NGOKUKAMATHEWU 20

₁Ngokuba umbuso wezulu ufana nomuntu ongumninindlu owaphuma ekuseni ukuqasha izisebenzi ziye esivinini sakhe.

₂Esevumelene nezisebenzi ngodenariyu* ngosuku, wazithumela esivinini sakhe.

₃Waphuma futhi ngehora lesithathu, wabona abanye bemi esigcawini, bengenzi-lutho;

₄nakubo wathi: Yanini nani esivinini; ngiyakuninika okufaneleyo.

₅Baya-ke. Waphuma futhi ngehora lesithupha nangelesishiyagalolunye, wenze njalo.

₆Esephuma ngehora leshumi nanye wafumana abanye bemi, wathi kubo: Nimeleni lapha usuku lonke ningenzilutho na?

₇Bathi kuye: Ngokuba akakho osiqashileyo. Wathi kubo: Hambani nani, niye esivinini.

₈Kepha selishonile, umninisivini wathi enduneni yakhe: Biza izisebenzi, uzikhokhele imali yazo, uqale ngezokugcina, ugcine ngezokuqala.

₉Kuthé befika abehora leshumi nanye, kwaba-yilowo nalowo wamukela udenariyu*.

₁₀Sekuza abokuqala, bathi bazakwamukela okukhulu; kepha nabo bamukela udenariyu* ngabanye.

₁₁Kepha sebamukela bakhonona ngomninindlu,

₁₂bathi: Laba abokugcina basebenzé ihora linye nje, ubalinganisé nathi esithwalile ubunzima nesifudumezi semini.

₁₃Waphendula, wathi komunye wabo: Mngane, angikoni; kanti asivumelananga ngodenariyu* na?

₁₄Thatha okwakho, uhambe; kepha ngiyathanda ukunika lowokugcina njengawe.

₁₅Angivunyelwe ukwenza engikuthandayo ngokungokwami na? Kumbe iso lakho libi, ngokuba mina ngimuhle na?

₁₆Kanjalo abokugcina bayakuba-ngabokuqala, nabokuqala babe-ngabokugcina.

₁₇Kwathi uJesu esezakwenyukela eJerusalema, wathatha abafundi abayishumi nambili, wagudluka nabo; besesendleleni, wathi kubo:

₁₈Bhekani, sikhuphukela eJerusalema; iNdodana yomuntu izakukhashelwa kubapristi abakhulu nababhali; bazakuyinqumela ukuba ife,

₁₉bayikhaphele kwabezizwe ukuba iklolodelwe, ishaywe, ibethelwe esiphambanweni; kepha ngosuku lwesithathu izakuvuswa.

₂₀Khona kwafika kuye unina wamadodana kaZebedewu kanye namadodana akhe; wakhuleka, wacela into kuye.

₂₁Yena wathi kuye: Ufunani na? Wathi kuye: Yisho ukuba lawamadodana ami amabili ahlale, enye ngakwesokunene sakho, enye ngakwesokhohlo sakho embusweni wakho.

₂₂UJesu waphendula wathi: Anikwazi enikucelayo. Ningasiphuza yini isitsha engizakusiphuza na? Bathi kuye: Singakwenza.

₂₃Wathi kubo: Yebo, nizakusiphuza isitsha sami, kepha ukuhlala ngakwesokunene sami nangakwesokhohlo akusikho okwami ukuphana ngakho, kodwa kungokwalabo abakulungiselwe nguBaba.

₂₄Bathi ukuzwa lokho abayishumi, bazithukuthelela izelamani ezimbili.

₂₅Kepha uJesu wababiza, wathi: Niyazi ukuthi ababusi bezizwe bazenza amakhosi phezu kwazo, nezikhulu zazo ziphethe amandla phezu kwazo.

₂₆Akunjalo phakathi kwenu, kodwa yilowo nalowo ofuna ukuba-mkhulu phakathi kwenu makabe-yisikhonzi senu;

₂₇nalowo ofuna ukuba-ngowokuqala phakathi kwenu makabe-yinceku yenu,

₂₈njengalokho iNdodana yomuntu ingezelanga ukukhonzwa kepha ukukhonza nokunikela ukuphila kwayo, kubeyisihlengo sabaningi.

₂₉Sebephuma eJeriko, isixuku esikhulu samlandela.

₃₀Bheka, kwakuhlezi izimpumputhe ezimbili ngasendleleni; kuthé zizwa ukuthi uJesu uyadlula, zamemeza zathi: Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavide, sihawukele!

₃₁Kepha isixuku sazikhuza ukuba zithule, kodwa kwayikhona zimemeza kakhulu, zithi: Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavide, sihawukele!

₃₂UJesu wema, wazibiza wathi: Nifuna ukuba nginenzeleni na?

₃₃Zathi kuye: Nkosi, ukuba amehlo ethu avuleke.

₃₄UJesu waba-nesihe, waphatha amehlo azo; zase zibona masinyane, zamlandela.