Maka
10:1 Wasuka lapho, weza emikhawulweni yaseJudiya ngasentshonalanga
phesheya kweJordani; abantu babuye babuyela kuye; futhi, njengoba yena
waphinda wabafundisa.
10:2 AbaFarisi beza kuye, bambuza ukuthi: Kuvunyelwe yini ukuba umuntu enze?
alahle umkakhe? emlinga.
10:3 Waphendula, wathi kubo: "UMose waniyala ngani?
10:4 Bathi-ke, UMose wavumela ukubhala incwadi yesahlukaniso, nokubeka
ahambe.
10:5 UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: Ngenxa yobulukhuni benhliziyo yenu
ukubhalele lesi simiso.
10:6 Kodwa kusukela ekuqaleni kokudala uNkulunkulu wabenza owesilisa nowesifazane.
10:7 Ngenxa yalokhu, umuntu uyoshiya uyise nonina, futhi anamathele
umkakhe;
10:8 Futhi labo ababili bayakuba nyamanye, ngakho abasebabili, kodwa
inyama eyodwa.
10:9 Ngakho-ke, lokho uNkulunkulu akuhlanganisile, makungahlukaniswa muntu.
10:10 Endlini abafundi bakhe baphinda bambuza ngayo leyondaba.
10:11 Wathi kubo: "Yilowo nalowo olahla umkakhe, futhi ashade
omunye uyaphinga kuye.
10:12 Futhi uma owesifazane elahla indoda yakhe, futhi ashade kwenye,
uyaphinga.
10:13 Basebeletha kuye abantwana abancane ukuze abathinte;
abafundi bakhe babakhuza ababalethayo.
10:14 Kodwa uJesu ekubona wathukuthela, wathi kubo.
Vumelani abantwana beze kimi, ningabenqabeli;
unjalo umbuso kaNkulunkulu.
10:15 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Yilowo nalowo ongamukeli umbuso kaNkulunkulu njengalokhu
umntwana omncane, kasoze angene kuwo.
10:16 Futhi wabagona, wabeka izandla zakhe phezu kwabo, futhi wababusisa
bona.
10:17 Futhi lapho ephuma endleleni, kwafika omunye egijima, futhi
waguqa phambi kwakhe, wambuza wathi: Mfundisi Omuhle, ngizakwenzani ukuze ngenze?
ifa lokuphila okuphakade na?
10:18 UJesu wathi kuye: "Ungibizelani ngokuthi ngimuhle? akukho okuhle
kodwa munye, okungukuthi, uNkulunkulu.
10:19 Uyayazi imilayo ethi: Ungafebi, ungabulali;
ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, ungaqili, Hlonipha uyihlo no
umama.
10:20 Waphendula, wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, konke lokhu ngikugcinile
kusukela ebusheni bami.
10:21 Khona uJesu embuka wamthanda, futhi wathi kuye: Into eyodwa wena
hamba, uthengise ngakho konke onakho, uphe abampofu;
futhi uzakuba nengcebo ezulwini: futhi uze uthathe isiphambano, futhi
Ngilandele.
10:22 Futhi edabukile ngalelo zwi, futhi wahamba edabukile, ngoba wayenezinto eziningi
impahla.
10:23 UJesu waqalaza, wathi kubafundi bakhe: Kulukhuni kangakanani
Abacebileyo bayakungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu na?
10:24 Abafundi bamangala ngamazwi akhe. Kodwa uJesu waphendula
wabuye wathi kubo: Bantwana, kulukhuni kangakanani kwabamethembayo
ngengcebo ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu!
10:25 Kulula ukuba ikamela lingene entunjeni yenaliti, kunokuba i
ocebileyo ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
10:26 Bamangala kakhulu, bathi phakathi kwabo: Ngubani
khona-ke angasindiswa?
10:27 UJesu wababheka wathi: Kubantu akunakwenzeka, kodwa akunjalo
kuNkulunkulu: ngokuba kuNkulunkulu zonke izinto zingenzeka.
10:28 Khona uPetru waqala ukuthi kuye: "Bheka, thina sishiye konke, futhi sinakho."
ngikulandele.
10:29 UJesu waphendula wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Akakho lowo
ushiye indlu, noma abafowabo, noma odadewabo, noma uyise, noma unina, noma umkakhe,
noma abantwana, noma amasimu, ngenxa yami, nevangeli,
10:30 Kodwa uyakwamukela okuphindwe kayikhulu manje ngalesi sikhathi, izindlu, futhi
abafowabo, nawodadewabo, nomama, nabantwana, namasimu, kanye
ukushushiswa; nasezweni elizayo ukuphila okuphakade.
10:31 Kepha abaningi abokuqala bayakuba ngabokugcina; abokugcina kuqala.
10:32 Base besendleleni bekhuphukela eJerusalema; uJesu wayehamba phambili
bamangala; belandela besaba. Futhi
wabuye wathatha abayishumi nambili, waqala ukubatshela okufanele
kwenzeke kuye,
10:33 esithi: Bheka, sikhuphukela eJerusalema; leNdodana yomuntu izakuba khona
enikelwa kubapristi abakhulu lababhali; futhi bayokwenza
imlahlele ekufeni, imnikele kwabezizwe;
10:34 Futhi bayomklolodela, futhi bayombhaxabula, futhi amkhafulele phezu kwakhe.
njalo izambulala, kodwa ngosuku lwesithathu izabuya ivuke.
10:35 Kwase kufika kuye oJakobe noJohane, amadodana kaZebedewu, bathi: "Mfundisi!
sithanda ukuthi usenzele loba yini esizayicela.
10:36 Wathi kubo, Nithanda ukuba nginenzeleni na?
10:37 Bathi kuye: "Siphe ukuba sihlale omunye ngakwesokunene sakho."
isandla, nesinye ngakwesokhohlo sakho, enkazimulweni yakho.
10:38 Kodwa uJesu wathi kubo: Kalikwazi enikucelayo;
indebe engiyiphuzayo? futhi nibhapathizwe ngobhapathizo engibhapathizwa ngalo mina
nge?
10:39 Bathi kuye: "Singakwenza." UJesu wasesithi kubo: Lizakwenza
phuza inkezo engiyiphuzayo mina; nangombhapathizo enginguye
niyakubhapathizwa ngakho;
10:40 Kodwa ukuhlala ngakwesokunene sami nangakwesokhohlo sami akusikho okwami ukuphana ngakho; kodwa
kuyakunikwa labo abakulungiselweyo.
10:41 Futhi lapho abayishumi bezwa lokho, baqala ukuthukuthelela uJakobe
kanye noJohane.
10:42 Kodwa uJesu wababizela kuye, futhi wathi kubo: Niyazi ukuthi baya
abathi babusa phezu kwabezizwe bazenza amakhosi phezu kwabo
bona; nezikhulu zazo ziphethe amandla phezu kwazo.
10:43 Kodwa kungabi njalo phakathi kwenu, kodwa loba ngubani ofuna ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwenu.
uzakuba yisikhonzi sakho;
10:44 Futhi noma ubani ofuna ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwenu, makabe isigqila sabo bonke.
10:45 Ngokuba neNdodana yomuntu ayizanga ukukhonzwa, kodwa ukukhonza.
nokunikela ukuphila kwakhe kube yisihlengo sabaningi.
10:46 Bafika eJeriko;
abafundi nesixuku esikhulu sabantu, uBartimewu oyimpumputhe, indodana ka
UTimeus, wayehlezi eceleni komgwaqo omkhulu ecela.
10:47 Kwathi esezwile ukuthi nguJesu waseNazaretha, waqala ukumemeza.
uthi: Jesu, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele.
10:48 Abaningi bamkhuza ukuba athule;
kakhulukazi, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele.
10:49 UJesu wema, wayala ukuba abizwe. Futhi babiza i
impumputhe, yathi kuyo: “Qina, vuka; uyakubiza.
10:50 Futhi walahla ingubo yakhe, wasukuma, weza kuJesu.
10:51 UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: "Yini othanda ukuba ngiyenze?
kuwe? Impumputhe yathi kuye: Nkosi, ukuze ngamukele okwami
ukubona.
10:52 UJesu wathi kuye: Hamba; ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile. Futhi
yahle yabona, yamlandela uJesu endleleni.