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16:1 Ke kaloku, wayesithi nakubafundi bakhe, Kwaye kukho umntu othile osisityebi owathi
inegosa; laza lona latyholwa kuye, lokuba uyichithe eyakhe
iimpahla.
16:2 Elibizile ke, wathi kulo, Yintoni na le ndiyivayo?
wena? Khawenze ingxelo yobugosa bakho; ngokuba ungasayi kuba sabakho
igosa.
16:3 Lathi ke igosa ngaphakathi kwalo, Ndiya kuthini na? ngenxa yenkosi yam
iyabuhlutha ubugosa kum; ukungqiba ndineentloni.
16:4 ndiyayazi into endiya kuyenza, ukuze xa ndithe ndakhutshwa ebugoseni.
bandamkele ezindlwini zabo.
16:5 Libabizele kulo ngabanye abanetyala enkosini yalo, lathi kubo
Okokuqala, Unatyala lingakanani na enkosini yam?
16:6 Uthe ke yena, Likhulu leekore zeoli. Wathi kuye, Thabatha eyakho
uze uhlale phantsi ngokukhawuleza, ubhale amashumi amahlanu.
16:7 Emva koko lathi komnye, Wena ke unatyala lingakanani na? Wathi yena, An
ikhulu leekore zengqolowa. Wathi kuye, Thabatha incwadi yakho, uyithabathe
bhala amashumi asibhozo.
16:8 Yaza inkosi leyo yalincoma igosa elingalungisiyo, ngokuba lenza ngokuqonda;
ngokuba abantwana beli hlabathi balumkile esizukulwaneni sabo ngaphezu kweentlanga
abantwana bokukhanya.
16:9 Nam ndithi kuni, Zenzeleni izihlobo ngobutyebi
intswela-bulungisa; ukuze xa nithe naphelelwa, banamkelele kuni
iindawo zokuhlala ezingunaphakade.
16:10 Othembekileyo kokona kuncinane, uthembekile nakokukhulu;
ongalunganga kokuncinane, akalolungisa nakokukhulu.
16:11 Ukuba ngoko anibanga nakuthembeka ebutyebini bokungalungisi, nithe nakholwa nguye
uya kuzibophelela ekuthembeni kwakho ubutyebi bokwenene?
16:12 Ukuba anibanga nakuthembeka koko komnye, ngubani na oya kuthi
ndikunika okukokwakho na?
16:13 Akukho mkhonzi unako ukukhonza nkosi mbini; kuba eya kuyithiya le, athi mhlawumbi ayithiya enye
thanda omnye; athi mhlawumbi abambelele kule, ayidele leya;
Aninako ukukhonza uThixo nobutyebi.
16:14 Ke kaloku baye beziva ezo ndawo zonke nabo abaFarisi, amathanda-mali;
basuka bamwa ngentsini.
16:15 Wathi kubo, Nina ningabazigwebelayo emehlweni abantu;
kodwa uThixo uyazazi iintliziyo zenu;
lisikizi emehlweni kaThixo.
16:16 Yayingumthetho nabaprofeti kwada kwakuYohane; kuselokoko ubukumkani bukaThixo
UThixo uyashunyayelwa, kwaye wonke umntu uyangena kuwo.
16:17 Ke kulula ukuba lidlule izulu nomhlaba, kunokuba lidlule nalinye isuntswana kuwo
umthetho ukusilela.
16:18 Othe wamala umfazi wakhe, wazeka omnye, usephosile
okrexezayo: nothe wazeka owaliweyo yindoda yakhe
uyakrexeza.
16:19 Ke bekukho umntu othile osisityebi, obevathe ezimfusa nezihobe
ilinen, kunye nokutya okumnandi yonke imihla.
16:20 Ke bekukho mntu uthile wehlwempu, ogama linguLazaro, ebekwe endaweni yakhe
isango, lizele zizilonda;
16:21 linqwenela ukuhluthiswa ngeemvuthuluka eziwa kwisitya sesityebi.
beza nezinja, zamkhotha izilonda.
16:22 Ke kaloku lathi lafa ihlwempu elo, lathwalwa zizithunywa zezulu
Safa ke nesityebi, sangcwatywa;
16:23 Wathi, esentumeni, wawaphakamisa amehlo akhe, ekwintuthumbo, wambona uAbraham
ekude, uLazaro esesifubeni sakhe.
16:24 Samemeza sona sathi, Bawo, Abraham, ndenzele inceba, uthume
uLazaro, ukuba athi nkxu incam yomnwe wakhe emanzini, andipholise
ulwimi; ngokuba ndiyathuthunjelwa kweli langatye.
16:25 Uthe ke uAbraham, Mntwana wam, khumbula ukuba wena wakuthabatha kwasekudlani kwakho
izinto ezilungileyo noLazaro ngokukwanjalo izinto ezimbi; ngoku ke uyathuthuzelwa;
kwaye uyathuthunjelwa.
16:26 Kananjalo ngaphandle kwazo zonke ezo zinto, phakathi kwethu nani kuthiwe zinzi umsantsa omkhulu
ukuze aba bathanda ukuphumela, besuka apha besiya kuni, bangabi nako; kananjalo abanako
kudlule kuthi lowo uvela khona.
16:27 Wathi ke yena, Ndiyakucela ngoko, bawo, ukuba umthume
endlwini kabawo:
16:28 Kuba ndinabazalwana abahlanu; ukuze abaqononondise, ukuze bangabi nabo
yizani kule ndawo yentuthumbo.
16:29 Athi uAbraham kuye, BanoMoses nabaprofeti; mabeve
bona.
16:30 Sathi, Hayi, bawo Abraham; ukuba kuthe kwaya kubo ovela kubo
abafileyo, baya kuguquka.
16:31 Uthe ke kuso, Ukuba uMoses nabaprofeti ababeva, kwanabanye
baya koyiseka, nokuba kuthe kwavuka bani kwabafileyo.