NgokukaMathewu 24

24 ¹UJesu wayephuma ethempelini, kwathi abafundi bakhe beza kuye bezomkhombisa izakhiwo zalo.

²“Niyazibona zonke lezi na?” waphendula. “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: akukho tshe lapha eliyakusala phezu kwelinye; konke kuyakudilizwa.”

³Kwathi uJesu ehlezi eNtabeni Yeminqumo, abafundi bakhe beza kuye bebodwa, bathi: “Sitshele, kuyakwenzeka nini lokhu, futhi siyini isibonakaliso sokuza kwakho nokuphela kwenkathi?”

⁴UJesu waphendula wathi: “Qaphelani ukuba kungabikho muntu onikhohlisayo.

⁵“Ngokuba abaningi bayakuza egameni lami, bethi, ‘NginguKhristu,’ bakhohlise abaningi. ⁶Niyakuzwa ngezimpi nangamahemuhemu ezimpi—ningethuki. Lokhu kumelwe kwenzeke, kodwa ukuphela akukabi khona. ⁷Isizwe siyakuvukela isizwe, nombuso uvukele umbuso, kube khona izindlala nokuzamazama komhlaba ezindaweni ngezindawo. ⁸Konke lokhu kuyisiqalo semihelo yokubeletha.

⁹Khona-ke bayakuninikela ekuhluphekeni banibulale, nizondwe yizizwe zonke ngenxa yegama lami. ¹⁰Ngaleso sikhathi abaningi bayakuwa, bakhaphelane bazondane, ¹¹kuvele nabaprofethi bamanga abaningi, bakhohlise abantu abaningi. ¹²Ngenxa yokwanda kokungabi namthetho, uthando lwabaningi luyakuphola, ¹³kodwa lowo okhuthazelela kuze kube sekupheleni uyakusindiswa. ¹⁴Lezi zindaba ezinhle zombuso ziyakumenyezelwa emhlabeni wonke kube ngubufakazi ezizweni zonke, khona-ke kufike ukuphela.

¹⁵Ngakho nxa nibona isinengiso esichithayo, uDaniyeli umprofethi akhuluma ngaso, simi endaweni engcwele—ofundayo makaqonde, ¹⁶khona-ke abaseJudiya mababalekele ezintabeni.

¹⁷“Osophahleni lwendlu angehli ayothatha utho endlini, ¹⁸nosensimini angabuyeli emuva ukuyothatha ingubo yakhe. ¹⁹Maye kwabakhulelweyo nabancelisayo ngalezo zinsuku! ²⁰Khulekani ukuba ukubaleka kwenu kungabi sebusika noma ngeSabatha. ²¹Ngokuba ngaleso sikhathi kuyakuba khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu, okungazange kube khona okunjalo kusukela ekuqaleni komhlaba kuze kube manje, futhi okungasayikuba khona. ²²Uma lezo zinsuku zingenqunyelwa, bekungeyikusinda muntu; kodwa ngenxa yabakhethiweyo, lezo zinsuku ziyakunqunyelwa.

²³Khona-ke uma umuntu ethi kini, ‘Bhekani, nangu uKhristu,’ noma ‘Nanguya,’ ningakukholwa. ²⁴Ngokuba kuyakuvela omesiya bamanga nabaprofethi bamanga, benze izibonakaliso ezinkulu nezimangaliso, ukuze bakhohlise, uma kungenzeka, ngisho nabakhethiweyo. ²⁵Bhekani, nginitshelile ngaphambili.

²⁶Ngakho uma bethi, ‘Bhekani, usehlane,’ ningaphumi; ‘Bhekani, usemakamelweni angaphakathi,’ ningakukholwa. ²⁷Ngokuba njengoba umbani uphazima empumalanga ubonakale kuze kube sentshonalanga, kuyakuba njalo ukuza kweNdodana yomuntu. ²⁸Lapho kukhona isidumbu khona, amanqe ayakubuthana khona.

²⁹Masinyane ngemva kokuhlupheka kwalezo zinsuku, ilanga liyakufiphala, nenyanga ingabe isakhanya, nezinkanyezi ziwe ezulwini, namandla amazulu azamazame. ³⁰Khona-ke kuyakubonakala isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu ezulwini, kulile zonke izizwe zomhlaba, zibone iNdodana yomuntu iza ngamafu ezulu inamandla nenkazimulo enkulu. ³¹Iyakuthuma izingelosi zayo ngokukhala okukhulu kwecilongo, zibuthe abakhethiweyo bayo emimoyeni emine, kusukela komunye umkhawulo wezulu kuze kufike komunye.

³²Fundani lokhu emkhiweni: kuthi lapho igatsha lawo seliqumbile lihluma amaqabunga, nazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze. ³³Kanjalo nani, nxa nibona konke lokhu, yazini ukuthi kuseduze, kusemnyango. ³⁴Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, lesi sizukulwane asiyikudlula nakanye konke lokhu kungakenzeki. ³⁵Izulu nomhlaba kuyakudlula, kodwa amazwi ami awasoze adlula.

NguBaba Kuphela Owaziyo

³⁶“Akekho owaziyo lolo suku naleso sikhathi—nazo izingelosi zasezulwini, nayo iNdodana—nguBaba yedwa. ³⁷Njengasezinsukwini zikaNowa, kuyakuba njalo ukuza kweNdodana yomuntu. ³⁸Ngokuba ngezinsuku zangaphambi kukazamcolo, abantu babedla bephuza, beshada beshadisa, kwaze kwaba lusuku uNowa angena ngalo emkhunjini; ³⁹futhi abazange bakwazi lutho kwaze kwafika uzamcolo wabakhukhula bonke. Kuyakuba njalo ukuza kweNdodana yomuntu. ⁴⁰Kuyakuba khona amadoda amabili ensimini; oyedwa athathwe, omunye ashiywe. ⁴¹Abesifazane ababili bayakuba besila ngetshe lokusila; oyedwa athathwe, omunye ashiywe. ⁴²Ngakho-ke lindani, ngokuba anilwazi usuku iNkosi yenu eyakufika ngalo. ⁴³Qondani lokhu: ukuba umninimuzi ubewazi ukuthi isela liza ngawuphi umlindo wobusuku, ubeyakulinda angavumi ukuba indlu yakhe igqekezwe. ⁴⁴Ngakho nani kumelwe nibe nilungele, ngokuba iNdodana yomuntu iza ngehora eningalicabangi.

⁴⁵Pho ngubani inceku ethembekileyo nehlakaniphileyo, inkosi eyayibeka phezu kwabendlu yayo ukuba ibanike ukudla ngesikhathi esifaneleyo? ⁴⁶Iyakuba nenhlanhla leyo nceku inkosi yayo eyakuyifica yenza njalo lapho ibuya. ⁴⁷Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, iyakuyibeka phezu kwakho konke enakho. ⁴⁸Kodwa uma leyo nceku embi ithi enhliziyweni yayo, ‘Inkosi yami ilibele isikhathi eside,’ ⁴⁹ibisiqala ukushaya ezinye izinceku, idle, iphuze nezidakwa. ⁵⁰Inkosi yaleyo nceku iyakufika ngosuku engalulindele, ngehora engalaziyo. ⁵¹Iyakuyijuqa ibeke isabelo sayo nabazenzisi, lapho kukhona ukukhala nokugedla kwamazinyo.”