Isono
(Mt 18:6-7,21-22; Mk 9:42)
1UJesu wathi ebafundini bakhe: “Izinto ezenza abantu bone zimele ukubakhona, kodwana maye kiloyo eziza ngaye! 2Bekungaba ngcono kuye bona kubotjhelelwe ilitje lokusila entanyenakhe aphoselwe ngelwandle, kunobanyana enze abancancanaba bone. 3Yeke yelelani enikwenzako!
“Nakube umfowenu uyona, mkhalimele; naphendukako, mlibalele. 4Nakube ukone kalikhomba ngelanga, eze kuwe kalikhomba athi, ‘Ngiyaphenduka,’ mlibalele.”
Ukukholwa
5Abapostoli bathi eKosini: “Yandisa ukukholwa kwethu.”
6IKosi yaphendula yathi: “Nakube beninokukholwa okungangembewu yemastadi, benizakuthi emthini womurbheyi lo, ‘Ruthuka uyokutjaleka ngelwandle,’ bewuzanilalela.”
Umsebenzi wenceku
7“Akhe sithi omunye wenu unekhoboka elilima namkha elelusa izimvu. Bekazakuthi ekhobokenelo nalibuya esimini, ‘Ngena uhlale phasi sigome’ na? 8Esikhundleni salokho ubangekhe athi, ‘Lungisa isidlo sami sakusihlwa, uzilungiselele bese ujama etafuleni mina lokha nangigoma bengisele, ngemva kwalapho-ke nawe ugome bewusele’ na? 9Ubezalithokoza ikhoboka ngokwenza kwalo elikutjelwako na? 10Ngokunjalo-ke nani, nasele nenze koke enitjelwe bona nikwenze, kumele nithi, ‘Simakhoboka anganabubhadekelo, senze umsebenzethu nje kwaphela.’ ”
UJesu upholisa amadoda alitjhumi
11Lokha uJesu nasendleleni eya eJerusalema, wadlula hlangana neSamariya neGalile. 12Kwathi nasangena ngemzini othileko, wahlangatjezwa madoda alitjhumi anobulwelwe bekhwekhwe. Ajamela kudanyana 13arhuwelela athi: “Jesu, Kosi, sirhawukele!”
14UJesu wawabona wathi kiwo: “Khambani niyoziveza kubaphristi.”
Kuthe asakhamba, ahlanjululwa. 15Enye yawo yathi ingabona bonyana ipholile, yabuya idumisa uZimu ngelizwi elikhulu. 16Yaziphosa eenyaweni zakaJesu, yamthokoza. Begade imSamariya. 17UJesu wathi: “Azange kuhlanjululwe woke wolitjhumi na? Alo, aphi-ke amanye alithoba? 18Azange kufunyanwe namunye obuyako kobana azokudumisa uZimu ngaphandle komqhamuka lo na?” 19Yeke wathi kuye: “Sikima ukhambe, ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile.”
Umbuso ozako
(Mt 24:23-28,37-41)
20Kwathi bona abuzwe baFarisi bona umbuso kaZimu uzakuza nini, uJesu waphendula wathi: “Umbuso kaZimu awuzi ngokuyelela kwenu okubukhali, 21namkha lokha abantu nabasithi, ‘Naku lapha ukhona’, namkha ‘Nakuya laphaya’ ngombana umbuso kaZimu ungaphakathi kwenu.”
22Yeke wathi ebafundini bakhe: “Isikhathi siyeza lapha nizakukhanukela khona ukubona elinye lamalanga weNdodana yoMuntu, kodwana anizulibona. 23Abantu bazanitjela bathi, ‘Qalani nanguya!’ namkha bathi, ‘Qalani nangu!’ Ningagijimi ngemva kwabo. 24INdodana yoMuntu ngelanga layo, izakufana nombani ophazima bewukhanyise umkayi ukusuka ngapha ukuya ngale. 25Kodwana kufanele itlhage qangi, ilahlwe sizukulwanesi. 26Njengombana gade kunjalo emihleni kaNowa, kuzakuba njalo nemihleni yeNdodana yoMuntu. 27Abantu bebagoma, basela, bathatha begodu benda kufikela mhla uNowa angena khona ngemkhunjini. Yeke kwafika umthwalela, wabatjhabalalisa boke. 28Kwaba njalo nangesikhathi sakaLothi. Abantu bebagoma begodu basela, bathenga begodu bathengisa, batjala begodu basakha. 29Kodwana ngelanga uLothi asuka ngalo eSodoma, kwehla umlilo nesibabuli ezulwini, kwabaqothula boke. 30Kuzakuba njalo-ke namhlana iNdodana yoMuntu ibonakaliswako.
31“Mhlokho ophezu kwephahla lekumbakhe angehliki aye ngekhaya athi uyokuthatha ipahlakhe. Ngokunjalo nosesimini angabuyeli kwakhe athi uyokuthatha okuthileko. 32Khumbulani umkaLothi! 33Loyo olinga ukuzuza ipilwakhe izamlahlekela. Loyo olahlekelwa yipilwakhe uzayibulunga. 34Ngiyanitjela bona ngobusukobo, abantu ababili abazabe balele emsemeni owodwa, oyedwa uzakuthathwa, oyedwa atjhiywe. 35Abafazi ababili bazabe basila ndawonye, oyedwa uzakuthathwa, oyedwa atjhiywe. 36Amadoda amabili azabe asesimini, eyodwa izakuthathwa, eyodwa itjhiywe.”
37Abafundi bambuza bathi: “Kuphi, Kosi na?”
Wathi kibo: “Lapha kunesidumbu khona, ubona ngamadlanga.”
