Owelashwa Etafuleni LomFarisi
Etafuleni lomFarisi uphulukisa indoda evuvukile bonke bethule, bese etshela izivakashi ukuba zihlale esihlalweni esiphansi kakhulu nabaphathi bedili ukuba bameme abantu abangeke bakwazi ukubabuyisela. Edilini likaBaba wakhe abamenyiwe benza izaba, kulethwe abasemigwaqweni. Ukumlandela kubiza konke.
14 1Ngelinye iSabatha, mhla eya kudla endlini yomunye wabaholi bamaFarisi, bamqapha ngokucophelela. 2Bheka, phambi kwakhe kwakukhona indoda eyayinomzimba ovuvukele ngamanzi.
3UJesu wathi ezazini zomthetho nakumaFarisi: “Kuvumelekile yini ukwelapha ngeSabatha, noma cha?”
4Kodwa bathula. Ngakho wayibamba leyo ndoda, wayelapha, wayimukisa.
5Wayesethi kubo: “Uma omunye wenu enendodana noma inkabi ewela emgodini ngosuku lweSabatha, ngeke yini ayikhiphe masinyane?”
6Abazange babe nampendulo yalokho.
7Ebona ukuthi izimenywa zazikhetha kanjani izindawo zokuhlonishwa, wazixoxela umfanekiso:
8“Uma umuntu ekumema edilini lomshado, ungahlali endaweni yokuhlonishwa, ngokuba kungenzeka ukuthi kumenywe isimenywa esihlonipheke kunawe. 9Khona lowo onimeme nobabili uyofika athi kuwe: ‘Mnike lo muntu indawo yakho,’ bese ngehlazo kumele uthathe indawo ephansi kakhulu. 10Kodwa lapho umenyiwe, hamba uyohlala endaweni ephansi kakhulu, ukuze kuthi lapho umninikhaya efika athi kuwe: ‘Mngane, khuphukela ngenhla.’ Khona uyohlonishwa phambi kwabo bonke abahlezi nawe etafuleni. 11Ngokuba bonke abaziphakamisayo bayothotshiswa, kuthi abazithobayo baphakanyiswe.”
12Wayesethi kulowo owayemmemile: “Lapho wenza isidlo sasemini noma isidlo sakusihlwa, ungabameml abangane bakho noma abafowenu noma izihlobo zakho noma omakhelwane bakho abacebile. Uma wenze njalo, nabo bangakumema, ubuyekezwe. 13Kodwa lapho wenza idili, mema abampofu, abakhubazekile, abaqhugayo, izimpumputhe, 14uyobusiswa. Njengoba bengenayo indlela yokukubuyisela, uyobuyekezwa ekuvukeni kwabalungileyo.”
Idili LikaBaba
15Lapho omunye wababehlezi naye etafuleni ezwa lokhu, wathi kuye: “Ubusisiwe lowo oyokudla edilini embusweni kaBaba wethu!”
16UJesu waphendula: “Umuntu othile wayenza idili elikhulu, wamema izimenywa eziningi.
17“Kwathi lapho isikhathi sedili sesifikile, wathuma inceku yakhe ukuba iyotshela labo ababemenyiwe ukuthi: ‘Wozani, ngokuba konke sekulungile.’ 18Kodwa bonke baqala ukuzilandulela ngamunye ngamunye. Owokuqala wathi kuye: ‘Ngithenge insimu, kumele ngiyoyibona. Ngicela ungixolele.’
19Omunye wathi: ‘Ngithenge izipani ezinhlanu zezinkabi, ngisendleleni eya kuzizama. Ngicela ungixolele.’
20Omunye futhi wathi: ‘Ngisanda kuthatha umfazi, ngakho ngeke ngize.’”
21Ngakho inceku yabuya yabikela inkosi yayo lokhu. Khona umninindlu wathukuthela wathi encekwini yakhe: ‘Phuma masinyane uye ezitaladini nasezindledlaneni zedolobha, ulethe abampofu, abakhubazekile, izimpumputhe, nabaqhugayo.’
22“‘Nkosi,’ kwasho inceku, ‘lokho obukuyalile sekwenziwe, kodwa kusekhona indawo.’
23Khona inkosi yathi encekwini: ‘Phuma uye ezindleleni nasezindledlaneni zasemaphandleni, ubacindezele ukuba bangene, ukuze indlu yami igcwale. 24Ngokuba ngithi kini, akekho noyedwa kulabo ababemenyiwe oyolizwa idili lami.’”
Izindleko Zokulandela UJesu
25Izixuku ezikhulu zazihamba naye, waphenduka kuzo wathi:
26“Uma umuntu eza kimi engamzondi uyise nonina nomkakhe nabantwana nabafowabo nawodadewabo—yebo, ngisho nokuphila kwakhe—angeke abe ngumfundi wami. a a v26 Igama elithi “ukuzonda” lapha liwuhlobo lwesiHebheru lokukhuluma olusho ukuthanda okuncane kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa—uJesu akayali inzondo ngakumndeni, kodwa uthando ngaye oludlula konke okunye ukwethembeka. 27Noma ngubani ongathwali isiphambano sakhe angilandele, angeke abe ngumfundi wami. 28Ake sithi omunye wenu ufuna ukwakha umbhoshongo. Akayikuqala yini ahlale phansi abale izindleko, abone ukuthi unakho yini okwanele ukuwuqeda? 29Funa kuthi, uma esebeke isisekelo ehluleke ukuqeda, bonke abakubonayo baqale ukumhleka usulu, 30bethi: ‘Lo muntu waqala ukwakha wehluleka ukuqeda.’ 31Noma ake sithi inkosi isizolwa impi nenye inkosi. Ayiyikuqala yini ihlale phansi icabange ukuthi iyakwazi yini ngamadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi ukubhekana nalowo oza kuyo nezinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili? 32Uma ingakwazi, iyothuma amanxusa kusekude omunye, icele imibandela yokuthula. 33Ngokunjalo, noma ngubani kini ongadeli konke anakho angeke abe ngumfundi wami.
34“Usawoti muhle, kodwa uma usuphelelwa ukubaba kwawo, ungenziwa kanjani ukuba ubabe futhi? 35Awusalungele nhlabathi noma inqwaba yomquba, uyalahlwa phandle. Onezindlebe zokuzwa, akezwe.”
