Luka
21:1 Wayesephakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona abacebile bephonsa izipho zabo ethempelini
umgcinimafa.
21:2 Wabona nomfelokazi othile ompofu ephonsa lapho amafadingi* amabili.
21:3 Wathi: "Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lo mfelokazi ompofu uphonse
ngaphezu kwabo bonke:
21:4 Ngokuba bonke laba baphonse kokuchichima kwabo emihlatshelweni kaNkulunkulu.
kodwa yena ekusweleni kwakhe ubeke konke abephila ngakho.
21:5 Futhi njengoba abanye bekhuluma ngethempeli, ukuthi lalihlotshiswe ngamatshe amahle
nezipho, wathi,
21:6 Ngokuqondene nalezi zinto enizibonayo, izinsuku ziyofika, lapho
akuyikushiywa itshe phezu kwetshe elingayikujikijelwa
phansi.
21:7 Base bembuza, bathi: "Mfundisi, kodwa lezi zinto ziyokwenzeka nini?" futhi
kuyakuba yini isibonakaliso lapho lezi zinto ziyakwenzeka na?
21:8 Wathi: "Qaphelani ningadukiswa, ngoba abaningi bayongena
igama lami, ethi, Mina nginguKristu; nesikhathi sisondele; ningahambi
ngakho emva kwabo.
21:9 Kodwa nxa nizwa ngezimpi neziyaluyalu, ningethuki;
lezi zinto kumelwe zenzeke kuqala; kepha ukuphela akusikho masinyane.
21:10 Wayesethi kubo: "Isizwe siyakuvukela isizwe nombuso
ngokumelene nombuso:
21:11 Futhi kuyoba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu ezindaweni ngezindawo, nendlala, futhi
izifo eziwumshayabhuqe; futhi kuyovela izinto ezesabekayo nezibonakaliso ezinkulu
ezulwini.
21:12 Kodwa ngaphambi kwakho konke lokhu, bayohlala babeka izandla zabo phezu kwenu, futhi bashushise
eninikela emasinagogeni nasematilongweni, nikhona
alethwe phambi kwamakhosi nababusi ngenxa yegama lami.
21:13 Futhi kuyophendukela kini kube ngubufakazi.
21:14 Ngakho-ke kubekeni ezinhliziyweni zenu ukuba ningazindli ngaphambili lokho eniyakukwenza
impendulo:
21:15 Ngoba ngizokunika umlomo nokuhlakanipha, okuyinto zonke izitha zakho ngeke
ngingakwazi ukuphikisa noma ukumelana.
21:16 Niyakukhashelwa nangabazali, nabafowabo, nayizihlobo.
nabangane; abanye benu bayakubabulala.
21:17 Futhi niyakuzondwa abantu bonke ngenxa yegama lami.
21:18 Kodwa kakuyikubhubha unwele lwekhanda lenu.
21:19 Ngokubekezela kwenu niyazuza imiphefumulo yenu.
21:20 Futhi lapho nibona iJerusalema lihaqwe amabutho, khona-ke yazini lokho
incithakalo yawo iseduze.
21:21 Khona abaseJudiya mababalekele ezintabeni; futhi bavumele
abaphakathi kwawo bayaphuma; nabangenayo
amazwe angena kuwo.
21:22 Ngoba lezi kuyakuba izinsuku zokuphindisela, ukuze konke okulotshiweyo
zingagcwaliseka.
21:23 Kodwa maye kulabo abakhulelweyo nabancelisayo
lezo zinsuku! ngokuba kuyakuba-khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu ezweni nolaka
phezu kwalaba bantu.
21:24 Futhi bayokuwa ngosiko lwenkemba, futhi bayoholwa kude
ithunjelwe ezizweni zonke; iJerusalema liyakunyathelwa phansi
abezizwe, kuze kugcwaliseke izikhathi zabezizwe.
21:25 Futhi kuyoba khona izibonakaliso elangeni, nasenyangeni, nasezinkanyezini;
nasemhlabeni usizi lwezizwe, zididekile; ulwandle kanye
ukubhonga kwamagagasi;
21:26 Abantu bephelelwa yizinhliziyo ngenxa yokwesaba nokunakekela lezo zinto
ezizayo emhlabeni, ngokuba amandla ezulu ayakuzanyazanyiswa.
21:27 Khona-ke bayobona iNdodana yomuntu iza ngefu inamandla futhi
inkazimulo enkulu.
21:28 Futhi lapho lezi zinto ziqala ukwenzeka, khona-ke bheka phezulu, futhi uphakamise
amakhanda enu; ngoba ukukhululwa kwenu sekusondele.
21:29 Wayesebalandisa umfanekiso; Bhekani umkhiwane nemithi yonke;
21:30 Lapho manje amahlumela, niyabona futhi niyakwazi ngokwenu lokho
ihlobo seliseduze manje.
21:31 Kanjalo nani, nxa nibona lezizinto zenzeka, yazini ukuthi
umbuso kaNkulunkulu ususondele.
21:32 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesi sizukulwane asiyikudlula, kungakenzeki konke
kugcwalisekile.
21:33 Kuyakudlula izulu nomhlaba, kepha amazwi ami awasoze adlula.
21:34 Ziqapheleni, funa izinhliziyo zenu zisindwe.
ngokuzitika, nokudakwa, nezinkathazo zalokhu kuphila, kanjalo nalokho
usuku lufike ungalindele.
21:35 Ngoba njengogibe kuyofika phezu kwabo bonke abahlala ebusweni bukaJehova
umhlaba wonke.
21:36 Ngakho hlalani nilindile, futhi nikhuleka njalo, ukuze kuthiwe nifanele
ukubalekela zonke lezi zinto eziyakwenzeka, futhi ukuma phambi kukaJehova
Indodana yomuntu.
21:37 Emini wayefundisa ethempelini; wahamba ebusuku
waphuma, wahlala entabeni ethiwa iNtaba Yeminqumo.
21:38 Futhi bonke abantu beza kuye ekuseni kakhulu ethempelini, ngoba
ukumuzwa.