Maka
13:1 Kwathi ephuma ethempelini, omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye.
Nkosi, bheka ukuthi hlobo luni lwamatshe nezakhiwo ezikhona lapha!
13:2 UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: "Uyazibona lezi zakhiwo ezinkulu?"
akuyikushiywa itshe phezu kwetshe elingayikujikijelwa
phansi.
13:3 Futhi njengoba ehlezi eNtabeni Yeminqumo phambi kwethempeli, uPetru
uJakobe noJohane no-Andreya bambuza bebodwa.
13:4 Sitshele, ziyokwenzeka nini lezi zinto? futhi siyakuba yini isibonakaliso lapho bonke
lezizinto ziyakugcwaliseka?
13:5 UJesu wabaphendula waqala ukuthi: Qaphelani kungabikho okhohlisayo
wena:
13:6 Ngokuba abaningi bayakuza egameni lami, bathi: Mina nginguKristu; njalo bazadukisa
abaningi.
13:7 Futhi lapho nizwa ngezimpi namahemuhemu ezimpi, ningethuki.
ngokuba izinto ezinjalo zimelwe ukuba; kodwa ukuphela kungakafiki.
13:8 Ngoba isizwe siyakuvukela isizwe, nombuso uvukele umbuso: and
kuyakuba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba izindawo ngezindawo, kube khona indlala
nezinkathazo: lokhu kungukuqala kwemihelo.
13:9 Kepha ziqapheleni nina, ngokuba bayakunikhaphela emikhandlwini;
nasemasinagogeni niyakushaywa, nimiswe phambi kwabantu;
ababusi namakhosi ngenxa yami, kube ngubufakazi kubo.
13:10 Futhi ivangeli limelwe ukushunyayelwa kuqala ezizweni zonke.
13:11 Kodwa lapho bayokuhola, futhi aninikele, ningakhathazeki
eniyakukukhuluma ngaphambili, ningakucabangi ngaphambili;
noma yini eniyakukunikwa ngaleso sikhathi, kukhulumeni, ngokuba akunjalo
nina enikhulumayo kodwa uMoya oNgcwele.
13:12 Manje umfowabo uyokhaphela umfowabo ekufeni, noyise
indodana; labantwana bayakuvukela abazali babo, babangele
babulawe.
13:13 Niyakuzondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yegama lami;
bekezela kuze kube sekupheleni, nguyena oyakusindiswa.
13:14 Kodwa lapho nibona amanyala encithakalo, okwashiwo nguDaniyeli
umprofethi emi lapho kungafanele khona, (ofundayo makabe khona
qondani,) khona abaseJudiya mababalekele ezintabeni;
13:15 Futhi lowo ophezu kwendlu angehleli endlini, futhi
angene khona, akhiphe utho endlini yakhe;
13:16 Nalowo osensimini makangabuyeli emuva ukuyothatha owakhe
ingubo.
13:17 Kodwa maye kulabo abakhulelweyo futhi abancelisayo kulabo!
izinsuku!
13:18 Khulekani ukuba ukubaleka kwenu kungabi sebusika.
13:19 Ngoba ngalezo zinsuku kuyakuba khona usizi olungazange lube khona olungazange lube khona
isiqalo sendalo ayidalayo uNkulunkulu kuze kube manje
kuzoba njalo.
13:20 Futhi uma iNkosi ibingazifinyeza lezo zinsuku, bekungeke kube-nyama
kodwa ngenxa yabakhethiweyo, abakhethileyo, ubafinyezile
izinsuku.
13:21 Khona-ke uma umuntu ethi kini: Bhekani, nangu uKristu; kumbe, khangelani, ukhona
Lapho; ningamkholwa;
13:22 Ngoba kuyovela oKristu bamanga nabaprofethi bamanga, futhi bayokwenza izibonakaliso
nezimangaliso, ukuze badukise, uma kungenzeka, nabakhethiweyo.
13:23 Kodwa qaphelani nina;
13:24 Kodwa ngalezo zinsuku, ngemva kwalolo sizi, ilanga liyofiphazwa.
nenyanga ayiyikukhanya;
13:25 Futhi izinkanyezi zezulu ziyakuwa, namandla asezulwini
izanyakaziswa.
13:26 Khona-ke bayobona iNdodana yomuntu iza emafwini nezinkulu
amandla nenkazimulo.
13:27 Khona-ke iyakuthuma izingelosi zayo, futhi iyobutha abakhethiweyo bayo
kusukela emimoyeni yomine, kusukela emkhawulweni womhlaba kuze kufike ekugcineni
emajukujukwini ezulu.
13:28 Manje fundani umfanekiso emkhiwaneni; Lapho igatsha lakhe lisathambile, futhi
lihluma amaqabunga, niyazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze;
13:29 Kanjalo nani, lapho nibona lezi zinto zenzeka, yazini
ukuthi iseduze, ngisho naseminyango.
13:30 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesi sizukulwane asiyikudlula, kuze kube phakade
lezizinto zenziwe.
13:31 Kuyakudlula izulu nomhlaba, kepha amazwi ami awasoze adlula.
13:32 Kodwa lolo suku nalelo hora akekho owaziyo, ngisho nezingelosi
ezulwini, futhi neNdodana, kodwa uBaba.
13:33 Qaphelani, nilinde, nikhuleke, ngokuba anazi ukuthi isikhathi sinini.
13:34 Ngoba iNdodana yomuntu injengomuntu owasuka waya kude, watshiya indlu yakhe.
futhi wanika izinceku zakhe amandla, futhi kwaba yileyo naleyo umsebenzi wayo, futhi
walaya umlindisango ukuthi alinde.
13:35 Ngakho lindani, ngoba anazi ukuthi umninindlu uza nini.
kusihlwa, noma phakathi kobusuku, noma ekukhaleni kweqhude, noma ekuseni;
13:36 funa efika ngokuzuma, anifice nilele.
13:37 Futhi lokho engikusho kini ngikusho kubo bonke: Linda.