NgokukaMathewu 20

20 ¹“Ngokuba umbuso kaBaba wethu ufana nomnikazi womhlaba owaphuma ekuseni kakhulu eyoqasha izisebenzi zesivini sakhe. ²Wavumelana nezisebenzi ngomholo wosuku olugcwele, wazithumela esivinini sakhe. ³Cishe ngehora lesishiyagalolunye ekuseni waphuma, wabona abanye bemi bengenzi lutho endaweni yokuthengiselana. ⁴Wathi kubo: ‘Nani hambani niye esivinini; ngizakunikhokhela lokho okufanele.’ Ngakho bahamba. ⁵Waphinda waphuma cishe emini nangehora lesithathu ntambama, wenza okufanayo. ⁶Cishe ngehora lesihlanu ntambama waphuma, wafica abanye bemi lapho. Wababuza: ‘Nimeleni lapha usuku lonke ningenzi lutho?’”

⁷“Bathi: ‘Ngokuba akekho osiqashile.’ Wathi: ‘Nani hambani niye esivinini.’

⁸“Kwathi sekuhlwile, umnikazi wesivini wathi kumphathi wakhe: ‘Biza izisebenzi, uzikhokhele imiholo yazo, kusukela kwabokugcina kuze kube kwabokuqala.’ ⁹Kwathi sekufika labo abaqashwa cishe ngehora lesihlanu, ngamunye wabo wathola umholo wosuku olugcwele. ¹⁰Kwathi sekufika abokuqala, bacabanga ukuthi bazakuthola okuningi, kodwa nabo ngamunye wathola umholo wosuku olugcwele. ¹¹Bathi sebewutholile, bakhononda ngomnikazi womhlaba, ¹²bethi: ‘Laba bokugcina basebenze ihora elilodwa kuphela, kodwa ubalinganise nathi esithwele umthwalo wosuku nokushisa okubabayo.’

¹³“Waphendula omunye wabo wathi: ‘Mngane, angikwenzi okubi. Awuvumelananga yini nami ngomholo wosuku olugcwele?’ ¹⁴Thatha okwakho uhambe. Ngifuna ukunika lesi sisebenzi sokugcina okufana nakho. ¹⁵Angikwazi yini ukwenza engikuthandayo ngokungokwami? Noma unomhawu ngokuba ngiphana? ¹⁶Ngakho abokugcina bazakuba ngabokuqala, nabokuqala babe ngabokugcina.”

UJesu Ubikezela Isiphambano

¹⁷Kwathi uJesu esenyukela eJerusalema, wabathatha bebodwa abafundi abayishumi nambili, wathi kubo endleleni,

¹⁸“Bhekani, senyukela eJerusalema, iNdodana yomuntu izakunikelwa kubapristi abakhulu nakubabhali, abazakuyigwebela ukufa, ¹⁹bayinikele kwabezizwe ukuba bayiklolode, bayibhaxabule, bayibethele esiphambanweni—kuthi ngosuku lwesithathu izakuvuswa.”

Ubukhulu Beqiniso Busho Ukukhonza

²⁰Khona-ke unina wamadodana kaZebedewu weza kuye namadodana akhe, eguqa ecela okuthile kuye.

²¹Wayibuza wathi: “Ufunani?” Wathi kuye: “Yisho ukuthi la madodana ami amabili azakuhlala, elinye ngakwesokunene sakho, elinye ngakwesokhohlo sakho, embusweni wakho.”

²²Kodwa uJesu waphendula wathi: “Anikwazi enikucelayo. Ningakwazi yini ukuyiphuza indebe engizakuyiphuza?” Bathi: “Singakwazi.”

²³Wathi: “Nizakuyiphuza indebe yami, kodwa ukuhlala ngakwesokunene sami nangakwesokhohlo akusikho okwami ukukunika—kungokwalabo uBaba abakulungiselele bona.”

²⁴Kwathi abayishumi sebekuzwile lokhu, bathukuthelela labo bafowabo ababili.

²⁵UJesu wababiza wathi: “Niyazi ukuthi ababusi bezizwe babusa phezu kwazo ngenkani, nezikhulu zazo ziphethe igunya phezu kwazo. ²⁶Akunjalo phakathi kwenu. Kunalokho, noma ngubani ofuna ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwenu makabe yinceku yenu, ²⁷futhi noma ngubani ofuna ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwenu makabe yisigqila senu, ²⁸njengoba neNdodana yomuntu ingezanga ukuba ikhonzwe, kodwa ukuba ikhonze, nokunikela ngokuphila kwayo kube yisihlengo sabaningi.”

Amadoda Amabili Ayizimpumputhe Athola Ukubona

²⁹Kwathi sebephuma eJeriko, isixuku esikhulu samlandela. ³⁰Izimpumputhe ezimbili ezazihlezi eceleni kwendlela zezwa ukuthi uJesu uyadlula, zamemeza zathi: “Nkosi, sihawukele, Ndodana kaDavide!” ^a a v30 ‘iNdodana kaDavide’ kwakuyisiqu esasaziwa kahle kumaJuda, esisho inkosi eyayithenjisiwe eyayizavela osendweni lwasebukhosini bukaDavide. ³¹Isixuku sazithethisa ukuba zithule, kodwa zamemeza kakhulu zathi: “Sihawukele, Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavide!”

³²UJesu wema, wazibiza, wathi: “Nifuna ukuba nginenzeleni?”

³³Zathi kuye: “Nkosi, amehlo ethu mawavuleke.”

³⁴UJesu, enesihawu, wathinta amehlo azo, masinyane zabuyelwa ukubona, zamlandela.