IGenesis 37: 3-4, 12- 13, 17- 28
| 37:3 | USirayeli wayemthanda uYosefu ngaphezu kwabo bonke oonyana bakhe, ngokuba ebemkhawule ekwaluphaleni kwakhe. Wamenzela ke ingubo yangaphantsi, elukiwe ngemibala emininzi. |
| 37:4 | Emva koko abazalwana bakhe, kuba wayethandwa nguyise ngaphezu kwabo bonke abanye oonyana bakhe, wamthiya, ababa nakuthetha naye bexolile. |
| 37:12 | Kwaye ngoxa abazalwana bakhe babesalele kwaShekem, ekwaluseni imihlambi kayise, |
| 37:13 | Wathi uSirayeli kuye: “Abakhuluwa bakho balusa iigusha kwaShekem. Yiza, ndiya kukuthumela kubo. Wathi xa ephendula, |
| 37:17 | Yathi indoda kuye: “Barhoxile kule ndawo. Kodwa ndeva besithi, ‘Masiye eDotan.’ ” Ngoko ke, Wahamba uYosefu ebalandela abakhuluwa bakhe, wabafumana eDotan. |
| 37:18 | Kwaye, bakumbona ekude, ngaphambi kokuba asondele kubo, bagqiba kwelokuba bambulale. |
| 37:19 | Bathetha omnye komnye: “Khangela!, umphuphi uyasondela. |
| 37:20 | Yiza, masimbulale simphose equleni elidala. Kwaye masithi: ‘uqwengwe lirhamncwa elibi.’ Kuya kwandula ke kucace oko aya kumenzela kona amaphupha akhe.” |
| 37:21 | Kodwa uRubhen, ekuveni oku, bazama ukumkhulula esandleni sabo, watsho: |
| 37:22 | “Musa ukuwususa umphefumlo wakhe, okanye uphalaze igazi. Kodwa mphoseni kweli qula, esentlango, ke ngoko zigcineni izandla zenu zingenabungozi.” Uthe ke yena, befuna ukumhlangula esandleni sabo, ukuze ambuyisele kuyise. |
| 37:23 | Kwaye, wathi akufika kubazalwana bakhe, bakhawuleza bamhluba ingubo yakhe yokwaleka, eyayibude beqakala kwaye yayilukwe ngemibala emininzi, |
| 37:24 | bamphosa equleni elidala, eyayingenamanzi. |
| 37:25 | Kwaye behlala phantsi badle isonka, babona amaIshmayeli athile, abahambi bevela eGiliyadi, neenkamela zabo, ethwele izinongo, kunye ne-resin, neoli yemore kwaseYiputa. |
| 37:26 | Ngoko ke, Wathi uYuda kubazalwana bakhe: “Iza kusinceda ngantoni, ukuba sithe sambulala umzalwana wethu, salifihla igazi lakhe? |
| 37:27 | Kulungile ukuba athengiswe kumaIshmayeli, kwaye ke izandla zethu aziyi kudyobheka. ngokuba ngumzalwana wethu, nenyama yethu. Bamvumela abakhuluwa bakhe amazwi akhe. |
| 37:28 | Kwaye xa abarhwebi bamaMidiyan bedlula, bamrhola equleni, bamthengisa kumaIshmayeli ngeesilivere ezimashumi mabini. aba ke bamrholela eYiputa. |
UMateyu 21: 33- 43, 45- 46
| 21:33 | Phulaphula omnye umzekeliso. Kwakukho indoda, utata wosapho, owatyala isidiliya, wayibiyela ngothango, wemba isixovulelo kuyo, waza wakha inqaba. Kwaye wayiboleka kubalimi, wanduluka ukuba aphambukele kwelinye ilizwe. |
| 21:34 | Emva koko, lakuba lisondele ixesha leziqhamo, wathuma abakhonzi bakhe kubalimi, ukuze bamkele iziqhamo zawo. |
| 21:35 | Baza abalimi bababamba abakhonzi bakhe; babetha omnye, omnye wabulala, omnye wamgibisela ngamatye. |
| 21:36 | Kwakhona, wathuma abanye abakhonzi, engaphezulu kwe ngaphambili; babaphatha ngokufanayo. |
| 21:37 | Emva koko, ekugqibeleni, wamthumela kubo unyana wakhe, esithi: ‘Baya kumhlonela unyana wam.’ |
| 21:38 | Kodwa abalimi, ukubona unyana, batsho phakathi kwabo: ‘Yindlalifa le. Yiza, masimbulale, size ke silifumane ilifa lakhe.’ |
| 21:39 | Kwaye ukumbamba, bamkhuphela ngaphandle kwesidiliya, bambulala ke. |
| 21:40 | Ngoko ke, akufika umninisidiliya, uya kubenza ntoni na abo balimi?” |
| 21:41 | Bathi kuye, Uya kubatshabalalisa abo bantu bakhohlakeleyo, isidiliya eso wosiboleka kwabanye abalimi, oya kumbuyekeza isiqhamo ngexesha laso. |
| 21:42 | Wathi kubo uYesu: “Anizange nifunde na eZibhalweni: ‘Ilitye abaligatyayo abakhi liye laba yintloko yembombo. Yenzekile ke iNkosi, kwaye iyamangalisa emehlweni ethu?' |
| 21:43 | Ngoko ke, Ndithi kuni, ukuba ubukumkani bukaThixo buya kususwa kuni, linikwe abantu abazivelisayo iziqhamo zabo. |
| 21:45 | Kwaye xa iinkokeli zababingeleli, Baye abaFarisi beyiva imizekeliso yakhe, baqonda ukuba uthetha ngabo. |
| 21:46 | Kwaye nangona babefuna ukumbamba, boyika izihlwele, ngokuba babesithi ungumprofeti. |