Luka
13:1 Kwakukhona ngaleso sikhathi abathile abamtshela ngamaGalile.
igazi labo uPilatu ayelixubanise lemihlatshelo yabo.
13:2 UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: "Nithi laba baseGalile
babezoni kunabo bonke abaseGalile, ngokuba babehlupheka kanjalo
izinto?
13:3 Ngithi kini: Cha, kodwa uma ningaphenduki, niyakubhubha ngokunjalo nonke.
13:4 Noma labo abayishumi nesishiyagalombili, owawela phezu kwabo umbhoshongo waseSilowama, wababulala.
nicabanga ukuthi babeyizoni kunabo bonke abantu abakhileyo eJerusalema na?
13:5 Ngithi kini: Cha, kodwa uma ningaphenduki, niyakubhubha ngokunjalo nonke.
13:6 Wakhuluma lomfanekiso; Umuntu othile wayenomkhiwane utshalwe kuye
isivini; weza wadinga isithelo kuwo, kodwa akasitholanga.
13:7 Wathi kuso isisebenzi sesivini sakhe, Bheka, le minyaka emithathu
Ngize ngifuna isithelo kulo mkhiwane, kodwa angisitholi; ngani
Uyawugawula umhlabathi na?
13:8 Futhi waphendula wathi kuye: Nkosi, wuyeke nangalo nyaka, kuze kube
Ngizomba ngakuwo, ngiwuthele umquba;
13:9 Futhi uma uthela izithelo, kahle: futhi uma kungenjalo, ke emva kwalokho uyakugawula
yehla.
13:10 Futhi wayefundisa kwelinye lamasinagoge ngesabatha.
13:11 Futhi bheka, kwakukhona owesifazane onomoya wobuthakathaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili
iminyaka, wakhothama, wahluleka nakanye ukuziphakamisa.
13:12 Kwathi uJesu embona, wambiza, wathi kuye: “Sifazane!
ukhululiwe ebuthakathakeni bakho.
13:13 Wabeka izandla zakhe phezu kwakhe;
wakhazimulisa uNkulunkulu.
13:14 Futhi umphathi wesinagoge waphendula ngokuthukuthela, ngoba lokho
UJesu waphulukisa ngesabatha, wathi kubantu: Bakhona
izinsuku eziyisithupha okufanele kusetshenzwe ngazo: ngakho wozani nibe kuzo
baphulukiswe, hhayi ngosuku lwesabatha.
13:15 Khona-ke iNkosi yamphendula, yathi: "Mzenzisi, yilowo nalowo akakwenzi
kini ngesabatha nithukulule inkabi yakhe noma imbongolo yakhe esibayeni, nihole
usehambile ukuyochelela?
13:16 Futhi bekungafanele lo wesifazane, eyindodakazi ka-Abrahama, uSathane anayo
eboshiwe, bheka, leminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili, akhululwe kulesi sibophelelo ngesabatha
usuku?
13:17 Esezishilo lezi zinto, bonke ababemelene naye baba namahloni
bonke abantu bathokoza ngazo zonke izinto ezikhazimulayo ezenziwa ngayo
yena.
13:18 Wayesethi: “Umbuso kaNkulunkulu ufana nani na? lalokho okuzakwenziwa
Ngiyafana nayo?
13:19 Kunjengohlamvu lwesinaphi, okuyinto umuntu waluthatha, waluphonsa kweyakhe
ingadi; yamila, yaba ngumuthi omkhulu; nezinyoni zezulu
walala emagatsheni awo.
13:20 Wabuye wathi: "Ngizowufanisa nani umbuso kaNkulunkulu?
13:21 Ufana nemvubelo, ayithatha owesifazane, wayifaka ezilinganisweni ezintathu zempuphu.
kwaze kwabila konke.
13:22 Wahamba edabula imizi nemizana, efundisa, ehamba
ngaseJerusalema.
13:23 Ngakho omunye wathi kuye: Nkosi, bambalwa abasindiswayo na? Wathi
kubo,
13:24 Phikelelani ukungena ngesango elincane; ngokuba ngithi kini:
funani ukungena, kodwa aniyikukwazi.
13:25 Lapho umninindlu esevukile, wavala endlini
emnyango, bese niqala ukuma ngaphandle, nokungqongqoza emnyango, nithi:
Nkosi, Nkosi, sivulele; yena aphendule athi kini: Ngiyazi
nina lapho nivela khona;
13:26 Khona-ke niyoqala ukuthi, 'Sidlile futhi saphuza phambi kwakho, futhi
wafundisa ezitaladini zakithi.
13:27 Kodwa uzakuthi: Ngithi kini: Anginazi lapho nivela khona; suka lapho
mina, nina nonke benzi bokubi.
13:28 Lapho kuyakuba khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo, lapho nibona u-Abrahama.
no-Isaka, noJakobe, nabo bonke abaprofethi, embusweni kaNkulunkulu, futhi
nina ngokwenu nizikhiphile.
13:29 Futhi bayovela empumalanga, nasentshonalanga, futhi kusukela
enyakatho, naseningizimu, bahlale ekudleni embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
13:30 Futhi bheka, kukhona abokugcina abayakuba ngabokuqala, futhi kukhona abokuqala
eyakuba ngeyokugcina.
13:31 Ngalolo suku kweza abaFarisi abathile, bathi kuye: Thatha
phuma, usuke lapha, ngokuba uHerode ufuna ukukubulala.
13:32 Wathi kubo, Hambani niyitshele leyo mpungushe ukuthi: 'Bheka, ngiyayikhipha
namademoni, futhi ngiyaphilisa namuhla nakusasa, nangosuku lwesithathu ngizakwenza
apheleliswe.
13:33 Nokho ngimelwe ukuhamba namuhla, nakusasa, nangosuku olulandelayo.
ngoba kakwazi ukuthi umprofethi afele ngaphandle kweJerusalema.
13:34 O Jerusalema, Jerusalema, obulala abaprofethi futhi abakhanda ngamatshe
abathunyelwe kuwe; bengingathanda kangaki ukubutha abantwana bakho
njengesikhukhukazi sibuthela amazinyane aso phansi kwamaphiko aso, niyathanda
hhayi!
13:35 Bhekani, indlu yenu isisala nani, futhi ngiqinisile ngithi kini.
Aniyikungibona, kuze kufike isikhathi lapho niyakuthi: 'Ubusisiwe.'
ozayo ebizweni leNkosi.