Igunya LikaJesu
1Kwathi ngolunye usuku uJesu efundisa abantu ethempelini futhi eshumayela ivangeli, abaphristi abakhulu, izazimthetho namalunga, bamvukela. 2Bakhuluma bathi kuye: “Sitshele ukuthi lokhu ukwenza ngagunya lini, nokuthi ngubani okunike leli gunya na?”
3Waphendula wathi kubo: “Nami ngizakunibuza igama elilodwa zwi, ningiphendule. 4Umbhabhadiso kaJohane wawuvelaphi, ezulwini noma kubantu na?”
5Babonisana bodwa, base bethi: “Uma sithi: ‘Ezulwini,’ uzakuthi: ‘Pho anikholwanga ngani nguye na?’
6“Kepha uma sithi: ‘Kubantu,’ abantu bonke bazakusikhanda ngamatshe, ngokuba bayakholwa ngukuthi uJohane ungumphrofethi.”
7Base bephendula bethi: “Asazi ukuthi wavela kuphi.”
8UJesu wayesethi kubo: “Nami angizukunitshela ukuthi lokhu ngikwenza ngagunya lini.”
Umfanekiso Wabalimi Besivini
9Waqala ukulandisa abantu lo mzekeliso, wathi: “Umuntu othile watshala isivini, wasiqashisa kubalimi, wayesehamba isikhathi eside. 10Ngesikhathi sokuvuna wathumela inceku kubalimi, ukuba bamnike ezithelweni zesivini. Kepha abalimi bayishaya, bayibuyisela emuva ilambatha. 11Waphinda wathumela enye inceku, naleyo bayishaya, bayidumaza, bayibuyisela emuva ilambatha. 12Wabuye wathumela eyesithathu; naleyo bayilimaza, bayiphonsa ngaphandle kwesivini.
13“Umnininisivini wathi: ‘Ngizakwenzenjani manje na? Ngizakuthumela indodana yami ethandekayo; mhlawumbe bazakuyihlonipha.’
14“Kepha kwathi lapho abalimi beyibona, babonisana bathi: ‘Lo uyindlalifa; masimbulale ukuze ifa kube ngelethu.’ 15Bayikhiphela ngaphandle kwesivini, bayibulala. Manje-ke uzokwenzenjani umninisivini kubo na? 16Uzakuza, ababhubhise labo balimi, isivini asiqashise kwabanye.”
Kuthe bekuzwa lokho bathi: “Qha, makungenzeki kanjalo.”
17UJesu wababheka, wayesethi: “Pho kuyini lokhu okulotshiweyo ukuthi:
“ ‘Itshe abalinqabayo abakhi,
lona laba yinhloko yegumbi’ na?
18“Yilowo nalowo owela phezu kwaleli litshe uyakuphihlizeka, kepha lowo eliyakuwela phezu kwakhe, liyakumfihliza.”
Intela KaKhesari
19Izazimthetho nabaphristi bafuna ukumbamba ngezandla khona lapho, kodwa besaba abantu, ngokuba babazi ukuthi ukhulume lo mzekeliso ewuqondise kubo.
20Bamqaphela, base bethumela izinhloli ezazizenza abalungileyo ukuba zimhile ngakushoyo, ukuze bamnikele kumbusi nasegunyeni lesiphathimandla. 21Zambuza-ke zathi: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi ukhululma futhi ufundise okulungileyo, awukhethi buso bamuntu, kodwa ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngokweqiniso. 22Sivunyelwe yini ukuba sithele intela kuKhesari noma qha na?”
23Kepha uJesu eqonda ubuqili babo, wathi kubo: 24“Ngikhombiseni udenariyu; umfanekiso nombhalo kabani okuwo na?”
Bathi: “OkaKhesari.”
25Wayesethi kubo: “Ngakho-ke nikani uKhesari okukaKhesari, noNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu.”
26Abakwazanga ukumhila ngamazwi akhe phambi kwabantu. Yabamangalisa impendulo yakhe, bathula du.
Ukuvuka Kwabafileyo
27Kwase kufika kuye abathile babaSadusi abathi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo; 28bambuza bathi: “Mfundisi, uMose wasilobela ukuthi, uma umfowabo womuntu efa enomfazi, kodwa engenabantwana, umfowabo makamngene owesifazane, amvusele inzalo umfowabo ongasekho. 29Kwakukhona izelamani eziyisikhombisa. Esokuqala saganwa, safa singenamntwana; 30umfazi wangenwa ngesesibili, 31nesesithathu samngena; zonke izelamani eziyisikhombisa zamngena, kodwa zafa zingashiyanga bantwana. 32Ekugcineni wafa nowesifazane. 33Ngakho-ke ekuvukeni kwabafileyo uyakuba ngumfazi kabani, lokhu zonke izelamani eziyisikhombisa wayeziganile na?”
34UJesu wathi kubo: “Abantu balesi sikhathi bayaganwa, bayendiswa. 35Kepha labo okuzakuthiwa bafanele ukufinyelela kwelizayo nasekuvukeni kwabafileyo, kabaganwa futhi kabendiswa. 36Kabasafi kodwa bafana nezingelosi; njengalokhu bengabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, bangabantwana bokuvuka. 37Kepha lokhu ukuthi bayakuvuswa abafileyo, ngisho noMose wakuveza obala esihlahleni esivuthayo, lapho ebiza iNkosi ngokuthi, nguNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, noNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe. 38UNkulunkulu kasiye owabafileyo, kodwa ungowabaphilayo, ngokuba bonke bayaphila kuye.”
39Abathile bezazimthetho baphendula bathi: “Mfundisi, ukhulume kahle.”
40Babengelokothe babuye bambuze utho.
UMesiya Nemvelo Yakhe
41UJesu wayesethi kubo: “Basho kanjani ukuthi uKhristu uyiNdodana kaDavide na? 42Ngokuba uDavide uqobo, uthi eNcwadini yaMahubo:
“ ‘INkosi yathi eNkosini yami,
hlala ngakwesokunene sami,
43ngize ngibeke izitha zakho,
zibe yisenabelo sezinyawo zakho.’ ”
44“Ngakho-ke uDavide umbiza ngeNkosi. Pho-ke uyiNdodana yakhe kanjani na?”
UJesu Usola Izazimthetho
45Kuthe bonke abantu besalalele, wathi kubafundi bakhe: 46“Zixwayeni izazimthetho, ezifuna ukuhamba zigqoke izingubo ezinde; zithanda ukubingelelwa ezindaweni zokuhwebelana, nokuhlala ezihlalweni eziqavile emasinagogeni, nasemadilini. 47Zidla izindlu zabafelokazi, zikhuleke isikhathi eside, zizenzisa. Laba bayakwemukela ukwehlulelwa okukhulu.”
