Bible Reading Plan – Day 277

₁Ngelo xesha uYesu wacanda emasimini *ngoMhla wokuPhumla baza bathi abafundi bakhe belambile, bakha izikhwebu zengqolowa, batya. ₂*AbaFarasi, bekubona oko, bathi kuye: “Khangela, abafundi bakho benza okungavumelekanga ngoMhla wokuPhumla.”

₃Wathi kubo: “Anizange nikufunde na awakwenzayo uDavide mhla walamba yena neqela lakhe? ₄Kaloku wangena endlwini kaThixo, wazitya izonka ezazinikelwe kuThixo. Kanti ngokomthetho ezi zonka yena neqela lakhe babengamelwe kuzitya. Ngababingeleli kuphela ababenelo lungelo. ₅Khona, anifundanga na *emthethweni kaMosis okokuba ababingeleli bayawaphula umthetho woMhla wokuPhumla endlwini kaThixo, bangabi natyala noko? ₆Ke ndithi kuni, lo ulapha mkhulu kunendlu. ₇Ukuba benisazi okokuba ithetha ukuthini na le ndawo ithi *eziBhalweni: ‘Ndithanda inceba, andithandi mbingelelo,’ ngeningabagwebanga abangenatyala. ₈Kaloku *uNyana woLuntu uyiNkosi yawo noMhla wokuPhumla.”

₉Emkile apho uYesu, waya kungena *kwindlu yesikhungo. ₁₀Apho babona umntu owome isandla. Abantu abathile, benenjongo yokummangalela uYesu, bambuza besithi: “Ngaba kuvumelekile na ukuphilisa *ngoMhla wokuPhumla?”

₁₁Waza wathi kubo: “Ukuba ngaba kukho ubani kuni enegusha, yaza loo gusha yeyela emngxunyeni ngoMhla wokuPhumla, akayi kuyirhola na? ₁₂Ubeke phi ke umntu ukuxabiseka kunegusha? Ngoko ke kulungile ukwenza inceba ngoMhla wokuPhumla.” ₁₃Wathi ke kuloo mntu: “Solule isandla sakho.”

Wasolula, saza saphila isandla sakhe, safana nesinye. ₁₄Baphuma ke abaFarasi, babhunga ukumbulala uYesu. ₁₅Ekwazile oko, uYesu wemka apho.

UYesu walandelwa ngabantu abaninzi, waza wabaphilisa bonke, ₁₆ebayala ukuba bangaxeleli bani ngaye, ₁₇ukuze lizaliseke ilizwi likaThixo elathethwa *ngumshumayeli uIsaya lisithi:

₂₂Kwathi kwaziswa kuYesu umntu ophethwe yindimoni, eyimfama, esisimumu. UYesu wamphilisa loo mntu, wathetha, wabona nokubona. ₂₃Samangaliswa sonke isihlwele, sathi: “Akungebi nguNyana kaDavide lo?”

₂₄Kodwa bona *abaFarasi, bakukuva oku, bathi: “Iindimoni ezi uzikhupha ngoSathana, umphathi weendimoni.”

₂₅UYesu, ezazi iingcamango zabo, wathi kubo: “Bonke uburhulumente obuvukelana bodwa buyabhanga; nedolophu, nokuba ngumzi, ovukelana wodwa, awunakuba nankqubela. ₂₆Ke ukuba uSathana ukhupha uSathana, evukelene kwayedwa nje, lothini na ukungawi ulawulo lwakhe? ₂₇Ukuba iindimoni ndizikhupha ngoSathana, bazikhupha ngabani bona oonyana benu? Mabaphendule, nigwetywe ngabo. ₂₈Ukuba ke ndizikhupha ngoMoya kaThixo iindimoni, ulawulo lukaThixo aluthwasanga, lugalelekile kuni.

₂₉“Angathini umntu ukungena endlwini yegorha, ahluthe impahla yalo, engathanga kuqala alibophe igorha elo, aze ke andule ukuyiphanga indlu leyo.

₃₀“Lowo ungekho kwicala lam, uchasene nam, nalowo ungandincedisiyo ukuqokelela, uyachitha. ₃₁Ke ngoko, ndithi kuni, zonke izono nezinyeliso baya kuzixolelwa abantu, kodwa kona ukunyelisa uMoya oyiNgcwele akuyi kuxolelwa. ₃₂Othe wathetha ilizwi elichasene naye *uNyana woLuntu uya kuxolelwa, kodwa othe wathetha elichasene noMoya oyiNgcwele akayi kuxolelwa kweli phakade nakwelizayo.”

₃₃“Ukuba nithi umthi ulungile, mawuvelise iziqhamo ezilungileyo; ukuba ke nithi ngumthi ombi, mawuvelise iziqhamo ezibi. Kaloku umthi uqondwa ngeziqhamo zawo. ₃₄Nzalandini yamarhamba, ningáthini na ukuba nako ukuthetha okulungileyo, nikhohlakele nje? Kaloku umlomo womntu uphuphuma oko intliziyo izele kuko. ₃₅Umntu olungileyo uvelisa ukulunga okukuye. Ke okhohlakeleyo uvelisa inkohlakalo ekuye.

₃₆“Ke, ndithi kuni, ngomhla womgwebo abantu baya kuziphendulela ngelizwi ngalinye eliphuthileyo abathe balithetha. ₃₇Umntu uya kugwetywa, okanye akhululwe, ngokwamazwi akhe.”

₃₈Abathile kubachazi-mthetho *nabaFarasi bathi kuYesu: “Mfundisi, sicela ukuba usibonise umqondiso.”

₃₉Wabaphendula wathi kubo: “Sisizukulwana esikhohlakeleyo, esikrexezayo ngokunganyaniseki kuThixo, esifuna umqondiso; kanti asiyi kunikwa mqondiso, ingenguwo umqondiso kaJona; ₄₀kuba njengokuba uJona wayemihla mithathu nabusuku buthathu esiswini sesilo esikhulu solwandle, wothi naye *uNyana woLuntu abe mihla mithathu nabusuku buthathu emathunjini omhlaba. ₄₁Ngomhla womgwebo abantu baseNiniva bophakama babamangalele abantu besi sizukulwana, kuba bona bâguquka ngentshumayelo kaJona, kanti ke omkhulu kunoJona nanku phakathi kwenu. ₄₂Ngomhla womgwebo ukumkanikazi wasezantsi wophakama abamangalele abantu besi sizukulwana, kuba wavela eziphelweni zomhlaba, esiza kuva ubulumko bukaSolomon, kanti ke omkhulu kunoSolomon nanku phakathi kwenu.”

₄₃“Xa indimoni ithe yaphuma emntwini, icanda ezinkqantosini, ifuna indawo yokuphumla; ize yakuba ingayifumani, ₄₄isuke ithi: ‘Ndiya kubuyela endlwini yam endaphuma kuyo.’ Ithi yakufika, iyifumane izé, itshayelwe, ilungisiwe; ₄₅ize ke ijike iye kuphuthuma ezinye iindimoni ezisixhenxe ezikhohlakeleyo kunayo, zingene ke zihlale khona; ize imeko yamva yaloo mntu ibe mbi kuneyakuqala. Kuya kuba njalo nakwesi sizukulwana singendawo.”

₄₆Kwathi uYesu esathetha nesihlwele, kwafika abantakwabo nonina, bema phandle, befuna ukuthetha naye. ₄₇Kwaza kwakho othi kuye: “Nanku unyoko nabantakwenu phandle, befuna ukuthetha nawe.”

₄₈Waphendula wathi kulowo wayesitsho: “Ngubani umama? Ngoobani bona abantakwethu?” ₄₉Esalatha abafundi bakhe ngesandla, wathi: “Nanku umama, naba abantakwethu. ₅₀Kaloku lowo uyenzayo intando kaBawo osezulwini nguye ongumntakwethu, nodade wethu, nomama.”

₁Kwangaloo mini uYesu waphuma endlwini, waya kuhlala ngaselwandle. Sahlanganisana ngakuye isihlwele, ₂saba sikhulu kangangokuba yena waya kukhwela esikhitshaneni, wahlala kuso. Isihlwele sona sema elunxwemeni.

₃UYesu ke wasifundisa isihlwele izinto ezininzi ngemizekeliso, esithi: “Kwakukho umhlwayeli owaphuma waya kuhlwayela. ₄Ekuhlwayeleni kwakhe inxenye yembewu yawa endleleni, zeza iintaka zayichola zayigqiba. ₅Enye imbewu yawa endaweni elulwalwa, apho ibingenamhlaba waneleyo; yantshula ke kwangoko, ngenxa yokungabi nabunzulu bamhlaba. ₆Kuthe ke, lakuba shushu ilanga, yatsha, yathi ngenxa yokuba ingenazingcambu zendeleyo, yoma kwaphela. ₇Enye yawa endaweni enokhula, olwathi lwakukhula lwayiminxa. ₈Enye yawa kumhlaba olungileyo, yavelisa isiqhamo: enye yanika ikhulu, enye amashumi amathandathu, nenye amashumi amathathu. ₉Oneendlebe zokuva makeve.”

₁₀Beza kuYesu abafundi bakhe, bathi kuye: “Kutheni na ukuba uthethe nabo ngemizekeliso?”

₁₁Waphendula wathi: “Kungenxa yokuba nina nikunikiwe ukuzazi iimfihlelo ezingolawulo lukaThixo, kodwa bona abakunikwanga. ₁₂Lowo unako uya kunikwa, abe nako nangaphezulu; kodwa lowo ungenako uya kuhluthwa kwanoko anako. ₁₃Ngenxa yoko ndithetha nabo ngemizekeliso. Kaloku bebona nje, ababoni; besiva nje abeva, bengaqondi nakuqonda. ₁₄Kwenzeka kubo njengoko *umshumayeli uIsaya walithethayo ilizwi likaThixo esithi:

₁₈“Nina ke, yiveni ingcaciso yomzekeliso ngomhlwayeli. ₁₉Ukuba ubani uthi azive iindaba ezingolawulo lukaThixo, angàziqondi, uyeza ongendawo akuhluthe oko kwakuhlwayelwe entliziyweni yakhe. Yiyo leyo imbewu ehlwayelwe endleleni. ₂₀Imbewu eyahlwayelwa elulwalweni ifanekisa lowo uzivayo iindaba ezi, athi kwangoko azamkele ngovuyo. ₂₁Onjalo akanazingcambu zendeleyo; uma okomzuzwana kuphela, athi kwakufika imbandezelo okanye intshutshiso ngenxa yeendaba ezi, oyisakale kwangoko. ₂₂Eyahlwayelwa endaweni enokhula izekelisa lowo uzivayo iindaba ezi, aze ke amaxhala eli phakade, nokulukuhla kobutyebi, kuziminxe iindaba, kungabikho siqhamo. ₂₃Eyahlwayelwa emhlabeni olungileyo ifanekisa lowo uzivayo aziqonde iindaba ezi, aze avelise isiqhamo, omnye ikhulu, omnye amashumi amathandathu, nomye amashumi amathathu.”

₂₄Wabenzela nomnye umzekeliso uYesu, esithi: “Ukulawula kukaThixo kunokufaniswa, nomntu owahlwayela imbewu elungileyo entsimini yakhe. ₂₅Kwathi ke, xa baleleyo abantu, kwafika utshaba lwakhe, lwahlwayela ukhula phakathi kwengqolowa, lwemka. ₂₆Yakudubula ke ingqolowa, iqala ukuba neenkozo, lwabonakala ukhula. ₂₇Zaza izicaka zaya kumnini-mzi, zathi kuye: ‘Nkosi, ibingeyombewu ilungileyo na oyihlwayeleyo entsimini yakho? Ngaba luvela phi na ke ukhula?’ ₂₈Wathi kuzo: ‘Le nto yenziwe lutshaba.’ Zaza izicaka zathi kuye: ‘Ngaba ufuna siye kuluncothula na ukhula?’ ₂₉Kodwa yena wathi: ‘Hayi, hleze kuthi xa nincothula ukhula, nincothule kwanengqolowa. ₃₀Luyekeni ukhula, lukhule kunye nengqolowa, kude kube lixesha lokuvuna. Xa kuvunwayo ke, ndothi kubavuni: “Kuqala qokelelani ukhula, nilubophe izithungu, nilutshise, nize ke ingqolowa niyiqokelelele esiseleni sam.” ’ ”