ULuka
14:1 Kwathi, ekungeneni kwakhe endlwini yomnye wakubathetheli
AbaFarisi ukuba badle isonka ngesabatha, baye bemlalele bona.
14:2 Kwabonakala kukho phambi kwakhe mntu uthile unegalimoya.
14:3 Waphendula uYesu wathetha kubo abaqondisi-mthetho nabaFarisi, esithi, Ngaba kunjalo?
kuvumelekile na ukuphilisa ngesabatha?
14:4 Bathi tu ke bona. Wamthabatha, wamphilisa, wamyeka
hamba;
14:5 Wabaphendula esithi, Nguwuphi na kuni othi, eneesile nokuba yinkomo?
ewele emhadini, ayisayi kuyirhola kwaoko ngesabatha
usuku?
14:6 Ababa nako ukumphendula kwezo zinto.
14:7 Ke kaloku wathetha umzekeliso kwababemenyiwe, akuwuva
ukunyula kwabo iindawo eziphambili; esithi kubo.
14:8 Xa uthe wamenyelwa emsithweni ngubani, musa ukungqengqa esililini
igumbi eliphezulu; hleze obekekileyo kunawe abe ubemenyiwe nguye;
14:9 eze lowo ukumemileyo, athi kuwe, Khwelela lo mntu;
uze uqale ukuthabatha indawo esekugqibeleni udanile.
14:10 Yithi, xa uthe wamenywa, uye uhlale endaweni esekugqibeleni; ukuba nini
Eze lowo ukumemileyo, athi kuwe, Sihlobo, nyukela ngasentla;
wandule ukuqubuda phambi kwabahleli esithebeni
nawe.
14:11 Ngokuba wonke umntu oziphakamisayo, uya kuthotywa; nalowo uzithobayo
yena ngokwakhe uya kuphakanyiswa.
14:12 Wayesithi ke nakulowo ummemileyo, Xa sukuba usenza isidlo sasemini, nokuba sesa
sangokuhlwa, musa ukubiza izihlobo zakho, nabazalwana bakho, nemizalwane yakho, nemizalwane yakho
abamelwane bakho abazizityebi; hleze nabo babuye bakumeme, ize ibe yimbuyekezo
wakwenza.
14:13 Yithi xa sukuba usenza isidlo, umeme amahlwempu, izilima, iziqhwala, abasweleyo.
ukungaboni:
14:14 woba nentsikelelo; ngokuba abanako ukubuyekeza kuwe;
uya kubuyekezwa eluvukweni lwamalungisa.
14:15 Ke kaloku, akuziva ezo zinto omnye kwabo babehleli naye, wesuka waya kubo
wathi kuye, Unoyolo oya kudla isonka ebukumkanini bukaThixo.
14:16 Uthe ke yena kuye, Umntu othile wenza isidlo esikhulu, wamema abaninzi.
14:17 Wasusa umkhonzi wakhe ngelixa lesidlo, ukuba aye kuthi kwabamenyiweyo.
Yiza; ngokuba zonke izinto sezilungile.
14:18 Baqala bonke ngakunye ukuzilanduleka; Wathi owokuqala
kuye, Ndithengile isiqwenga somhlaba, kufuneka ndiye kuyibona;
ndiyakucela, mandibe ngowabalandulelwayo.
14:19 Wathi omnye, Ndithenge iinkomo zeedyokhwe ezintlanu, ndiya kuziva
bona, ndiyakucela, mandibe ngowabalandulelwayo.
14:20 Wathi omnye, Ndizeke umfazi, ngenxa yoko andinakuza.
14:21 Efikile loo mkhonzi, wayibikela ke inkosi yakhe ezo ndawo. Emva koko inkosi
Wavutha ngumsindo wendlu, wathi kumfana lowo, Phuma kamsinya uye endlwini
izitrato neendlela zomzi, ubangenise apha abaziintsizana, nabangamahlwempu;
iziqhwala, neziqhwala, neemfama.
14:22 Wathi umkhonzi, Nkosi, kwenzeke njengoko ubuyalele, ukanti kwenzeke
kukho indawo.
14:23 Yathi inkosi kumkhonzi, Phuma uye ezindleleni nasezintangweni;
ubanyanzele ukuba bangene, ukuze indlu yam izale.
14:24 Kuba ndithi kuni, akukho nanye kuloo madoda abemenyiwe, eya kungcamla
yesidlo sam sangokuhlwa.
14:25 Kwaye kuhamba naye izihlwele ezikhulu; wajika wathi kuye
bona,
14:26 Ukuba ubani uza kum, angamthiyi uyise, nonina, nomfazi;
nabantwana, nabazalwana, noodade, ewe, nobomi bakhe, naye
akanakuba ngumfundi wam.
14:27 Nosukuba engawuthwali umnqamlezo wakhe, andilandele, akanakuba ngowam
umfundi.
14:28 Kuba nguwuphi na kuni othi, ethanda ukwakha inqaba, angakhe ahlale phantsi kuqala;
ebala indleko, ukuba unazo na izinto zokuyigqiba?
14:29 Hleze, akubon' ukuba usibekile isiseko, angabi nakugqiba
bathi, bonke abayibonayo baqale ukuhlekisa ngaye;
14:30 besithi, Lo mntu waqala ukwakha, wakhohlwa ukugqiba.
14:31 Kananjalo nguwuphi na ukumkani othi, esiya kuhlangana nomnye ukumkani emfazweni, angahlali phantsi;
kuqala, akhangele ukuba unako na ukumkhawulela, enashumi-nye lamawaka
ngubani na omzelayo enamashumi amabini amawaka?
14:32 Ukuba ke akanako, uthi esekude, athume omnye
isigidimi, banqwenela iimeko zoxolo.
14:33 Ngokukwanjalo ngokukwanjalo, wonke umntu kuni ongazishiyiyo zonke izinto anazo,
akanakuba ngumfundi wam.
14:34 Ityuwa ilungile yona; ke ukuba ityuwa ithe ayaba nasongo, yothiwani na?
ukuba sinongwe?
14:35 Ayiwulungele nomhlaba, ayiwulungele nomgquba; kodwa abantu bayaphosa
iphume. Lowo uneendlebe zokuva makeve.