NgokukaLuka 18

18 ¹UJesu wabe esebatshela umfanekiso ngokuthi kumele bakhuleke njalo bangadangali.

²Wathi: “Kwakukhona edolobheni elithile ijaji elalingamesabi uNkulunkulu, lingabahloniphi nabantu. ³Kwakukhona umfelokazi kulelo dolobha owayelokhu eza kulo, ethi: ‘Ngenzele ubulungiswa esitheni sami.’ ⁴Isikhathi esithile lenqaba, kodwa ngemuva kwalokho lazitshela lathi: ‘Nakuba ngingamesabi uNkulunkulu, ngingabahloniphi abantu, ⁵njengoba lo mfelokazi elokhu engikhathaza, ngizomenzela ubulungiswa, ukuze angangidinisi ngokuza kwakhe okungapheli.’”

⁶INkosi yathi: “Lalelani ukuthi lithini ijaji elingalungile. ⁷Pho, uBaba wethu akayikubenzela yini ubulungiswa abakhethiweyo bakhe abakhala kuye imini nobusuku? Uyakulibala yini ukubasiza? ⁸Ngithi kini, uyakubenzela ubulungiswa masinyane. Kodwa mhla iNdodana yomuntu ifika, iyakuluthola yini ukholo emhlabeni?”

Inhliziyo ethobekileyo ithola umusa

⁹Wabuye wawutshela lo mfanekiso kubantu abathile ababezethemba, bezibona belungile, bedelela bonke abanye, wathi:

¹⁰“Amadoda amabili enyukela ethempelini ukuyokhuleka, omunye engumFarisi, omunye engumthelisi. ¹¹UmFarisi wema wazikhulekela yena, wathi: ‘Nkulunkulu, ngiyakubonga ngokuba ngingenjengabanye abantu—abaphangi, abenzi bokubi, iziphingi—noma ngifane nalo mthelisi.’ ¹²‘Ngizila ukudla kabili ngesonto; nginikela ngokweshumi kwakho konke engikutholayo.’ ¹³Kodwa umthelisi, emi kude, wayengafuni ngisho ukuphakamisela amehlo akhe ezulwini, kodwa washaya isifuba sakhe, wathi: ‘Baba wethu, ngihawukele mina soni.’ ¹⁴Ngithi kini, lo muntu wabuyela ekhaya elungisisiwe, hhayi lowaya. Wonke umuntu oziphakamisayo uyakuthotshiswa; ozithobayo uyakuphakanyiswa.”

Umbuso kaBaba ungowabantwana

¹⁵Abantu babeletha kuye ngisho nezingane zabo ezincane ukuba azithinte, kodwa abafundi bekubona lokhu, babakhuza.

¹⁶Kodwa uJesu wazibizela kuye izingane, wathi: “Vumelani izingane zize kimi, ningazivimbi—umbuso kaBaba wethu ungowabanjalo. ¹⁷Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: noma ngubani ongawamukeli umbuso kaBaba wethu njengomntwana omncane akasoze angene kuwo.”

Into eyodwa engenakuthengwa yingcebo

¹⁸Umbusi othile wambuza, wathi: “Mfundisi omuhle, ngenzeni ukuze ngidle ifa lokuphila okuphakade?”

¹⁹UJesu wathi kuye: “Ungibizelani ngokuthi ngimuhle? Akekho omuhle ngaphandle kukaBaba wethu yedwa. ^a a v19 UJesu ukhomba inhliziyo yensizwa kuBaba wethu njengomthombo wabo bonke ubuhle—engaphiki ubuhle bakhe, kodwa ephendulela le ndoda kuBaba.

²⁰Uyayazi imiyalo: ‘Ungaphingi, Ungabulali, Ungebi, Unganiki ubufakazi bamanga, Hlonipha uyihlo nonyoko.’”

²¹Wathi: “Konke lokhu ngikugcinile kusukela ebusheni bami.”

²²Ekuzwa lokhu, uJesu wathi: “Kusekhona into eyodwa oyisweleyo: thengisa konke onakho, ukunike abampofu, uyakuba nomcebo ezulwini; bese uza, ungilandele.”

²³Kodwa ekuzwa lokhu, waba lusizi kakhulu, ngokuba wayecebe kakhulu.

²⁴UJesu wambheka wathi: “Yeka ubunzima bokuthi abacebileyo bangene embusweni kaBaba wethu! ²⁵Ngokuba kulula ukuba ikamela lidabule emehlweni enalithi kunokuba ocebileyo angene embusweni kaBaba wethu.”

²⁶Abakuzwa lokho babuza, bathi: “Pho, ngubani ongasindiswa?”

²⁷Kodwa yena wathi: “Okungenakwenzeka ebantwini kungenzeka kuBaba wethu.”

²⁸UPhethro wabe esethi: “Bheka, thina sishiye imizi yethu sakulandela.”

²⁹Wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: akekho oshiye indlu, umka, abafowabo, abazali, noma abantwana ngenxa yombuso kaBaba wethu, ³⁰ongayikwamukela okuphindwe kaningi manje, nokuphila okuphakade enkathini ezayo.”

INdodana yomuntu iya esiphambanweni

³¹Wathatha abayishumi nambili ngasese, wathi: “Bhekani, senyukela eJerusalema, konke abaprofethi abakubhala ngeNdodana yomuntu kuyakufezeka. ³²Ngokuba iyakunikelwa kwabezizwe, iklolodelwe, ithukwe, ikhafulelwe amathe. ³³Bayakuyibhaxabula bayibulale, kuthi ngosuku lwesithathu ivuke.”

³⁴Kodwa abakuqondanga nokukodwa kwalokhu; leli zwi lalifihlakele kubo, abaqondanga okwakushiwo.

Ukubona kubuyiselwa yiNdodana kaBaba

³⁵Kwathi uJesu esondela eJeriko, impumputhe yayihlezi eceleni kwendlela icela. ³⁶Isizwa isixuku sidlula, yabuza ukuthi kwenzekani. ³⁷Bayitshela bathi: “UJesu waseNazaretha uyadlula.” ³⁸Yase imemeza yathi: “Jesu, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele!” ³⁹Ababehamba phambili bayikhuza, bayitshela ukuba ithule, kodwa yona yamemeza nakakhulu, yathi: “Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele!”

⁴⁰UJesu wema, wayala ukuba iletwe kuye. Yathi isisondele, uJesu wayibuza, wathi:

⁴¹“Ufuna ngikwenzeleni?” Yathi: “Nkosi, mangiphinde ngibone.”

⁴²UJesu wathi kuyo: “Yamukela ukubona kwakho; ukholo lwakho lukusindisile.”

⁴³Khona lapho yabona, yayilandela uJesu, idumisa uBaba wethu. Bonke abantu abakubonayo lokho badumisa uBaba wethu nabo.