Injongo kaBaba wethu ngomshado
UJesu usekela umshado ngendlela uBaba wethu abenza ngayo ekuqaleni, wamukela abantwana abafundi ababebaxosha, futhi utshela insizwa ecebile neqotho ukuba ithengise konke. Ihamba idabukile. Okungenzeki kubantu kuyenzeka kuBaba wethu.
19 1Kwathi uJesu eseqedile la mazwi, wasuka eGalile waya esifundeni saseJudiya, ngaphesheya kweJordani. 2Izixuku ezikhulu zamlandela, wazelapha khona.
3AbaFarisi beza kuye bemvivinya, bathi: “Kuvumelekile yini ukuba indoda yahlukane nomkayo nganoma yisiphi isizathu?”
4Waphendula wathi: “Anifundanga yini ukuthi uBaba wethu, owabadala ekuqaleni, wabenza owesilisa nowesifazane, 5wathi: ‘Ngenxa yalokho indoda iyakushiya uyise nonina, inamathele kumkayo, laba bobabili babe nyamanye’? 6Ngakho kabasebabili, kodwa banyamanye; ngalokho makungabikho muntu owahlukanisa lokho uBaba wethu akuhlanganisileyo.”
7Bathi kuye: “Pho kungani uMose ayala ukuba indoda inike umkayo incwadi yesahlukaniso bese eyimukisa?”
8Wathi kubo: “UMose wanivumela ukuba nahlukane nawomkenu ngenxa yobulukhuni bezinhliziyo zenu, kodwa kwakungenjalo ekuqaleni. 9Ngithi kini: noma ngubani owahlukana nomkakhe—ngaphandle kobufebe—bese ethatha omunye, uyaphinga.”
10Abafundi bathi kuye: “Uma kunjalo phakathi kwendoda nomkayo, kungcono ukungashadi.”
11Wathi kubo: “Akusibo bonke abangalamukela leli zwi—kuphela labo abakunikiweyo. 12Kukhona abathenwa abazalwa benjalo besuka esiswini sikanina; kukhona abathenwa abenziwa benjalo ngabanye; futhi kukhona abathenwa abazenza benjalo ngenxa yombuso kaBaba wethu. Lowo ongakwamukela lokhu, makakwamukele.”
UJesu wamukela izingane ezincane
13Khona-ke kwalethwa kuye izingane ezincane ukuze azibeke izandla, athandaze, kodwa abafundi babakhuza labo ababeziletha.
14Kodwa uJesu wathi: “Vumelani izingane ezincane zize kimi—ningazivimbeli, ngokuba umbuso kaBaba wethu ungowalabo abanjengalezi.”
15Wayesebeka izandla zakhe phezu kwazo, wayesemuka lapho.
Into eyodwa ayeyisweleyo
16Khona lapho kwasondela kuye umuntu wambuza: “Mfundisi, yikuphi okuhle okumele ngikwenze ukuze ngizuze ukuphila okuphakade?”
17Wathi kuye: “Ungibuzelani ngalokho okuhle? Munye kuphela olungileyo. Uma ufuna ukungena ekuphileni, gcina imiyalo.”
18Wabuza wathi: “Yimiphi na?” UJesu wathi: “Ungabulali, ungaphingi, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, 19hlonipha uyihlo nonyoko, futhi uthande umakhelwane wakho njengoba uzithanda wena.”
20Insizwa yathi kuye: “Konke lokhu ngikugcinile. Yini engisayisweleyo?”
21UJesu wathi kuye: “Uma ufuna ukuphelela, hamba, uthengise impahla yakho, uyiphe abampofu—uyakuba nomcebo ezulwini—bese uza, ungilandele.”
22Kwathi insizwa isikuzwile lokho, yamuka idabukile, ngokuba yayinengcebo enkulu.
23UJesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: umuntu onothileyo uyakungena ngokunzima embusweni kaBaba wethu. 24Ngiphinda ngithi kini: ikamela lingena kalula ngentunja yosungulo kunokuba onothileyo angene embusweni kaBaba wethu.”
25Kwathi abafundi bekuzwa lokho, bamangala kakhulu, babuza: “Pho ngubani ongasindiswa?”
26UJesu wababheka wathi: “Lokhu akwenzeki ebantwini, kodwa konke kuyenzeka kuBaba wethu.”
27UPhethro wayesethi kuye: “Bheka, thina sishiye konke sakulandela. Pho sizakuzuzani thina?”
28UJesu wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile: ekwenziweni kabusha kwezinto, lapho iNdodana yomuntu izakuhlala esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi esikhazimulayo, nani enangilandela niyakuhlala ezihlalweni zobukhosi eziyishumi nambili, nahlulele izizwe eziyishumi nambili zakwa-Israyeli.
29“Wonke umuntu oshiye izindlu noma abafowabo noma odadewabo noma uyise noma unina noma abantwana noma amasimu ngenxa yegama lami uyakwamukeliswa ngokuphindwe kayikhulu, adle ifa lokuphila okuphakade. 30Kodwa abaningi abangabokuqala bayakuba ngabokugcina, nabaningi abangabokugcina babe ngabokuqala.”
