NGOKUKALUKA 21

₁Kwathi ebheka, wabona abacebileyo bebeka iminikelo yabo emphongolweni womnikelo.

₂Wabona nomfelokazi othile ompofu ebeka khona amafadingi* amabili;

₃wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lomfelokazi ompofu ubeké okuningi kunabo bonke.

₄Ngokuba bonke laba babeka eminikelweni kokuchichimileyo kwabo, kepha yena ebumpofini bakhe ubeké konke abephila ngakho.

₅Besakhuluma abanye ngethempeli ukuthi lihlotshiswé ngamatshe amahle nangezipho, wathi kubo:

₆Kuyakufika izinsuku, lapho kungayikushiywa kulokhu enikubonayo itshe phezu kwetshe elingayikudilizelwa phansi.

₇Base bembuza bethi: Mfundisi, lokhu kuyakuba-nini na? Nesibonakaliso siyakuba-yini, lapho sekuyakwenzeka lokhu, na?

₈Wathi: Qaphelani ningadukiswa, ngokuba kuyakuza abaningi ngegama lami, bathi: Nginguye; bathi futhi: Isikhathi sesisondele; maningabalandeli.

₉Nxa nizwa ngezimpi neziyaluyalu, ningethuki, ngokuba kumelwe ukuba kwenzeke lokho kuqala, kepha ukuphela akukabikho masinyane.

₁₀Khona wathi kubo: Isizwe siyakuvukela isizwe, nombuso uvukele umbuso;

₁₁kuyakuba-khona ukuzamazama okukhulu komhlaba nobici nendlala izindawo ngezindawo, kube-khona izinto ezesabekayo nezibonakaliso ezinkulu ezivela ezulwini.

₁₂Kepha ngaphambi kwakho konke lokho bayakunibamba, banizingele, banikhaphele emasinagogeni* nasematilongweni, baniyise phambi kwamakhosi nababusi ngenxa yegama lami.

₁₃Kuyakunehlela kube-ngubufakazi.

₁₄Ngakho kugcineni ezinhliziyweni zenu ukuba ningazindli ngaphambili eniyakuziphendulela ngakho;

₁₅ngokuba mina ngiyakuninika umlomo nokuhlakanipha abangemelane nakho, bakuphike, bonke abayimpi kini.

₁₆Yebo, niyakukhashelwa nangabazali, nabafowenu, nezihlobo, nabangane; abanye benu bayakubulawa yibo.

₁₇Niyakuzondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yegama lami.

₁₈Akuyikulahleka nalunwele lwekhanda lenu.

₁₉Ngokukhuthazela kwenu niyakuzuza imiphefumulo yenu.

₂₀Kepha nxa nibona iJerusalema lihaqiwe yizimpi, yazini ukuthi sekusondele ukuchithwa kwalo.

₂₁Khona abaseJudiya mababalekele ezintabeni, abaphakathi kwalo baphume, abasemaphandleni bangangeni kulo.

₂₂Ngokuba lezi ziyizinsuku zempindiselo ukuba kugcwaliseke konke okulotshiweyo.

₂₃Maye kwabakhulelweyo nabancelisayo ngalezozinsuku! Ngokuba kuyakuba-khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu emhlabeni nentukuthelo phezu kwalesisizwe.

₂₄Bayakuwa bedliwa yinkemba, bathunjelwe ezizweni zonke; iJerusalema liyakunyathelwa phansi ngabezizwe, kuze kugcwaliseke izikhathi zabezizwe.

₂₅Kuyakuba-khona izibonakaliso elangeni nasenyangeni nasezinkanyezini; nasemhlabeni usizi luyakwehlela izizwe, zixakeke ngokuduma kolwandle namaza,

₂₆abantu baphele amandla ngokwesaba nangokubheka okuvelela umhlaba; ngokuba amandla ezulu ayakunyakaziswa.

₂₇Khona bayakuyibona iNdodana yomuntu iza efwini, inamandla nenkazimulo enkulu.

₂₈Kepha nxa kuqala ukuvela lokho, lulamani, niphakamise amakhanda enu, ngokuba kusondele ukukhululwa kwenu.

₂₉Wabalandisa umfanekiso wokuthi: Bhekani umkhiwane nemithi yonke.

₃₀Nxa isihluma, niyabona, nazi ngokwenu ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze.

₃₁Kanjalo nani, nxa nibona lezozinto zenzeka, yazini ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu useduze.

₃₂Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesisizukulwane asiyikudlula, kungakenzeki konke.

₃₃Kuyakudlula izulu nomhlaba, kepha amazwi ami awasoze adlula.

₃₄Xwayani ukuba izinhliziyo zenu zingasindwa ngukuminza nokudakwa nokunaka okwalokhukuphila, lunizume lolosuku ningazelele,

₃₅ngokuba luyakufika njengogibe phezu kwabo bonke abahlezi emhlabeni wonke.

₃₆Ngakho lindani ngesikhathi sonke, nikhuleke ukuba nibe-namandla okuphepha kukho konke lokhu okuyakwenzeka nawokuma phambi kweNdodana yomuntu.

₃₇Njalo wayefundisa ethempelini emini, kepha kusihlwa waphuma ayokulala entabeni ethiwa eyemiNqumo.

₃₈Ekuseni abantu bonke beza kuye ethempelini ukumuzwa.