NGOKUKAMARKU 13

₁Kuthé ephuma ethempelini, omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye: Mfundisi, bheka amatshe anjani nezakhiwo ezinjani!

₂UJesu wathi kuye: Uyabona lezizakhiwo ezinkulu na? Akuyikushiywa itshe phezu kwetshe elingayikudilizelwa phansi.

₃Esahlezi eNtabeni yemiNqumo maqondana nethempeli, oPetru noJakobe noJohane noAndreya bambuza bebodwa,

₄bathi: Sitshele ukuthi lokhu kuyakuba-nini, nesibonakaliso siyakuba-yini, lapho sekuyakufezeka konke lokhu, na?

₅Khona uJesu waqala ukukhuluma kubo, ethi: Qaphelani ningadukiswamuntu.

₆Kuyakuza abaningi ngegama lami, bathi: Nginguye, badukise abaningi.

₇Nxa nizwa izimpi namahemuhemu ezimpi, ningethuki; kumelwe ukuba kwenzeke, kepha ukuphela koba kungakafiki.

₈Ngokuba isizwe siyakuvukela isizwe, nombuso uvukele umbuso; kuyakuba-khona ukuzamazama komhlaba izindawo ngezindawo, kube-khona indlala; lokhu kungukuqala kwemihelo.

₉Kepha ziqapheleni nina. Bayakunikhaphela emiphakathini; niyakushaywa emasinagogeni*; niyakumiswa phambi kwababusi namakhosi ngenxa yami, kube-ngubufakazi kubo.

₁₀Kepha ivangeli limelwe ukushunyayelwa kuqala ezizweni zonke.

₁₁Uma beniqhuba, benikhaphela, ningakhathaleli ngaphambili eniyakukukhuluma, kodwa lokho eniyakukunikwa ngalesosikhathi, kukhulumeni; ngokuba kakunina enikhulumayo kodwa nguMoya oNgcwele.

₁₂Khona umuntu uyakukhaphela umfowabo ekufeni noyise umntanakhe, yebo, abantwana bayakuvukela abazali babo, bababulale.

₁₃Niyakuzondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yegama lami, kodwa okhuthazelayo kuze kube-sekupheleni nguyena oyakusindiswa.

₁₄Kepha nxa nibona amanyala encithakalo emi lapho kungafanele khona — ofundayo makaqaphele — khona abaseJudiya mababalekele ezintabeni,

₁₅ophezu kwendlu angehli, angangeni ukuyothatha utho endlini yakhe,

₁₆osensimini angabuyeli emuva ukuyothatha ingubo yakhe.

₁₇Kepha maye kwabakhulelweyo nabancelisayo ngalezozinsuku!

₁₈Khulekani ukuba kungabi-sebusika.

₁₉Ngokuba lezozinsuku ziyakubanosizi olungazange lube-khona olunjalo kwasekuqaleni kokudalwa akudalayo uNkulunkulu kuze kube-manje, nolungasayikuba-khona.

₂₀Uma iNkosi ibingazifinyezi lezozinsuku, bekungesindiswe-muntu; kepha ngenxa yabakhethiweyo eyabakhetha yazifinyeza lezozinsuku.

₂₁Khona-ke uma umuntu ethi kini: Bhekani, nangu uKristu, noma: Bhekani, nanguya, ningakholwa.

₂₂Ngokuba kuyakuvela okristu bamanga nabaprofethi bamanga, benze izibonakaliso nezimangaliso, ukuze badukise abakhethiweyo, uma kungenzeka.

₂₃Kepha qaphelani nina; senginitshelé konke ngaphambili.

₂₄Kodwa ngalezozinsuku emva kwalolosizi ilanga liyakufiphazwa, nenyanga ayiyikukhanya,

₂₅nezinkanyezi ziyakuwa ezulwini, namandla asezulwini ayakuzanyazanyiswa.

₂₆Khona-ke bayakubona iNdodana yomuntu iza emafwini, inamandla amakhulu nenkazimulo.

₂₇Lapho iyakuthuma izingelosi, iqoqe abakhethiweyo bayo emimoyeni yomine, kusukela emkhawulweni womhlaba kuze kube-semkhawulweni wezulu.

₂₈Fundani umfanekiso emkhiwaneni; nxa igatsha lawo selithamba, lihlume amaqabunga, niyazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze.

₂₉Kanjalo nani, nxa nibona lokhu kwenzeka, yazini ukuthi iseduze ngasemnyango.

₃₀Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesisizukulwane asiyikudlula, kungakenzeki konke lokhu.

₃₁Kuyakudlula izulu nomhlaba, kepha amazwi ami awayikudlula.

₃₂Kepha lolosuku nalelohora akakho owazi-lutho ngalo, nazingelosi ezulwini, naNdodana, nguBaba kuphela.

₃₃Qaphelani, nilinde, ngokuba anisazi isikhathi ukuthi siyakuba-nini.

₃₄Kunjengomuntu owahambela kwelinye izwe; washiya indlu yakhe, wanika izinceku zakhe amandla, yileyo naleyo wayinika umsebenzi wayo, wayala umlindisango ukuba alinde.

₃₅Ngakho lindani, ngokuba anazi ukuthi inkosi yendlu iyakufika nini, noma ngokuhlwa, noma phakathi kobusuku, noma ngokukhala kwezinkuku, noma ekuseni,

₃₆funa ifike ngokuzuma, inifumane nilele.

₃₇Kepha lokhu engikusho kini ngikusho kubo bonke, ngithi: Lindani.