ULuka 17 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

17 ¹Wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Iziphoso aziyi kungafiki, kodwa yeha, lowo zifika ngaye! ²Kungcono kuye ukuba axhonyelwe ilitye lokusila entanyeni, aphoswe elwandle, kunokuba akhubekise omnye waba bancinane.

³“Zigcineni. Ukuba umzalwana wakho uyona, mkhalimele; ukuba uyaguquka, mxolele. ⁴Ukuba uyona kuwe kasixhenxe ngemini, abuye kasixhenxe esithi: ‘Ndiyaguquka,’ mxolele.”

⁵Bathi abapostile eNkosini: “Lwandisele ukholo lwethu!”

⁶Yathi iNkosi: “Ukuba beninokholo olunjengokhozo lwemostade, beningatsho kulo mthi womtombe: ‘Nyothulwa utyalwe elwandle,’ bewunganithobela. ⁷Nguwuphi na kuni, enomkhonzi olimayo, nokuba olusayo impahla emfutshane, oya kuthi kuye akungena evela entsimini: ‘Yiza kaloku, uhlale phantsi esidlweni’? ⁸Akayi kuthi na kunoko: ‘Ndilungisele isidlo sam, uzibhinqe undilungiselele ndide ndidle ndisele, wandule ke wena ukudla nokusela’?

⁹“Uyambulela na umkhonzi ngokuba enze oko amwisele umthetho ngako? ¹⁰Ngokunjalo nani, nakuba nikwenze konke aniwisele umthetho ngako, yithini: ‘Singabakhonzi abangasizodwa; senze kuphela oko bekufanele ukwenziwa sithi.’”

UBawo Uphilisa Abaneqhenqa Abalishumi

¹¹Esendleleni esiya eJerusalem, wacanda phakathi kwaSamari neGalili. ¹²Uthe akungena emzini othile, kweza kuye amadoda alishumi aneqhenqa. Ema mgama,

¹³amemeza ngezwi elikhulu, athi: “Yesu, Mphathi, senzele inceba!”

¹⁴Uthe akubona, wathi: “Hambani niye kuzibonakalisa kubabingeleli.” Kuthe xa ehamba, ahlambuluke.

¹⁵Omnye wawo, akubona ukuba uphilisiwe, wabuya, emdumisa uBawo wethu ngezwi elikhulu, ¹⁶waza wawa ngobuso ezinyaweni zikaYesu, embulela. Yaye yena wayengumSamariya.

¹⁷Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Akuhlanjululwanga alishumi na? Baphi na abasithoba? ¹⁸Akubangakho namnye ufunyenwe obuyileyo ukunika uzuko kuBawo wethu, ngaphandle kwalo mphakathi?” ¹⁹Wandula wathi kuye: “Vuka uhambe; ukholo lwakho lukusindisile.”

Ubukumkani Sele Buphakathi Kwenu

²⁰Bakumbuza abaFarisi ukuba ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu buya kufika nini na, wabaphendula wathi: “Ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu abufiki ngokubonakalayo, ²¹abayi kuthi: ‘Nabu apha!’ okanye: ‘Nabuya!’ Kuba ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu buphakathi kwenu.”

²²Wathi kubafundi: “Kuza iimini eniya kulangazelela ngazo ukubona enye yeemini zoNyana woLuntu, ningayiboni. ²³Baya kuthi kuni: ‘Nanko phaya!’ okanye: ‘Nanko apha!’ Musani ukuya, musani ukubasukela. ²⁴Kuba njengoko umbane uphephezelayo ukhanyisele isibhakabhaka ukususela kwelinye icala ukuya kwelinye, uya kuba njalo uNyana woLuntu ngemini yakhe. ²⁵Kodwa kuqala umelwe kukuva ubunzima obuninzi, acekiswe sesi sizukulwana. ²⁶Njengoko zazinjalo iimini zikaNowa, ziya kuba njalo neemini zoNyana woLuntu. ²⁷Babesidla, besela, bezeka, bezekiswa, kwada kwayimini uNowa angena ngayo emkhombeni, weza unogumbe, wababhubhisa bonke. ²⁸Kwaba njalo nasemihleni kaLote: babesidla, besela, bethenga, bethengisa, betyala, besakha, ²⁹kodwa ngemini uLote waphuma ngayo eSodom, kwana umlilo nesulfure zivela ezulwini, zababhubhisa bonke. ³⁰kuya kuba njalo ngemini uNyana woLuntu aya kutyhilwa ngayo. ³¹Ngaloo mini, lowo uphezu kwendlu enempahla yakhe ingaphakathi makangehli ukuya kuthabatha; kwangokunjalo, lowo usentsimini makangabuyeli umva. ³²Khumbulani umkaLote. ³³Lowo ufuna ukugcina umphefumlo wakhe wolahlekwa nguwo, kodwa lowo uwulahlayo umphefumlo wakhe woyigcina. ³⁴Ndithi kuni, ngobo busuku babini baya kuba sesililini sinye: omnye wothatyathwa, omnye ashiywe. ³⁵Kuya kubakho abafazi ababini besila kunye; omnye wothatyathwa, omnye ashiywe.” ^a a v35 Imibhalo-ngqangi yakuqala ayinalo ivesi 36 apha; iikopi zamva zongeza: “Amadoda amabini aya kuba sentsimini; omnye wothatyathwa, omnye ashiywe.”

³⁷Babuza bathi: “Phi na, Nkosi?” Wathi: “Apho kukho isidumbu, amaxhalanga aya kuhlanganisana khona.”