Mathewu
19:1 Kwathi, lapho uJesu eseqedile la mazwi
wamuka eGalile, weza emikhawulweni yaseJudiya phesheya kweJordani;
19:2 Futhi izixuku ezinkulu zamlandela. wabaphulukisa khona.
19:3 AbaFarisi beza kuye, bemlinga, bathi kuye: Is
kungokomthetho endodeni ukuba ilahle umkayo nangasiphi isizathu na?
19:4 Waphendula, wathi kubo: "Anifundanga yini ukuthi lowo owenza
ekuqaleni wabenza owesilisa nowesifazane;
19:5 Wathi: "Ngenxa yalokhu indoda iyakushiya uyise nonina, futhi ngeke
anamathele kumkakhe; labo ababili bazakuba nyamanye?
19:6 Ngakho abasebabili, kodwa sebenyamanye. Ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu anakho
kuhlanganiswe, makungahlukaniswa muntu.
19:7 Bathi kuye: Pho, uMose wayala ngani ukunikeza umbhalo
ukudivosa, nokumala?
19:8 Wathi kubo, "Mose ngenxa yobulukhuni izinhliziyo zenu
wanivumela ukwala omkenu, kepha kwasekuqaleni bekungenjalo
ngakho.
19:9 Futhi ngithi kini: Noma ubani olahla umkakhe, ngaphandle ngenxa
ubufebe, aganwe ngomunye, uyaphinga;
oganwa owaliweyo uyaphinga.
19:10 Abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: Uba injalo indaba yendoda lomkayo.
akukuhle ukuganwa.
19:11 Kodwa wathi kubo: Bonke abantu abanakulamukela leli zwi, ngaphandle nje kuphela
elinikwayo.
19:12 Ngoba kukhona abathenwa, abazalwa kanjalo kusukela esiswini sikanina.
kukhona abathenwa abenziwe abathenwa ngabantu, kube khona
abathenwa, abazenze abathenwa ngenxa yombuso wezulu
ngenxa. Lowo okwazi ukuwemukela, makawemukele.
19:13 Khona kwalethwa kuye abantwana abancane, ukuze abeke ezakhe
izandla phezu kwabo, nikhuleke; abafundi babakhuza.
19:14 Kodwa uJesu wathi, "Vumelani abantwana, futhi ningabavimbi ukuba beze
kimi: ngokuba umbuso wezulu ungowabanjalo.
19:15 Wabeka izandla phezu kwabo, wamuka lapho.
19:16 Bheka, kwafika omunye, wathi kuye: “Mfundisi omuhle, yini enhle!
ngenzeni, ukuze ngibe nokuphila okuphakade na?
19:17 Wathi kuye: "Kungani ungibiza ngokuthi ngimuhle? akukho okuhle kodwa
munye, okungukuthi, uNkulunkulu; kepha uma uthanda ukungena ekuphileni, gcina ukuphila kwakho
imiyalo.
19:18 Wathi kuye: Yiphi? UJesu wathi: Ungabulali;
ungaphingi, ungebi, ungazali
ufakazi wamanga,
19:19 Hlonipha uyihlo nonyoko, futhi: Wothanda umakhelwane wakho njengoba
wena.
19:20 Insizwa yathi kuye: "Konke lokhu ngikugcinile kusukela ebusheni bami
phezulu: ngiswele ini kodwa?
19:21 UJesu wathi kuye: "Uma uthanda ukuphelela, hamba uthengise ngalokho onakho."
onakho, uphe abampofu, khona uzakuba negugu ezulwini;
woza ungilandele.
19:22 Kodwa lapho insizwa ukuzwa lelo zwi, yamuka idabukile
yayinempahla enkulu.
19:23 Khona uJesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Ocebile
umuntu kayikungena kalukhuni embusweni wezulu.
19:24 Futhi ngithi kini: Kulula ukuba ikamela liphumele esweni
ngenaliti, kunokuba isicebi singene embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
19:25 Kwathi abafundi bakhe bekuzwa bamangala kakhulu, bathi: Ngubani
khona-ke angasindiswa?
19:26 Kodwa uJesu wababheka, wathi kubo: Kubantu lokhu akunakwenzeka;
kodwa kuNkulunkulu zonke izinto ziyenzeka.
19:27 Khona-ke uPetru waphendula, wathi kuye: "Bheka, thina sishiye konke, futhi
wakulandela; siyakufumanani na?
19:28 UJesu wathi kubo: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lokho eninakho
wangilandela, ekuzalweni kabusha, lapho iNdodana yomuntu izakuhlala ethempelini
esihlalweni sobukhosi senkazimulo yakhe, nani niyakuhlala ezihlalweni zobukhosi eziyishumi nambili, nahlulele
izizwe eziyishumi nambili zakwa-Israyeli.
19:29 Futhi wonke umuntu oshiye izindlu, noma abafowabo, noma odadewabo, noma
uyise, noma unina, noma umkakhe, noma abantwana, noma amasimu ngenxa yegama lami;
bayakwamukela okuphindwe ngekhulu, badle ifa lokuphila okuphakade.
19:30 Kepha abaningi abokuqala bayakuba ngabokugcina; futhi abokugcina bayakuba ngabokuqala.