NgokukaMakhu 13

13 ¹Esephuma ethempelini, omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, bheka! Yeka amatshe amakhulu kangaka, yeka izakhiwo ezinhle kangaka!”

²UJesu wathi kuye: “Uyazibona lezi zakhiwo ezinkulu? Akukho litshe eliyakusala lapha phezu kwelinye; konke kuyakudilizwa.”

³Esehlezi eNtabeni Yeminqumo ebhekene nethempeli, uPhethro, uJakobe, uJohane no-Andreya bambuza bebodwa: ⁴Sitshele, kuyakwenzeka nini lokhu, futhi siyini isibonakaliso sokuthi konke lokhu sekuzogcwaliseka?

⁵UJesu waqala ukubatshela: “Qaphelani ukuba kungabikho muntu onikhohlisayo. ⁶Abaningi bayakuza egameni lami, bethi, ‘Nginguye mina,’ futhi bayakhohlisa abaningi. ⁷Lapho nizwa ngezimpi nangamahemuhemu ezimpi, ningakhathazeki—lokhu kumele kwenzeke, kodwa ukuphela akukafiki. ⁸Isizwe siyakuvukela isizwe, umbuso uvukele umbuso, kube khona ukuzamazama komhlaba ezindaweni ezahlukene, nezindlala—lokhu kungukuqala kwemihelo yokubeletha.

⁹Ziqapheleni. Bayakuninikela emikhandlwini banishaye emasinagogeni. Ngenxa yami niyakuma phambi kwababusi namakhosi, kube ngubufakazi kubo. ¹⁰Ivangeli kumele limenyezelwe kuqala kuzo zonke izizwe. ¹¹Lapho benibopha beninikela, ningakhathazeki ngaphambili ngalokho enizakukusho. Khulumani noma yini eniyinikwayo ngalelo hora—akunina enikhulumayo, kodwa uMoya oNgcwele.

¹²Umfowabo uyakukhaphela umfowabo ekufeni, noyise akhaphele umntwana wakhe. Abantwana bayakuvukela abazali bababulalise. ¹³Bonke bayakunizonda ngenxa yegama lami, kodwa lowo obekezelayo kuze kube sekupheleni uyakusindiswa.

¹⁴Lapho nibona isinengiso sencithakalo simi lapho singafanele khona (wena ofundayo, qaphela), labo abaseJudiya mababalekele ezintabeni. ^a a v14 “Isinengiso sencithakalo” sivela kuDaniyeli — isenzo esingcwabisayo esingcolisa ithempeli; uJesu usiphatha njengesibonakaliso esisesezayo abalaleli bakhe okufanele basiqaphele. ¹⁵Osophahleni lwendlu makangehli angangeni endlini ukuyothatha utho. ¹⁶Osensimini makangabuyeli emuva ukuyothatha ingubo yakhe. ¹⁷Maye kulabo abakhulelweyo nabancelisayo ngalezo zinsuku! ¹⁸Thandazani ukuba kungenzeki ebusika, ¹⁹ngokuba lezo zinsuku ziyakuletha usizi olungakaze lube khona kusukela uBaba wethu adala umhlaba kuze kube manje—futhi olungasayikuphinde lube khona. ²⁰Ukuba uMbusi ubengazinciphisanga lezo zinsuku, bekungeyikusinda muntu; kodwa uMbusi uzinciphisile ngenxa yabakhethiweyo abakhethileyo. ²¹Khona-ke uma umuntu ethi kini, ‘Bheka, nangu uKhristu!’ noma ‘Bheka, nanguya!’ ningakukholwa. ²²Okhristu bamanga nabaprofethi bamanga bayakuvela, benza izibonakaliso nezimangaliso ukuze bakhohlise abakhethiweyo, uma kungenzeka. ²³Ngakho qaphelani; senginitshelile konke ngaphambili.

²⁴Kodwa ngalezo zinsuku, emva kwalolo sizi, ilanga liyakufiphala, nenyanga ingayikukhanyisa ukukhanya kwayo; ²⁵izinkanyezi ziyakuwa esibhakabhakeni, namandla asemazulwini ayakuzanyazanyiswa. ²⁶Khona-ke bayakuyibona iNdodana yomuntu iza emafwini inamandla amakhulu nenkazimulo. ²⁷Iyakuthuma izingelosi zayo, iqoqe abakhethiweyo bayo emimoyeni yomine, kusukela emikhawulweni yomhlaba kuze kube semikhawulweni yezulu.

²⁸Fundani lokhu emkhiwaneni: lapho igatsha lawo seliqala ukuthamba kuhlume namaqabunga, niyazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze. ²⁹Kanjalo nani, lapho nibona lezi zinto zenzeka, yazini ukuthi kuseduze, kusemnyango. ³⁰Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, lesi sizukulwane asisoze sadlula zize zenzeke zonke lezi zinto. ³¹Izulu nomhlaba kuyakudlula, kodwa amazwi ami awasoze adlula.

NguBaba Kuphela Owaziyo Ihora

³²Kodwa akekho owaziyo ngalolo suku noma ngehora—nazo izingelosi ezisezulwini, neNdodana, kodwa nguBaba kuphela. ³³Qaphelani! Lindani! Ngokuba anazi ukuthi siyakufika nini leso sikhathi.

³⁴Kunjengomuntu osohambeni: ushiya indlu yakhe, anike izinceku zakhe igunya—yilowo nalowo nomsebenzi wakhe—ayale umlindimnyango ukuba alinde. ³⁵Ngakho lindani, ngokuba anazi ukuthi inkosi yendlu iyakufika nini—kusihlwa, phakathi kwamabili, ekukhaleni kweqhude, noma ekuseni. ³⁶Funa, uma ifika ngokuzumayo, inifice nilele. ³⁷Lokhu engikusho kini, ngikusho kubo bonke: Lindani!”