NgokukaLuka 17

17 ¹Wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Izikhubekiso ziyeza nakanjani, kodwa maye kulowo ezifika ngaye! ²Kungcono kuye ukuba kulengiswe itshe lokugaya entanyeni yakhe aphonswe olwandle, kunokuba akhubekise omunye walaba abancane.

³“Ziqapheleni. Uma umfowenu ona, mkhuze, bese kuthi uma ephenduka, umthethelele. ⁴Uma ekona kasikhombisa ngosuku, abuye kasikhombisa ethi: ‘Ngiyaphenduka,’ umthethelele.”

⁵Abaphostoli bathi eNkosini: “Yandisa ukholo lwethu!”

⁶INkosi yathi: “Uma beninokholo olunjengohlamvu lwemastadi, beningathi kulesi sihlahla somabhulosi: ‘Siphuka ngezimpande, utshalwe olwandle,’ futhi besiyonilalela. ⁷Ngubani kini onenceku elima noma yalusa izimvu, oyothi kuyo lapho ingena ivela ensimini: ‘Woza khona manje, uhlale etafuleni’? ⁸Kunalokho, akayikuthi yini: ‘Ngilungisele isidlo sakusihlwa, uzilungiselele ukungiphakela ngisadla nginatha, bese wena udla unatha’?

⁹“Uyayibonga yini leyo nceku ngokuba yenze lokho eyakuyalwa? ¹⁰Ngokunjalo nani, uma seniyenzile yonke into eniyalwe ngayo, yithini: ‘Siyizinceku ezingafanelekile; senze nje umsebenzi obesimelwe ukuwenza.’”

UBaba Welapha Abanochoko Abayishumi

¹¹Esendleleni eya eJerusalema, wayedlula phakathi kweSamariya neGalile. ¹²Kwathi lapho engena emzini othile, amadoda ayishumi ayenochoko amhlangabeza. Ema buqamama,

¹³amemeza ngezwi elikhulu, athi: “Jesu, Mnumzane, sihawukele!”

¹⁴Ewabona, wathi: “Hambani, niziveze kubapristi.” Kwathi besahamba, ahlanzeka.

¹⁵Omunye wawo, ebona ukuthi uphilisiwe, wabuyela emuva, edumisa uBaba wethu ngezwi elikhulu, ¹⁶wawa ngobuso bakhe ezinyaweni zikaJesu, embonga. Yena-ke wayengumSamariya.

¹⁷UJesu wathi: “Akuhlanzekanga abayishumi na? Baphi abayisishiyagalolunye? ¹⁸Akutholakalanga yini namunye ozobuya anike uBaba wethu udumo ngaphandle kwalo mfokazi?” ¹⁹Wathi kuye: “Sukuma uhambe; ukholo lwakho lukuphilisile.”

Umbuso Usuvele Uphakathi Kwenu

²⁰Ebuzwa ngabaFarisi ukuthi umbuso kaBaba wethu uyofika nini, wabaphendula wathi: “Umbuso kaBaba wethu awufiki ngokubonakala, ²¹futhi abayikuthi: ‘Bheka, nangu!’ noma ‘Nanguya!’ Ngokuba umbuso kaBaba wethu uphakathi kwenu.”

²²Wathi kubafundi: “Ziyeza izinsuku lapho niyokhanukela ukubona olunye lwezinsuku zeNdodana yomuntu, kodwa ngeke nilubone. ²³Bayothi kini: ‘Bhekani, nanguya!’ noma ‘Bhekani, nangu!’ Ningahambi, ningabalandeli. ²⁴Ngokuba njengoba umbani uphazima ukhanyise isibhakabhaka kusukela komunye umkhawulo kuze kube komunye, iyakuba njalo neNdodana yomuntu ngosuku lwayo. ²⁵Kodwa kuqala imelwe ukuhlupheka ngezinto eziningi, ilahlwe yilesi sizukulwane. ²⁶Njengoba zazinjalo izinsuku zikaNowa, ziyokuba njalo nezinsuku zeNdodana yomuntu. ²⁷Babedla, benatha, beshada, bendisa, kwaze kwaba yilolo suku uNowa angena ngalo emkhunjini, kwafika uzamcolo wababhubhisa bonke. ²⁸Kwakunjalo nasezinsukwini zikaLoti: bedla, benatha, bethenga, bethengisa, betshala, bakha, ²⁹kodwa ngosuku uLoti aphuma ngalo eSodoma, kwana umlilo nesibabule okuvela ezulwini, kwababhubhisa bonke, ³⁰kuyakuba njalo ngosuku iNdodana yomuntu eyobonakaliswa ngalo. ³¹Ngalolo suku, lowo ophezu kophahla izimpahla zakhe zisendlini, makangehli ukuzozithatha; kanjalo nalowo osensimini makangabuyeli emuva. ³²Khumbulani umkaLoti. ³³Lowo ofuna ukulondoloza ukuphila kwakhe uyokulahlekelwa yikho, kodwa lowo olahlekelwa ukuphila kwakhe uyokukulondoloza. ³⁴Ngithi kini, ngalobo busuku kuyakuba khona ababili embhedeni owodwa: omunye uyothathwa, omunye ashiywe. ³⁵Kuyakuba khona abesifazane ababili abagaya ndawonye; omunye uyothathwa, omunye ashiywe.” ^a a v35 Imibhalo yasendulo ayinalo ivesi lama-36 lapha; amakhophi akamuva engeza: “Amadoda amabili ayakuba sensimini; omunye uyothathwa, omunye ashiywe.”

³⁷Babuza bathi: “Kuphi, Nkosi?” Wathi: “Lapho kukhona isidumbu, amanqe ayobuthana khona.”