ULuka
24:1 Ke kaloku, ngolokuqala usuku lweveki, ekuseni kakhulu, beza
bezise engcwabeni, bezise ubulawu ababebulungisile
abanye kunye nabo.
24:2 Balifumana ke ilitye liqengqiwe, lesuka engcwabeni.
24:3 Bakuba bengenile, abawufumananga umzimba weNkosi uYesu.
24:4 Kwathi, ekukhohlweni kwabo yile nto, kwabonakala kukho amadoda amabini
ema ngakubo amadoda eneengubo ezibengezelayo.
24:5 Ke kaloku, bakubon' ukuba bangenelwe kukoyika, beqondele emhlabeni, basuka bamana
Wathi kubo, Yini na ukuba ophilileyo nimfune kwabafileyo?
24:6 Akakho apha, uvukile; khumbulani ukuthetha kwakhe kuni oko wayekuko
kanti kwelaseGalili,
24:7 esithi, UNyana woMntu umelwe kukuba anikelwe ezandleni zabantu aboni;
abethelelwe emnqamlezweni, athi ngomhla wesithathu abuye avuke.
24:8 Bawakhumbula ke amazwi akhe.
24:9 bebuyile engcwabeni, bazibika zonke ezo zinto kubo
ishumi elinanye, nakubo bonke abanye.
24:10 YayinguMariya waseMagadala, noYohana, noMariya unina kaYakobi, noMariya unina kaYakobi
nabanye abafazi ababenabo, abazixelayo ezo zinto kubo
abapostile.
24:11 Asuka amazwi abo abonakala njengentsomi kubo, bakholwa kubo
hayi.
24:12 Wesuka ke uPetros, wagidima waya engcwabeni; ethobe phantsi
wazibona iilinen abesongelwe kuzo, zilele zodwa, wemka emangalisiwe
ngokwakhe koko kwenzekileyo.
24:13 Kwabonakala kusiya babini bakubo, kwangaloo mini, kumzana ogama liyiEmawusi;
umgama omalunga neetadiya ezimashumi mathandathu uvela eYerusalem.
24:14 Baye bona bexoxa bodwa ngazo zonke izinto ezibe zihlile.
24:15 Ke kaloku kwathi, bakubon’ ukuba bayathetha bebuzana,
UYesu ngokwakhe wasondela wahamba nabo.
24:16 Kuloko amehlo abo ayebanjiwe, ukuba bangamazi.
24:17 Wathi kubo, Ziindawo zini na ezi nizithethayo?
nihamba nibe nithe matshamatsha?
24:18 Uphendule ke omnye wabo, lo ugama linguKleyopa, wathi kuye,
Umhambi eYerusalem apha nguwe wedwa, ungazazi nje ezi zinto
ezenzekileyo khona kule mihla?
24:19 Wathi kubo, Ziphi na? Bathe ke kuye, Yiyo loo nto
UYesu waseNazarete, owayengumprofeti onamandla ngesenzo nangelizwi ngaphambili
UThixo nabo bonke abantu:
24:20 ukuba bathini na ababingeleli abakhulu nabaphathi bethu ukumnikela ukuba agwetywe
ekufeni, bambethelela nasemnqamlezweni.
24:21 Ke kaloku, thina besithembe ukuba nguye oza kukhulula uSirayeli ngentlawulelo;
kunjalonje ke, namhla lusuku lwesithathu zenzekile ezo zinto
kwenziwe.
24:22 Kananjalo nabafazi abathile beqela lethu basimangalisa;
babe kusasa engcwabeni;
24:23 Bakuba bengawufumani umzimba wakhe, beza besithi banawo
wabona umbono wezithunywa zezulu, zisithi uhleli.
24:24 Basuka nabathile ababenathi, baya engcwabeni, bafika bafika
njengoko babetshilo abafazi; ke yena abambonanga.
24:25 Wathi ke yena kubo, Oyi!
abaprofeti bathethile.
24:26 ubengafanele na uKristu ukuba abuve obu bunzima, aze angene kwelakhe
uzuko?
24:27 Uqalele ke kuMoses nakubo bonke abaprofeti, wabachazela
zonke izibhalo ezithetha ngaye.
24:28 Basondela kuloo mzana babesiya kuwo; wenza ngathi
nangona ebeya kugqitha.
24:29 Bamzama, besithi, Hlala nathi, ngokuba seliza
ngokuhlwa, nemini iseyisangene. Wangena ukuba ahlale nabo.
24:30 Kwathi, ekungqengqeni kwakhe ngasesithebeni ndawonye nabo, wasithabatha isonka, wasithabatha
wasikelela, waqhekeza, wabanika.
24:31 Aqabuka amehlo abo, bamazi; waphuma ke
umbono wabo.
24:32 Bathetha omnye komnye, besithi, Intliziyo yethu ibingavuthi na ngaphakathi kwethu, ngethuba yena ebevutha?
ebethetha nathi endleleni, naxa ebesityhilela izibhalo?
24:33 Besuka kwangelo lixa, babuyela eYerusalem, babafumana
bahlanganisana abalishumi elinamnye, kwanabo babenabo;
24:34 esithi, INkosi inene ivukile, yabonakala kuSimon.
24:35 Baye nabo babaxela izinto zendlela, nokwazeka kwakhe
ewaqhekezeni isonka.
24:36 Ke kaloku, bakubon' ukuba bayazithetha ezo zinto, uYesu ngokwakhe wema phakathi kwabo
athi kubo, Uxolo malube nani.
24:37 Besuka ke bankwantya, bangenelwa kukoyika, beba babone
umoya.
24:38 Wathi kubo, Yini na ukuba nothuke? kwaye kutheni iingcinga zivela ngaphakathi
iintliziyo zenu?
24:39 Khangelani izandla zam neenyawo zam, ngokuba ndim kanye;
ngokuba umshologu awunanyama namathambo, njengokuba nindibona ndinawo mna.
24:40 Utshilo, wababonisa izandla neenyawo zakhe.
24:41 Ke kaloku, bakubon' ukuba abakakholwa, ngenxa yovuyo, bemangalisiwe, wathi kubo
nina nanto idliwayo apha?
24:42 Bamnika ke intwana yentlanzi eyosiweyo, neyenqatha lobusi;
24:43 Wathabatha, wadla phambi kwabo.
24:44 Wathi kubo, Ngawo la amazwi endiwathethileyo kuni, ngeli lixa
Bendisenani, ukuze zonke izinto zizaliseke
ebhalwe emthethweni kaMoses, nasebaprofetini, nasezindumisweni;
malunga nam.
24:45 Wandula wayivula ingqiqo yabo, ukuze baqonde iingqondo zabo
izibhalo,
24:46 wathi kubo, Kubhaliwe ngokunjalo, umelwe ngokunjalo uKristu kukuthi enjenjalo
uve ubunzima, avuke kwabafileyo ngomhla wesithathu;
24:47 nokuba kuvakaliswe egameni lakhe inguquko noxolelo lwezono
kuzo zonke iintlanga, kuqalela eYerusalem.
24:48 Nina ke ningamangqina ezi zinto.
24:49 Yabonani, mna ndilithumela kuni idinga likaBawo; ke nina hlalani ke
umzi waseYerusalem, nide nambathiswe amandla aphuma enyangweni.
24:50 Ke kaloku wabarholela ngaphandle, kwada kwaya eBhetani; waziphakamisa izandla zakhe.
wabasikelela.
24:51 Kwathi, ekubasikeleleni kwakhe, wahlukana nabo, wahlukana nabo
wenyuswa wasiwa ezulwini.
24:52 Baza bona, bakuba bequbudile kuye, babuyela eYerusalem benovuyo olukhulu.
24:53 Bamana behleli etempileni, bedumisa, bebonga uThixo. Amen.