| 13:1 |
Kwaye babekhona, kwangelo xesha, inxenye ke yayixela ngamaGalili, abagazi uPilato walixuba namadini abo. |
| 13:2 |
Kwaye ukuphendula, wathi kubo: “Ngaba niba na loo maGalili bonile ngaphezu kwawo onke amanye amaGalili?, ngokuba beve ubunzima obukhulu? |
| 13:3 |
Hayi, Ndiyakuxelela. Ukuba anithanga niguquke, notshabalala ngokunjalo nonke. |
| 13:4 |
Abo balishumi elinesibhozo, bawelwa yinqaba yaseSilowa, yababulala, niba na babenetyala ngaphezu kwabo bonke abantu baseYerusalem?? |
| 13:5 |
Hayi, Ndiyakuxelela. Kodwa ukuba aniguquki, nobhubha ngokunjalo nonke. |
| 13:6 |
Wathetha ke nalo mzekeliso: “Umntu othile wayenomkhiwane;, obutyelwe esidiliyeni sakhe. weza efuna isiqhamo kuwo, kodwa akabufumananga. |
| 13:7 |
Wathi ke kumlimi wesidiliya: ‘Khangela, iminyaka emithathu bendisiza ndifuna isiqhamo kulo mkhiwane;, andifumananga nto. Ngoko ke, yigawule. Kuba kutheni na ukuba ide iwudle umhlaba??' |
| 13:8 |
Kodwa ekuphenduleni, Wathi kuye: ‘Nkosi, makube ngowalo nyaka, ngelo xesha ndiya kugrumba ndijikeleze kwaye ndigalele isichumisi. |
| 13:9 |
Kwaye, kanjalo, ifanele ithwale isiqhamo. Kodwa ukuba akunjalo, kwilixa elizayo, wowugawula.’” |
| 13:10 |
Ke kaloku wayefundisa endlwini yabo yesikhungu ngesabatha. |
| 13:11 |
Kwaye khangela, bekukho ntokazi ibinomoya Wobulwelwe iminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo. Wayegobile; kwaye wayengakwazi ukukhangela phezulu kwaphela. |
| 13:12 |
Wathi ke uYesu akumbona, wambizela kuye, wathi kuye, “Mfazi, ukhululwe ebulwelweni bakho. |
| 13:13 |
Waza wabeka izandla phezu kwakhe, woluka kwaoko, wamzukisa uThixo. |
| 13:14 |
Emva koko, nje ngeziphumo, Umphathi wendlu yesikhungu waba nomsindo kuba uYesu waphilisa ngesabatha, wathi kwindimbane: Zintandathu iintsuku ofanele ukusetyenzwa ngazo;. Ngoko ke, yiza uphiliswe kwezo zinto, kungekhona ngomhla wesabatha. |
| 13:15 |
Wathi uYehova kuye: “Bahanahanisindini! Akunjalo ngamnye wenu, ngeSabatha, khulula inkomo yakhe, nokuba liesile lakhe, liphume esitalini, ndizise emanzini? |
| 13:16 |
Ngoko ke, ayifanele na le ntombi ka-Abraham, athe ke uSathana wabakhonkxa, le minyaka ilishumi elinesibhozo, akhululwe kwesi sithintelo ngomhla weSabatha?” |
| 13:17 |
Kwaye njengoko wayezithetha ezi zinto, badane bonke ababandezeli bakhe. Bavuya bonke abantu kuyo yonke into eyenziwa nguye ngobuqaqawuli. |
| 13:18 |
Watsho ke: “Ubukumkani bukaThixo bufana nantoni na?, ndiya kuwufanisa nomfanekiso mni na? |
| 13:19 |
Bunjengokhozo lwemostade, awayithabathayo umntu, wayiphosa emyezweni wakhe. Kwaye yakhula, yaba ngumthi omkhulu, zathi iintaka zezulu zahlala emasebeni awo. |
| 13:20 |
Kwaye kwakhona, uthe: Ndiya kubufanisa nantoni na ubukumkani bukaThixo?? |
| 13:21 |
Bufana negwele, eyathatyathwa yinkazana, yayifihla ezilinganisweni zozithathu zomgubo ocoliweyo, yada yabiliswa kwaphela. |
| 13:22 |
Waye ecanda kwimizi ngemizi, nemizana, efundisa, esendleleni eya eYerusalem. |
| 13:23 |
Wathi umntu kuye, “Nkosi, bambalwa abasindisiweyo?” Uthe ke yena kubo: |
| 13:24 |
Zamani ukungena ngesango elimxinwa;. Kwabaninzi, Ndiyakuxelela, baya kufuna ukungena bangabi nako. |
| 13:25 |
Emva koko, xa sele kungene uyise wekhaya wavala, uya kuqala ukuma ngaphandle, unkqonkqoze emnyango, esithi, ‘Nkosi, sivulele.’ Yaye ekuphenduleni, uya kuthi kuni, ‘Andikwazi apho usuka khona.’ |
| 13:26 |
Emva koko uya kuqala ukuthi, ‘Sadla saza sasela phambi kwakho, wafundisa nasezitratweni zethu. |
| 13:27 |
Wothi ke kuni: ‘Andikwazi apho usuka khona. mka kum, nina nonke basebenzi bobutshinga!' |
| 13:28 |
Kuloo ndawo, khona apho kuya kubakho ukulila nokutshixiza kwamazinyo, xa ubona uAbraham, noIsake, noYakobi, nabo bonke abaprofeti, ebukumkanini bukaThixo, kanti nina nigxothiwe;. |
| 13:29 |
Kwaye baya kufika bevela eMpuma, kunye neNtshona, naseMntla, kunye noMzantsi; yaye baya kungqendeva esithebeni ebukumkanini bukaThixo. |
| 13:30 |
Kwaye khangela, abokugqibela baya kuba ngabokuqala, bathi abokuqala babe ngabokugqibela. |
| 13:31 |
Kwangolo suku, Kweza abathile bakubaFarisi, esithi kuye: “Hamba, umke apha. kuba uHerode ufuna ukukubulala. |
| 13:32 |
Wathi kubo: “Hamba uye kuxelela laa mpungutye: ‘Khangela, Ndikhupha iidemon kwaye ndiphilisa abantu, namhlanje nangomso. Kwaye ngomhla wesithathu ndifikelela ekupheleni.’ |
| 13:33 |
Kodwa ngokwenene, funeka ndihambe namhlanje nangomso nangomso. Kuba akuweli kumprofeti ukutshabalala ngaphaya kweYerusalem. |
| 13:34 |
iYerusalem, iYerusalem! Nibabulala abaprofeti, ubagibisele ngamatye abo bathunyiweyo kuwe. Yonke imihla, Bendifuna ukuqokelela ndawonye abantwana bakho, njengentaka enendlwane yayo phantsi kwamaphiko ayo, kodwa anivumanga! |
| 13:35 |
Khangela, indlu yakho iya kuba yinkangala kuwe. Ke mna ndithi kuni, ukuba anindiboni, de kwenzeke ukuba utsho: ‘Makabongwe lowo ufikileyo egameni leNkosi.’” |
