UMateyu
22:1 Wabuya waphendula uYesu wathetha kubo ngemizekeliso, wathi,
22:2 Ubukumkani bamazulu bufana nomntu ongukumkani, owayethe watshata
ngenxa yonyana wakhe,
22:3 Wesusa abakhonzi bakhe ukuba baye kubabiza abamenyiweyo;
umtshato: abavuma ukuza.
22:4 Wabuya wesusa abanye abakhonzi, esithi, Yitshoni kwabamenyiweyo ukuthi,
Yabona, isidlo sam sendisilungisile; iinkomo zam neento zam ezityetyisiweyo zixheliwe;
ke zonke izinto sezilungile; yizani emsithweni.
22:5 Abakhathalanga ke bona; basuka bemka, omnye waya kweyakhe intsimi, nomnye
kwintengiso yakhe:
22:6 Bathi ke abaseleyo bababamba abakhonzi bakhe, babaphatha kakubi, babaphatha kakubi
bawabulala.
22:7 Evile ke ukumkani, waqumba, wathumela owakhe
nemikhosi, yabatshabalalisa abo babulali, yawutshisa nomzi wabo.
22:8 Aze athi kubakhonzi bakhe, Umsitho okunene sewulungile wona, kodwa aba bebekho
abamenyiweyo bebengafanelekanga.
22:9 Yiyani ngoko ezintlanganweni zeendlela, nithi abo nithe nabafumana, nibabize beze
umtshato.
22:10 Baphuma ke abo bakhonzi baya ezindleleni, bahlanganisana bonke
bonke ababafumanayo, abakhohlakeleyo kwanabalungileyo; wagqitywa ke umsitho
neendwendwe.
22:11 Ke kaloku, akungena ukumkani, eza kukhangela abamenyiweyo, wabona apho umntu omenyiweyo;
Andambathi ingubo yomsitho.
22:12 Athi kuye, Wethu, utheni na ukungena apha, ungenamntu?
ingubo yomtshato? Wabe ethe cwaka.
22:13 Wathi ukumkani kubalungiseleli, Mbopheni iinyawo nezandla, nimthabathe
nimkhuphele ebumnyameni bangaphandle; kuya kubakho ukulila nokulila
Ukutshixiza kwamazinyo.
22:14 Kuba baninzi ababiziweyo, ke bambalwa abanyuliweyo.
22:15 Baza abaFarisi baya benza ibhunga lokuba bamthiyele
intetho yakhe.
22:16 Bathumela kuye abafundi babo benamaHerode, besithi,
Mfundisi, siyazi ukuba uyinyaniso, Uyifundisa indlela kaThixo
inyaniso, ungakhathali nangubani, kuba akukhathali
umntu wamadoda.
22:17 Sixelele ngoko, uthini na wena? Kuvumelekile na ukumnika irhafu?
UKesare, okanye akunjalo?
22:18 Ebuqondile ke uYesu ububi babo, wathi, Nindilingelani na?
abahanahanisi?
22:19 Ndiboniseni iqhosha lerhafu. Bamzisela ke idenariyo.
22:20 Athi kubo, Ngokabani na lo mfanekiso nombhalo?
22:21 Bathi kuye, NgokaKesare. Aze athi kubo, Nikani ngoko
izinto zikaKesare kuKesare; nakuThixo izinto ezo
ngabakaThixo.
22:22 Bathe ke bona bakukuva oko, bamangaliswa, bamshiya, bemka
indlela yabo.
22:23 Kwangaloo mini beza kuye abaSadusi, bona abo bathi akukho
wavuka, wambuza, wathi,
22:24 besithi, Mfundisi, uMoses wathi, Ukuba umntu uthe wafa engenabantwana, yeyakhe
umzalwana uya kumzeka umfazi wakhe, amvelisele imbewu umzalwana wakhe.
22:25 Ke kaloku kwaye kukho kuthi abazalwana abasixhenxe; waza owokuqala waba naye
wazeka umfazi owabhubhayo, wathi, kuba engenambewu, wamshiya kuye umfazi wakhe
ubhuti:
22:26 Wenjenjalo nowesibini, nowesithathu, kwada kwaya kowesixhenxe.
22:27 Emveni ke kwabo bonke, wafa naye umfazi.
22:28 Ngoko eluvukweni uya kuba ngumfazi wawuphi na kweso sixhenxe? ngenxa
bonke babenaye.
22:29 Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo, Niyalahleka, ningakwazi oko
izibhalo, namandla kaThixo.
22:30 Kuba eluvukweni abazeki, abendiswa;
banjengezithunywa zikaThixo ezulwini.
22:31 Ngalo ke uvuko lwabafileyo, anilesanga na?
owathethwa kuni nguThixo, esithi,
22:32 Mna ndinguThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo kaIsake, uThixo kaYakobi? uThixo
AkaThixo ke wabafileyo, ungowabaphilileyo.
22:33 Zakukuva ke oko izihlwele, zakhwankqiswa yimfundiso yakhe.
22:34 Ke kaloku bathe abaFarisi, bakuva ukuba ubambe abaSadusi
bathi cwaka, bahlanganisana ndawonye.
22:35 Omnye kubo ongumqondisi-mthetho wambuza, emlinga
kuye, esithi,
22:36 Mfundisi, owona myalelo mkhulu emthethweni nguwuphi na?
22:37 Wathi ke uYesu kuye, Uze uyithande iNkosi uThixo wakho ngeento zakho zonke
ngentliziyo, nangomphefumlo wakho uphela, nangengqondo yakho iphela.
22:38 Nguwo lowo owokuqala nomkhulu umthetho.
22:39 Owesibini ke ufana nawo: Uze umthande ummelwane wakho njengoko
wena.
22:40 Kule mithetho yomibini kuxhomekeke umyalelo uphela nabaprofeti.
22:41 Bakubon’ ukuba bahlanganisene ke abaFarisi, uYesu wababuza, esithi,
22:42 esithi, Nithini na nina ngoKristu? ngunyana kabani na? Bathi kuye, Thetha
unyana kaDavide.
22:43 Athi kubo, Yini na phofu ukuba uDavide ngoMoya ambize ngokuthi, Nkosi, esithi,
22:44 Yathi iNkosi eNkosini yam, Hlala ngasekunene kwam, ndide ndikwenzele.
iintshaba zakho sisihlalo seenyawo zakho?
22:45 Ukuba uDavide ngoko umbiza ngokuba Nkosi, ungunyana wakhe ngani na?
22:46 Akubangakho namnye ubenako ukumphendula nezwi eli;
Mbuze ke ngaloo mini.