Icebo likaBaba wethu Ngomshado
Ngesehlukaniso uJesu ubuyela endalweni nakulokho uBaba wethu akuhlanganisa. Wamukela abantwana, futhi isicebi ayesithanda sihamba sidabukile. UJakobe noJohane bacela izihlalo zobukhosi bese bezwa ngokukhonza nangesihlengo. UBhartimewu oyimpumputhe umemeza ngaphezu kwesixuku futhi uyabona.
10 1Wasuka lapho waya esifundeni saseJudiya nangaphesheya kweJordani; izixuku zaphinda zabuthana kuye, futhi njengokwejwayelekile wabuye wazifundisa.
2Abanye abaFarisi beza ukuzomvivinya, bebuza: “Kuvunyelwe yini ukuba indoda ihlukanise nomkayo?”
3Waphendula wathi kubo: “UMose waniyala wathini na?”
4Bathi: “UMose wavumela indoda ukuba ibhale incwadi yesahlukaniso iyimukise.”
5UJesu wathi kubo: “Wanibhalela lo myalo ngenxa yokuthi izinhliziyo zenu zazilukhuni. 6Kodwa kusukela ekuqaleni kokudalwa, uBaba wethu wabenza baba owesilisa nowesifazane. 7‘Ngenxa yalokhu indoda iyakushiya uyise nonina, inamathele kumkayo, 8bese laba bobabili baba nyamanye.’ Ngakho-ke kabasebabili, kodwa banyamanye. 9Ngakho-ke lokho uBaba wethu akuhlanganisileyo, makungahlukaniswa muntu.”
10Sebebuyele endlini, abafundi baphinda bambuza ngalokhu.
11Wathi kubo: “Noma ubani owahlukana nomkakhe bese eshada omunye, uphinga kuye, 12futhi uma owesifazane ehlukana nomyeni wakhe bese eshada enye, uyaphinga.”
uBaba Wamukela Abantwana
13Abantu babeletha abantwana kuye ukuze abathinte, kodwa abafundi babakhuza.
14Kwathi uJesu ebona lokhu, wathukuthela wathi: “Yekani abantwana beze kimi; ningabavimbi, ngokuba umbuso kaBaba wethu ungowabanjalo. 15Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, noma ubani ongawamukeli umbuso kaBaba wethu njengomntwana akasoze angene kuwo.”
16Wayesebagona ngezingalo zakhe wababusisa, ebeka izandla zakhe phezu kwabo.
Indoda Eyayinokuningi Kodwa Iswele Into Eyodwa
17Esaqala uhambo lwakhe, kwagijima indoda yeza kuye, yaguqa phambi kwakhe, yabuza: “Mfundisi olungileyo, kumelwe ngenzeni ukuze ngidle ifa lokuphila okuphakade?”
18UJesu wabuza: “Ungibizelani ngothi olungileyo? Akekho olungileyo ngaphandle kukaBaba wethu yedwa. 19Uyayazi imiyalo: ‘ungabulali, ungaphingi, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga; ungakhwabanisi; hlonipha uyihlo nonyoko.’”
20Yathi kuye: “Mfundisi, konke lokhu ngikugcinile kusukela ebusheni bami.”
21UJesu wambheka wamthanda. Wathi: “Kukhona into eyodwa oyisweleyo: hamba, uthengise konke onakho, ukuphe abampofu—uyakuba nomcebo ezulwini—bese uza ungilandele.”
22Ngaleli zwi ubuso bakhe bahwaqabala, wahamba edabukile, ngokuba wayenengcebo eningi.
23UJesu waqalaza wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Yeka ukuba kuyoba nzima kanjani kwabacebileyo ukungena embusweni kaBaba wethu!”
24Abafundi bamangala ngamazwi akhe. UJesu waphinda wathi kubo: “Bantwana, yeka ukuba kunzima kanjani ukungena embusweni kaBaba wethu! 25Kulula ngekamela ukungena ngentunja yenaliti kunokuba ocebileyo angene embusweni kaBaba wethu.”
26Bamangala nakakhulu, bathi omunye komunye: “Pho ngubani ongasindiswa?”
27UJesu wababheka wathi: “Kumuntu akunakwenzeka; kodwa kungenjalo kuBaba wethu, ngokuba zonke izinto zingenzeka kuBaba wethu.”
28UPhethro waqala ukuthi kuye: “Bheka, thina sishiye konke sakulandela.”
29UJesu wathi: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, akekho oshiye indlu noma abafowabo noma odadewabo noma unina noma uyise noma abantwana noma amasimu ngenxa yami nangenxa yevangeli,
30ongayikwamukela ngokuphindwe kekhulu manje, kulesi sikhathi—izindlu, abafowabo, odadewabo, onina, abantwana, amasimu, kanye nokushushiswa—kuthi enkathini ezayo, ukuphila okuphakade. 31Kodwa abaningi abangabokuqala bayakuba ngabokugcina, nabokugcina babe ngabokuqala.”
UJesu Ubikezela Ukufa Kwakhe Okwesithathu
32Esendleleni enyukela eJerusalema, uJesu wayehamba phambi kwabo. Babemangele, nalabo ababelandela besaba. Ephinda ethatha abayishumi nambili bebodwa, waqala ukubatshela lokho okwakuzokwenzeka kuye:
33“Bhekani, senyukela eJerusalema. INdodana yomuntu iyakunikelwa kubapristi abakhulu nakubabhali, abayakuyigweba ngokufa bayinikele kwabezizwe. 34Bayakuyiklolodela, bayikhafulele ngamathe, bayibhaxabule, bayibulale; emuva kwezinsuku ezintathu iyakuvuka.”
Ubukhulu Ngokukhonza
35UJakobe noJohane, amadodana kaZebedi, beza kuye bathi: “Mfundisi, sifuna usenzele noma yikuphi esikucelayo.”
36Wathi kubo: “Nifuna nginenzeleni?”
37Bathi kuye: “Sivumele sihlale enkazimulweni yakho, omunye ngakwesokunene sakho, omunye ngakwesokhohlo sakho.”
38UJesu wathi kubo: “Anikwazi enikucelayo. Ningasiphuza yini isitsha engisiphuzayo, noma nibhapathizwe ngombhapathizo engibhapathizwa ngawo?”
39Bathi: “Singakwazi.” UJesu wathi kubo: “Isitsha engisiphuzayo niyakusiphuza; umbhapathizo engibhapathizwa ngawo niyakubhapathizwa ngawo, 40kodwa ukuhlala ngakwesokunene sami noma ngakwesokhohlo akusikho okwami ukukunika—lokho ngokwalabo abakulungiselelweyo.”
41Bekuzwa lokhu, abayishumi bathukuthela ngoJakobe noJohane.
42UJesu wababizela ndawonye wathi: “Niyazi ukuthi labo ababhekwa njengababusi bezizwe bayazibusa ngenkani, nezikhulu zazo zisebenzisa amandla phezu kwazo. 43Kodwa akunjalo phakathi kwenu. Esikhundleni salokho, noma ubani ofuna ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwenu makabe yisikhonzi senu, 44futhi noma ubani ofuna ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwenu makabe yisigqila sabo bonke. 45Ngokuba ngisho neNdodana yomuntu ayizanga ukukhonzwa, kodwa ukukhonza, nokunikela ngokuphila kwayo kube yisihlengo sabaningi.”
UBhartimewu Uthola Ukubona Kwakhe
46Bafika eJeriko. Kwathi uJesu nabafundi bakhe bephuma nesixuku esikhulu, impumputhe uBhartimewu indodana kaThimewu wayehlezi eceleni kwendlela ecela. 47Ezwa ukuthi nguJesu waseNazaretha, waqala ukumemeza wathi: “Jesu, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele!” 48Abaningi bamkhuza ukuba athule, kodwa wamemeza nakakhulu wathi: “Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele!”
49UJesu wema wathi: “Mbizeni.” Base beyibiza impumputhe bathi: “Mana isibindi! Vuka—uyakubiza.”
50Elahla ingubo yakhe, wasukuma ngokushesha weza kuJesu.
51UJesu wathi kuye: “Ufuna ngikwenzeleni?” Impumputhe yathi kuye: “Raboni, ngivumele ngibuye ngibone.” a a v51 “Raboni” yindlela esuka enhliziyweni neyomuntu siqu yokubiza uJesu—“mfundisi wami,” ekhulunywa ngokwethemba okujulile.
52UJesu wathi kuye: “Hamba; ukholo lwakho lukuphilisile.” Ngaso leso sikhathi wabuye wabona, walandela uJesu endleleni.
