ULUKA 16

₁Ke uYesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Kwakukho sityebi sithile esasinegosa, elathi lona lamangalelwa kuso ngokuyichitha impahla yaso. ₂Silibizile ke, sathi kulo: ‘Yintoni le ndiyivayo ngawe? Khawenze ingxelo yobugosa bakho, kuba akusayi kuba saba ligosa.’ ₃Lacinga ke igosa lathi: ‘Ndiya kuthini, bethu, inkosi yam indisusa nje ebugoseni? Ndiphangele? Hayi, kuyandoyisa! Ndingqibe? Hayi, ndineentloni! ₄O-o-o, ndiyayazi into endiya kuyenza, ukuze xa ndithe ndasuswa ebugoseni bandamkele ezindlwini zabo abantu.’

₅“Ke libabizele kulo ngabanye abanamatyala enkosini yalo, lathi kowokuqala: ‘Unatyala lingakanani na enkosini yam?’ ₆Wathi yena: ‘Likhulu leengqayi zeoyile yomnquma.’ Lathi kuye: ‘Thatha iphepha lakho, ukhawuleze uhlale phantsi, ubhale amashumi amahlanu.’ ₇Emva koko lathi komnye: ‘Wena ke unatyala lingakanani?’ Wathi yena: ‘Likhulu leengxowa zengqolowa.’ Lathi kuye: ‘Thatha iphepha lakho, ubhale amashumi asibhozo.’

₈“Yaza inkosi yalo yalincoma ngokundweba kwalo eli gosa linamaqhinga; kuba kwezobulumko obusingisele koogxa babo, abeli phakade bayabagqitha abakhanyiselwe nguThixo.”

₉Waqhuba ke uYesu wathi: “Nam ndithi kuni, ubutyebi obu bùdla ngokufunyanwa ngobuqhetseba, busebenziseni nina ngendlela eya kunakhela ubuhlobo, khon' ukuze nakuphelelwa bobo butyebi, nibe nokwamkelwa eminqubeni yaphakade. ₁₀Othembekileyo kokuncinane, uthembekile nakokukhulu; nongathembekanga kokuncinane, akathembekanga nakokukhulu. ₁₁Ukuba ngoko anibanga nakuthembeka kubutyebi beli phakade, ngubani na onokunithemba kobo butyebi bububo? ₁₂Ukuba anibanga nakuthembeka kokukokomnye, ngubani na onokuninika okukokwenu?

₁₃“Akukho sicaka sinokukhonza iinkosi ezimbini, kuba siya kuyithiya le, siyithande leya, okanye sibambelele kule, siyidele leya. Aninako ukukhonza uThixo kwanobutyebi.”

₁₄Ke *nabaFarasi, amathanda-mali, bamvile uYesu ekuthetha konke oku, baza bamnximzela; ₁₅waza wathi kubo: “Nina ningabazenza amalungisa phambi kwabantu, kodwa uThixo uyazazi iintliziyo zenu. Ke oko kuxatyisiweyo ngabantu kulizothe kuThixo.

₁₆“Kwakulawula *umthetho kaMosis nezibhalo *zabashumayeli bamandulo kwada kwaba yimihla kaYohane umbhaptizi. Ukususela ngoko kushunyayelwa iindaba ezimnandi zolawulo lukaThixo oluthwasileyo. Ke bonke beza kulo begxalathelana. ₁₇Kulula ukuba lidlule izulu nehlabathi kunokuba kucinywe nechaphazana eli lomthetho.

₁₈“Wonke umntu omalayo umfazi wakhe, azeke omnye, uyakrexeza; nomntu wonke ozeka umfazi owalene nendoda yakhe, uyakrexeza.”

₁₉“Kwakukho sityebi sithile, esasivatha ezimbeje-mbeje, sisitya oozimuncu-muncu yonke imihla. ₂₀Esangweni laso kwakudla ngokusiwa hlwempu lithile, ligama linguLazaro, elalizele zizilonda, ₂₁lisoloko linqwenela ukutya nokuba yimvuthuluka ewa etafileni yesityebi eso. Bezisiza izinja, zikhothe izilonda zalo.

₂₂“Ke kaloku lafa ihlwempu elo, lasiwa kuAbraham zizithunywa zezulu. Safa ke nesityebi, sangcwatywa. ₂₃Sathi, sikwelabafileyo, saphakamisa amehlo aso sisentuthumbeni, sambona uAbraham ekude, uLazaro enaye. ₂₄Samemeza ke, sathi: ‘Bawo, Abraham, ndénzele inceba, uthume uLazaro ukuba athi nkxu incam yomnwe wakhe emanzini, aphozise ulwimi lwam, kuba ndiyathuthunjelwa kweli langatye!’

₂₅“Kodwa uAbraham wathi: ‘Nyana, khumbula ukuba wena ebomini bakho wawufumana izinto ezimnandi, uLazaro yena efumana ezimbi; ngoku yena uyathuthuzelwa apha, kanti wena uyathuthunjelwa. ₂₆Kodwa ke, ngaphandle kwale nto yonke, phakathi kwethu nani kuthiwe zinzi umsantsa omkhulu, ukuze abathanda ukuwela, besuka apha besiya kuni, bangabi nako, nokuthi abalapho kuni bangabi nakuwelela kuthi.’ ₂₇Sathi ke isityebi: ‘Ndiyakubongoza ke ngoko, bawo, ukuba umthume emzini kabawo, ₂₈kuba ndinabantakwethu abahlanu. Makabaqononondise ukuze bangàthi nabo beze kule ndawo yentuthumbo.’

₂₉“Kodwa uAbraham wathi kuso: ‘*Banomthetho kaMosis neencwadi *zabashumayeli bamandulo; mabeve zona.’ ₃₀Sathi ke sona: ‘Hayi, bawo Abraham; ukuba kuthe kwaya kubo ovela kwabafileyo, boguquka.’ ₃₁Wathi kuso: ‘Ukuba bathe ababeva ooMosis nabashumayeli, abayi koyiseka nokuba kuthe kwavuka bani kwabafileyo.’ ”