Mathewu
12:1 Ngaleso sikhathi uJesu wadabula amasimu ngesabatha; kanye neyakhe
abafundi babelambile, baqala ukukha izikhwebu, noku
dla.
12:2 Kepha abaFarisi bekubona bathi kuye: "Bheka, abafundi bakho."
yenza okungavunyelwe ukwenziwa ngesabatha.
12:3 Kodwa wathi kubo: "Anifundanga yini lokho uDavide akwenza, lapho esemdala?
elambile, nababe naye;
12:4 Wangena kanjani endlini kaNkulunkulu, futhi wadla izinkwa zokubukwa, okuyinto
kwakungavunyelwe ukuthi adle, lalabo ababenaye, kodwa
kubapristi kuphela?
12:5 Noma anifundanga yini emthethweni ukuthi ngesabatha abapristi
ethempelini bayalingcolisa isabatha, bangabi nacala na?
12:6 Kodwa ngithi kini: Kukhona lapha omkhulu kunethempeli.
12:7 Kodwa uma benazi ukuthi kusho ukuthini lokhu, Ngizoba nesihawu, hhayi
umhlatshelo, belingeke balahlule abangenacala.
12:8 Ngoba iNdodana yomuntu iyiNkosi ngisho ngosuku lwesabatha.
12:9 Esesukile lapho, wangena esinagogeni labo.
12:10 Futhi bheka, kwakukhona umuntu onesandla esishwabene. Base bebuza
wathi kuye: Kuvunyelwe yini ukuphulukisa ngesabatha? ukuze bakwazi
mbeka icala.
12:11 Wathi kubo: "Yimuphi umuntu oyoba phakathi kwenu
nemvu eyodwa, futhi uma iwela emgodini ngosuku lwesabatha, ngeke
ungawubambi, uwukhiphe na?
12:12 Pho, umuntu ungcono kangakanani kunemvu? Ngakho-ke kuvunyelwe ukwenza
kahle ngesabatha.
12:13 Khona wathi kumuntu: "Yelula isandla sakho." Waselula
phambili; kwasekusindiswa kwaba kuhle njengenye.
12:14 Base bephuma abaFarisi, benza icebo ngaye
angase ambhubhise.
12:15 Kodwa uJesu ekwazi, wasuka lapho;
izixuku zamlandela, wabaphulukisa bonke;
12:16 Wabayala ukuba bangamenzi aziwe.
12:17 ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa nguIsaya umprofethi.
ethi,
12:18 Bheka inceku yami, engiyikhethile. othandiweyo wami, okuye umphefumulo wami
ngiyakubeka uMoya wami phezu kwakhe, futhi uyoveza ukwahlulela
kwabezizwe.
12:19 Ngeke alwe, noma akhale; njalo kakho ozakuzwa ilizwi lakhe phakathi
imigwaqo.
12:20 Umhlanga ofecekileyo akayikuwuphula, nefilakisi elithunqayo akayikuwucima.
aze athumele ukwahlulela kube ngukunqoba.
12:21 Futhi egameni lakhe abezizwe bayothembela.
12:22 Khona kwalethwa kuye okhwelwe yidemoni, eyimpumputhe, eyisimungulu;
wamphulukisa, kwaze kwakhuluma, wabona nempumputhe nesimungulu.
12:23 Futhi bonke abantu bamangala, futhi bathi: "Lo akayona yini indodana kaDavide?
12:24 Kodwa abaFarisi sebezwile bathi: "Lo kamphonsi."
wakhipha amademoni, kodwa ngoBelzebule isikhulu samademoni.
12:25 UJesu wayazi imicabango yabo, wathi kubo: Yonke imibuso ihlukene phakathi
imelene nayo ngokwayo incithakalo; futhi wonke umuzi noma indlu yahlukana
aliyikumelana nalo.
12:26 Futhi uma uSathane ekhipha uSathane, uhlukene yedwa; kuzoba njani
khona-ke umbuso wakhe umile?
12:27 Futhi uma mina ngikhipha amademoni ngoBelzebule, abantwana benu bakhipha ngobani
baphume? ngalokho bayakuba ngabahluleli benu.
12:28 Kodwa uma ngikhipha amademoni ngoMoya kaNkulunkulu, kusho ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu
ufikile kuwe.
12:29 Kumbe umuntu angangena kanjani endlini yesiqhwaga, aphange esaso?
impahla, ngaphandle kokuthi aqale abophe isiqhwaga? khona-ke uyophanga eyakhe
indlu.
12:30 Lowo ongekho kimi umelene nami; lalowo ongabuthi lami
ihlakaza.
12:31 Ngakho ngithi kini: Zonke izinhlobo zesono nokuhlambalaza kuyoba
bathethelelwe abantu, kepha ukuhlambalaza uMoya oNgcwele akuyikuba khona
kuthethelelwe amadoda.
12:32 Futhi yilowo nalowo okhuluma izwi elimelene neNdodana yomuntu, kuyakuba
umthethelele, kepha lowo okhuluma okuphambene noMoya oNgcwele, kuyakuba njalo
angeke athethelelwe, noma kuleli zwe, noma ezweni
woza.
12:33 Yenzani umuthi ube muhle, nesithelo sawo sibe sihle; kumbe wenze isihlahla
sibi, nesithelo saso sibi, ngokuba umuthi waziwa ngesithelo sawo.
12:34 O nzalo yezinyoka, ningakhuluma kanjani okuhle nibabi na? okwe
umlomo ukhuluma ngokuchichima kwenhliziyo.
12:35 Umuntu omuhle emfuyweni enhle yenhliziyo uveza okuhle
izinto: nomuntu omubi emcebweni omubi ukhipha okubi
izinto.
12:36 Kodwa ngithi kini: Wonke amazwi ayize abayakuwakhuluma abantu
izalandisa ngakho ngosuku lokwahlulela.
12:37 Ngoba ngamazwi akho uyolungisiswa, futhi ngamazwi akho uyakuba
balahliwe.
12:38 Khona kwaphendula abathile bababhali nabaFarisi, bathi.
Nkosi, sithanda ukubona isibonakaliso esivela kuwe.
12:39 Kodwa waphendula wathi kubo: Isizukulwane esibi nesiphingayo
ufuna isibonakaliso; futhi aliyikunikwa sibonakaliso, ngaphandle kwesibonakaliso
isibonakaliso somprofethi uJona:
12:40 Ngokuba njengalokho uJona wayesesiswini somkhomo izinsuku ezintathu nobusuku obuthathu; ngakho
iNdodana yomuntu izoba senhliziyweni yezinsuku ezintathu nobusuku obuthathu
umhlaba.
12:41 Amadoda aseNineve ayosukuma ekwahlulelweni kanye nalesi sizukulwane, futhi
bayakulahlwa, ngokuba baphenduka ngokushumayela kukaJona; futhi,
bheka, lapha kukhona omkhulu kunoJona.
12:42 Indlovukazi yaseningizimu iyovuka ekwahlulelweni nalokhu
isizukulwane, futhi iyosilahla, ngokuba yavela emikhawulweni
emhlabeni ukuzwa ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni; futhi, bhekani, omkhulu kune
USolomoni ulapha.
12:43 Lapho umoya ongcolileyo ephuma kumuntu, uyahamba endaweni eyomile
izindawo, befuna ukuphumula, kepha abakutholi.
12:44 Khona-ke uthi: "Ngiyakubuyela endlini yami engaphuma kuyo; futhi
nxa efika ayifice ingenalutho, ishaneliwe, ihlotshisiwe.
12:45 Khona-ke uyahamba, futhi athathe nabanye omoya abayisikhombisa ababi kakhulu
kunaye, bangene bahlale khona: nesimo sokugcina
lowomuntu mubi kulakuqala. Kuyakuba njalo nakulokhu
isizukulwane esibi.
12:46 Esakhuluma nesixuku, bheka, unina nabafowabo
wema ngaphandle, efuna ukukhuluma naye.
12:47 Omunye wathi kuye: "Bheka, unyoko nabafowenu bemi."
ngaphandle, ngithanda ukukhuluma lawe.
12:48 Kodwa waphendula wathi komtshelayo: Ngubani umame? futhi
ngobani abafowethu?
12:49 Futhi welulela isandla sakhe kubafundi bakhe, wathi: "Bhekani
umama nabafowethu!
12:50 Ngoba yilowo nalowo owenza intando kaBaba osezulwini
ungumfowethu, nodadewethu, nomama.