UJesu ungena eJerusalema
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:
“Hosiyana!
Ubusisiwe ozayo egameni leNkosi.
10Ubusisiwe umbuso ozayo kababa uDavide.
Hosiyana kweliphezulu!”
11UJesu wangena eJerusalema, waya ethempelini; esekubukile konke waphuma, sekuhlwile, waya eBethaniya kanye nabayishumi nambili.
Ukuqalekiswa komkhiwane
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.
Ukuhlanzwa kwethempeli
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.
