UMateyu
20:1 Kuba ubukumkani bamazulu bufana nomntu ongumninindlu.
owaphuma kusasa, waya kuqesha abasebenzi bokuya esidiliyeni sakhe.
20:2 Akuvumelana nabasebenzi ngedenariyo ngemini, wabathuma
baye esidiliyeni sakhe.
20:3 Ephume malunga nelixa lesithathu, wabona abanye bemi bengasebenzi
indawo yokuthengisa,
20:4 Wathi kubo; Hambani nani niye esidiliyeni, nento ekhoyo
ekunene ndiya kukunika. Bahamba ke.
20:5 Wabuya waphuma malunga nelixa lesithandathu nelesithoba, wenza kwangokunjalo.
20:6 Ephumile ke malunga nelixa leshumi elinanye, wafumana abanye bemi bengasebenzi;
wathi kubo, Yini na ukuba nime apha imini yonke ningasebenzi?
20:7 Bathi kuye, Akukho bani usiqeshileyo. Athi kubo, Hambani
nani niye esidiliyeni; nako konke okusukuba kufanelekile
yamkela.
20:8 Kwakuhlwa, uthi umninisidiliya egoseni lakhe.
Babize abasebenzi, ubamkelise, uqala kwabokugqibela
kweyokuqala.
20:9 Bezile abo bebeqeshwe malunga nelixa leshumi elinanye, bafika
elowo wamkela idenariyo.
20:10 Ke kaloku bakuza abokuqala, baba baya kwamkela
Kaninzi; nabo bamkela elowo idenariyo.
20:11 Bathi ke bakwamkela, bamkrokrela umninindlu lowo
indlu,
20:12 besithi, Aba bokugqibela basebenze ilixa lalinye, usuke wabenza
ngokulingana nathi, thina sithwele ubunzima nobushushu bemini.
20:13 Waphendula ke yena wathi komnye wabo, Wethu, andikoni;
Akuvumelananga nam ngedenariyo na?
20:14 Thabatha okwakho, uhambe; ndiya kumnika lowo wokugqibela kwanjengoko
kuwe.
20:15 Akuvumelekile na ukuba ndenze endikuthandayo ngokukokwam? Liliso lakho
Ububi, ngokuba ndilungile mna?
20:16 Ngokunjalo abokugqibela baya kuba ngabokuqala, nabokuqala, baya kuba ngabokugqibela; kuba baninzi ababiziweyo, kodwa
abambalwa abakhethiweyo.
20:17 Ke kaloku, enyuka uYesu esiya eYerusalem, wabathabatha abafundi abalishumi elinababini, ngasese, waya endlwini
endleleni, wathi kubo,
20:18 Niyabona, siyenyuka siya eYerusalem; noNyana woMntu uya kunikelwa kuye
kubabingeleli abakhulu nababhali; baya kumgweba
ukufa,
20:19 bamnikele kuzo iintlanga ukuba zidlale ngaye, zimtyakatye, zimtyakatye
Mbethelele emnqamlezweni, athi ngomhla wesithathu abuye avuke.
20:20 Ngelo xesha kweza kuye unina woonyana bakaZebhedi, enoonyana bakhe,
bemnqula, becela into ethile kuye.
20:21 Wathi ke yena kuye, Uthanda ntoni na? Athi kuye, Ndiphe oko
aba nyana bam bobabini baya kuhlala, omnye ngasekunene kwakho, omnye ngasekunene kwakho
ngasekhohlo, ebukumkanini bakho.
20:22 Uphendule ke uYesu wathi, Aniyazi into eniyicelayo. Ngaba uyakwazi
nisele kwindebe endiza kuyisela, nibhaptizwe nobhaptizo lwalo
lubhaptizo endibhaptizwa ngalo mna? Bathi kuye, Sinako.
20:23 Athi kubo, Okunene indebe yam niya kuyisela, nibhaptizwe
nobhaptizo endibhaptizwa ngalo mna; kodwa kukuhlala ngasekunene kwam.
nangasekhohlo kwam, asikwam ukupha ngako; kodwa baya kunikwa bona
abalungiselweyo nguBawo.
20:24 Bekuvile ke oko abalishumi, bacaphuka
abazalwana ababini.
20:25 Ke kaloku uYesu, ebabizele kuye, wathi, Niyazi nina ukuba abaphathi bayo
iintlanga zibagagamela, kwanabakhulu;
sebenzisani igunya kubo.
20:26 Ze kungabi njalo ke phakathi kwenu; osukuba enga angaba mkhulu phakathi kwenu, makabe mkhulu phakathi kwenu.
makabe ngumlungiseleli wakho;
20:27 nosukuba efuna ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwenu, makabe ngumlungiseleli wenu;
20:28 kwanjengokuba uNyana woMntu engezanga kulungiselelwa;
nokuncama ubomi bakhe bube yintlawulelo yokukhulula abaninzi.
20:29 Bakubon' ukuba bayaphuma eYeriko, walandelwa yindimbane enkulu.
20:30 nanko kuhleli iimfama zimbini ngasendleleni, zakuva oko;
UYesu edlula, wakhala, esithi, Senzele inceba, Nkosi, nyana wam
kaDavide.
20:31 Ke kaloku indimbane yazikhalimela ukuba zithi tu;
kwaba kukhona ke bakhalayo, besithi, Senzele inceba, Nkosi, nyana kaNyana
UDavide.
20:32 Wema uYesu, wazibiza wathi, Ninga ndithanda ntoni na?
kuya kwenza ntoni na kuwe?
20:33 Zithi kuye, Nkosi, ukuba kuvulwe amehlo ethu.
20:34 Wasikwa ke yimfesane uYesu, wawachukumisa amehlo azo, kwaoko
amehlo azo aba nokubona, zamlandela.