Luka
16:1 Wayesethi nakubafundi bakhe: Kwakukhona umuntu othile onothileyo
wayenomphathi; yona yabekwa icala lokuthi ichithe eyakhe
izimpahla.
16:2 Wambiza, wathi kuye: "Kwenzeka kanjani lokhu engikuzwayo?"
wena? landisa ngobuphathi bakho; ngoba ungeke usaba khona
umphathi.
16:3 Khona-ke umphathi wathi ngaphakathi kwakhe: Ngizakwenzani? okwenkosi yami
ungiphuca ubuphathi; ukuncenga nginamahloni.
16:4 Sengikwazi engizakwenza, ukuze, nxa ngikhitshwa ebuphathini.
bangangemukela ezindlini zabo.
16:5 Ngakho wabizela kuye ngamunye abanamacala enkosini yakhe, futhi wathi kubo
okokuqala: Unecala elingakanani enkosini yami na?
16:6 Wathi, Izilinganiso eziyikhulu zamafutha. Wathi kuye: Thatha owakho
, uhlale phansi masinyane, ulobe amashumi ayisihlanu.
16:7 Wayesethi komunye, Wena-ke unecala elingakanani na? Wathi, An
izilinganiso ezilikhulu zikakolweni. Wasesithi kuye: Thatha incwadi yakho, njalo
bhala amashumi ayisishiyagalombili.
16:8 Inkosi yamtusa umphathi ongalungile, ngokuba wenze ngokuhlakanipha;
ngoba abantwana balumhlaba bahlakaniphe esizukulwaneni sabo kulo
abantwana bokukhanya.
16:9 Futhi ngithi kini: Zenzeleni nina abangane ngoMamona
ukungalungi; ukuze kuthi, nxa nihluleka, banamukele
izindawo zokuhlala zaphakade.
16:10 Othembekile kokuncane uthembekile nakokukhulu;
ongalungile kokuncinyane akalungile nakokukhulu.
16:11 Ngakho uma beningathembekanga kuMamona ongalungile, ngubani
uzozibophezela ekuthembeni kwakho ingcebo yeqiniso?
16:12 Futhi uma beningathembeki kulokho omunye umuntu, ngubani
uyakukunika okungokwakho na?
16:13 Akukho nceku engakhonza amakhosi amabili, ngoba noma izozonda eyodwa, futhi
thanda omunye; noma ibambelele kwenye, idelele enye.
Anikwazi ukukhonza uNkulunkulu noMamona.
16:14 Futhi nabaFarisi, abahahayo, bezwa zonke lezi zinto
bamklolodela.
16:15 Wathi kubo, Nina ningabazishaya abalungileyo phambi kwabantu;
kepha uNkulunkulu uyazazi izinhliziyo zenu, ngokuba lokho okuphakeme phakathi kwabantu
kuyisinengiso phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
16:16 Umthetho nabaprofethi kwakukhona kwaze kwaba nguJohane, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi umbuso ka
UNkulunkulu uyashunyayelwa, futhi wonke umuntu uphishekela kukho.
16:17 Futhi kulula ukuba izulu nomhlaba kudlule, kunechashaza elilodwa lezinhlamvu
umthetho ukwehluleka.
16:18 Noma ubani olahla umkakhe, futhi aganwe omunye, wenza isono
ukuphinga: futhi noma ubani oganwa owahlukanisiwe nendoda yakhe
uyaphinga.
16:19 Kwakukhona umuntu othile ocebile, owayegqoke ezinsomi futhi ecolekileyo
yelineni, futhi yayidla ngokunethezeka nsuku zonke:
NgokukaLuka 16:20 Kwakukhona isinxibi esithile, nguLazaru, sibekwe eduze kwakhe
isango, ligcwele izilonda,
16:21 Futhi efisa ukusuthiswa ngemvuthuluka ewa endaweni yesicebi.
phezu kwalokho kwafika izinja zamkhotha izilonda.
16:22 Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi ompofu wafa, futhi wathwalwa yizingelosi
esifubeni sika-Abrahama: nesicebi safa, sembelwa;
16:23 Futhi esihogweni waphakamisa amehlo aso, esezinhlungwini, futhi wabona u-Abrahama
ekude, noLazaru esesifubeni sakhe.
16:24 Futhi wamemeza wathi, Baba Abrahama, ngihawukele, futhi uthumele
uLazaru, ukuze agcobhoze isihloko somunwe wakhe emanzini, aphozise umphefumulo wami
ulimi; ngoba ngiyahlushwa kulelilangabi.
16:25 Kepha u-Abrahama wathi: 'Ndodana, khumbula ukuthi wena wakwamukela ekuphileni kwakho
okuhle, kanjalo noLazaru okubi; kepha manje uyaduduzwa;
futhi uyahlushwa.
16:26 Futhi phezu kwakho konke lokhu, phakathi kwethu nawe kukhona umhosha omkhulu fixed
ukuze labo abafuna ukusuka lapha baye kini bangekwazi; futhi ngeke
sidluliseleni lowo ovela khona.
16:27 Wathi, Ngakho ngiyakucela, baba, ukuba umthume
endlini kababa:
16:28 Ngoba nginabafowethu abahlanu; ukuze afakaze kubo, hlezi nabo
ngenani kulendawo yokuhlushwa.
16:29 U-Abrahama wathi kuye: BanoMose nabaprofethi; mabezwe
bona.
16:30 Yathi, Hatshi, baba Abrahama, kodwa uba omunye evela kubo eya kubo
abafile, bayakuphenduka.
16:31 Wathi kuye, Uma bengalaleli uMose nabaprofethi, kanjalo
bayakuvunywa, noma kuvuka omunye kwabafileyo.