ULUKA 19

₁UYesu wangena eJeriko, egqitha khona. ₂Ke kaloku kwakukho ndoda ibizwa ngokuba nguZakeyi, eyayiyintloko yabaqokeleli-rhafu, isisityebi. ₃Yayifuna ukubona uYesu, kodwa ngenxa yokusithwa yindimbane ayaba nako, kuba yayimfutshane ngesithomo. ₄Yabaleka ke, yaya ngaphambili, yakhwela emthini womthombe ukuze imbone, kuba wayeza kudlula apho. ₅Akufika kuloo ndawo, wakhangela phezulu uYesu, wathi kuyo: “Zakeyi, khawuleza uhle, kuba namhlanje ndimelwe kukuba lundwendwe lwakho.”

₆Wakhawuleza ke wehla uZakeyi, waza wamkela uYesu ngovuyo. ₇Bakuyibona loo nto, bakhalaza bonke, besithi: “Uye kungena endlwini yomntu *ongumoni.”

₈Waphakama uZakeyi, wathi kuyo iNkosi: “Khangela, isiqingatha sempahla yam, Nkosi, ndisinika amahlwempu. Kanti nokuba ndidle nto kabani na ngobuqhetseba, ndimbuyisela kane.”

₉Ke uYesu wathi kuye: “Namhlanje lufikile usindiso kule ndlu, kuba noZakeyi lo ungunyana ka-Abraham. ₁₀Kaloku yena *uNyana woLuntu wezela ukufuna kwanokusindisa abantu abalahlekileyo.”

₁₁UYesu wabenzela umzekeliso abo babemva ethetha ezi zinto. Wayeselekufuphi neJerusalem; baye bona besiba ulawulo lukaThixo loba seluzinzile ngelo xesha. ₁₂Ke wathi: “Inkosana ethile yahambela kwilizwe elikude, isiya kuthatha amagunya okulawula, iza kubuya ibuye. ₁₃Izibizile ke izicaka zayo ezilishumi, yazinika imali engangekhulu leerandi sisinye, yathi kuzo: ‘Rhwebani, ndide ndibuye.’ ₁₄Ke bona abemi belizwe laloo nkosana babeyithiyile, baza bathuma izigidimi emva kwayo, besithi: ‘Asifuni ukuba lo abe ngukumkani wethu.’

₁₅“Yakuba ke ibekiwe yangukumkani inkosana le, ibuyile, yaza yathi mazibizelwe kuyo ezo zicaka yayizinike imali leyo, ukuze ive kuzo ngazinye ukuba zingenise ntoni na ngokurhweba. ₁₆Seza ke esokuqala, sathi: ‘Nkosi, ikhulu lakho lizele ishumi lamakhulu.’ ₁₇Yathi kuso: ‘Hee ke, sicakandini esilungileyo! Ngenxa yokuba ubuthembekile kokuncinane, ndikunika igunya kwiidolophu ezilishumi.’ ₁₈Seza nesesibini, sathi: ‘Nkosi, ikhulu lakho lenze isihlanu samakhulu.’ ₁₉Yathi nakweso: ‘Wena ndikunika igunya kwiidolophu ezintlanu.’

₂₀“Seza nesinye, sathi: ‘Nkosi, nali ikhulu lakho. Bendilithandele ngelaphu, ₂₁kuba bendikoyika, ngokuba ungumntu ongqabalala; uthatha ongakubekanga, uvune ongakuhlwayelanga.’ ₂₂Yathi kuso: ‘Ndiza kukugweba ngokuphuma emlonyeni wakho, sicakandini esikhohlakeleyo. Ubusazi nje ukuba ndingumntu ongqabalala, othatha angakubekanga, avune angakuhlwayelanga; ₂₃kutheni ke imali le yam ungayigcinisanga ebhankini, ze ke mna ekufikeni kwam ndiyifumane inenzala?’

₂₄“Yathi kwababemi ngakhona: ‘Mhlutheni ikhulu elo, nilinike lowo uneshumi lamakhulu.’ ₂₅Ke bathi kuyo: ‘Nkosi, uneshumi lamakhulu!’ ₂₆Yathi: ‘Inene, wonke umntu onolutho uya kunikwa; ongenanto ke, uya kuhluthwa kwanaloo nto anayo. ₂₇Ke zona ezo ntshaba zam zingafunanga ukuba ndibe ngukumkani wazo, ziziseni apha, nizibulale apha phambi kwam.’ ”

₂₈Akuba ezithethile ezi zinto, uYesu wabandulela, wenyuka esiya eJerusalem. ₂₉Kwathi, akusondela eBhetefage naseBhetani, engasentabeni ekuthiwa yeyemiNquma, wathuma ababini kubafundi bakhe, ₃₀esithi kubo: “Hambani niye kule dolophana ikhangelene nathi. Nothi ningena nje kuyo, nifumane inkonyana yedonki ibotshelelwe, ekungazange kukhwele mntu kuyo. Yikhululeni, niyizise apha. ₃₁Ukuba ubani uthe kuni: ‘Niyikhululela ntoni loo donki?’ ze nithi: ‘Iyafunwa yiNkosi.’ ”

₃₂Basuka ke baya abo babethunyiwe, bafika kunjengoko wayetshilo uYesu. ₃₃Bakuyikhulula inkonyana, abaniniyo bathi kubo: “Niyikhululela ntoni loo nkonyana?”

₃₄Bathi ke bona: “Iyafunwa yiNkosi.” ₃₅Bayisa ke kuYesu, bandlala iingubo zabo phezu kwayo inkonyana yedonki leyo, bamkhwelisa kuyo uYesu. ₃₆Ehamba njalo, bamana bezandlala iingubo zabo endleleni.

₃₇Ke kaloku akusondela ethambekeni leNtaba yemiNquma, yathi yonke inkitha yabafundi yavuya, yadumisa uThixo imemelela, imdumisa ngayo yonke imimangaliso eyayibonayo, ₃₈isithi: “Makabongwe lo Kumkani uzayo egameni leNkosi! Uxolo ezulwini; udumo kweliphezulu!”

₃₉Abathile *kubaFarasi esihlweleni apho bathi kuYesu: “Mfundisi, bakhalimele abafundi bakho.”

₄₀Waphendula wathi kubo: “Inene, kungáthi nje kukhe kwathi cwaka aba, kunkqangaze namatye la.”

₄₁Akusondela uYesu, esibona isixeko, wasililela ₄₂esithi: “Akwaba nawe, Jerusalem, ubuzazi namhlanje izinto ezikuzisela uxolo! Kodwa ngoku zifihlakele kuwe! ₄₃Kuya kufika imihla eziya kuthi iintshaba zakho zakhe udonga lokuzikhusela ekukuhlaseleni kwazo, zikungqinge, zikuxine macala onke. ₄₄Ziya kukudiliza, zibatshabalalise abakuwe, zingashiyi nalinye ilitye phezu kwelitye, ngenxa yokuba ungalazanga ixesha lokuvelelwa kwakho nguThixo.”

₄₅UYesu wangena *endlwini kaThixo, waza wabakhupha abo babethengisa khona, ₄₆esithi kubo: “*EziBhalweni uThixo uthi: ‘Indlu yam yindlu yokuthandaza.’ Ke nina niyenzé umqolomba wezihange.”

₄₇Imihla ngemihla wayefundisa endlwini kaThixo apho. Ke ababingeleli abaziintloko, nabachazi-mthetho, kwaneenkokheli zabantu, babefuna ukumbulala; ₄₈kodwa ababanga nakufumana nto banokuyenza, kuba bonke abantu babenamathele kuye, bemphulaphula.