Bible Reading Plan – Day 341

₁Wayeseqala ukukhuluma kubo ngemifanekiso, ethi: “Umuntu watshala isivini, wasibiyela ngothango, wemba isikhamo, wakha isiqongo sokulinda, wasiqashisa kubalimi, waya kwelinye izwe. ₂Ngenkathi efaneleyo wayesethuma inceku kubalimi ukuba ithathe kubalimi ezithelweni zesivini. ₃Bayibamba, bayishaya, bayimukisa ze. ₄Waphinda wathuma kubo enye inceku; yona bayilimaza ekhanda, bayithuka. ₅Wathuma enye futhi; yona bayibulala, nezinye eziningi: ezinye bazishaya, ezinye bazibulala.

₆“Kwase kusele umuntu munye, indodana ethandekayo; yona wayithuma kubo ekugcineni, ethi: ‘Bayakuyazisa indodana yami.’

₇“Kepha labo balimi bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: ‘Lo uyindlalifa; wozani siyibulale, ifa libe ngelethu.’ ₈Base beyibamba bayibulala, bayiphonsa ngaphandle kwesivini.

₉“Uzakwenzani umninisivini na? Uzakuza, ababhubhise labo balimi, isivini asinike abanye. ₁₀Aniwufundanga yini lo mbhalo othi:

₁₂Base befuna ukumbamba, kepha besaba isixuku; ngokuba bazi ukuthi ukhulume lo mfanekiso ngabo. Base bemshiya bamuka.

₁₃Khona abanye babaFarisi nabakaHerode bathunyelwa kuye ukuba bamhile ngezwi. ₁₄Beza bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi uqinisile nokuthi awukhathali ngamuntu, ngokuba awubheki ubuso babantu, kodwa indlela kaNkulunkulu uyifundisa ngeqiniso. Kuvunyelwe ukuthela kuKesari noma qha? Sithele nokuba singatheli na?”

₁₅Kepha yena ekwazi ukuzenzisa kwabo wathi kubo: “Ningilingelani na? Lethani kimi udenariyu,* ngimbone.” ₁₆Bamletha. Wayesethi kubo: “Ngokabani lo mfanekiso nalo mbhalo na?”

Bathi kuye: “NgokaKesari.”

₁₇UJesu wathi kubo: “Nikani uKesari okukaKesari, noNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu.”

Bamangala ngaye.

₁₈Khona kwafika kuye abaSadusi abathi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, bambuza bathi: ₁₉“Mfundisi, uMose wasilobela ukuthi, uma kufa umfowabo womuntu, eshiya umkakhe engashiyi mntwana, umfowabo makamthathe umkakhe, amvusele umfowabo inzalo. ₂₀Kwakukhona izelamani eziyisikhombisa, owokuqala wathatha umfazi; wafa engashiyanga nzalo. ₂₁Nowesibili wamthatha; naye wafa engashiyanga nzalo; kanjalo nowesithathu. ₂₂Abayisikhombisa kabashiyanga nzalo. Ekugcineni kwabo bonke kwafa nomfazi. ₂₃Ekuvukeni mhla bevukayo uyakuba ngumkabani kubo, lokhu abayisikhombisa babe naye engumkabo, na?”

₂₄UJesu wathi kubo: “Angithi nidukile ngenxa yokuba ningayazi imibhalo namandla kaNkulunkulu na? ₂₅Ngokuba mhla bevuka kwabafileyo abaganwa, abendiswa, kodwa banjengezingelosi ezulwini. ₂₆Kepha maqondana nabafileyo ukuthi bayavuswa anifundanga yini encwadini kaMose ngesihlahla ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakhuluma kuye, wathi: ‘NginguNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama, noNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe,’ na? ₂₇Akasiye uNkulunkulu wabafileyo kodwa owabaphilayo. Nidukile kakhulu.”

₂₈Kwase kusondela omunye wababhali owayebezwile bebuzana, eqonda ukuthi wayebaphendule kahle, wambuza wathi: “Ngumuphi umyalo wokuqala kuyo yonke na?”

₂₉UJesu waphendula wathi: “Owokuqala ngowokuthi: ‘Yizwa, iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, iNkosi, yinye. ₃₀Woyithanda iNkosi, uNkulunkulu wakho ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, nangawo wonke umphefumulo wakho, nangayo yonke ingqondo yakho, nangawo onke amandla akho.’ ₃₁Owesibili yilo: ‘Womthanda umakhelwame wakho njengalokhu uzithanda wena.’ Awukho omunye umyalo omkhulu kunale.”

₃₂Umbhali wayesethi kuye: “Yebo, Mfundisi, ushilo ngeqiniso ukuthi yinye, ayikho enye ngaphandle kwayo; ₃₃futhi ukuyithanda yona ngenhliziyo yonke, nangengqondo yonke, nangamandla onke, nokuthanda umakhelwane njengalokhu umuntu ezithanda yena kudlula yonke iminikelo yokushiswa nemihlatshelo.”

₃₄UJesu embona ukuthi uphendule ngokuqonda, wathi kuye: “Awukude nombuso kaNkulunkulu.” Akwabe kusabakho onesibindi sokumbuza.

₃₅Khona uJesu efundisa ethempelini wabuza wathi: “Basho kanjani ababhali ukuthi uKristu uyindodana kaDavide na? ₃₆UDavide uqobo lwakhe washo ngoMoya oNgcwele ukuthi:

Isixuku esikhulu sasimuzwa ngokujabula.

₃₈Ekufundiseni kwakhe wathi: “Xwayani ababhali abathanda ukuhamba bembethe izingubo ezinde, nokubingelelwa ezigcawini, ₃₉nezihlalo eziphambili emasinagogeni,* nezindawo ezingenhla ekudleni, ₄₀abadla izindlu zabafelokazi, bekhuleka isikhathi eside ngokuzenzisa; laba bayakwamukeliswa ukulahlwa okukhulu.”

₄₁Wayesehlala phansi maqondana nomphongolo womnikelo, wabuka isixuku sibeka umnikelo emphongolweni. Abaningi abacebileyo babeka kakhulu. ₄₂Kwase kufika umfelokazi ompofu wabeka amafadingi* amabili okuyisitebela.*

₄₃Wayesebabiza abafundi bakhe, wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lo mfelokazi ompofu ubekile kakhulu kunabo bonke ababeke emphongolweni, ₄₄ngokuba bonke babeka kokuchichimileyo kwabo, kepha yena ebumpofini bakhe ubeke konke anakho, konke abephila ngakho.”

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

₂UJesu wathi kuye: “Uyabona lezi zakhiwo ezinkulu na? Akuyikushiywa itshe phezu kwetshe elingayikudilizelwa phansi.”

₃Esahlezi eNtabeni Yeminqumo maqondana nethempeli, oPetru noJakobe noJohane no-Andreya bambuza bebodwa, ₄bathi: “Sitshele ukuthi lokhu kuyakuba nini, nesibonakaliso siyakuba yini, lapho sekuyakufezeka konke lokhu, na?”

₅Khona uJesu waqala ukukhuluma kubo, ethi: “Qaphelani ningadukiswa muntu. 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.

₉“Kepha 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 ngaleso sikhathi, kukhulumeni; ngokuba kakunina enikhulumayo kodwa nguMoya oNgcwele.

₁₂“Khona 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.

₁₄“Kepha 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 ngalezo zinsuku! ₁₈Khulekani ukuba kungabi sebusika. ₁₉Ngokuba lezo zinsuku ziyakuba nosizi olungazange lube khona olunjalo kwasekuqaleni kokudalwa akudalayo uNkulunkulu kuze kube manje, nolungasayikuba khona. ₂₀Uma iNkosi ibingazifinyezi lezo zinsuku, bekungesindiswe muntu, kepha ngenxa yabakhethiweyo eyabakhetha yazifinyeza lezo zinsuku. 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; senginitshele konke ngaphambili.

₂₄“Kodwa ngalezo zinsuku emva kwalolo sizi 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.

₂₈“Fundani 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: Lesi sizukulwane asiyikudlula, kungakenzeki konke lokhu. ₃₁Kuyakudlula izulu nomhlaba, kepha amazwi ami awayikudlula.

₃₂“Kepha lolo suku nalelo hora 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.

₃₅“Ngakho 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.’ ”