ULuka
20:1 Kwathi ngenye imini, efundisa abantu
etempileni, eshumayela iindaba ezilungileyo kubabingeleli abakhulu nababingeleli
beza kuye ababhali, namadoda amakhulu;
20:2 Bathetha kuye besithi, Sixelele ukuba uzenza ngagunya lini na ezi
izinto? Ngubani na ke okunike eli gunya?
20:3 Waphendula ke wathi kubo, Nam ndiya kubuza kuni zwi-nye; kwaye
ndiphendule:
20:4 Ubhaptizo lukaYohane lwaluphuma emazulwini, lwaluphuma ebantwini, sini na?
20:5 Bacamanga ke bona bodwa, besithi, Ukuba sithe, Lwaphuma emazulwini;
Wothi, Ibiyini na phofu ukuba ningakholwa nguye?
20:6 Ukuba ke sithe, Lwaphuma ebantwini; bonke abantu basigibisele ngamatye, ngokuba benjalo
wayeyisekile ukuba uYohane wayengumprofeti.
20:7 Baphendula ngokuba abazi apho yayivela khona.
20:8 Wathi ke uYesu kubo, Nam ke andinixeleli ukuba ndenza ngagunya lini na
ezi zinto.
20:9 Ke kaloku waqala wathetha ebantwini lo mzekeliso; Umntu othile watyala
isidiliya, wasiqeshisa kubalimi, wahambela kwelinye
ixesha elide.
20:10 Wathi ngelona xesha, wathuma umkhonzi kubalimi abo, ukuba baye kumncedisa
mnikeni esiqhameni sesidiliya;
wamndulula elambatha.
20:11 Wabuya wathuma omnye umkhonzi; bamtyabula ke naye, bambongoza
wamndulula elambatha.
20:12 Wabuya wathuma nowesithathu; naye lowo bamngxwelerha, bamkhuphela ngaphandle.
20:13 Uthe ke umninisidiliya, Ndiya kuthini na? ndiya kuthumela okwam
nyana oyintanda; mhlawumbi bomhlonela yena, bakumbona.
20:14 Bathe ke bakumbona abalimi, bacamanga bodwa, besithi,
Yiyo le indlalifa; yizani, siyibulale, ukuze libe lilifa
wethu.
20:15 Bamkhuphela ngaphandle kwesidiliya, bambulala. Yintoni ke ngoko
Wothini na kubo umninisidiliya?
20:16 Uya kufika abatshabalalise abo balimi, asinikele isidiliya eso
kwabanye. Bakuva ke bona, bathi, Makube lee!
20:17 Wondela ke kubo, wathi, Yintoni na phofu le ibhaliweyo, ithi?
Ilitye abalicekisayo abakhi, Lelona laba yintloko yeNkosi
ikona?
20:18 Bonke abathe bawa phezu kweli litye, botyumka; kodwa phezu kwakhe nabani na
uya kuwa, uya kumcola.
20:19 Baza ababingeleli abakhulu nababhali bafuna ukubasa izandla ngelo lixa
phezu kwakhe; basuka boyika abantu, kuba bebesazi ukuba unako
wawuthetha lo mzekeliso ngabo.
20:20 Bamlalela, bathuma iintlola eziya kuzenza ziqhayise
bona ngokwabo bangamalungisa, ukuze bawabambe amazwi akhe, ukuze kube njalo
bamnikele emagunyeni nasegunyeni lerhuluneli.
20:21 Bambuza ke besithi, Mfundisi, siyazi ukuba utsho nawe
ufundisa ngobulungisa, ungakhethi buso bamntu, usuka ufundise
indlela kaThixo ngenene:
20:22 Kuvumelekile na ukuba simnike irhafu uKesare, akuvumelekile, sini na?
20:23 Ebuqondile kakuhle ubuqhetseba bazo, wathi kuzo, Nindilingelani na?
20:24 Ndiboniseni idenariyo. Inomfanekiso nombhalo kabani na? Baphendula
wathi, NgokaKesare.
20:25 Wathi ke kubo, Nikelani kaloku kuKesare izinto ezikhoyo
EzikaKesare, nezinto zikaThixo kuThixo.
20:26 Ababa nako ukumbamba amazwi akhe phambi kwabantu;
bamangaliswa yimpendulo yakhe, bathi cwaka.
20:27 Kweza kuye ke abathile bakubaSadusi, bona abo bakuphikayo ukuba akukho bani
uvuko; bambuza.
20:28 besithi, Mfundisi, uMoses wasibhalela wathi, Ukuba ozalana nothile uthe wafa enomzimba
Umfazi lowo, wafa ke engenabantwana, ukuze umkhuluwa wakhe amthabathe owakhe
umfazi, amvelisele imbewu umzalwana wakhe.
20:29 Ke bekukho abantu abasixhenxe bezalana; waza owokuqala wazeka umfazi, wafa
ngaphandle kwabantwana.
20:30 Nowesibini wamzeka umfazi lowo, wafa naye engenabantwana.
20:31 Nowesithathu wamzeka; benjenjalo ke bosixhenxe. Bemka ke
wayengenabantwana, waza wafa.
20:32 Emveni ke kwabo bonke, wafa naye umfazi.
20:33 Eluvukweni ngoko, ungumfazi wawuphi na kubo? kuba zazisixhenxe
yena emfazini.
20:34 Waphendula ke uYesu wathi kubo, Abeli phakade bayazeka;
bazendiswe;
20:35 ke bona abo kuthiwe bafanele ukulizuza elo hlabathi, nobutyebi
ukuvuka kwabafileyo, abazeki, abendiswa;
20:36 abasenakubuya bafe; kuba bengangezithunywa zezulu; kwaye
bangabantwana bakaThixo, bengabovuko njalo.
20:37 Ke kaloku, le ndawo yokuba abafileyo bayavuka, noMoses wayithi thupha kwindawo ethetha ngetyholo, xa wathi
athi uYehova unguThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo kaIsake, uThixo
kaYakobi.
20:38 AkaThixo ke wabafileyo, ungowabaphilileyo; kuba bonke baphilela
yena.
20:39 Baphendula ke abathile bakubabhali, bathi, Mfundisi, utyaphile ukutsho.
20:40 Baye ke bengasenabuganga bakumbuza nento le.
20:41 Uthe ke kubo, Batsho ngani na ukuthi, uKristu ungunyana kaDavide?
20:42 Kwaye uDavide ngokwakhe uthi encwadini yeeNdumiso, Wathi uYehova kum
Nkosi, hlala ngasekunene kwam,
20:43 Ndide iintshaba zakho ndizenze isihlalo seenyawo zakho.
20:44 UDavide ngoko umbiza ngokuthi, Nkosi, ungunyana wakhe ngani na?
20:45 Ke kaloku, besiva abantu bonke, wathi kubafundi bakhe,
20:46 Balumkeleni ababhali, abathanda ukuhamba ngeengubo ezinde, benothando
imibuliso ezindaweni zembutho, nezihlalo eziphambili ezindlwini zesikhungu, kunye
amagumbi aphezulu emithendelekweni;
20:47 abazidla bazigqibe izindlu zabahlolokazi, baze ngokunyhwalaza bathandaze uzungu;
baya kufumana umgwebo omkhulu ngakumbi.