Itempile Ayiyi Kuma

Bexelelwa ukuba itempile iya kudilizwa, abafundi babuza ukuba kuya kwenzeka nini. UYesu uchaza iimfazwe, ukungcatshwa, ookrestu ababuxoki, uthando oluphozileyo, nokubaleka okungxamisekileyo kangangokuba akukho obuyela ingubo. Loo mini akukho namnye uyaziyo — nezithunywa zezulu, noNyana, nguBawo kuphela.

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UYesu waphuma etempileni, baza bafika abafundi bakhe besiza kumbonisa izakhiwo zayo.

Waphendula wathi: “Niyabona na zonke ezi zinto? Inene ndithi kuni: akusayi kushiyeka nalinye ilitye phezu kwelinye apha; onke aya kudilizwa.”

Xa uYesu wayehleli eNtabeni yemiNquma, bafika kuye abafundi bakhe ngasese bathi: “Sixelele, ziya kwenzeka nini na ezi zinto, yaye uyintoni na umqondiso wokufika kwakho nowesiphelo seli xesha?”

Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Lumkani ukuba kungabikho bani unikhohlisayo.

“Kuba baninzi abaya kuza egameni lam, besithi: ‘Mna ndinguKrestu,’ baze bakhohlise abaninzi. Niya kuva ngeemfazwe neendaba zeemfazwe—sanukothuka. Kumele ukuba kwenzeke oku, kodwa isiphelo asikafiki. Luya kuvukelana uhlanga nohlanga, nobukumkani nobukumkani, kubekho indlala neenyikima kwiindawo ngeendawo. Zonke ezi zinto zisisiqalo seenimba.

Baya kwandula ke baninikele ekubandezelekeni, banibulale, nithiywe ziintlanga zonke ngenxa yegama lam. Ngelo xesha baninzi abaya kukhubeka, bangcatshane, bathiyane, kuvele nabaprofeti ababuxoki abaninzi, bakhohlise abantu abaninzi. Ngenxa yokuba uchasene-mthetho luya kwanda, uthando lwabaninzi luya kuphola, kodwa lowo unyamezelayo kuse ekupheleni uya kusindiswa. Ezi ndaba zilungileyo zobukumkani ziya kuvakaliswa ehlabathini liphela zibe bubungqina kuzo zonke iintlanga, ize yandule ke ifike isiphelo.

Ngoko ke xa nithe nayibona izothe lokubhuqa elathethwa nguDaniyeli umprofeti limi endaweni engcwele—lowo ufundayo makaqonde, mabasabele ezintabeni ke abo basezweni lakwaYuda.

Lowo ophezu kwendlu makangehli eze kuthabatha into endlwini, nalowo usentsimini makangabuyeli umva eze kuthabatha ingubo yakhe. Hayi indlela eya kuba mbi ngaloo mihla kubafazi abamithiyo nabanyisayo! Thandazani ukuze ukusaba kwenu kungabikho ngexesha lasebusika nangoMhla woPhumlo. Kuba ngelo xesha kuya kubakho imbandezelo enkulu, engazanga ibekho kwasekuqalekeni kwehlabathi kude kube ngoku, engasayi kuphinda ibekho. Ukuba loo mihla ibingazange inqunyulwe, bekungayi kusinda namnye; kodwa ngenxa yabanyuliweyo loo mihla iya kunqunyulwa.

Ngoko ke ukuba kukho othi kuni: ‘Khangela, nanku apha uKrestu,’ okanye: ‘Nanko phaya,’ ningakholwa. Kuya kuvela ooMesiya ababuxoki nabaprofeti ababuxoki, benza imiqondiso emikhulu nezimanga, ukuze bakhohlise, ukuba kunokwenzeka, nkqu nabanyuliweyo. Khangelani, ndinixelele ngenxa engaphambili.

Ngoko ke ukuba bathi kuni: ‘Khangelani, usentlango,’ ningaphumi ngaphandle; ‘Khangelani, usemagumbini angaphakathi,’ ningakholwa. Kuba njengokuba umbane ubaneka empumalanga uze ubonakale kwa-entshonalanga, kuya kuba njalo ke ukufika koNyana woLuntu. Naphi na apho kukho isidumbu, kulapho aya kuhlanganisana khona amaxhalanga.

Kwaoko emva kwembandezelo yaloo mihla, ilanga liya kuba mnyama, nenyanga ingayikhuphi ukukhanya kwayo, neenkwenkwezi ziwe esibhakabhakeni, namandla amazulu agungqiswe. Uze ke ubonakale ezulwini umqondiso woNyana woLuntu, zibe zonke izizwe zomhlaba ziyazila, zimbona uNyana woLuntu esiza phezu kwamafu ezulu enamandla nobuqaqawuli obukhulu. Uya kuthuma izithunywa zakhe ngesandi esikhulu sesigodlo, zize zibaqokelele abanyulwa bakhe bevela kwimimoya emine, bethabathela kwesinye isiphelo sezulu bese kwesinye.

Fundani oku kumkhiwane: msinyane akuba isebe lawo lithamba, liphuma amagqabi, niyazi ukuba ihlobo likufuphi. Ngokunjalo ke, xa nithe nazibona zonke ezi zinto, yazini ukuba kufuphi, kusemnyango. Inene ndithi kuni, esi sizukulwana asisayi kudlula kude kwenzeke zonke ezi zinto. Izulu nomhlaba ziya kudlula, kodwa amazwi am akasayi kuze adlule.

NguBawo Yedwa Owaziyo

“Akukho bani owaziyo loo mini naloo lixa—nezithunywa zasezulwini azazi, noNyana akazi—nguBawo yedwa. Njengokuba kwaba njalo ngemihla kaNowa, kuya kuba njalo ke ukufika koNyana woLuntu. Kuba ngemihla engaphambi konogumbe abantu babesidla besela, bezeka bendiselwa, kwada kwayimini uNowa angena ngayo emkhombeni; bengazi nto, kwada kwafika unogumbe wabakhukulisa bonke. Kuya kuba njalo ke ukufika koNyana woLuntu. Amadoda amabini aya kuba sentsimini; omnye uya kuthatyathwa, omnye ashiywe. Abafazi ababini baya kube besila ngelitye lokusila; omnye aya kuthatyathwa, omnye ashiywe. Ngoko ke phaphani, ngokuba anazi ukuba iNkosi yenu iya kufika ngawuphi na umhla. Yiqondeni le nto: ukuba umninindlu ebesazi ukuba isela lifika ngawuphi na umlindo wobusuku, ngewayelindile, akayivumela indlu yakhe ukuba igqotywe. Ngoko ke nani yibani nilungele, ngokuba uNyana woLuntu uza ngelixa eningalilindelanga.

Ngubani na ke umkhonzi othembekileyo nolumkileyo, inkosi yakhe eyammisa phezu kwendlu yayo, ukuba abanike ukudla ngexesha elifanelekileyo? Unoyolo loo mkhonzi, othi inkosi yakhe ekufikeni kwayo imfumane esenjenjalo. Inene ndithi kuni, iya kummisa phezu kwempahla yayo yonke. Kodwa ukuba loo mkhonzi ongendawo uthe entliziyweni yakhe: Inkosi yam iyalibala ukufika, waza waqala ukubabetha abakhonzi ngabo, adle asele namanxila, iya kufika inkosi yaloo mkhonzi ngemini angayilindelanga, nangelixa angalaziyo. iya kumsika iziqwenga, imbeke endaweni enye nabahanahanisi; apho kuya kubakho ukulila nokutshixiza kwamazinyo.”