IVangeli Elabhalwa NguMakho 13:1-37
13 Ngesikhathi ephuma ethempelini omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, khangela ukuthi amatshe la lezakhiwo lezi kuhle njani!”+
2 Kodwa uJesu wathi kuye: “Uyazibona izakhiwo lezi ezinkulu? Akusoze kusale ilitshe phezu kwelinye, wonke azadilizelwa phansi.”+
3 Wathi elokhu esahlezi entabeni yama-oliva, ithempeli likhanya laphaya, uPhetro loJakhobe loJohane lo-Andreya bambuza bebodwa bathi:
4 “Sitshele, izinto lezi zizakwenzakala nini njalo sizakuba yini isibonakaliso sesiphetho sezinto zonke lezi?”+
5 Ngakho uJesu wabatshela wathi: “Nanzelelani kungabi lomuntu olidukisayo.+
6 Abanengi bazakuza ngebizo lami bathi, ‘Nginguye,’ badukise abanengi.
7 Kanti njalo nxa lisizwa izimpi lemibiko yezimpi lingethuki, izinto lezi kumele zenzakale kodwa ukuphela kuyabe kungakafiki.+
8 “Isizwe sizavukela isizwe lombuso uvukele umbuso.+ Kuzakuba lokuzamazama komhlaba ezindaweni ezehlukeneyo kanye lokuswelakala kokudla.+ Lokhu yikuqala kobuhlungu obunjengemihelo yokubeletha.+
9 “Kodwa lina nanzelelani. Abantu bazalihambisa ezinkundleni zamacala+ futhi lizatshaywa emasinagogeni,+ limiswe phambi kwababusi* lamakhosi ngenxa yami ukuze kube yibufakazi kubo.+
10 Kodwa izindaba ezinhle kumele ziqale zitshunyayelwe ezizweni zonke.+
11 Nxa sebelithatha belisa emthethwandaba lingakhathazeki ngokuthi lizafika lithini. Khulumani loba yini elizayiphiwa ngalesosikhathi ngoba kayisini elizabe likhuluma kodwa ngumoya ongcwele.+
12 Phezu kwalokho umuntu uzathengisa umfowabo ukuze abulawe, lobaba athengise umntanakhe futhi abantwana bazahlamukela abazali babathengise ukuze babulawe.+
13 Lizazondwa ngabantu bonke ngenxa yebizo lami.+ Kodwa lowo oqinisela kuze kube* sekucineni+ nguye ozasindiswa.+
14 “Nxa libona amanyala abangela umonakalo+ emi lapho okungamelanga ame khona (obalayo kasebenzise ukuqedisisa), akuthi abaseJudiya baqalise ukubalekela ezintabeni.+
15 Umuntu osephahleni lwendlu kangehli futhi kangangeni endlini yakhe esiyathatha loba yini ephakathi.
16 Umuntu osemasimini kangabuyeli emuva esiyathatha isembatho sakhe sangaphandle.
17 Maye kubomama abazithweleyo lakulabo abazabe bemunyisa ngalezonsuku!+
18 Qhubekani lithandazela ukuthi lokhu kungenzakali ngesikhathi somqando
19 ngoba insuku lezo zizakuba zinsuku zokuhlupheka+ okungakaze kube khona kusukela uNkulunkulu wadala abantu kuze kube yilesosikhathi, njalo okungasoze kuphinde kube khona.+
20 Ngabe uJehova* kawaphungulanga amalanga lawo akulamuntu obezasinda. Kodwa uwaphungulile ngenxa yabakhethiweyo,+ abakhethwe nguye.
21 “Nxa lingezwa loba ngubani esithi kini, ‘Khangelani! Nangu uKhristu,’ kumbe esithi, ‘Khangelani! Nanguyana,’ lingakukholwa lokho+
22 ngoba kuzakuba laboKhristu bamanga labaphrofethi bamanga+ futhi bazakwenza izibonakaliso lezimanga ukuze baphambule abakhethiweyo nxa kungenzeka.
23 Lina qaphelani.+ Sengilitshele zonke izinto zingakenzakali.
24 “Ngalezonsuku, ngemva kokuhlupheka lokho, ilanga lizakuba mnyama lenyanga kayisoze ikhanye.+
25 Izinkanyezi zizabe zisiwa zivela ezulwini njalo amandla asemazulwini azanyikinywa.
26 Ngemva kwalokho abantu bazabona iNdodana yomuntu+ isiza ngamayezi ilamandla amakhulu lenkazimulo.+
27 Izathuma izingilosi iqoqe abakhethiweyo bayo emagumbini womane omhlaba,* kusukela emkhawulweni womhlaba kusiya emkhawulweni wezulu.+
28 “Khathesi fundani emzekelisweni wesihlahla somkhiwa: Nxa ugatsha lwaso oluncane seluqalisa nje ukuba buthakathaka lamahlamvu aso esehluma, lihle likwazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze.+
29 Lani nxa selibona izinto lezi zisenzakala, yazini ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu iseduze, isisemnyango.+
30 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, loba sekutheni isizukulwane lesi asisoze sidlule zingakenzakali zonke izinto lezi.+
31 Izulu lomhlaba kuzadlula+ kodwa amazwi ami awasoze adlule loba sekutheni.+
32 “Kakho olaziyo lelolanga kumbe lelohora, kwala zona izingilosi ezulwini ngitsho leNdodana, kodwa nguBaba olaziyo.+
33 Hlalani lilindile futhi lihlale liphapheme+ ngoba alikwazi ukuthi isikhathi esibekiweyo sinini.+
34 Kufanana lomuntu owasuka esiya phetsheya watshiya indlu yakhe ikhangelwe zinceku zakhe,+ yinye ngayinye wayinika umsebenzi wayo, wasetshela olinda emnyango ukuthi ahlale elindile.+
35 Ngakho hlalani lilindile ngoba alikwazi ukuthi umnikazi wendlu ubuya nini,+ ukuthi kuzabe kuntambama yini kumbe kuphakathi kobusuku, loba emadabukakusa,* kumbe ekuseni kakhulu.+
36 Uzafika ngesikhathi elingasicabangeliyo, ngakho hlalani lilindile ukuze angalitholi lilele.+
37 Engikutsho kini ngikutsho kubo bonke: Hlalani lilindile.”+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “kwabogavena.”
^ Kumbe, “ome waqina kwaze kwaba.”
^ Khangela iSengezo ku-A5.
^ NgesiGrikhi, “emimoyeni yomine yomhlaba.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “ngesikhathi iqhude likhala.”
