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Umfanekiso wezisebenzi zesivini
1 Umbuso wamazulu ufanana lomuntu ongumninindlu, owaphuma ekuseni kakhulu ukuqhatsha izisebenzi ziye esivinini sakhe; 2 esevumelene lezisebenzi ngodenariyo* ngosuku, wazithuma esivinini sakhe. 3 Wasephuma sekungaba lihola lesithathu*, wabona abanye bemi emsikeni bengenzi lutho; 4 lakulabo wathi: Yanini lani esivinini; njalo loba yini efaneleyo ngizalinika yona. Bahamba-ke. 5 Wabuya waphuma sekungaba lihola lesithupha* langelesificamunwemunye, wenza njalo. 6 Kwathi sekungaba lihola letshumi* lanye waphuma, wathola abanye bemi bengenzi lutho, wathi kubo: Limeleni lapha usuku lonke lingenzi lutho? 7 Bathi kuye: Ngoba akulamuntu osiqhatshileyo. Wathi kubo: Yanini lani esivinini, njalo lizakwemukela okufaneleyo. 8 Kwathi sekuntambama umninisivini wathi enduneni yakhe: Biza izisebenzi, uzibhadale iholo, uqale ngezokucina kuze kube ngezokuqala. 9 Kuthe befika abaqhatshwa ngehola letshumi lanye ilowo lalowo wemukela udenariyo. 10 Njalo sebezile abokuqala becabanga ukuthi bazakwemukela okungaphezulu; kodwa labo bemukela udenariyo ngamunye. 11 Kwathi beyemukela bamsola umninindlu, 12 besithi: Labo abokucina basebenze ihola elilodwa, kodwa ubalinganise lathi, esithwele ubunzima bosuku lokutshisa. 13 Kodwa ephendula wathi komunye wabo: Mngane, angikoni; kanti kawuvumelananga lami ngodenariyo? 14 Thatha okwakho uhambe; ngiyathanda ukumnika lowokucina njengawe. 15 Kumbe angivunyelwa yini ukwenza engikuthandayo ngezinto zami? Loba ilihlo lakho libi yini, ngoba mina ngilungile? 16 Kunjalo-ke abokucina bazakuba ngabokuqala, labokuqala ngabokucina; ngoba abanengi babiziwe, kodwa abalutshwana bakhethiwe.
UJesu ukhuluma ngokuhlupheka kwakhe
17 Kwathi uJesu esesenyukela eJerusalema wathatha abalitshumi lambili bodwa besendleleni, wathi kubo: 18 Khangelani, senyukela eJerusalema, njalo iNdodana yomuntu izanikelwa kubapristi abakhulu lakubabhali; besebeyilahlela ukufa, 19 bayinikele kwabezizwe ukuyiyangisa lokuyitshaya ngesiswepu lokuyibethela; njalo ngosuku lwesithathu izavuka.
UJesu ukhuza amadodana kaZebediya
20 Kwasekusiza kuye unina wamadodana kaZebediya kanye lamadodana akhe, waguqa wacela ulutho kuye. 21 Wasesithi kuye: Ufunani? Wathi kuye: Tshono ukuthi lamadodana ami amabili ahlale, enye ngakwesokunene sakho, lenye ngakwesokhohlo, embusweni wakho. 22 Kodwa uJesu waphendula wathi: Kalikwazi elikucelayo. Linganatha yini inkezo engizayinatha mina, njalo libhabhathizwe ngobhabhathizo engibhabhathizwa ngalo mina? Bathi kuye: Singakwenza. 23 Wasesithi kubo: Ngeqiniso lizayinatha inkezo yami, libhabhathizwe ngobhabhathizo mina engizabhabhathizwa ngalo; kodwa ukuhlala ngakwesokunene sami langakwesokhohlo sami, kayisikho kwami ukupha, kodwa kungokwalabo abakulungiselweyo nguBaba.
Ubukhulu obuqotho
24 Kwathi sebezwile abalitshumi bathukuthela ngezelamani ezimbili. 25 Kodwa uJesu wababizela kuye wathi: Liyazi ukuthi ababusi bezizwe bayazibusa ngobulukhuni, lezikhulu zisebenzisa amandla phezu kwazo. 26 Kodwa akuyikuba njalo phakathi kwenu; kodwa loba ngubani othanda ukuba ngomkhulu phakathi kwenu kabe yisisebenzi senu; 27 njalo loba ngubani othanda ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwenu kabe yisisebenzi senu; 28 njengalokhu iNdodana yomuntu kayizanga ukukhonzwa, kodwa ukukhonza, lokunika impilo yayo ibe yinhlawulo yabanengi.
UJesu usilisa iziphofu ezimbili
29 Kwathi bephuma eJeriko, ixuku elikhulu lamlandela. 30 Njalo khangela, iziphofu ezimbili zazihlezi endleleni, sezizwile ukuthi uJesu uyadlula, zamemeza, zathi: Sihawukele, Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavida! 31 Ixuku laselizikhuza ukuthi zithule, kodwa zamemeza kakhulu, zisithi: Sihawukele, Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavida! 32 UJesu wasesima wazibiza, wathi: Lifuna ukuthi ngilenzeleni? 33 Zathi kuye: Nkosi, ukuthi amehlo ethu avuleke. 34 UJesu wasesiba lesihelo wathinta amehlo azo; njalo amehlo azo ahle abona, zasezimlandela.