Luka
14:1 Kwathi lapho engena endlini yomunye wezikhulu
AbaFarisi ukuthi badle isinkwa ngesabatha, ukuthi bamqaphile.
14:2 Bheka, kwakukhona phambi kwakhe umuntu othile owayenesifo sokuwa.
14:3 UJesu waphendula, wakhuluma kuzo izazimthetho nabaFarisi, wathi: "Ingabe?
kuvunyelwe ukuphulukisa ngesabatha na?
14:4 Bathula. Wamthatha, wamphulukisa, wamyeka
hamba;
14:5 Wabaphendula, wathi: "Ngumuphi kini oyoba nembongolo noma inkabi
iwele emgodini, kayikuyikhipha masinyane ngesabatha
usuku?
14:6 Base bengenakuphinda bamphendule ngalezo zinto.
14:7 Wayesebabekela umfanekiso kwabamenyiweyo, ekunakeni kwakhe
ukuthi bakhetha kanjani izindlu eziphambili; ethi kubo.
14:8 Lapho umenywe ngumuntu emshadweni, ungahlali phansi emshadweni
igumbi eliphezulu; hlezi omunye ohloniphekayo kulawe abizwe nguye;
14:9 Futhi lowo okumemileyo futhi naye eze futhi athi kuwe: Dedela lo muntu;
bese uqala ukuhlala endaweni ephansi ngokunamahloni.
14:10 Kodwa nxa umenyiwe, hamba uhlale endaweni esekucineni; ukuthi nini
okumemileyo, uzakuthi kuwe: Mngane, yenyukela enhla;
khona uzakuba lokukhulekela phambi kwabahlezi ekudleni
nawe.
14:11 Ngokuba yilowo nalowo oziphakamisayo uyakuthotshiswa; lalowo ozithobayo
yena uzakuphakanyiswa.
14:12 Wayesethi nakulowo ommemileyo: “Nxa usenza isidlo sakusihlwa noma sokudla
ukudla kwakusihlwa, ungabizi abangane bakho, noma abafowenu, noma izihlobo zakho, noma
omakhelwane bakho abacebile; funa labo babuye bakumeme, kube yimbuyiselo
wakwenza.
14:13 Kepha nxa usenza idili, mema abampofu, nezilima, nezinyonga, nabampofu.
impumputhe:
14:14 Futhi uyakubusiswa; ngoba kabakwazi ukukubuyisela;
kuyakuvuzwa ekuvukeni kwabalungileyo.
14:15 Futhi lapho omunye kwababehlezi naye ekudleni ezwa lezi zinto
wathi kuye: Ubusisiwe odla isinkwa embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
14:16 Wayesethi kuye: “Umuntu othile wenza isidlo esikhulu, wamema abaningi;
14:17 Wathuma inceku yakhe ngesikhathi sesidlo ukuba ithi kwabamenyiweyo.
Woza; ngoba konke sekulungile.
14:18 Baqala bonke nganhliziyonye ukuzilandulela. Owokuqala wathi kuye
kuye, ngithengile isiqephu sensimu, futhi kufanele ngihambe ngiyoyibona: I
ngicela ungixolele.
14:19 Futhi omunye wathi: "Ngithengile izinkabi ezinhlanu, futhi ngiya ukuyohlola."
kubo: ngicela ungixolele.
14:20 Futhi omunye wathi: Ngithethe umfazi, futhi ngenxa yalokho ngingeze.
14:21 Yafika leyo nceku, yabikela inkosi yayo lezi zinto. Khona-ke inkosi
wendlu wathukuthela wathi encekwini yakhe: Phuma masinyane ungene endlini
izitaladi nemizila yomuzi, ningenise lapha abampofu nabampofu
abagogekile, nezinyonga, nezimpumputhe.
14:22 Yathi inceku: 'Nkosi, sekwenziwe njengokuyala kwakho, nokho
kukhona indawo.
14:23 Yathi inkosi encekwini: Phuma uye ezindleleni nasezintangweni;
futhi ubaphoqelele ukuba bangene, ukuze indlu yami igcwaliswe.
14:24 Ngoba ngithi kini: Akekho kulawo madoda abemenyiwe oyonambitha
lesidlo sami sakusihlwa.
14:25 Futhi kwahamba naye izixuku eziningi, futhi waphenduka, wathi kuye
bona,
14:26 Uma umuntu eza kimi, futhi angamzondi uyise, nonina, nomkakhe,
nabantwana, nabafowabo, nawodadewabo, yebo, nempilo yakhe uqobo, naye
angeke abe ngumfundi wami.
14:27 Futhi noma ubani ongathwali isiphambano sakhe, futhi angilandele, angebe owami
umfundi.
14:28 Ngoba ngumuphi kini othi efuna ukwakha umbhoshongo angahlali phansi kuqala,
ubala indleko ukuthi ulakho yini okokuqeda?
14:29 Hleze, ngemva kokuba esebeke isisekelo, futhi angakwazi ukuqeda
bonke abakubonayo baqala ukumklolodela.
14:30 esithi: Lomuntu waqala ukwakha, kodwa kabanga lamandla okuqeda.
14:31 Noma iyiphi inkosi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, lapho inkosi , , ,,,,,,,,,,,
kuqala, abuze ukuthi angakwazi yini ngezinkulungwane eziyishumi ukumhlangabeza
ngubani oza kuye lezinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili?
14:32 Uma kungenjalo, esekude enye, uyathumela
amanxusa, futhi ufisa izimo zokuthula.
14:33 Kanjalo, noma ubani kini ongashiyi konke anakho,
angebe ngumfundi wami.
14:34 Usawoti muhle;
kube isinongo?
14:35 Awuwulungele umhlaba, noma umquba; kodwa amadoda aphonsa
iphume. Onezindlebe zokuzwa makezwe.