21:1 |
Futhi eqalaza, wabona abacebile befaka iminikelo yabo endaweni yokunikela. |
21:2 |
Wabe esebona umfelokazi othile, umuntu ompofu, efaka izinhlamvu zemali ezimbili ezincane zethusi. |
21:3 |
Wathi: “Impela, ngithi kini, ukuthi lomfelokazi ompofu ubeke okungaphezu kwabo bonke abanye. |
21:4 |
Kuzo zonke lezi, ngobuningi babo, banezele eziphiweni zikaNkulunkulu. Kodwa yena, aphume kulokho abekudinga, ubeke konke abephila ngakho.” |
21:5 |
Futhi lapho abanye babo bethi, ngethempeli, ukuthi lalihlotshiswe ngamatshe amahle kakhulu nangezipho, uthe, |
21:6 |
“Lezi zinto enizibonayo, ziyakufika izinsuku lapho kungayikushiywa itshe phezu kwetshe, engaphonswa phansi.” |
21:7 |
Base bembuza, ethi: “Mfundisi, ziyokwenzeka nini lezi zinto? Futhi siyoba yini isibonakaliso lapho lezi zinto ziyokwenzeka?” |
21:8 |
Wathi: “Qaphela, hlezi uyengwe. Ngoba abanengi bazakuza ngebizo lami, ethi: ‘Ngoba nginguye,’ futhi, ‘Isikhathi sesisondele.’ Kanjalo, ungakhethi ukubalandela. |
21:9 |
Futhi lapho niyobe nizwile ngezimpi nokuvukela umbuso, ningethuki. Lezi zinto kufanele zenzeke kuqala. Kodwa ukuphela akukabi maduzane kangako.” |
21:10 |
Wase esethi kubo: “Abantu bazovukela abantu, lombuso uvukele umbuso. |
21:11 |
Futhi kuyoba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu ezindaweni ngezindawo, nezifo eziwumshayabhuqe, kanye nendlala, nokwesabeka okuvela ezulwini; futhi kuyoba khona izibonakaliso ezinkulu. |
21:12 |
Kodwa ngaphambi kwazo zonke lezi zinto, bayakubeka izandla phezu kwenu, banizingele, eninikela emasinagogeni nasetilongweni, benihudulela phambi kwamakhosi nababusi, ngenxa yegama lami. |
21:13 |
Futhi lokhu kuzoba ithuba lokuthi unikeze ubufakazi. |
21:14 |
Ngakho-ke, kubekeni lokhu ezinhliziyweni zenu: ukuthi ungacabangi kusengaphambili ukuthi ungaphendula kanjani. |
21:15 |
Ngokuba ngiyakuninika umlomo nokuhlakanipha, ezingeke zikwazi ukumelana nazo zonke izitha zenu noma ukuziphikisa. |
21:16 |
Futhi uzonikezwa abazali bakho, kanye nabazalwane, kanye nezihlobo, nabangane. Futhi bayoletha ukufa abanye kini. |
21:17 |
Niyakuzondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yegama lami. |
21:18 |
Futhi okwamanje, akuyikubhubha nolulodwa unwele lwekhanda lenu. |
21:19 |
Ngokubekezela kwakho, niyakudla imiphefumulo yenu. |
21:20 |
Khona-ke, lapho uyobe usulibonile iJerusalema lihaqwe ibutho, yazini-ke ukuthi sekusondele ukuchithwa kwayo. |
21:21 |
Khona abaseJudiya mababalekele ezintabeni;, nabaphakathi kwawo bayahlehla, nabasemaphandleni bangangeni kuwo. |
21:22 |
Ngoba lezi yizinsuku zokuphindisela, ukuze kugcwaliseke zonke izinto, ezilotshiweyo. |
21:23 |
Khona maye kwabakhulelweyo nabancelisayo ngalezo zinsuku. Ngokuba kuyakuba khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu phezu kwezwe nolaka olukhulu phezu kwalaba bantu. |
21:24 |
Futhi bayokuwa ngosiko lwenkemba. Futhi bayoyiswa njengezithunjwa ezizweni zonke. Futhi iJerusalema liyonyathelwa ngabezizwe, kuze kugcwaliseke izikhathi zezizwe. |
21:25 |
Futhi kuyoba khona izibonakaliso elangeni nasenyangeni nasezinkanyezini. Futhi kuyoba khona, emhlabeni, usizi phakathi kwabezizwe, ngenxa yokudideka ekuhlokomeni kolwandle namagagasi: |
21:26 |
amadoda abuna ngenxa yokwesaba nangenxa yokwesaba izinto eziyokwesabisa umhlaba wonke. Ngoba amandla asezulwini ayonyakaziswa. |
21:27 |
Khona-ke bayobona iNdodana yomuntu iza ngefu, ngamandla amakhulu nobukhosi. |
21:28 |
Kodwa lapho lezi zinto ziqala ukwenzeka, phakamisani amakhanda enu, nibuke nxazonke zenu, ngoba ukukhululwa kwenu sekusondele.” |
21:29 |
Wasebatshela umfanekiso: “Qaphelani umkhiwane nemithi yonke. |
21:30 |
Lapho manje sebezikhiqizela izithelo, niyazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze. |
21:31 |
Ngakho nawe, lapho niyobe nizibonile lezi zinto zenzeka, yazini ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu useduze. |
21:32 |
Amen ngithi kuwe, loluzalo ngeke ludlule, kuze kwenzeke zonke lezi zinto. |
21:33 |
Kuyakudlula izulu nomhlaba. Kodwa amazwi ami awasoze adlula. |
21:34 |
But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly. |
21:35 |
For like a snare it will overwhelm all those who sit upon the face of the entire earth. |
21:36 |
Manje, qaphelani, praying at all times, so that you may be held worthy to escape from all these things, which are in the future, and to stand before the Son of man.” |
21:37 |
Now in the daytime, he was teaching in the temple. Kodwa ngeqiniso, departing in the evening, he lodged on the mount that is called Olivet. |
21:38 |
And all the people arrived in the morning to listen to him in the temple. |