NgokukaMarku 11

₁Kwathi ukuba basondele eJerusalema, naseBetfage, naseBethaniya ngaseNtabeni Yeminqumo, wathuma ababili kubafundi bakhe, ₂wathi kubo: “Hambani niye emzaneni obhekene nani; kothi nisangena kuwo, nizakufumana ithole lembongolo likhulekiwe, okungakaze kuhlale muntu kulo; lithukululeni, nililethe. ₃Uma umuntu ethi kini: ‘Nikwenzelani lokhu na?’ anothi: ‘INkosi iyalidinga; izakulibuyisela lapha masinyane.’ ”

₄Bahamba, bafumana ithole likhulekiwe ngasesangweni ngaphandle emgwaqweni; balithukulula. ₅Abanye kwababemi khona bathi kubo: “Nenzani nilithukulula ithole na?” ₆Basho kubo njengokusho kukaJesu; base bebayeka. ₇Baliletha ithole kuJesu, babeka izingubo zabo phezu kwalo, wakhwela kulo. ₈Abaningi bendlala izingubo zabo endleleni, abanye amahlamvu ababewagawule endle. ₉Ababehamba phambili nababelandela bamemeza bathi:

₁₁UJesu wangena eJerusalema, waya ethempelini; esekubukile konke waphuma, sekuhlwile, waya eBethaniya kanye nabayishumi nambili.

₁₂Ngangomuso ekuphumeni kwabo eBethaniya walamba. ₁₃Wabona umkhiwane ukude, unamaqabunga, wasondela ethi mhlawumbe angathola utho kuwo; esefikile kuwo akafumananga lutho, amaqabunga odwa, ngokuba kwakungesiso isikhathi samakhiwane. ₁₄UJesu wakhuluma, wathi kuwo: “Akungabe kusadla noyedwa isithelo kuwe kuze kube phakade.” Abafundi bakhe bakuzwa.

₁₅Bafika eJerusalema. Wangena ethempelini, waqala ukuxosha abathengisayo nabathengayo ethempelini, wagumbuqela amatafula abashintshelana imali nezihlalo zabathengisa ngamajuba; ₁₆wayengavumi ukuba umuntu adabule ithempeli ethwele isitsha. ₁₇Wafundisa, wathi kubo: “Akulotshiwe yini ukuthi, ‘indlu yami iyakubizwa ngokuthi indlu yokukhuleka yezizwe zonke’ na? Kepha nina niyenze ‘umhume wabaphangi.’ ”

₁₈Abapristi abakhulu nababhali bekuzwa lokho bazindla ngokuthi bangambhubhisa kanjani, ngokuba babemesaba, lokhu isixuku sonke samangala ngokufundisa kwakhe. ₁₉Njalo ngokuhlwa baphuma emzini.

₂₀Kusasa bedlula babona umkhiwane ubunile kusukela ezimpandeni. ₂₁UPetru ekhumbula wathi kuye: “Rabi, bheka, umkhiwane owuqalekisileyo ubunile.”

₂₂UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: “Kholwani nguNkulunkulu. ₂₃Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Yilowo nalowo oyakuthi kule ntaba: ‘Nqukuleka, uphonseke elwandle,’ engangabazi enhliziyweni yakhe kepha ekholwa ukuthi lokho akushoyo kuyenzeka, uzakuba nakho. ₂₄Ngalokho ngithi kini: Konke enikukhulekelayo nenikucelayo, kholwani ukuthi nikwamukele, nizakuba nakho. ₂₅Futhi nxa nimi nikhuleka, thethelelani, uma ninamagqubu nomunye, ukuze noYihlo osezulwini anithethelele iziphambeko zenu. ₂₆Kepha uma nina ningathetheleli, noYihlo osezulwini akayikunithethelela iziphambeko zenu.”

₂₇Babuye bafika eJerusalema; kwathi ehamba ethempelini, beza kuye abapristi abakhulu, nababhali, namalunga, ₂₈bathi kuye: “Lokhu ukwenza ngagunya lini na? Ngubani okunike leli gunya ukuze wenze lokhu na?”

₂₉Kepha uJesu wathi kubo: “Ngizakunibuza izwi libe linye, nize ningiphendule; yikhona ngizakunitshela ukuthi ngenza lokhu ngagunya lini. ₃₀Ukubhapathiza kukaJohane kwavela ezulwini noma kubantu na? Ngiphenduleni.”

₃₁Bakhulumisana bodwa, bathi: “Uma sithi: ‘Ezulwini,’ uzakuthi: ‘Pho, anikholwanga nguye ngani na?’ ₃₂Kepha uma sithi: ‘Kubantu,’ ” besaba isixuku, ngokuba bonke bathi uJohane ungumprofethi impela. ₃₃Base bemphendula uJesu, bathi: “Asazi.”

Wayesethi uJesu kubo: “Nami anginitsheli ukuthi ngenza lokhu ngagunya lini.”