UMateyu
12:1 Ngelo xesha uYesu wacanda emasimini ngesabatha; kunye neyakhe
Bebelambile abafundi, baqala ukukha izikhwebu, badla
yitya.
12:2 Ke kaloku abaFarisi, bakukubona oko, bathi kuye, Nanga abafundi bakho
yenzani oko kungavumelekileyo ngoMhla wokuPhumla.
12:3 Wathi ke yena kubo, Aniyilesanga na into awayenzayo uDavide, oko ebengukumkani?
belambile, nabo babenaye;
12:4 okokuba wangena endlwini kaThixo, wazidla izonka ezibekwa phambi koThixo
bekungavumelekile ukuba adle yena, kwanabo babenaye, kuvumelekele
yeyababingeleli kuphela?
12:5 Anilesanga na emthethweni, ukuba ngesabatha ababingeleli?
Etempileni bayayihlambela isabatha, bangabi natyala na?
12:6 Ndithi ke kuni, omkhulu kunayo itempile ukho apha.
12:7 Ukuba ke nibe nikwazile ukuba kuthini na ukuthi, Ndiya kuba nenceba, andiyi kuba nenceba;
idini, ninge ningabagwebanga abangenatyala.
12:8 Kuba uNyana woMntu uyiNkosi yayo nesabatha.
12:9 Esukile ke apho, waya kungena endlwini yabo yesikhungu.
12:10 Kwabonakala kukho umntu owome isandla; Babuza ke
esithi kuye, Kuvumelekile na ukuphilisa ngesabatha? ukuze babe nako
mmangaleleni.
12:11 Uthe ke kubo, Uya kuba nguwuphi na umntu phakathi kwenu?
Ukuba ithe yawela emhadini ngesabatha, woba nemvu
Awuyi kubambelela kuyo, uyirhole?
12:12 Ubeke phi na ke umntu ukuyigqitha imvu? Ngoko ke kuvumelekile ukwenza
kakuhle ngesabatha.
12:13 Aze athi kumntu lowo, Solule isandla sakho. Wasolula
phambili; yabuya yaphila, kwanjengeyayo enye.
12:14 Baphuma ke abaFarisi, benza ibhunga ngaye;
ukuze amtshabalalise.
12:15 Uthe ke uYesu, ekwazi oko, wemka, apho;
Zamlandela izihlwele, wabaphilisa bonke.
12:16 Wabakhalimela ukuba bangamtyhili.
12:17 ukuze kuzaliseke okwathethwayo ngoIsaya umprofeti, esithi,
esithi,
12:18 Yabonani, umkhonzi wam endimnyulileyo; intanda yam, ekuyo umphefumlo wam
Ndobeka uMoya wam phezu kwakhe, aze yena agwebe
kwiiNtlanga.
12:19 Akayi kuphika, akayi kunkqangaza; akukho bani uya kuliva ilizwi lakhe
izitrato.
12:20 Ingcongolo etyumkileyo akayi kuyaphula, nomsonto oqhumayo akayi kuwucima;
ade awuphumelelisele ekoyiseni umgwebo;
12:21 Kwaye ziya kuthembela egameni lakhe iintlanga.
12:22 Ke kaloku kwaziswa kuye ophethwe yidemon, eyimfama, esisidenge;
waza wamphilisa, kangangokuba imfama nesimumu yathetha, yabona.
12:23 Bakhwankqiswa ke bonke abantu, bathi, Lo asinguye na unyana kaDavide?
12:24 Bakuva ke oko abaFarisi, bathi, Lo mntu akagibi
ezikhupha iidemon, ngoBhelezebhule, umphathi weedemon.
12:25 Uthe ke uYesu, ezazi iingcingane zabo, wathi kubo, Ubukumkani bonke bubahlulelene
Utshaba luphanzisiwe; nomzi wonke nendlu yonke yahlulelana
ayiyi kuma yona ngokwayo.
12:26 Ukuba ke uSathana ukhupha uSathana, wahlulelene yedwa; kwenzeka njani
ngoko bume ubukumkani bakhe?
12:27 Ukuba mna ndizikhupha iidemon ngoBhelezebhule, bazikhupha ngabani na onyana benu?
baphume? ngenxa yoko baya kuba ngabagwebi benu bona.
12:28 Ke ukuba ndizikhupha iidemon ngoMoya kaThixo mna, bubukumkani bukaThixo ngokunjalo
ndize kuni.
12:29 Angathini na umntu ukuba nako ukungena endlwini yegorha, ayiphange?
Ukuba akathanga tanci alibophe igorha? andule ke ukuphanga eyakhe
indlu.
12:30 Lowo ungengakum, uchasene nam; nongabuthiyo ndawonye nam
uyachithachitha.
12:31 Ngenxa yoko ndithi kuni, Konke ukona nokunyelisa kuya kubakho
kodwa ukunyelisa uMoya oyiNgcwele akuyi kubakho
baxolelwe abantu.
12:32 Nothe wathetha ilizwi elichasene noNyana woMntu uya kuba njalo
kodwa othe wathetha elichasene noMoya oyiNgcwele, woyixolela
angayi kuxolelwa yena, nakweli hlabathi, nokuba kusehlabathini
yiza.
12:33 Yenzani umthi ube mhle, nesiqhamo sawo sibe sihle; okanye wenze umthi
sibi, nesiqhamo sawo sibi; ngokuba umthi waziwa ngesiqhamo sawo.
12:34 Nzalandini yamarhamba, ningathini na ukuba nako ukuthetha izinto ezilungileyo, nikhohlakele nje? ngenxa
umlomo uthetha ngokuphuphuma kwentliziyo.
12:35 Umntu olungileyo, ebuncwaneni obulungileyo bentliziyo, uvelisa okulungileyo
nomntu okhohlakeleyo, ebuncwaneni obukhohlakeleyo, ukhupha ububi
izinto.
12:36 Ndithi ke kuni, Onke amazwi angewani abathe bawathetha abantu, bayawathetha;
uya kuphendula ngako ngomhla womgwebo.
12:37 kuba ngawo amazwi akho uya kugwetyelwa, nangawo amazwi akho uya kugwetyelwa
igwetyiwe.
12:38 Baphendula ke abathile bakubabhali nabaFarisi, besithi,
Nkosi, sifuna ukubona umqondiso ovela kuwe.
12:39 Waphendula ke wathi kubo, Sisizukulwana esingendawo, esikrexezayo
ufuna umqondiso; asiyi kunikwa mqondiso, ingenguwo
umqondiso womprofeti uYona:
12:40 Kuba, njengokuba uYona ebemini ntathu nabusuku buthathu esiswini sentlanzi enkulu; ngoko
UNyana woMntu woba ziintsuku ezintathu nobusuku obuthathu entliziyweni yakhe
umhlaba.
12:41 Amadoda aseNineve aya kusuka eme ngomgwebo nesi sizukulwana, kwaye
ngokuba aguquka wona ngomemezo lukaYona; kwaye,
uyabona, omkhulu kunoYona nanku apha.
12:42 Ukumkanikazi waseZantsi uya kusuka eme ngomgwebo ngale nto
isizukulwana, asigwebe; ngokuba yena uvela eziphelweni
nomhlaba, ukuba uve ubulumko bukaSolomon; nanku ke omkhulu kunom
USolomon ulapha.
12:43 Xa umoya ongcolileyo uthe waphuma emntwini, uya kucanda owomileyo
efuna ukuphumla, angakufumani.
12:44 Uze uthi, Ndiya kubuyela kwasendlwini yam endaphuma kuyo; kwaye
uthi wakufika uyifumane ize, itshayelwe, ivathisiwe.
12:45 Wandule ke ukuya uthabathe uze nabanye oomoya, abasixhenxe abakhohlakeleyo, abangakumbi
bangene ke bahlale khona;
loo mntu umbi kunokuqala. Kuya kuba njalo nakule
isizukulwana esingendawo.
12:46 Esathetha neendimbane ezo, kwathi gqi unina nabazalwana bakhe
wema ngaphandle, efuna ukuthetha naye.
12:47 Wathi ke othile kuye, Nanku unyoko nabazalwana bakho, bemi
ngaphandle, ndifuna ukuthetha nawe.
12:48 Uphendule ke wathi kulowo ubemxelele, Ngubani na uma? kwaye
Ngoobani abazalwana bam?
12:49 Wasolula isandla sakhe kubafundi bakhe, wathi, Yabonani!
umama nabantakwethu!
12:50 Kuba othe wakwenza ukuthanda kukaBawo osemazulwini, woba
ikwanguye umnakwethu, nodade wethu, noma.