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UJesu ungena eJerusalema

1 Kwathi-ke sebesondele eJerusalema, sebefikile eBetfage entabeni yeMihlwathi, uJesu wasethuma abafundi ababili, 2 wathi kubo: Hambani liye emzaneni okhangelene lani, lizahle libone ubabhemi ekhulekiwe, lethole lilaye; libakhulule, libalethe kimi. 3 Futhi uba umuntu ekhuluma ulutho kini, lizakuthi: INkosi iyabaswela; njalo uzahle abathumele. 4 Njalo konke lokhu kwenzeka, ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngumprofethi, ukuthi: 5 Tshelani indodakazi yeZiyone ukuthi: Khangela, iNkosi yakho iyeza kuwe, imnene igade ubabhemi lethole inkonyana kababhemi osejogweni. 6 Abafundi bahamba-ke, benza njengalokhu uJesu wayebalayile, 7 baletha ubabhemi lethole, babeka izembatho zabo phezu kwabo, bamgadisa phezu kwazo. 8 Lenengi lexuku lendlala ezalo izembatho endleleni; labanye bagamula ingatsha zezihlahla, bazendlala endleleni. 9 Lamaxuku ayehamba phambili lababelandela bamemeza, besithi: Hosana* eNdodaneni kaDavida! Ubusisiwe ozayo ebizweni leNkosi; hosana kweliphezulu!

10 Esengenile eJerusalema umuzi wonke wanyakazela wathi: Ngubani lo? 11 Amaxuku asesithi: Lo nguJesu umprofethi, oweNazaretha leGalili.

Ukuhlanjululwa kwethempeli

12 UJesu wasengena ethempelini likaNkulunkulu, wabaxotsha bonke ababethengisa lababethenga ethempelini, wasegenqula amatafula ababentshintshelana imali, lezihlalo zalabo ababethengisa amajuba. 13 Wasesithi kubo: Kubhaliwe ukuthi: Indlu yami izabizwa ngokuthi yindlu yomkhuleko; kodwa lina liyenze ubhalu lwabaphangi. 14 Kwasekufika kuye iziphofu leziqhuli ethempelini; wasezisilisa. 15 Kodwa abapristi abakhulu lababhali sebebonile izimangaliso azenzayo, labantwana bememeza ethempelini, besithi: Hosana eNdodaneni kaDavida! bathukuthela, 16 basebesithi kuye: Uyakuzwa lokhu yini abakutshoyo laba? UJesu wasesithi kubo: Yebo; alikaze lifunde yini ukuthi: Emlonyeni wezingane lowabamunyayo iphelelisiwe indumiso? 17 Wasebatshiya waphuma phandle komuzi esiya eBethani, walala khona.

Ukuthukwa komkhiwa

18 Kwathi ebuyela emzini ekuseni, walamba; 19 kwathi ebona umkhiwa othile endleleni, wasondela kuwo, katholanga lutho kuwo ngaphandle kwamahlamvu wodwa; wathi kuwo: Kakungabe kusavela isithelo kuwe lanini. Njalo umkhiwa wahle wabuna. 20 Kwathi bebona lokhu abafundi bakhe bamangala, besithi: Umkhiwa uhle wabuna njani? 21 UJesu wasephendula wathi kubo: Qiniso ngithi kini: Uba lilokholo, lingathandabuzi, kaliyikwenza lokhu okomkhiwa kuphela, kodwa loba lithi lakulintaba: Qutshunwa uphoselwe olwandle, kuzakwenzeka. 22 Njalo konke loba yini eliyicelayo emkhulekweni, likholwa lizayemukela.

Amandla kaJesu

23 Kwathi esengenile ethempelini, abapristi abakhulu labadala besizwe basondela kuye esafundisa, bathi: Izinto lezi uzenza ngawaphi amandla? Njalo ngubani okunike lamandla? 24 UJesu wasephendula wathi kubo: Lami ngizalibuza umbuzo ube munye; uba lingitshela lokhu, lami ngizalitshela ukuthi ngenza lezizinto ngawaphi amandla: 25 Ubhabhathizo lukaJohane lwavela ngaphi? Ezulwini kumbe ebantwini? Basebekhulumisana, besithi: Uba sisithi: Ezulwini, uzakuthi kithi: Pho kalikholwanga kuye ngani? 26 Kodwa uba sisithi: Ebantwini, siyesaba ixuku; ngoba bonke bamphatha uJohane njengomprofethi. 27 Basebemphendula uJesu bathi: Kasazi. Wasesithi kubo: Lami kangilitsheli ukuthi ngenza lezizinto ngawaphi amandla.

Umfanekiso wamadodana amabili

28 Kanti licabangani? Umuntu wayelamadodana amabili, waya kweyokuqala wathi: Mntanami, hamba, uyesebenza lamuhla esivinini sami. 29 Kodwa yaphendula yathi: Angifuni. Kodwa emva kwalokho yaphenduka, yahamba. 30 Wasesiya kweyesibili watsho njalo. Yona-ke yaphendula yathi: Ngiyahamba, nkosi. Kodwa kayiyanga. 31 Yiyiphi kulawo amabili eyenza intando kayise? Bathi kuye: Eyokuqala. UJesu wathi kubo: Qiniso ngithi kini: Abathelisi lezifebe bayangena embusweni kaNkulunkulu phambi kwenu. 32 Ngoba uJohane wafika kini ngendlela yokulunga, kalikholwanga kuye; kodwa abathelisi lezifebe bakholwa kuye; kodwa lina selikubonile kaliphendukanga emva kwalokho ukuthi likholwe kuye.

Umfanekiso wabalimi besivini

33 Zwanini omunye umfanekiso. Kwakukhona umuntu othile ongumninimuzi, owahlanyela isivini wasibiyela ngothango wagebha isikhamelo kuso wakha umphotshongo, wasiqhatshisa kubalimi, wasuka elizweni lakibo. 34 Kwathi sekusondele isikhathi sezithelo, wathuma inceku zakhe kubalimi, ukuze zemukele izithelo zakhe; 35 abalimi basebezibamba inceku zakhe, enye bayixathula, lenye bayibulala, lenye bayikhanda ngamatshe. 36 Wabuya wathuma ezinye inceku ezinengi kulezokuqala; basebesenza njalo kulezo. 37 Ekucineni wasethuma indodana yakhe kubo, esithi: Bazayihlonipha indodana yami. 38 Kodwa abalimi sebeyibonile indodana bakhulumisana besithi: Le yindlalifa; wozani, siyibulale, njalo sibambe ilifa layo. 39 Basebeyibamba bayiphosela ngaphandle kwesivini, bayibulala. 40 Ngakho mhla kufika umninisivini, uzabenzani abalimi labo? 41 Bathi kuye: Uzababhubhisa kubi labo ababi, njalo uzaqhatshisa isivini kwabanye abalimi, abazamnika izithelo ngezikhathi zazo.

42 UJesu wathi kubo: Alikaze libale yini emibhalweni ukuthi: Ilitshe abakhi abalalayo, yilo eseliyinhloko yengonsi; lokhu yikwenza kweNkosi; njalo kuyamangalisa emehlweni ethu? 43 Ngakho ngithi kini: Lizakwemukwa umbuso kaNkulunkulu, unikwe isizwe esithela izithelo zawo. 44 Lalowo owela phezu kwalelilitshe uzaphahazwa; kodwa loba ngubani eliwela phezu kwakhe lizamchoboza.

45 Kwathi abapristi abakhulu labaFarisi sebezwile imifanekiso yakhe bazi ukuthi ubekhuluma ngabo. 46 Kwathi sebedinga ukumbamba besaba amaxuku, ngoba ayemphatha njengomprofethi.

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