UBawo wethu uyasiva isikhalo esingayekiyo
Umhlolokazi wamxaka umgwebi ongenabulungisa, waza umbuthi werhafu ongathanga awaphakamise amehlo akhe wagoduka elungisisiwe phambi koBawo wethu, kodwa umFarisi akalunga. Abantwana bamkelwa, umlawuli osisityebi wemka edanile, imfama eyayingqiba ngaphandle kweYeriko yadanduluka yada uYesu wema.
18 1Waza uYesu wathetha kubo umzekeliso ngokufuneka kokuba bahlale bethandaza bengatyhafi.
2Wathi: “Kwakukho kumzi othile umgwebi owayengamoyiki uThixo, engabahloneli nabantu. 3Kwaloo mzi kwakukho umhlolokazi owayesiza kuye rhoqo, esithi: ‘Ndithethelele kutshaba lwam.’ 4Ithuba wala; kodwa kamva wathi ngaphakathi kwakhe: ‘Nangona ndingamoyiki uThixo, ndingabahloneli nabantu, 5ngenxa yokuba lo mhlolokazi endihlupha, ndiya kumthethelela, ukuze angabuyi andixake ngokubuya kwakhe rhoqo.’”
6Yathi iNkosi: “Phulaphulani ukuba uthini na umgwebi ongenabulungisa. 7UBawo wethu akayi kubathethelela na abanyulwa bakhe abakhala kuye imini nobusuku? Angaba uya kulibazisa na kubo? 8Ndithi kuni, uya kubathethelela ngokukhawuleza. Kodwa xa esiza uNyana woLuntu, angaba uya kufumana na ukholo emhlabeni?”
Intliziyo ethobekileyo iyifumana inceba
9Wathetha lo mzekeliso kwabathile ababezithemba bona ngokungathi bangamalungisa, bebadela abanye bonke, wathi:
10“Amadoda amabini enyuka aya etempileni ukuya kuthandaza, omnye engumFarisi, omnye engumbuthi werhafu. 11UmFarisi wema, wazithandazela ngokwakhe, esithi: ‘Thixo, ndiyabulela kuwe ngokuba ndingafani nabanye abantu—amasela, abenzi bobubi, abakrexezi—nokuba andifani nalo mbuthi werhafu.’ 12‘Ndizila kabini ngeveki; ndinikela isishumi kuko konke endikuzuzayo.’ 13Kodwa umbuthi werhafu wema kude, akavuma nokuwaphakamisa amehlo akhe esiya ezulwini, koko wabetha isifuba sakhe, esithi: ‘Bawo, ndenzele inceba mna, moni.’ 14Ndithi kuni, lo mntu wagoduka endlwini yakhe ethethelelwe, ingenguye omnye. Wonke oziphakamisayo uya kuthotywa; othobekileyo yena uya kuphakanyiswa.”
Ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu bobabantwana
15Abantu babeza neentsana zabo kuye ukuba azichukumise, kodwa abafundi bakubona oku babakhalimela.
16Kodwa uYesu wababizela kuye abantwana, wathi: “Bayekeni abantwana beze kum; ningabanqandi—kuba ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu bobabanjengaba. 17Inene ndithi kuni: osukuba engabamkeli ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu njengomntwana omncinane, akasayi kungena kubo.”
Into enye ubutyebi obungenakuyithenga
18Umphathi othile wambuza, wathi: “Mfundisi olungileyo, ndingenza ntoni na ukuze ndidle ilifa lobomi obungenasiphelo?”
19Wathi uYesu kuye: “Yini na ukuba uthi ndilungile? Akukho namnye olungileyo ngaphandle koBawo wethu yedwa. a a v19 UYesu uyibhekisa intliziyo yalo mfana kuBawo wethu njengomthombo wako konke ukulunga—engabuphiki ubulungisa bakhe, kodwa embhekisa lo mntu kuBawo.
20Uyayazi imithetho: ‘Uze ungakrexezi, Uze ungabulali, Uze ungebi, Uze ungangqini ubuxoki, Beka uyihlo nonyoko.’”
21Wathi: “Yonke le nto ndiyigcinile kwasebuncinaneni bam.”
22Akukuva oku, uYesu wathi: “Kusekho into enye osweleyo: thengisa konke onako, ukunike amahlwempu, uya kuba nobutyebi ezulwini; wandule uze undilandele.”
23Kodwa akukuva oku, waba lusizi kunene, kuba wayesisityebi kakhulu.
24UYesu wamkhangela, wathi: “Hayi ukuba kunzima kangaka ukuba izityebi zingene ebukumkanini bukaBawo wethu! 25Kuba kulula ukuba inkamela ingene ngentunja yenaliti, kunokuba isityebi singene ebukumkanini bukaBawo wethu.”
26Abo bakuva oku babuza bathi: “Ngubani na ke onokusindiswa?”
27Kodwa wathi: “Okungenakwenzeka ebantwini kuyenzeka kuBawo wethu.”
28Waza uPetros wathi: “Khangela, thina sizishiyile izindlu zethu, salandela wena.”
29Wathi kubo: “Inene ndithi kuni: akukho namnye oshiye indlu, umfazi, abazalwana, abazali, nokuba ngabantwana, ngenxa yobukumkani bukaBawo wethu, 30ongayi kwamkela okuphindwe kaninzi ngoku, nobomi obungenasiphelo kwixesha elizayo.”
UNyana woLuntu uya emnqamlezweni
31Wabathabatha bucala abalishumi elinababini, wathi: “Khangelani, senyuka siya eYerusalem, baza bonke abaprofeti ababhala ngaye uNyana woLuntu baya kuzaliseka. 32Kuba uya kunikelwa kweentlanga, agculelwe, athukwe, atshicelwe. 33Baya kumtyakatya, bambulale, aze ngomhla wesithathu avuke.”
34Kodwa bona abaqondanga nanye kwezi zinto; eli lizwi lalifihlakele kubo, abaqondanga oko kwakuthethwa.
Ukubona kubuyiswa nguNyana kaBawo
35Xa uYesu esondela eYeriko, kwakukho imfama eyayihleli ngasendleleni icela. 36Yakuva isihlwele sidlula, yabuza ukuba kwenzeka ntoni na. 37Bamxelela bathi: “UYesu waseNazarete uyadlula.” 38Yaza yakhala, yathi: “Yesu, Nyana kaDavide, ndenzele inceba!” 39Abo babephambili bayikhalimela, bayixelela ukuba ithi tu, kodwa yabuya yakhala kakhulu, isithi: “Nyana kaDavide, ndenzele inceba!”
40UYesu wema, wathi mayiziswe kuye. Yakuba isondele, uYesu wayibuza:
41“Ufuna ukuba ndikwenzele ntoni na?” Wathi yena: “Nkosi, mandibuye ndibone.”
42Waza uYesu wathi kuye: “Yamkela ukubona kwakho; ukholo lwakho lukusindisile.”
43Kwangoko wabona, waza wamlandela uYesu, emzukisa uBawo wethu. Bonke abantu ababekubonile oku nabo bamdumisa uBawo wethu.
