Phawula
13:1 Kwakubon' ukuba uyaphuma etempileni, uthi kuye omnye umfundi wakhe.
Nkosi, khangela, la matye angaka, nezi zakhiwo zingaka;
13:2 Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye, Uyazibona na ezi zakhiwo zikhulu?
akuyi kusala litye phezu kwelitye, elingayi kuchithwa
phantsi.
13:3 Ke kaloku, akubon' ukuba uhleli eNtabeni yemiNquma, malunga netempile, uPetros
Bambuza ke ngasese ooYakobi noYohane noAndreya, bathi,
13:4 Sixelele ukuba ziya kubakho nini na ezo zinto? uya kuba yintoni na umqondiso xa bonke?
ezi zinto ziya kuzaliseka?
13:5 Wabaphendula uYesu waqala ukuthi, Lumkani ningalahlekiswa mntu
wena:
13:6 Kuba baninzi abaya kuza egameni lam, besithi, banguye uKristu; kwaye baya kulahlekisa
abaninzi.
13:7 Xa nithe neva iimfazwe namarhe eemfazwe, musani kuba navuso;
kuba ezo zinto zimelwe kukubakho; kanti kona ukuphela akukabikho.
13:8 Kuba uhlanga luya kuvukelana nohlanga, nobukumkani buvukelane nobukumkani;
kuya kubakho iinyikima zomhlaba kwiindawo ngeendawo, kubekho neendlala
ziingqaleko ke zenimba ezo.
13:9 Zilumkeleni ke okwenu; kuba baya kuninikela ezintlanganisweni zamatyala;
nasezindlwini zesikhungu niya kubethwa, nimiswe phambi kwakhe
abalawuli nookumkani ngenxa yam, kube bubungqina kubo.
13:10 Kumele ukuthi ke ukuqala kuvakaliswe iindaba ezilungileyo ezi kuzo zonke iintlanga.
13:11 Xa sukuba ke benirhola, beninikela, ize ningaxhaleli;
eniya kuyithetha ngenxa engaphambili, ningakucandi ukuyicamagushela
Nantoni na eniya kuyinikwa ngelo lixa, thethani yona, kuba asiyiyo
nina bathethayo, kodwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele.
13:12 Ke kaloku umzalwana uya kunikela umzalwana ekufeni, aze uyise anikele
unyana; bathi nabantwana bavukelane nabazali, babangise
mababulawe.
13:13 niya kuthiywa ngabantu bonke ngenxa yegama lam;
nyamezelani kude kube sekupheleni, lowo uya kusindiswa.
13:14 Ke kaloku, xa nithe nalibona isikizi lesiphanziso, awathetha ngalo uDaniyeli
Umprofeti emi apho kungafaneleki khona, (lowo ulesayo).
baqonde ngelo xesha, mabathi abakwelakwaYuda basabele ezintabeni;
13:15 Lowo uphezu kwendlu makangehli aye endlwini, kanjalo
ngena khona, akhuphe into endlwini yakhe;
13:16 nosentsimini makangabuyeli emva ukuya kuthabatha okwakhe
ingubo.
13:17 Yeha ke, abamithiyo nabanyisayo, kwabanyisayo;
iintsuku!
13:18 Thandazani ke, ukuba intsabo yenu ingabi khona ebusika.
13:19 Kuba ngaloo mihla kuya kubakho imbandezelo, ekungazanga kubekho injalo kuni
ingqalo yayo indalo awayidalayo uThixo, kwada kwakalokunje, kananjalo
iza kuba.
13:20 Kanjalo ukuba iNkosi ibingayinqamlelanga loo mihla, bekungayi kubakho nyama;
kodwa ngenxa yabanyulwa ebanyulileyo, ufinyezile
imihla.
13:21 Ngelo xa ke, ukuba ubani uthe kuni, Nanku apha uKristu; nokuba, nanko ekho
Pha; musani ukukholwa nguye;
13:22 kuba kuya kuvela ooKristu ababuxoki, nabaprofeti ababuxoki, benze imiqondiso;
nemimangaliso yokulahlekisa nabanyuliweyo, ukuba bekunokwenzeka.
13:23 Lumkani ke nina; yabonani, ndinixelele izinto zonke ngenxa engaphambili.
13:24 Ke ngaloo mihla, emveni kwayo loo mbandezelo, liya kuba mnyama ilanga;
nenyanga ayiyi kukhanyisa ukukhanya kwayo;
13:25 Kwaye iinkwenkwezi zezulu ziya kuwa, kunye namandla asezulwini
ziya kugungqiswa.
13:26 Baya kumbona ke ngelo xesha uNyana woMntu esiza esemafini amakhulu
amandla nozuko.
13:27 Uya kwandula ke azithumele izithunywa zakhe, abahlanganisele ndawonye abanyulwa bakhe
ukusuka kwimimoya yomine, ukusuka esiphelweni sehlabathi ukusa ekupheleni
ekupheleni kwezulu.
13:28 Wufundeni ke kuwo umkhiwane umzekeliso; Xa isebe lakhe lisathambile, kwaye
lihluma amagqabi, niyazi ukuba ihlobo likufuphi.
13:29 Ngokukwanjalo nani, xa nithe nazibona ezi zinto zisihla, yazini
ukuba kukufuphi, kuseminyango.
13:30 Inene, ndithi kuni, Asisayi kudlula esi sizukulwana, kude kube sekugcineni
mazenziwe ezi zinto.
13:31 Liya kudlula izulu nehlabathi, kodwa amazwi am akayi kudlula.
13:32 Kodwa akukho bani uwaziyo loo mhla nelo lixa, azazi nezithunywa zezulu
basemazulwini, ingenguye uNyana, nguYise yedwa.
13:33 Lumkani, hlalani nilindile, nithandaze; ngokuba anilazi ukuba linini na ixesha elo.
13:34 njengokuba wathi umntu ehambela kwelinye, eshiya indlu yakhe;
Wabanika igunya abakhonzi bakhe, elowo wabanika umsebenzi wakhe, elowo nomsebenzi wakhe
wamwisela umthetho umgcini-mnyango ukuba alinde.
13:35 Lindani ngoko; ngokuba ningakwazi ukuba kunini na ukuza komninindlu.
ngokuhlwa, okanye ezinzulwini zobusuku, okanye ekulileni kweenkuku, okanye kusasa;
13:36 hleze afike ngebhaqo, anifumane nilele.
13:37 Oko ndikutsho kuni, ndikutsho kubo bonke, Lindani.