Mathewu
20:1 Ngokuba umbuso wezulu ufana nomuntu ongumninindlu.
owaphuma ekuseni kakhulu ukuyaqatsha izisebenzi esivinini sakhe.
20:2 Esevumelene nezisebenzi ngodenariyu ngosuku, wathumela
esivinini sakhe.
20:3 Waphuma futhi ngehora lesithathu, wabona abanye bemi bengenzi lutho
imakethe,
20:4 Wathi kubo; Hambani nani esivinini, nakho konke okukhona
kulungile ngizokunika. Bahamba-ke.
20:5 Wabuye waphuma futhi ngehora lesithupha nelesishiyagalolunye, wenza njalo.
20:6 Kwathi sekungaba lihola letshumi lanye waphuma, wafica abanye bemi bengenzi lutho.
wasesithi kubo: Limeleni lapha usuku lonke lingenzi lutho?
20:7 Bathi kuye: "Ngokuba akukho muntu osiqashile." Wathi kubo: Hambani
nani esivinini; futhi konke okulungile, kwenzeni lokho
thola.
20:8 Kwathi sekuhlwile, umninisivini wathi enduneni yakhe.
Biza izisebenzi, uzinike inkokhelo yazo, uqale ngezokugcina
kweyokuqala.
20:9 Futhi lapho befika ababeqashiwe cishe ihora leshumi nanye, bona
wamukela wonke udenariyo.
20:10 Kodwa lapho abokuqala beza, bacabanga ukuthi babezakwamukela
Okuningi; bamukela kwaba yilowo nalowo udenariyo.
NgokukaLuka 20:11 Sebekutholile bakhonona ngomninindlu
indlu,
20:12 esithi: Laba bokugcina basebenze ihora linye, usuwenzile
silingana nathi esithwele kanzima nokushisa kwemini.
20:13 Kodwa waphendula omunye wabo, wathi: Mngane, angikoni;
awuvumi nami ngodenariyu na?
20:14 Thatha okwakho, uhambe;
kuwe.
20:15 Akuvunyelwe yini kimi ukwenza engikuthandayo ngokwami? Iso lakho
okubi, ngokuba mina ngimuhle?
20:16 Kanjalo abokugcina bayakuba ngabokuqala, nabokuqala babe ngabokugcina, ngokuba baningi ababiziweyo, kepha
abambalwa abakhethiwe.
NgokukaLuka 20:17 Kwathi uJesu ekhuphukela eJerusalema, wathatha abafundi abayishumi nambili ngasese phakathi kobusuku
indlela, wathi kubo.
20:18 Bheka, sikhuphukela eJerusalema; leNdodana yomuntu izanikelwa kuyo
kubapristi abakhulu nakubabhali, futhi bayakumlahla
ukufa,
20:19 Futhi bayomnikela kwabezizwe ukuba inhlekisa, futhi ukubhaxabulwa, futhi
mbethele esiphambanweni, futhi ngosuku lwesithathu izakuvuka.
20:20 Khona kwafika kuye unina wabantwana bakaZebedewu namadodana akhe.
ekhuleka kuye, efisa okuthile kuye.
20:21 Wathi kuye: "Ufunani? Wathi kuye: Yenza lokho
lawa madodana ami amabili ayakuhlala, enye ngakwesokunene sakho, enye ngakwesokunene sakho
kwesobunxele, embusweni wakho.
20:22 Kodwa uJesu waphendula wathi: Kalikwazi enikucelayo. Niyakwazi
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! , niphuze inkezo , engizakuyiphuza , nokubhapathizwa ngayo . .
umbhapathizo engibhapathizwa ngawo na? Bathi kuye: Singakwenza.
20:23 Wathi kubo: "Nempela nizakuphuza indebe yami, nibhapathizwe."
ngobhapathizo engibhapathizwa ngalo, kepha ukuhlala ngakwesokunene sami.
futhi ngakwesokhohlo sami, akusikho okwami ukupha, kodwa kuyakunikwa bona
elilungiselwe nguBaba.
20:24 Futhi lapho abayishumi bezwa lokho, bathukuthelela kakhulu
izelamani ezimbili.
20:25 Kodwa uJesu wababizela kuye, wathi: Niyazi ukuthi ababusi
abezizwe babusa phezu kwabo, nabakhulu
basebenzise igunya phezu kwabo.
20:26 Kodwa kungabi njalo phakathi kwenu, kodwa loba ngubani ofuna ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwenu.
makabe yisikhonzi sakho;
20:27 Futhi noma ubani ofuna ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwenu, makabe isigqila senu.
20:28 Njengalokhu iNdodana yomuntu ingezanga ukukhonzwa, kodwa ukukhonza.
nokunikela ukuphila kwakhe kube yisihlengo sabaningi.
20:29 Futhi njengoba bephuma eJeriko, isixuku esikhulu samlandela.
20:30 Bheka, izimpumputhe ezimbili zihlezi ngasendleleni, lapho zizwa lokho
UJesu edlula wamemeza wathi: Sihawukele, Nkosi, ndodana
kaDavida.
20:31 Futhi isixuku wabakhuza, ngoba bathule.
kodwa bamemeza kakhulu, besithi: Sihawukele, Nkosi, ndodana ka
UDavide.
20:32 UJesu wema, wazibiza, wathi: "Yini enifuna ukuba ngibe?"
ngenzeni kini?
20:33 Bathi kuye, Nkosi, ukuze amehlo ethu avulwe.
20:34 UJesu waba nesihe kuzo, wathinta amehlo azo;
amehlo azo abona, amlandela.