Luka
11:1 Kwathi ekhuleka endaweni ethile
sesiphelile, omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye: Nkosi, sifundise ukukhuleka njenga
UJohane laye wafundisa abafundi bakhe.
11:2 Wathi kubo: "Nxa nikhuleka, anothi: 'Baba wethu ongaphakathi.'
ezulwini, malingcweliswe igama lakho. Umbuso wakho mawuze. Intando yakho mayenziwe, njengaku
ezulwini, kanjalo nasemhlabeni.
11:3 Siphe isinkwa sethu semihla ngemihla.
11:4 Futhi usithethelele izono zethu; ngoba lathi sibathethelela bonke abanecala
kuthina. Ungasingenisi ekulingweni; kodwa usikhulule kokubi.
11:5 Wathi kubo: "Ngumuphi kini oyoba nomngane, futhi ahambe
kuye phakathi kobusuku, athi kuye: Mngane, ngiboleke izinkwa ezintathu;
11:6 Ngoba umngane wami ohambweni ufikile kimi, futhi anginalutho
ibekwe phambi kwakhe?
11:7 Futhi ongaphakathi aphendule athi, Ungangihluphi;
ngivaliwe, nabantwana bami banami embhedeni; anginakuvuka ngikunike.
11:8 Ngithi kini: Noma engayikuvuka amnike, ngoba engowakhe
umngane wakhe, nokho ngenxa yokuncenga kwakhe uyakuvuka amnike abaningi
njengoba edinga.
11:9 Futhi ngithi kini: Celani, futhi nizakuphiwa; funani, khona niyakufuna
thola; ngqongqothani, lizavulelwa.
11:10 Ngoba yilowo nalowo ocelayo uyemukela; nalowo ofunayo uyathola; futhi ku
ongqongqothayo uzavulelwa.
11:11 Uma indodana icela isinkwa kunoma ubani kini onguyise, uyomnika
kuye itshe? noma icela inhlanzi, ayinike inyoka esikhundleni senhlanzi na?
11:12 Noma uma icela iqanda, ayinike ufezela?
11:13 Ngakho-ke uma nina eningababi nikwazi ukunika abantwana benu izipho ezinhle;
kakhulu kangakanani uYihlo osezulwini uzakubapha uMoya oNgcwele
lokho kumbuza?
11:14 Futhi wayekhipha idemoni, futhi kwaba oyisimungulu. Futhi kwenzeka,
kwathi idemoni seliphumile, isimungulu sakhuluma; bamangala abantu.
11:15 Kodwa abanye kubo bathi: Ukhipha amademoni ngoBelzebule umbusi
lamadimoni.
11:16 Futhi abanye, bemlinga, bafuna kuye isibonakaliso esivela ezulwini.
11:17 Kodwa yena eyazi imicabango yabo, wathi kubo: Yonke imibuso ihlukene phakathi
imelene nayo ngokwayo incithakalo; nendlu ehlukene phakathi a
indlu iyawa.
11:18 Uma noSathane ehlukene yedwa, umbuso wakhe uzakuma kanjani?
ngokuba nithi ngikhipha amademoni ngoBelzebule.
11:19 Futhi uma mina ngikhipha amademoni ngoBelzebule, amadodana enu awakhipha ngobani
ngaphandle? ngalokho bayakuba ngabahluleli benu.
11:20 Kodwa uma ngikhipha amademoni ngomunwe kaNkulunkulu, akungabazeki umbuso
UNkulunkulu ufikile phezu kwakho.
11:21 Lapho isiqhwaga sihlomile silinda isigodlo saso, impahla yaso ihlezi ngokuthula.
11:22 Kodwa lapho onamandla kunaso eza phezu kwakhe, futhi amnqobe, yena
amthathe zonke izikhali zakhe abethembele kuzo, azabe ezakhe
impango.
11:23 Lowo ongekho kimi umelene nami, futhi ongabuthi kanye nami
iyahlakaza.
11:24 Lapho umoya ongcolile ephuma kumuntu, uyahamba endaweni eyomile
izindawo, befuna ukuphumula; engakutholi uthi: Ngizabuyela kweyami
indlu engiphuma kuyo.
11:25 Futhi lapho ifika, ayithole ishaneliwe futhi ihlotshisiwe.
11:26 Bese uyahamba futhi uthathe kuye abanye omoya abayisikhombisa ababi kunaye
yena ngokwakhe; bangene, bahlale khona: nesimo sokugcina salokho
umuntu mubi kunokuqala.
11:27 Kwasekusithi esakhuluma lezizinto, owesifazana othile webandla
isixuku saphakamisa izwi laso, sathi kuye: “Sibusisiwe isibeletho esisikhiphayo
wakuzala, namabele owawancela.
11:28 Kodwa yena wathi: Yebo, kunalokho, babusisiwe abalizwa izwi likaNkulunkulu, futhi
kugcine.
11:29 Futhi lapho isixuku sibuthene ndawonye, waqala ukuthi: "Lokhu."
yisizukulwane esibi; bafuna isibonakaliso; futhi kakuyikuba khona isibonakaliso
kodwa isibonakaliso sikaJona umprofethi.
11:30 Ngoba njengoba uJona waba isibonakaliso kwabaseNineve, kanjalo neNdodana yomuntu iyakuba
makube kulesi sizukulwane.
11:31 Indlovukazi yaseningizimu iyovuka ekwahlulelweni kanye namadoda
lesisizukulwane, usilahle;
umhlaba ukuzwa ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni; futhi, bhekani, omkhulu kune
USolomoni ulapha.
11:32 Amadoda aseNineve ayakusukuma ekwahlulelweni kanye nalesi sizukulwane.
futhi bayakulilahla, ngokuba baphenduka ngokushumayela kukaJona; futhi,
bheka, lapha kukhona omkhulu kunoJona.
11:33 Akukho muntu othi esokhela isibani, asibeke endaweni ecashile;
kungabi ngaphansi kwesitsha, kodwa phezu kothi lwesibane, labo abangenayo
angabona ukukhanya.
11:34 Isibane somzimba yilihlo; ngakho nxa ilihlo lakho lilihle.
nomzimba wakho wonke uyakukhanya; kodwa nxa ilihlo lakho lilibi, yelakho
nomzimba ugcwele ubumnyama.
11:35 Ngakho qaphela ukuba ukukhanya okukuwe kungabi ubumnyama.
11:36 Ngakho-ke uma umzimba wakho wonke ugcwele ukukhanya, ungenandawo emnyama
konke kuyakugcwala ukukhanya njengokukhanya kokukhanya kwesibani
uyakunika ukukhanya.
11:37 Esakhuluma, umFarisi othile wamncenga ukuba adle naye;
wangena, wahlala phansi wadla.
11:38 Kwathi umFarisi ebona lokhu, wamangala ngokuthi kazange aqale ageze
ngaphambi kwesidlo sakusihlwa.
11:39 Futhi iNkosi yathi kuye: "Manje nina baFarisi nihlanza ingaphandle
wendebe noqwembe; kodwa ingaphakathi lakho ligcwele ukuphanga kanye
ububi.
11:40 Nina ziwula, owenza okungaphandle akakwenzanga lokho okukhona
ngaphakathi futhi?
11:41 Kodwa-ke yiphani abampofu lokho eninakho; futhi bheka, zonke izinto
zihlanzekile kini.
11:42 Kodwa maye kini, baFarisi! ngokuba nithela okweshumi kweminti neruwe, nakho konke ukudla
imifino, nidlule ukwahlulela nothando lukaNkulunkulu;
okwenzileyo, futhi ngingakushiyi okunye.
11:43 Maye kini, baFarisi! ngokuba nithanda izihlalo eziphambili
emasinagogeni, lokubingelelwa ezimakethe.
11:44 Maye kini, babhali nabaFarisi, bazenzisi! ngoba linjengamangcwaba
ezingabonakali, nabantu abahamba phezu kwazo abazi.
11:45 Khona waphendula omunye wezazimthetho, wathi kuye: "Mfundisi, usho kanje
uyasihlambalaza nathi.
11:46 Wathi: "Maye nani, nina zazimthetho! ngokuba nithwesa abantu imithwalo
Kunzima ukuthwalwa, kodwa lina ngokwenu kaliyithinti imithwalo ngamunye
yeminwe yakho.
11:47 Maye kini! ngokuba nakha amathuna abaprofethi nawe
obaba bababulala.
11:48 Impela nifakaza ukuthi nivumela izenzo zaboyihlo, ngoba bona
bababulala, lina-ke lakha amangcwaba abo.
11:49 Ngakho futhi ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu wathi: Ngiyothumela kubo abaprofethi futhi
abaphostoli, labanye babo bazakubabulala, babazingele;
11:50 Ukuze igazi labo bonke abaprofethi, elachithwa kusukela isisekelo
zomhlaba, zingadingeka kulesi sizukulwane;
11:51 Kusukela egazini lika-Abela kuze kufike egazini likaZakariya, owabhubha
phakathi kwe-altare nethempeli: ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kuyakuba njalo
edingekayo kulesi sizukulwane.
11:52 Maye kini, zazimthetho! ngokuba nisithathile isihluthulelo sokwazi;
aningenanga nina, nabangenayo nabavimbela.
11:53 Esakhuluma lezi zinto kubo, ababhali nabaFarisi
waqala ukumncenga kakhulu, lokumcunula ukuthi akhulume ngabanengi
izinto:
11:54 bemqamekele, befuna ukubamba okuphuma emlonyeni wakhe.
ukuze bambeke icala.