NGOKUKALUKA 11

₁Kwathi ekhuleka endaweni ethile, esegcinile, omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye: Nkosi, sifundise ukukhuleka, njengokuba uJohane naye wabafundisa abafundi bakhe.

₂Wayesethi kubo: Nxa nikhuleka, anothi: Baba wethu osezulwini, malingcweliswe igama lakho; mawufike umbuso wakho; mayenziwe intando yakho emhlabeni njengasezulwini;

₃usiphe isinkwa sethu sezinsuku zonke imihla ngemihla;

₄usithethelele izono zethu, ngokuba nathi sibathethelela bonke abanecala kithi; ungasingenisi ekulingweni, kodwa usikhulule kokubi.

₅Wathi kubo: Ngumuphi kini oyakuba-nomhlobo, aye kuye phakathi kobusuku, athi kuye: Mhlobo, ngitsheleke izinkwa zibe-zintathu,

₆ngokuba kufiké kimi umhlobo wami evela ekuhambeni, kepha anginanto engingayibeka phambi kwakhe;

₇yena-ke ophakathi aphendule athi: Ungangihluphi; sekuvaliwe emnyango, nabantwana bami balele kanye nami; anginakuvuka, ngikunike, na?

₈Ngithi kini: Noma engazukuvuka amnike ngokuba engumhlobo wakhe, nokho ngenxa yokukhongisisa kwakhe uyakuvuka amnike konke akudingayo.

₉Ngithi kini: Celani, niyakuphiwa; funani, niyakufumana; ngqongqothani, niyakuvulelwa.

₁₀Ngokuba yilowo nalowo ocelayo uyamukeliswa, nofunayo uyafumana, nongqongqothayo uyakuvulelwa.

₁₁Ngumuphi kini onguyise, oyakuthi nxa indodana icela inhlanzi, ayinike inyoka esikhundleni senhlanzi;

₁₂uma icela iqanda, ayinike ufezela, na?

₁₃Ngakho-ke uma nina eningababi nikwazi ukubapha abantwana benu izipho ezinhle, kakhulu kangakanani uYihlo osezulwini uzakubapha abacela kuye uMoya oNgcwele.

₁₄Wakhipha idemoni, laliyisimungulu; kwathi seliphumile idemoni, wakhuluma oyisimungulu; abantu bamangala.

₁₅Kepha abanye kubo bathi: Ukhipha amademoni ngoBelzebule umbusi wamademoni.

₁₆Abanye bemlinga bafuna kuye isibonakaliso esivela ezulwini.

₁₇Kepha yena eyazi imicabango yabo wathi kubo: Yilowo nalowombuso owahlukene wodwa uyachitheka, indlu idilike phezu kwendlu.

₁₈NoSathane, uma ehlukene yedwa, umbuso wakhe uyakuma kanjani na? lokhu nithi ngikhipha amademoni ngoBelzebule.

₁₉Uma mina ngikhipha amademoni ngoBelzebule, amadodana enu awakhipha ngobani na? Ngalokho-ke wona ayakuba-ngabahluleli benu.

₂₀Kepha uma ngikhipha amademoni ngomunwe kaNkulunkulu, umbuso kaNkulunkulu usufikile phela kini.

₂₁Uma isiqhwaga sihlomile, silinda umuzi waso, impahla yaso ihlezi ngokuthula.

₂₂Kepha nxa onamandla kunaso esisukela, asinqobe, uyasaphuca izikhali zaso zonke ebesizethembile, ayabe impango yaso.

₂₃Ongenami umelene nami; ongabuthi nami uyahlakaza.

₂₄Nxa umoya ongcolileyo ephumile kumuntu, uyadabula izindawo ezomileyo efuna ukuphumula; engakufumani uthi: Ngizakubuyela endlini yami engaphuma kuyo.

₂₅Uyafika-ke, ayifumane ishaneliwe, ihlotshisiwe.

₂₆Khona abesehamba, azithathele abanye omoya abayisikhombisa ababi kunaye, bangene bahlale lapho, ukugcina kwalowomuntu kube-kubi kunokwakuqala.

₂₇Kwathi esakhuluma lokhu, owesifazane othile esixukwini waphakamisa izwi, wathi kuye: Sibusisiwe isisu esakuthwalayo namabele owawancelayo.

₂₈Kepha yena wathi: Yebo, kodwa kakhulu babusisiwe abalizwa izwi likaNkulunkulu, balilondoloze.

₂₉Sekubuthana kuye izixuku, waqala ukukhuluma, wathi: Lesisizukulwane siyisizukulwane esibi; sifuna isibonakaliso, kepha asiyikunikwa-sibonakaliso, kuphela isibonakaliso sikaJona.

₃₀Ngokuba njengalokho uJona wabayisibonakaliso kwabaseNineve, iNdodana yomuntu iyakuba-njalo kulesisizukulwane.

₃₁Inkosikazi yaseningizimu iyakusukuma ekwahlulelweni kanye namadoda alesisizukulwane, iwalahle; ngokuba yavela emikhawulweni yomhlaba izakuzwa ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni; bhekani, lapha kukhona okukhulu kunoSolomoni.

₃₂Amadoda aseNineve ayakusukuma ekwahlulelweni kanye nalesisizukulwane, asilahle; ngokuba aphenduka ngokushumayela kukaJona; bhekani, lapha kukhona okukhulu kunoJona.

₃₃Akakho othi esokhela isibani, asibeke esitha nangaphansi kwesitsha, kepha usifaka othini ukuba abangenayo babone ukukhanya.

₃₄Isibani somzimba siyiso lakho; nxa iso lakho liphilile, umzimba wakho wonke ungukukhanya; kepha nxa lilibi, umzimba wakho ungubumnyama.

₃₅Ngakho qaphela ukuba ukukhanya okukuwe kungabi-ngubumnyama.

₃₆Njalo-ke uma umzimba wakho wonke ungukukhanya ungenandawo emnyama, uyakukhanya wonke njengesibani sikukhanyisa ngokukhanya kwaso.

₃₇Esakhuluma, umFarisi wammema ukuba adle naye; wangena, wahlala ekudleni.

₃₈UmFarisi wamangala ebona ukuthi kaqalanga ngokuhlamba engakadli.

₃₉Yayisithi iNkosi kuye: Manje-ke nina-baFarisi nihlambulula ingaphandle lenkezo nesitsha, kepha ingaphakathi lenu ligcwele ukuphanga nokubi.

₄₀Ziwula, yena owalenza ingaphandle akalenzanga nengaphakathi na?

₄₁Kepha yiphani okungaphakathi kube-yisiphiwo sabampofu, bhekani-ke, kobe kuhlambulukile konke kini.

₄₂Kodwa maye kinina-baFarisi, ngokuba nithela okweshumi kwesinkuntshane, nokwentshungu, nokwemifino yonke, ninganaki ukulunga nokumthanda uNkulunkulu! Benimelwe ukwenza lokhu, ningakuyeki nalokho.

₄₃Maye kinina-baFarisi, ngokuba nithanda izihlalo eziphambili emasinagogeni* nokubingelelwa ezigcawini zokuthengelana!

₄₄Maye kinina, ngokuba nifana namathuna angasabonakaliyo, nabantu abahamba ngaphezu kwawo bengawazi!

₄₅Wayesephendula omunye wezazimthetho, wathi kuye: Mfundisi, ngokusho lokho uyasijivaza nathi.

₄₆Kepha wathi: Maye nakinina-zazimthetho, ngokuba nithwesa abantu imithwalo ethwaleka kalukhuni! Nina-ke uqobo lwenu aniyithinti leyomithwalo nangowodwa weminwe yenu.

₄₇Maye kinina, ngokuba niyawakha amathuna abaprofethi, kanti oyihlo bababulala!

₄₈Ngalokho ningofakazi, nivuma imisebenzi yawoyihlo; ngokuba bona bababulala, nina-ke niwakha amathuna abo.

₄₉Ngenxa yalokho ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu kwathi: Ngiyakuthumela kubo abaprofethi nabaphostoli; abanye bayakubabulala, abanye babazingele,

₅₀ukuze kubizwe kulesisizukulwane igazi labaprofethi bonke elachithwa kwasekusekelweni komhlaba,

₅₁kusukela egazini lika-Abela kuze kufike egazini likaZakariya owabulawa phakathi kwealtare nethempeli. Yebo, ngithi kini: Lizakubizwa kulesisizukulwane.

₅₂Maye kinina-zazimthetho, ngokuba nisisusile isihluthulelo sokwazi! Nina uqobo lwenu aningenanga, nabangenayo nabavimbela.

₅₃Kuthé ephuma lapho, ababhali nabaFarisi baqala ukumzonda kabi nokumbuzisisa ngokuninginingi,

₅₄bemqamekela ukuba babambe into ephuma emlonyeni wakhe.