Umfanekiso ngetintfombi letilishumi
1“Ngaleso sikhatsi umbuso welizulu uyawufanana netintfombi letilishumi letatsatsa tibane tato, taphuma tayawuhlangabeta umyeni. 2Letisihlanu tatitilima, letinye letisihlanu tatihlakaniphile. 3Leti letatitilima tatsatsa tibane tato, kodvwa tangete tawaphatsa emafutsa ekukhanyisa; 4kantsi leti letatihlakaniphile tatsatsa tibane tato, tatiphatsela nemafutsa. 5Ngenca yekwephuta kwemyeni kufika, tetela tonkhe talala.
6“Kwatsi ekhatsi nebusuku kwevakala umsindvo kumenyetwa kutsiwa: ‘Nangu umyeni! Phumani, nimhlangabete!’ 7Tavuka-ke tonkhe leto tintfombi letatilishumi talungisa tibane tato. 8Leti letatitilima tatsi kuleti letatihlakaniphile: ‘Sipheni emafutsa kulawa enu, ngobe tibane tetfu tiyacisha.’ 9Kepha letatihlakaniphile taphendvula tatsi: ‘Cha, ngeke asenele tsine nani. Lokuncono hambani niye kulabawatsengisako, niyetitsengela kubo!’ 10Tatsi tisehambile tiyewutsenga, wefika umyeni; leti letatilungele tangena kanye naye edzilini lemshado, umnyango wavalwa.
11“Emvakwesikhatsi tefika leti letinye tintfombi tatsi: ‘Nkhosi, Nkhosi! Sivulele!’ 12Kodvwa umyeni waphendvula watsi: ‘Ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Anginati.’
13“Ngako-ke lindzani, ngobe lilanga nemzuzu ningakwati.”
Umfanekiso ngetisebenti letintsatfu
14“Kunjengendvodza leyatsi seyitawuhamba emtini wayo yabita tisebenti tayo, yatinika emandla ekuphatsa timphahla tayo. 15Lesinye yasinika emathalenta lasihlanu, lesinye yasinika aba mabili, lesinye laba linye: nguleso njengemandla aso; yesuka ekhaya yahamba.
16“Masinyane lesi lesemukela lasihlanu sawatalisa, saze satfola lamanye lasihlanu. 17Kanjalo futsi nalesi lesemukela emathalenta lamabili sawatalisa, atala lamanye lamabili. 18Kepha lesi lesemukela linye sahamba sayawulimbela emhlabatsini, salifihla lithalenta lenkhosi yaso.
19“Emvakwesikhatsi lesidze lenkhosi yefika seyitewubalisana nato. 20Seta lesisebenti lesasinikwe emathalenta lasihlanu, saletsa lamanye emathalenta lasihlanu, satsi: ‘Nkhosi, wanginika emathalenta lasihlanu; nankha lamanye lasihlanu lengiwatalisile.’ 21Inkhosi yaso yatsi kuso: ‘Wente kahle, sisebenti lesihle nalesetsembekile; wetsembekile etintfweni letincane, ngako ngitakubeka wengamele lokunyenti. Ngena ekujabuleni kwenkhosi yakho!’
22“Seta nalesi lesinye sisebenti lebesemukele emathalenta lamabili, satsi: ‘Nkhosi, wanginika emathalenta lamabili; nankha lamanye lamabili lengiwatalisile.’ 23Inkhosi yaso yatsi kuso: ‘Wente kahle, sisebenti lesihle nalesetsembekile; wetsembekile etintfweni letincane, ngako ngitakubeka wengamele lokunyenti. Ngena ekujabuleni kwenkhosi yakho!’
24“Kwase kungena lesisebenti lesasinikwe lithalenta linye, safike satsi: ‘Nkhosi, ngatile kutsi ungumuntfu lonelulaka. Uvuna lapho ungazange sewuhlanyele khona, ubutse lapho ungazange sewusakate khona. 25Ngekwesaba ngahamba ngayawulimbela lithalenta lakho. Ngako-ke naku lokukwakho.’
26“Inkhosi yaso yatsi kuso: ‘Wena sisebenti lesibi nalesivilaphako! Bewati kutsi ngivuna lapho ngingakahlanyeli khona, ngiphindze ngibutse lapho ngingakasakati khona. 27Ngako-ke, ngabe utsatse lemali yami wayifaka ebhange, bengitayikhandza seyinentalo.
28“ ‘Memukeni lelithalenta, nilinike lona lonemathalenta lalishumi! 29Ngobe ngulowo nalowo lonako uyakwengetelwa abe nako kakhulu, kodvwa lowo longenako uyakwemukwa naloko lanako.
30“ ‘Lesisebenti lesingenalusito silahleni ngephandle ebumnyameni, lapho kuyawuba khona kukhala nekugedletelisa ematinyo.’ ”
Kwehlulelwa kwekugcina
31“INdvodzana yeMuntfu nayita ngenkhatimulo yayo netingilosi tayo tonkhe, iyawuhlala esihlalweni sayo sebukhosi, 32tonkhe tive temhlaba tiyawubutselwa embikwayo. Iyawubehlukanisa labanye kulabanye, njengemelusi ehlukanisa timvu netimbuti. 33Iyawumisa timvu ngesekudla sayo, netimbuti ngesancele.
34“Lapho-ke iNkhosi iyawutsi kulabo labangesekudla sayo: ‘Wotani, nine lenibusiswe nguBabe! Wotani nitewudla lifa lembuso, lenawulungiselelwa seloku kwasekelwa umhlaba. 35Ngobe ngangilambile, nangipha kudla; ngangomile, nanginatsisa; ngangisihambi, nangemukela emitini yenu; 36ngangingcunu, nangigcokisa; ngangigula, nangivakashela; ngangisejele, neta kimi.’
37“Laba labalungile bayakumbuta batsi: ‘Nkhosi, kunini lapho sakubona khona ulambile sakupha kudla, nome womile sakunatsisa? 38Sakubona nini usihambi sakwemukela emitini yetfu, nome ungcunu sakwembatsisa? 39Sakubona nini ugula, nome usejele sakuvakashela?’ 40INkhosi iyawubaphendvula itsi: ‘Ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Konkhe loko lenanikwenta kulomunye walabanaketfu labancane, nanikwenta kimi!’
41“Iyawutsi kulaba labangesancele: ‘Khweshani kimi, nine labacalekisiwe, niye emlilweni waphakadze lolungiselwe Sathane netingilosi takhe! 42Ngobe ngangilambile, kodvwa aningiphanga kudla; ngangomile, aninginatsisanga. 43Ngangisihambi, kodvwa aningingenisanga emitini yenu; ngangingcunu, kodvwa aningigcokisanga; ngangigula, ngangisejele, kodvwa aningivakashelanga.’
44“Bayakumbuta batsi: ‘Nkhosi, sakubona nini ulambile, nome womile, nome usihambi, nome ungcunu, nome ugula, nome usejele, sangete sakusita?’ 45INkhosi iyawubaphendvula itsi: ‘Ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Loko leningakwentanga kulomunye walaba labancane, anikwentanga kimi.’ 46Labo-ke bayawuhamba baye ekujezisweni kwaphakadze; kodvwa labalungile bayakuya ekuphileni kwaphakadze.”
