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18:1 Ke kaloku, wayethetha nomzekeliso kubo, wokuba bamelwe kukuthi bahlale
thandazani, ningatyhafi;
18:2 esithi, Kwaye kukho umgwebi emzini othile, ongamoyikiyo uThixo, kanjalo
indoda ebonisiweyo:
18:3 Kwaye kukho umhlolokazi othile kuloo mzi; weza kuye, esithi.
Ndiphindezele kummangaleli wam;
18:4 Kwaba mzuzu engavumi; kodwa kamva wathi ngaphakathi kwakhe,
Nakuba ndingamoyiki uThixo, ndingamhlonele nomntu;
18:5 noko, ngenxa yokuba lo mhlolokazi endibulala, ndomlungisa, ndimkhulule, hleze ndimkhulule
emane esiza uyandidinisa.
18:6 Ithe ke iNkosi, Kuveni okuthethwa ngumgwebi ongalungisiyo.
18:7 Ke yena uThixo akayi kukha abalungise na abanyulwa bakhe, abakhala imini nobusuku kubo
yena, noko azeka kade umsindo ngabo?
18:8 Ndithi kuni, Uya kubalungisa, abakhulule kamsinya. Nangona kunjalo xa uNyana
Ufika umntu, wolufumana na ke ukholo ehlabathini?
18:9 Ke kaloku wathetha lo mzekeliso kwabathile, ababekholose ngaphakathi kwabo ukuthi
bengamalungisa, bebadela abanye;
18:10 Amadoda amabini enyuka aya etempileni, esiya kuthandaza; omnye engumFarisi, omnye engumFarisi
omnye ungumbuthi werhafu.
18:11 UmFarisi ezimise yedwa, ezithandazela esithi, Thixo, ndiyabulela kuwe
Andifani nabanye abantu, abaphangi, abangemalungisa, abakrexezi, okanye njengabanye
lo mqokeleli werhafu.
18:12 Ndizila ukudla kabini ngeveki, ndinikela izishumi zako konke endikuzuzayo.
18:13 Uthe ke umbuthi werhafu emi kude, akavuma nokuphakamisa isandla sakhe
amehlo ekhangele ezulwini, kodwa ubetha esifubeni sakhe, esithi, Thixo yiba nenceba kuye
ndingumoni.
18:14 Ndithi kuni, Wehla lo waya endlwini yakhe, egwetyelwe yena kunalowo
kuba wonke umntu oziphakamisayo uya kuthotywa; naye lowo
ozithobayo uya kuphakanyiswa.
18:15 Ke kaloku baye bezisa kuye neentsana zabo, ukuze azichukumise;
bakukubona oko abafundi bakhe, babakhalimela.
18:16 Uthe ke uYesu wazibizela kuye, wathi, Bayekeni abantwana beze
ningabaleli kum, ningabaleli; kuba ubukumkani bukaThixo bubobabo banjalo.
18:17 Inene, ndithi kuni, Othe akabamkela ubukumkani bukaThixo njengokuba
Akasayi kungena umntwana kuwo.
18:18 Umphathi othile wambuza, esithi, Mfundisi ulungileyo, mandenze ntoni na?
Budla ilifa ubomi obungunaphakade?
18:19 Uthe ke uYesu kuye, Yini na ukuba uthi ndilungile? Akukho ulungileyo, ngaphaya koko
mnye, oko kukuthi, uThixo.
18:20 Uyayazi imithetho: musa ukukrexeza, musa ukubulala, yenza
musa ukuba, musa ukungqina ubuxoki, beka uyihlo nonyoko.
18:21 Uthe ke yena, Zonke ezo zinto ndazigcina kwasebuncinaneni bam.
18:22 Ekuvile ke oko uYesu, wathi kuye, Usaswele
le nto inye: thengisa ngeento zonke onazo, wabele amahlwempu;
woba nobutyebi emazulwini; uze undilandele.
18:23 Ezivile ke ezo ndawo, waba buhlungu kakhulu; kuba ube esisityebi kunene.
18:24 UYesu akumbona ke ebuhlungu kakhulu, wathi, Hayi, ngenkankulu!
abo banobutyebi bangene ebukumkanini bukaThixo.
18:25 Kuba kulula ukuba inkamela iphumele entunjeni yenaliti, kunokuba inkamela iphumele entunjeni yenaliti
isityebi sokungena ebukumkanini bukaThixo.
18:26 Bathi ke abo bevayo, Ngubani na ke ongasindiswayo?
18:27 Uthe ke yena, Izinto ezingenakwenzeka kubantu, zinokwenzeka ngabo
uThixo.
18:28 Uthe ke uPetros, Uyabona, thina sishiye iinto zonke sakulandela.
18:29 Wathi kubo, Inene, ndithi kuni, akukho bani unabo
ushiye indlu, nokuba ngumfazi, nokuba ngabazalwana, nokuba ngumfazi, nokuba ngabantwana, ngenxa yobu
ubukumkani bukaThixo,
18:30 ongayi kuthi amkele izinto ezininzi ezingakumbi ngeli xesha lakalokunje, nakwixesha langoku
ihlabathi elizayo ubomi obungunaphakade.
18:31 Ke kaloku ubathabathile abalishumi elinababini, wathi kubo, Niyabona, siyenyuka
eYerusalem, nakuzo zonke izinto ezibhaliweyo ngayo abaprofeti
uNyana woMntu uya kufezeka.
18:32 Kuba uya kunikelwa kuzo iintlanga, kudlalwe ngaye, athi
wakhuza, watshicelwa.
18:33 zimtyakatye, zimbulale, athi ngomhla wesithathu
uya kubuya avuke.
18:34 Bona abaqondanga nento kwezi zinto; laye neli lizwi lifihlakele kubo
nabo babengazazi izinto ezithethwayo.
18:35 Ke kaloku, esondela eYeriko, indoda ithile isondela kuye
indoda eyimfama yayihleli ngasendleleni ingqiba.
18:36 Ithe yakuva kudlula isihlwele, yamana ibuza ukuba ingaba yintoni na le.
18:37 Bayixelela ke ukuba kudlula uYesu waseNazarete.
18:38 Yabhomboloza isithi, Yesu, nyana kaDavide, ndenzele inceba.
18:39 Baye abo babehamba ngaphambili beyikhalimela, ukuba ithi tu;
kwaba kukhona ke wadandulukayo ngakumbi, esithi, Nyana kaDavide, ndenzele inceba.
18:40 Wema ke uYesu, wathi mayiziswe kuye
yasondela, yambuza.
18:41 esithi, Ufuna ukuba ndikwenzele ntoni na? Wathi ke yena, Nkosi,
ukuze ndibuye ndibone.
18:42 UYesu wathi kuyo, Buya ubone; ukholo lwakho lukusindisile.
18:43 Kwangoko yabuya yabona, yamlandela imzukisa uThixo;
bathi bonke abantu, bakukubona oko, badumisa uThixo.