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13:1 Ke kaloku kwaye kukho abathile ngelo xesha ababembikela amaGalili.
abagazi uPilato waliphithikeza namadini abo.
13:2 Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo, Niba ngamaGalili la
Babengaboni ngaphezu kwawo onke amaGalili, ngokuba eve ubunzima obunjalo
izinto?
13:3 Ndithi kuni, Hayi; nothi, xa sukuba ningaguquki, nitshabalale kwangokunjalo nonke.
13:4 Hi, bona abo balishumi elinesibhozo, bawelwa yinqaba eseSilowa, yababulala;
niba babengaboni ngaphezu kwabo bonke abantu abemiyo eYerusalem?
13:5 Ndithi kuni, Hayi; nothi, xa sukuba ningaguquki, nitshabalale kwangokunjalo nonke.
13:6 Wathetha ke nalo mzekeliso; Ubani wayenomkhiwane utyelwe kuye;
isidiliya; weza efuna isiqhamo kuwo, akafumana nto.
13:7 Wathi ke kumsebenzi-sidiliya, Uyabona, le minyaka mithathu
ndize ndifuna isiqhamo kulo mkhiwane, ndingafumani nto; wugawule; ngoba
Uyawugabadela na umhlaba?
13:8 Aphendule ke yena athi kuye, Nkosi, wuyeke nangalo mnyaka
Ndiya kugrumba phezu kwayo, ndigalele umgquba;
13:9 Ukuba ke uthe wavelisa isiqhamo, wowuyeka;
yehla.
13:10 Wayefundisa kwenye yezindlu zesikhungu ngesabatha.
13:11 Kwabonakala kukho ntokazi ibinomoya Wobulwelwe, ishumi elinesibhozo
iminyaka, egobile, ebengenako konke ukuziphakamisa.
13:12 Eyibonile ke uYesu, wayibizela kuye, wathi kuyo, Ntokazindini,
ukhululwe ebulwelweni bakho.
13:13 Wayibeka ke izandla; yoluka kwangoko;
bamzukisa uThixo.
13:14 Waphendula ke umphathi wendlu yesikhungu, ecaphuka, ngokuba oko
Waphilisa uYesu ngomhla wesabatha, wathi ebantwini, Bakho
imihla emithandathu emelwe kukusebenza ngayo, yizani ke nibe ngayo
Waphiliswa, kungekhona ngomhla wesabatha.
13:15 Yamphendula ke ngoko iNkosi, yathi, Mhanahanisindini, akenzi elowo
athi kuni ngesabatha ayikhulule inkomo yakhe, nokuba liesile lakhe, emkhumbini wesitali, alirhole
emkile ukuya kunkcenkceshela?
13:16 ubengafanele na ke lo mfazi, eyintombi ka-Abraham nje, enoSathana?
Yabona, le minyaka ilishumi elinesibhozo iya kukhululwa kulo mabophe ngesabatha
usuku?
13:17 Akubon' ukuba uyazithetha ezo ndawo, badaniswa bonke abachasene naye;
bonke abantu babevuya ngenxa yazo zonke izinto ezizukileyo ezenziwayo
yena.
13:18 Wayesithi ke, Bufana nantoni na ubukumkani bukaThixo? nento oya kuyenza
Ndiyayifanisa?
13:19 Bunjengokhozo lwemostade, awaluthabathayo umntu, waluphosa kowakhe
igadi; yahluma, yaba ngumthi omkhulu; neentaka zezulu
yahlala emasebeni awo.
13:20 Wabuya wathi, Ndiya kubufanisa nantoni na ubukumkani bukaThixo?
13:21 Bufana negwele, awalithabathayo umfazi, walifihla ezilinganisweni zozithathu zomgubo.
yada yabiliswa iphela.
13:22 Waye ecanda kwimizi ngemizi, nemizana ngemizana, efundisa, ehambahamba
ngaseYerusalem.
13:23 Wathi ke omnye kuye, Nkosi, bambalwa na abasindiswayo? Uye wathi
kubo,
13:24 Uthe ke yena kubo, Zamani ukungena ngesango elimxinwa;
funani ukungena, nize ningabi nako.
13:25 xa athe wavuka umninindlu, wavala indlu
nocango, naqala ukuma ngaphandle, nokunkqonkqoza elucangweni, nisithi,
Nkosi, Nkosi, sivulele; Aphendule ke athi kuni, Ndiyazi
anizi apho nivela khona.
13:26 Noqala ukuthi, Sadla, sasela, phambi kwakho, sasela
uzifundise ezitratweni zethu.
13:27 Athi, Ndithi kuni, andinazi apho nivela khona; suka kwi
Mna, nonke basebenzi bobutshinga.
13:28 Khona apho kuya kubakho ukulila nokutshixiza kwamazinyo, xa nithe nambona uAbraham;
noIsake noYakobi, nabo bonke abaprofeti, ebukumkanini bukaThixo;
nizikhuphile ngokwenu.
13:29 Baya kuza bevela empumalanga nasentshonalanga, nasentshonalanga
Entla nasezantsi, baya kuhlala ebukumkanini bukaThixo.
13:30 Yabonani, bakho abokugqibela abaya kuba ngabokuqala, bakho nabokuqala;
eya kuba ngowokugqibela.
13:31 Kwangaloo mini kweza abaFarisi abathile, besithi kuye, Hamba;
phuma, umke apha; ngokuba uHerode uya kukubulala.
13:32 Wathi kubo, Yiyani nithi kuloo mpungutye, Uyabona, ndiyakhupha
Iidemon, kwaye ndiyaphilisa namhlanje nangomso, ndithi ngowesithathu umhla
afezeke.
13:33 Kodwa ndimelwe kukuthi ndihambe namhla nangomso nangolandelayo;
kuba akangekhe umprofeti atshabalale ngaphandle kweYerusalem.
13:34 Yerusalem, Yerusalem, ebabulalayo abaprofeti, ibagibisele ngamatye!
abo bathunyelwe kuwe; kufuthi kangakanani na ndithande ukubabutha abantwana bakho?
njengokuba isikhukukazi siwabuthela ndawonye amathole aso phantsi kwamaphiko aso, nibe ke nithanda
hayi!
13:35 Yabonani, indlu yenu ishiywa nani ize.
Aniyi kundibona kude kube lixesha eniya kuthi, Ninoyolo;
lowo uzayo egameni leNkosi.