Bible Reading Plan – Day 296

₁UYesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Azinakungehli izinto ezibakhubekisayo abantu; kodwa hayi ilishwa laloo mntu kuza ngaye ukukhubekisa! ₂Kunokuba akhubekise nokuba mnye kwaba bancinane, ngekumlungele kanye ukuba agangxwe ilitye lokusila entanyeni, aphoswe elwandle. ₃Zilumkeleni.

“Ukuba uwenu uthe wakona, mkhalimele; ke ukuba uthe wazohlwaya, mxolele. ₄Nokuba uthe wakona kasixhenxe ngemini, waza wabuyela kuwe kasixhenxe ngemini, esithi: ‘Ndiv' intw' embi, ndixolele;’ wena uze umxolele.”

₅*Abathunywa bâthi kuyo iNkosi: “Sandisele ukholo.”

₆Ke iNkosi yathi: “Ukuba beninokholo olungangokhozo lwembewu yemostade, beninokuthi kulo mthi: ‘Ncothuka, umiliseleke phakathi elwandle;’ uze unive.”

₇“Nguwuphi na kuni onokuthi enesicaka silima okanye sisalusa, kuthi sakufika isicaka sivela emasimini, athi kuso kwangoko: ‘Hlala phantsi, utye’? ₈Úya kuthi: ‘Ndilungiselele into etyiwayo, ubhinqe, undiququzelele nditye ndisele; ze ke emva koko utye usele nawe.’ ₉Isicaka asibulelwa ngokwenza loo nto siyimiselweyo, anditsho? ₁₀Ngokukwanjalo nani, xa nithe nazenza zonke izinto enizimiselweyo, yithini: ‘Sizizicaka nje; senzé oko besimelwe kukukwenza.’ ”

₁₁Ke kaloku ekuhambeni kukaYesu esiya eJerusalem, ucande phakathi kwelamaSamariya nelaseGalili. ₁₂Ekungeneni kwakhe kwidolophana ethile, wahlangatyezwa ngamadoda alishumi aneqhenqa; aza amela mgama. ₁₃Akhwaza ke esithi: “Yesu, Mhlekazi, senzele inceba!”

₁₄Ewabonile, wathi kuwo: “Hambani niye kuzibonakalisa kubabingeleli.”

Kwathi ke ekuyeni kwawo ahlanjululwa. ₁₅Yathi enye kuwo, yakubona ukuba iphilisiwe, yabuya imncoma kakhulu uThixo; ₁₆yaza yaziphosa ezinyaweni zikaYesu, ibulela kuye. Le ndoda yayingumSamariya. ₁₇Waza ke uYesu wathi: “Bekungahlanjululwanga balishumi na? Baphi na ke abalithoba? ₁₈Kutheni ke ukuba ibe ngulo wolunye uhlanga yedwa othe wabuya esiza kubulela uThixo?” ₁₉Wathi kwindoda leyo: “Phakama, uhambe; ukholo lwakho lukuphilisile.”

₂₀Ke kaloku uYesu akubuzwa *ngabaFarasi ukuba ukulawula kukaThixo kuya kuqala nini na, uphendule wathi: “Ulawulo lukaThixo alubonakali ukuthwasa kwalo. ₂₁Kananjalo akuyi kuthiwa: ‘Nalu apha! Naluya phaya!’ Kuba kaloku ulawulo lukaThixo seluthwasile.”

₂₂Ke wathi kubo abafundi: “Kuya kufika imihla eniya kunqwenela ngayo ukubona nokuba mnye umhla wakhe *uNyana woLuntu ningawuboni. ₂₃Baya kuthi kuni: ‘Nankuya phaya! Nanku apha!’ Ze ningayi ke, ningabalandeli nokubalandela; ₂₄kuba kwanjengokuba umbane usithi menye ucanda isibhakabhaka, woba njalo ngomhla wakhe uNyana woLuntu. ₂₅Kodwa kuqala uNyana woLuntu umelwe kukuva ubunzima obukhulu, alahlwe sesi sizukulwana. ₂₆Njengoko kwakunjalo ngemihla kaNowa, koba kwanjalo ngemihla yakhe uNyana woLuntu. ₂₇Babesidla, besela, bezeka, besendisa, kwada kwangumhla wokungena kukaNowa enqanaweni; wafika unogumbe, wabatshabalalisa bonke. ₂₈Kwaba kwanjalo nangemihla kaLothe. Babesidla, besela, bethenga, bethengisa, betyala, besakha; ₂₉kodwa ngemini awaphuma ngayo uLothe eSodom, kwawa umlilo nesalfure ezulwini, batshatyalaliswa bonke. ₃₀Kuya kuba njalo kanye ngemini yokubonakala kwakhe uNyana woLuntu.

₃₁“Ngaloo mhla makangathi ophezu kwendlu ehle aye kuzithatha iimpahla zakhe ezisendlwini. Kwangokunjalo nosemasimini makangabuyeli kokushiyekileyo. ₃₂Khumbulani ngomka-Lothe! ₃₃Umntu ofuna ukusindisa ubomi bakhe, wolahlekelwa bubo; nothe wabulahla, uya kubulondoloza. ₃₄Inene ngobo busuku kothi abantu bebabini belele ndawonye, omnye athathwe, omnye ashiywe. ₃₅Abafazi ababini bothi besila ndawonye, omnye athathwe, omnye ashiywe. [ ₃₆Amadoda amabini othi esentsimini, enye ithathwe, enye ishiywe.]”

₃₇Ke abafundi baphendula bathi kuYesu: “Phi na, Nkosi?”

Yaza ke yathi kubo: “Apho sikhoyo isidumbu kulapho aya kuhlanganisana khona amaxhalanga.”

₁UYesu wabenzela umzekeliso ukubakhuthaza ukuba bahlale bethandaza bengatyhafi, ₂wathi: “Kwidolophu ethile kwakukho umgwebi owayengamoyiki uThixo, engahloneli mntu. ₃Ke kuloo dolophu kwakukho mhlolokazi uthile ubemana esiza kuye athi: ‘Ndikhulule kummangaleli wam.’ ₄Kwaba mzuzu engavumi, kodwa kamva waqiqa esithi: ‘Nakuba ndingamoyiki uThixo, ndingahloneli namntu, ₅noko, ngenxa yokuba lo mhlolokazi endikhathaza, ndomgwebela ndimkhulule, hleze ndide ndikruquke nguye.’ ”

₆Yaqhuba ke iNkosi yathi: “Kuveni okuthethwa ngulo mgwebi ungenabulungisa. ₇Ngaba yena uThixo akayi kubaphindezelela na abanyulwa bakhe abakhala kuye imini nobusuku? Akayi kukhawuleza na ukubanceda? ₈Ngenene, uya kubaphindezelela kamsinya. Kodwa ke, akufika yena *uNyana woLuntu, ngaba wolufumana na ukholo ehlabathini apha?”

₉Ke kaloku uYesu uthethe lo mzekeliso kwabathile, ababekholose ngokuzicingela ukuba bangamalungisa, bebadelile abanye: ₁₀“Amadoda amabini enyuka aya *endlwini kaThixo, esiya kuthandaza. Enye *yayingumFarasi, enye ingumqokeleli-rhafu.

₁₁“Ke yena umFarasi wayemi ethandaza esithi: ‘Thixo, ndiyabulela kuba ndingènjengabanye abantu, abaphangi, izikhohlakali, abakrexezi, ndingènjengaye nalo mqokeleli-rhafu. ₁₂Ndizila ukutya kabini ngeveki. Ndinikela ngesishumi sako konke endikuzuzayo.’

₁₃“Ke yena umqokeleli-rhafu wayemi qelele, engathandi nokuwaphakamisela ezulwini amehlo akhe. Wayemana eziphothula izandla, esithi: ‘Thixo, yiba netarhu kum, mna moni.’ ₁₄Inene, wagoduka umqokeleli-rhafu lowo elilungisa kuThixo kunomFarasi lowo; kuba kaloku wonke umntu oziphakamisayo uya kuthotywa, nozithobayo uya kuphakanyiswa.”

₁₅Abantu babesiza neentsana zabo kuYesu ukuze azibeke izandla. Beyibonile loo nto, abafundi babakhalimela. ₁₆Ke yena uYesu wazibizela kuye iintsana, esithi: “Bayekeni abantwana beze kum, ningabanqandi, kuba ábalawulwa nguThixo ngabanjengabo. ₁₇Ndithi kuni, inene, othe akakuthobela njengomntwana ukulawulwa nguThixo, soze abuve ubuncwane bolo lawulo.”

₁₈Umphathi othile wabuza kuYesu esithi: “Mfundisi olungileyo, ndingenza ntoni na ukuze ndibudle ilifa ubomi obungunaphakade?”

₁₉UYesu wathi kuye: “Kutheni usithi ndilungile nje? Akukho mntu ulungileyo. Mnye kuphela olungileyo: nguThixo. ₂₀Uyayazi imithetho ethi uze ungakrexezi; uze ungabulali; uze ungebi; uze ungangqini ubuxoki; beka uyihlo nonyoko.”

₂₁Ke yena wathi: “Zonke ezo zinto ndazigcina kwasebuncinaneni bam.”

₂₂Ekuvile oko uYesu, wathi kuye: “Kusekho into enye oyisweleyo: zithengise zonke izinto onazo, wabele amahlwempu imali leyo; woba nobutyebi ezulwini; uze kum, ube ngumlandeli wam.” ₂₃Ezivile ezo ndawo, wadana, kuba wayesisinhanha.

₂₄UYesu, ekubona ukudana kwakhe, wathi: “Hayi ubunzima bokuba izityebi zikuxhamle ukulawulwa nguThixo. ₂₅Kungâlula ukuba inkamela iphumele entunjeni yenaliti, kunokuba isityebi sixhamle ubuncwane bokulawulwa nguThixo.”

₂₆Abo bevayo ke bathi: “Ngubani ke onokusindiswa?”

₂₇Waza uYesu wathi: “Oko aba umntu akunakwenzeka, kunokwenziwa nguThixo.”

₂₈Ke uPetros wathi: “Khangela, thina sishiye zonke izinto sakulandela.”

₂₉Waza uYesu wathi kubo: “Ndithi kuni, inene, akukho namnye ushiye indlu, nokuba ngumfazi, nokuba ngabantakwabo, nokuba ngabazali, nokuba ngabantwana, ngenxa yokufuna ukulawulwa nguThixo, ₃₀ongayi kuthi ngoku ngalo eli xesha amkele ngokuphinda-phindiweyo, aze kwiphakade elizayo amkele ubomi obungunaphakade.”

₃₁Ke uYesu wabathatha abafundi abalishumi elinambini, wathi kubo: “Ngoku ke siyemka, siya eJerusalem. Ke zonke izinto abazibhalayo *abashumayeli ngaye *uNyana woLuntu, ziya kuzaliseka. ₃₂UNyana woLuntu uya kunikelwa kwabasemzini, kudlalwe ngaye, aphathwe kakubi, atshicelwe. ₃₃Baya kumkatsa, bambulale; aze athi ngomhla wesithathu abuye avuke.”

₃₄Ke bona abafundi abaqondanga nento le kwezi zinto. Intsingiselo yala mazwi yayifihlakele kubo, bengazazi ezi zinto azithethayo.

₃₅Kwathi, ekusondeleni kukaYesu eJeriko, kwabakho mfama ithile, ihleli ngasendleleni ingqiba. ₃₆Yakuva kudlula isihlwele, yabuza ukuba ngaba yintoni na le.

₃₇Bayixelela bathi: “Kudlula uYesu waseNazarete.”

₃₈Yaza yabhomboloza isithi: “Yesu, Nyana kaDavide, ndenzele inceba!”

₃₉Abo babehamba ngaphambili bayikhalimela ukuba ithi tu, kodwa kwaba kukhona yona ikhwazayo ngakumbi, isithi: “Nyana kaDavide, ndenzele inceba!”

₄₀Wema uYesu, wathi imfama leyo mayiziswe kuye. Yakusondela ke wayibuza esithi: ₄₁“Ufuna ukuba ndikwenzele ntoni na?”

Yathi imfama kuye: “Nkosi yam, ndicela ukuba ndibuye ndibone.”

₄₂Wathi kuyo uYesu: “Kulungile ke, bona! Ukholo lwakho lukuphilisile.” ₄₃Yabuya yabona kwangoko, yamlandela uYesu, ibulela uThixo. Bonke abantu, bakukubona oko, bamdumisa uThixo.