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Umnikelo womfelwakazi

1 Wathi ekhangela phezulu wabona abanothileyo bephosela iminikelo yabo esitsheni somnikelo; 2 wasebona lomfelwakazi othile ongumyanga ephosela khona inhlamvana ezincane ezimbili zemali, 3 wasesithi: Qiniso ngithi kini: Lumfelwakazi ongumyanga uphosele okunengi kulabo bonke; 4 ngoba bonke laba baphosela enothweni yabo eminikelweni kaNkulunkulu, kodwa yena ebuyangeni bakhe uphosele konke alakho abephila ngakho.

UJesu ukhuluma ngokuchithwa kweJerusalema langokuphela kwesikhathi

5 Besakhuluma abanye ngethempeli, ukuthi liceciswe ngamatshe amahle langezipho, wathi: 6 Kulezizinto elizibonayo, kuzafika insuku lapho kungayikutshiywa ilitshe phezu kwelitshe, elingayikudilizelwa phansi.

7 Basebembuza, besithi: Mfundisi, pho lezizinto zizakuba nini? Lesibonakaliso siyini, lapho sekuzakwenzeka lezizinto? 8 Wasesithi: Qaphelani ukuthi lingaduhiswa; ngoba abanengi bazakuza ebizweni lami, besithi: Nginguye; futhi: Isikhathi sesisondele. Ngakho lingabalandeli. 9 Njalo nxa lisizwa ngezimpi langeziphithiphithi, lingethuki; ngoba lezizinto zimele ukuthi zenzeke kuqala, kodwa ukuphela kakuhle kufike.

10 Wasesithi kubo: Isizwe sizavukela isizwe, lombuso uvukele umbuso; 11 njalo kuzakuba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu indawo ngendawo lendlala lemikhuhlane; kube khona lezinto ezesabekayo lezibonakaliso ezinkulu ezivela ezulwini.

12 Kodwa ngaphambi kwakho konke lokhu bazalibamba ngezandla zabo, balizingele, balinikele emasinagogeni lezintolongweni, balise phambi kwamakhosi lababusi, ngenxa yebizo lami. 13 Njalo lokhu kuzaphenduka kini kube yibufakazi. 14 Ngakho kubekeni enhliziyweni zenu ukuthi linganakani ngaphambili ukuziphendulela; 15 ngoba mina ngizalinika umlomo lenhlakanipho, abangemelane lakho, bakuphike, bonke abayizitha zenu. 16 Njalo lizanikelwa langabazali labafowenu lezihlobo labangane, njalo bazabulala abanye benu. 17 Njalo lizazondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yebizo lami. 18 Kodwa kakuyikulahleka ngitsho unwele lwekhanda lenu. 19 Ngokubekezela kwenu zuzani imiphefumulo yenu.

20 Kodwa nxa libona iJerusalema lihanqwe yizimpi, yazini-ke ukuthi sekusondele ukuchitheka kwalo. 21 Ngalesosikhathi abaseJudiya kababalekele ezintabeni; labaphakathi kwalo baphume; labasemaphandleni bangangeni kulo. 22 Ngoba lezi zinsuku zempindiselo, ukuze kugcwaliseke zonke izinto ezibhaliweyo. 23 Kodwa maye kwabakhulelweyo labamunyisayo ngalezonsuku! Ngoba kuzakuba khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu emhlabeni, lolaka kulesisizwe. 24 Babesebesiwa ngobukhali bomhedla, babesebethunjelwa ezizweni zonke; leJerusalema linyathelelwe phansi ngabezizwe, kuze kugcwaliseke izikhathi zabezizwe.

25 Kuzakuba khona izibonakaliso elangeni lenyangeni lezinkanyezini, lemhlabeni usizi lwezizwe ngokudideka; kudume ulwandle lamavinqo, 26 abantu baphele amandla ngenxa yokwesaba langokubona lokho okuzayo emhlabeni; ngoba amandla amazulu azazanyazanyiswa. 27 Kung'khona-ke bezayibona iNdodana yomuntu isiza eyezini ilamandla lenkazimulo enkulu. 28 Njalo nxa kuqala ukwenzeka lezizinto, manini liqonde njalo liphakamise amakhanda enu; ngoba kusondele ukukhululwa kwenu.

29 Wasebatshela umfanekiso: Khangelani umkhiwa lazo zonke izihlahla; 30 nxa sezihluma, liyazibonela lani likwazi ukuthi ihlobo selisondele. 31 Ngokunjalo lani, nxa libona lezizinto zisenzeka, yazini ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu useduze. 32 Qiniso ngithi kini: Lesisizukulwana asisoze sidlule, kuze kwenzakale zonke izinto. 33 Kuzadlula izulu lomhlaba, kodwa amazwi ami kawasoze adlule.

34 Njalo ziqapheleni, ukuthi inhliziyo zenu zingasindwa ngenxa yokuminza lokudakwa lokuphisekela izinto zalokhukusila, lolosuku lulifikele lingananzelele; 35 ngoba luyakufika njengomjibila phezu kwabo bonke abahlezi ebusweni bomhlaba wonke. 36 Ngakho lindani ngezikhathi zonke likhulekele ukuthi lifanele ukuphepha zonke lezizinto ezizakwenzeka, lokuma phambi kweNdodana yomuntu.

37 Njalo wayefundisa ethempelini ilanga lonke; kodwa ebusuku wayephuma ayehlala entabeni ethiwa ngeyeMihlwathi. 38 Lekuseni kakhulu abantu bonke babesiza kuye ethempelini ukumuzwa.

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