Mathewu
18:1 Ngaso leso sikhathi abafundi beza kuJesu, bathi: "Ngubani na?"
omkhulu embusweni wezulu?
18:2 UJesu wabizela kuye umntwana omncane, futhi wammisa phakathi
bona,
18:3 Wathi: "Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Ngaphandle kokuba niphenduke, futhi nibe njengalokhu
bantwanyana, anisoze nangena embusweni wezulu.
18:4 Ngakho-ke noma ubani oyozithoba njengalo mntwana, ngokufanayo
mkhulu embusweni wezulu.
18:5 Futhi noma ubani owamukela umntwana omncane onje egameni lami uyangamukela mina.
18:6 Kodwa okhubekisa abe munye kulaba abancinyane abakholwa kimi, lokho
bekungaba ngcono kuye ukuthi itshe lokuchola ligaxwe entanyeni yakhe, futhi
ukuthi waminza ekujuleni kolwandle.
18:7 Maye kuwo umhlaba ngenxa yezikhubekiso! ngoba kumele kube njalo
iziphambeko ziyeza; kodwa maye kulowomuntu esiza ngaye isikhubekiso!
18:8 Ngakho-ke uma isandla sakho noma unyawo lwakho kukukhubekisa, kunqume, ukulahle
kungcono kuwe ukungena ekuphileni ulunyonga noma ulunyonga.
kunokuba nezandla ezimbili noma izinyawo ezimbili aphonswe kwaphakade
umlilo.
18:9 Uma iso lakho likukhubekisa, likhiphe, ulilahle;
kungcono kuwe ukungena ekuphileni uneso linye kunokuba unamabili
amehlo aphonswe esihogweni somlilo.
18:10 Qaphelani ningadeleli noyedwa walaba abancane; ngoba ngithi kini
wena, ukuthi izingelosi zabo ezulwini zibona njalo ubuso bukaBaba
elisezulwini.
18:11 Ngoba iNdodana yomuntu ize ukusindisa lokho okulahlekile.
18:12 Nicabanga kanjani? uma umuntu enezimvu eziyikhulu, enye yazo ihambe
kaduki, kabatshiyi abangamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye lesificamunwemunye, angene endlini
zintaba, lifuna okudukileyo?
18:13 Futhi uma eyithola, ngiqinisile ngithi kini, uthokoza kakhulu.
yaleyo mvu, kunezingamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye ezingadukanga.
18:14 Kanjalo akusiyo intando kaYihlo osezulwini, lowo
kulaba abancinyane kumele kubhubhe.
18:15 Futhi uma umfowenu ona kuwe, hamba umtshele owakhe
necala phakathi kwakho naye ninodwa; uma ekuzwa, unakho
umzuzile umfowenu.
18:16 Kodwa uma engakulaleli, thatha kanye nawe oyedwa noma ababili, lokho
ngomlomo wofakazi ababili noma abathathu wonke amazwi aqiniswe.
18:17 Uma engabalaleli, tshela ibandla;
adebe ukulalela ibandla, makabe kuwe njengomuntu wezizwe no
umthelisi.
18:18 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Konke eniyakukubopha emhlabeni kuyoba kuboshiwe
ezulwini: futhi konke eniyakukukhulula emhlabeni kuyakuba kukhululiwe kukho
ezulwini.
18:19 Futhi ngithi kini: Uma ababili kini bevumelana emhlabeni
noma yini abayicelayo, bayakuyenzelwa ngokwami
Baba osezulwini.
18:20 Ngoba lapho ababili noma abathathu bebuthene ndawonye egameni lami, ngikhona lapho
phakathi kwabo.
18:21 Khona uPetru weza kuye, wathi: "Nkosi, umfowethu uyokona kangaki
ngokumelene nami, futhi ngiyamthethelela? kuze kube kasikhombisa na?
18:22 UJesu wathi kuye: Angisho kuwe ukuthi kuze kube kasikhombisa, kodwa kuze kube kasikhombisa.
amatshumi ayisikhombisa aphindwe kasikhombisa.
18:23 Ngakho umbuso wezulu ufaniswa nenkosi ethile
wayezolandisa ngezinceku zakhe.
18:24 Kwathi eqala ukubala, kwalethwa kuye onecala
kuye amathalenta ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi.
18:25 Kodwa njengoba iswele ukukhokha, inkosi yakhe yayala ukuba athengiswe.
nomkakhe, nabantwana, nakho konke anakho, kube nenkokhelo.
18:26 Ngakho inceku yawa phansi, futhi wakhuleka kuye, wathi: Nkosi, thola
ngibekezelele, ngizakukhokhela konke.
18:27 Khona-ke inkosi yaleyo nceku yaba nesihe, yayikhulula.
wamthethelela icala.
18:28 Kodwa leyo nceku yaphuma, yathola enye yezinceku kanye nayo.
wayemkweleta odenariyu abayikhulu; wabeka izandla phezu kwakhe, wambamba
emqaleni, ethi: Ngikhokhele lokho ongikweletayo.
18:29 Futhi inceku kanye naye wawa phansi ezinyaweni zakhe, futhi wamncenga, wathi.
Ngibekezelele, ngizokukhokhela konke.
18:30 Kepha akavumanga, kodwa wahamba wamphonsa etilongweni, aze akhokhe
isikweletu.
18:31 Ngakho lapho izinceku kanye naye zibona lokho okwenzekile, badabuka kakhulu, futhi
beza babikela inkosi yabo konke okwenzekileyo.
18:32 Khona-ke inkosi yakhe, ngemva kokuba imbizile, wathi kuye: O!
nceku embi, ngakuthethelela sonke leso sikweletu, ngokuba wangicela;
18:33 Bekungafanele yini nawe ube nobubele inceku kanye nawe, ngisho
njengoba ngakuhawukela?
18:34 Inkosi yakhe yathukuthela, yamnikela kubahlukumezi,
kufanele akhokhe konke okwakufanele kuye.
18:35 Kanjalo noBaba osezulwini uyakwenza kini, uma nivela kini
izinhliziyo azithetheleli yilowo nalowo umfowabo iziphambeko zabo.