ULuka 16 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

16 ¹Wathetha kananjalo nabafundi bakhe, wathi: “Kwakukho umntu osisityebi owayenomphathi, owayemangalelwa ngokuchitha impahla yakhe. ²Wambiza wathi kuye: ‘Yintoni na le ndiyivayo ngawe? Nika ingxelo yolawulo lwakho, kuba akusenakuphatha.’

³“Wathi umphathi lowo ngaphakathi kuye: ‘Ndenze ntoni na? Inkosi yam indihlutha isikhundla sam. Andinamandla okumba, ndineentloni zokungqiba. ⁴Ndiyazi endiya kukwenza, ukuze xa ndiphulukana nalo msebenzi, abantu bandamkele emakhayeni abo.’ ⁵Wababiza abo babenamatyala enkosini yakhe, ngamnye ngamnye, waza wathi kowokuqala: ‘Unetyala elingakanani enkosini yam?’ ⁶Wathi: ‘Likhulu lezilinganiso zeoli yeminquma.’ Wathi kuye: ‘Thabatha incwadi yakho yetyala, uhlale phantsi ngokukhawuleza, ubhale amashumi amahlanu.’ ⁷Wandula wathi komnye: ‘Wena ke, unetyala elingakanani?’ Wathi: ‘Likhulu lezilinganiso zengqolowa.’ Wathi kuye: ‘Thabatha incwadi yakho, ubhale amashumi asibhozo.’

⁸“Inkosi yamdumisa umphathi ongathembekanga ngokwenza kwakhe ngobulumko; kuba abantwana beli xesha banobulumko ngaphezu kwabantwana bokukhanya esizukulwaneni sabo. ⁹Ndithi ke kuni, zenzeleni abahlobo ngobutyebi beli hlabathi, ukuze buthi bakuphela, banamkele kwiindawo zokuhlala ezingunaphakade. ¹⁰Lowo othembekileyo entweni encinci uthembekile nakweninzi; nalowo ungathembekanga entweni encinci akathembeki nakweninzi. ¹¹Ukuba ngoko anizange nithembeke ebutyebini beli hlabathi, ngubani na oya kuniphathisa ubutyebi obuyinyaniso? ¹²Ukuba anithembekanga ezintweni zomnye umntu, ngubani na oya kuninika okokwenu? ¹³Akukho sicaka sasekhaya sinako ukukhonza iinkosi ezimbini. Uya kuyithiya enye ayithande enye, okanye abambelele kwenye ayidele enye. Aninako ukukhonza uBawo wethu nobutyebi.”

¹⁴AbaFarisi, ababethanda imali, bakuva konke oku, baza bamgculela.

¹⁵Wathi kubo: “Nina nizenza amalungisa phambi kwabantu, kodwa uBawo wethu uyazi iintliziyo zenu. Loo nto iphakanyiswayo phakathi kwabantu ilisikizi kuBawo wethu.”

¹⁶“Umthetho nabaProfeti wema kwada kwafika uYohane; ukususela ngoko, zishunyayelwa iindaba ezilungileyo zobukumkani bukaBawo wethu, yaye wonke umntu uzinyanzela ukungena kubo. ¹⁷Kodwa kona kulula ukuba izulu nehlabathi kudlule, kunokuba kuwe phantsi nesinye isuntswana somthetho.”

¹⁸“Othe wamala umfazi wakhe, wazeka omnye, uyakrexeza; nothe wazeka umfazi owaliweyo yindoda yakhe, naye uyakrexeza.”

Isityebi NoLazaro

¹⁹“Kwakukho umntu osisityebi owayenxiba ingubo emfusa nelinen ecikizekileyo, esonwabela izidlo ezinkulu imihla ngemihla. ²⁰Kwaye kwakukho ihlwempu eligama linguLazaro, elalibekwe esangweni lakhe, lizele zizilonda, ²¹linqwenela ukudla iimvuthuluka eziwa etafileni yesityebi; kwaneenja zaye zisiza zizixhaphe izilonda zalo. ²²Lafa ke ihlwempu, lathwalwa zizithunywa zezulu, lasiwa esifubeni sika-Abraham. Safa nesityebi naso, sangcwatywa, ^a a v22 Isifuba sika-Abraham: umfanekiso wamaYuda wendawo yentuthuzelo, apho amalungisa ayephumla khona emva kokufa, elindele uvuko. ²³size kwelabafileyo, sisezintlungwini, saphakamisa amehlo, sabona uAbraham ekude noLazaro esecaleni lakhe. ^b b v23 IHadesi lilizwe labafileyo, indawo yokulinda phakathi kokufa nomgwebo wokugqibela — ayifani nendawo yokugqibela yomgwebo. ²⁴Samemeza sathi: ‘Bawo Abraham, ndenzele inceba. Thumela uLazaro, athi nkxu incam yomnwe wakhe emanzini, apholise ulwimi lwam, kuba ndisezintlungwini kweli langatye.’

²⁵“Kodwa uAbraham wathi: ‘Mntwana, khumbula: wena wamkela izinto ezilungileyo ebomini bakho, waye uLazaro ngokunjalo wamkela ezimbi. Ngoku yena uthuthuzelwa apha, wena usezintlungwini. ²⁶Ngaphezu kwako konke oku, kubekwe umsantsa omkhulu phakathi kwethu nani, ukuze abo banqwenela ukuwela besuka apha ukuza kuni bangabi nako, bangabi nako nokuwela abo bevela khona ukuza kuthi.’

²⁷“Saza sathi: ‘Ndiyakucela ngoko, bawo, ukuba umthume aye endlwini kabawo, ²⁸kuba ndinabazalwana abahlanu—makabaqononondise, ukuze nabo bangezi kule ndawo yeentlungu.’

²⁹“Kodwa uAbraham wathi: ‘BanoMoses nabaProfeti; mabaphulaphule bona.’

³⁰Saza sathi: ‘Hayi, bawo Abraham, kodwa ukuba kuthe kwaya kubo umntu ovela kwabafileyo, baya kuguquka.’

³¹Wathi kuso: ‘Ukuba abafuni ukuphulaphula uMoses nabaProfeti, abayi kweyiseka nokuba kuvuke umntu kwabafileyo.’”