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₁Ngalesosikhathi kwakukhona abathile abamtshela ngabaseGalile igazi labo uPilatu ayelixubanisile nemihlatshelo yabo.

₂Waphendula, wathi kubo: Nithi labobaseGalile babeyizoni 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 babenamacala kunabantu bonke abakhileyo eJerusalema na?

₅Ngithi kini: Qha, kepha uma ningaphenduki, niyakubhubha ngokunjalo nonke.

₆Wayesebalandisa lomfanekiso wokuthi: Umuntu othile wayenomkhiwane utshalwé esivinini sakhe; weza efuna isithelo kuwo, akasifumananga.

₇Wayesethi kuso isisebenzi sesivini: Bheka, sekuyiminyaka emithathu ngiza ngifuna isithelo kulomkhiwane, ngingasifumani; wunqume; yini ukuba uyone futhi inhlabathi?

₈Sona saphendula, sathi kuye: Nkosi, wuyeke nangalomnyaka, ngize ngivukuze inhlabathi emaceleni awo, ngiwuthelele umquba;

₉mhlawumbe ungaze uthele ngozayo; kepha uma kungenjalo, wowunquma.

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 kulesosibopho ngosuku lwesabatha na?

₁₇Wathi ukuba asho lokho, bajabha bonke ababemelene naye; isixuku sonke sathokoza ngemisebenzi yonke yenkazimulo eyenziwe nguye.

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, eqondé eJerusalema.

₂₃Umuntu othile wayesethi kuye: Nkosi, bayingcosana abasindiswayo na? Wathi kubo:

₂₄Phikelelani ukungena ngomnyango omncinyane; ngokuba ngithi kini: Abaningi bayakufuna ukungena, bahluleke.

₂₅Nxa umninindlu esukumile wavala emnyango, niqale ukuma ngaphandle, ningqongqothe emnyango, nithi: Nkosi, sivulele, uyakuphendula, athi: Anginazi lapho nivela khona.

₂₆Lapho-ke niyakuqala ukuthi: Sasidla, siphuza phambi kwakho, wawufundisa emigwaqweni yakithi.

₂₇Athi-ke: Ngithi kini: Anginazi lapho nivela khona; sukani kimi nina nonke, basebenzi bokungalungi.

₂₈Lapho kuyakuba-khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo, nxa senibona oAbrahama, noIsaka, noJakobe, nabaprofethi bonke embusweni kaNkulunkulu, kepha nina nikhishelwe ngaphandle.

₂₉Bayakufika bevela empumalanga, nasentshonalanga, nasenyakatho, naseningizimu, bahlale ekudleni embusweni kaNkulunkulu.

₃₀Bhekani, bakhona abokugcina abayakuba-ngabokuqala; bakhona abokuqala abayakuba-ngabokugcina.

₃₁Ngawo lowomzuzwana kweza abaFarisi abathile, bathi kuye: Suka, umuke lapha, ngokuba uHerode ufuna ukukubulala.

₃₂Wathi kubo: Hambani nithi kuleyompungushe: 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.

₃₄Jerusalema, Jerusalema, wena obulala abaprofethi, okhanda ngamatshe abathunyelwe kuwe, bengithanda kangaki ukubuthela ndawonye abantwana bakho njengesikhukukazi sibuthela amazinyane aso phansi kwamaphiko; kepha anivumanga.

₃₅Bhekani, indlu yenu isisala inxiwa kini; kepha ngithi kini: Anisoze nangibona, kuze kufike isikhathi sokuba nithi: Ubusisiwe ozayo egameni leNkosi.