NGOKUKALUKA 18

₁Wabalandisa umfanekiso wokuthi bamelwe ukukhuleka njalo, bangadangali.

₂Wathi: Kwakukhona emzini othile umahluleli othile owayengamesabi uNkulunkulu, enganaki-muntu.

₃Kulowomuzi kwakukhona futhi umfelokazi owayelokhu efika kuye, ethi: Ngizwele esitheni sami.

₄Kwaba-yisikhathi engavumi; kepha ngasemuva wathi phakathi kwakhe: Nakuba ngingamesabi uNkulunkulu, nginganaki-muntu,

₅nokho-ke ngokuba lomfelokazi engikhathaza njalo, ngiyakumzwela, funa angizuke ngokufika njalonjalo.

₆Yayisithi iNkosi: Yizwani okushiwo ngumahluleli ongalungile.

₇UNkulunkulu kayikubezwela yini abakhethiweyo bakhe abakhala kuye imini nobusuku, ababekezelele, na?

₈Ngithi kini: Uzakubezwela masinyane. Nokho nxa ifika iNdodana yomuntu, imbala iyakufumana ukukholwa emhlabeni na?

₉Wayesekhuluma kwabathile ababezethemba ukuthi balungile, bedelela abanye, ebalandisa lomfanekiso ngokuthi:

₁₀Abantu ababili benyukela ethempelini beya kukhuleka, omunye engumFarisi, omunye engumthelisi.

₁₁UmFarisi wema wazikhulekela ngokuthi: Nkulunkulu, ngiyakubonga ngokuba ngingenjengabanye abantu: izigcwelegcwele, abangalungile, iziphingi, nanjengalomthelisi.

₁₂Ngizila ukudla kabili ngeviki, nginikela okweshumi kukho konke enginakho.

₁₃Kepha umthelisi emi kude wayengafuni nakuphakamisela amehlo akhe ngasezulwini, kodwa washaya isifuba sakhe, ethi: Nkulunkulu, ngihawukele mina-soni.

₁₄Ngithi kini: Lo wehlela endlini yakhe elungisisiwe kunomunye. Ngokuba yilowo nalowo oziphakamisayo uzakuthotshiswa, kodwa ozithobayo uzakuphakanyiswa.

₁₅Baletha kuye nabantwanyana ukuba abaphathe; kepha abafundi bekubona babakhuza.

₁₆Kodwa uJesu wababizela kuye, wathi: Vumelani abantwana beze kimi, ningabenqabeli, ngokuba umbuso kaNkulunkulu ungowabanjalo.

₁₇Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Yilowo nalowo ongamukeli umbuso kaNkulunkulu njengomntwana kasoze angena kuwo.

₁₈Umbusi othile wayesembuza ethi: Mfundisi omuhle, ngiyakwenzani ukuba ngidle ifa lokuphila okuphakade na?

₁₉Kepha uJesu wathi kuye: Ungibizelani ngokuthi ngimuhle na? Kakho omuhle, munye kuphela, uNkulunkulu.

₂₀Uyayazi imiyalelo ukuthi: Ungaphingi, ungabulali, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, yazisa uyihlo nonyoko.

₂₁Kepha wathi: Konke lokho ngikugcinile kwasebusheni bami.

₂₂UJesu ekuzwé lokho wathi kuye: Usasilalelwe into inye: thengisa ngakho konke onakho, wabele abampofu, khona uzakuba-negugu ezulwini; uze ungilandele.

₂₃Kuthé ekuzwa lokho, wadabuka impela, ngokuba wayenothile kakhulu.

₂₄UJesu embona wathi: Kulukhuni kangakanani kwabanomnotho ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu.

₂₅Kulula ukuba ikamela lingene ngentunja yosungulo kunokuba onothileyo angene embusweni kaNkulunkulu.

₂₆Abezwayo base bethi: Pho, kungasindiswa-bani na?

₂₇Kepha wathi: Okungenzeki kubantu kungenzeka kuNkulunkulu.

₂₈Wayesethi uPetru: Bheka, thina sishiyé okwethu, sakulandela.

₂₉Wathi kubo: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Akukho-muntu oshiyé indlu, noma umkakhe, noma abafowabo, noma abazali, noma abantwana ngenxa yombuso kaNkulunkulu,

₃₀ongayikwamukeliswa okuphindwé kaningi kulesisikhathi nasenkathini ezayo ukuphila okuphakade.

₃₁Wayesebasondeza kuye abayishumi nambili, wathi kubo: Bhekani, sikhuphukela eJerusalema; konke okulotshwé ngabaprofethi ngeNdodana yomuntu kuyakugcwaliseka.

₃₂Ngokuba izakukhashelwa kwabezizwe, iklolodelwe, idunyazwe, ikhafulelwe ngamathe,

₃₃bayishaye, bayibulale; kepha ngosuku lwesithathu izakuvuka.

₃₄Kepha bona kabaqondanga-lutho lwalokho; lelozwi lalifihlakele kubo, abakuqondanga obekushiwo.

₃₅Kwathi esesondela eJeriko, impumputhe ethile yayihlezi ngasendleleni inxiba.

₃₆Isizwa isixuku sidlula, yabuza ukuthi: Kuyini lokhu?

₃₇Base beyitshela ukuthi: Kudlula uJesu waseNazaretha.

₃₈Yayisimemeza ithi: Jesu, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele!

₃₉Ababehamba phambili bayikhuza ukuba ithule; kepha kwayikhona imemeza kakhulu yona, ithi: Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele!

₄₀Wema-ke uJesu, wayala ukuba ilethwe kuye. Isisondele, wayibuza wathi:

₄₁Ufuna ukuba ngikwenzeleni na? Yathi: Nkosi, ukuba ngibone.

₄₂UJesu wathi kuyo: Bona! Ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile.

₄₃Yayisibona khona-lapho, yamlandela imdumisa uNkulunkulu; nabantu bonke bekubona bamnika uNkulunkulu indumiso.