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Amandla kaJesu

1 Kwasekusithi ngolunye lwalezonsuku, efundisa abantu ethempelini etshumayela ivangeli, kwafika abapristi abakhulu lababhali labadala, 2 basebekhuluma kuye, besithi: Sitshele, ukuthi izinto lezi uzenza ngawaphi amandla, kumbe ngubani okunike lamandla? 3 Wasephendula wathi kubo: Lami ngizalibuza umbuzo ube munye, ake lingitshele: 4 Ubhabhathizo lukaJohane lwavela ezulwini, kumbe ebantwini? 5 Basebekhulumisana bodwa, besithi: Uba sisithi: Ezulwini, uzakuthi: Kungani-ke lingakholwanga nguye? 6 Kodwa uba sisithi: Ebantwini; abantu bonke bazasikhanda ngamatshe; ngoba baleqiniso lokuthi uJohane wayengumprofethi. 7 Basebephendula ngokuthi kabazi lapho olwavela khona. 8 UJesu wasesithi kubo: Lami kangilitsheli ukuthi ngenza lezizinto ngawaphi amandla.

Umfanekiso wabalimi besivini

9 Waseqala ukutshela abantu lumfanekiso, esithi: Umuntu othile wahlanyela isivini, wasiqhatshisa kubalimi, wasuka elizweni lakibo okwesikhathi eside; 10 kwathi ngesikhathi esifaneleyo wathuma inceku kubalimi, ukuze bayinike okunye kwesithelo sesivini; kodwa abalimi bayixathula bayithumeza ize. 11 Wasethuma njalo enye inceku; layo bayixathula bayiphatha kubi, bayithumeza ize. 12 Wasephinda ethuma leyesithathu; layo leyo bayilimaza bayiphosela ngaphandle. 13 Umninisivini wasesithi: Ngizakwenza njani? Ngizathuma indodana yami ethandekayo; mhlawumbe bebona yona bazayihlonipha. 14 Kodwa abalimi beyibona bakhulumisana, besithi: Le yindlalifa; wozani, siyibulale, ukuze ilifa libe ngelethu. 15 Bayiphosela ngaphandle kwesivini, bayibulala. Kambe uzakwenzani kubo umninisivini? 16 Uzakuza, ababhubhise labobalimi, anikele isivini kwabanye. Bekuzwa basebesithi: Akungabinjalo! 17 Kodwa wabakhangela wathi: Pho kuyini lokhu okubhaliweyo kokuthi: Ilitshe abakhi abalalayo, yilo eseliyinhloko yengonsi? 18 Wonke owela phezu kwalelolitshe, uzaphahazwa; kodwa loba ngubani eliwela phezu kwakhe, lizamchoboza.

Umthelo kaKesari

19 Abapristi abakhulu lababhali basebedinga ukumbamba ngezandla ngalelohola, kodwa besaba abantu; ngoba baqedisisa ukuthi wayekhuluma lumfanekiso emelane labo.

20 Basebemqaphela, bethuma inhloli, zazitshaya ezilungileyo, ukuze bamthiye ekukhulumeni, ukuze bamnikele egunyeni lemandleni ombusi. 21 Bambuza-ke, besithi: Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi wena ukhuluma ufundise ngokuqondileyo, kawukhathaleli muntu, kodwa ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngeqiniso. 22 Sivunyelwe yini ukuthela kuKesari, kumbe hatshi? 23 Kodwa wabubona ubuqili babo, wathi kubo: Lingilingelani? 24 Ngitshengisani udenariyo*; ulomfanekiso lombhalo kabani? Basebephendula besithi: OkaKesari. 25 Wasesithi kubo: Ngakho mnikeni uKesari okukaKesari, loNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu. 26 Basebesehluleka ukumbamba ngamazwi akhe phambi kwabantu; basebemangala ngokuphendula kwakhe, bathula.

Ukuvuka kwabafileyo

27 Kwasekusiza kuye abathile kubaSadusi, belenkani besithi kakukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, bambuza, 28 besithi: Mfundisi, uMozisi wasibhalela ukuthi, uba esifa umfowabo womuntu elomkakhe, lo abesesifa engelamntwana, umfowabo kamthathe umfazi, abesemvusela inzalo umfowabo. 29 Ngakho kwakulezelamani eziyisikhombisa; owokuqala wasethatha umfazi, wafa engelamntwana; 30 lowesibili wamthatha umfazi, laye lo wafa engelamntwana; 31 lowesithathu wamthatha. Kwaba njalo-ke lakwabayisikhombisa; abatshiyanga abantwana, bafa. 32 Ekucineni kwabo bonke kwafa lomfazi. 33 Ngakho ekuvukeni kwabafileyo, uzafika abe ngumkabani kubo? Ngoba abayisikhombisa babelaye engumkabo.

34 UJesu wasephendula wathi kubo: Abantwana balumhlaba bayathatha bendiswe; 35 kodwa labo okuthiwa bafanele ukuzuza lowomhlaba lekuvukeni kwabafileyo kabathathani njalo kabendiswa; 36 ngoba bangephinde bafe; ngoba banjengezingilosi, njalo bangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, bengabantwana bekuvukeni kwabafileyo. 37 Kodwa ukuthi abafileyo bayavuswa, loMozisi watshengisa evikaneni, lapho eyibiza iNkosi ngokuthi nguNkulunkulu kaAbrahama loNkulunkulu kaIsaka loNkulunkulu kaJakobe. 38 Futhi kayisuye uNkulunkulu wabafileyo, kodwa wabaphilayo; ngoba bonke baphilela yena.

39 Abathile bababhali basebephendula bathi: Mfundisi, ukhulume kuhle. 40 Njalo kabasazanga babalesibindi sokuphinda bambuze ulutho.

UKrestu losendo lwakhe

41 Wasesithi kubo: Batsho njani ukuthi uKrestu uyiNdodana kaDavida? 42 Ngoba uDavida uqobo lwakhe uthi encwadini yeziHlabelelo: INkosi yathi eNkosini yami: Hlala ngakwesokunene sami, 43 ngize ngibeke izitha zakho zibe yisenabelo senyawo zakho. 44 Ngakho uDavida umbiza ngokuthi yiNkosi, pho uyindodana yakhe njani?

UJesu usola ababhali

45 Kwathi besalalele abantu bonke, wathi kubafundi bakhe: 46 Nanzelelani ababhali abathanda ukuhamba bembethe izembatho ezinde, njalo bethanda izibingelelo emisikeni, lezihlalo eziqakathekileyo emasinagogeni, lezihlalo zabahloniphekayo ekudleni; 47 abadla izindlu zabafelwakazi, bekhuleka isikhathi eside ngokuzenzisa. Laba bazakwemukela ukulahlwa okukhulu.

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