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Ukusiliswa kwenceku yenduna
1 Kwathi eseqedile ukukhuluma amazwi akhe wonke ekulaleleni kwabantu, wayangena eKapenawume. 2 Kwathi inceku yenduna yekhulu ethile yayigula isizakufa, eyayiligugu kuyo. 3 Kwathi isizwile ngoJesu, yathuma kuye abadala bamaJuda, imcela, ukuze eze asilise inceku yayo. 4 Kwathi bona, sebefikile kuJesu, bamncenga kakhulu, besithi: Yona kufanele ukuthi uyenzele lokhu; 5 ngoba iyasithanda isizwe sakithi, njalo yiyo eyasakhela isinagoge. 6 UJesu wasehamba labo. Kwathi engakabi khatshana lendlu, induna yekhulu yathuma abangane, isithi kuye: Nkosi, ungazikhathazi; ngoba kangifanele ukuthi ungene ngaphansi kophahla lwami; 7 ngakho angizibonanga ukuthi ngifanele ukuza kuwe; kodwa khuluma ilizwi, njalo inceku yami izasiliswa. 8 Ngoba lami ngingumuntu obekwe ngaphansi kwamandla, ngilamabutho ngaphansi kwami, njalo ngithi kuleli: Hamba, njalo lihambe; lakwelinye: Woza, njalo lize; lencekwini yami: Yenza lokhu, njalo ikwenze. 9 Kwathi uJesu ezizwa lezizinto wamangala ngayo, watshibilika, wathi exukwini elimlandelayo: Ngithi kini, angitholanga ukholo olunje ngitsho lakoIsrayeli. 10 Kwathi ababethunyiwe sebebuyele endlini bafica inceku eyayigula isisilile.
Ukuvuswa kwendodana yomfelwakazi weNayini
11 Kwasekusithi ngelilandelayo, waya emzini othiwa iNayini; abafundi bakhe abanengi basebehamba laye, lexuku elikhulu. 12 Kwathi esesondela esangweni lomuzi, njalo khangela, wabona ofileyo ethwelwe kuphunywa laye indodana engeyodwa kanina, futhi yena engumfelwakazi; lexuku elikhulu lomuzi lalilaye. 13 INkosi imbona, yasisiba lesihelo kuye, yathi kuye: Ungakhali. 14 Yasondela yathinta ithala; abalithweleyo basebesima; yasisithi: Jaha, ngithi kuwe: Vuka! 15 Ofileyo wasevuka wahlala waqala ukukhuluma. Yasimnika unina. 16 Ukwesaba kwasekubabamba bonke, basebemdumisa uNkulunkulu, besithi: Umprofethi omkhulu usevukile phakathi kwethu; lokuthi: UNkulunkulu uhambele isizwe sakhe. 17 Le indumela ngaye yasiphumela kulo lonke eleJudiya, lakuso sonke isigaba esizingelezeleyo.
UJesu loJohane uMbhabhathizi
18 Abafundi bakhe basebembikela uJohane ngazo zonke lezizinto. 19 UJohane wasebizela kuye ababili abathile kubafundi bakhe wabathuma kuJesu, esithi: Wena unguye ozayo yini, kumbe silindele omunye? 20 Lamadoda esefikile kuye athi: UJohane uMbhabhathizi usithumile kuwe, esithi: Wena unguye ozayo yini, kumbe silindele omunye? 21 Langalelohola wasilisa abanengi ezifweni lemikhuhlaneni lakubomoya ababi, labayiziphofu abanengi wabapha ukubona. 22 UJesu wasephendula wathi kubo: Hambani limtshele uJohane izinto elizibonileyo lelizizwileyo: Ukuthi iziphofu ziyabona, iziqhuli ziyahamba, abalobulephero bayahlanjululwa, izacuthe ziyezwa, abafileyo bayavuswa, abayanga bayatshunyayezwa ivangeli; 23 njalo ubusisiwe, loba ngubani ongakhubekiyo ngami.
24 Kwathi sezihambile izithunywa zikaJohane, waqala ukukhuluma lamaxuku ngoJohane esithi: Laphuma laya enkangala ukuyabonani? Umhlanga onyikinywa ngumoya yini? 25 Kanti laphumela ukuyabonani? Umuntu owembethe izembatho ezicolekileyo yini? Khangelani, abembethe ezikhazimulayo baphila mnandi basezindlini zamakhosi. 26 Pho laphumela ukuyabonani? Umprofethi yini? Yebo, ngithi kini: Loba odlula umprofethi. 27 Lo nguye okubhalwe ngaye ukuthi: Khangela, mina ngiyathuma isithunywa sami phambi kobuso bakho, esizalungisa indlela yakho phambi kwakho. 28 Ngoba ngithi kini: Phakathi kwabazelwe ngabesifazana kakho umprofethi omkhulu kuloJohane uMbhabhathizi; kodwa omncinyane embusweni kaNkulunkulu mkhulu kulaye.
29 Labantu bonke bekuzwa labathelisi bathi ulungile uNkulunkulu, basebebhabhathiziwe ngobhabhathizo lukaJohane; 30 kodwa abaFarisi lezazimthetho balala icebo likaNkulunkulu maqondana labo, ngoba bengabhabhathizwanga nguJohane.
31 Yasisithi iNkosi: Pho-ke abantu balesisizukulwana ngizabafananisa lani? Kanti bafanana lani? 32 Banjengabantwana abancane abahlezi emsikeni bememezana besithi: Salitshayela umhlanga, kodwa kalisinanga; salililela, kodwa kalikhalanga. 33 Ngoba uJohane uMbhabhathizi wafika engadli isinkwa njalo enganathi iwayini, laselisithi: Uledimoni; 34 iNdodana yomuntu ifikile isidla inatha, laselisithi: Khangelani, umuntu oligovu lesinathi sewayini, umngane wabathelisi lezoni. 35 Kodwa inhlakanipho ithiwa ilungile ngabantwana bayo bonke.
Owesifazana oyisoni endlini yomFarisi
36 Omunye wabaFarisi wasemcela ukuthi adle laye; esengenile endlini yomFarisi wahlala ekudleni. 37 Njalo khangela, owesifazana kulowomuzi, owayeyisoni, esezwile ukuthi uJesu uhlezi ekudleni endlini yomFarisi, waletha umfuma wealibasta wamagcobo, 38 wasesima eceleni kwenyawo zakhe ngemva kwakhe ekhala, waqala ukuthambisa inyawo zakhe ngenyembezi, wazesula ngenwele zekhanda lakhe, wanga inyawo zakhe, wazigcoba ngamagcobo. 39 Kuthe umFarisi obemnxusile ekubona wakhulumela ngaphakathi kwakhe wathi: Lo, uba ebengumprofethi, ngabe uyamazi lo lokuthi ngumuntu onjani owesifazana omthintayo, ngoba uyisoni. 40 UJesu wasephendula wathi kuye: Simoni, ngilolutho lokutsho kuwe. Yena wasesithi: Khuluma, Mfundisi. 41 Kwakukhona ababili abalezikwelede kumkweledisi othile; omunye wayelomlandu wabodenariyo* abangamakhulu amahlanu, lomunye abangamatshumi amahlanu. 42 Kwathi bengelakho okokuhlawula, wabaxolela bobabili. Kambe nguwuphi kubo, tshono, ozamthanda okwedlula omunye? 43 USimoni wasephendula wathi: Ngicabanga ngulowo owamxolela okwedlula omunye. Wathi kuye: Ugwebe ngokuqonda. 44 Wasetshibilikela kowesifazana, wathi kuSimoni: Uyambona lowesifazana yini? Ngingene endlini yakho, amanzi enyaweni zami kawunginikanga; kodwa yena uzithambisile inyawo zami ngenyembezi zakhe, wazesula ngenwele zekhanda lakhe. 45 Ukwanga kawunginikanga; kodwa yena, lokhu ngingenile, kayekelanga ukwanga inyawo zami. 46 Ngamagcobo ikhanda lami kawuligcobanga; kodwa yena ugcobile inyawo zami ngamakha. 47 Ngenxa yalokhu, ngithi kuwe: Izono zakhe ezinengi zithethelelwe, ngoba uthandile kakhulu; kodwa lowo othethelelwa kancinyane, uthanda kancinyane. 48 Wasesithi kuye: Zithethelelwe izono zakho. 49 Ababehlezi laye ekudleni basebeqala ukukhulumisana bodwa besithi: Ngubani lo othethelela lezono? 50 Wasesithi kowesifazana: Ukholo lwakho lukusindisile; hamba ngokuthula.