Luka
17:1 Wayesethi kubafundi: "Akunakwenzeka kodwa ukuthi izikhubekiso zizokwenzeka
kodwa maye kulowo eziza ngaye!
17:2 Bekungaba ngcono kuye ukuba itshe lokuchola agaxwe entanyeni yakhe, futhi
waphonsa elwandle, kunokuba akhubekise abe munye kulaba abancinyane
eyodwa.
17:3 Ziqapheleni nina: Uma umfowenu ona kuwe, mkhuze
yena; uma ephenduka, mthethelele.
17:4 Futhi uma ona kuwe kasikhombisa ngosuku, nakasikhombisa ngosuku
usuku lubuyela kuwe, luthi: Ngiyaphenduka; umthethelele.
17:5 Futhi abaphostoli bathi eNkosini: "Yandisa ukholo lwethu."
17:6 Futhi iNkosi yathi: "Uma beninokholo olunjengohlamvu lwesinaphi, beningeke
anothi kulesi sihlahla somthombe: Siphuna, ube wena
etshalwe olwandle; futhi kufanele ikulalele.
17:7 Kodwa ngubani phakathi kwenu, enenceku elimayo noma eselusa izinkomo, uyothi
kuye masinyane, nxa ebuya ensimini, hamba uhlale phansi
inyama?
17:8 Futhi ngeke kunalokho athi kuye: Lungisa engiyakudla, futhi
bhinca, ungikhonze, ngize ngidle, ngiphuze; futhi emva kwalokho
uyakudla uphuze na?
17:9 Ingabe uyayibonga leyo nceku ngoba yenze lokho eyaliwe
yena? Angilahli.
17:10 Ngokunjalo nani, nxa senikwenzile konke okukhona
saniyala ngokuthi: 'Siyizinceku ezingasizi; sikwenzile lokho.'
okwakuwumsebenzi wethu ukuba siwenze.
17:11 Kwathi esahamba eJerusalema, wadabula umgwaqo
phakathi kweSamariya leGalile.
17:12 Esangena emzaneni othile, kwahlangana naye amadoda ayishumi
babenochoko, bemela kude;
17:13 Base bephakamisa amazwi abo, bathi: Jesu, Nkosi, hawukela
thina.
17:14 Futhi lapho ebabona, wathi kubo: "Hambani niyoziveza kini."
abapristi. Kwathi besahamba bahlanjululwa.
17:15 Futhi omunye wabo, lapho ebona ukuthi uphulukisiwe, wabuyela emuva, futhi
izwi elikhulu lamdumisa uNkulunkulu,
17:16 Wawa ngobuso ezinyaweni zakhe, embonga;
umSamariya.
17:17 UJesu waphendula wathi: "Akuhlanjululwanga abayishumi na? kodwa baphi
ayisishiyagalolunye?
17:18 Akutholakalanga ababuyela ukuzokhazimulisa uNkulunkulu, ngaphandle kwalokhu
isihambi.
17:19 Wathi kuye: "Sukuma, uhambe; ukholo lwakho lukusindisile."
17:20 Futhi lapho ebuzwa kubaFarisi ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu nini
esezakuza, wabaphendula wathi: Umbuso kaNkulunkulu kawufiki
ngokubuka:
17:21 Futhi ngeke bathi, Bheka, lapha! noma, bheka, lapho! ngoba bhekani umbuso
kaNkulunkulu uphakathi kwenu.
17:22 Wathi kubafundi: "Kuyakufika izinsuku lapho niyofisa
ukubona olunye lwezinsuku zeNdodana yomuntu, kodwa aniyikulubona.
17:23 Futhi bayakuthi kini: Bhekani lapha; noma, bhekani lapho: ningabalandeli;
futhi ningazilandeli.
17:24 Ngoba njengombani, onyanyiswa kwenye indawo ngaphansi kwezulu.
ikhanya kwenye indawo ngaphansi kwezulu; izakuba njalo leNdodana yomuntu
ube osukwini lwakhe.
17:25 Kodwa kuqala imelwe ukuhlupheka izinto eziningi, futhi yaliwe yilokhu
isizukulwane.
17:26 Futhi njengoba kwenzeka emihleni kaNowa, kuyakuba njalo nasemihleni kaNowa
Indodana yomuntu.
17:27 Babedla, bephuza, bethatha abafazi, bephiwa
umshado, kwaze kwaba usuku uNowa angena ngalo emkhunjini nozamcolo
weza wababhubhisa bonke.
17:28 Ngokufanayo futhi njengoba kwenzeka ezinsukwini zikaLoti; badla, baphuza,
bathenga, bathengisa, batshala, bakha;
17:29 Kodwa ngosuku uLoti aphuma ngalo eSodoma, lana umlilo nesibabule
ezulwini, wababhubhisa bonke.
17:30 Kuyakuba njalo ngosuku lapho iNdodana yomuntu yambulwa.
17:31 Ngalolo suku, lowo oyoba phezu kwendlu, futhi impahla yakhe phezu
endlini, kangehli ukuyithatha: lalowo ongaphakathi
ensimini, ngokunjalo makangabuyeli emuva.
17:32 Khumbula umkaLoti.
17:33 Noma ubani ofuna ukusindisa ukuphila kwakhe uyakulahlekelwa yikho; futhi noma ubani
ulahlekelwa ngukuphila kwakhe uyakukulondoloza.
17:34 Ngithi kini: Ngalobobusuku kuyakuba khona ababili embhedeni munye; Iyona yodwa
uyakuthathwa, omunye ashiywe.
17:35 Abesifazane ababili bayakuba bechola ndawonye; omunye uzathathwa, njalo omunye
omunye wahamba.
17:36 Kuyakuba khona ababili ensimini; omunye uzathathwa, lomunye
kwesokunxele.
17:37 Baphendula, bathi kuye: Kuphi, Nkosi? Wathi kubo.
Lapho kukhona isidumbu, kulapho amanqe eyakubuthana khona.