Ukumkani Wakho Uyeza Kuwe
Ungena ekhwele e-esileni kwizihlwele ezidandulukayo, aze agxothe abarhwebi endlwini kaYise. Ecelwa umngeni ngegunya lakhe, uyala ukuphendula, endaweni yoko abalise ngoonyana ababini abathetha enye into benze enye, nabaqeshi abambulala indlalifa.
21 1Bakuba besondela eYerusalem, befika eBhetfage, eNtabeni yemiNquma, uYesu wathuma abafundi ababini bahamba phambili,
2esithi kubo: “Yiyani kuloo mzana ophambi kwenu. Niya kukhawuleza nifumane iesile libotshelelwe, linenkonyana ecaleni kwalo. Wakhululeni niwazise kum. 3Ukuba ukho umntu othetha nto kuni, yithini: ‘INkosi iyawaswela,’ yaye iNkosi iya kuwandulula kwaoko.”
4Oku kwenzeka ukuze kuzaliseke oko umprofeti wakuthethayo: 5“Yithini kwintombi yaseZiyon: ‘Khangela, ukumkani wakho uyeza kuwe, ethobekile, ekhwele e-esileni, enkonyaneni, inkonyana yesilwanyana somthwalo.’”
6Baya ke abafundi, benza njengoko uYesu wayebayalele. 7Balizisa iesile nenkonyana, bazibeka iingubo zabo phezu kwezilwanyana, waza uYesu wahlala phezu kweengubo. 8Inkitha eninzi yabantu yabeka iingubo zayo endleleni; abanye bagawula amasebe emithini, bawabeka endleleni. 9Izihlwele ezaziphambi kwakhe nezazisemva kwakhe zazidanduluka zisithi: “Hosana kuNyana kaDavide! Usikelelekile lowo uzayo egameni likaBawo wethu! Hosana enyangweni!” a a v9 “Hosana” sisikhalo sesiHebhere esithetha ukuthi “Sisindise!” — esisetyenziswa apha njengesikhalo sovuyo nesokwamkela nesokudumisa.
10Wathi akungena eYerusalem, wazamazama wonke umzi, usithi: “Ngubani na lo?”
11Zaza izihlwele zathi: “Lo nguYesu umprofeti, waseNazarete yelaseGalili.”
UYesu Uyibuyisa Indlu KaYise
12Wandula uYesu wangena etempileni, wabakhuphela ngaphandle bonke ababethengisa nababethenga apho, wazibhukuqa iitafile zabananisi bemali nezihlalo zabathengisi bamahobe.
13Wathi kubo: “Kubhaliwe ukuthi: ‘Indlu yam iya kubizwa ngokuba yindlu yomthandazo,’ kodwa nina niyenza umngxuma wezihange.”
14Zeza kuye iimfama neziqhwala etempileni, waza waziphilisa. 15Bathe ababingeleli abaziintloko nabafundisi-mthetho bakuzibona izinto ezimangalisayo awayenza, nabantwana bedanduluka etempileni besithi: “Hosana kuNyana kaDavide!” bacaphuka,
16baza bathi kuye: “Uyeva na oko bakutshoyo aba?” Wathi uYesu kubo: “Ewe. Anizange nikufunde na oku kuthi: ‘Emlonyeni weentsana nabanyayo wena uwulungisile umbongo’?”
17Wabashiya, waphuma emzini, waya eBhetani, walala khona.
Ukholo Olususa Iintaba
18Kusasa ngengomso, akubon' ukuba ubuyela emzini, walamba.
19Wathi akubona umkhiwane ngasendleleni, waya kuwo, kodwa wafumana amagqabi odwa. Wathi: “Ungaphindi ube nasiqhamo naphakade!” Woma kwaoko umkhiwane.
20Bathe abafundi bakukubona oku, bamangaliswa, babuza besithi: “Wome njani na kamsinya kangaka umkhiwane?”
21Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Ndithi kuni inene: ukuba ninokholo, ningathandabuzi, aniyi kwenza loo nto yenzeke emkhiwaneni kuphela—niya kuthi nakule ntaba: ‘Phakanyiswa uphoswe elwandle,’ kwenzeke. 22Nento yonke eniyicela emthandazweni, ukuba niyakholwa, niya kuyamkela.”
Igunya LoNyana Liyabuzwa
23Akungena etempileni, wayefundisa xa kwafika ababingeleli abaziintloko namadoda amakhulu abantu, babuza besithi: “Unegunya lokwenza ntoni na ezi zinto, yaye ngubani okunike eli gunya?”
24Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Nam ndiya kunibuza into enye. Ndixeleleni impendulo, nam ndiya kunixelela ukuba ndizenza ngegunya lini na ezi zinto. 25Ubhaptizo lukaYohane—lwaphuma phi na? Lwaphuma ezulwini, okanye lwaphuma ebantwini?” Bacamanga phakathi kwabo besithi: “Ukuba sithi, ‘Lwaphuma ezulwini,’ wothi kuthi, ‘Kutheni ngoko ningamkholwanga?’
26Kodwa ukuba sithi, ‘Lwaphuma ebantwini,’ siyoyika isihlwele—bonke bambeka uYohane njengomprofeti.”
27Bamphendula uYesu bathi: “Asazi.” Wathi: “Nam andiyi kunixelela ukuba ndizenza ngegunya lini na ezi zinto.”
Oonyana Ababini: Amazwi Okanye Izenzo
28“Kodwa niba yintoni na? Indoda ithile yayinoonyana ababini. Yeza kowokuqala, yathi: ‘Nyana, yiya uye kusebenza namhlanje esidiliyeni.’ 29Waphendula wathi: ‘Andiyi kuya,’ kodwa emva koko wazohlwaya, waya. 30Yaya kowesibini, yatsho kwaloo nto. Lo waphendula wathi: ‘Ndiya kuya, nkosi’—kodwa akaya. 31Nguwuphi na kwaba babini owenza intando kayise?” Bathi: “Ngowokuqala.” Wathi uYesu kubo: “Inene ndithi kuni, ababuthi berhafu namahenyukazi bangena ebukumkanini bukaBawo wethu phambi kwenu.”
32“Kaloku uYohane weza kuni ngendlela yobulungisa, naza anakholwa kuye, kodwa ababuthi berhafu namahenyukazi bakholwa kuye. Nasemva kokubona oko, anazohlwaya ukuze nikholwe kuye.”
Isidiliya NoNyana Owaliweyo
33“Phulaphulani omnye umzekeliso: Umnini-lizwe wayetyale isidiliya, wasibiyela ngothango, wemba isixovulelo kuso, wakha inqaba, wasiqeshisela abalimi, waza wemka wahamba uhambo. 34Kwathi xa kusondela ixesha lokuvuna, wathuma abakhonzi bakhe kubalimi ukuba baye kuqokelela isiqhamo sakhe. 35Kodwa abalimi babamba abakhonzi bakhe—bambetha omnye, babulala omnye, baxuluba omnye ngamatye. 36Waphinda wathuma abanye abakhonzi, abaninzi ngaphezu kwabokuqala, baza babaphatha ngokunjalo. 37Ekugqibeleni wathuma unyana wakhe kubo, esithi: ‘Baya kumbeka unyana wam.’ 38Kodwa abalimi, bakumbona unyana, bathetha omnye komnye besithi: ‘Lo yindlalifa; yizani, masimbulale, sithabathe ilifa lakhe.’ 39Bambamba ke, bamkhuphela ngaphandle kwesidiliya, bambulala. 40Ngoko ke xa efika umnini-sidiliya, wobathini na abo balimi?”
41Baphendula bathi: “Uya kubatshabalalisa kakubi loo madoda akhohlakeleyo, aze aqeshise isidiliya kwabanye abalimi abaya kuthi bamnike iziqhamo ngexesha lazo.”
42Wathi uYesu kubo: “Anizanga nilifunde na ezibhalweni elithi: ‘Ilitye abalicekisileyo abakhi laba lilitye lembombo; oku kuvela kuBawo wethu, kumangalisa emehlweni ethu’?”
43“Ngako oko ndithi kuni: ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu buya kususwa kuni, bunikwe isizwe esivelisa iziqhamo zabo. 44Osukuba ewa phezu kweli litye wophahlazeka; nalowo lithe lawa phezu kwakhe lomtyumza.”
45Bathe ababingeleli abaziintloko nabaFarisi bakuyiva imizekeliso yakhe, baqonda ukuba uthetha ngabo. 46Babefuna ukumbamba, kodwa boyika izihlwele, ngokuba zazimbalela njengomprofeti.
