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11:1 Ke kaloku kwathi, esendaweni ethile ethandaza, akubon' ukuba uyathandaza
Uthe ke akuphela, wathi omnye wakubafundi bakhe kuye, Nkosi, sifundise ukuthandaza njengathi
UYohane wafundisa nabafundi bakhe.
11:2 Uthe ke yena kubo, Xa sukuba nithandaza, yithini, Bawo wethu ongaphakathi
ezulwini, malingcwaliswe igama lakho. mabufike ubukumkani bakho. Intando yakho mayenziwe, njengaku
ezulwini, nasemhlabeni.
11:3 Siphe imihla ngemihla isonka sethu semihla ngemihla;
11:4 Usixolele izono zethu; kuba nathi sibaxolela bonke abanamatyala
kuthi. Ungasingenisi ekuhendweni; usihlangule ebubini.
11:5 Wathi kubo, Nguwuphi na kuni ongathi, enomhlobo, aze ahambe
kuye phakathi kobusuku, uthi kuye, Sihlobo, ndiboleke izonka zibe zithathu;
11:6 kuba ke umhlobo wam uphambukele kum eseluhambeni, ndaye ndingenanto ke
abekwe phambi kwakhe?
11:7 Aphendule ongaphakathi athi, Musa ukundikhathaza;
uvaliwe, nabantwana bam basesililini nam; andinako ukuvuka ndikunike.
11:8 Ndithi kuni, Nokuba akayi kuvuka amnike, ngokuba ungowakhe
kodwa ngenxa yozingiso lwakhe olungenantloni uya kuvuka, amnike abaninzi
njengoko kufuneka.
11:9 Nam ndithi kuni, Celani, nophiwa; funani, nofumana;
fumana; nkqonkqozani, novulelwa.
11:10 Kuba wonke umntu ocelayo, uyazuza; nalowo ufunayo, uyafumana; kwaye ku
lowo unkqonkqozayo uya kuvulelwa.
11:11 Ngubani na onguyihlo, ukuba unyana uthe wacela isonka, womnika
yena ilitye? Athi, ukuba uthe wacela intlanzi, amnike inyoka esikhundleni sentlanzi?
11:12 Athi, ukuba uthe wacela iqanda, amnike unomadudwane?
11:13 Ukuba ke ngoko nina, nikhohlakele nje, niyakwazi ukubapha abantwana benu izipho ezilungileyo;
wobeka phi na ke yena uYihlo osemazulwini ukugqithisela ukubapha uMoya oyiNgcwele
oko ukumbuza?
11:14 Waye ekhupha idemon, yaye ke ke isisidenge. Kwaye kwenzeka,
Kuthe ke yakuphuma idemon, sathetha isisidenge; bamangaliswa abantu.
11:15 Kodwa abathile kubo bathi, Uzikhupha iidemon ngoBhelezebhule, umphathi
yeedemon.
11:16 Baye ke bemlinga, befuna kuye umqondiso ophuma emazulwini.
11:17 Uthe ke yena, ezazi iingcingane zabo, wathi kubo, Ubukumkani bonke bubahlulelene
Utshaba luphanzisiwe; nendlu eyahlulelene a
indlu iyawa.
11:18 Ukuba ke noSathana wahlulelene yedwa, bothini na ukuma ubukumkani bakhe?
Ngokuba nithi, ndizikhupha iidemon ngoBhelezebhule.
11:19 Ukuba mna ndizikhupha iidemon ngoBhelezebhule, bazikhupha ngabani na oonyana benu?
ngaphandle? ngenxa yoko baya kuba ngabagwebi benu bona.
11:20 Ke ukuba ndizikhupha iidemon ngomnwe kaThixo, ngoko bubukumkani bukaThixo
UThixo ufikile kuwe.
11:21 Xa igorha lixhobile, lilinda ibhotwe lalo, impahla yalo iseluxolweni;
11:22 Kuthe ke, xa uthe wafikelwa yigorha elinamandla kunalo, laloyisa;
16 R wamthabatha zonke iintonga zakhe abekholose ngazo, uya kuzahlula ezakhe
inkunkuma.
11:23 Lowo ungengakum, uchasene nam; nalowo ungandibuthisiyo, uchasene nam
uyasasaza.
11:24 Xa umoya ongcolileyo uthe waphuma emntwini, uya kucanda owomileyo
iindawo, befuna ukuphumla; aze angakufumani, uthi, Ndiya kubuyela kwam
indlu endiphuma kuyo.
11:25 Uthi wakufika, uyifumane itshayelwe, ivathisiwe.
11:26 Wandule ukuya kuthabatha abanye oomoya abasixhenxe abakhohlakeleyo kunabo
yena ngokwakhe; bangene ke bahlale khona;
umntu umbi kunakuqala.
11:27 Ke kaloku kwathi, ekuthetheni kwakhe ezi zinto, kwabakho mfazi uthile uthile wasezandleni
Isihlwele saliphakamisa ilizwi laso, sathi kuye, Sinoyolo isizalo eso
owakuzalayo, namabele owawanyayo.
11:28 Uthe ke yena, Yithi kanye, Banoyolo abo balivayo ilizwi likaThixo balidle
Yigcine.
11:29 Ke kaloku, zakubon' ukuba ziqukene iindimbane, waqala ukuthi, Lo
sisizukulwana esingendawo; singxamele umqondiso; kwaye akuyi kubakho mqondiso
kodwa umqondiso kaYona umprofeti.
11:30 Kuba, njengokuba uYona waba ngumqondiso kwabaseNineve, uya kwanjalo uNyana woMntu
makube kwesi sizukulwana.
11:31 Ukumkanikazi waseZantsi uya kusuka eme ngomgwebo namadoda
Esi sizukulwana, usigwebe, ngokuba yena wavela eziphelweni zehlabathi
umhlaba ukuba uve ubulumko bukaSolomon; nanku ke omkhulu kunom
USolomon ulapha.
11:32 Amadoda aseNineve aya kusuka eme ngomgwebo nesi sizukulwana;
ngokuba aguquka wona ngomemezo lukaYona; kwaye,
uyabona, omkhulu kunoYona nanku apha.
11:33 Akukho ke uthi, esibanekile isibane, asibeke endaweni efihlakeleyo;
nokuba kuphantsi kwesitya; kubekwe phezu kwesiphatho sezibane, kwabo bangenayo
inokubona ukukhanya.
11:34 Isibane somzimba liliso; ngoko xa sukuba iliso lakho lingenakumbi,
Nomzimba wakho uphela uyakhanyiseleka; kodwa xa sukuba iliso lakho likhohlakele, yeyakho
nomzimba uzele bubumnyama.
11:35 Ngoko xunela ekuthini ukukhanya okukuwe kungabi bubumnyama.
11:36 Ukuba ngoko umzimba wakho uphela ukhanyiselekile, ungenandawo imnyama
Iya kuzala yonke iphela kukukhanya, njengokudangazela kwesibane
uya kukhanyisela.
11:37 Ke kaloku, akuba ethethile, umFarisi othile wayemcela ukuba aye komulela kuye.
wangena, wahlala phantsi.
11:38 Uthe ke akubona oku, umFarisi wamangaliswa kukuba engathanga kuqala ahlambe
phambi kwesidlo sangokuhlwa.
11:39 Ithe ke iNkosi kuye, Kungokunje, nina baFarisi nihlamba umphandle
indebe nesitya; kodwa umbilini wakho uzele kukuqwenga nokuqwenga
ubungendawo.
11:40 Ziyatha, lowo wenza into engaphandle akayenzanga na leyo ikhoyo?
nangaphakathi?
11:41 Yiphani amalizo ngokwezinto eninazo; nazo zonke izinto
zihlambulukile kuni.
11:42 Yeha ke nina, baFarisi! ngokuba ninikela izishumi zetyeleba nezenxina, nezenxina, nezenxina, neentlobo zonke
nize nidlule kuwo umgwebo nothando lukaThixo;
wenze, kwaye ungayishiyi enye.
11:43 Yeha nina, baFarisi! kuba nithanda izihlalo eziphambili
ezindlwini zesikhungu, nemibuliso ezindaweni zembutho.
11:44 Yeha nina, babhali nabaFarisi, bahanahanisindini! ngokuba ningamangcwaba
ezingabonakali, namadoda ahamba phezu kwazo abazazi.
11:45 Waphendula ke omnye wabaqondisi-mthetho, wathi kuye, Mfundisi, utsho
nawe uyasingcikiva.
11:46 Uthe ke yena, Yeha, nani baqondisi-mthetho! ngokuba nibathwalisa imithwalo abantu
Kunzima ukuthwalwa, nani ngokwenu aniyichukumisi imithwalo ngamnye
yeminwe yakho.
11:47 Yeha nina! ngokuba niyawakha amangcwaba abaprofeti, abenu
ootata bababulala.
11:48 Okunene niyangqina ukuba niyayivumela imisebenzi yooyihlo;
nibabulele okunene, niyawakha ke nina amangcwaba abo.
11:49 Ngenxa yoko nobulumko bukaThixo bathi, Ndiya kubathumela abaprofeti nabashumayeli
ke inxenye kubo baya kuyibulala, bayitshutshise;
11:50 ukuba igazi labo bonke abaprofeti, elaphalazwayo ukususela kwisiseko
wehlabathi, unokufunwa kwesi sizukulwana;
11:51 lithabathela egazini lika-Abheli, lizise egazini likaZekariya owatshabalalayo
phakathi kwesibingelelo netempile: Inene ndithi kuni, Kuya kuba njalo
efunekayo kwesi sizukulwana.
11:52 Yeha, nina baqondisi-mthetho! ngokuba nisithabathile isitshixo sokwazi;
aningenanga nina, nabangenayo nabalela.
11:53 Ke kaloku, akubon' ukuba uyazithetha ezi zinto kubo, ababhali nabaFarisi
Baqala ukumjongisa ngamandla, nokumcaphukisa, ukuba athethe ngabaninzi
izinto:
11:54 bemlalele, befuna ukunqakula into ephuma emlonyeni wakhe;
ukuze bammangalele.