Isicwangciso sikaBawo wethu ngomtshato
UYesu useka umtshato kwindlela uBawo wethu awabenza ngayo ekuqaleni, amkele abantwana abafundi ababebagxotha, axelele umfana olungileyo osisityebi ukuba athengise konke. Uyemka ebuhlungu. Oko kungenakwenzeka ebantwini kuyenzeka kuBawo wethu.
19 1Wathi uYesu akugqiba la mazwi, wemka eGalili, waya kummandla welakwaYuda, phesheya kweYordan. 2Zamlandela izihlwele ezikhulu, waza wabaphilisa khona.
3Beza kuye abaFarisi bemlinga, besithi: “Kuvumelekile na ukuba indoda imale umfazi wayo ngasizathu sithile nokuba sesiphi na?”
4Waphendula wathi: “Anizange niyilese na ukuba uBawo wethu, owabenzayo ekuqaleni, wabenza bayindoda nenkazana, 5wathi: ‘Kungenxa yoko indoda iya kushiya uyise nonina, inamathele kumfazi wayo, baze bobabini babe nyama-nye’? 6Ngoko ke abasebabini, banye nyama; ngenxa yoko ke, oko akuhlanganiswe nguBawo wethu makungahlulwa mntu.”
7Bathi kuye: “Kutheni ke uMoses wawisa umthetho othi indoda mayinike incwadi yokwahlukana, iyindulule?”
8Wathi kubo: “UMoses waniyekela ukuba nimale abafazi benu ngenxa yobulukhuni bentliziyo yenu, kodwa ekuqaleni kwakungenjalo. 9Ndithi kuni: Othe wamala umfazi wakhe—ngaphandle kwendawo yombulo—wazeka omnye, uyakrexeza.”
10Bathi kuye abafundi: “Ukuba injalo into ephakathi kwendoda nomfazi, kulungile ukuba kungazekwa.”
11Wathi kubo: “Asingamntu wonke onokuliqonda eli lizwi, ngabo kuphela abalinikiweyo. 12Kuba kukho amathenwa azalwe enjalo kwasesizalweni sonina; kukho amathenwa enziwe enjalo ngabanye; kukho namathenwa azenza anjalo ngenxa yobukumkani bukaBawo wethu. Lowo unako ukukwamkela, makakwamkele.”
UYesu wamkela abantwana abancinane
13Baza bazisa kuye abantwana abancinane, ukuze abeke izandla phezu kwabo, abathandazele; kodwa abafundi babakhalimela abo babebazisa.
14Kodwa uYesu wathi: “Bayekeleni abantwana abancinane beze kum, ningabathinteli, kuba ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu bobabanjengaba.”
15Waza wababeka izandla, wemka apho.
Into enye awayeyiswele
16Ngelo lixa kwasondela indoda kuye, yabuza yathi: “Mfundisi, yintoni elungileyo endimelwe ukuyenza, ukuze ndizuze ubomi obungenasiphelo?”
17Wathi kuyo: “Yini na ukuba undibuze ngokulungileyo? Mnye kuphela olungileyo. Ukuba uthanda ukungena ebomini, yigcine imithetho.”
18Yathi: “Yiyiphi na?” Wathi uYesu: “Uze ungabulali, uze ungakrexezi, uze ungebi, uze ungangqini ubuxoki, 19beka uyihlo nonyoko, umthande ummelwane wakho njengoko uzithanda nawe.”
20Wathi kuye umfana: “Yonke le nto ndiyigcinile. Ndisaswele ntoni na?”
21Wathi kuyo uYesu: “Ukuba uthanda ukuba ngogqibeleleyo, yiya uthengise ngempahla yakho unike amahlwempu—uya kuba nobutyebi ezulwini—wandule ke uze, undilandele.”
22Uthe umfana akuva oku, wemka esentlungwini, kuba wayenobutyebi obukhulu.
23Wathi uYesu kubafundi bakhe: “Inene, ndithi kuni: Isityebi siya kungena kalukhuni ebukumkanini bukaBawo wethu. 24Ndiphinde ndithi kuni: Inkamela ingena lula ngentunja yenaliti kunesityebi singena ebukumkanini bukaBawo wethu.”
25Bathi abafundi bakukuva oku, bamangaliswa kunene, babuza besithi: “Ngubani na ke onokusindiswa?”
26Wabheka kubo uYesu wathi: “Oku akunakwenzeka ebantwini, kodwa yonke into inokwenzeka kuBawo wethu.”
27Waza uPetros wathi kuye: “Khangela, thina sikushiyile konke, sakulandela. Siya kuba nantoni na ke?”
28Wathi kubo uYesu: “Inene: Ekuhlaziyweni, xa uNyana woLuntu eya kuhlala etroneni yakhe yozuko, nani eningabalandela mna niya kuhlala ezitroneni ezilishumi elinazibini, nigweba izizwe ezilishumi elinazibini zakwaSirayeli.
29“Wonke oshiye izindlu nokuba ngabazalwana nokuba ngoodade nokuba nguyise nokuba ngunina nokuba ngabantwana nokuba ngamasimi ngenxa yegama lam, uya kwamkela okuphindwe ngekhulu, adle ilifa lobomi obungenasiphelo. 30Kodwa baninzi abokuqala abaya kuba ngabokugqibela, nabaninzi abokugqibela abaya kuba ngabokuqala.”
