini, kodwa wazithoba ezisola, ethi: ‘Nkulunkulu, ngihawukele mina soni.’
14“Ngithi kini: lo wabuyela ekhaya elungisisiwe kunomFarisi. Ngokuba yilowo nalowo oziphakamisayo, uzakuthotshiswa; kodwa ozithobayo, uzakuphakanyiswa.”
UJesu Ubusisa Abantwana
15Baletha futhi kuJesu abantwana ukuba abaphathe; kodwa abafundi bekubona lokho, babakhuza. 16Kepha uJesu wababiza, ethi: “Vumelani abantwana beze kimi, ningabenqabeli, ngokuba umbuso kaNkulunkulu ungowabanje. 17Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: yilowo nalowo ongawemukeli umbuso kaNkulunkulu njengomntwana, kasoze angena kuwo.”
Umbusi Onothileyo
18Umbusi othile wayesembuza, ethi: “Mfundisi omuhle, ngiyakwenzenjani ukuze ngidle ifa lokuphila okuphakade na?”
19Kepha uJesu wathi kuye: “Ungibizelani ngokuthi ngimuhle na? Akekho omuhle, kuphela, uNkulunkulu. 20Uyayazi imiyalelo ethi: ‘Ungaphingi, ungabulali, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, hlonipha uyihlo nonyoko.’ ”
21Kepha yena wathi: “Konke lokho ngikugcinile kusukela ebusheni bami.”
22Esekuzwile lokho, uJesu wathi kuye: “Kunye kuphela okusakusalele: thengisa ngakho konke onakho, uphe abampofu, khona-ke uzakuba nengcebo ezulwini, bese uza, ungilandele.”
23Kuthe ekuzwa lokho, waphatheka kabi, ngokuba wayecebe kakhulu. 24UJesu embona ukuthi ulimele kakhulu, wathi: “Kulukhuni kuyitshe kwabanothileyo ukuba bangene embusweni kaNkulunkulu. 25Kulula ukuba ikameli lingene ngembobo yosungulo, kunokuba onothileyo angene embusweni kaNkulunkulu.”
26Abakuzwayo lokho base bethi: “Pho kuyakusindiswa bani na?”
27Kepha uJesu wathi kubo: “Okungenzeki kubantu, kungenzeka kuNkulunkulu.”
Umvuzo Wokuzidela
28UPhethro wayesethi: “Thina sishiye okungokwethu, sakulandela.”
29UJesu wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: akukho muntu oshiye indlu, noma umkakhe, noma abafowabo, noma abazali, noma abantwana, ngenxa yombuso kaNkulunkulu, 30ongayukukwamukeliswa okuphindwe kaningi kulesi sikhathi, esikhathini esizayo, ukuphila okuphakade.”
UJesu Ukhuluma Okwesithathu Ngokuhlupheka Kwakhe
31Wabasondeza kuye abali-12, wathi kubo: “Lalelani, sikhuphukela eJerusalema; konke okulotshwe ngabaphrofethi maqondana neNdodana yomuntu, kuzakugcwaliseka. 32Izakukhashelwa kwabezizwe, iklolodelwe, iphathwe kabi, ikhafulelwe ngamathe, 33bayishaye, bayibulale; kodwa ngosuku lwesithathu, izakuvuka.”
34Kepha abakuqondanga lokho; leli lizwi laliyimpicabadala kubo, abakuqondanga lokho akushoyo.
UJesu Uvula Amehlo Empumputhe
35Kwathi esesondela eJerikho, impumputhe ethile yayihleli ngasendleleni inqiba. 36Kuthe lapho izwa isixuku sidlula ngakuyo, yabuza yathi: “Ngabe kuyini lokhu na?”
37Base beyitshela bathi: “NguJesu waseNazaretha owedlulayo.”
38Yayisimemeza ithi: “Jesu, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele!”
39Ababehamba ngaphambili bayikhuza ukuba ithule, kodwa kwayilapho isho kakhulu ngengila, ithi: “Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele!”
40UJesu wema, wabayala ukuba bayilethe kuye. Kuthe isisondele wayibuza wathi: 41“Ufuna ukuba ngikwenzeleni na?”
Yathi: “Nkosi, ukuba ngibuye ngibone.”
42UJesu wathi kuyo: “Bona! Ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile.”
43Yayisibona khona manjalo, yamlandela imdumisa uNkulunkulu, nabantu bonke bekubona lokho bamdumisa uNkulunkulu.
