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Bible Reading Plan – Day 281

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UMATEWU 21

UYesu ungena eJerusalem ekhwele idonki

1Kwathi bakusondela eJerusalem, befikile eBhetefage ngaseNtabeni yemiNquma, uYesu wathuma ababini kubafundi bakhe, 2esithi kubo: “Hambani niye kule dolophana nikhangelene nayo. Nothi ke kwangoko nifumane idonki ibotshelelwe, inenkonyane yayo. Yikhululeni, nizizise kum. 3Ukuba kukho umntu othethayo, yithini kuye: ‘Ziyafuneka eNkosini. Ziza kubuyiswa kwangoku.’ ”

4Oku kwênzeka ukuze kuzaliseke okwathethwayo *ngumshumayeli, esithi:

5“Yithini kwisixeko saseZiyon:

‘Khangela, uKumkani wakho uza kuwe,

elulamile, ekhwele idonki,

ekhwele inkonyane, ithole lento ebotshwayo.’ ”

6Baya ke abo bafundi, benza njengoko uYesu wayebayalele, 7beza nayo idonki nenkonyane yayo, baza babeka izambatho zabo phezu kwayo, uYesu wakhwela. 8Isihlwele esikhulu sabantu sazandlala izambatho zaso endleleni. Abanye baqhuzula amasebe emithini, bawandlala endleleni. 9Izihlwele ezazihamba phambi koYesu nezazimlandela zazidanduluka zisithi: “Camagu! Nyana kaDavide! Makabongwe lo uzayo egameni leNkosi! Sithi: ‘Bayethe!’ kuPhezukonke!”

10Akungena uYesu eJerusalem, isixeko sonke saphithizela, sisithi: “Ngubani na lo?”

11Izihlwele zathi: “Lo *ngumshumayeli uYesu waseNazarete eGalili.”

UYesu uvala urhwebo endlwini kaThixo

12UYesu wangena *endlwini kaThixo, waza wabakhupha abathengayo nabathengisayo, wathi neetafile zabatshintshi bemali nezihlalo zabathengisa ngamahobe wazibhukuqa; 13waza wathi kubo: “*EziBhalweni uThixo uthi: ‘Indlu yam yindlu yokuthandaza.’ Ke nina niyenze umqolomba wezihange.

14Beza kuye ke endlwini kaThixo apho abaziimfama nabaziziqhwala, waza wabaphilisa. 15Bona ababingeleli abaziintloko nabachazi-mthetho bahlabeka bakuyibona imimangaliso ayenzayo, bebona nabantwana endlwini kaThixo bekhwaza besithi: “Camagu! Nyana kaDavide!” 16Baza ke bathi kuYesu: “Uyayiva na le nto bayithethayo aba?”

UYesu wathi kubo: “Ewe. Aniyifundanga na eziBhalweni indawo ethi: ‘Wênza ukuba udunyiswe ngabantwana naziintsana.’17Wabashiya, waphuma esixekweni, waya eBhetani, walala khona.

Umqondiso womkhiwane

18Ngentsasa elandelayo, xa wayebuyela esixekweni, walamba. 19Wathi ebone umkhiwane ngasendleleni, waya kuwo, kodwa akafumana siqhamo, yaba ngamagqabi kuphela. Wathi kuwo: “Makungaze kubekho siqhamo kuwe naphakade.” Waza woma kwangoko umkhiwane lowo.

20Bekubonile oku, abafundi bakaYesu bamangaliswa, bathi: “Kutheni ukuba usuke wome ngokukhawuleza kangaka lo mkhiwane?”

21Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo: “Ndithi kuni, inene, ukuba niyakholwa, ningathandabuzi, niya kuba nako ukuyenza le nto ndiyenzé kulo mkhiwane, ngaphezu koko nibe nokuthi nakule ntaba: ‘Funquka, uphoseke elwandle,’ ize yenzeke loo nto. 22Konke enikucelayo ngomthandazo nikholwa, nokwamkela.”

Igunya likaYesu

23UYesu wangena endlwini kaThixo wafundisa. Beza kuye ababingeleli abaziintloko namadoda amakhulu, bathi: “Ezi zinto uzenza ngagunya lini? Ngubani okunike eli gunya?”

24UYesu wabaphendula esithi: “Nam ndiya kunibuza umbuzo ube mnye. Ukuba nithe nandiphendula, ndonixelela ukuba ndizenza ngagunya lini na ezi zinto. 25Ngaba igunya likaYohane lokubhaptiza laliphuma ezulwini, okanye laliphuma ebantwini?”

Baxoxa ke bodwa, besithi: “Ukuba sithe: ‘Laliphuma ezulwini,’ wothi: ‘Bekungani na phofu ukuba ningàkholwa kuye?’ 26Kodwa ukuba sithe: ‘Laphuma ebantwini,’ soyika isihlwele kuba bonke bathi uYohane *ungumshumayeli.” 27Baphendula bathi kuYesu: “Asazi.”

Waza yena wathi kubo: “Nam ke andinixeleli ukuba ndizenza ngagunya lini na ezi zinto.”

Umzekeliso ngoonyana ababini

28“Kwakukho umntu enoonyana ababini. Wathi kowokuqala: ‘Mntanam, yiya kusebenza esidiliyeni namhlanje.’ 29Wasuka waphendula wathi: ‘Andicingi.’ Kodwa kamva wazohlwaya, waya. 30UYise lowo wathetha kwaloo nto nakomnye unyana, waza yena wathi: ‘Ewe, tata.’ Kodwa àkaya. 31Khanitsho, nguwuphi kwaba bantwana oyenzileyo intando kayise?”

Baza bathi: “Ngowokuqala.”

Ke uYesu wathi kubo: “Ndithi kuni, inene, abaqokeleli-rhafu namahenyukazi baxhamla ubuncwane bokulawulwa nguThixo ningekabuva nina. 32Kaloku uYohane weza kuni ekweyona ndlela iyiyo, naza nina ànamamkela. Ke bona abaqokeleli-rhafu namahenyukazi bâmamkela. Naxa nakubonáyo oko, anizange nide nizohlwaye, nimamkele.

Umzekeliso ngesidiliya nabaqeshi baso

33“Nangu omnye umzekeliso. Kwakukho umninimzi owatyala isidiliya, wasibiyela, wemba isixovulelo seediliya, wakha imboniselo, wasiqeshisa kubalimi, wahambela kwelinye ilizwe. 34Lakufika ixesha lokuvuthwa kweziqhamo, wathumela izicaka zakhe kwabo balimi, ukuze amkele esakhe isabelo eziqhameni zesidiliya eso. 35Basuka bona abalimi basibetha esinye isicaka, esinye basibulala, esinye basigibisela ngamatye. 36Wabuya ke wathuma ezinye izicaka, zizininzi kunezokuqala, baza benza kwaloo nto nakuzo. 37Emva koko wathumela unyana wakhe kubo, esithi: ‘Noko bomhlonela yena unyana wam.’ 38Kodwa abalimi, bakumbona unyana, bathethana bodwa, besithi: ‘Yindlalifa le. Yizani siyibulale, ilifa libe lelethu.’ 39Bambamba, bamphosa ngaphandle kwesidiliya, bambulala.

40“Akufika ke umnini-sidiliya, uya kubathini abo balimi?”

41Baza bathi kuye: “Uya kubatshabalalisa kakubi abo bantu bakhohlakeleyo, isidiliya eso asiqeshise kwabanye abalimi, abaya kumnika isabelo sakhe seziqhamo ngexesha lokuvuthwa kwazo.”

42UYesu wathi kubo: “Aniyifundanga na *eziBhalweni le ndawo ithi:

“ ‘Ilitye abalidelayo abakhi

lilo elaba lelona libalulekileyo lesiseko.

Oku kwênzeka kuvela eNkosini;

kungummangaliso emehlweni ethu.’

43“Ke ngoko, ndithi kuni, ukulawulwa nguThixo kuya kuniphosa, kufunyanwe luhlanga oluzivelisayo iziqhamo zolawulo lukaThixo. [ 44Bonke abathe bawa phezu kweli litye botyumka; ke bona elithe labawela bocoleka.]”

45Bakuyiva imizekeliso kaYesu, ababingeleli abaziintloko *nabaFarasi baqonda okokuba uthetha ngabo, 46baza bafuna ukumbamba, kodwa babesoyika isihlwele esasisithi uYesu *ungumshumayeli.

UMATEWU 22

Umzekeliso ngesidlo esikhulu

1Waphinda uYesu wathetha nabo ngemizekeliso, esithi: 2“Ukulawula kukaThixo kunokufaniswa nokumkani owamenzela umsitho unyana wakhe. 3Wazithuma izicaka zakhe ukuba ziye kubabiza abamenyiweyo, beze emsithweni. Kodwa bona abavumanga; 4waphinda wathuma ezinye izicaka, esithi mazithi kwâbo bamenyiweyo: ‘Niyabona, isidlo sam sendisilungisile. Iinkomo zam nempahla yam etyetyisiweyo sezixheliwe. Konke sekulungile; yizani emsithweni.’ 5Kodwa nangoko abo bamenyiweyo abayikhathalelanga loo nto, basuka omnye waya emasimini akhe, omnye waya evenkileni yakhe; 6baza bathi abanye bazibamba izicaka ezi, baziphatha kakubi, bazibulala. 7Waba nomsindo ke ukumkani, wathuma amajoni akhe, wabatshabalalisa abo babulali, wayitshisa idolophu yabo. 8Waza wathi kwizicaka zakhe: ‘Okunene umsitho sewulungile, kodwa abamenyiweyo abafanelekanga. 9Ke ngoko yiyani apho zihlangana khona iindlela, nibamemele emsithweni bonke abantu enibafumanayo.’ 10Zaphuma ezo zicaka, zaya ezindleleni, zabahlanganisa bonke abo zabafumanáyo, abakhohlakeleyo kwanabalungileyo. Indlu yomsitho yazala yema ngeembambo.

11“Kwathi, akungena ukumkani, esiya kubona abasemsithweni, wabona kukho umntu ongayambathanga ingubo yomsitho, 12waza wathi kuye: ‘Mfondini, ungene njani na apha ungenáyo ingubo yomsitho?’ Wakhohlwa kukuphendula. 13Waza ukumkani wathi kwizicaka: ‘Mbopheni izandla neenyawo, nimphose phandle ebumnyameni lee, apho kuya kubakho ukulila nokungcungcutheka.’ 14Kaloku baninzi abamenyiweyo, kodwa bambalwa abanyuliweyo.”

Umbuzo ngerhafu

15Bâya kubhunga ke *abaFarasi, becebisana ngokumbambisa ngamazwi uYesu. 16Bathumela abafundi babo kuye, *benamaHerode, bathi: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuba uthembekile, uyifundisa ngenyaniso indlela kaThixo, kuba akucengi bani, ungenamkhethe. 17Khawutsho ke, ngaba kuvumelekile na ukurhafa *kuKhesare, okanye akuvumelekanga?”

18Ke uYesu, eyazi inkohlakalo yabo, wathi kubo: “Bahanahanisindini, nindilingelani na? 19Ndiboniseni imali ekurhafwa ngayo.”

Bayizisa ke, 20waza wathi kubo: “Ngokabani lo mfanekiso neli gama?”

Bathi kuye: “NgokaKhesare.”

21Waza uYesu wathi kubo: “Ke, nikani uKhesare okufanele uKhesare, ninike uThixo okufanele uThixo.”

22Bakuva bamangaliswa, bamyeka bemka.

Umbuzo ngovuko lwabafileyo

23Kwangaloo mini kweza *abaSadusi kuYesu (bona abo bathi akukho luvuko lwabafileyo), bambuza 24besithi: “Mfundisi, uMosis wathi: ‘Ukuba ubani uthe wafa engekabi nabantwana, makathi umntakwabo amngene umfazi womfi lowo, azalelwe abantwana.’ 25Ke kaloku, phakathi kwethu kwakukho oonyana bomntu omnye abasixhenxe, yaza inkulu yazeka umfazi, yasweleka ingenabantwana, waza umfazi lowo waba ngowomninawa. 26Nomninawa lowo wabhubha kungekho mntwana, umfazi waba ngowowesithathu. Kwaba ngokunjalo nakulo mninawa, kwada kwaya kowesixhenxe. 27Emva kwabo bonke wasweleka naye umfazi. 28Ke ngoko eluvukweni lwabafileyo uya kuba ngumfazi wawuphi kubo? Kuba kaloku bosixhenxe babenaye.”

29Waphendula uYesu, wathi kubo: “Nilahlekiswa kukuba ningaziqondi *iziBhalo, ningawazi namandla kaThixo. 30Kaloku xa abafileyo bathe babuya bavuka àbazeki, àbendiswa; banjengezithunywa ezisezulwini. 31Ngokusingisele kukuvuswa kwabafileyo, aniyifundanga na into ethethwe kuni nguThixo, esithi: 32‘Mna ndinguThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo kaIsake, uThixo kaYakobi’? UThixo ke akaThixo wabafileyo, ungowabaphilayo.”

33Zathi izihlwele, zakukuva oku, zamangaliswa yimfundiso yakhe.

Owona myalelo mkhulu

34*AbaFarasi, bakuva ukuba uYesu ubavale umlomo *abaSadusi, bahlanganisana, 35waza omnye kubo, onolwazi ngomthetho, wambuza emlinga, 36wathi: “Mfundisi, owona myalelo mkhulu emthethweni nguwuphi?”

37Waza uYesu wathi: “ ‘Uze uyithande iNkosi uThixo wakho ngentliziyo yakho iphela, nangomphefumlo wakho uphela, nangengqondo yakho iphela.’ 38Nguwo lowo owokuqala nomkhulu umthetho. 39Owesibini ke ufana nawo: ‘Uze umthande ummelwane wakho kanye ngale ndlela uzithanda ngayo nawe.’ 40Wonke umthetho kaMosis nako konke okufundiswa ngabashumayeli bamandulo kuxhomekeke kule miyalelo mibini.”

UKrestu unyana kaDavide

41Xa babehlanganisene *abaFarasi, uYesu wababuza esithi: 42“Nithini na nina ngaye *uKrestu? Úyinto kabani?”

Baza bathi: “NgokaDavide.”

43Waza wathi kubo: “Kutheni na ke phofu ukuba ngamandla oMoya uDavide abize uKrestu ngokuthi ‘Nkosi’, apho athi:

44“ ‘Yathi iNkosi eNkosini yam:

Hlala ngakum kweli wonga,

lo gama ndikoyisela iintshaba zakho’?

45“Ukuba uDavide uthi uKrestu yiNkosi, angathini na ukuba ngunyana wakhe?” 46Akubangakho namnye unako ukuphendula nelizwi eli; kwathi, ukususela kuloo mini, akwaba sabakho bani unesibindi sakumbuza nento le.

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