Ukuphenduka
1Ngesikhatheso bekukhona abantu abatjela uJesu ngamaGalile, uPilatu avanganisa iingazi zabo nemihlabelwabo. 2UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Nidlumbana bona amaGalile la bekazizoni ezikulu ukudlula boke abantu beGalile ngombana bahlunguphazwa ngalendlela na? 3Ngithi kini, awa! Kodwana naningaphendukiko, nani nizokubhubha noke nje. 4Nithini ngabalitjhumi nabunane abahlongakala lokha umtlomogo weSilowamu nawuwela phezu kwabo na? Nidlumbana bona bebanomlandu khulu ukwedlula boke abanye abahlala eJerusalema na? 5Ngithi kini, awa! Kodwana naningaphendukiko, nani nizokubhubha noke nje.”
Umfanekiso ngomuthi wamakhiwani ongatheliko
6Yeke wabatjela umfanekiso lo: “Umuntu othileko gade anomuthi wamakhiwani obewutjalwe esidiribeni sakhe. Waya kiwo wayokuqala iinthelo zawo, kodwana azange afumane ilitho. 7Yeke wathi endodeni ebeyinakekela isidiribe, ‘Sele kuminyaka emithathu kwanjesi ngiseze ngiza lapha ngizokufuna iinthelo emthini womkhiwani lo, kodwana azange ngifunyane ilitho. Ugawule! Sizawuliselani usebenzise iqulwani ngelize na?’ 8Indoda leyo yathi, ‘Kosami, ulise umnyaka munye kwaphela. Ngizakwemba ngemaqadi kwawo ngithele umsuqwa. 9Nakube uyathela umnyaka ozako lo, kulungile, kodwana nakube awutheli, khona-ke ngizawugawula.’ ”
UJesu upholisa umfazi osirhole ngeSabatha
10UJesu gade afundisa ngakelinye lamasinagogi ngeSabatha. 11Khonapho bekunomfazi ogade anommoya ombangela ukugula, sele agule iminyaka elitjhumi nobunane. Begade akhamba agugubele angakghoni ukuthabuluka nakancani. 12Kwathi bona uJesu ambone, wambizela kuye wathi: “Mma, utjhatjhululiwe ekuguleni kwakho!” 13Wambeka izandla, khonokho wathabuluka wadumisa uZimu.
14Umphathi wesinagogi wasilingeka ngombana uJesu bekapholise ngeSabatha, yeke wathi ebantwini: “Kukhona amalanga amathandathu ekufanele sisebenze ngawo.Yeke yizani nizokupholiswa emalangeni lawo, ingasi ngeSabatha!”
15IKosi yamphendula yathi: “Nina bazenzisi ndina! Akwenzeki bona omunye nomunye wenu atjhaphulule ikomakhe namkha udumbanakhe ngesibayeni amdose ayomseza amanzi na? 16Alo bekungakameli bona umma lo, oyindodakazi ka-Abrahamu, uSathana asoloko ambopha iminyaka elitjhumi nabunane yoke swana, atjhatjhululwe kilokho okumbophileko ngeSabatha na?” 17Kwathi natjho njalo boke abajamelani bakhe bahlaziseka, kodwana abantu bebathabile ngakho koke okuhle ebegade akwenza.
Umfanekiso ngembewu yemastadi
(Mt 13:31-32; Mk 4:30-32)
18Nje-ke uJesu wababuza wathi: “Umbuso kaZimu ufana nani na? Ngingawufanisa nani na? 19Unjengembewu yemastadi umuntu ayithatha ayitjale esivandeni. Yakhula beyaba mumuthi, iinyoni zomkayi zakhela eempandeni zawo.”
Umfanekiso ngesibiliso
(Mt 13:33)
20UJesu godu wabuza wathi: “Umbuso kaZimu ngingawufanisa nani na? 21Unjengesibiliso umfazi asithatha asihlanganise neflowuru enengi kufikela lapha kuba yihlama khona.”
Isango elincancani
(Mt 7:13-14,21-23)
22Yeke uJesu wadlula hlangana nemizi nemizana, wafundisa asendleleni yokuya eJerusalema. 23Umuntu othileko wambuza wathi: “Kosi, kuzokusindiswa abantu abalidlanzana na?”
UJesu wamphendula wathi: 24“Lingani ngamandlenu woke bona ningene ngesango elincani ngombana ngiyanitjela bona abanengi bazokulinga ukungena kodwana abazokukghona. 25Nasele umninimuzi asikimile wavala ibadi, nizakujama ngaphandle nikokode benirabhele nithi, ‘Kosi, yewusivulele.’ Kodwana uzakuphendula athi, ‘Anginazi, angazi nokobana nibuyaphi!’ 26Yeke nizakuphendula nithi, ‘Sagoma besasela nawe; wafundisa neendledlaneni zekhethu!’
27“Kodwana uzakuphendula athi, ‘Anginazi, abengazi nokobana nibuyaphi. Sukani kimapha noke nina benzi bokumbi!’ 28Kuzakuba khona ukulila nokugedla kwamazinyo lokha nanibona u-Abrahamu, u-Isaka noJakopo kanye nabo boke abaphorofidi embusweni kaZimu, kodwana nina nizakulahlelwa ngaphandle. 29Abantu bazakuvela epumalanga netjingalanga, etlhagwini nesewula, bahlale eendaweni ababekelwe zona emnyanyeni embusweni kaZimu. 30Ngambala kunalabo abangebokugcina abazakuba ngebokuthoma, nebokuthoma abazakuba ngebokugcina.”
Ithando lakaJesu ngeJerusalema
(Mt 23:37-39)
31Ngesikhatheso abaFarisi abathileko beza kuJesu bathi kuye: “Suka endaweni le uye kenye ngombana uHerode ufuna ukukubulala.”
32Waphendula wathi: “Khambani niyokutjela ipungutjha leyo bona ngizokuqotjha amadimoni ngipholise nabagulako namhlanje nakusasa bese kuthi ngelanga lesithathu ngifikelele emnqophweni wami. 33Kokwakho ngifanele ukukhamba namhlanjesi, kusasa, nangomuso ngombana ngambala akunamphorofidi ongahlongakalela ngaphandle kweJerusalema!
34“Maye Jerusalema, Jerusalema! Wena obulala abaphorofidi bewukhande ngamatje labo abathunyelwe kuwe. Kukangaki ngiseze ngikhanukela ukubuthelela abantwabakho ndawonye njengesikhukhukazi sibuthelela amadzinyanaso ngaphasi kwamaphikwaso! Kodwana azange uthande. 35Qalani, ikumbenu itjhiywe kini ingasenamuntu. Ngiyanitjela bona asoze benisangibona kufikela lapha nithi khona, ‘Ubusisiwe loyo oza ebizweni lakaSomnini.’ ”
