Itempile Iya Kudilizwa
Xa ecelwa ukuba abuke itempile, uYesu uthi akukho litye liya kusala limi. Uchaza iimfazwe, iintsapho ezingcatshanayo, ookrestu bobuxoki, nokuza koNyana woLuntu, lo gama esithi akukho bani uyaziyo loo mini, nezithunywa zezulu azazi, noNyana akazi, nguBawo wethu yedwa.
13 1Xa ephuma etempileni, omnye kubafundi bakhe wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, khangela! Hayi la matye amakhulu, hayi ezi zakhiwo ezintle kangaka!”
2UYesu wathi kuye: “Uyabona na ezi zakhiwo zinkulu? Akukho litye liya kusala phezu kwelinye apha; onke aya kudilizwa.”
3Xa wayehleli eNtabeni yemiNquma ejonge itempile, uPetros noYakobi noYohane noAndreya bambuza bebucala: 4“Sixelele, ziya kwenzeka nini na ezi zinto, nguwuphi na umqondiso wokuba konke oku kuza kuzalisekiswa?”
5UYesu waqala ukubaxelela: “Lumkani ukuba kungabikho bani unikhohlisayo. 6Baninzi abaya kuza egameni lam, besithi: ‘Ndim yena,’ baze bakhohlise abaninzi. 7Xa nithe nive ngemfazwe neendaba zemfazwe, musani ukukhathazeka — ezi zinto kumele ukuba zibekho, kodwa isiphelo asikafiki. 8Uhlanga luya kusuka phezu kolunye uhlanga, nobukumkani phezu kobunye ubukumkani, kubekho inyikima ngeendawo ngeendawo, nendlala — oku kukuqala kweenimba.
9Zigcineni nina. Baya kuninikela ezintlanganisweni zamatyala, banityakatye ezindlwini zesikhungu. Ngenxa yam niya kusiwa phambi kwabalawuli nookumkani, ze kube bubungqina kubo. 10Kananjalo kumele ukuba ivangeli ivakaliswe kuqala kuzo zonke iintlanga. 11Xa bathe banibamba, baninikela, musani ukuxhalela kwangaphambili into eniya kuyithetha. Yithethani nantoni na eniyinikwayo ngelo lixa — kaloku asinini enithethayo, nguMoya oyiNgcwele.
12Umzalwana uya kunikela umzalwana ekufeni, noyise anikele umntwana. Abantwana baya kusuka phezu kwabazali, bababulalise. 13Bonke baya kunithiya ngenxa yegama lam, kodwa lowo unyamezelayo ade afike esiphelweni uya kusindiswa.
14Xa nilibona izothe lenkangala limi apho lingafanele ukuma khona (ofundayo makaqaphele), abo bakwelakwaYuda mababalekele ezintabeni. a a v14 “Izothe lenkangala” livela kuDaniyeli — isenzo esinyelisayo esihlambela itempile; uYesu usiphatha njengomqondiso oseza kuza, abamameli bakhe abamelwe kukuwulinda. 15Lowo ophezu kwendlu makangehli angangeni endlwini ukuba athabathe nto. 16Osentsimini makangabuyeli umva ukuya kuthabatha ingubo yakhe. 17Hayi, indlela eya kuba buhlungu ngayo ngaloo mihla kwabafazi abamithiyo nakwabanyisayo! 18Thandazani ukuze oko kungenzeki ebusika, 19kuba loo mihla iya kuzisa iinkxwaleko ezingazanga zafana nazo ukususela ekudalweni kwehlabathi nguBawo wethu kunanamhlanje — ezingasayi kuphinda zibekho. 20Ukuba iNkosi ibingayinciphisanga loo mihla, bekungayi kusinda namnye; kodwa yona iNkosi iyinciphisile ngenxa yabanyulwa ebanyulileyo. 21Ke ngoko, ukuba kukho umntu othi kuni: ‘Khangela, nanku uKrestu!’ okanye: ‘Khangela, naphaya!’ ningakholwa. 22Kuba kuya kuvela ooKrestu bobuxoki nabaprofeti bobuxoki, besenza imiqondiso nezimanga ukuze bakhohlise, ukuba kunokwenzeka, nabanyulwa. 23Lumkani ke; ndinixelele konke kwangaphambili.
24Kodwa ngaloo mihla, emva kwaloo nkxwaleko, ilanga liya kuba mnyama, nenyanga ingalunikeli ukukhanya kwayo; 25iinkwenkwezi ziya kuwa zivela esibhakabhakeni, namandla asemazulwini aya kugungqiswa. 26Baya kwandula ukubona uNyana woLuntu esiza esemafini enamandla amakhulu nobuqaqawuli. 27Uya kuthuma izithunywa zakhe, abahlanganise abanyulwa bakhe bevela kwimimoya yomine, bethabathela esiphelweni sehlabathi kuse esiphelweni sezulu.
28Fundani oku kumkhiwane: Kwakuthi isebe lawo lakuthamba livelise amagqabi, nazi ukuba sekukufuphi ihlobo. 29Ngokunjalo nani, xa nithe nazibona ezi zinto zisenzeka, yazini ukuba sekukufuphi, semnyango. 30Inene ndithi kuni, esi sizukulwana asisayi kudlula kakade, zide zibe zenzekile zonke ezi zinto. 31Izulu nomhlaba ziya kudlula, kodwa amazwi am akasayi kuze adlule.
NguBawo Kuphela Owaziyo Ilixa
32Ke yona loo mini naloo lixa akukho bani ulaziyo — nazithunywa zasezulwini, noNyana, nguBawo yedwa. 33Lumkani! Lindani! Kuba anilazi ixesha eliya kufika ngalo elo lixa.
34Kunjengandoda esendleleni: ushiya indlu yakhe, anike abakhonzi bakhe igunya — elowo nomsebenzi wakhe — awise umthetho kumgcini-sango wokuba alinde. 35Ngoko ke lindani, ngokuba anazi ukuba inkosi yendlu iza nini na — ngokuhlwa, nokuba kuphakathi kobusuku, nokuba kulila inkuku, nokuba ngesifingo. 36Hleze athi, efika ngebhaqo, anifumane nilele. 37Oku ndikuthethayo kuni, ndikuthetha kubo bonke: Lindani!”