Luka
7:1 Kwathi eseqedile wonke amazwi akhe ezindlebeni zabantu
wangena eKapernawume.
7:2 Futhi inceku yekhulu ethile, ethandekayo kuyo, yayigula, futhi
ukulungele ukufa.
7:3 Futhi lapho ezwa ngoJesu, wathumela kuye amalunga abaJuda.
emncenga ukuthi eze azosilisa inceku yakhe.
7:4 Futhi lapho efika kuJesu, bamncenga masinyane, bathi: "Lowo."
wayefanele ukuthi amenzele lokhu.
7:5 Ngoba uyasithanda isizwe sakithi, futhi uye wasakhela isinagoge.
7:6 Khona uJesu wahamba nabo. Kwathi akasekude nendlu.
induna yekhulu yathuma abangane kuye, bathi kuye: Nkosi, ungakhathazeki
ngoba kangifanele ukuthi ungene ngaphansi kophahla lwami;
7:7 Ngakho-ke angizange ngicabange ukuthi ngifanele ukuza kuwe
izwi, futhi inceku yami iyakuphiliswa.
7:8 Ngoba nami ngingumuntu ongaphansi kwegunya, nginamasosha ngaphansi kwami, futhi mina
lithi kwelinye: Hamba, lihambe; futhi komunye: Woza, futhi uyeza; futhi
encekwini yami: Yenza lokhu, ikwenze.
7:9 Lapho uJesu ezwa lezi zinto, wamangala ngayo, futhi waphenduka
ezungeza, wathi kubantu ababemlandela: Ngithi kini: Mina
anitholanga ukholo olukhulu kangaka, cha, no-Israyeli.
7:10 Labo ababethunyiwe sebebuyela endlini, bafica inceku isiphilile
owayekade egula.
7:11 Kwathi ngangomuso, waya emzini othiwa iNayini;
abaningi babafundi bakhe bahamba naye nesixuku esikhulu.
7:12 Manje lapho esondela esangweni lomuzi, bheka, kwakukhona ofileyo
indoda ezelwe, indodana eyodwa kanina, yena engumfelokazi;
abantu abaningi bomuzi babe naye.
7:13 Futhi lapho iNkosi imbona, wamhawukela, futhi wathi kuye.
Musani ukukhala.
7:14 Wasondela, wathinta uhlaka, futhi ababemthwele bema.
Yathi: Nsizwa, ngithi kuwe: Vuka.
7:15 Futhi ofileyo wahlala, futhi waqala ukukhuluma. Wamnikela kuye
unina.
7:16 Ukwesaba kwehlela phezu kwabo bonke, bamdumisa uNkulunkulu, bathi:
umprofethi omkhulu uvukile phakathi kwethu; nokuthi, UNkulunkulu uvakashile owakhe
abantu.
7:17 Futhi lezi zindaba ngaye zaphumela kulo lonke elaseJudiya futhi kulo lonke
sonke isifunda nxazonke.
7:18 Abafundi bakaJohane bamtshela ngazo zonke lezi zinto.
7:19 UJohane esebizele kuye ababili kubafundi bakhe, wabathuma kuJesu.
besithi: Wena unguye ozayo na? noma sifuna omunye?
7:20 Kwathi amadoda esefikile kuye, athi: "UJohane uMbhapathizi usithumile."
wathi kuwe: Wena unguye ozayo na? noma sifuna omunye?
7:21 Futhi ngalolo hora welapha abaningi ezifweni zabo nezifo.
nemimoya emibi; nezimpumputhe eziningi wazipha ukubona.
7:22 UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: Hambani nimtshele uJohane
enikubonile nenikuzwile; ukuthi izimpumputhe zibona kanjani, izinyonga zihamba,
abanochoko bayahlanjululwa, izithulu ziyezwa, abafileyo bayavuswa, kwabampofu
ivangeli liyashunyayelwa.
7:23 Futhi ubusisiwe lowo ongayikukhubeka ngami.
7:24 Kwathi sezihambile izithunywa zikaJohane, waqala ukukhuluma laye
izixuku ngoJohane, Naphumelani ehlane
niyabo? Umhlanga unyakaziswa ngumoya na?
7:25 Kodwa naphuma ukuyobonani? Umuntu owembethe ingubo ethambileyo na? Bheka,
abembethe eziwubukhazikhazi, baphile kamnandi, basemakhosini.
izinkantolo.
7:26 Kodwa naphuma ukuyobonani? Umprofethi? Yebo, ngithi kini, futhi
kakhulu kunomprofethi.
7:27 Lona nguye, okulotshwe ngaye ukuthi: Bheka, Ngiyasithuma isithunywa sami ngaphambi
ubuso bakho, obuyakulungisa indlela yakho phambi kwakho.
7:28 Ngoba ngithi kini: Phakathi kwabazelwe ngabesifazane akukho a
umprofethi omkhulu kunoJohane uMbhapathizi: kodwa omncinyane ebandleni
umbuso kaNkulunkulu mkhulu kunaye.
7:29 Futhi bonke abantu ababemuzwa, kanye nabathelisi bathi uNkulunkulu ulungile.
ebhapathizwa ngobhapathizo lukaJohane.
7:30 Kodwa abaFarisi nezazimthetho bala icebo likaNkulunkulu ngokumelene
bona ngokwabo, bengabhapathizwanga nguye.
7:31 Futhi iNkosi yathi: "Ngakho-ke ngizobafanisa nani abantu balokhu
isizukulwane? futhi bafana nani?
7:32 Bafana nabantwana abahlezi esigcawini, futhi babiza oyedwa
komunye, bethi: “Sinibethele imitshingo, kepha anisinanga;
sililile kini, kodwa anikhalanga.
7:33 Ngoba uJohane uMbhabhathizi wafika engadli sinkwa, engaphuzi wayini; kanye nawe
nithi: 'Unedemoni.'
7:34 INdodana yomuntu ifikile idla, iphuza; futhi nithi: Bhekani a
isiminzi, nesiphuzi, umngane wabathelisi nezoni.
7:35 Kodwa ukuhlakanipha kulungisiswa kubantwana bakho bonke.
7:36 Futhi omunye wabaFarisi wamcela ukuba adle naye. Futhi yena
wangena endlini yomFarisi, wahlala ekudleni.
7:37 Futhi, bheka, owesifazane emzini, owayeyisoni, ekwazi lokho
UJesu ehlezi ekudleni endlini yomFarisi, ephethe umfuma wealabhaste
amafutha,
7:38 Futhi wema ngasezinyaweni zakhe ngemva kwakhe ekhala, futhi waqala ukugeza izinyawo zakhe
ngezinyembezi, wazesula ngezinwele zekhanda lakhe, wamanga owakhe
izinyawo, wazigcoba ngamafutha.
7:39 Kwathi umFarisi owayembizile ekubona, wakhuluma phakathi
wathi: Lo, uba ubengumprofethi, ngabe uyazi ukuthi ngubani
nokuthi unjani owesifazane omthintayo, ngokuba uyisoni.
7:40 UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: Simoni, nginento engizoyisho kuye
wena. Wathi: “Khuluma, Mfundisi.
7:41 Kwakukhona umtshelekisi othile owayenamacala amabili;
odenariyo abayikhulu, omunye amashumi ayisihlanu.
7:42 Futhi lapho bengenalutho yokukhokha, wabaxolela bobabili. Ngitshele
ngakho-ke, yimuphi kubo oyomthanda kakhulu?
7:43 USimoni waphendula wathi: "Ngicabanga ukuthi lowo amthethelela kakhulu. Futhi
wathi kuye: Wahlulele kahle.
7:44 Waphendukela kowesifazane, wathi kuSimoni, Uyambona lona wesifazane?
Ngingene endlini yakho, awunginikanga amanzi ezinyawo zami, kepha yena
uzigezile izinyawo zami ngezinyembezi, wazesula ngezinwele zakhe
ikhanda.
7:45 Wena kawunganganga, kodwa lona wesifazane selokhu ngangena
wayeka ukwanga izinyawo zami.
7:46 Ikhanda lami ngamafutha awuligcobanga, kodwa lona wesifazane ungigcobile eyami
izinyawo ngamafutha.
7:47 Ngakho-ke ngithi kuwe: Izono zakhe eziningi zithethelelwe; okwe
wayethanda kakhulu, kepha othethelelwa okuncane, uthanda okuncane.
7:48 Wathi kuye: Izono zakho zithethelelwe.
7:49 Ababehlezi naye ekudleni baqala ukusho phakathi kwabo ukuthi: Ngubani?
Lo nguye othethelela izono laye?
7:50 Wathi kowesifazane: “Ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile; hamba ngokuthula.