Umzekeliso ngomhlolokazi nomgwebi ongenabulungisa
1UYesu wabenzela umzekeliso ukubakhuthaza ukuba bahlale bethandaza bengatyhafi, 2wathi: “Kwidolophu ethile kwakukho umgwebi owayengamoyiki uThixo, engahloneli mntu. 3Ke kuloo dolophu kwakukho mhlolokazi uthile ubemana esiza kuye athi: ‘Ndikhulule kummangaleli wam.’ 4Kwaba mzuzu engavumi, kodwa kamva waqiqa esithi: ‘Nakuba ndingamoyiki uThixo, ndingahloneli namntu, 5noko, ngenxa yokuba lo mhlolokazi endikhathaza, ndomgwebela ndimkhulule, hleze ndide ndikruquke nguye.’ ”
6Yaqhuba ke iNkosi yathi: “Kuveni okuthethwa ngulo mgwebi ungenabulungisa. 7Ngaba yena uThixo akayi kubaphindezelela na abanyulwa bakhe abakhala kuye imini nobusuku? Akayi kukhawuleza na ukubanceda? 8Ngenene, uya kubaphindezelela kamsinya. Kodwa ke, akufika yena *uNyana woLuntu, ngaba wolufumana na ukholo ehlabathini apha?”
Umzekeliso ngomFarasi nomqokeleli-rhafu
9Ke kaloku uYesu uthethe lo mzekeliso kwabathile, ababekholose ngokuzicingela ukuba bangamalungisa, bebadelile abanye: 10“Amadoda amabini enyuka aya *endlwini kaThixo, esiya kuthandaza. Enye *yayingumFarasi, enye ingumqokeleli-rhafu.
11“Ke yena umFarasi wayemi ethandaza esithi: ‘Thixo, ndiyabulela kuba ndingènjengabanye abantu, abaphangi, izikhohlakali, abakrexezi, ndingènjengaye nalo mqokeleli-rhafu. 12Ndizila ukutya kabini ngeveki. Ndinikela ngesishumi sako konke endikuzuzayo.’
13“Ke yena umqokeleli-rhafu wayemi qelele, engathandi nokuwaphakamisela ezulwini amehlo akhe. Wayemana eziphothula izandla, esithi: ‘Thixo, yiba netarhu kum, mna moni.’ 14Inene, wagoduka umqokeleli-rhafu lowo elilungisa kuThixo kunomFarasi lowo; kuba kaloku wonke umntu oziphakamisayo uya kuthotywa, nozithobayo uya kuphakanyiswa.”
UYesu usikelela abantwana
15Abantu babesiza neentsana zabo kuYesu ukuze azibeke izandla. Beyibonile loo nto, abafundi babakhalimela. 16Ke yena uYesu wazibizela kuye iintsana, esithi: “Bayekeni abantwana beze kum, ningabanqandi, kuba ábalawulwa nguThixo ngabanjengabo. 17Ndithi kuni, inene, othe akakuthobela njengomntwana ukulawulwa nguThixo, soze abuve ubuncwane bolo lawulo.”
Umfana osisityebi
18Umphathi othile wabuza kuYesu esithi: “Mfundisi olungileyo, ndingenza ntoni na ukuze ndibudle ilifa ubomi obungunaphakade?”
19UYesu wathi kuye: “Kutheni usithi ndilungile nje? Akukho mntu ulungileyo. Mnye kuphela olungileyo: nguThixo. 20Uyayazi imithetho ethi uze ungakrexezi; uze ungabulali; uze ungebi; uze ungangqini ubuxoki; beka uyihlo nonyoko.”
21Ke yena wathi: “Zonke ezo zinto ndazigcina kwasebuncinaneni bam.”
22Ekuvile oko uYesu, wathi kuye: “Kusekho into enye oyisweleyo: zithengise zonke izinto onazo, wabele amahlwempu imali leyo; woba nobutyebi ezulwini; uze kum, ube ngumlandeli wam.” 23Ezivile ezo ndawo, wadana, kuba wayesisinhanha.
24UYesu, ekubona ukudana kwakhe, wathi: “Hayi ubunzima bokuba izityebi zikuxhamle ukulawulwa nguThixo. 25Kungâlula ukuba inkamela iphumele entunjeni yenaliti, kunokuba isityebi sixhamle ubuncwane bokulawulwa nguThixo.”
26Abo bevayo ke bathi: “Ngubani ke onokusindiswa?”
27Waza uYesu wathi: “Oko aba umntu akunakwenzeka, kunokwenziwa nguThixo.”
28Ke uPetros wathi: “Khangela, thina sishiye zonke izinto sakulandela.”
29Waza uYesu wathi kubo: “Ndithi kuni, inene, akukho namnye ushiye indlu, nokuba ngumfazi, nokuba ngabantakwabo, nokuba ngabazali, nokuba ngabantwana, ngenxa yokufuna ukulawulwa nguThixo, 30ongayi kuthi ngoku ngalo eli xesha amkele ngokuphinda-phindiweyo, aze kwiphakade elizayo amkele ubomi obungunaphakade.”
UYesu uthetha okwesithathu ngokufa nokuvuka kwakhe
31Ke uYesu wabathatha abafundi abalishumi elinambini, wathi kubo: “Ngoku ke siyemka, siya eJerusalem. Ke zonke izinto abazibhalayo *abashumayeli ngaye *uNyana woLuntu, ziya kuzaliseka. 32UNyana woLuntu uya kunikelwa kwabasemzini, kudlalwe ngaye, aphathwe kakubi, atshicelwe. 33Baya kumkatsa, bambulale; aze athi ngomhla wesithathu abuye avuke.”
34Ke bona abafundi abaqondanga nento le kwezi zinto. Intsingiselo yala mazwi yayifihlakele kubo, bengazazi ezi zinto azithethayo.
UYesu uphilisa imfama yaseJeriko
35Kwathi, ekusondeleni kukaYesu eJeriko, kwabakho mfama ithile, ihleli ngasendleleni ingqiba. 36Yakuva kudlula isihlwele, yabuza ukuba ngaba yintoni na le.
37Bayixelela bathi: “Kudlula uYesu waseNazarete.”
38Yaza yabhomboloza isithi: “Yesu, Nyana kaDavide, ndenzele inceba!”
39Abo babehamba ngaphambili bayikhalimela ukuba ithi tu, kodwa kwaba kukhona yona ikhwazayo ngakumbi, isithi: “Nyana kaDavide, ndenzele inceba!”
40Wema uYesu, wathi imfama leyo mayiziswe kuye. Yakusondela ke wayibuza esithi: 41“Ufuna ukuba ndikwenzele ntoni na?”
Yathi imfama kuye: “Nkosi yam, ndicela ukuba ndibuye ndibone.”
42Wathi kuyo uYesu: “Kulungile ke, bona! Ukholo lwakho lukuphilisile.” 43Yabuya yabona kwangoko, yamlandela uYesu, ibulela uThixo. Bonke abantu, bakukubona oko, bamdumisa uThixo.
