ULuka
12:1 Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba kuhlanganiswe into engenakubalwa
Izihlwele zabantu, ngokokude banyathelane, waqala
athi kubafundi bakhe, Phambi kwako konke, lilumkeleni igwele lewayini
AbaFarisi, luhanahaniso olo.
12:2 Akukho nto ke igqunyiweyo, engasayi kutyhilwa; ayifihlwanga,
oko akuyi kwaziwa.
12:3 Ngenxa enokuba konke enikuthethe emnyameni, kuya kuviwa emphefumlweni
ukukhanya; enikuthethe endlebeni emagumbini, kuya kuba njalo
Kushunyayelwe phezu kwezindlu.
12:4 Ndithi ke kuni, zihlobo zam, Musani ukuboyika abo babulala umzimba.
baze emva koko bangabi nanto banokuyenza.
12:5 Ndiya kunibonisa ke enomoyika; yoyikani lowo uya kubuya emva kwakhe
ubulele unegunya lokuphosa esihogweni; Ewe, ndithi kuni, Yoyikani yena lowo.
12:6 Abathengiswa ngeepeni ezimbini na oongqatyana abahlanu, kanti akukho namnye kubo
olityelweyo emehlweni kaThixo?
12:7 Kwaneenwele ezi zentloko yenu zibaliwe zonke; Musa ukoyika
ngoko nibagqithile oongqatyana abaninzi nina.
12:8 Ndithi ke kuni, Wonke umntu othe wandivuma phambi kwabantu, wothi yena
NoNyana woMntu uyavuma phambi kwezithunywa zikaThixo.
12:9 Ondikhanyeleyo ke emehlweni abantu, wokhanyelwa emehlweni ezithunywa zezulu
uThixo.
12:10 Nothe wathetha ilizwi elichasene noNyana woMntu liya kuba njalo
kodwa kulowo unyelise uMoya oyiNgcwele
akayi kuxolelwa.
12:11 Xa sukuba ke benizisa ezindlwini zesikhungu, nakubathetheli, nakwabagwebi
magunya, musani ukuxhalela ukuba ningaziphendulela ngokunjani na, nangantoni na, nokuba ningathini na?
uya kuthi:
12:12 Kuba uMoya oyiNgcwele uya kunifundisa ngalo elo lixa izinto enimelwe kukuthi nizenze
yithi.
12:13 Uthe ke ubani kuye endimbaneni, Mfundisi, yitsho kumzalwana wam
wahlulelana nam ilifa.
12:14 Uthe ke yena kuye, Mntundini, ndimiswe ngubani na ukuba ndibe ngumahluli nomabi phakathi kwenu?
12:15 Wathi ke kubo, Lumkani, nizilinde ngasekubaweni;
ubomi bomntu abumi ngabuninzi bezinto anazo
umniniyo.
12:16 Wathetha ke umzekeliso kubo, esithi, Umhlaba womntu othile osisityebi
Umntu wazala kakhulu;
12:17 wayecamanga phakathi kwakhe, esithi, Ndiya kuthini na;
akukho ndawo apho ndingabeka khona iziqhamo zam?
12:18 Wathi, Nantsi into endiya kuyenza; ndiya kubawisa phantsi oovimba bam, ndakhe;
mkhulu; ndizihlanganisele khona zonke iziqhamo zam, nempahla yam.
12:19 ndithi kuwo umphefumlo wam, Mphefumlo, unezinto ezininzi ezilungileyo, eziqwetyelwe abaninzi.
iminyaka; phumla, udle, sela, yiba nemihlali.
12:20 Uthe ke uThixo kuye, Msweli-kuqonda, ngobu busuku umphefumlo wakho uya kubizwa
ziya kuba zezikabani na ke ezo zinto uzilungisileyo?
12:21 Unjalo lowo uziqwebela ubutyebi, engenabutyebi;
uThixo.
12:22 Wathi ke kubo abafundi bakhe, Ngenxa yoko ndithi kuni, Musani ukuthabatha
ubucingela ubomi benu, nisithi nodla ntoni na; kwanomzimba, nisithi nithini na
iya kunxiba.
12:23 Ubomi bukhulu kunokudla, nomzimba kunento yokwambatha.
12:24 Qondani ngamahlungulu, ngokuba akahlwayeli, akavuni; nabangenayo
uvimba okanye uvimba; yaye uThixo uyazondla;
kuneentaka?
12:25 Nguwuphi na ke kuni onokuthi ngokuxhala ongeze ebukhulwini bakhe ikubhite ibe nye?
12:26 Ukuba ngoko aninako ukwenza neyona nto incinane, yini na ukuba niyithabathe?
wacinga ngokuseleyo?
12:27 Qondani ngeenyibiba, ukuhluma kwazo; azibulaleki, azisonti nokusonta; kwaye u
Ndithi ke kuni, USolomon kubo bonke ubunewunewu bakhe, wayengavathiswanga nanjenganye
kwezi.
12:28 Ukuba ke ingca, leyo isendle, ethi namhla ibekho, yenjenjalo ukwambesa
ngomso kuphoswa eziko; wobeka phi na ke ukunambesa nina, nina be
ukholo oluncinane?
12:29 Nize ningafuni ukuba ningadla ntoni na, nisele ntoni na;
ingqondo ethandabuzekayo.
12:30 ngokuba zonke ezo nto zingxanyelwe ziintlanga zehlabathi;
Uyazi uBawo ukuba niziswele ezo zinto.
12:31 Funani ke ubukumkani bukaThixo; kwaye zonke ezo zinto ziya kubakho
kongezwa kuwe.
12:32 Musani ukoyika, mhlambi mncinane; ngokuba kukholekile kuYihlo ukuninika
wena ubukumkani.
12:33 Thengisani ngeempahla zenu, niphe amalizo; zilungiseleni iingxowa ezingaweki umthwebeba
endala, ubutyebi obungatshiyo emazulwini, apho kungekho sela
iyasondela, akoli inundu.
12:34 kuba apho bukhona ubutyebi benu, yoba lapho nentliziyo yenu.
12:35 Makube nibhinqiwe ezinqeni zenu, nezibane zenu zivutha;
12:36 nani nibe njengabantu abayilindileyo inkosi yabo, xeshikweni iya kuthanda
ukubuya emtshatweni; ukuze xa athe wafika wankqonkqoza, bavule
kuye kwaoko.
12:37 Banoyolo abo bakhonzi, eyothi yakufika inkosi, ibafumane
elindile: Inene ndithi kuni, iya kubhinqa, izenzele
baya kungqengqa, baphume, babalungiselele.
12:38 Nokuba ithe yeza ngowesibini umlindo wobusuku, nokuba ithe yeza ngowesithathu umlindo,
bazifumana benjalo, banoyolo abo bakhonzi.
12:39 Kwazini ke oku, ukuba umninindlu ebesazi ukuba eliphi na ilixa
isela beliya kufika, liyilindile, aliyishiyanga indlu yalo
ukuba kuqhekezwe.
12:40 Nani ngoko yibani nilungile; ngokuba uNyana woMntu uza ngelixa eninalo
musa ukucinga.
12:41 Wathi ke uPetros kuye, Nkosi, lo mzekeliso uwuthetha kuthi
kubo bonke?
12:42 Ithe ke iNkosi, Ngubani na ke elo gosa lithembekileyo, liqondileyo, elabo?
inkosi iya kuyimisa phezu kwendlu yayo, ibanike isabelo sabo
inyama ngexesha elifanelekileyo?
12:43 Unoyolo loo mkhonzi, iya kuthi yakufika inkosi yakhe imfumane ekwanjalo
ukwenza.
12:44 Inene ndithi kuni, iya kummisa phezu kwayo yonke into yayo
unayo.
12:45 Ukuba ke loo mkhonzi uthe entliziyweni yakhe, Inkosi yam iyalibala ukuza;
aqale ukubabetha abakhonzi nabakhonzazana, adle, adle
Ukusela nokunxila;
12:46 iya kufika inkosi yaloo mkhonzi ngemini engayilindeleyo.
nangelixa angalaziyo, imnqumle kubini, ize
uya kummisela isabelo sakhe nabangakholwayo.
12:47 Waye ke loo mkhonzi, ubekwazi ukuthanda kwenkosi yakhe, akalungisa;
ongenzanga ngokuthanda kwakhe, akayi kubethwa ngemivumbo emininzi.
12:48 ke yena obengazi, wenza ke okufanele imivumbo, uya kuba
ibethwe ngemivumbo embalwa. Kuba osukuba kunikwe okuninzi, kuya kuphuma kuye
kuye kufuneke kakhulu; nakulowo kubekwe okukhulu kuye, baya kufuna kuye
buza ngakumbi.
12:49 Ndize kuphosa umlilo ehlabathini; ndingathini na, ukuba selukho kakade?
basiwe?
12:50 Kukho ke lubhaptizo ndifanele ukubhaptizwa ngalo; ndicinezeleke ngantoni na?
mayifezwe!
12:51 Niba ndize kungenisa uxolo na ehlabathini? Ndithi kuni, Hayi; kodwa
kunokuba isahlulo:
12:52 Kuba kuya kuthi, kuthabathela kwalapha, kubekho abahlanu ndlwini-nye bebambene, abathathu
nababini bechasene nabathathu.
12:53 Kuya kubambana uyise nonyana, unyana nonyana;
utata; unina nentombi, intombi nentombi
umama; uninazala nomolokazana wakhe, nentombi
Umyeni kuninazala.
12:54 Wayesithi ke nakuzo izihlwele, Xa nithe nalibona ilifu liphuma ezulwini
entshonalanga, kwaoko nithi, Kuza isiphango; kwaye kunjalo.
12:55 Naxa sukuba nibona umoya wasezantsi uvuthuza, nithi, Kuya kubakho ulophu; kwaye yona
yenzeka.
12:56 Bahanahanisindini, niyakwazi ukubucalula ubuso bezulu nomhlaba; kodwa
Yini na ukuba ningalicaluli nje eli xesha?
12:57 Yini na ke ukuba nina ngokwenu ningakwahluli okububulungisa?
12:58 xa uthe waya nommangaleli wakho kumantyi, njengawe nje usendlwini yenkundla.
indlela, khuthalela ukuba uhlangulwe kuye; hleze yena
rhuqela kumgwebi, ize umgwebi akunikele kumsila;
igosa likuphose entolongweni.
12:59 Ndithi kuwe, Akusayi kukha uphume khona apho, ude ube ulihlawule ityala elo.
intshontsho lokugqibela.