IVA­NGE­LI ELA­LO­TSHWA

NGU­LU­KA

Isi­nge­ni­so

1Nje­ngo­ba aba­ne­ngi se­be­be­ke iza­ndla uku­be­ka nge­ndle­la efa­ne­le­yo uku­la­ndi­swa kwe­zi­nto ezi­qi­ni­se­ke ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­thua,

2 nje­nga­lo­khu ba­si­ni­kab la­bo aba­bo­na­yo nga­me­hloc eku­qa­le­nid nja­lo be­zi­nce­kue ze­li­zwif,

3 ku­kha­nye ku­ku­hle la­ki­mig, se­ngi­zi­hlo­li­si­si­le zo­nke izi­ntoh ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­nii, uku­thi ngi­ku­bha­le­le ngo­ku­la­nde­la­naj, mhle­ka­zik Te­yo­fi­lul,

4 uku­ze wa­zi iqi­ni­so nga­le­zo­zi­ntom owa­zi­fu­ndi­swa­yon.

Uku­za­lwa ku­ka­Jo­ha­ne ku­ya­bi­kwa

5 Ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­He­ro­di inko­si ye­Ju­di­ya kwa­ku­kho­na umpri­sti othi­le othi­wa ngu­Za­ka­ri­yao, owe­qe­mbu li­kaA­bhi­yap; lo­mka­khe wa­ye­ve­la ku­ma­do­da­ka­zi kaA­ro­ni, le­bi­zo la­khe li­nguE­li­za­be­thi.

6 Nja­lo ba­be­lu­ngi­le bo­ba­bi­li pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luq, be­ha­mba nga­yo yo­nke imi­la­yo le­zi­mi­so ze­Nko­sir, be­nga­so­le­kis.

7 Nja­lo ba­be­nge­la­mntwa­na, ngo­ba uE­li­za­be­thi wa­ye­yi­nyu­mbat, ba­se­be­le­mi­nya­ka emi­ne­ngiu bo­ba­bi­liv.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­nza inko­nzo yo­bu­pri­sti pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ese­si­mi­swe­ni se­qe­mbu la­ki­bo,

9 ngo­mkhu­ba we­nko­nzo yo­bu­pri­stiw, wa­dli­wa yi­nka­tho uku­tshi­sa impe­phax ese­nge­ne ethe­mpe­li­ni le­Nko­siy.

10 Nja­lo ixu­ku lo­nke la­ba­ntuz la­li­khu­le­kaa nga­pha­ndle nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­tshi­sa impe­phab.

11 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­bo­na­ka­la ku­yec, imi nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne se­la­thi le­mpe­phad.

12 Kwa­thi uZa­ka­ri­ya eyi­bo­na wa­qhu­qha, lo­kwe­sa­ba kwa­we­la phe­zu kwa­khee.

13 Ko­dwa ingi­lo­si ya­thi ku­ye: Unge­sa­bi Za­ka­ri­ya; ngo­ba umkhu­le­ko wa­kho uzwa­ke­le, lo­mka­kho uE­li­za­be­thi uza­ku­za­le­la indo­da­na, nja­lo uza­ku­thi ibi­zo la­yo ngu­Jo­ha­nef.

14 Fu­thi uza­ku­ba le­nja­bu­lo le­nto­ko­zo, la­ba­ne­ngi ba­za­ku­ja­bu­le­la uku­za­lwa kwa­kheg.

15 Ngo­ba uza­ku­ba mkhu­lu pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, iwa­yi­ni ka­nye lo­ku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndlah ka­so­ze aku­na­thei, fu­thi uza­gcwa­li­swa ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­lej ku­su­ke­la ese­se­si­swi­ni si­ka­ni­nak.

16 La­ba­ne­ngi ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li uza­ba­phe­ndu­le­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo;

17 nja­lo ye­na uza­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­yo emo­ye­ni le­ma­ndle­ni kaE­li­jal, uku­phe­ndu­le­la inhli­zi­yo za­bo­yi­se ku­ba­ntwa­na, la­ba­nga­la­le­li­yo eku­hla­ka­ni­phe­ni kwa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yom, uku­lu­ngi­se­le­la iNko­si isi­zwen esi­lu­ngi­si­we­yoo.

18 UZa­ka­ri­ya wa­se­si­thi ku­yo ingi­lo­si: Ngi­za­kwa­zi nga­ni lo­khup? Ngo­ba mi­na ngi­li­xhe­gu, lo­mka­mi use­le­mi­nya­ka emi­ne­ngiq.

19 Ingi­lo­si ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ku­ye: Ngi­ngu­Ga­bri­ye­lir mi­na, oma­yo pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; nja­lo ngi­thu­nyi­we uku­khu­lu­ma la­we, lo­ku­ku­bi­ke­la le­zi­zi­nda­ba ezi­nhles.

20 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, uza­ku­ba yi­si­mu­ngu­lu nja­lo we­hlu­le­ke uku­khu­lu­ma, ku­ze ku­be lu­su­ku oku­za­kwe­nze­ka nga­lo le­zi­zi­ntot, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi unga­kho­lwa­nga ama­zwi ami, aza­gcwa­li­se­ka nge­si­kha­thi sa­wo.

21 La­ba­ntu ba­be­mli­nde­le uZa­ka­ri­ya; ba­ma­nga­la ngo­ku­phu­za kwa­khe ethe­mpe­li­niu.

22 Ku­the ese­phu­ma we­hlu­le­ka uku­khu­lu­ma la­bo; nja­lo ba­zi uku­thi ubo­ne umbo­no ethe­mpe­li­niv; nja­lo ye­na wa­ye­se­ba­qhwe­baw, wa­hla­la eyi­si­mu­ngu­lux.

23 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­zi­phe­li­le insu­kuy zo­ku­kho­nza kwa­khe, wa­ya endli­ni ya­khez.

24 Kwa­thi emva kwa­le­zo­nsu­ku uE­li­za­be­thi umka­khe wa­tha­tha isi­su, wa­zi­fi­hla okwe­zi­nya­nga ezi­nhla­nua, esi­thi:

25 Ye­nze ka­nje ki­mi iNko­si ensu­kwi­ni eyangi­kha­nge­la nga­zob uku­su­sa ihla­zo la­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntuc.

Uku­za­lwa ku­ka­Je­su ku­ya­bi­kwa

26 Kwa­thi nge­nya­nga ye­si­thu­phad ingi­lo­si uGa­bri­ye­li ya­thu­nywa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu emzi­ni we­Ga­li­lie othi­wa yi­Na­za­re­thaf,

27 ento­mbi­ni eya­yi­ga­ne indo­da, ebi­zo la­yo la­li­ngu­Jo­se­fag, eye­ndlu ka­Da­vi­dah; le­bi­zo le­nto­mbi li­ngu­Ma­ri­ya.

28 Ingi­lo­si ya­si­nge­na ku­ye ya­thi: Eku­hle, we­na otha­ndi­we­yoi! INko­si ila­wej, ubu­si­si­we we­na pha­ka­thi kwa­be­si­fa­za­nak.

29 Kwa­thi eseyi­bo­ni­le we­thu­swa ka­khu­lu yi­li­zwi la­yol, wa­na­ka­na uku­thi yi­ku­bi­nge­le­la oku­nja­ni lo­khum.

30 Ingi­lo­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Unge­sa­bi, Ma­ri­ya; ngo­ba utho­le utha­ndo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lun.

31 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, uza­tha­tha isi­su, uza­le indo­da­nao, uza­ku­thi ibi­zo la­yo ngu­Je­sup.

32 Ye­na uza­ku­ba mkhu­lu, uza­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi yi­Ndo­da­na yo­Phe­zu­ko­nkeq; fu­thi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu iza­mni­kar isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­ka­yi­se uDa­vi­das,

33 nja­lo uza­bu­sa phe­zu kwe­ndlu ka­Ja­ko­be ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, la­ngo­mbu­so wa­khe ka­wu­zu­ku­ba lo­ku­phe­lat.

34 UMa­ri­ya wa­se­si­thi ku­yo ingi­lo­si: Lo­khu ku­nge­nze­ka nja­ni, nje­ngo­ba ngi­nga­zi indo­da?

35 Ingi­lo­si ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ku­ye: UMo­ya oNgcwe­le uza­ku­za phe­zu kwa­khou, la­ma­ndla oPhe­zu­ko­nke aza­kwe­mbe­sav; nga­kho la­lo­khu oku­ngcwe­le oku­za­za­lwa ngu­wew ku­za­ku­thi­wa yi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lux.

36 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, isi­ni­ni sa­kho uE­li­za­be­thi, la­ye ukhu­le­lwe yi­ndo­da­na ebu­da­le­ni ba­khey; la­le yi­nya­nga ye­si­thu­pha ku­ye obe­ku­thi­wa uyi­nyu­mbaz.

37 Ngo­ba ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­ku­la­lu­tho olu­za­kwe­hlu­laa.

38 UMa­ri­ya wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ince­ku­ka­zi ye­Nko­si; ka­ku­be ki­mi nje­nge­li­zwi la­khob. Ingi­lo­si ya­si­su­ka ku­ye.

UMa­ri­ya uha­mbe­la uE­li­za­be­thi

39 Nga­le­zo­nsu­ku uMa­ri­ya wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­ya ezi­nta­be­nic ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sad, emzi­ni we­Ju­dae,

40 wa­nge­na endli­ni ka­Za­ka­ri­ya, wa­bi­nge­le­la uE­li­za­be­thi.

41 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uE­li­za­be­thi ezwe uku­bi­nge­le­la ku­ka­Ma­ri­ya, inko­nya­ne ye­qa esi­swi­ni sa­khe; loE­li­za­be­thi wa­gcwa­li­swa ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­lef,

42 wa­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu, wa­thi: Ubu­si­si­we we­nag pha­ka­thi kwa­be­si­fa­za­na, nja­lo si­bu­si­si­we isi­the­lo se­si­za­lo sa­kho!

43 Ka­nti ku­ve­la nga­phi lo­khu ki­mih, uku­thi uni­na we­Nko­si ya­mi eze ki­mii?

44 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, ku­the ili­zwi lo­ku­bi­nge­le­la kwa­kho li­fi­ka endle­be­ni za­mi, umntwa­na we­qa esi­swi­ni sa­mi ngo­ku­tho­ko­za.

45 Fu­thi ubu­si­si­wej okho­li­we­yo, ngo­ba ku­za­gcwa­li­se­ka le­zo­zi­nto eza­khu­lu­nywa ku­ye yi­Nko­sik.

46 UMa­ri­ya wa­se­si­thi: Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mil uya­yi­khu­li­sa iNko­sim,

47 lo­mo­ya wa­mi uya­tho­ko­zan ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uMsi­ndi­si wa­mio,

48 ngo­ba ukha­nge­le ubu­pha­nsi be­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­khep. Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si zo­nke izi­zu­ku­lwa­naq zi­za­ku­thi ngi­bu­si­si­wer.

49 Ngo­ba ye­na ola­ma­ndla unge­nze­les izi­nto ezi­nku­lut, li­ngcwe­le le­bi­zo la­kheu,

50 le­si­ha­wu sa­khe si­ku­si­zu­ku­lwa­na nge­si­zu­ku­lwa­na ku­la­bo aba­me­sa­ba­yov.

51 We­nzi­le ama­ndla nge­nga­lo ya­khew; uhla­ka­zi­le aba­zi­gqa­ja­yo eku­na­ka­ne­ni kwe­nhli­zi­yo za­box.

52 We­hli­si­ley izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ezi­hla­lwe­ni zo­bu­kho­si, ko­dwa upha­ka­mi­si­le aba­ntu­ka­za­naz.

53 Aba­la­mbi­le­yo uba­su­thi­se nge­zi­nto ezi­nhlea, ko­dwa aba­no­thi­le­yo wa­ba­mu­ki­sa be­zeb.

54 Umsi­zi­le uI­sra­ye­li ince­ku ya­khec, ngo­ku­khu­mbu­la isi­ha­wud,

55 nje­ngo­ba wa­tsho ku­bo­ba­ba be­thue, kuA­bra­ha­ma, le­nza­lwe­ni ya­khe ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

56 UMa­ri­ya wa­se­hla­la la­ye oku­nga­ba zi­nya­nga ezi­nta­thu, wa­se­bu­ye­la endli­ni ya­khe.

Uku­za­lwa ku­ka­Jo­ha­ne

57 Isi­kha­thi si­kaE­li­za­be­thi so­ku­thi abe­le­the se­si­phe­le­le, wa­se­be­le­tha indo­da­na.

58 Aba­khe­le­ne la­yef le­zi­ni­ni za­kheg ba­se­be­si­zwa uku­thi iNko­si ye­nze isi­ha­wu sa­yo sa­ba si­khu­lu ku­yeh, ba­se­be­tho­ko­za la­yei.

59 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, be­za ukuza­so­ka usa­nej; ba­lu­bi­za nge­bi­zo li­ka­yi­se ngo­ku­thi ngu­Za­ka­ri­yak.

60 Ko­dwa uni­na wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ha­tshi bo, ko­dwa lu­za­thi­wa ngu­Jo­ha­nel.

61 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Ka­kho ezi­hlo­tshe­ni za­kho obi­zwa nga­le­li­bi­zo.

62 Ba­se­be­qhwe­ba uyi­se, uku­thi anga­tha­nda uku­thi lu­bi­zwe ngo­ku­thi­nim.

63 Wa­se­ce­la into yo­ku­bha­le­la, wa­bha­la, esi­thi: Ngu­Jo­ha­ne ibi­zo la­lon; ba­se­be­ma­nga­la bo­nke.

64 Nja­lo wa­hle wa­vu­lwa umlo­mo wa­kheo lo­li­mi lwa­khe lwa­tshwa­phu­lu­lwap, wa­se­khu­lu­ma edu­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­luq.

65 Lo­kwe­sa­ba kwe­hle­la phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­khe­le­ne la­bor; nja­lo kwa­khu­lu­nywa nga­zo zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto ku­lo lo­nke ele­zi­nta­be­ni ze­Ju­di­yas,

66 la­bo bo­nke abazi­zwa­yo bazi­lo­ndo­lo­za ezi­nhli­zi­ywe­ni za­bot, be­si­thi: Ka­mbe lo­lu­sa­ne lu­za­ku­ba nja­ni? Nja­lo isa­ndla se­Nko­si sa­si­la­lou.

67 Lo­Za­ka­ri­ya uyi­se wa­gcwa­li­swa ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le, wa­pro­fe­tha, esi­thiv:

68 Ibu­si­si­we iNko­siw uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lix, ngo­ba iha­mbe­ley ya­se­nze­la inku­lu­le­ko isi­zwe sa­yoz,

69 ya­si­vu­se­la upho­ndo lo­si­ndi­so endli­ni ka­Da­vi­da ince­ku ya­yoa,

70 nje­nga­lo­kho ya­khu­lu­ma ngo­mlo­mo wa­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­yo aba­ngcwe­leb ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­ni ko­mhla­bac,

71 isi­khu­lu­la ezi­the­ni ze­thu, le­sa­ndle­ni sa­bo bo­nke aba­si­zo­nda­yo;

72 ukwe­nze­la oba­ba be­thud isi­ha­wu, lo­ku­khu­mbu­la isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­yo esi­ngcwe­lee,

73 isi­fu­ngo eya­si­fu­nga ku­ba­ba we­thu uA­bra­ha­maf,

74 uku­si­ni­ka, uku­thi se­si­khu­lu­li­we esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha ze­thu, si­yi­kho­nze si­nge­la­kwe­sa­bag

75 ngo­bu­ngcwe­le la­ngo­ku­lu­nga pha­mbi kwa­yoh zo­nke izi­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo ye­thui.

76 La­we-ke, sa­ne, uza­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi u­ngu­mpro­fe­thij wo­Phe­zu­ko­nkek; ngo­ba uza­ha­mba pha­mbi ko­bu­so be­Nko­sil uku­lu­ngi­sa izi­ndle­la za­yom;

77 lo­ku­ni­ka isi­zwe sa­yo ulwa­zi lo­si­ndi­son ngo­the­the­le­lo lwe­zo­no za­bo,

78 nge­si­he­lo si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, oku­thi nga­so uku­sa1 kwa­phe­zu­lu ku­se­the­ke­le­leo,

79 uku­ba­kha­nyi­se­lap aba­hle­zi emnya­me­ni le­thu­nzi­ni lo­ku­faq, uku­qo­ndi­sa inya­wo ze­thu endle­le­ni yo­ku­thu­lar.

80 Wa­khu­la-ke umntwa­na omnca­ne, wa­qi­na emo­ye­nis, wa­ba se­zi­nka­nga­lat kwa­ze kwa­ba lu­su­ku lo­ku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­khe kuI­sra­ye­liu.

Uku­za­lwa ku­ka­Je­su Kri­stu

2Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nga­le­zo­nsu­ku, isi­mi­so sa­phu­ma ku­Ke­sa­ri uA­ga­sta­sia, so­ku­thi ku­bha­lwe umhla­ba wo­nkeb.

2 Lo­khu­ku­bha­lwa kwa­ku­ngo­ko­ku­qa­lac ukwe­nzi­wa la­pho uKwi­ri­ni­ya engu­mbu­sid we­Si­ri­yae.

3 Bo­nke ba­se­be­si­ya uku­ze baye­bha­lwa, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo emzi­ni wa­ki­bo.

4 Lo­Jo­se­fa la­ye we­nyu­kaf esu­ka eGa­li­li, emzi­ni iNa­za­re­tha, wa­ya eJu­di­yag, emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da, othi­wa yi­Bhe­the­le­he­mah, ngo­ba wa­ye­ngo­we­ndlu lo­wo­se­ndo lu­ka­Da­vi­dai,

5 ukuya­bha­lwa ka­nye lo­Ma­ri­ya umka­khe aye­mga­ni­le, owa­ye­zi­thwe­lej.

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­la­pho, za­se­zi­phe­le­la insu­ku zo­ku­be­le­tha kwa­khek.

7 Wa­se­be­le­tha indo­da­na ya­khe eyi­ngqa­bu­thol, wa­yi­go­qe­la nga­ma­le­mbum, wa­yi­la­li­sa emko­lwe­nin, ngo­ba kwa­ku­nge­la­nda­wo ya­bo endli­ni ye­zi­ha­mbio.

8 Nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na ku­le­lo­li­zwe abe­lu­si aba­be­hla­la ega­nge­ni fu­thi be­li­nde umhla­mbi wa­bo ebu­su­ku.

9 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ye­ma edu­ze kwa­bop, le­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ya­kha­nya iba­zi­nge­le­ze­leq; nja­lo be­sa­ba ngo­kwe­sa­ba oku­khu­lur.

10 Ingi­lo­si ya­si­si­thi ku­bo: Li­nge­sa­bi; ngo­ba kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­tshu­ma­ye­la inda­ba ezi­nhle ki­ni eze­nto­ko­zo enku­lu, eza­ku­ba ku­ba­ntu bo­nke;

11 ngo­ba li­za­le­lwe la­mu­hlas uMsi­ndi­sit, ongu­Kri­stuu iNko­siv, emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­daw.

12 Nja­lo lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so ki­nix: Li­za­tho­la usa­ne lu­go­qe­lwe nga­ma­le­mbuy, lu­le­le emko­lwe­niz.

13 Nja­lo kwa­hle kwa­ba kho­na ka­nye le­ngi­lo­si ixu­kua le­bu­tho la­se­zu­lwi­nib, li­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­luc, li­si­thi:

14 Udu­mo ka­lu­be ku­Nku­lu­nku­lud kwe­li­phe­zu­lue, lo­ku­thu­la emhla­be­nif; isi­fi­so esi­hle eba­ntwi­nig.

15 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi, ingi­lo­si se­zi­su­ki­le ku­bo zi­si­ya ezu­lwi­ni, aba­ntu, aba­nga­be­lu­si, ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­si­thi: Ake si­ye eBhe­the­le­he­mah, si­bo­ne le­yo­nto eye­nza­ke­le­yo, iNko­si esa­zi­se yo­na.

16 Ba­se­be­si­za ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa, ba­tho­la oMa­ri­ya lo­Jo­se­fa, lo­sa­ne lu­le­le emko­lwe­nii.

17 Se­be­bo­ni­le ba­se­be­sa­zi­sa inda­wo ezi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo nge­li­zwi aba­be­li­tshe­lwe ma­ye­la­na la­lo umntwa­na omnca­ne.

18 La­bo bo­nke abaku­zwa­yo ba­ma­nga­la nge­zi­nto eza­zi­khu­lu­nywe nga­be­lu­si ku­bo.

19 Ko­dwa uMa­ri­yaj wa­lo­ndo­lo­za wo­nke la ama­zwi, ena­ka­na nga­wo enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khek.

20 Ba­se­be­bu­ye­la abe­lu­si, be­mdu­mi­sal be­mbo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu nga­zo zo­nke izi­nto aba­be­zi­zwi­le la­ba­be­zi­bo­ni­le, nje­nga­lo­kho okwa­ku­khu­lu­nywe ku­bom.

21 Kwa­thi se­zi­phe­li­le insu­ku ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li zo­ku­thi umntwa­na omnca­ne aso­kwen, ibi­zo la­khe la­se­li­thi­wa ngu­Je­su, ela­li­bi­zwe yi­ngi­lo­si enga­ko­mu­lwa esi­swi­nio.

USi­me­yo­ni loA­na

22 Kwa­thi se­zi­phe­le­le insu­ku zo­ku­hla­nju­lu­lwa kwa­khe ngo­ko­mla­yo ka­Mo­zi­sip, ba­mle­tha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, uku­ze bammi­se pha­mbi kwe­Nko­siq

23 (nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo emla­ywe­ni we­Nko­si uku­thi ko­nke okwe­si­li­sa oku­vu­la isi­be­le­tho ku­za­thi­wa ku­ngcwe­le eNko­si­ni)r

24 lo­ku­thi ba­ni­ke­le umhla­tshe­lo nje­ngo­ku­tshi­wo emla­ywe­ni we­Nko­si, ama­ju­ba ama­bi­li ku­mbe ama­phu­phu ama­bi­li enkwi­li­mbas.

25 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, kwa­ku­kho­na eJe­ru­sa­le­ma umu­ntu, obi­zo la­khe li­ngu­Si­me­yo­ni, nja­lo lu­mu­ntu wa­ye­lu­ngi­le ekhu­the­le eku­kho­nze­nit, eli­nde­leu indu­du­zo kaI­sra­ye­liv, lo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le wa­ye­phe­zu kwa­khe.

26 Fu­thi kwa­ku­bo­na­ka­li­si­we ku­ye ngu­Mo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­lew, uku­thi ka­yi­ku­bo­na uku­fa enga­ka­mbo­ni uKri­stu we­Nko­six.

27 Wa­se­nge­na ethe­mpe­li­ni ngo­Mo­yay; kwa­thi aba­za­li be­mle­tha umntwa­na omnca­ne uJe­su, uku­ze be­nze nga­ye ngo­ko­mkhu­ba wo­mla­yoz,

28 ye­na wa­se­mtha­tha wa­mpha­tha enga­lwe­ni za­khe, wa­bo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lua, wa­thi:

29 Nko­sib, kha­the­si iye­ke­le ince­ku ya­kho iha­mbe ngo­ku­thu­lac, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi la­khod;

30 ngo­ba ame­hlo ami alu­bo­ni­le usi­ndi­so lwa­khoe

31 olu­lu­ngi­si­le­yo pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­ba­ntu bo­nkef;

32 uku­kha­nya ko­kwe­mbu­le­la abe­zi­zweg, le­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­si­zwe sa­kho uI­sra­ye­lih.

33 UJo­se­fa lo­ni­na ba­se­be­ma­nga­la nge­zi­nto eza­tshi­wo nga­ye.

34 USi­me­yo­ni wa­se­ba­bu­si­sa, wa­thi ku­Ma­ri­ya uni­na: Kha­nge­la, lo umi­se­lwei uku­wa lo­ku­vu­ka kwa­ba­ne­ngi kuI­sra­ye­lij, lo­ku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so esi­za­phi­ki­swak;

35 fu­thi la­we, inke­mba iza­da­bu­la owa­kho umphe­fu­mu­lol; uku­ze imi­ca­ba­ngo ye­nhli­zi­yo ezi­ne­ngi ye­mbu­lwem.

36 Nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na uA­na umpro­fe­thi­ka­zi, indo­da­ka­zi ka­Fa­nu­we­li, owe­si­zwe si­kaA­she­rin; wa­ye­se­khu­li­le ka­khu­luo, ebe­hla­le le­ndo­da imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ku­su­ke­la ebu­nto­mbi­ni ba­khe,

37 nja­lo wa­ye­ngu­mfe­lo­ka­zi owa­ye­nga­ba le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­ne, enga­su­ki ethe­mpe­li­ni, ekho­nzap ngo­ku­zi­la uku­dlaq la­nge­mi­khu­le­kor ebu­su­ku le­mi­nis.

38 La­ye efi­ka nga­le­lo­ho­la wa­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lu, wa­khu­lu­ma nga­ye ku­bo bo­nke aba­be­li­nde­let inku­lu­le­ko eJe­ru­sa­le­mau.

39 Kwa­thi se­be­qe­di­le ko­nke oku­ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si, ba­bu­ye­la eGa­li­liv, emzi­ni wa­ki­bo iNa­za­re­thaw.

40 Lo­mntwa­na omnca­ne wa­khu­la, wa­qi­na emo­ye­ni, wa­gcwa­la inhla­ka­ni­pho; lo­mu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­wu­phe­zu kwa­khex.

Umntwa­na uJe­su ethe­mpe­li­ni

41 Nja­lo aba­za­li ba­khe ba­be­si­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­ma imi­nya­ka yo­nkey ngo­mkho­si we­pha­si­kaz.

42 Kwa­thi ese­le­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, se­be­nyu­ke­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma nje­ngo­mkhu­ba wo­mkho­sia,

43 nja­lo se­zi­phe­li­le insu­kub, eku­bu­ye­le­ni kwa­bo, umntwa­na uJe­su wa­sa­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; nja­lo uJo­se­fa lo­ni­na be­nga­zi;

44 ko­dwa be­ca­ba­nga uku­thi wa­ye­se­xu­kwi­ni endle­le­ni, ba­ha­mba uha­mbo lo­su­ku, ba­mdi­nga pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­ni­nic la­ba­za­na la­bod;

45 ko­dwa be­nga­mtho­li, ba­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, be­mdi­nga.

46 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu, ba­mtho­la ethe­mpe­li­ni, ehle­zi pha­ka­thie kwa­ba­fu­ndi­si, nja­lo eba­la­le­la, fu­thi eba­bu­zaf.

47 Nja­lo bo­nke aba­be­mu­zwag ba­ma­nga­la ka­khu­luh ngo­lwa­zi le­mpe­ndu­lo za­khei.

48 Kwa­thi be­mbo­na ba­ma­nga­laj; lo­ni­na wa­thi ku­ye: Mnta­nami, we­nze­le­ni oku­nje ki­thi? Kha­nge­la, uyi­hlo la­mi be­si­ku­di­nga si­du­be­ki­lek.

49 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ku­nga­ni li­ngi­di­nga? Be­li­nga­kwa­zi yi­ni uku­thi ku­me­le uku­thi ngi­be se­zi­ntwe­ni zi­ka­Ba­bal?

50 Ko­dwa bo­na ka­ba­li­qe­di­si­sa­nga ili­zwi ali­khu­lu­ma ki­bom.

51 Wa­se­se­hla la­bo, we­za eNa­za­re­than; wa­ze­hli­se­la nga­pha­nsi kwa­bo. Uni­na wa­se­gci­na zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kheo.

52 UJe­su wa­se­qhu­be­ka enhla­ka­ni­phe­nip le­ku­khu­le­niq, le­ku­tha­nde­ke­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu le­ba­ntwi­nir.

Umse­be­nzi ka­Jo­ha­ne uMbha­bha­thi­zi

3Kwa­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu wo­ku­bu­sa ku­ka­Ti­be­ri­yo­si uKe­sa­ria, uPo­nti­yu­si Pi­la­tu engu­mbu­si we­Ju­di­yab, lo­He­ro­dic engu­mte­tra­rki* we­Ga­li­lid, lo­Fi­li­phu umfo­wa­bo engu­mte­tra­rki weI­tu­ri­ya le­li­zwe­ni iTra­ko­ni­ti, lo­Li­sa­ni­ya engu­mte­tra­rki weA­bi­le­nee,

2 uA­na­sif lo­Ka­ya­fa­si be­nga­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lug, ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­fi­ka ku­Jo­ha­neh indo­da­na ka­Za­ka­ri­yai enka­nga­laj.

3 Wa­se­si­za esi­ga­be­ni so­nke se­Jo­da­ni esi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo, etshu­ma­ye­la ubha­bha­thi­zo lo­ku­phe­ndu­ka ku­be yi­ku­the­the­le­lwa kwe­zo­nok;

4 nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo egwa­lwe­ni lwa­ma­zwi kaI­sa­ya umpro­fe­thi, uku­thi: Ili­zwi lo­me­me­za­yo enka­nga­la li­thi: Lu­ngi­sa­ni indle­la ye­Nko­si; qo­ndi­sa­ni indle­dla­na za­yo.

5 So­nke isi­go­di si­za­gqi­tshwa, la­yo yo­nke inta­ba lo­qa­qa ku­za­kwe­hli­swa; nja­lo ku­za­qo­ndi­swa ama­zo­mba­zo­mbe, la­ma­xha­ka­xha­ka ezi­ndle­la aza­lu­ngi­swal;

6 la­yo yo­nke inya­mam iza­bo­na usi­ndi­so lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun.

7 Nga­kho wa­thi ema­xu­kwi­ni aphu­me­la uku­bha­bha­thi­zwa ngu­ye: Nza­lo ye­zi­nyo­ka, ngu­ba­ni oli­xwa­yi­se uku­ba­le­ke­la ula­ka olu­za­yo?

8 Nga­kho the­la­ni izi­the­lo ezi­fa­ne­le uku­phe­ndu­ka; nja­lo li­nga­qa­li uku­thi pha­ka­thi kwe­nuo: Si­loA­bra­ha­ma ongu­ba­ba we­thu; ngo­ba ngi­thi ki­ni: UNku­lu­nku­lu ula­ma­ndla oku­mvu­se­la uA­bra­ha­ma aba­ntwa­na ku­la­ma­tshep.

9 La­kha­the­si le­hlo­ka se­li­be­ki­we empa­nde­ni ze­zi­hla­hla; nga­kho so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­nga­the­li isi­the­lo esi­hle si­ya­ga­nyu­lwa si­pho­se­lwe emli­lwe­ni.

10 Ama­xu­ku ase­mbu­za, athi: Pho thi­na si­za­kwe­nza­niq?

11 Wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Ole­ze­mba­tho ezi­mbi­li, ka­mu­phe onge­la­so; lo­lo­ku­dla ke­nze nja­lor.

12 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka la­ba­the­li­si uku­ze ba­bha­bha­thi­zwes, ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Mfu­ndi­si, si­za­kwe­nza­nit?

13 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­nga­bi­zi okwe­dlu­la eli­ku­mi­se­lwe­you.

14 La­ma­bu­tho la­wo ambu­za, athi: Thi­na-ke si­za­kwe­nza­niv? Wa­se­si­thi ku­wo: Li­nge­nzi udla­ke­la1 emu­ntwi­ni, nja­lo li­nga­ca­li nga­ma­ngaw; nja­lo ye­ne­li­swa­ni yi­mi­vu­zo ye­nux.

15 Kwa­thi aba­ntu be­li­ndi­le, fu­thi bo­nke be­zi­bu­za enhli­zi­ywe­ni za­bo ngo­Jo­ha­ne, uku­thi ka­mbe ye­na anga­ba engu­Kri­stuy,

16 uJo­ha­ne wa­phe­ndu­la, esi­thi ku­bo bo­nke: Mi­na-ke ngi­li­bha­bha­thi­za nga­ma­nzi; ko­dwa uye­za ola­ma­ndla ku­la­mi, engi­nga­fa­ne­le uku­thu­ku­lu­la umchi­lo wa­ma­nya­the­la akhez; ye­na uza­li­bha­bha­thi­za ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le la­ngo­mli­lo;

17 okho­ma­ne lwa­khe lo­kwe­la lu­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­khe, nja­lo uza­hla­mbu­lu­li­si­sa isi­bu­ya sa­khe, abe­se­bu­the­la ama­be­le esi­pha­le­ni sa­khea, ko­dwa ama­kho­ba uza­wa­tshi­sa ngo­mli­lo onga­ci­tshe­ki­yo.

18 La­ngo­ku­la­ya nge­zi­nye izi­nto ezi­ne­ngi, wa­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li eba­ntwi­ni.

19 Ko­dwab uHe­ro­di umte­tra­rkic, owa­ye­so­lwe ngu­ye ngo­He­ro­di­ya­si umka­Fi­li­phu umfo­wa­bod, la­nga­kho ko­nke oku­bi aye­kwe­nzi­le uHe­ro­di,

20 we­nge­ze­le­la la­lo­khu phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke, uku­thi wa­mva­le­la uJo­ha­ne ento­lo­ngwe­ni.

Uku­bha­bha­thi­zwa ku­ka­Je­su

21 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­be­bha­bha­thi­zi­we bo­nke aba­ntu, la­ye uJe­su ese­bha­bha­thi­zi­wee, ekhu­le­kaf, izu­lu la­vu­lwa,

22 uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le wa­se­se­hle­la phe­zu kwa­khe ele­si­mo so­mzi­mba onje­ngo­we­ju­ba, le­li­zwi la­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni, li­si­thi: We­na uyi­Ndo­da­na ya­mi etha­nde­ka­yo, ngi­tho­ko­za nga­we.

Okho­kho ba­ka­Je­su

23 Ye­na uJe­su wa­se­qa­la uku­ba le­mi­nya­ka enga­ba nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thug, ye­na (nje­ngo­kwa­ku­na­ka­nwa) eyi­ndo­da­na ka­Jo­se­fah, kaE­li,

24 ka­Ma­tha­ti, ka­Le­vi, ka­Me­li­ki, ka­Ja­na­yi, ka­Jo­se­fa,

25 ka­Ma­ta­thi­ya, kaA­mo­si, ka­Na­hu­me, kaE­se­li, ka­Na­ga­yi,

26 ka­Ma­ha­ti, ka­Ma­ta­thi­ya, ka­Se­me­yi­ni, ka­Jo­se­fa, ka­Ju­da,

27 ka­Jo­ha­na, ka­Re­sai, ka­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­lij, ka­Sa­la­ti­ye­lik, ka­Ne­ri,

28 ka­Me­li­ki, kaA­di, ka­Ko­sa­mu, kaE­li­mo­da­mu, kaE­ri,

29 ka­Jo­se, kaE­li­ye­ze­ri, ka­Jo­ri­ma, ka­Ma­tha­ti, ka­Le­vi,

30 ka­Si­me­yo­ni, ka­Ju­da, ka­Jo­se­fa, ka­Jo­na­nu, kaE­li­ya­khi­mi,

31 ka­Me­le­ya, ka­Me­na, ka­Ma­tha­ta, ka­Na­tha­nil, ka­Da­vi­dam,

32 ka­Je­se, kaO­be­di, ka­Bo­wo­si, ka­Sa­li­mo­ni, ka­Na­sho­ni,

33 kaA­mi­na­da­ba, kaA­ra­mu, kaE­si­ro­mu, ka­Fa­re­si, ka­Ju­da,

34 ka­Ja­ko­be, kaI­sa­ka, kaA­bra­ha­ma, ka­Tha­ra, ka­Na­ho­ri,

35 ka­Sa­ru­gi, ka­Ra­ga­wu, ka­Fa­le­ki, kaE­be­ri, ka­Sa­lan,

36 ka­Ka­yi­na­ni, kaA­rpa­ki­sha­dio, ka­She­mu, ka­No­we, ka­La­me­ki,

37 ka­Me­thu­sa­la, kaE­no­ki, ka­Ja­re­di, ka­Ma­le­le­ye­li, ka­Ka­yi­na­ni,

38 kaE­no­si, ka­Se­ti, kaA­da­mup, ka­Nku­lu­nku­luq.

Uku­li­ngwa ku­ka­Je­su

4Kwa­thi uJe­su egcwe­le uMo­ya oNgcwe­lea wa­bu­ya eve­la eJo­da­nib, wa­kho­khe­le­lwa ngu­Mo­ya enka­nga­lac,

2 wa­li­ngwa ngu­di­ya­bho­la insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ned. Nja­lo ka­dla­nga lu­tho nga­le­zo­nsu­ku; kwa­thi se­zi­phe­li­le, eku­ci­ne­ni wa­la­mba.

3 Udi­ya­bho­la wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Uba uyi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, tsho­no ku­le­li­li­tshe uku­thi li­be yi­si­nkwa.

4 UJe­su wa­se­mphe­ndu­la, wa­thi: Ku­lo­tshi­we, uku­thi umu­ntu ka­yi­ku­phi­la nge­si­nkwa so­dwa, ko­dwa nga­lo lo­nke ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue.

5 Udi­ya­bho­la wa­se­mkho­khe­le­la enta­be­ni endef wa­mtshe­ngi­sa yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba nge­si­kha­tsha­nag.

6 Udi­ya­bho­la wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ama­ndla wo­nke la lo­bu­kho­si ba­yo ngi­za­ku­ni­kah; ngo­ba ani­kwe mi­na, nja­lo ngi­wa­ni­ka lo­ba ngu­ba­ni engi­tha­nda­yoi.

7 Nga­kho we­na uba ukho­nza pha­mbi kwa­mi, ko­nke ku­za­ku­ba ngo­kwa­kho.

8 UJe­su wa­se­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Su­ka nge­mva kwa­mi, Sa­tha­ne; ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Uza­kho­tha­me­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, nja­lo umkho­nze ye­na ye­dwaj.

9 Wa­se­mkho­khe­le­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, wa­mmi­sa engqo­nge­ni ye­the­mpe­lik, wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Uba uyi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, zi­wi­se­le pha­nsi usu­ka la­pha;

10 ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Uza­la­ya ingi­lo­si za­khe nga­we, uku­ku­lo­ndo­lo­za;

11 lo­ku­thi: Zi­za­ku­pha­tha nge­za­ndla, hle­zi lo­ba ni­ni ukhu­be unya­wo lwa­kho eli­tshe­nil.

12 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Ku­thi­wa: Unga­yi­li­ngi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khom.

13 Udi­ya­bho­la ese­qe­di­le uku­li­nga ko­nke, wa­su­ka ku­ye kwa­ze kwa­ba nge­si­nye isi­kha­thin.

UJe­su uqa­la uku­tshu­ma­ye­la

14 UJe­su wa­se­bu­ye­lao eGa­li­lip nga­ma­ndla ka­Mo­yaq; le­ndu­me­la ya­khe ya­phu­ma ku­so so­nke isi­ga­ba esi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yor.

15 Ye­na wa­se­fu­ndi­sa ema­si­na­go­ge­ni abos, edu­nyi­swa yi­bo bo­nket.

UJe­su ude­le­lwa nga­be­Na­za­re­tha

16 Wa­se­fi­kau eNa­za­re­thav, la­pho ayo­ndli­we kho­naw; nje­ngo­kwe­jwa­ye­la kwa­khe wa­se­nge­na esi­na­go­ge­ni ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­thax, wa­su­ku­ma uku­ze afu­ndey.

17 Wa­se­ni­kwa ugwa­lo lo­mpro­fe­thi uI­sa­yaz. Wa­se­lu­vu­la ugwa­loa, wa­yi­tho­la inda­wo oku­bha­lwe ku­yo uku­thi:

18 UMo­ya we­Nko­si uphe­zu kwa­mi, nga­kho ingi­gco­bi­le uku­thi ngi­tshu­ma­ye­le iva­nge­li ku­ba­ya­nga; ingi­thu­mi­le uku­si­li­sa aba­da­bu­ki­le­yo enhli­zi­ywe­ni; uku­me­me­ze­la uku­khu­lu­lwa kwa­ba­thu­nji­we­yob, lo­ku­bo­na kwa­ba­yi­zi­pho­fuc, uku­khu­lu­la aba­ba­nde­ze­lwe­yod,

19 uku­me­me­ze­lae umnya­ka wo­mu­sa we­Nko­sif.

20 Wa­se­lu­go­qa ugwa­log, walu­bu­yi­se­la ence­kwi­nih, wa­hla­la pha­nsi; la­me­hlo abo bo­nke aba­be­se­si­na­go­ge­ni amjo­lo­ze­lai.

21 Wa­se­qa­la uku­thi ku­bo: La­mu­hla lu­mbha­lo ugcwa­li­se­ki­le endle­be­ni ze­nu.

22 La­bo bo­nke ba­fa­ka­za nga­ye, ba­ma­nga­la nga­ma­zwi omu­sa aphu­ma emlo­nye­ni wa­khej, ba­se­be­si­thi: Lo ka­yi­si­yo indo­da­na ka­Jo­se­fa yi­nik?

23 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Isi­bi­li li­za­ku­tsho ki­mi le­si­sa­ga: Me­la­phi, ze­la­phe we­nal; ko­nke lo­kho esi­ku­zwi­le­yo okwe­nze­ke eKa­pe­na­wu­mem, kwe­nze la­la­pha emzi­ni wa­ki­nin.

24 Wa­thi-ke: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Ka­kho umpro­fe­thio owe­mu­ke­le­ka­yop eli­zwe­ni la­ki­boq.

25 Ko­dwa nge­qi­ni­so ngi­thi ki­ni: Aba­fe­lo­ka­zi aba­ne­ngir ba­be­kho­na koI­sra­ye­li ensu­kwi­ni zi­kaE­li­jas, la­pho izu­lu la­li­va­le­ki­le imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu le­nya­nga ezi­yi­si­thu­pha, kwa­ze kwa­ba kho­na indla­la enku­lu emhla­be­ni wo­nket;

26 ko­dwa uE­li­ja ka­thu­nye­lwa­nga la­ko­mu­nye wa­bo, nga­pha­ndle kwe­Sa­re­pi­tau ye­Si­do­ni ko­we­si­fa­za­na ongu­mfe­lo­ka­ziv.

27 Fu­thi ama­le­phe­ro ama­ne­ngiw aye­kho­na koI­sra­ye­li nge­si­kha­thi si­kaE­li­sha umpro­fe­thi; ko­dwa ka­ku­hla­nju­lu­lwa­nga la­mu­nye wa­wo, nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Na­ma­ni umSi­ri­yax.

28 Kwa­thi bo­nke aba­be­se­si­na­go­ge­ni ba­gcwa­la ula­ka, be­zi­zwa le­zi­zi­nto,

29 ba­se­be­su­ku­ma, ba­mkhu­phe­la nga­pha­ndle ko­mu­ziy, ba­mqhu­be­la eli­we­ni le­nta­ba umu­zi wa­bo owa­wa­khi­we phe­zu kwa­yo, uku­ze ba­mpho­se­le pha­nsi eli­we­ni.

30 Ko­dwa ye­na eda­bu­la pha­ka­thi kwa­bo wa­ha­mbaz.

Uku­si­li­swa kwe­zi­gu­la­ne eKa­pe­na­wu­me

31 Wa­se­se­hle­la eKa­pe­na­wu­me umu­zi we­Ga­li­li; nja­lo wa­ye­ba­fu­ndi­sa nga­ma­sa­ba­thaa.

32 Ba­se­be­ba­ba­za nge­mfu­ndi­so ya­kheb, ngo­ba ili­zwi la­khe la­li­la­ma­ndlac.

33 Fu­thi kwa­ku­kho­na esi­na­go­ge­ni umu­ntu owa­ye­lo­mo­ya we­di­mo­ni ongco­li­le­yo, wa­se­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu

34 wa­thi: Ye­ke­la! Si­la­ni la­we, Je­su mNa­za­re­tha? Uze uku­si­bhu­bhi­sa yi­ni? Ngi­ya­kwa­zi we­na uku­thi ungu­ba­ni: ONgcwe­le ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud.

35 UJe­su wa­se­mkhu­za, esi­thi: Thu­la, uphu­me ku­yee! Le­di­mo­ni se­li­mwi­se­le pha­ka­thi la­phu­ma ku­ye, li­nga­mli­ma­za­nga.

36 Kwa­se­ku­ba­fi­ke­la bo­nke uku­ma­nga­la, ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na, be­si­thi: Yi­li­zwi ba­ni le­li, uku­thi nge­gu­nya la­nga­ma­ndla uya­la­ya omo­ya aba­ngco­li­le­yo, ba­phu­mef?

37 Ya­si­phu­ma indu­me­la ya­khe ku­yo yo­nke inda­wo ye­si­ga­ba esi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo.

Uni­na­za­la ka­Pe­tro la­ba­nye aba­gu­la­yo ba­ya­si­li­swa

38 Wa­se­su­ku­mag wa­phu­ma esi­na­go­ge­ni, wa­ya­nge­na endli­ni ka­Si­mo­nih; nja­lo uni­na­za­la ka­Si­mo­ni wa­ye­ba­njwe lu­qhu­qho olu­khu­lu; ba­se­be­mce­le­la ku­ye.

39 Wa­se­me­nga­ma, wa­khu­za uqhu­qho, kho­na lwa­mye­ke­la; nja­lo wa­hle wa­su­ku­ma wa­ba­se­be­nze­lai.

40 Kwa­thi eku­tsho­ne­ni kwe­la­nga, bo­nke aba­be­la­ba­be­gu­la izi­fo ezi­tshi­ye­ne­yo ba­ba­le­tha ku­yej; wa­se­be­ka iza­ndla ku­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­bo wa­ba­si­li­sak.

41 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma la­ma­di­mo­ni kwa­ba­ne­ngil, eme­me­za esi­thi: We­na ungu­Kri­stum iNdo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun. Wa­sewa­khu­zao enga­wa­vu­me­lip uku­thi akhu­lu­me, ngo­ba aye­ma­zi uku­thi ungu­Kri­stu.

UJe­su usu­ka eKa­pe­na­wu­me

42 Kwa­thi se­ku­si­le, wa­phu­ma wa­ya enda­we­ni eyi­nka­nga­laq, la­ma­xu­ku amdi­nga, eza ku­ye, amvi­mbe­la uku­thi anga­su­ki ki­wor.

43 Ko­dwa wa­thi ku­wo: Ngi­me­le uku­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li lo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­kwe­mi­nye imi­zi; ngo­ba ngi­thu­nye­lwe lo­kho.

44 Wa­ye­se­tshu­ma­ye­la ema­si­na­go­ge­ni eGa­li­lis.

Uku­bi­zwa ku­ka­Pe­tro la­ba­be­la­ye

5Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ixu­ku se­li­mmi­nye­ze­le uku­zwa ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua, ye­na wa­se­si­ma ece­le­ni kwe­chi­bi le­Ge­ne­sa­re­thab;

2 wa­bo­na imi­khu­mbi emi­bi­li imi ece­le­ni kwe­chi­bi; ko­dwa aba­go­li be­nhla­nzi ba­be­phu­mi­le ki­yo be­hla­mbu­lu­la ama­mbu­le.

3 Wa­se­nge­na ko­mu­nye we­mi­khu­mbi, ongo­ka­Si­mo­ni, wa­mce­la uku­thi asu­ke ka­nci­nya­ne emhla­ba­thi­nic. Wa­se­hla­la pha­nsid wa­fu­ndi­sa ama­xu­ku ese­mkhu­nji­nie.

4 Kwa­thi ese­qe­di­le uku­khu­lu­ma, wa­thi ku­Si­mo­ni: Nge­na enzi­ki­ni, le­hli­se ama­mbu­le enu uku­ze li­ba­mbef.

5 USi­mo­ni wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­sig, si­tshi­ka­tshi­ke ubu­su­ku bo­nke, ka­si­ba­mba­nga lu­tho; ko­dwa ngo­ku­tsho kwa­kho ngi­za­kwe­hli­sa imbu­leh.

6 Kwa­thi se­be­kwe­nzi­le lo­kho, ba­ba­mba inki­thi­nki­thi enku­lu ye­nhla­nzi. La­se­li­da­bu­ka imbu­le la­boi.

7 Ba­se­be­qhwe­ba aba­be­hla­nga­nye­le la­boj aba­be­ko­mu­nye umkhu­mbi, uku­thi be­ze ba­ba­si­ze; be­za-ke ba­yi­gcwa­li­sa imi­khu­mbi yo­mi­bi­li, ya­ze ya­qa­li­sa uku­tsho­nak.

8 Ku­the uSi­mo­ni Pe­tro ebo­na, wa­we­la ema­do­lwe­ni ka­Je­sul, esi­thi: Su­ka ki­mi, Nko­si, ngo­ba ngi­ngu­mu­ntu oyi­so­nim.

9 Ngo­ba uku­ma­nga­la kwa­ku­mba­mbi­le, la­bo bo­nke aba­be­la­ye, ngo­ku­ba­njwa kwe­nhla­nzi aba­be­zi­ba­mbi­le;

10 ngo­ku­fa­na­na­yo-ke lo­Ja­ko­be lo­Jo­ha­ne, ama­do­da­na ka­Ze­be­di­ya, aba­be­hla­nga­nye­le lo­Si­mo­nin. UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­Si­mo­ni: Unge­sa­bi; ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si uza­go­la aba­ntu.

11 Kwa­thi se­be­yi­fi­ki­si­le imi­khu­mbi emhla­ba­thi­ni, ba­tshi­ya ko­nke, ba­mla­nde­lao.

UJe­su usi­li­sa umle­phe­ro

12 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi, ese­ko­mu­nye we­mi­zi, kha­nge­la-ke, indo­da egcwe­le ubu­le­phe­ro; ya­thi ibo­na uJe­su, ya­wa ngo­bu­so, ya­mnce­nga, isi­thi: Nko­si, alu­ba utha­nda, unga­ngi­hla­mbu­lu­la.

13 Wa­se­se­lu­la isa­ndla, wa­yi­thi­nta, esi­thi: Ngi­ya­tha­nda, hla­mbu­lu­ka. Nja­lo ba­hle ba­su­ka ubu­le­phe­ro ku­yop.

14 Ye­na wa­se­yi­la­ya uku­thi inga­tshe­li mu­ntu; wa­thi: Ko­dwa ha­mba uzi­ve­ze ku­mpri­sti, uni­ke­le­le uku­hla­nju­lu­lwa kwa­kho, nje­ngo­ba uMo­zi­si wa­la­ya, ku­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zi ku­boq.

15 Ko­dwa kwa­yi­la­pho uku­khu­lu­ma nga­ye kwa­nda ka­khu­lu; la­ma­xu­ku ama­ne­ngi abu­tha­na uku­la­le­la, lo­ku­si­li­swa ngu­ye ezi­fwe­ni za­wor.

16 Ko­dwa ye­na wa­phu­me­la enka­nga­las wa­khu­le­kat.

UJe­su usi­li­sa umu­ntu oyi­si­go­ga

17 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­lu­nye lwe­zi­nsu­ku, ye­na wa­ye­fu­ndi­sa; nja­lo kwa­ku­hle­zi aba­Fa­ri­si la­ba­fu­ndi­si bo­mla­you, aba­ve­la ku­yo yo­nke imi­za­na ye­Ga­li­li le­Ju­di­ya le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma; la­ma­ndla eNko­si ayekho­na uku­ba­si­li­sa.

18 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, ama­do­da ethwe­le ngo­hla­ka umu­ntu owa­ye­yi­si­go­ga; nja­lo adi­nga uku­mnge­ni­sa ambe­ke pha­mbi kwa­khe;

19 ko­dwa enga­tho­li indle­la yo­ku­mnge­ni­sa nge­nxa ye­xu­kuv, akhwe­la epha­hle­ni lwe­ndlu, ame­hli­sa ezi­ti­ne­ni zo­ku­fu­le­la nge­tha­la pha­mbi ku­ka­Je­su pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thiw.

20 Kwa­thi ebo­na ukho­lo lwa­wo, wa­thi ku­ye: Ndo­da, izo­no za­kho uzi­the­the­le­lwe.

21 Aba­bha­li la­ba­Fa­ri­si ba­se­be­qa­la uku­na­ka­na, be­si­thi: Ungu­ba­ni lo okhu­lu­ma inhla­mbax? Ngu­ba­ni onga­the­the­le­la izo­no, nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ye­dway?

22 Kwa­thi uJe­su esa­zi uku­na­ka­na kwa­bo wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Li­na­ka­na­ni enhli­zi­ywe­ni ze­nu?

23 Yi­ku­phi oku­lu­la, uku­thi: Izo­no za­kho uzi­the­the­le­lwe; ku­mbe uku­thi: Su­ku­ma uha­mbe?

24 Ko­dwa uku­ze la­zi uku­thi iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ila­ma­ndla oku­the­the­le­la izo­no emhla­be­ni (wa­thi ko­yi­si­go­ga): Ngi­thi ku­we: Su­ku­ma, utha­the itha­la la­kho, uye endli­ni ya­khoz.

25 Nja­lo wa­hle wa­su­ku­ma pha­mbi kwa­bo, wa­tha­tha lo­khu aye­le­le ku­kho, wa­su­ka wa­ya endli­ni ya­khea, edu­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lub.

26 Lo­ku­sa­nga­ni­se­ka kwa­ba­ba­mba bo­nke, ba­se­be­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­luc, ba­gcwa­la ukwe­sa­bad, be­si­thi: Si­bo­ne izi­ma­nga la­mu­hla.

Uku­bi­zwa ku­ka­Le­vi

27 Nja­lo emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto wa­phu­ma, wa­bo­na umthe­li­si, uLe­vi nge­bi­zo, ehle­zi endli­ni yo­ku­the­li­se­la, wa­thi ku­ye: Ngi­la­nde­lae.

28 Wa­se­tshi­ya ko­nke, wa­su­ku­ma wa­mla­nde­laf.

29 ULe­vi wa­se­me­nze­lag idi­li eli­khu­lu endli­ni ya­kheh; nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na ixu­ku eli­khu­lu la­ba­the­li­si le­la­ba­nye aba­hla­la ka­nye la­bo eku­dle­nii.

30 Aba­bha­li ba­bo la­ba­Fa­ri­si ba­se­be­so­la ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe, be­si­thi: Ku­nga­ni li­si­dla li­na­tha la­ba­the­li­si le­zo­ni?

31 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Aba­phi­la­yo ka­ba­swe­li me­la­phi, ko­dwa aba­gu­la­yo.

32 Ka­ngi­za­nga uku­bi­za aba­lu­ngi­le­yo, ko­dwa izo­ni zi­ze eku­phe­ndu­ke­nij.

Uku­zi­la uku­dla

33 Ba­se­be­si­thik ku­ye: Ku­nga­ni aba­fu­ndi ba­ka­Jo­ha­nel be­zi­la uku­dla ka­ne­ngim, be­nze imi­khu­le­ko, ku­nja­lo la­ba­ba­Fa­ri­sin; ko­dwa aba­kho ba­ya­dla ba­na­the?

34 Ko­dwa wa­thi ku­bo: Ka­mbe, li­nga­ba­zi­li­sa uku­dla yi­ni aba­ntwa­na be­ndlu yo­mthi­mba, umye­ni ese­la­bo?

35 Ko­dwa zi­za­fi­ka insu­ku, la­pho umye­ni eza­su­swa ku­bo, kho­na be­za­zi­la uku­dla nga­le­zo­nsu­kuo.

36 Wa­se­ba­tshe­la fu­thi umfa­ne­ki­so wo­ku­thi: Ka­kho obe­ke­la isi­chi­bi se­se­mba­tho esi­tsha ese­mba­thwe­ni esi­da­la; uba ku­nge­nja­lo, esi­tsha la­so si­ya­da­bu­la, le­si­chi­bi se­si­tsha asi­ha­mbe­la­ni le­si­da­la.

37 Fu­thi ka­kho ofa­ka iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha emi­go­dle­ni emi­da­la; uba-ke ku­nge­nja­lo, iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha li­za­da­bu­la imi­go­dla, li­chi­the­ke lo­na, le­mi­go­dla yo­na­ka­le.

38 Ko­dwa iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha li­me­le li­fa­kwe emi­go­dle­ni emi­tsha, nja­lo ko­ku­bi­li ku­lo­ndo­lo­ze­ke.

39 Nja­lo ka­kho othi ese­na­the iwa­yi­ni eli­da­la ahle afi­se eli­tsha; ngo­ba uthi: Eli­da­la li­ngco­no.

UJe­su ucha­si­sa umla­yo we­sa­ba­tha

6Kwa­se­ku­si­thia nge­sa­ba­tha le­si­bi­li la­ku­qa­la eda­bu­la ema­si­mi­ni ama­be­leb, aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­kha izi­khwe­bu, ba­dla, bezi­hli­ki­hla nge­za­ndla.

2 Ko­dwa aba­thi­le ba­ba­Fa­ri­si ba­thi ku­bo: Le­nze­la­ni oku­nga­vu­nye­lwa ukwe­nzi­wa nge­nsu­ku ze­sa­ba­thac?

3 UJe­su wa­se­ba­phe­ndu­la, wa­thi: Ali­fu­nda­nga la­lo­kho yi­ni, uDa­vi­da akwe­nza­yo, mhla ela­mbi­le ye­na la­ba­be­la­ye,

4 uku­thi wa­ya­nge­na nja­ni endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, wa­tha­tha izi­nkwa zo­ku­bu­ki­swa, wa­se­si­dla, wa­ni­ka la­la­bo aba­be­la­ye; ezi­nga­vu­nye­lwa uku­dli­wa nga­pha­ndle kwa­ba­pri­sti bo­dwa?

5 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: INdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu iyi­Nko­si le­ye­sa­ba­thad.

UJe­su usi­li­sa nge­sa­ba­tha

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­nge­li­nye isa­ba­tha wa­nge­na esi­na­go­ge­ni, wa­fu­ndi­sae; nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na umu­ntu la­pho, osa­ndla sa­khe so­ku­ne­ne sa­si­tshwa­bhe­nef.

7 Aba­bha­li la­ba­Fa­ri­si ba­se­be­mqa­phe­lag, uku­thi uza­si­li­sa nge­sa­ba­tha yi­ni; uku­ze ba­tho­le oko­ku­mbe­ka ica­la.

8 Ko­dwa wa­ya­zi imi­ca­ba­ngo ya­boh, wa­thi ku­mu­ntu ole­sa­ndla esi­tshwa­bhe­ne­yo: Su­ku­ma, ume pha­ka­thi. Wa­su­ku­ma-ke we­ma.

9 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ngi­za­li­bu­za ulu­tho: Ku­vu­nye­lwe yi­ni nga­ma­sa­ba­tha ukwe­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo ku­mbe ukwe­nza oku­bi? Uku­si­ndi­sa impi­lo ku­mbe uku­chi­tha?

10 Wa­se­ba­tha­la­za bo­nke, wa­thi ku­mu­ntu: Ye­lu­la isa­ndla sa­kho. Wa­se­se­nza nja­lo. Isa­ndla sa­khe sa­se­si­si­li­swa sa­phi­la nje­nge­si­nyei.

11 Ba­se­be­gcwa­la ubu­hla­nyaj; ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na omu­nye ko­mu­nye, uku­thi ba­nga­me­nza­ni uJe­suk.

Uku­khe­thwa kwa­ba­pho­sto­li

12 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nga­le­zo­nsu­ku wa­phu­ma wa­ya enta­be­ni uku­ya­khu­le­kal; wa­hla­la ubu­su­ku bo­nke eku­khu­le­ke­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lum.

13 Kwa­thi se­ku­si­le, wa­bi­ze­la ku­ye aba­fu­ndi ba­khen; wa­khe­tha ku­bo aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, aba­bi­za fu­thi ngo­ku­thi nga­ba­pho­sto­lio;

14 uSi­mo­ni la­ye ambi­za ngo­ku­thi ngu­Pe­tro, loA­ndre­ya umfo­wa­bo, uJa­ko­be lo­Jo­ha­ne, uFi­li­phu lo­Ba­rto­lo­me­wu,

15 uMa­the­wu lo­To­ma­si, uJa­ko­be okaA­lfe­wu, lo­Si­mo­ni owa­ye­thi­wa ngu­mZe­lo­thip,

16 uJu­da­siq ka­Ja­ko­be, lo­Ju­da­si Iska­ri­yo­thi, la­ye owa­ba ngu­mni­ke­lir.

17 Wa­se­se­hla la­bo, we­ma esi­gca­wi­ni, le­xu­ku la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khes, le­xu­ku eli­khu­lu la­ba­ntu aba­ve­la ku­yo yo­nke iJu­di­ya le­Je­ru­sa­le­mat, la­nga­se­lwa­ndle lwe­Ti­re le­Si­do­niu, aba­be­zi­le uku­mu­zwa, lo­ku­si­li­swa ezi­fwe­ni za­bo;

18 la­la­bo aba­be­kha­tha­zwa ngo­mo­ya aba­ngco­li­le­yo, ba­se­be­si­li­swa.

19 Le­xu­ku lo­nke la­di­nga uku­mthi­ntav; ngo­ba kwa­phu­ma ama­ndla ku­ye, ase­ba­si­li­sa bo­nkew.

Aba­bu­si­swa­yo la­ba­nga­bu­si­swa­yo

20 Ye­na wa­se­pha­ka­mi­se­la ame­hlo akhe ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe wa­thix: Li­bu­si­si­we, ba­ya­nga, ngo­ba umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ungo­we­nu.

21 Li­bu­si­si­we, li­na eli­la­mbi­le­yo kha­the­si, ngo­ba li­za­su­thi­swa. Li­bu­si­si­we, li­na eli­kha­la­yo kha­the­si, ngo­ba li­za­hle­kay.

22 Li­bu­si­si­we, nxa aba­ntu be­li­zo­nda, nja­lo nxa be­le­hlu­ka­ni­sa, be­li­thu­ka, be­la­hla ibi­zo le­nu ngo­ku­nga­thi li­bi, nge­nxa ye­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntuz.

23 Tho­ko­za­ni nga­lo­lo­su­ku le­qe ngo­ku­tho­ko­zaa; ngo­ba kha­nge­la­ni, umvu­zo we­nu mkhu­lu ezu­lwi­ni; ngo­ba oyi­se be­nza nja­lo ku­ba­pro­fe­thi.

24 Ko­dwa ma­ye ki­nib li­na eli­no­thi­le­yoc! Ngo­ba se­li­ye­mu­ke­led indu­du­zo ye­nue.

25 Ma­ye ki­ni, li­na eli­su­thi­yo! Ngo­ba li­za­la­mbaf. Ma­ye ki­ni, li­na eli­hle­ka­yo kha­the­si! Ngo­ba li­za­li­la, li­kha­leg.

26 Ma­ye ki­ni, nxa aba­ntu bo­nke be­khu­lu­ma ku­hle nga­nih! Ngo­ba oyi­se ba­be­se­nza nja­lo ku­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­ma­ngai.

Uku­tha­nda izi­tha

27 Ko­dwa ngi­thi ki­ni eli­zwa­yo: Tha­nda­ni izi­tha ze­nu, le­nze oku­hle kwa­ba­li­zo­nda­yoj,

28 li­bu­si­se aba­li­qa­le­ki­sa­yo, li­ba­khu­le­ke­le aba­li­pha­tha ku­bik.

29 Oku­tsha­ya esi­hla­thi­ni, mni­ke le­si­nyel; lo­kwe­mu­ka ise­mba­tho sa­kho, unga­li le­si­gqo­ko sa­kho.

30 Ko­dwa mni­ke wo­nke oce­la ku­we; lo­kwe­mu­ka okwa­kho, unga­bu­yi uku­bi­ze ku­yem.

31 Nja­lo nje­nga­lo­kho li­tha­nda uku­thi aba­ntu be­nze ki­ni, la­ni ye­nza­ni nja­lo ku­bon.

32 Nja­lo uba li­tha­nda la­bo aba­li­tha­nda­yoo, yi­ku­bo­ngwa ba­ni eli­la­kho? Ngo­ba le­zo­ni zi­tha­nda la­bo aba­zi­tha­nda­yop.

33 Nja­lo uba li­se­nza oku­hle ku­la­bo abe­nza oku­hle ki­ni, yi­ku­bo­ngwa ba­ni eli­la­kho? Ngo­ba le­zo­ni ze­nza oku­fa­na­na­yoq.

34 Fu­thi uba li­se­bo­le­ka la­bo eli­the­mba ukwe­mu­ke­la ku­bor, yi­ku­bo­ngwa ba­ni eli­la­kho? Ngo­ba le­zo­ni ze­bo­le­ka izo­ni, uku­ze ze­mu­ke­le izi­nto ezi­fa­na­na­yo.

35 Ko­dwa tha­nda­ni izi­tha ze­nus, le­nze oku­hle, le­bo­le­ke, li­nga­li­nde­li lu­tho olu­bu­yi­se­lwa­yot; lo­mvu­zo we­nu uza­ku­ba mkhu­lu, nja­lo li­be nga­ba­ntwa­nau bo­Phe­zu­ko­nkev; ngo­ba ye­na ulo­bu­be­le kwa­ba­nga­bo­ngi­yo la­ba­biw.

36 Nga­kho ba­ni­ni le­si­ha­wux, nje­ngo­ba la­ye uYi­hlo ele­si­ha­wuy.

Ukwa­hlu­le­la aba­nye

37 Li­nga­hlu­le­li, nja­lo ali­so­ze la­hlu­le­lwez; li­nga­la­hli, nja­lo ali­so­ze li­la­hlwe; the­the­le­la­ni, nja­lo li­za­the­the­le­lwaa;

38 pha­ni­ni, la­ni li­za­phi­wab; isi­li­nga­ni­so esi­hle, si­gqi­tshi­we sa­hlu­ku­zwa, si­phu­phu­ma, ba­za­li­pha esi­fu­be­nic. Ngo­ba nga­le­so­si­li­nga­ni­so eli­li­nga­ni­sa nga­so li­za­li­nga­ni­se­lwa nga­so fu­thi.

39 Wa­se­ba­tshe­la umfa­ne­ki­so wo­ku­thi: Ka­mbe isi­pho­fu si­nga­kho­khe­la isi­pho­fu yi­ni? Ka­ba­yi­ku­we­la bo­ba­bi­li emgo­di­ni yi­nid?

40 Umfu­ndi ka­mkhu­lu ku­lo­mfu­ndi­si wa­khee; ko­dwa wo­nke ophe­le­le­yo uza­ku­ba nje­ngo­mfu­ndi­si wa­khef.

41 Nja­lo ukha­nge­le­la­ni uce­zwa­na olu­se­li­hlwe­ni lo­mfo­we­nu, ko­dwa unga­lu­na­nze­le­li ugo­do olu­kwe­la­kho ili­hlo?

42 Ku­mbe unga­tsho nja­ni ku­mfo­we­nu uku­thi: Mfo­we­thu, ka­hle ngi­khu­phe uce­zwa­na olu­se­li­hlwe­ni la­kho, we­na unga­lu­bo­ni ugo­do olu­se­li­hlwe­ni la­kho? Mze­nzi­si, qa­la ukhu­phe ugo­do eli­hlwe­ni la­kho, kho­na-ke uza­bo­na ku­hle uku­khu­pha uce­zwa­na olu­se­li­hlwe­ni lo­mfo­we­nug.

43 Ngo­ba ka­yi­si­so isi­hla­hla esi­hle esi­the­la isi­the­lo esi­bi; fu­thi ka­yi­si­so isi­hla­hla esi­bi esi­the­la isi­the­lo esi­hleh.

44 Ngo­ba yi­le­so la­le­so isi­hla­hla sa­zi­wa nge­sa­so isi­the­lo. Ngo­ba ka­ba­se­li imi­khi­wa eme­ve­ni, fu­thi ka­ku­khi­wa isi­the­lo se­vi­ni evi­ka­ne­nii.

45 Umu­ntu olu­ngi­le­yo uve­za oku­lu­ngi­le­yo ko­ku­li­gu­gu eli­lu­ngi­le­yo le­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe, lo­mu­ntu omu­bi uve­za oku­bi ko­ku­li­gu­gu eli­bi le­nhli­zi­yo ya­khej; ngo­ba umlo­mo wa­khe ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­gcwa­la kwe­nhli­zi­yok.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­zi­ndlu ezi­mbi­li

46 Ko­dwa li­ngi­bi­ze­la­ni ngo­ku­thi: Nko­si, Nko­si, ko­dwa li­nga­ze­nzi izi­nto engi­zi­tsho­yol?

47 Wo­nke oza ki­mi awe­zwe ama­zwi ami nja­lo awe­nze, ngi­za­li­tshe­ngi­sa uku­thi ufa­na­na lo­ba­ni;

48 ufa­na­na lo­mu­ntu owa­kha indlu, wa­ge­bha wa­tsho­ni­sa, wa­be­ka isi­se­ke­lo phe­zu kwe­dwa­la; kwa­thi eku­fi­ke­ni kwe­mpo­pho­ma, umfu­la wa­tsha­ya ku­le­yo­ndlu, ko­dwa wa­wu­nge­la­ma­ndla oku­yi­nyi­ki­nya; ngo­ba ya­yi­se­ke­lwe phe­zu kwe­dwa­lam.

49 Ko­dwa owe­zwa­yo nja­lo anga­we­nzi unje­ngo­mu­ntu owa­kha indlu emhla­ba­thi­ni inge­la­si­se­ke­lon; umfu­la wa­yi­tsha­ya, nja­lo ya­hle ya­wa, fu­thi kwa­ba ku­khu­lu uku­di­li­ka kwa­le­yo­ndluo.

Uku­si­li­swa kwe­nce­ku ye­ndu­na

7Kwa­thi ese­qe­di­le ama­zwi akhe wo­nke endle­be­ni za­ba­ntu, wa­nge­na eKa­pe­na­wu­mea.

2 Nja­lo ince­ku ye­ndu­na ye­khu­lu ethi­le, eya­yi­li­gu­gu ku­yo, ya­yi­gu­la isi­za­ku­fab.

3 Kwa­thi isi­zwi­le ngo­Je­su, ya­thu­ma ku­ye aba­da­la ba­ma­Ju­dac, imce­la, uku­ze eze asi­li­se ince­ku ya­yod.

4 Kwa­thi bo­na, se­be­fi­ki­le ku­Je­su, ba­mnce­nga ka­khu­lu, be­si­thi: Yo­na ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi uye­nze­le lo­khue;

5 ngo­ba iya­si­tha­nda isi­zwe sa­ki­thi, nja­lo yi­yo eya­sa­khe­la isi­na­go­gef.

6 UJe­su wa­se­ha­mba la­bo. Kwa­thi enga­se­kha­tsha­na le­ndlu, indu­na ye­khu­lu ya­thu­ma aba­nga­neg ku­ye, isi­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, unga­zi­kha­tha­zi; ngo­ba ka­ngi­fa­ne­le uku­thi unge­ne nga­pha­nsi ko­pha­hla lwa­mi;

7 yi­kho ka­ngi­zi­bo­na­nga ngi­fa­ne­le uku­za ku­we; ko­dwa khu­lu­ma nge­li­zwi, nja­lo ince­ku ya­mi iza­si­li­swa.

8 Ngo­ba la­mi ngi­ngu­mu­ntu obe­kwe nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­ndla, ngi­la­ma­bu­tho nga­pha­nsi kwa­mi, nja­lo ngi­thi ku­le­li: Ha­mba, nja­lo li­ha­mbe; la­kwe­li­nye: Wo­za, nja­lo li­ze; le­nce­kwi­ni ya­mi: Ye­nza lo­khu, nja­lo ikwe­nzeh.

9 Kwa­thi uJe­su ezi­zwa le­zi­zi­nto wa­ma­nga­la nga­yo, wa­tshi­bi­li­ka, wa­thi exu­kwi­ni eli­mla­nde­la­yo: Ngi­thi ki­ni, angi­tho­la­nga ukho­lo olu­nga­ka ngi­tsho la­koI­sra­ye­lii.

10 Kwa­thi aba­be­thu­nyi­we se­be­bu­ye­le endli­ni ba­fi­ca ince­ku eya­yi­gu­la isi­si­li­le.

Uku­vu­swa kwe­ndo­da­na yo­mfe­lo­ka­zi we­Na­yi­ni

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngela­nga eli­la­nde­la­yo, wa­ya emzi­ni othi­wa yi­Na­yi­ni; aba­fu­ndi ba­khe aba­ne­ngi ba­se­be­ha­mba la­ye, le­xu­ku eli­khu­lu.

12 Kwa­thi ese­so­nde­la esa­ngwe­ni lo­mu­zi, nja­lo kha­nge­la, kwa­ku­lo­fi­le­yo ethwe­lwe ku­phu­nywa, indo­da­na enge­yo­dwa ka­ni­naj, fu­thi ye­na engu­mfe­lo­ka­zi; le­xu­ku eli­khu­lu lo­mu­zi la­li­la­ye.

13 INko­si imbo­na, ya­si­si­ba le­si­he­lo nga­ye, ya­thi ku­ye: Unga­kha­li.

14 Ya­so­nde­la ya­thi­nta itha­la; abali­thwe­le­yo ba­se­be­si­mak; ya­si­si­thi: Ja­ha, ngi­thi ku­we: Vu­kal!

15 Ofi­le­yo wa­se­vu­ka wa­hla­la wa­qa­la uku­khu­lu­ma. Ya­si­mni­ka uni­na.

16 Ukwe­sa­ba kwa­se­ku­ba­ba­mba bo­nkem, ba­se­be­mdu­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lun, be­si­thi: Umpro­fe­thi omkhu­lu use­vu­ki­le pha­ka­thi kwe­thuo; lo­ku­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu uha­mbe­le aba­ntu ba­khep.

17 Le indu­me­la nga­ye ya­si­phu­me­la ku­yo yo­nke iJu­di­ya, la­ku­so so­nke isi­ga­ba esi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo.

UJe­su lo­Jo­ha­ne uMbha­bha­thi­zi

18 Aba­fu­ndi ba­ka­Jo­ha­ne ba­se­be­mbi­ke­la nga­zo zo­nke le­zi­zi­ntoq.

19 UJo­ha­ne wa­se­bi­ze­la ku­ye aba­bi­li aba­thi­le ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe waba­thu­ma ku­Je­su, esi­thi: We­na ungu­ye oza­yo yi­ni, ku­mbe si­li­nde­le omu­nye?

20 La­ma­do­da ese­fi­ki­le ku­ye athi: UJo­ha­ne uMbha­bha­thi­zi usi­thu­mi­le ku­we, esi­thi: We­na ungu­ye oza­yo yi­ni, ku­mbe si­li­nde­le omu­nye?

21 La­nga­le­lo­ho­la wa­si­li­sa aba­ne­ngi ezi­fwe­ni le­mi­khu­hla­ne­ni la­ku­bo­mo­ya aba­bir, la­ba­yi­zi­pho­fu aba­ne­ngi wa­ba­pha uku­bo­nas.

22 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Ha­mba­ni li­mtshe­le uJo­ha­ne izi­nto eli­zi­bo­ni­le­yo le­li­zi­zwi­le­yo: Uku­thi izi­pho­fu zi­bu­ye zi­bo­ne, izi­qhu­li zi­ya­ha­mba, ama­le­phe­ro aya­hla­nju­lu­lwa, iza­cu­the zi­ye­zwa, aba­fi­le­yo ba­ya­vu­swa, aba­ya­nga ba­ya­tshu­nya­ye­zwa iva­nge­li;

23 nja­lo ubu­si­si­we lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­khu­be­ki­yo nga­mi.

24 Kwa­thi se­zi­ha­mbi­le izi­thu­nywa zi­ka­Jo­ha­ne, wa­qa­la uku­khu­lu­ma la­ma­xu­ku ngo­Jo­ha­ne esi­thi: La­phu­ma la­ya enka­nga­la uku­ya­bo­na­ni? Umhla­nga onyi­ki­nywa ngu­mo­ya yi­ni?

25 Ka­nti la­phu­me­la uku­ya­bo­na­ni? Umu­ntu owe­mbe­the ize­mba­tho ezi­co­le­ki­le­yo yi­ni? Kha­nge­la­ni, abembe­the ezi­kha­zi­mu­la­yo ba­phi­la mna­ndi ba­se­zi­ndli­ni za­ma­kho­si.

26 Pho la­phu­me­la uku­ya­bo­na­ni? Umpro­fe­thi yi­ni? Ye­bo, ngi­thi ki­ni: Lo­ba odlu­la ka­khu­lu umpro­fe­thi.

27 Lo ngu­ye oku­bha­lwe nga­ye uku­thi: Kha­nge­la, mi­na ngi­ya­thu­ma isi­thu­nywa sa­mi pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­kho, esi­za­lu­ngi­sa indle­la ya­kho pha­mbi kwa­khot.

28 Ngo­ba ngi­thi ki­ni: Pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ze­lwe nga­be­si­fa­za­na ka­kho umpro­fe­thi omkhu­lu ku­lo­Jo­ha­ne uMbha­bha­thi­zi; ko­dwa omnci­nya­ne embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu mkhu­lu ku­la­ye.

29 La­ba­ntu bo­nke be­ku­zwa, la­ba­the­li­si, ba­thi ulu­ngi­le uNku­lu­nku­luu, se­be­bha­bha­thi­zi­wev ngo­bha­bha­thi­zo lu­ka­Jo­ha­new;

30 ko­dwa aba­Fa­ri­si le­za­zu­mthe­thox ba­la­la ice­bo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luy be­me­le­ne la­bo, ngo­ba be­nga­bha­bha­thi­zwa­nga ngu­ye.

31 Ya­si­si­thi iNko­si: Pho-ke aba­ntu ba­le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­na ngi­za­ba­fa­na­ni­sa la­ni? Ka­nti ba­fa­na­na la­ni?

32 Ba­nje­nga­ba­ntwa­na aba­nca­ne aba­hle­zi ema­ke­the be­me­me­za­na be­si­thi: Si­li­tsha­ye­le umhla­nga, ko­dwa ka­li­si­na­nga; si­li­li­le­le, ko­dwa ka­li­kha­la­nga.

33 Ngo­ba uJo­ha­ne uMbha­bha­thi­zi wa­fi­ka enga­dli isi­nkwa nja­lo enga­na­thi iwa­yi­ni, la­se­li­si­thi: Ule­di­mo­ni;

34 iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ifi­ki­le isi­dla, ina­tha, la­se­li­si­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, umu­ntu oli­go­vu le­si­na­thi se­wa­yi­ni, umnga­ne wa­ba­the­li­si le­zo­ni.

35 Ko­dwa inhla­ka­ni­pho ithi­wa ilu­ngi­le nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­yo bo­nkez.

Owe­si­fa­za­na oyi­so­ni endli­ni yo­mFa­ri­si

36 Omu­nye wa­ba­Fa­ri­si wa­se­mce­la uku­thi adle la­ye; ese­nge­ni­le endli­ni yo­mFa­ri­si wa­hla­la eku­dle­nia.

37 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, owe­si­fa­za­na ku­lo­wo­mu­zi, owa­ye­yi­so­ni, ese­kwa­zi uku­thi uJe­su uhle­zi eku­dle­ni endli­ni yo­mFa­ri­si, wa­le­tha umfu­ma we-a­li­ba­sta* owa­ma­gco­bob,

38 wa­se­si­ma ece­le­ni kwe­nya­wo za­khe nge­mva kwa­khe ekha­la, wa­qa­la uku­tha­mbi­sa inya­wo za­khe nge­nye­mbe­zi, waze­su­la nge­nwe­le ze­kha­nda la­khe, wa­nga inya­wo za­khe, wazi­gco­ba nga­ma­gco­boc.

39 Ku­the umFa­ri­si obe­mnxu­si­le eku­bo­na wa­khu­lu­me­la nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­khe wa­thi: Lod, uba ebe­ngu­mpro­fe­thie, nga­be uya­ma­zi uku­thi ungu­ba­ni lo­ku­thi unja­ni lo owe­si­fa­za­na omthi­nta­yo, ngo­ba uyi­so­ni.

40 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Si­mo­ni, ngi­le­ngi­za­ku­khu­lu­ma la­wef. Ye­na wa­se­si­thi: Khu­lu­ma, Mfu­ndi­si.

41 Kwa­ku­kho­na aba­bi­li aba­be­le­zi­kwe­le­de ku­mkwe­le­di­si othi­le; omu­nye wa­ye­lo­mla­ndu wa­bo­de­na­ri­yo* aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu, lo­mu­nye aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu.

42 Kwa­thi be­nge­la­kho oko­ku­hla­wu­la nga­kho, wa­ba­xo­le­la bo­ba­bi­lig. Ka­mbe ngu­wu­phi ku­bo, tsho­no, oza­mtha­nda okwe­dlu­li­si­le­yo?

43 USi­mo­ni wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ngi­ca­ba­nga ngu­lo­wo amxo­le­la okwe­dlu­li­si­le­yo. Wa­thi ku­ye: Wa­hlu­le­le ngo­ku­qo­nda.

44 Wa­se­tshi­bi­li­ke­la ko­we­si­fa­za­na, wa­thi ku­Si­mo­ni: Uya­mbo­na lo owe­si­fa­za­na yi­ni? Ngi­nge­ne endli­ni ya­kho, ama­nzi enya­we­ni za­mi ka­wungi­ni­ka­ngah; ko­dwa ye­na uzi­tha­mbi­si­le inya­wo za­mi nge­nye­mbe­zi za­khei, waze­su­la nge­nwe­le ze­kha­nda la­khej.

45 Ka­wu­nga­nga­nga; ko­dwa ye­na, lo­khu ngi­nge­ni­le, ka­ye­ke­la­nga ukwa­nga inya­wo za­mik.

46 Nga­ma­gco­bo ikha­nda la­mi ka­wu­li­gco­ba­nga; ko­dwa ye­na ugco­bi­le inya­wo za­mi nga­ma­khal.

47 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu, ngi­thi ku­we: Izo­no za­khe ezi­ne­ngi zi­the­the­le­lwe, ngo­ba utha­ndi­le ka­khu­lu; ko­dwa lo­wo othe­the­le­lwa ka­nci­nya­ne, utha­nda ka­nci­nya­nem.

48 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Zi­the­the­le­lwe izo­no za­khon.

49 Aba­be­hle­zi la­ye eku­dle­ni ba­se­be­qa­la uku­khu­lu­mi­sa­na bo­dwa be­si­thi: Ngu­ba­ni lo othe­the­le­la le­zo­noo?

50 Wa­se­si­thi ko­we­si­fa­za­na: Ukho­lop lwa­khoq lu­ku­si­ndi­si­ler; ha­mba ngo­ku­thu­las.

Abe­si­fa­za­na aba­si­za uJe­su nge­mpa­hla za­bo

8Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­kho, ye­na wa­da­bu­la imi­zi le­mi­za­na, eme­me­ze­la lo­ku­tshu­ma­ye­la inda­ba ezi­nhle zo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; la­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li ba­be­la­ye,

2 la­be­si­fa­za­na aba­thi­le aba­be­si­li­swe ku­bo­mo­ya aba­bi le­mi­khu­hla­ne­nia, uMa­ri­ya othi­wa ngu­Ma­ga­da­le­nab, okwa­phu­ma ku­ye ama­di­mo­ni ayi­si­kho­mbi­sac,

3 lo­Jo­wa­na umka­Ku­zad indu­nae ka­He­ro­dif, lo­Su­sa­na, la­ba­nye aba­ne­ngi, aba­be­msi­za nge­mpa­hla za­bog.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­mhla­nye­li

4 Kwa­thi se­ku­bu­the­ne ixu­ku eli­khu­lu, nja­lo be­ve­la emi­zi­ni nge­mi­zi be­si­za ku­ye, wa­khu­lu­ma ngo­mfa­ne­ki­so

5 wa­thi: Umhla­nye­li wa­phu­ma uku­ya­hla­nye­la inhla­nye­lo ya­khe; kwa­thi eku­hla­nye­le­ni kwa­khe, enye ya­we­la ece­le­ni kwe­ndle­la; ya­si­nya­the­lwa nge­nya­wo, le­nyo­ni ze­zu­lu za­yi­dla za­yi­qe­da.

6 Le­nye ya­we­la edwa­le­ni, kwa­thi eku­khu­le­ni ya­bu­na, ngo­ba ya­swe­la ubu­ma­nzi.

7 Le­nye ya­we­la pha­ka­thi kwa­me­va, ame­va ase­mi­la la­yo ayi­mi­nya­ni­sa.

8 Le­nye ya­we­la emhla­ba­thi­ni omu­hle, ya­khu­la ya­the­la ikhu­lu. Ese­tshi­lo le­zi­zi­nto wa­me­me­za wa­thi: Ole­ndle­be zo­ku­zwa ake­zweh.

Uku­cha­si­swa ko­mfa­ne­ki­so wo­mhla­nye­li

9 Aba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­se­be­mbu­za be­si­thi: Unga­ba yi­ni lu­mfa­ne­ki­so?

10 Wa­se­si­thi: Ku­phi­we ki­ni ukwa­zi imfi­hlo zo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ko­dwa kwa­ba­nye nge­mi­fa­ne­ki­so, uku­ze be­bo­na ba­nga­bo­ni, nja­lo be­si­zwa ba­nga­qe­di­si­sii.

11 Lo­mfa­ne­ki­so uyi­lo­khu: Inhla­nye­lo iyi­li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

12 La­ba­se­ce­le­ni kwe­ndle­la yi­la­bo aba­thi se­be­zwi­le, be­se­ku­fi­ka udi­ya­bho­la ali­su­se ili­zwi enhli­zi­ywe­ni za­bo, uku­ze ba­nga­kho­lwa ba­si­ndi­swej.

13 La­ba­se­dwa­le­ni yi­la­bo, aba­thi be­li­zwi­le, ba­le­mu­ke­le ili­zwi nge­nto­ko­zo, ko­dwa la­ba ka­ba­la­mpa­nde, aba­kho­lwa okwe­si­kha­thi, ku­thi nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­li­ngwa ba­wek.

14 Le­we­le pha­ka­thi kwa­me­va, yi­la­bo aba­thi se­be­zwi­le, ba­ha­mbe ba­mi­nya­ni­swe yi­ku­kha­tha­le­la le­no­tho le­nka­nu­ko ye­mpi­lo, nja­lo ba­nga­the­li izi­the­lo ezi­vu­thi­we­yo.

15 Ko­dwa ese­mhla­ba­thi­ni omu­hle, yi­la­bo aba­thi be­li­zwi­le ili­zwi bali­lo­ndo­lo­ze enhli­zi­ywe­ni enhle le­lu­ngi­le­yo, ba­the­la izi­the­lo ngo­ku­be­ke­ze­lal.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­si­ba­ne

16 Nja­lo ka­kho othi ese­lu­ma­thi­se isi­ba­nem, ase­mbe­se nge­si­tshan, ku­mbe asi­be­ke nga­pha­nsi ko­mbhe­da, ko­dwa usi­be­ka esi­qo­ba­ne­ni se­si­ba­ne, uku­ze aba­nge­na­yo ba­bo­ne uku­kha­nya.

17 Ngo­ba ka­ku­kho oku­fi­hli­we­yo, oku­nga­so­ze ku­be so­ba­la; lo­ku­thu­ku­zi­we­yo, oku­nga­yi­kwa­zi­wa lo­ku­nga­yi­ku­le­thwa oba­lao.

18 Nga­kho qa­phe­li­sa­ni uku­thi li­zwa nja­nip; ngo­ba lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ola­kho, uza­phi­wa; ko­dwa lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onge­la­kho, uza­kwe­mu­kwa la­lo­kho aca­ba­nga uku­thi ula­khoq.

Izi­hlo­bo zi­ka­Je­su ezi­yi­zo

19 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka ku­ye uni­na la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ko­dwa aba­za­nge ba­mfi­nye­le­le nge­nxa ye­xu­kur.

20 Wa­se­bi­ke­lwa nga­ba­nye aba­thi: Unyo­ko la­ba­fo­we­nu be­mi pha­ndle, ba­fu­na uku­ku­bo­na.

21 Ko­dwa wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Uma­ma la­ba­fo­we­thu yi­la­bo, aba­li­zwa­yo ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ba­le­nzes.

Uku­thu­li­swa kwe­si­phe­pho

22 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­lu­nye lwe­zi­nsu­ku, wa­nge­na emkhu­nji­ni ye­na la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khet, wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Asi­cha­phe­le nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­chi­biu; ba­su­ka-ke.

23 Kwa­thi be­ha­mba ngo­mkhu­mbi, wa­la­la ubu­tho­ngo; isi­phe­pho esi­khu­lu so­mo­ya sa­se­si­se­hle­la pha­nsi echi­bi­niv, ba­gcwa­le­lwa nga­ma­nzi, ba­be­se­ngo­zi­niw.

24 Ba­se­be­so­nde­la ba­mvu­sa, be­si­thi: Nko­si, nko­si, si­ya­bhu­bhax! Wa­se­vu­ka wa­khu­za umo­ya la­ma­ga­ga­si ama­khu­lu ama­nzi; kwa­se­ku­si­ma, kwa­se­ku­si­ba lo­ku­thu­lay.

25 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Lu­nga­phi ukho­lo lwe­nu? Ba­se­be­se­sa­ba ba­ma­nga­la, ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­si­thi: Ka­mbe ungu­ba­ni lo, uku­thi ala­ye ngi­tsho imi­mo­ya la­ma­nzi, nja­lo ku­mla­le­le?

Uku­khu­tshwa kwa­bo­mo­ya aba­bi

26 Ba­se­be­si­ya ngo­mkhu­mbi eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Ga­da­re­nez, eli­qo­nde­ne le­Ga­li­li.

27 Kwa­thi ese­phu­me­le emhla­ba­thi­ni, ya­mhla­nga­be­za indo­da ethi­le ive­la emzi­nia, eya­yi­la­ma­di­mo­ni okwe­si­kha­thi esi­deb, nja­lo inge­mba­thi ise­mba­tho, inga­hla­li endli­ni, ko­dwa ema­ngcwa­be­ni.

28 Ya­thi imbo­na uJe­su, ya­me­me­za, ya­wa pha­nsi pha­mbi kwa­khe, ya­thi nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu: Ngi­la­ni la­we, Je­su, Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu oPhe­zu­ko­nke? Ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, unga­ngi­hlu­phic.

29 Ngo­ba wa­la­ya umo­ya ongco­li­le­yo uku­thi aphu­me kulo­wo­mu­ntu; ngo­ba wa­ye­se­mba­mbe okwe­zi­kha­thi ezi­ne­ngi, wa­li­ndwa ebo­tshi­we nga­ma­ke­ta­ne le­zi­bo­pho, ko­dwa ese­qa­mu­le izi­bo­pho wa­qhu­tshe­lwa enka­nga­lad li­di­mo­ni.

30 UJe­su wa­se­mbu­za, wa­thi: Ungu­ba­ni ibi­zo la­kho? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngu­Le­gi­yo­ni; ngo­ba ama­di­mo­ni ama­ne­ngi aye­nge­ne ku­ye.

31 Ase­mnce­nga uku­thi anga­wa­la­yi uku­ya emgo­di­ni onge­la­mkha­wu­loe.

32 Kwa­ku­kho­na la­pho umhla­mbi we­ngu­lu­be ezi­ne­ngi usi­dla enta­be­ni; ase­mnce­nga uku­thi awa­vu­me­le ange­ne ku­zo. Wa­se­wa­vu­me­la.

33 Kwa­thi ama­di­mo­ni ese­phu­mi­le ku­lo­wo­mu­ntu ange­na engu­lu­be­ni; umhla­mbi wa­su­pha­pha­the­ka usu­ka eli­we­ni usi­ya echi­bi­ni, wa­mi­nzwaf.

34 Kwa­thi aba­beze­lu­si­le be­bo­na okwe­nza­ke­le­yo ba­ba­le­ka, ba­su­ka ba­ya­bi­ka emzi­ni, le­ma­pha­ndle­ni.

35 Ba­se­be­phu­ma uku­ya­bo­na okwe­nza­ke­le­yo; ba­fi­ka ku­Je­su, ba­mfi­ca umu­ntu okwa­ku­phu­me ku­ye ama­di­mo­nig ehle­zi enya­we­ni zi­ka­Je­suh, embe­the ese­phe­le­le engqo­ndwe­nii; ba­se­be­se­sa­ba.

36 Ba­se­be­ba­tshe­la la­la­bo aba­be­bo­ni­le uku­thi usi­ndi­swe nja­ni owa­ye­nge­nwe nga­ma­di­mo­ni.

37 Ixu­ku lo­nke le­si­ga­ba sa­ma­Ga­da­re­nej esi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo la­se­li­mce­la uku­thi asu­ke ku­bo, ngo­ba ba­ba­njwa yi­kwe­sa­ba oku­khu­lu; ye­na wa­se­nge­na emkhu­nji­nik wa­phi­nde­la emu­va.

38 Ko­dwa indo­dal okwa­ku­phu­me ku­yo ama­di­mo­ni ya­mnce­nga uku­thi ibe la­yem. Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­yi­ye­ke­la ya­ha­mba, esi­thi:

39 Bu­ye­la endli­ni ya­kho, ula­ndi­se uku­thi ku­nga­ka­na­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu akwe­nze ku­we. Wa­se­su­ka wa­ha­mba, etshu­ma­ye­la pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi wo­nke uku­thi ku­nga­ka­na­ni uJe­su aye­kwe­nzi­le ku­yen.

Indo­da­ka­zi ka­Ja­yi­ro­si ivu­swa eku­fe­ni. Owe­si­fa­za­na olo­mo­pho uya­si­li­swa

40 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­bu­ye­ni ku­ka­Je­suo, ixu­ku la­mtha­ka­ze­le­la; ngo­ba bo­nke ba­be­mli­nde­lep.

41 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, kwa­fi­ka indo­da, uJa­yi­ro­si nge­bi­zo, yo­na ingu­mpha­thi we­si­na­go­ge, ya­si­si­wa pha­nsi enya­we­ni zi­ka­Je­su ya­mnce­nga uku­thi ange­ne endli­ni ya­yoq;

42 ngo­ba ya­yi­le­ndo­da­ka­zi eyo­dwa eze­lwe­yo eya­yi­nga­ba le­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­lir, nja­lo yo­na ya­yi­si­si­fa. Kwa­thi esa­ha­mba ama­xu­ku amci­nde­ze­la.

43 Lo­we­si­fa­za­na owa­ye­lo­mo­pho we­ga­zi okwe­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, echi­the ko­nke okwe­mpi­lo ya­khe ku­be­la­phi enge­la­ku­si­li­swa la­ngu­ba­nis,

44 wa­so­nde­la nge­mva kwa­khe, wa­thi­nta umphe­tho we­se­mba­tho sa­khet; nja­lo wa­hle wa­kha­wu­la umo­pho we­ga­zi la­khe.

45 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi: Ngu­ba­ni ongi­thi­nti­le­yo? Kwa­thi la­pho be­phi­ka bo­nke, uPe­tro wa­thi la­ba­be­la­ye: Nko­siu, ixu­ku li­ku­mi­nya­ni­si­le liku­ci­nde­ze­le, ko­dwa uthi: Ngu­ba­ni ongi­thi­nti­le­yo?

46 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi: Ukho­na ongi­thi­nti­le­yo; ngo­ba mi­na nga­zi­le uku­thi ama­ndla aphu­mi­le ki­mi.

47 Kwa­thi owe­si­fa­za­na ebo­na uku­thi ka­fi­hla­ka­la­nga, we­za ethu­thu­me­la, wa­wa pha­mbi kwa­khev, wa­la­ndi­sa pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu bo­nke uku­thi umthi­nte nge­si­za­tho ba­ni, lo­ku­thi uhle wa­si­la nja­ni.

48 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ma­na isi­bi­ndi, ndo­da­ka­zi, ukho­lo lwa­kho lu­ku­si­ndi­si­lew; ha­mba ngo­ku­thu­lax.

49 Esa­khu­lu­ma, kwa­fi­ka umu­ntu eve­la endli­ni yo­mpha­thi we­si­na­go­ge, wa­thi ku­ye: Indo­da­ka­zi ya­kho isi­fi­le; unga­mhlu­phi uMfu­ndi­si.

50 Ko­dwa uJe­su esi­zwa, wa­mphe­ndu­la, wa­thi: Unge­sa­bi; kho­lwa ku­phe­la, nja­lo iza­si­ndi­swa.

51 Fu­thi ese­nge­ni­le endli­ni, ka­vu­ma­nga uku­thi ku­nge­ne mu­ntu, nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Pe­tro lo­Ja­ko­be lo­Jo­ha­ne, lo­yi­se we­ndo­da­ka­zi lo­ni­na.

52 Nja­lo ba­kha­la bo­nke, be­yi­li­le­lay. Ko­dwa wa­thi: Li­nga­kha­li; ka­yi­fa­nga, ko­dwa ile­le.

53 Ba­se­be­mhle­ka usu­lu, be­sa­zi uku­thi ifi­le.

54 Ko­dwa ye­na ese­ba­khu­phe­le pha­ndle bo­nke, wa­ba­mba isa­ndla sa­yo, wa­me­me­za, esi­thi: Ndo­da­ka­zi, vu­ka!

55 Wa­su­bu­ya umo­ya wa­yo, ya­si­vu­ka kho­na la­pho; wa­se­la­ya uku­thi ka­yi­phi­we uku­dla.

56 Aba­za­li ba­yo ba­se­be­ma­nga­la ka­khu­luz; ko­dwa wa­ba­la­ya uku­thi ba­nga­tshe­li mu­ntu okwe­nza­ke­le­yoa.

Uku­thu­nywa kwa­ba­pho­sto­li

9Wa­se­bi­ze­la nda­wo­nye aba­fu­ndi ba­khe aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lia, wa­ba­ni­ka ama­ndla le­gu­nya phe­zu kwa­ma­di­mo­ni wo­nke, la­wo­kwe­la­pha izi­fob.

2 Wa­se­ba­thu­ma ukuya­tshu­ma­ye­la umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, lo­ku­si­li­sa aba­gu­la­yo,

3 wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­nga­pha­thi lu­tho lwe­ndle­la; lo­do­ndo­lo, le­si­khwa­ma, lo­mpha­ko, le­ma­li, nja­lo li­nga­bi le­zi­gqo­ko ezi­mbi­li nga­mu­nye.

4 La­ku­yi­phi indlu eli­nge­na ku­yo, hla­la­ni la­pho, la­la­pho li­su­kec.

5 La­bo bo­nke aba­nga­le­mu­ke­li­yo, nxa li­su­ka ku­lo­wo­mu­zi, thi­nti­tha­ni ngi­tsho uthu­li enya­we­ni ze­nu ku­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zi obu­me­la­na la­bod.

6 Ba­su­ka-ke ba­ha­mba be­da­bu­la imi­za­na, be­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li be­si­li­sa enda­we­ni zo­nkee.

Uku­bu­la­wa ku­ka­Jo­ha­ne uMbha­bha­thi­zi

7 UHe­ro­di umte­tra­rki*f wa­se­ku­zwa ko­nke okwe­nzi­wa ngu­yeg; wa­se­di­de­kah, ngo­ba kwa­tshi­wo nga­ba­nye uku­thi uJo­ha­ne uvu­ki­le kwa­ba­fi­le­yo;

8 la­nga­ba­nye uku­thi uE­li­ja ubo­na­ke­le; la­nga­ba­nye uku­thi ku­vu­ki­le omu­nye wa­ba­pro­fe­thi aba­da­la.

9 Ko­dwa uHe­ro­di wa­thi: UJo­ha­ne nga­mqu­ma ikha­nda mi­na; ko­dwa ngu­ba­ni lo, mi­na engi­zwa nga­ye izi­nto ezi­nje? Wa­se­fu­ni­si­sa uku­mbo­nai.

UJe­su usu­thi­sa ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nu

10 Aba­pho­sto­lij se­be­bu­yi­le ba­mbi­ke­la ko­nke aba­be­kwe­nzi­le. Wa­se­ba­tha­thak, wa­ha­mba la­bo be­bo­dwa wa­ya enda­we­ni eyi­nka­nga­la eyo­mu­zi othi­wa yi­Bhe­thi­sa­yi­dal.

11 Kwa­thi ama­xu­ku ese­kwa­zi, amla­nde­la; wa­se­we­mu­ke­la, wa­khu­lu­ma la­wo ngo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lum, wa­ba­si­li­sa la­bo aba­swe­le uku­si­li­swan.

12 Ila­nga la­se­li­qa­la uku­tsho­nao; aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li ba­se­be­si­za ba­thi ku­ye: Ye­ke­la ixu­ku li­ha­mbe, uku­ze ba­ye emi­za­ne­ni le­zi­ga­be­ni ezi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo ba­nge­ni­se kho­na, ba­tho­le uku­dlap; ngo­ba la­pha si­se­nda­we­ni eyi­nka­nga­la.

13 Ko­dwa wa­thi ku­bo: Ba­ni­ke­ni li­na bo­na uku­thi ba­dle. Ba­thi-ke: Asi­la­kho okwe­dlu­la izi­nkwa ezi­nhla­nu le­nhla­nzi ezi­mbi­li, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi thi­na si­ye­ba­the­nge­la uku­dla bo­nke la­ba­ba­ntu.

14 Ngo­ba kwa­ku­kho­na ama­do­da anga­ba zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nu. Wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe: Ba­hla­li­se­ni pha­nsi nge­zi­ga­ba nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu.

15 Ba­se­be­se­nza nja­lo, ba­ba­hla­li­sa pha­nsi bo­nke.

16 Wa­se­zi­tha­tha izi­nkwa ezi­nhla­nu le­nhla­nzi ezi­mbi­li, wa­kha­nge­la phe­zu­lu ezu­lwi­ni, wa­zi­bu­si­sa, wazi­hle­phu­la, wazi­ni­ka aba­fu­ndi uku­thi ba­be­ke pha­mbi kwe­xu­ku.

17 Ba­se­be­si­dla ba­su­tha bo­nke; kwa­do­jwa imvu­thu eza­zi­se­le ku­bo, izi­tsha ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

Isi­vu­mo so­kho­lo si­ka­Pe­tro. UJe­su ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­fa lo­ku­vu­ka kwa­khe

18 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ekhu­le­ka ye­dwa, aba­fu­ndi ba­be­la­ye; wa­se­ba­bu­za, esi­thi: Ama­xu­ku athi ngi­ngu­ba­niq?

19 Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: UJo­ha­ne uMbha­bha­thi­zi; ko­dwa aba­nye ba­thi: UE­li­ja; ko­dwa aba­nye ba­thi: Ku­vu­ki­le umpro­fe­thi othi­le wa­ba­da­lar.

20 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­na-ke li­thi ngi­ngu­ba­ni? UPe­tro wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: UKri­stu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

21 Ese­ba­xwa­yi­si­si­les wa­la­ya uku­thi ba­nga­tshe­li mu­ntu lo­khut,

22 esi­thiu: INdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ime­le ihlu­phe­ke ka­khu­lu, ila­hlwe nga­ba­da­la la­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­bha­li, ibu­la­we, ibi­si­vu­swa ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thuv.

Uku­hlu­tshwa ku­ka­Je­su lo­kwa­ba­mla­nde­la­yo

23 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo bo­nke: Uba umu­ntu etha­nda uku­za nge­mva kwa­mi, ka­zi­de­le, atha­the isi­pha­mba­no sa­khew insu­ku nge­nsu­ku, angi­la­nde­lex.

24 Ngo­ba lo­ba ngu­ba­ni otha­nda uku­si­ndi­sa impi­lo ya­khe, iza­mla­hle­ke­la; ko­dwa lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ola­hle­ke­lwa yi­mpi­lo ya­khe nge­nxa ya­mi, ye­na uza­yi­si­ndi­sa.

25 Ngo­ba ku­za­msi­za­ni umu­ntu, uba ezu­za umhla­ba wo­nke, ko­dwa ye­na uqo­bo lwa­khe azo­ne ku­mbe ala­hle­key?

26 Ngo­ba lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ole­nhlo­ni nga­mi la­nga­ma­zwi ami, iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu iza­ku­ba le­nhlo­ni nga­ye, nxa isi­za enka­zi­mu­lwe­ni ya­yo le­ka­Ba­ba le­ye­ngi­lo­si ezi­ngcwe­le.

27 Ko­dwa ngi­li­tshe­la nge­qi­ni­so: Ba­kho­na aba­nye kwa­be­mi­yo la­pha, aba­nga­so­ze be­zwe uku­fa, ba­ze ba­bo­ne umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

Uku­kha­zi­mu­li­swa ku­ka­Je­su enta­be­ni

28 Kwa­se­ku­si­thiz emva kwa­la­wo­ma­zwia, ku­nga­ba zi­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lib, wa­tha­tha uPe­tro lo­Jo­ha­ne lo­Ja­ko­be, wa­khwe­la enta­be­ni ukuya­khu­le­kac.

29 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­khu­le­ke­ni kwa­khe, isi­mo so­bu­so ba­khe sa­phe­ndu­ka, le­se­mba­tho sa­khe sa­ba mhlo­phe, sa­cwa­zi­mu­lad.

30 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, akhu­lu­ma la­ye ama­do­da ama­bi­li, aye­ngo­Mo­zi­si loE­li­jae;

31 abo­na­ka­la nge­nka­zi­mu­lof akhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­su­ka kwa­khe aye­za­ku­phe­le­li­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­mag.

32 Ko­dwa uPe­tro la­ba­be­la­ye ba­be­si­ndwe yi­bu­tho­ngoh; ko­dwa se­be­pha­phe­me ba­bo­na inka­zi­mu­lo ya­khei, la­ma­do­da ama­bi­li aye­mi la­ye.

33 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi, ekwe­hlu­ka­ne­ni kwa­wo la­yej, uPe­tro wa­thi ku­Je­su: Nko­sik, ku­hle uku­thi si­be la­pha; fu­thi asa­khe ama­du­mba ama­tha­thu, eli­nye nge­la­kho, le­li­nye nge­li­ka­Mo­zi­si, le­li­nye nge­li­kaE­li­ja; enga­kwa­zi aku­tsho­yol.

34 Kwa­thi ekhu­lu­ma le­zi­zi­nto, kwa­fi­ka iye­zi la­ba­si­be­ke­la; ba­se­be­se­sa­ba eku­nge­ne­ni kwa­bo eye­zi­nim.

35 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma ili­zwi eye­zi­ni, li­si­thi: Lo uyi­Ndo­da­na ya­mi etha­nde­ka­yo; zwa­ni­ni yo­na.

36 Kwa­thi ili­zwi se­li­fi­ki­le, uJe­su wa­fi­cwa eye­dwa. Ko­dwa bo­na ba­thu­la, ka­ba­ze ba­tshe­la mu­ntu nga­le­zo­nsu­ku oku­nye kwa­le­zo­zi­nto aba­zi­bo­ni­le­yon.

Uku­si­li­swa ko­mfa­na owa­ye­le­si­thu­thwa­ne

37 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nge­la­nga eli­la­nde­la­yo, se­be­hli­leo enta­be­ni, ixu­ku eli­khu­lu la­mhla­nga­be­zap.

38 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, indo­da exu­kwi­ni ya­me­me­za, isi­thi: Mfu­ndi­si, ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, bo­na indo­da­na ya­miq, ngo­ba yi­yo yo­dwa eze­lwe­yo ya­mir;

39 nja­lo kha­nge­la, umo­ya uya­yi­ba­mba, fu­thi ihle ikla­ba­la­les, nja­lo uyi­hlu­ku­ze, ikhi­hli­ze ama­gwe­bu, uphu­me nzi­ma ku­yo, uyi­hlu­zu­let.

40 Nja­lo ngi­nce­nge aba­fu­ndi ba­kho uku­thi ba­wu­khu­phe, ko­dwa abe­ne­li­sa­nga.

41 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: O si­zu­ku­lwa­na esi­nge­la­kho­lo le­so­na­ke­le­yo, ku­za­ze ku­be ni­ni ngi­la­ni, ngi­li­be­ke­ze­le­la? Ile­the la­pha indo­da­na ya­kho.

42 Ku­the ise­za, idi­mo­ni la­yi­da­bu­la layi­hlu­ku­za; ko­dwa uJe­su wa­wu­khu­za umo­ya ongco­li­le­yo, wa­msi­li­sa umntwa­na, wa­mbu­yi­se­la ku­yi­se.

UJe­su uphi­nda akhu­lu­me ngo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­khe

43 Bo­nke ba­se­be­ma­nga­li­swa ka­khu­lu yi­bu­khu­lu bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Kwa­thi be­ma­nge­le bo­nke nga­zo zo­nke izi­nto uJe­su aze­nzi­le­yo, wa­thi ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­kheu:

44 Fa­ka­ni li­na endle­be­ni ze­nu la­ma­zwiv: Ngo­ba iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu iza­ni­ke­lwa eza­ndle­ni za­ba­ntu.

45 Ko­dwa ka­ba­qe­di­si­sa­nga lu­mu­tsho, nja­lo wa­wu­fi­hla­ke­le ku­bo, uku­ze ba­nga­wu­zwi­si­si; ba­se­be­se­sa­ba uku­mbu­za nga­lu­mu­tshow.

UJe­su ufu­ndi­sa ngo­ku­tho­be­ka

46 Kwa­se­ku­nge­nax uku­phi­ki­sa­na pha­ka­thi kwa­bo, uku­thi ngu­ba­ni onga­ba mkhu­lu ku­boy.

47 Kwa­thi uJe­su ebo­na uku­na­ka­na kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­boz, wa­tha­tha umntwa­na omnca­ne, wa­mmi­sa pha­nsi kwa­khe,

48 wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni owe­mu­ke­la lu­mntwa­na omnca­ne ebi­zwe­ni la­mi we­mu­ke­la mi­na; nja­lo lo­ba ngu­ba­ni owe­mu­ke­la mi­na we­mu­ke­la ongi­thu­mi­le­yoa; ngo­ba omnci­nya­ne ki­ni lo­nke ngu­ye oza­ku­ba mkhu­lub.

49 UJo­ha­ne wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thic: Nko­si, sa­bo­na omu­nye ekhu­pha ama­di­mo­ni nge­bi­zo la­kho, sa­se­si­me­nqa­be­la, ngo­ba enga­la­nde­li ka­nye la­thi.

50 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Li­ngame­nqa­be­li, ngo­ba onga­me­la­ni la­thi unga­ki­thid.

UJe­su uya­su­ka aye eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

51 Kwa­thi se­zi­phe­le­li­si­we insu­kue zo­kwe­nyu­ka kwa­khef, ye­na wa­se­kha­nge­li­sa ubu­so ba­khe uku­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­mag,

52 wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­kheh; za­se­zi­ha­mba za­nge­na emza­ne­nii wa­ma­Sa­ma­ri­yaj, uku­ze zi­mlu­ngi­se­le.

53 Ko­dwa ka­wa­me­mu­ke­la­ngakl, ngo­ba ubu­so ba­khe ba­bu­kha­nge­le eJe­ru­sa­le­mam.

54 Kwa­thi aba­fu­ndi ba­khe uJa­ko­be lo­Jo­ha­nen be­bo­na lo­khu ba­thi: Nko­si, uya­tha­nda yi­ni uku­thi si­tsho uku­thi umli­lo we­hle uve­la ezu­lwi­ni, uba­qo­thu­le, nje­ngo­ba loE­li­ja we­nzao?

55 Ko­dwa wa­tshi­bi­li­ka wa­ba­khu­za, esi­thi: Ala­zi uku­thi li­na li­nga­bo­mo­ya onja­ni.

56 Ngo­ba iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ka­yi­za­nga uku­thi ibhu­bhi­se imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ya­ba­ntu, ko­dwa ukuyi­si­ndi­sap. Ba­se­be­se­dlu­le­la ko­mu­nye umza­na.

Uku­la­nde­la uJe­su

57 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­ha­mba endle­le­niq, umu­ntu othi­le wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, ngi­za­ku­la­nde­la lo­ba nga­phi la­pho oya kho­na.

58 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ama­kha­nka ale­mi­li­ndi, le­nyo­ni ze­zu­lu zi­le­zi­dle­ke; ko­dwa iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ka­yi­la­la­pho enga­qa­me­li­sa ikha­nda kho­nar.

59 Wa­se­si­thi ko­mu­nye: Ngi­la­nde­la. Ko­dwa ye­na wa­thi: Nko­si, ngi­vu­me­la uku­thi ngi­ye­ngcwa­ba uba­ba ku­qa­la.

60 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ye­ke­la aba­fi­le­yo ba­ngcwa­be aba­bo aba­fi­le­yo; ko­dwa we­na ha­mba utshu­ma­ye­le umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus.

61 Lo­mu­nye wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­ku­la­nde­la, Nko­sit; ko­dwa ngi­vu­me­la ku­qa­la uku­thi ngi­ye­va­le­li­sa aba­se­ndli­ni ya­miu.

62 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ka­kho othi ese­be­ke isa­ndla sa­khe ekhu­be­ni, akha­nge­le ko­ku­se­mu­vav, ofa­ne­le umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­luw.

Uku­thu­nywa kwa­ba­fu­ndi aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa

10Nja­lo emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto iNko­si ya­mi­sa nja­lo aba­nyea aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sab, ya­ba­thu­ma nga­ba­bi­li pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­yo emi­zi­ni yo­nke le­zi­nda­we­ni zo­nke ebi­za­ku­ya ku­zo yo­nac.

2 Nga­kho ya­thi ku­bo: Isi­bi­li isi­vu­no si­khu­lu, ko­dwa izi­se­be­nzi zi­nlu­tshwa­na. Nga­kho nce­nga­ni eNko­si­ni ye­si­vu­no, uku­ze ithu­me izi­se­be­nzi esi­vu­nwe­ni sa­yod.

3 Ha­mba­ni; kha­nge­la­ni, mi­na ngi­ya­li­thu­ma li­nje­nge­zi­mva­na pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­mpi­sie.

4 Li­nga­pha­thif umxha­ka, le­si­khwa­ma, la­ma­nya­the­lag; nja­lo li­nga­bi­nge­le­li mu­ntu endle­le­nih.

5 Nja­lo la­ku­yi­phi indlu eli­nge­na ku­yo, qa­la­ni li­thi: Uku­thu­la ka­ku­be ku­li­ndlui.

6 Nja­lo uba ku­kho­na la­pho indo­da­na yo­ku­thu­la, uku­thu­la kwe­nu ku­za­hla­la phe­zu kwa­yoj; ko­dwa uba ku­ngenja­lo, ku­za­bu­ye­la ki­ni.

7 Hla­la­ni-ke ku­le­yo­ndlu, li­dle li­na­the izi­nto ezi­ve­la ki­bo; ngo­ba isi­se­be­nzi si­fa­ne­le umvu­zo wa­so. Li­nga­yi endli­ni le­ndli­ni.

8 La­ku­wu­phi umu­zi eli­nge­na ku­wo, be­se­be­le­mu­ke­la, dla­ni­ni oku­be­kwa pha­mbi kwe­nuk,

9 li­si­li­se aba­gu­la­yo aba­ku­wol, nja­lo li­thi ku­bo: Umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uso­nde­le ki­nim.

10 Ko­dwa la­ku­wu­phi umu­zi eli­nge­na ku­wo, fu­thi be­nga­le­mu­ke­li, phu­me­la­ni endle­le­ni za­wo, li­thi:

11 Lo­thu­li lo­mu­zi we­nu olu­si­na­ma­the­le­yo si­ya­lu­thi­nti­the­la ki­nin; ko­dwa-ke ya­zi­ni lo­khu, uku­thi umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uso­nde­le ki­nio.

12 Nja­lo ngi­thi ki­ni: Ku­za­ku­ba lu­la eSo­do­ma nga­lo­lo­su­ku, ku­la­ku­lo­wo­mu­zip.

Uku­so­lwa kwe­mi­zi enga­phe­ndu­ka­nga

13 Ma­ye ku­we, Ko­ra­zi­ni! Ma­ye ku­we, Bhe­thi­sa­yi­da! Ngo­ba uba kwa­kwe­nzi­we eTi­re le­Si­do­ni imi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­ndla eye­nzi­we ki­niq, nga­be ka­de ba­phe­ndu­ka ba­hla­la ema­sa­ke­ni le­mlo­the­nir.

14 Ko­dwa ku­za­ku­ba lu­la eTi­re le­Si­do­ni eku­gwe­tshwe­ni, ku­la­ki­nis.

15 La­we, Ka­pe­na­wu­me, opha­ka­nyi­se­lwe ezu­lwi­ni, uza­pho­se­lwa pha­nsi esi­ho­gwe­ni.

16 Oli­zwa­yo li­na uya­ngi­zwa mi­nat; lo­la­la­yo li­na uya­nga­la mi­nau; lo­nga­la­yo mi­na uya­ma­la ongi­thu­mi­le­yov.

Uku­bu­ya kwa­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa

17 Ba­bu­ya-ke aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa nge­nto­ko­zow, be­si­thi: Nko­si, la­ma­di­mo­ni aya­ze­hli­se­la nga­pha­nsi kwe­thu ebi­zwe­ni la­khox.

18 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Nga­bo­na uSa­tha­ne nje­ngo­mba­ney esi­wa eve­la ezu­lwi­niz.

19 Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­li­ni­ka ama­ndla oku­nya­the­la phe­zu kwe­zi­nyo­ka la­bo­fe­ze­la, la­phe­zu kwa­ma­ndla wo­nke esi­tha; nja­lo aku­so­ze ku­be la­lu­tho olu­nga­li­li­ma­zaa.

20 Ko­dwa li­nga­tho­ko­zi nga­lo­kho uku­thi omo­ya ba­ya­ze­hli­se­la nga­pha­nsi kwe­nub; ko­dwa ika­khu­lu tho­ko­za­ni uku­thi ama­bi­zo enu alo­tshi­we ema­zu­lwi­nic.

UJe­su ubo­nga uYi­se

21 Nga­le­lo­ho­la uJe­sud wa­tho­ko­za emo­ye­nie, wa­thi: Ngi­ya­ku­bo­nga, Ba­ba, Nko­si ye­zu­lu lo­mhla­ba, ngo­ba uzi­fi­hli­le le­zi­zi­nto kwa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo la­ba­qe­di­si­sa­yo, ko­dwa wa­ze­mbu­le­la izi­nga­ne; ye­bo, Ba­ba, ngo­ba ngo­ku­nja­lo kwa­ba ku­hle pha­mbi kwa­khof.

22 Ko­nke kwa­ni­ke­lwa ki­mi ngu­Ba­ba; nja­lo ka­kho owa­zi­yo uku­thi iNdo­da­na ingu­ba­ni, nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Ba­ba, lo­ku­thi uBa­ba ungu­ba­ni, nga­pha­ndle kwe­Ndo­da­na, nja­lo lo­ba ngu­ba­ni iNdo­da­na etha­nda uku­me­mbu­le­la.

23 Wa­se­phe­ndu­ke­la ku­ba­fu­ndi be­bo­dwa wa­thi: Abu­si­si­we ame­hlo abo­na eli­ku­bo­na­yo.

24 Ngo­ba ngi­thi ki­ni: Aba­pro­fe­thi aba­ne­ngi la­ma­kho­si ba­be­tha­nda uku­bo­na izi­nto eli­zi­bo­na­yo li­na, ko­dwa ka­bazi­bo­na­nga; lo­ku­zwa izi­nto eli­zi­zwa­yo, ko­dwa ka­bazi­zwa­ngag.

Umla­yo wo­ku­qa­la

25 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, isa­zu­mthe­tho esi­thi­leh sa­se­si­su­ku­ma, si­mli­ngai, si­si­thi: Mfu­ndi­si, nge­nze­ni uku­ze ngi­dle ili­fa le­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­dej?

26 Wa­se­si­thi ku­so: Ku­bha­lwe­ni emla­ywe­ni? Uwu­ba­la nja­ni?

27 Sa­se­si­phe­ndu­la sa­thi: Wo­tha­nda iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho yo­nke, la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho wo­nke, la­nga­ma­ndla akho wo­nke, la­nge­ngqo­ndo ya­kho yo­nkek; lo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho nje­nga­lo­khu uzitha­nda we­nal.

28 Wa­se­si­thi ku­so: Uphe­ndu­le ngo­ku­qo­nda; ye­nza lo­khu, fu­thi uza­phi­lam.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­mSa­ma­ri­ya ole­si­ha­wu

29 Ko­dwa so­na si­tha­nda uku­zi­lu­ngi­si­san sa­thi ku­Je­su: Ka­nti ngu­ba­ni uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­mi?

30 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Umu­ntu othi­le we­hla eve­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mao esi­ya eJe­ri­kop, wa­the­le­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­pha­ngiq, nja­lo ba­mhlu­bu­la impa­hla bamtsha­ya imi­vi­mvi­nya ba­su­ka ba­ha­mba, bamtshi­ya epho­su­ku­fa.

31 Umpri­sti othi­le wa­se­qa­bu­ka ese­hla nga­le­yo­ndle­lar; nja­lo wa­thi embo­na, wa­dlu­la ece­le­nis.

32 La­ngo­ku­nja­lo lo­mLe­vi nxa wa­ye­se­ku­li­nda­wo, wa­fi­ka embo­na, wa­dlu­la ece­le­nit.

33 Ko­dwa umSa­ma­ri­yau othi­le owa­ye­ha­mba wa­fi­ka la­pho aye­kho­na, nja­lo kwa­thi embo­na wa­ba le­si­he­lo,

34 wa­ya ku­ye wa­bo­pha ama­nxe­ba akhev, ewa­the­la ama­gco­bo le­wa­yi­niw; wa­mkhwe­za phe­zu kwe­ya­khe inya­ma­za­na, wa­mu­sa endli­ni ye­zi­ha­mbi, wa­mlo­ndo­lo­za.

35 Ku­si­sa ese­ha­mba, wa­khu­pha ode­na­ri­yo* aba­bi­li waba­ni­ka umni­ni­ndlu, wa­thi ku­ye: Umlo­ndo­lo­ze; nja­lo lo­ba yi­ni oza­ku­chi­tha okwe­dlu­la lo­khu, mi­na ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la ku­we eku­bu­ye­ni kwa­mi.

36 Pho, ngu­wu­phi ku­la­ba aba­tha­thu oca­ba­nga uku­thi wa­ye­ngu­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­lo­wo owa­the­le­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­pha­ngix?

37 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngu­lo­wo owa­me­nze­la isi­ha­wuy. Nga­kho uJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba, la­we we­nze nja­lo.

UMa­rta lo­Ma­ri­ya

38 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­bo, ye­na wa­nge­na emza­ne­ni othi­le; lo­we­si­fa­za­na othi­le, uMa­rtaz nge­bi­zo, wa­me­mu­ke­la endli­ni ya­khea.

39 Nja­lo lo wa­ye­lo­da­de­wa­bo othi­wa ngu­Ma­ri­yab, la­ye owa­hla­la enya­we­ni zi­ka­Je­suc, wa­li­zwa ili­zwi la­khe.

40 Ko­dwa uMa­rta wa­ye­pha­za­nyi­swa yi­ku­se­be­nza oku­ne­ngid; we­za edu­ze wa­se­si­thi: Nko­si, ka­wu­kha­tha­li yi­ni uku­thi uda­de­we­thu ungi­tshi­ye uku­thi ngi­se­be­nze nge­dwa? Nga­kho umtshe­le uku­thi angi­si­ze.

41 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Ma­rta, Ma­rtae, uya­phi­se­ka ukha­tha­ze­ke nge­zi­nto ezi­ne­ngif;

42 ko­dwa yi­nye into edi­nge­ka­yog; ko­dwa uMa­ri­ya ukhe­thi­le isa­be­lo esi­hle, anga­yi­kwe­mu­kwa so­nah.

UJe­su ufu­ndi­sa ngo­ku­khu­le­ka

11Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ekhu­le­ka enda­we­ni ethi­lea, ese­qe­di­le, omu­nye wa­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, si­fu­ndi­se uku­khu­le­ka, nje­ngo­Jo­ha­ne la­ye wa­fu­ndi­sa aba­fu­ndi ba­khe.

2 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Nxa li­khu­le­ka, li­bo­ku­thi: Ba­ba we­thu ose­ma­zu­lwi­ni, ka­li­hlo­ni­tshwe ibi­zo la­kho. Umbu­so wa­kho ka­wu­ze. Inta­ndo ya­kho ka­ye­nzi­we, le­mhla­be­ni nje­nge­zu­lwi­ni.

3 Si­phe usu­ku ngo­su­ku uku­dla kwe­thu kwe­nsu­ku zo­nke.

4 Nja­lo usi­the­the­le­le ama­ca­la ethu, ngo­ba la­thi si­ba­the­the­le­la bo­nke aba­la­ma­ca­la ki­thi. Nja­lo unga­si­nge­ni­si eku­li­ngwe­ni, ko­dwa usi­khu­lu­le ebu­bi­nib.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­mnga­ne ofi­ka pha­ka­thi ko­bu­su­ku

5 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ngu­wu­phi ki­ni olo­mnga­ne, fu­thi aye ku­ye pha­ka­thi ko­bu­su­kuc, athi ku­ye: Mnga­ne, nge­bo­le­ka izi­nkwa ezi­nta­thu,

6 ngo­ba ku­fi­ke ki­mi umnga­ne wa­mi eve­la eku­ha­mbe­ni, ko­dwa ka­ngi­la­lu­tho engi­nga­lu­be­ka pha­mbi kwa­khed;

7 lo­nga­pha­ka­thi aphe­ndu­le athi: Unga­ngi­hlu­phi; umnya­ngo usu­va­li­we, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­mi aba­nca­ne ba­la­mi embhe­de­ni; ka­ngi­nge­ke ngi­vu­ke ngi­ku­ni­ke.

8 Ngi­thi ki­ni: Lo­ba enga­zu­ku­vu­ka amni­ke, ngo­ba engu­mnga­ne wa­khe, ko­dwa nge­nxa yo­ku­phi­ke­le­la kwa­khe uza­vu­ka amni­ke ko­nke aku­swe­la­yoe.

9 Mi­na-ke ngi­thi ki­ni: Ce­la­ni, li­za­phi­wa; di­nga­ni, li­za­tho­la; qo­qo­da­ni, li­za­vu­le­lwa.

10 Ngo­ba wo­nke oce­la­yo uye­mu­ke­la; lo­di­nga­yo uya­tho­la; lo­qo­qo­da­yo uya­vu­le­lwaf.

11 Ka­mbe, ngu­wu­phi ki­ni ongu­yi­se onga­thi indo­da­na ice­la isi­nkwa, ayi­ni­ke ili­tshe? Lo­ba-ke inhla­nzi, ayi­ni­ke inyo­ka enda­we­ni ye­nhla­nzi yi­ni?

12 Uba-ke ice­la iqa­nda, ayi­ni­ke ufe­ze­la yi­nig?

13 Nga­kho uba li­na eli­nga­ba­bi li­kwa­zi uku­pha aba­ntwa­na be­nu izi­pho ezi­nhle, ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni uBa­ba ose­zu­lwi­nih eza­ba­pha uMo­ya oNgcwe­le aba­ce­la ku­yei.

Iso­no so­ku­hla­mba­za

14 Wa­ye­se­khu­pha idi­mo­ni, ela­li­yi­si­mu­ngu­lu. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi, se­li­phu­mi­le idi­mo­ni, wa­khu­lu­ma oyi­si­mu­ngu­lu; ama­xu­ku ase­ma­nga­la.

15 Ko­dwa aba­nye ba­bo ba­thi: Ukhu­pha ama­di­mo­ni ngo­Bhe­le­ze­bhu­le inko­si ya­ma­di­mo­nij.

16 La­ba­nye bemli­ngak ba­di­nga ku­ye isi­bo­na­ka­li­so esi­ve­la ezu­lwi­nil.

17 Ko­dwa ye­na eya­zi imi­ca­ba­ngo ya­bo wa­thi ku­bom: Wo­nke umbu­so owe­hlu­ke­ne ume­le­ne la­wo ngo­kwa­wo uya­chi­the­ka; nja­lo indlu eme­le­ne le­ndlu iya­di­li­ka.

18 Nja­lo uba uSa­tha­ne la­ye ehlu­ke­ne eme­la­ne la­ye ngo­kwa­khe, umbu­so wa­khe uza­ku­ma nja­ni? Ngo­ba li­thi, ngi­khu­pha ama­di­mo­ni ngo­Bhe­le­ze­bhu­le.

19 Nja­lo uba mi­na ngi­khu­pha ama­di­mo­ni ngo­Bhe­le­ze­bhu­le, ama­do­da­na enu akhu­pha ngo­ba­ni? Nga­kho wo­na aza­ku­ba nga­ba­gwe­bi be­nun.

20 Ko­dwa uba ngi­khu­pha ama­di­mo­ni ngo­mu­nwe ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, isi­bi­li umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu usu­fi­ki­le ki­nio.

21 Uba isi­qhwa­ga si­hlo­mi­le si­li­nda owa­so umu­zi, impa­hla ya­so ise­ku­thu­le­nip;

22 ko­dwa nxa ola­ma­ndla ku­la­so esi­su­ke­la asi­nqo­be, uya­se­mu­ka izi­kha­li za­so ebe­si­the­mbe­le ku­zo, abe­se­sa­ba impa­ngo ya­soq.

23 Onge­la­mi ume­le­ne la­mir; lo­nga­bu­thi la­mis uya­chi­thi­zat.

Uku­phe­ndu­ka oku­nga­phe­le­li­yo

24 Nxa umo­ya ongco­li­le­yo ese­phu­mi­le emu­ntwi­ni, uya­ha­mba ada­bu­le inda­wo ezo­mi­le­yo, edi­nga uku­phu­mu­la; ko­dwa enga­ku­tho­li athi: Ngi­za­bu­ye­la endli­ni ya­mi enga­phu­ma ku­yo;

25 nja­lo ese­fi­ki­le ayi­fi­ce itha­nye­lwe nja­lo ilu­ngi­si­we.

26 Abe­se­ha­mba azi­tha­the­le aba­nye omo­ya aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa aba­bi ku­la­ye uqo­bo, ba­nge­ne ba­hla­le la­pho; nja­lo uku­ci­na kwa­lo­wo­mu­ntu ku­be ku­bi ku­lo­ku­qa­lau.

27 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ekhu­lu­ma le­zi­zi­nto, owe­si­fa­za­na othi­le exu­kwi­ni wa­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi, wa­thi ku­yev: Si­bu­si­si­we isi­su esa­ku­thwa­la­yo, la­ma­be­le owa­wa­mu­nya­yow.

28 Ko­dwa ye­na wa­thi: Ko­dwa ika­khu­lux ba­bu­si­si­wey aba­li­zwa­yo ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luz ba­li­lo­ndo­lo­zea.

Aba­fu­na isi­bo­na­ka­li­so

29 Kwa­thi se­ku­bu­the­ne ama­xu­ku emi­nye­ne, wa­qa­la uku­thi: Le­si isi­zu­ku­lwa­na si­bi; si­di­nga isi­bo­na­ka­li­so, ko­dwa ka­si­yi­ku­ni­kwa isi­bo­na­ka­li­so, nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­bo­na­ka­li­so si­ka­Jo­na umpro­fe­thi.

30 Ngo­ba nje­nga­lo­khu uJo­na wa­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so kwa­be­Ni­ne­ve, le­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu iza­ku­ba nja­lo ku­le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­nab.

31 Indlo­vu­ka­zi ye­ni­ngi­zi­mu iza­su­ku­ma eku­gwe­tshwe­ni ka­nye la­ma­do­da ale­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­nac, iwa­la­hle; ngo­ba ya­ve­la emi­kha­wu­lwe­ni yo­mhla­ba ukuza­ku­zwa inhla­ka­ni­pho ka­So­lo­mo­ni, nja­lo kha­nge­la­ni, omkhu­lu ku­lo­So­lo­mo­ni ula­pha.

32 Ama­do­da eNi­ne­ve aza­su­ku­ma eku­gwe­tshwe­ni ka­nye la­le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­nad, asi­la­hle; ngo­ba aphe­ndu­ka ngo­ku­tshu­ma­ye­la ku­ka­Jo­na, nja­lo kha­nge­la­ni, omkhu­lu ku­lo­Jo­na ula­pha.

Imi­fa­ne­ki­so ye­zi­ba­ne

33 Fu­thi ka­kho othi ese­lu­ma­thi­se isi­ba­ne asi­be­ke eku­si­the­ke­ni, lo­ba nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­tsha, ko­dwa phe­zu kwe­si­qo­ba­ne se­si­ba­nee, uku­ze aba­nge­na­yo ba­bo­ne uku­kha­nyaf.

34 Isi­ba­ne so­mzi­mba yi­li­hlo; nga­kho nxa ili­hlo la­kho li­phi­li­le, lo­mzi­mba wa­kho wo­nke ugcwe­le uku­kha­nyag; ko­dwa nxa li­li­bi, lo­mzi­mba wa­kho ulo­bu­mnya­mah.

35 Nga­kho qa­phe­la uku­thi uku­kha­nya oku­ku­we ku­nga­bi ngu­mnya­ma.

36 Nga­kho uba umzi­mba wa­kho wo­nke ugcwe­le uku­kha­nya, unge­la­nda­wo emnya­ma, uza­kha­nya wo­nke, nje­nge­si­ba­ne si­ku­kha­nyi­sa ngo­ku­kha­nyai.

UJe­su uso­la aba­Fa­ri­si le­za­zu­mla­yo

37 Kwa­thi esa­khu­lu­ma, umFa­ri­si othi­le wa­mce­la uku­thi adle la­ye; wa­se­nge­na wa­hla­la eku­dle­nij.

38 Kwa­thi umFa­ri­si ebo­na lo­khu wa­ma­nga­la uku­thi ka­za­nge aqa­le age­zek pha­mbi ko­ku­dla kwe­mi­nil.

39 Ya­si­si­thi iNko­si ku­ye: Kha­the­si li­na ba­Fa­ri­si li­hla­mbu­lu­la inga­pha­ndle ye­nke­zo le­ye­si­tsham, ko­dwa inga­pha­ka­thi ye­nu igcwe­le uku­pha­nga lo­bu­bin.

40 Zi­thu­tha, ye­na owe­nza inga­pha­ndle ka­ye­nza­nga yi­ni le­nga­pha­ka­thi?

41 Ko­dwa pha­ni­ni zi­be yi­zi­pho le­zo­zi­nto ezi­nga­pha­ka­thio; kha­nge­la­ni-ke, ko­nke ku­za­hla­mbu­lu­ka ki­nip.

42 Ko­dwa ma­ye ki­ni ba­Fa­ri­siq! Ngo­ba li­the­la okwe­tshu­mi kwe­tshwa­yi le­ga­nga le­ru­wi*, la­ku­yo yo­nke imi­bhi­da, nja­lo li­se­qa ukwe­hlu­le­la lo­tha­ndo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; be­li­fa­ne­le ukwe­nza le­zi­zi­nto, li­nga­ku­ye­ke­li la­lo­khur.

43 Ma­ye ki­ni ba­Fa­ri­si! Ngo­ba li­tha­nda izi­hla­lo za­ba­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yo ema­si­na­go­ge­nis, lo­ku­bi­nge­le­lwa emi­da­nge­nit.

44 Ma­ye ki­ni, ba­bha­li la­ba­Fa­ri­si, ba­ze­nzi­si! Ngo­ba li­fa­na­na la­ma­ngcwa­ba anga­bo­na­ka­li­yo, la­ba­ntu aba­ha­mba phe­zu kwa­wo be­nga­wa­ziu.

45 Omu­nye we­za­zu­mthe­tho wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Mfu­ndi­si, ngo­ku­tsho le­zi­zi­nto uya­si­thu­ka la­thiv.

46 Ko­dwa wa­thi: Ma­ye la­ki­ni za­zu­mthe­thow! Ngo­bax le­thwe­sa aba­ntu imi­thwa­lo enzi­ma uku­thwa­lwa, ko­dwa li­na uqo­bo lwe­nu ka­li­yi­thi­nti le­yo­mi­thwa­lo la­ngo­mu­nye we­mi­nwe ye­nuy.

47 Ma­ye ki­ni! Ngo­ba la­kha ama­ngcwa­ba aba­pro­fe­thi, nja­lo oyi­hlo ba­ba­bu­la­laz.

48 Nga­lo­khu-ke li­fa­ka­zaa uku­thi li­vu­me­la­na le­mi­se­be­nzi ya­bo­yi­hlo; ngo­ba bo­na ba­ba­bu­la­la, li­na-ke li­ya­wa­kha ama­ngcwa­ba abob.

49 Nga­lo­khu-ke inhla­ka­ni­pho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ya­thic: Ngi­za­ba­thu­ma aba­pro­fe­thi la­ba­pho­sto­lid, laba­nye ba­bo ba­za­ba­bu­la­la baba­xo­tshee;

50 uku­ze ku­bi­zwe ku­le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­na iga­zi la­ba­pro­fe­thi bo­nke ela­chi­thwa ku­su­ke­la eku­se­ke­lwe­ni ko­mhla­baf,

51 ku­su­ke­la ega­zi­ni li­kaA­be­la ku­ze ku­fi­ke ega­zi­ni li­ka­Za­ka­ri­ya owa­bu­la­wa pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwe­la­thi le­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ye­bo, ngi­thi ki­ni: Li­za­bi­zwa ku­le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­nag.

52 Ma­ye ki­ni za­zu­mthe­thoh! Ngo­ba li­su­si­lei isi­hlu­thu­le­lo so­lwa­zi; ka­li­nge­na­nga li­na uqo­bo lwe­nuj, la­ba­nge­na­yo la­ba­vi­mbe­la.

53 Kwa­thi ekhu­lu­ma le­zi­zi­nto ku­bo, aba­bha­li la­ba­Fa­ri­si ba­qa­la ukumngxa­me­la ka­khu­lu­ka­zi, lo­ku­mbu­zi­si­sa nge­zi­nto ezi­ne­ngik,

54 be­mthi­yal, be­di­nga uku­ba­mba ulu­tho olu­phu­ma emlo­nye­ni wa­khem, uku­ze ba­mbe­ke ica­lan.

UJe­su uxwa­yi­sa aba­fu­ndi ba­khe

12Ku­se­nja­lo se­zi­bu­the­ne izi­gi­di ze­xu­ku, ba­ze ba­nya­the­la­na, wa­qa­la uku­khu­lu­ma la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe ku­qa­laa: Li­na xwa­ya­ni imvu­be­lo ya­ba­Fa­ri­sib, eyi­ku­ze­nzi­sac.

2 Nja­lo ka­ku­kho oku­mbo­mbo­zi­we­yo, oku­nga­yi­kwe­mbu­lwa, lo­ku­fi­hli­we­yo, oku­nga­yi­kwa­zi­wad.

3 Nga­kho lo­ba yi­ni eli­yi­khu­lu­ma emnya­me­ni iza­zwa­ka­la eku­kha­nye­ni; le­li­ku­khu­lu­me endle­be­ni ezi­ndli­ni ze­nsi­thae ku­za­me­nye­ze­lwa phe­zu kwe­zi­ndluf.

Ome­le ukwe­sa­tshwa

4 Nja­lo ngi­thi ki­ni ba­nga­ne ba­mi: Li­nga­be­sa­bi aba­bu­la­la umzi­mba, nja­lo emva kwa­lo­kho be­nge­la­kho ukwe­nza olu­nye ulu­thog.

5 Ko­dwa ngi­za­li­tshe­ngi­sa eli­fa­ne­le uku­me­sa­ba: Me­sa­be­ni lo­wo othi ese­bu­le­le abe la­ma­ndla oku­pho­se­la esi­ho­gwe­ni; ye­bo, ngi­thi ki­ni: Me­sa­be­ni ye­nah.

6 Ka­zi­the­ngi­swa yi­ni inta­ka ezi­nhla­nu nge­ndi­bi­li­tshi ezi­mbi­li? Ka­ku­kho­hla­ka­li la­nye ya­zo pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui.

7 Ka­nti le­nwe­le ze­kha­nda le­nu zi­ba­li­we zo­nke. Nga­kho li­nge­sa­bi; li­ya­ze­dlu­la inta­ka ezi­ne­ngi.

8 Nja­lo ngi­thi ki­ni: Wo­nke lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ongi­vu­ma pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu, iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu la­yo iza­mvu­ma pha­mbi kwe­ngi­lo­si zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj;

9 ko­dwa ongi­phi­ka pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu uza­phi­kwa pha­mbi kwe­ngi­lo­si zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luk.

10 La­ye wo­nke okhu­lu­ma ili­zwi eli­me­la­na le­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, uza­the­the­le­lwa; ko­dwa lo­wo ohla­mba­za uMo­ya oNgcwe­le ka­yi­ku­the­the­le­lwal.

11 Nja­lo nxa be­li­sa ema­si­na­go­ge­nim laku­ba­bu­sino le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlapq, li­nga­kha­tha­ze­ki uku­thi li­za­phe­ndu­la­ni ku­mbe nja­ni, ku­mbe li­za­khu­lu­ma­nir;

12 ngo­ba uMo­ya oNgcwe­le uza­li­fu­ndi­sa nga­le­lo­ho­la izi­nto eli­fa­ne­le uku­zi­khu­lu­ma.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­mli­mi ono­thi­le­yo

13 Fu­thi omu­nye we­xu­ku wa­thi ku­ye: Mfu­ndi­si, aku­tshe­le umfo­we­thu abe­la­ne la­mi ili­fa.

14 Ko­dwa wa­thi ku­ye: Ndo­das, ngu­ba­ni ongi­mi­se uku­thi ngi­be ngu­ma­hlu­le­li lo­ba ume­hlu­ka­ni­si phe­zu kwe­nut?

15 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Na­nze­le­la­ni li­qa­phe­le ubu­hwa­ba, ngo­ba impi­lo yo­mu­ntu ka­yi­kho ebu­ne­ngi­ni be­zi­nto ala­zou.

16 Wa­se­ba­tshe­la umfa­ne­ki­so, esi­thi: Insi­mu yo­mu­ntu othi­le ono­thi­le­yo ya­the­la ka­khu­lu;

17 wa­se­na­ka­na nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­khev, esi­thi: Ngi­za­kwe­nza nja­ni, ngo­ba ka­ngi­la­nda­wo la­pho engi­nga­bu­the­la kho­na izi­the­lo za­miw?

18 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­kwe­nza lo­khu; ngi­za­di­li­za izi­pha­la za­mi, nga­khe ezi­nku­lux, ngi­bu­the­le kho­na izi­li­mo za­mi zo­nke le­mpa­hla ya­miy,

19 be­se­ngi­si­thi ku­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi: Mphe­fu­mu­lo, ule­mpa­hla ezi­ne­ngi ezi­be­ke­lwe imi­nya­ka emi­ne­ngi; phu­mu­la, udle, una­thez, utho­ko­zea.

20 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­thi ku­ye: Si­phu­ku­phu­kub, nga­lo­bu­bu­su­ku umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho uza­bi­zwa1 ku­wec; pho izi­nto ozi­lu­ngi­si­le­yo zi­za­ku­ba nge­zi­ka­ba­nid?

21 Ku­nja­lo-ke ko­zi­be­ke­la ino­thoe, ko­dwa enga­no­tha­nga ku­Nku­lu­nku­luf.

Uku­kha­tha­ze­ka, lo­ku­the­mba ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu

22 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe: Nga­kho ngi­thi ki­ni: Li­nga­kha­tha­le­li impi­lo ye­nu, uku­thi li­za­ku­dla­ni; lo­ba umzi­mba, uku­thi li­za­kwe­mba­tha­ni.

23 Impi­lo ye­dlu­la uku­dla, lo­mzi­mba ise­mba­thog.

24 Qa­phe­li­si­sa­ni ama­wa­ba­yi, uku­thi ka­wa­hla­nye­li, nja­lo ka­wa­vu­nih, ka­wa­la­si­pha­lai lo­ba isi­lu­luj, ka­nti uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­wo­ndla; li­na li­ze­dlu­la ka­nga­ka­na­nik inyo­ni?

25 Nja­lo ngu­wu­phi ki­ni onga­thi ngo­ku­phi­se­ka enge­ze­le­le inga­lo ibe­nyel ebu­de­ni ba­khem?

26 Nga­kho nxa li­nge­la­ma­ndla okwe­nza into enci­nya­ne, li­phi­se­ke­la­ni ngo­ku­nye?

27 Qa­phe­li­sa­ni imi­du­ze uku­thi ikhu­la nja­ni; ka­yi­tshi­ka­tshi­ki, ka­yi­pho­thi, ko­dwa ngi­thi ki­ni: Lo­So­lo­mo­ni ebu­cwa­zi­cwa­zi­ni ba­khe bo­nke wa­ye­nge­mba­thi­swa­nga nje­ngo­mu­nye wa­yo.

28 Nja­lo uba uNku­lu­nku­lu ese­mba­thi­sa ngo­ku­nja­lo utsha­ni obu­kho­na la­mu­hla ega­nge­ni, ku­thi ku­sa­sa bu­pho­swa ezi­ko, uza­lemba­thi­sa ngo­ku­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni, li­na abo­kho­lo olu­nci­nya­nen?

29 La­ni-ke li­nga­di­ngi eli­za­ku­dla le­li­za­ku­na­tha; nja­lo li­nga­kha­tha­ze­ki.

30 Ngo­ba ko­nke lo­khu izi­zwe zo­mhla­ba zi­ya­ku­di­nga; ko­dwa uYi­hlo uya­zi uku­thi li­ya­zi­swe­la le­zi­zi­nto.

31 Ko­dwa di­nga­ni umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nja­lo zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto zi­za­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwa ki­ni.

32 Li­nge­sa­bio, mhla­mbi omnci­nya­nep; ngo­ba ku­yi­nto­ko­zo ka­Yi­hloq uku­li­ni­ka umbu­sor.

33 The­ngi­sa­ni impa­hla ze­nus li­phe izi­phot. Li­ze­nze­leu imi­xha­ka enga­gu­gi­yov, impa­hla eli­gu­gu enga­phe­li­yo ema­zu­lwi­ni, la­pho oku­nga­so­nde­li ise­la kho­naw, le­nu­ndu engo­ni kho­nax;

34 ngo­ba la­pho oku­kho­na impa­hla ye­nu eli­gu­gu, iza­ku­ba kho­na la­pho le­nhli­zi­yo ye­nuy.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­nce­ku ethe­mbe­ki­le­yo

35 Inka­lo ze­nu ka­zi­hla­le zi­bo­tshi­wez, le­zi­ba­ne zi­bhe­bhaa;

36 la­ni li­be nje­nga­ba­ntu aba­li­nde­le inko­si ya­bo, la­pho iza­bu­ya ive­la emtsha­dwe­nib, uku­ze, nxa ifi­ka iqo­qo­da, ba­hle ba­yi­vu­le­le.

37 Zi­bu­si­si­we le­zo­zi­nce­kuc, oku­za­ku­thi inko­si nxa ifi­ka izi­fi­ce zi­li­ndi­led; ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Iza­bhi­ncae, izi­hla­li­se eku­dle­ni, iso­nde­le izi­se­be­nze­lef.

38 Nja­lo nxa ifi­ka ngo­mli­ndo we­si­bi­lig, ku­mbe ifi­ka ngo­mli­ndo we­si­tha­thuh, fu­thi izi­fi­ce zi­nja­loi, zi­bu­si­si­we le­zo­zi­nce­ku.

39 Ko­dwa ya­zi­ni lo­khu, uku­thi uba umni­ni­ndlu ebe­la­zi iho­la ise­la eli­za­fi­ka nga­loj, ube­za­li­ndak, fu­thi ube­nga­yi­ku­vu­ma uku­thi indlu ya­khe ifo­hle­lwe.

40 Nga­kho la­ni-ke hla­la­ni li­lu­ngi­lel; ngo­ba nge­ho­la eli­nga­li­ca­ba­nge­li­yo iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu iza­fi­kam.

41 UPe­tro wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, uwu­tshe­la thi­na lu­mfa­ne­ki­son, ku­mbe la­bo bo­nke yi­nio?

42 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Pho ngu­ba­ni umpha­thi we­zi­nce­ku othe­mbe­ki­le­yo lo­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, inko­si eza­mbe­ka phe­zu kwa­be­ndlu ya­yo, uku­ze aba­ni­ke isa­be­lo sa­bo so­ku­dla nge­si­kha­thi esi­fa­ne­le­yop?

43 Ibu­si­si­we le­yo­nce­ku, oku­za­ku­thi inko­si ya­yo nxa ifi­ka iyi­fi­ce ise­nza nja­lo.

44 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Iza­yi­be­ka phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke ela­kho.

45 Ko­dwa nxa le­yo­nce­ku isi­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­yo: Inko­si ya­mi iphu­zi­le uku­bu­ya; nja­lo ibi­si­qa­la uku­tsha­ya izi­nce­ku le­zi­nce­ku­ka­zi, lo­ku­dla lo­ku­na­tha lo­ku­da­kwa,

46 inko­si ya­le­yo­nce­ku iza­fi­ka ngo­su­ku engayi­li­nde­le nga­lo, la­nge­ho­la enga­la­zi­yo; iza­yi­qu­ma pha­ka­thi, iza­ni­ka isa­be­lo sa­yo la­la­bo aba­nga­the­mbe­ka­ngaq.

47 La­le­yo­nce­ku ebi­sa­zi inta­ndo ye­nko­si ya­yor, ko­dwa inga­lu­ngi­se­la­nga nja­lo inge­nza­nga ngo­kwe­nta­ndo ya­yos, iza­tsha­ywa imi­vi­mvi­nya emi­ne­ngit.

48 Ko­dwa le­you ebi­nga­ya­zi, ye­nza oku­fa­ne­le uku­tsha­ywav, iza­tsha­ywa imi­vi­mvi­nya emi­lu­tshwa­naw. La­ye wo­nke ophi­we oku­ne­ngi, ku­za­di­ngwa oku­ne­ngi ku­yex; la­lo­wo opha­thi­swe oku­ne­ngi, ku­za­bi­zwa ku­ye oku­nga­phe­zu­luy.

Izi­bo­na­ka­li­so ze­zi­kha­thi

49 Ngi­ze uku­pho­se­la umli­lo emhla­be­niz, fu­thi ku­yi­ni engi­ku­fi­sa­yo nxa usu­ba­si­wea?

50 Ko­dwa ngi­lo­bha­bha­thi­zo engi­za­bha­bha­thi­zwa nga­lob, fu­thic ngi­ci­nde­ze­lwed ka­nga­ka­na­ni lu­ze lu­phe­le­li­swee.

51 Li­ca­ba­nga uku­thi ngi­ze uku­ni­ka uku­thu­la emhla­be­ni yi­nif? Ha­tshi bo, ngi­thi ki­ni, ko­dwa ku­la­lo­khu ukwe­hlu­ka­nag.

52 Ngo­ba ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si aba­hla­nu endli­ni yi­nye ba­za­kwe­hlu­ka­na, aba­tha­thu ba­me­la­ne la­ba­bi­li, la­ba­bi­li ba­me­la­ne la­ba­tha­thu,

53 ba­za­kwe­hlu­ka­na, uyi­se ame­la­ne le­ndo­da­na, le­ndo­da­na ime­la­ne lo­yi­se; uni­na ame­la­ne le­ndo­da­ka­zi, le­ndo­da­ka­zi ime­la­ne lo­ni­na; uni­na­za­la ame­la­ne lo­ma­lo­ka­za­na wa­khe, lo­ma­lo­ka­za­na ame­la­ne lo­ni­na­za­lah.

54 Wa­se­si­thi le­ma­xu­kwi­ni: Nxa li­bo­na iye­zii li­su­ku­ma entsho­na­la­ngaj, li­hle li­thi: Izu­lu li­ya­bu­ya; fu­thi ku­be nja­lo.

55 Nja­lo nxa li­bo­na umo­ya we­ni­ngi­zi­mu uphe­phe­tha, li­thi: Li­za­tshi­sa; be­se­ku­se­nza­ka­lak.

56 Ba­ze­nzi­si! Li­ya­kwa­zi uku­hlo­la umu­mo we­si­bha­ka­bha­ka lo­wo­mhla­ba; ko­dwa le­si­si­kha­thi ku­nga­ni li­nga­si­hlo­lil?

57 Pho, ku­nga­ni uku­thi li­nga­hlu­le­li la­ni li­na uqo­bo lwe­nu oku­lu­ngi­le­yom?

58 Ngo­ba nxa usi­yan lo­ma­nga­le­le­ne la­ye ku­ma­ntshio, endle­le­ni ye­nza ubu­ngco­no uku­thi ukhu­lu­lwe ku­ye; hle­zi aku­do­nse­le ku­ma­hlu­le­li, lo­ma­hlu­le­li aku­ni­ke­le epho­li­se­ni, le­pho­li­sa li­ku­pho­se­le ento­lo­ngwe­ni.

59 Ngi­thi ku­we, ka­wu­so­ze wa­phu­ma kho­na, uze ubha­da­le le­nhla­mvu enca­ne ye­ma­li yo­ku­ci­na.

UJe­su ufu­ndi­sa ngo­ku­phe­ndu­ka

13Nja­lo nga­le­so­si­kha­thi kwa­ba kho­na aba­thi­le aba­mtshe­la nga­ma­Ga­li­li, iga­zi la­wo uPi­la­tu ali­xu­ba­ni­sa le­mi­hla­tshe­lo ya­woa.

2 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Li­ca­ba­nga uku­thi ama­Ga­li­li la aye­yi­zo­ni yi­ni ku­la­wo wo­nke ama­Ga­li­li, ngo­ba ahlu­phe­ka izi­nto ezi­nje?

3 Ha­tshi bo, ngi­thi ki­ni: Ko­dwa uba li­nga­phe­ndu­ki, li­za­bhu­bha ngo­ku­nja­lo lo­nkeb.

4 La­la­bo aba­li­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, owa­we­la phe­zu kwa­bo umpho­tsho­ngo eSi­lo­wa­ma wa­ba­bu­la­la, li­ca­ba­nga uku­thi bo­na ba­be­ba­bi1 yi­ni ku­la­ba­ntu bo­nke aba­be­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma?

5 Ha­tshi bo, ngi­thi ki­ni: Ko­dwa uba li­nga­phe­ndu­ki, li­za­bhu­bha ngo­ku­nja­lo lo­nkec.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­mkhi­wa onga­the­li­yo

6 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma lu­mfa­ne­ki­so wa­thi: Umu­ntu othi­le wa­ye­lo­mkhi­wa owa­wu­hla­nye­lwe esi­vi­ni­ni sa­khe; wa­fi­ka edi­nga isi­the­lo ku­wo, ko­dwa kasi­tho­la­ngad.

7 Wa­se­si­thi ku­so isi­se­be­nzi se­si­vi­ni: Kha­nge­la, se­ku­yi­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu ngi­si­za ngi­di­nga isi­the­lo emkhi­we­ni, ko­dwa ngi­ngasi­tho­li; uga­mu­le; yi­ni uku­thi wo­ne ngi­tsho umhla­ba­thie?

8 Sa­se­si­phe­ndu­la sa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, ake uwu­ye­ke­le la­nga­lu­mnya­ka, ngi­ze ngi­ge­bhe ngi­wu­go­mbo­lo­ze­le, ngi­the­le umqu­ba;

9 nja­lo uba uthe­la isi­the­lo, ku­hlef; ko­dwa uba ku­ngenja­lo, emva kwa­lo­kho uza­wu­ga­mu­lag.

Uku­si­li­swa ko­we­si­fa­za­na nge­sa­ba­tha

10 Fu­thi wa­ye­fu­ndi­sa kwe­li­nye la­ma­si­na­go­ge nge­sa­ba­tha;

11 nja­lo kha­nge­la, kwa­ku­kho­na owe­si­fa­za­na owa­ye­lo­mo­ya wo­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lih, ese­go­ge­ki­le, wa­ye­nga­lu­la­mi ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yoi.

12 Kwa­thi uJe­su embo­na wambi­ze­la ku­ye, wa­thi ku­ye: Ma­ma, ukhu­lu­lwe ebu­tha­ka­tha­ke­ni ba­kho.

13 Wa­se­be­ka iza­ndla phe­zu kwa­khej; nja­lo wa­hle we­lu­la­nyi­swak, wa­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lul.

14 Ko­dwa umpha­thi we­si­na­go­gem, ethu­ku­the­le ngo­ba uJe­su esi­li­se nge­sa­ba­than, wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi exu­kwi­ni: Zi­kho­na insu­ku ezi­yi­si­thu­pha oku­fa­ne­le uku­se­tshe­nzwa nga­zoo; nga­kho wo­za­ni nga­zo li­si­li­swe, ko­dwa ku­nga­bi ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­thap.

15 Nga­kho iNko­si ya­mphe­ndu­la, ya­thi: Mze­nzi­siq, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­nu ka­yi­khu­lu­li yi­ni inka­bi ya­khe ku­mbe uba­bhe­mir esi­ba­ye­ni nge­sa­ba­tha, ayi­kho­khe­le ayeyi­na­thi­sas?

16 La­lo, oyi­ndo­da­ka­zi kaA­bra­ha­mat, uSa­tha­ne ose­mbo­phi­le, kha­nge­la, imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, ka­ku­fa­ne­le yi­ni uku­thi akhu­lu­lwe ku­le­si­si­bo­pho ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­thau?

17 Kwa­thi esi­tsho le­zi­zi­nto, ba­ya­nge­ka bo­nke aba­be­phi­ki­sa­na la­ye; le­xu­ku lo­nke la­tho­ko­za nge­zi­nto zo­nke ezi­lo­du­mo eze­nzi­we ngu­yev.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­nhla­nye­lo ye­ma­si­te­di, lo­we­mvu­be­lo

18 Wa­se­si­thiw: Umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu unje­nga­ni? Fu­thi ngi­za­wu­fa­na­ni­sa la­ni?

19 Unje­ngo­hla­mvu lwe­ma­si­te­di, umu­ntu alu­tha­tha walu­pho­sa esi­va­nde­ni sa­khe; lwa­se­lu­mi­la, lwa­ba yi­si­hla­hla esi­khu­lu, le­nyo­ni ze­zu­lu za­khe­le enga­tshe­ni za­sox.

20 Wa­se­bu­ya wa­thi: Ngi­za­wu­fa­na­ni­sa la­ni umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu?

21 Unje­nge­mvu­be­lo, ayi­tha­tha­yo owe­si­fa­za­na wa­yi­fa­ka ezi­li­nga­ni­swe­ni ezi­nta­thu ze­mpu­phu, kwa­ze kwa­bi­la ko­nkey.

UJe­su ukhu­lu­ma nge­ndle­la ye­mpi­lo

22 Wa­se­ha­mba eda­bu­la imi­zi le­mi­za­na efu­ndi­saz, ejo­nge uku­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­maa.

23 Omu­nye wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, ba­lu­tshwa­na yi­ni aba­si­ndi­swa­yob? Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo:

24 Za­ma­ni ka­khu­lu uku­nge­na nge­sa­ngo eli­nci­nya­ne; ngo­ba aba­ne­ngi, ngi­thi ki­ni, ba­za­di­nga uku­nge­na, ko­dwa ba­za­kwe­hlu­le­kacd.

25 Emva ko­ku­thi umni­ni­ndlue ese­su­ku­me wa­va­la umnya­ngof, be­se­li­qa­la uku­ma nga­pha­ndle li­qo­qo­de emnya­ngo, li­si­thi: Nko­si, Nko­si, si­vu­le­leg; ye­na-ke aphe­ndu­le athi ki­ni: Ka­ngi­la­zi, la­pho eli­ve­la kho­nah;

26 la­pho li­za­qa­la uku­thi: Sa­dla sa­na­tha pha­mbi kwa­khoi, nja­lo wa­wu­fu­ndi­sa emi­gwa­qwe­ni ya­ki­thij.

27 Ko­dwa uza­ku­thi: Ngi­thi ki­ni: Ka­ngi­la­zi la­pho eli­ve­la kho­nak; su­ka­ni ki­mi li­na lo­nke be­nzi bo­ku­bil.

28 La­pho ku­za­ku­ba kho­na uku­kha­la lo­ku­ge­dla ama­zi­nyom, nxa se­li­bo­na uA­bra­ha­ma loI­sa­ka lo­Ja­ko­be la­ba­pro­fe­thi bo­nke embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ko­dwa li­na li­la­hle­lwe nga­pha­ndlen.

29 Fu­thi ba­za­ku­zao be­ve­la empu­ma­la­nga le­ntsho­na­la­nga, nja­lo enya­ka­tho le­ni­ngi­zi­mu, ba­hla­le embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup.

30 Nja­lo kha­nge­la­ni, ba­kho­na abo­ku­ci­na aba­za­ku­ba nga­bo­ku­qa­la, nja­lo ba­kho­na abo­ku­qa­la aba­za­ku­ba nga­bo­ku­ci­naq.

Uku­zo­nda ku­ka­He­ro­di

31 Nge­la­nga eli­fa­na­na­yo kwa­fi­ka aba­Fa­ri­si aba­thi­le, ba­thi ku­ye: Phu­ma usu­ke la­phar, ngo­ba uHe­ro­di ufu­na uku­ku­bu­la­las.

32 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ha­mba­ni li­li­tshe­le le­lo­kha­nka: Kha­nge­la, ngi­ya­khu­pha ama­di­mo­ni nge­nza ize­la­pho la­mu­hla la­ku­sa­sa, la­nge­le­si­tha­thu ngi­phe­le­li­swet.

33 Ko­dwa ku­me­le uku­thi ngi­ha­mbe la­mu­hla la­ku­sa­sau la­ngo­mhlo­mu­nyev; ngo­ba ka­kwe­nze­kiw uku­thi umpro­fe­thi abu­la­we­lwe nga­pha­ndle kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­max.

UJe­su ukha­le­la iJe­ru­sa­le­ma

34 Je­ru­sa­le­ma, Je­ru­sa­le­ma, we­na obu­la­la aba­pro­fe­thi, lo­ba­kha­nda nga­ma­tshe la­bo aba­thu­nywe ku­we! Be­ngi­tha­nda ka­nga­ka­na­ni uku­bu­the­la nda­wo­nye aba­ntwa­na ba­khoy, nje­nge­si­khu­khu­ka­zi si­bu­the­la ama­tsi­ya­ne aso nga­pha­nsi kwe­mpi­ko, ko­dwa ka­li­vu­ma­ngaz.

35 Kha­nge­la­ni, indlu ye­nu itshi­ywe ki­ni ilu­nxi­waa; nja­lo ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Ka­li­so­ze la­ngi­bo­na ku­ze kwe­nze­ke, uku­thi li­thi: Ubu­si­si­we oza­yo ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­sib.

UJe­su usi­li­sa efu­ndi­sa endli­ni yo­mFa­ri­si

14Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­nge­ne­ni kwa­khe nge­sa­ba­tha endli­ni yo­mu­nye wa­ba­khu­lu ku­ba­Fa­ri­si uku­thi adle isi­nkwaa, bo­na ba­se­be­mqa­phe­lab.

2 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, kwa­ku­kho­na umu­ntu othi­le pha­mbi kwa­khe owa­ye­lo­mbi­za­nku­lu.

3 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­lac wa­khu­lu­ma le­za­zu­mthe­tho la­ba­Fa­ri­sid, wa­thi: Ku­vu­nye­lwe yi­ni uku­si­li­sa nge­sa­ba­thae?

4 Ko­dwa ba­thu­la. Wa­semba­mba wa­msi­li­sa wamye­ke­la uku­thi aha­mbe.

5 Wa­se­ba­phe­ndu­la esi­thif: Ngu­wu­phi ki­ni onga­thi elo­ba­bhe­mi ku­mbe inka­bi ya­khe ewe­le emgo­di­ni, fu­thi anga­hle ayi­khu­phe ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­thag?

6 Aba­sa­za­nge ba­bu­yi­se­le impe­ndu­lo ku­ye nga­le­zi­zi­ntoh.

7 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma umfa­ne­ki­so ku­bo aba­nxu­si­we­yoi, ebo­na uku­thi ba­khe­tha nja­nij izi­hla­lo za­ba­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yok, wa­thi ku­bo:

8 Nxa unxu­si­we ngu­mu­ntu emtsha­dwe­nil, unga­hla­li esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­ba­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yom; hle­zi ku­kho­na omkhu­lu ku­la­we onxu­si­we­yo ngu­ye,

9 fu­thi oku­nxu­si­le­yo we­na la­ye eze athi ku­we: Mxe­ke­le lo; kho­na uza­qa­la uku­hla­la enda­we­ni ese­ku­ci­ne­ni usu­le­nhlo­nin.

10 Ko­dwa nxa unxu­si­we, ha­mba uhla­le enda­we­ni ese­ku­ci­ne­nio; uku­ze, nxa efi­ka oku­nxu­si­le­yo, athi ku­we: Mnga­ne, ye­nyu­ke­la nga­phe­zu­lu; kho­na ku­za­ku­ba lu­du­mo ku­we pha­mbi kwa­bo aba­hle­zi eku­dle­ni la­wep.

11 Ngo­ba wo­nke ozi­pha­ka­mi­sa­yo uza­tho­tshi­swa, lo­zi­tho­ba­yo uza­pha­ka­nyi­swaq.

12 Wa­se­si­thi la­ku­lo­wo owa­ye­mnxu­si­le: Nxa use­nza uku­dla kwe­mi­ni lo­ba uku­dla kwa­nta­mba­ma, unga­nxu­si aba­nga­ne ba­kho, lo­ba aba­fo­we­nu, lo­ba izi­hlo­bo za­kho, lo­ba oma­khe­lwa­ne aba­no­thi­le­yo; hle­zi la­bo ba­bu­ye ba­ku­nxu­se, fu­thi ukwe­na­na­ni­swa kwe­nzi­we ku­wer.

13 Ko­dwa nxa use­nza idi­lis, nxu­sa aba­ya­nga, izi­li­ma, izi­qhu­li, izi­pho­fu;

14 nja­lo uza­bu­si­swa, ngo­ba aba­la­lu­tho lo­ku­kwe­na­ni­sat; ngo­ba uza­kwe­na­ni­se­lwau eku­vu­ke­ni kwa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yov.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­di­li lo­mtsha­do

15 Kwa­thi omu­nye kwa­ba­be­hle­zi la­ye eku­dle­ni ese­zwi­le le­zi­zi­nto wa­thi ku­ye: Ubu­si­si­we lo­wo oza­ku­dla isi­nkwa embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luw.

16 Ko­dwa wa­thi ku­ye: Umu­ntu othi­le we­nza uku­dla kwa­nta­mba­ma oku­khu­lu, wa­nxu­sa aba­ne­ngix.

17 Nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­dla kwa­nta­mba­ma wa­se­thu­ma ince­ku ya­khe uku­thi ithi kwa­ba­nxu­si­we­yo: Wo­za­ni, ngo­ba se­ku­lu­ngi­si­we ko­nke.

18 Ko­dwa bo­nke ba­qa­la omu­nye lo­mu­nye uku­zi­xo­li­se­lay. Owo­ku­qa­la wa­thi ku­ye: Ngi­the­nge insi­mu, ngi­me­le uku­ha­mba ngi­ye­yi­bo­na; ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, aku­ngi­xo­li­se­lez.

19 Lo­mu­nye wa­thi: Se­ngi­the­nge izi­pa­ne ezi­nhla­nu ze­nka­bi, ngi­ya uku­zi­li­nga; ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, aku­ngi­xo­li­se­le.

20 Lo­mu­nye wa­thi: Se­ngi­the­the umfa­zi, nga­kho ngi­nge­ze nge­zaa.

21 Isi­bu­yi­le le­yo­nce­ku ya­yi­bi­ke­la le­zi­zi­nto inko­si ya­yo. Wa­se­thu­ku­the­la umni­ni­ndlu wa­thi ence­kwi­ni ya­khe: Phu­ma ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa uye emi­gwa­qwe­ni le­ndle­le­ni zo­mu­zi, ule­the aba­ya­nga le­zi­li­ma le­zi­qhu­li le­zi­pho­fu uba­nge­ni­se la­phab.

22 Ince­ku ya­si­si­thi: Nko­si, se­kwe­nzi­we nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwa­kho, nja­lo inda­wo ise­se­kho­na.

23 Ya­si­si­thi inko­si ence­kwi­ni: Phu­ma uye ezi­ndle­le­ni le­zi­nta­ngwe­ni uba­ci­nde­ze­le ba­nge­ne, uku­ze igcwa­li­swe indlu ya­mic.

24 Ngo­ba ngi­thi ki­ni: Ka­kho ku­la­ma­do­da aye­nxu­si­we oza­ku­zwa uku­dla kwa­mi kwa­nta­mba­mad.

Aba­fu­ndi ba­ka­Je­su aba­qo­tho

25 Kwa­ku­ha­mba la­ye ama­xu­ku ama­ne­ngi; wa­se­tshi­bi­li­ka wa­thi ku­wo:

26 Uba umu­ntu esi­za ki­mie, fu­thi enga­zo­ndi uyi­se, lo­ni­na, lo­mka­khe, la­ba­ntwa­na, la­ba­fo­wa­bo, la­bo­da­de­wa­bof, ye­bo ngi­tsho le­ya­khe impi­lo, ange­be ngu­mfu­ndi wa­mig.

27 Nja­lo lo­ba ngu­ba­nih onga­thwa­li isi­pha­mba­no sa­khe angi­la­nde­le, ange­be ngu­mfu­ndi wa­mii.

28 Ngo­ba ngu­wu­phi ki­ni, othi efu­na ukwa­kha umpho­tsho­ngo, onga­qa­li ahla­le pha­nsi, aba­le indle­ko, uku­thi ula­kho yi­ni oko­ku­qe­di­sa?

29 Uku­ze hle­zi, ku­thi ese­be­ki­le isi­se­ke­lo ko­dwa anga­bi la­ma­ndla oku­qe­da, bo­nke aba­ku­bo­na­yo ba­qa­le uku­mhle­ka,

30 be­si­thi: Lu­mu­ntu wa­qa­la ukwa­kha, ko­dwa ka­ba­nga la­ma­ndla oku­qe­daj.

31 Lo­ba yi­yi­phi inko­si eza­ku­ya empi­ni ime­le­ne le­nye inko­si enga­qa­li ihla­le pha­nsi ina­ka­ne ngo­ku­thi ila­ma­ndla yi­ni nge­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi oku­hla­nga­be­za­na la­le­yok eza ile­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li uku­me­la­na la­yol?

32 Ko­dwa uba ku­ngenja­lo, inga­thi ise­kha­tsha­na le­yo, ithu­me ama­nxu­sa ice­le oko­ku­thu­la.

33 Nga­kho ku­nja­lo wo­nke ki­ni onga­de­li ko­nke ala­kho, ange­ke aba ngu­mfu­ndi wa­mim.

34 Itshwa­yi li­hlen; ko­dwa uba itshwa­yi se­li­du­ma, li­za­vu­se­le­lwa nga­niop?

35 Ka­li­fa­ne­le la­mhla­ba­thi le­du­ndu­lu lo­mqu­baq; ko­dwa li­ya­la­hlwa nga­pha­ndler. Ole­ndle­be zo­ku­zwa, ake­zwes.

Oku­la­hle­ki­le­yo: Imvu, uhla­mvu lwe­si­li­va, le­ndo­da­na

15Kwa­se­ku­so­nde­la ku­ye bo­nkea aba­the­li­si le­zo­ni, uku­mu­zwab.

2 Aba­Fa­ri­si la­ba­bha­li ba­se­be­so­la be­si­thi: Lo we­mu­ke­la izo­ni, adle la­zoc.

3 Wa­se­ba­tshe­la lu­mfa­ne­ki­so, esi­thi:

4 Ngu­wu­phi umu­ntu ki­ni onga­thi ele­zi­mvu ezi­li­khu­lud, abe­se­la­hle­ke­lwa nge­nye ya­zo, onga­zi­tshi­yi ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nyee ega­nge­nif, ala­nde­le ela­hle­ki­le­yo, aze ayi­tho­leg?

5 Nja­lo athi eseyi­tho­li­le aye­tsha­te etho­ko­zah.

6 Ese­fi­ki­le ekha­ya, abi­ze­le nda­wo­nye aba­nga­ne la­bo­ma­khe­lwa­ne, esi­thi ku­bo: Tho­ko­za­ni la­mi, ngo­ba ngi­tho­le imvu ya­mi ebi­la­hle­ki­lei.

7 Ngi­thi ki­ni: Ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba kho­na into­ko­zo ezu­lwi­ni nge­so­ni esi­so­dwa esi­phe­ndu­ka­yo, ku­la­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye, aba­nga­swe­li uku­phe­ndu­kaj.

8 Lo­ba ngu­wu­phi umfa­zi othi ele­nhla­mvu ze­si­li­va ezi­li­tshu­mi, uba ela­hle­ke­lwa lu­hla­mvu olu­lo­dwa lwe­si­li­va, anga­lu­ma­thi­si isi­ba­ne, atha­nye­le indlu, adi­ngi­si­se aze alu­tho­le?

9 Nja­lo nxa eselu­tho­li­le ubi­ze­la nda­wo­nye aba­nga­ne la­bo­ma­khe­lwa­ne, athi: Tho­ko­za­ni la­mi, ngo­ba se­ngi­lu­tho­li­le uhla­mvu lwe­si­li­va ebe­ngi­la­hle­ke­lwe yi­lo.

10 Ngo­ku­nja­lo, ngi­thi ki­ni, ikho­na into­ko­zo pha­mbi kwe­zi­ngi­lo­si zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­so­ni esi­so­dwa esi­phe­ndu­ka­yok.

11 Wa­se­si­thi: Umu­ntu othi­le wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na ama­bi­li;

12 enci­nya­ne ya­wo ya­si­si­thi ku­yi­se: Ba­ba, ngi­ni­ka isa­be­lo se­mpa­hlal esi­qo­nde­ne la­mi. Wa­se­we­hlu­ka­ni­se­la impa­hlam.

13 Nja­lo ku­nge­la­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi emva kwa­lo­khu indo­da­na enci­nya­ne ya­bu­tha ko­nke ya­su­ka ya­ha­mba ya­ya eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­nan, nja­lo la­pho ya­chi­tha kho­na impa­hla ya­yo, iphi­la oko­bu­hla­nya.

14 Ya­thi isi­chi­thi­le ko­nke, kwa­ve­la indla­la enku­lu ku­le­lo­li­zwe, yo­na ya­si­qa­la uku­swe­la.

15 Ya­si­su­ka ya­zi­hla­nga­ni­sa le­si­nye se­za­kha­mi­zi za­le­lo­li­zwe; nja­lo sa­yi­thu­ma ema­si­mi­ni aso uku­ze ye­lu­se izi­ngu­lu­be.

16 Ya­si­fi­sa uku­gcwa­li­sa isi­su sa­yo nga­ma­kha­si ingu­lu­be ezi­wa­dla­yo; nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­la­mu­ntu oyi­ni­ka ulu­thoo.

17 Kwa­thi ingqo­ndo ya­yo isi­bu­yi­le ya­thip: Zi­nga­ki izi­se­be­nzi zi­ka­ba­ba ezi­qa­tshi­we­yo ezi­le­zi­nkwa ezi­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu, ka­nti mi­na ngi­ya­fa yi­ndla­la;

18 ngi­za­su­ku­ma ngi­ye ku­ba­ba, ngi­thi ku­ye: Ba­ba, ngo­ni­le ezu­lwi­ni, la­pha­mbi kwa­khoq;

19 nja­lor ka­ngi­sa­fa­ne­la­nga uku­bi­zwa ngi­thi­we ngi­yi­ndo­da­na ya­khos; nge­nza ngi­be nje­ngo­mu­nye we­zi­se­be­nzi za­kho ezi­qa­tshi­we­yo.

20 Ya­si­su­ku­ma ya­ya ku­yi­se. Ko­dwa ku­the ise­se­kha­tsha­na, uyi­se wa­yi­bo­na, wa­ba le­si­he­lot, wa­gi­ji­mau wa­we­la enta­nye­ni ya­yov, wa­ya­ngaw.

21 Indo­da­na ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ba­ba, ngo­ni­le ezu­lwi­nix la­pha­mbi kwa­khoy, fu­thi ka­ngi­sa­fa­ne­la­nga uku­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi ngi­yi­ndo­da­na ya­khoz.

22 Ko­dwa uyi­se wa­thi ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­khe: Khu­pha­ni li­le­the ise­mba­tho esi­hle ka­khu­lu li­yi­gqo­ki­sea, li­fa­ke inda­nda­tho esa­ndle­ni sa­yob, la­ma­nya­the­la enya­we­ni za­yoc;

23 li­le­the itho­le eli­no­ni­si­we­yod lili­hla­be, nja­lo si­dlee si­tho­ko­zef;

24 ngo­ba indo­da­na ya­mi le ibi­fi­le, isi­bu­ye ya­phi­la; ibi­la­hle­ki­le, itho­li­weg; ba­se­be­qa­la uku­tho­ko­zah.

25 Ko­dwa indo­da­na ya­khe enda­la ya­yi­se­nsi­mi­ni; ya­thi isi­za iso­nde­la endli­ni, ye­zwa uku­hla­be­le­la lo­ku­si­nai.

26 Ya­si­bi­ze­la ku­yo omu­nye we­zi­nce­ku, ya­bu­za uku­thi zi­tsho­ni le­zi­zi­ntoj.

27 Ya­si­si­thi ku­yo: Umfo­we­nu ufi­ki­le; lo­yi­hlo uhla­bi­le itho­le eli­no­ni­si­we­yo, ngo­ba eme­mu­ke­le ephi­lak.

28 Ko­dwa ya­thu­ku­the­la, ayi­za­nge ifu­ne uku­nge­na; nga­kho uyi­se wa­phu­ma wa­yi­nce­nga.

29 Ko­dwa ya­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ku­yi­se: Kha­nge­la, imi­nya­ka enga­ka ngi­ku­se­be­nze­la, ka­ngi­za­nge nge­qe umla­yo wa­kho, ko­dwa ka­wu­za­nge ungi­ni­ke la­zi­nya­ne le­mbu­zil, uku­ze ngi­ja­bu­le ka­nye la­ba­nga­ne ba­mim.

30 Ko­dwa ku­the isi­fi­ki­le li­ndo­da­na ya­kho eya­chi­tha impa­hla ya­kho le­zi­fe­be, wa­yi­hla­be­lan itho­le eli­no­ni­si­we­yoo.

31 Wa­se­si­thi ku­yo: Ndo­da­na, we­na uhle­zi ula­mip, fu­thi ko­nke oku­ngo­kwa­mi ku­ngo­kwa­khoq.

32 Ko­dwa be­ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi si­ja­bu­le si­tho­ko­zer; ngo­ba umfo­we­nu lo owa­ye­fi­le, use­bu­ye wa­phi­la; wa­ye­la­hle­ki­le, utho­li­wes.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­mpha­thi onga­lu­nga­nga

16Wa­se­khu­lu­ma fu­thi ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe esi­thi: Kwa­ku­kho­na umu­ntu othi­le ono­thi­le­yo, owa­ye­lo­mpha­thia; la­lo wa­ye­ma­nga­le­lwe ku­ye nje­ngo­chi­tha impa­hla ya­khe.

2 Wa­se­mbi­za wa­thi ku­ye: Ku­yi­ni lo­khu engi­ku­zwa­yo nga­we? La­ndi­sa ngo­bu­pha­thi ba­kho; ngo­ba unge­be usa­ba ngu­mpha­thi.

3 Umpha­thi wa­se­si­thi nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­kheb: Ngi­za­kwe­nza­ni, lo­khu inko­si ya­mi isi­nge­mu­ka ubu­pha­thi? Ka­ngi­la­ma­ndla oku­ge­bha, ngi­le­nhlo­ni zo­ku­pha­nza.

4 Ngi­ya­kwa­zi engi­za­kwe­nza, uku­ze nxa se­ngi­khu­tshi­we ebu­pha­thi­ni, ba­nge­mu­ke­le ezi­ndli­ni za­boc.

5 Wa­se­ba­bi­ze­la ku­ye nga­mu­nye aba­le­mi­la­ndu enko­si­ni ya­khe, wa­thi ko­wo­ku­qa­la: Ulo­mla­ndu onga­ka­na­ni enko­si­ni ya­mi?

6 Wa­se­si­thi ye­na: Izi­li­nga­ni­so ezi­li­khu­lu za­ma­gco­bo. Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Tha­tha incwa­di ya­kho, uhla­le pha­nsi ubha­le ma­si­nya ama­tshu­mi ama­hla­nud.

7 Wa­se­si­thi ko­mu­nye: We­na-ke ulo­mla­ndu onga­ka­na­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Izi­li­nga­ni­so ezi­li­khu­lu za­ma­be­le. Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Tha­tha incwa­di ya­kho, ubha­le ama­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lie.

8 Inko­si ya­si­mba­ba­za umpha­thif onga­lu­nga­ngag ngo­ku­thi we­nze ngo­ku­hla­ka­ni­pha; ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­le­si­si­kha­thi ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le esi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni sa­boh ku­la­ba­ntwa­na bo­ku­kha­nyai.

9 La­mi ngi­thi ki­ni: Ze­nze­le­ni li­na aba­nga­nej ngo­Ma­mo­na*k onga­lu­nga­ngal, uku­ze ku­thi, nxa se­le­hlu­le­ki­le, ba­le­mu­ke­le ezi­ndli­ni ezi­pha­ka­dem.

10 Othe­mbe­ki­le­yo ko­ku­nci­nya­nya­na uthe­mbe­ki­le la­ko­ku­khu­lu, lo­nga­the­mbe­ka­nga ko­ku­nci­nya­nya­na ka­the­mbe­ka­nga la­ko­ku­khu­lun.

11 Nga­kho uba li­nga­the­mbe­ka­nga ku­Ma­mo­na onga­lu­nga­nga, ngu­ba­ni oza­li­pha­thi­sa into eqo­tho?

12 Fu­thi uba li­nga­the­mbe­ka­nga ko­ko­mu­nye, ngu­ba­ni oza­li­ni­ka oku­ngo­kwe­nu?

13 Ka­yi­kho ince­ku enga­kho­nza ama­kho­si ama­bi­lio; ngo­ba iza­zo­nda enye, ibi­si­tha­nda enye; ku­mbe iza­ba­mbe­le­la kwe­nye, ko­dwa ibi­si­de­le­la enye. Li­nge­kho­nze uNku­lu­nku­lu lo­Ma­mo­nap.

Uku­so­lwa kwa­ba­Fa­ri­si

14 Nja­lo la­ba­Fa­ri­si aba­be­tha­nda ima­li ba­zi­zwa zo­nke le­zi­zi­ntoq, ba­se­be­mklo­lo­de­lar.

15 Ko­dwa wa­thi ku­bo: Li­na yi­ni eli­zi­lu­ngi­si­sa­yo pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntus, ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­za­zi inhli­zi­yo ze­nut; ngo­ba lo­kho oku­pha­ka­nyi­swa­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ku­yi­si­ne­ngi­so pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu.

16 Umla­yo la­ba­pro­fe­thi ku­kho­na ku­ze ku­be ngu­Jo­ha­ne; ku­su­ke­la la­pho iva­nge­li lo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu li­ya­tshu­nya­ye­lwav, nja­lo wo­nke uya­fo­hle­la ku­wow.

17 Ko­dwa ku­lu­la uku­thi ku­dlu­le izu­lu lo­mhla­ba, ku­lo­ku­thi ku­we icha­tsha­na eli­lo­dwa lo­mla­yox.

18 Wo­nke owa­la umka­khe atha­the omu­nye uya­fe­ba; nja­lo wo­nke otha­tha owa­li­we yi­ndo­da uya­fe­bay.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­si­no­thi lo­La­za­ro

19 Kwa­ku­kho­na umu­ntu othi­le ono­thi­le­yo, owa­ye­gqo­ka ezi­yi­bu­be­ndez la­ma­le­mbu aco­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­lua, ephi­la ngo­ku­tho­ko­za eta­ma­sa insu­ku zo­nkeb.

20 Kwa­ku­kho­na fu­thi umu­ntu othi­le ongu­mya­nga othi­wa ngu­La­za­roc, owa­ye­be­ki­wed esa­ngwe­ni la­khe egcwe­le izi­lo­ndae,

21 wa­fi­sa uku­su­thi­swaf nge­mvu­thu­lu­ka ezi­wa­yo eta­fu­le­ni le­si­no­thig; ka­nti le­zi­nja za­zi­si­za zi­kho­the izi­lo­nda za­khe.

22 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ongu­mya­nga wa­fa, wa­thwa­le­lwa zi­ngi­lo­sih esi­fu­be­ni si­kaA­bra­ha­mai; le­si­no­thi la­so sa­fa, sa­ngcwa­tshwa.

23 Si­se­si­ho­gwe­nij sa­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo asok, si­se­bu­hlu­ngwi­nil, sa­bo­na uA­bra­ha­ma ekha­tsha­na, lo­La­za­ro ese­si­fu­be­ni sa­khem.

24 So­na sa­se­si­me­me­za si­si­thi: Ba­ba Abra­ha­ma, ngi­ha­wu­ke­lan, uthu­me uLa­za­ro, uku­ze acwi­li­se isi­hlo­ko so­mu­nwe wa­khe ema­nzi­ni, apho­li­se uli­mi lwa­mio; ngo­ba ngi­ya­hlu­phe­kap ka­khu­lu ku­le­li­la­nga­biq.

25 Ko­dwa uA­bra­ha­ma wa­thi: Ndo­da­na, khu­mbu­la uku­thi we­mu­ke­la oku­hler kwa­kho empi­lwe­ni ya­khos, lo­La­za­ro ngo­ku­nja­lo oku­bi; ko­dwa kha­the­si uya­du­du­zwat, nja­lo we­na uya­hlu­phe­ka.

26 La­nga­phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke lo­khu, ku­be­ki­we pha­ka­thi kwe­thu la­ni ige­be eli­khu­lu, uku­ze ku­thi aba­fu­na uku­cha­pha be­su­ka nga­pha be­ze nga­ki­ni ba­nge­kwe­nze, la­ba­nga­pho ba­nge­cha­phe­le nga­ki­thi.

27 Sa­se­si­si­thi: Nga­kho ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, ba­ba, uku­thi umthu­me endli­ni ka­ba­ba,

28 ngo­ba ngi­la­ba­fo­we­thu aba­hla­nu, uku­ze aba­xwa­yi­seu, hle­zi la­bo be­ze ku­li­nda­wo yo­ku­hlu­phe­kav.

29 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­thi: Ba­lo­Mo­zi­si la­ba­pro­fe­thi; ka­be­zwe bo­naw.

30 So­na sa­se­si­si­thi: Ha­tshi bo, ba­ba Abra­ha­max; ko­dwa uba omu­nye kwa­ba­fi­le­yo esi­ya ku­bo, ba­za­phe­ndu­ka.

31 Ko­dwa wa­thi ku­so: Uba be­nga­la­le­liy uMo­zi­si la­ba­pro­fe­thiz, ba­nge­ke ba­vu­nyi­swe la­kho, lo­ba ku­vu­ka omu­nye kwa­ba­fi­le­yoa.

Izi­khu­be­ki­so, uku­the­the­le­la­na, ukho­lo

17Wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fu­ndia: Ka­ku­nge­ke kwe­nze­ke uku­thi ku­nga­ve­li izi­khu­be­ki­so; ko­dwa ma­ye ku­lo­wo ezi­ve­la nga­yeb!

2 Ku­nga­ba ngco­no ku­ye uku­thi ili­tshe lo­ku­cho­la eli­khu­lu li­ga­xwe enta­nye­ni ya­khe, abe­se­pho­se­lwa olwa­ndlec, ku­lo­ku­thi akhu­be­ki­se abe mu­nye ku­la­ba aba­nci­nya­ned.

3 Zi­na­nze­le­le­ni li­nae.

Nja­lo nxa umfo­we­nu eko­naf, mkhu­zeg; fu­thi nxa ephe­ndu­ka, mthe­the­le­le.

4 Nja­lo lo­ba eko­na ku­ze ku­be ka­si­kho­mbi­sa ngo­su­ku, abe­se­bu­ya ku­we ka­si­kho­mbi­sa ngo­su­ku, esi­thi: Ngi­ya­phe­ndu­ka; uza­mthe­the­le­lah.

5 Aba­pho­sto­li ba­se­be­si­thi eNko­si­nii: Ya­ndi­sa ki­thi ukho­loj.

6 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Uba li­lo­kho­lo olu­nga­ngo­hla­mvu lwe­ma­si­te­dik, be­li­nga­tsho ku­le­si­si­hla­hla so­ma­bhu­lo­si uku­thi: Qu­phu­ka, ugxu­me­ke­ke olwa­ndle; fu­thi be­si­za­li­la­le­lal.

7 Ko­dwa ngu­wu­phi ki­ni ole­nce­ku eli­ma­yo ku­mbe eye­lu­sa­yo, ohle athi ki­yo inge­na ive­la ensi­mi­nim: So­nde­la, uhla­le eku­dle­ni?

8 Ko­dwa ka­zu­ku­tsho yi­ni ku­yo uku­thi: Lu­ngi­sa engi­nga­ku­dlan, uzi­bhi­nceo ungi­nce­di­se, ngi­ze ngi­dle ngi­na­the; nja­lo emva kwa­lo­khu udle una­the we­nap?

9 Uya­yi­bo­nga yi­ni le­yo­nce­ku, ngo­ba ye­nze izi­nto ezi­la­yi­we­yo? Angi­ca­ba­ngi.

10 Ku­nja­lo-ke la­ni, nxa se­li­kwe­nzi­le ko­nke eli­ku­la­yi­we­yo, ka­li­bo­ku­thi: Si­zi­nce­ku ezi­nga­si­zi lu­tho, ngo­ba se­nze lo­khu ebe­si­fa­ne­le uku­kwe­nzaq.

Uku­si­li­swa kwa­ma­le­phe­ro ali­tshu­mi

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi esa­ha­mba esi­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­mar, ye­na wa­da­bu­la pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwe­Sa­ma­ri­yas le­Ga­li­lit.

12 Esa­nge­na emza­ne­ni othi­le, ama­do­da ali­tshu­mi alo­bu­le­phe­ro amhla­nga­be­za, ema kha­tsha­nau;

13 wo­na ase­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi, esi­thi: Je­su, Nko­si, si­ha­wu­ke­lev!

14 Fu­thi ku­the ewa­bo­na wa­thi ku­wo: Ha­mba­ni li­ye­zi­ve­za ku­ba­pri­stiw. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­su­ke­ni kwa­wo, ahla­nju­lu­lwa.

15 Fu­thi omu­nye wa­wo, ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi usi­li­si­we, wa­bu­ye­la, edu­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lu nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lux;

16 wa­se­si­wa ngo­bu­so enya­we­ni za­khey, embo­nga; nja­lo ye­na wa­ye­ngu­mSa­ma­ri­yaz.

17 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ka­ku­hla­nju­lu­lwa­nga yi­ni aba­li­tshu­mi? Ba­nga­phi pho aba­yi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye?

18 Aku­fi­ca­ka­la­nga aba­bu­ya uku­ni­ka uNku­lu­nku­lu udu­mo, nga­pha­ndle kwa­lo owe­zi­zwe­nia.

19 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Su­ku­ma uha­mbe; ukho­lo lwa­khob lu­ku­si­ndi­si­lec.

Umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Uku­bu­ya kwe­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu

20 Kwa­thi ebu­zwa nga­ba­Fa­ri­si, uku­thi umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uza­ku­za ni­nid, wa­se­ba­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­wu­zi ngo­ku­kha­nya­yoe;

21 nja­lo ka­ba­yi­ku­tsho uku­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni na­nku, ku­mbe: Kha­nge­la­ni na­nku­ya. Ngo­ba kha­nge­la­ni, umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu upha­ka­thi kwe­nuf.

22 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fu­ndi: Ku­za­fi­ka insu­ku la­pho eli­za­fi­sag uku­bo­na lu­be lu­nye lwe­zi­nsu­ku ze­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ko­dwa ka­li­yi­kulu­bo­nah.

23 Nja­lo ba­za­ku­thi ki­nii: Kha­nge­la­ni na­ngu, ku­mbe: Kha­nge­la­ni na­ngu­ya; li­nga­yi, nja­lo li­nga­la­nde­lij.

24 Ngo­ba nje­ngo­mba­ne opha­zi­ma­yo ukha­nyi­sa ku­su­ke­la ko­ku­nye uku­ci­na nga­pha­nsi kwe­zu­lu ku­si­ya ko­ku­nye uku­ci­na nga­pha­nsi kwe­zu­luk, iza­ku­ba nja­lo le­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu osu­kwi­ni lwa­yol.

25 Ko­dwa ku­qa­la ime­le ihlu­phe­ke izi­nto ezi­ne­ngi nja­lo ila­hlwe yi­le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­nam.

26 Fu­thi nje­ngo­ba kwe­nze­ka ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­No­wa, ku­za­ku­ba nja­lo le­nsu­kwi­ni ze­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu.

27 Ba­be­si­dla, be­na­tha, be­tha­tha, be­se­ndi­swa, kwa­ze kwa­ba lu­su­ku uNo­wa ange­na nga­lo emkhu­nji­ni, kwa­se­ku­fi­ka uza­mco­lo, wa­ba­bhu­bhi­sa bo­nken.

28 Ngo­ku­fa­na­na­yo fu­thi nje­ngo­ba kwe­nze­ka ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Lo­thi; ba­be­si­dla, be­na­tha, be­the­nga, be­the­ngi­sa, be­hla­nye­la, be­sa­kha;

29 ko­dwa ngo­su­ku uLo­thi aphu­ma nga­lo eSo­do­ma, kwa­na umli­lo le­si­ba­bu­le ku­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni, kwa­ba­bhu­bhi­sa bo­nkeo;

30 ku­za­ku­ba nja­lo ngo­su­ku eza­kwe­mbu­lwa nga­lo iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntup.

31 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku, lo­wo ophe­zu ko­pha­hla lwe­ndluq, le­mpa­hla za­khe zi­se­ndli­ni, ange­hli ukuya­zi­tha­tha; lo­se­nsi­mi­ni ngo­ku­nja­lo anga­bu­ye­li ezi­ntwe­ni ezi­se­mu­va.

32 Khu­mbu­la­ni umka­Lo­thir.

33 Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni odi­nga uku­si­ndi­sa impi­lo ya­khe iza­mla­hle­ke­las; ko­dwa lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ola­hle­ke­lwa yi­yo uza­yi­lo­ndo­lo­zat.

34 Ngi­thi ki­ni: Nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku ku­za­ku­ba kho­na aba­bi­li embhe­de­ni mu­nye; omu­nye uza­su­swa, lo­mu­nye atshi­ywe.

35 Ku­za­ku­ba kho­na abe­si­fa­za­na aba­bi­li be­cho­la nda­wo­nye; omu­nye uza­su­swa, lo­mu­nye atshi­yweu.

36 Ku­za­ku­ba kho­na aba­bi­li ensi­mi­ni; omu­nye uza­su­swa, lo­mu­nye atshi­ywev.

37 Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ba­thi ku­ye: Nga­phi, Nko­si? Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: La­pho oku­kho­na isi­du­mbu, ku­la­pho ama­nqe aza­bu­tha­na kho­naw.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­mfe­lo­ka­zi ophi­ke­le­la­yo

18Wa­se­ba­tshe­la lo­mfa­ne­ki­so ese­nze­la uku­thi ba­fa­ne­le uku­khu­le­ka isi­kha­thi so­nkea, nja­lo be­nga­di­nwab,

2 wa­thi: Kwa­ku­kho­na emzi­ni othi­le uma­hlu­le­li othi­le, owa­ye­nge­sa­bi uNku­lu­nku­lu, nja­lo enga­hlo­ni­phi mu­ntuc;

3 kwa­ku­kho­na fu­thi ku­lo­wo­mu­zi umfe­lo­ka­zi othi­le, nja­lo wa­ye­fi­ka ku­ye, esi­thi: Ngi­phi­ndi­se­le­le esi­the­ni sa­mi.

4 Ko­dwa ka­vu­ma­nga okwe­si­kha­thi; ko­dwa emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto wa­thi nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­khe: La­nxa ngi­nga­me­sa­bi uNku­lu­nku­lu, ngi­nga­hlo­ni­phi mu­ntud,

5 ko­dwa ngo­ba lu­mfe­lo­ka­zi engi­kha­tha­za, ngi­za­mphi­ndi­se­le­lae, hle­zi anga­ze eku­ci­ne­ni angi­di­ni­sef.

6 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Zwa­ni­ni uma­hlu­le­li onga­lu­nga­nga aku­tsho­yog.

7 Ka­nti uNku­lu­nku­luh ka­yi­kwe­nza impi­ndi­se­loi ya­ba­khe­thi­we­yo ba­khe aba­kha­la­yo ku­ye emi­ni le­bu­su­kuj, la­nxa ebe­ke­ze­la nga­bok?

8 Ngi­thi ki­ni, uza­hle enzel impi­ndi­se­lo ya­bom. Ko­dwa-ke nxa iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ifi­ka, iza­tho­la ukho­lo yi­ni emhla­be­ni?

UmFa­ri­si lo­mthe­li­si ethe­mpe­li­ni

9 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma lu­mfa­ne­ki­so la­kwa­ba­thi­len aba­be­zi­the­mbao uku­thi ba­lu­ngi­le, fu­thi be­de­le­la aba­nye, wa­thi:

10 Aba­ntu aba­bi­li be­nyu­ke­la ethe­mpe­li­ni uku­ya­khu­le­ka; omu­nye engu­mFa­ri­sip, lo­mu­nye engu­mthe­li­siq.

11 UmFa­ri­si we­ma wa­zi­khu­le­ke­la ka­nje wa­thi: Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngi­ya­ku­bo­nga uku­thi ka­ngi­nje­nga­ba­nye aba­ntur, aba­pha­ngi, aba­nga­lu­nga­nga, izi­fe­be, lo­ba la­nje­nga­lu­mthe­li­sis.

12 Ngi­zi­la uku­dla ka­bi­li nge­vi­kit, ngi­ni­ke­la okwe­tshu­miu kwa­kho ko­nke engi­la­khov.

13 Ko­dwa umthe­li­si emi kha­tsha­naw wa­ye­nga­tha­ndi lo­ku­pha­ka­mi­se­la ame­hlo ezu­lwi­nix, ko­dwa wa­tsha­ya isi­fu­ba sa­khe, esi­thi: Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngi­ha­wu­ke­le mi­na so­niy.

14 Ngi­thi ki­ni: Lo we­hle­la endli­ni ya­khez elu­ngi­si­si­we ku­la­lo­wa­ya­naa; ngo­ba wo­nke ozi­pha­ka­mi­sa­yo uza­tho­tshi­swa, ko­dwa ozi­tho­ba­yo uza­pha­ka­nyi­swab.

Uku­bu­si­swa kwa­ba­ntwa­na aba­nca­ne

15 Ba­se­be­le­tha ku­ye le­nsa­ne, uku­ze azi­ba­mbe; ko­dwa aba­fu­ndi beku­bo­na ba­ba­khu­za.

16 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­zi­bi­ze­la ku­ye wa­thi: Vu­me­la­ni aba­ntwa­na aba­nca­ne be­ze ki­mi, li­nga­be­nqa­be­li, ngo­ba umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ungo­wa­ba­njec.

17 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onge­mu­ke­li umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nje­ngo­mntwa­na omnca­ne, ka­so­ze ange­ne ku­wod.

Ija­ha eli­no­thi­le­yo

18 Umbu­sie othi­lef wa­se­mbu­za, esi­thi: Mfu­ndi­si olu­ngi­le­yo, nge­nze­ni uku­ze ngi­dle ili­fa le­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­de?

19 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ungi­bi­ze­la­ni ngo­ku­thi olu­ngi­le­yo? Ka­kho olu­ngi­le­yo, nga­pha­ndle ko­ye­dwa, uNku­lu­nku­lug.

20 Uya­ya­zi imi­la­yo ethi: Unga­fe­bi, unga­bu­la­li, unge­bi, unga­fa­ka­zi ama­nga, hlo­ni­pha uyi­hlo lo­nyo­koh.

21 Ye­na wa­se­si­thi: Ko­nke lo­khu ngi­ku­gci­ni­le ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni ba­mi.

22 Ko­dwa uJe­su esi­zwa le­zi­zi­nto wa­thi ku­ye: Usa­swe­le ulu­tho olu­lo­dwa; the­ngi­sa ko­nke ola­kho, wa­be­le aba­ya­nga, nja­lo uza­ku­ba le­mpa­hla eli­gu­gu ezu­lwi­ni; nja­lo uze la­pha ungi­la­nde­le.

23 Ko­dwa ye­na esi­zwa le­zi­zi­nto wa­da­na ka­khu­lu; ngo­ba wa­ye­no­thi­le ka­khu­lu.

24 Kwa­thi uJe­su ebo­na uku­thi use­da­ne ka­khu­lu wa­thi: Aba­le­no­tho ba­za­nge­na ngo­ku­lu­khu­ni ka­nga­ka­na­ni embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

25 Ngo­ba ku­lu­la uku­thi ika­me­la li­nge­ne nge­ntu­nja ye­na­li­thi, ku­lo­ku­thi umu­ntu ono­thi­le­yo ange­ne embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

26 Abaku­zwa­yo ba­se­be­si­thi: Pho ku­nga­si­ndi­swa ba­ni?

27 Ko­dwa ye­na wa­thi: Izi­nto ezi­nge­nze­ki­yo eba­ntwi­ni zi­ye­nze­ka ku­Nku­lu­nku­lui.

Umvu­zo wo­ku­zi­de­la

28 UPe­tro wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, thi­na si­tshi­ye ko­nke, sa­ku­la­nde­la.

29 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Ka­kho umu­ntu otshi­ye indlu, ku­mbe aba­za­li, ku­mbe aba­fo­wa­bo, ku­mbe umkakhe, ku­mbe aba­ntwa­na, nge­nxa yo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu,

30 onga­yi­kwe­mu­ke­la oku­phi­ndwe ka­ne­ngij ku­le­si­si­kha­thi, le­si­kha­thi­ni esi­za­yo impi­lo ela­pha­ka­dek.

UJe­su ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­khe

31 Wa­se­zi­tha­the­la aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, wa­thi ku­bo: Kha­nge­la­ni, se­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mal, fu­thi ko­nke oku­lo­tshi­we­yo nga­ba­pro­fe­thi nge­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ku­za­gcwa­li­se­kam.

32 Ngo­ba iza­ni­ke­lwa kwa­be­zi­zwe, iya­ngi­swen, ithu­kweo, ikha­fu­le­lwe nga­ma­thep,

33 bayi­tsha­ye nge­si­swe­pu ba­yi­bu­la­le; nja­lo ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu iza­bu­ya ivu­ke.

34 Ko­dwa bo­na ka­ba­qe­di­si­sa­nga lu­tho nga­le­zi­zi­ntoq, la­li­nku­lu­mo ya­yi­fi­hla­ke­le ku­bo, nja­lo ka­ba­zi­qe­di­si­sa­nga izi­nto eza­zi­tshi­wor.

Uku­si­li­swa kwe­si­pho­fu

35 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­so­nde­las eJe­ri­kot, isi­pho­fu esi­thi­le sa­si­hle­zi ece­le­ni kwe­ndle­lau si­pha­nza;

36 sa­thi si­si­zwa ixu­ku li­se­dlu­la, sa­bu­za uku­thi ku­yi­ni lo­khov.

37 Ba­se­be­si­tshe­la ba­thi: UJe­su we­Na­za­re­tha uye­dlu­la.

38 Sa­se­si­me­me­za, si­si­thi: Je­su, Ndo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da, ngi­ha­wu­ke­la!

39 Aba­be­ha­mba pha­mbi­li ba­se­be­si­khu­za uku­thi si­thu­le; ko­dwa sa­me­me­za ka­khu­lu­ka­zi, si­si­thi: Ndo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da, ngi­ha­wu­ke­lew!

40 UJe­su we­ma-ke wa­la­ya uku­thi si­le­thwe ku­ye; sa­thi se­si­so­nde­le wa­si­bu­za,

41 esi­thi: Ufu­na uku­thi ngi­kwe­nze­le­ni? Sa­se­si­si­thi: Nko­si, uku­thi ngi­bu­ye ngi­bo­ne.

42 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­so: Bu­ya ubo­ne! Ukho­lo lwa­kho lu­ku­si­ndi­si­lex.

43 Nja­lo sa­hle sa­bu­ya sa­bo­na, sa­mla­nde­la, si­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­luy; la­ba­ntu bo­nke beku­bo­na ba­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­luz.

Uku­phe­ndu­ka ku­ka­Za­ke­wu

19Wa­thi uJe­su enge­na, wa­da­bu­la eJe­ri­koa.

2 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, kwa­ku­kho­na indo­da eya­yi­thi­wa ngu­Za­ke­wu nge­bi­zob; owa­ye­yi­ndu­na ya­ba­the­li­si, nja­lo wa­ye­no­thi­le;

3 wa­di­nga uku­bo­na uJe­su uku­thi ungu­ba­nic, ko­dwa ka­za­nge ene­li­se nge­nxa ye­xu­ku, ngo­ba wa­ye­le­si­tho­mbo esi­fi­tsha­ned.

4 Wa­se­gi­ji­me­la pha­mbi­li wa­khwe­la emkhi­we­ni we­si­kha­mo­re uku­ze ambo­nee; ngo­ba wa­ye­za­dlu­la nga­le­yondle­la.

5 Kwa­thi uJe­su efi­ka ku­le­yo­nda­wo, wa­kha­nge­la phe­zu­lu wa­mbo­na, wa­thi ku­ye: Za­ke­wu, pha­ngi­sa we­hle; ngo­ba la­mu­hla ngi­me­le uku­hla­la endli­ni ya­khof.

6 Wa­se­pha­ngi­sa we­hla, wa­me­mu­ke­la etho­ko­zag.

7 Fu­thi bo­nke beku­bo­na ba­so­lah, be­si­thi: Unge­nei we­the­ke­le­la indo­da eyi­so­nij.

8 Ko­dwa uZa­ke­wu we­ma wa­thi eNko­si­ni: Kha­nge­la, ingxe­nye ye­mpa­hla ya­mi, Nko­si, ngi­yi­pha aba­ya­nga; ku­thi uba ngi­mtha­the­le umu­ntuk ulu­tho ngo­bu­qi­lil, ngilu­bu­yi­se­la lu­phi­ndwe ka­nem.

9 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: La­mu­hla usi­ndi­so lu­fi­ki­le ku­li­ndlu, ngo­ban la­yeo uyi­ndo­da­na kaA­bra­ha­map.

10 Ngo­ba iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntuq ize uku­di­nga lo­ku­si­ndi­sa oku­la­hle­ki­le­yor.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­ma­li

11 Kwa­thi be­si­zwa le­zi­zi­nto, we­nge­ze­le­la wa­tsho umfa­ne­ki­so, ngo­ba wa­ye­se­du­ze le­Je­ru­sa­le­mas, lango­ba ba­be­ca­ba­nga uku­thi umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uza­hle ubo­na­ka­li­si­wet.

12 Wa­se­si­thi-ke: Umu­ntuu othi­lev oyi­si­khu­lu wa­ya eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­na, uku­ze­mu­ke­le­la umbu­so, aphi­nde abu­yew.

13 Wa­se­bi­za ince­ku za­khe ezi­li­tshu­mi, wa­zi­ni­ka impo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­mix, wa­thi ku­zo: Se­be­nza­ni nge­ma­li ngi­ze ngi­bu­ye.

14 Ko­dwa iza­kha­mi­zi za­khe za­mzo­nda, za­thu­ma ama­nxu­sa emva kwa­khe, zi­si­thi: Ka­si­tha­ndi uku­thi lo asi­bu­sey.

15 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­bu­yi­le ese­we­mu­ke­le umbu­so, wa­thi azi­bi­ze­lwe ku­ye le­zo­zi­nce­ku, aye­zi­ni­ke ima­li, uku­ze azi uku­thi yi­le­yo la­le­yo izu­ze­ni ngo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­na.

16 Kwe­za-ke eyo­ku­qa­la, ya­thi: Nko­si, impo­ndo ya­kho izu­ze impo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­mi.

17 Wa­se­si­thi ku­yo: Ku­hle, nce­ku elu­ngi­le­yoz; lo­khu uthe­mbe­ki­le ko­ku­nci­nya­nya­na, wo­ba la­ma­ndla phe­zu kwe­mi­zi eli­tshu­mia.

18 Kwa­se­ku­si­za eye­si­bi­li, ya­thi: Nko­si, impo­ndo ya­kho ye­nze impo­ndo ezi­nhla­nu.

19 Wa­se­si­thi la­ku­yo: La­we wo­ba phe­zu kwe­mi­zi emi­hla­nu.

20 Kwa­se­ku­si­za enye, isi­thi: Nko­si, kha­nge­la impo­ndo ya­kho, enga­yi­be­ka ele­nji­nib;

21 ngo­ba be­ngi­kwe­sa­bac, ngo­ba ungu­mu­ntu olu­khu­ni; utha­tha lo­kho onga­ku­be­ka­nga, fu­thi uvu­ne lo­kho onga­ku­hla­nye­la­nga.

22 Wa­se­si­thi ku­yo: Ngi­za­ku­gwe­ba ngo­ku­ve­la emlo­nye­ni wa­kho, nce­ku embid. Ubu­sa­zie uku­thi mi­na ngi­ngu­mu­ntu olu­khu­ni, otha­tha lo­kho engi­nga­ku­be­ka­nga, fu­thi avu­ne lo­kho engi­nga­ku­hla­nye­la­nga;

23 nga­kho ku­nga­ni unga­fa­ka­nga ima­li ya­mi ebha­ngaf, ku­thi-ke mi­na eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­mi ngi­yi­tha­theg ka­nye le­nzu­zoh?

24 Wa­se­si­thi ku­la­bo aba­be­mi kho­na: Me­mu­ke­ni impo­ndo, liyi­ni­ke lo­wo ole­mpo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­mi.

25 Ko­dwa ba­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, lo­wo ule­mpo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­mi.

26 Ngo­ba ngi­thi ki­ni: Wo­nke ola­kho uza­phi­wa; ko­dwa lo­wo onge­la­kho, uza­kwe­mu­kwa la­lo­kho ala­khoi.

27 Ko­dwa le­zo­zi­tha za­mi, ebe­zi­nga­tha­ndi uku­thi ngi­zi­bu­sej, zi­le­the­ni la­pha, lizi­bu­la­le pha­mbi kwa­mik.

UJe­su unge­na eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

28 Ese­tshi­lo le­zi­zi­nto, wa­ha­mba pha­mbi­lil, ese­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mam.

29 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eso­nde­la eBe­tfa­ge le­Be­tha­ni enta­be­ni oku­thi­wa nge­ye­Mi­hlwa­thi, wa­thu­ma aba­bi­li ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe,

30 esi­thi: Ha­mba­ni li­ye emza­ne­ni okha­nge­le­ne la­ni; li­za­ku­thi li­nge­na ku­wo li­fi­ce itho­le li­ka­ba­bhe­mi li­bo­tshi­we, oku­nga­za­nga ku­hla­le ku­lo mu­ntu; li­li­khu­lu­le lili­le­the.

31 Uba umu­ntu eli­bu­za esi­thi: Lili­khu­lu­le­la­ni? Li­za­ku­tsho nja­lo ku­ye uku­thi: INko­si iya­li­swe­la.

32 Aba­be­thu­nyi­we ba­ha­mba-ke ba­fi­ca ku­nje­ngo­ba eba­tshe­li­len.

33 Ku­the be­sa­li­khu­lu­la itho­le, aba­ni­ni­lo ba­thi ku­bo: Li­li­khu­lu­le­la­ni itho­leo?

34 Bo­na ba­se­be­si­thi: INko­si iya­li­swe­la.

35 Ba­se­be­li­le­tha ku­Je­su; ba­pho­se­la ize­mba­tho za­bo phe­zu kwe­tho­le li­ka­ba­bhe­mi, ba­mkhwe­za uJe­su ku­lo.

36 Kwa­thi eha­mba, be­ndla­la ize­mba­tho za­bo pha­nsi endle­le­nip.

37 Kwa­thi kha­the­si ese­so­nde­la ekwe­hle­ni kwe­nta­ba ye­Mi­hlwa­thi, ixu­ku lo­nke la­ba­fu­ndi la­qa­la uku­tho­ko­za lo­ku­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lu nge­li­zwi eli­khu­luq nga­yo yo­nke imi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­ndla eli­yi­bo­ni­le­yor,

38 li­si­thi: Ibu­si­si­we inko­si eza­yo ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­sis; uku­thu­la ezu­lwi­ni, le­nka­zi­mu­lo kwe­li­phe­zu­lut.

39 La­ba­nye ba­ba­Fa­ri­si aba­be­se­xu­kwi­ni ba­thi ku­ye: Mfu­ndi­si, khu­za aba­fu­ndi ba­khou.

40 Wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Ngi­thi ki­ni, uba be­thu­la la­ba, ama­tshe aza­me­me­zav.

41 Kwa­thi eso­nde­la, ewu­bo­na umu­ziw, wa­wu­kha­le­lax,

42 esi­thi: Ku­nga­thi nga­be wa­zi la­we, ngi­tsho nga­lo­lu­su­ku lwa­kho, izi­nto zo­ku­thu­la kwa­kho; ko­dwa-ke kha­the­si zi­fi­hla­ke­le eme­hlwe­ni akhoy.

43 Ngo­ba insu­ku zi­za­kwe­hle­la phe­zu kwa­kho, la­pho izi­tha za­kho zi­za­kwa­khe­la umtha­nga­laz zi­ku­go­mbo­lo­ze­le, zi­ku­zi­nge­le­ze­lea, zi­ku­vi­mbe­le inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkeb,

44 zi­ku­di­li­ze­le pha­nsi we­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­khoc aba­pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, zi­nga­tshi­yi ili­tshe phe­zu kwe­li­tshe pha­ka­thi kwa­khod; ngo­ba unga­sa­za­nga isi­kha­thie so­ku­ha­nje­lwa kwa­khof.

Uku­hla­nju­lu­lwa kwe­the­mpe­li

45 Wa­se­nge­na ethe­mpe­li­ni, wa­qa­la uku­xo­tsha aba­the­ngi­sa­yo ku­lo, la­ba­the­nga­yog,

46 esi­thi ku­bo: Ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Indlu ya­mi yi­ndlu yo­mkhu­le­koh; ko­dwa li­na li­ye­nze ubha­lu lwa­ba­pha­ngii.

47 Nja­lo wa­ye­fu­ndi­sa ethe­mpe­li­ni insu­ku zo­nkej; ko­dwa aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­bha­lik le­ndu­na za­ba­ntu ba­di­nga uku­mbu­la­la;

48 ko­dwa ka­ba­tho­la­nga aba­nga­kwe­nza, ngo­ba aba­ntu bo­nke ba­na­ma­the­la ku­ye bemla­le­lal.

Igu­nya li­ka­Je­su

20Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­lu­nye lwa­le­zo­nsu­kua, efu­ndi­sa aba­ntu ethe­mpe­li­ni etshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li, bamfi­ke­la aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­bha­li ka­nye la­ba­da­la,

2 ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma la­ye, be­si­thi: Si­tshe­le, uku­thi izi­nto le­zi uze­nza nga­li­phi igu­nya, ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni oku­ni­ke le­li­gu­nya?

3 Wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: La­mi ngi­za­li­bu­za umbu­zo ube mu­nye, nja­lo li­ngi­tshe­le:

4 Ubha­bha­thi­zo lu­ka­Jo­ha­ne lwa­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni, ku­mbe eba­ntwi­nib?

5 Ba­se­be­zi­ndli­sa­na, be­si­thi: Uba si­si­thi: Ezu­lwi­ni; uza­ku­thi: Ku­nga­ni-ke li­nga­mkho­lwa­nga?

6 Ko­dwa uba si­si­thi: Eba­ntwi­ni; aba­ntu bo­nke ba­za­si­kha­nda nga­ma­tshec; ngo­ba ba­le­qi­ni­so lo­ku­thi uJo­ha­ne wa­ye­ngu­mpro­fe­thid.

7 Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ngo­ku­thi ka­ba­zi la­pho olwa­ve­la kho­na.

8 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: La­mi ka­ngi­li­tshe­li uku­thi nge­nza le­zi­zi­nto nga­li­phi igu­nya.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wa­ba­li­mi be­si­vi­ni

9 Wa­se­qa­la uku­tshe­la aba­ntu lu­mfa­ne­ki­so, esi­thi: Umu­ntu othi­le wa­hla­nye­la isi­vi­ni, wa­si­qa­tshi­sa ku­ba­li­mie, wa­ya kwe­li­nye ili­zwe okwe­si­kha­thi esi­def;

10 kwa­thi nge­si­kha­thi esi­fa­ne­le­yo wa­thu­ma ince­ku ku­ba­li­mi, uku­ze ba­yi­ni­ke okwe­si­the­lo se­si­vi­ni; ko­dwa aba­li­mi ba­yi­tsha­ya bayi­thu­me­za ize.

11 Wa­se­thu­ma nja­lo enye ince­ku; la­yo ba­yi­tsha­ya bayi­ya­ngi­sa, bayi­thu­me­za izeg.

12 Wa­se­phi­nda ethu­ma le­ye­si­tha­thu; la­yo le­yo bayi­li­ma­za bayi­pho­se­la nga­pha­ndleh.

13 Umni­ni­si­vi­ni wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­kwe­nza nja­ni? Ngi­za­thu­ma indo­da­na ya­mi etha­nde­ka­yo; mhla­wu­mbe be­bo­na yo­na ba­zayi­hlo­ni­pha.

14 Ko­dwa aba­li­mi be­yi­bo­na ba­zi­ndli­sa­nai, be­si­thi: Le yi­ndla­li­fa; wo­za­ni, si­yi­bu­la­le, uku­ze ili­fa li­be nge­le­thu.

15 Ba­yi­pho­se­la nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­vi­ni, bayi­bu­la­la. Ka­mbe uza­kwe­nza­ni ku­bo umni­ni­si­vi­ni?

16 Uza­ku­za, aba­bhu­bhi­se la­bo­ba­li­mi, ani­ke­le isi­vi­ni kwa­ba­nye. Beku­zwa ba­se­be­si­thi: Aku­nga­binja­loj!

17 Ko­dwa wa­ba­kha­nge­la wa­thik: Pho ku­yi­ni lo­khu oku­lo­tshi­we­yo, oku­thi: Ili­tshe aba­khi aba­la­la­yo, yi­lo ese­li­yi­nhlo­ko ye­ngo­nsil?

18 Wo­nke owe­la phe­zu kwa­le­lo­li­tshe, uza­pha­hla­zwa; ko­dwa lo­ba ngu­ba­ni eli­we­la phe­zu kwa­khe, li­za­mcho­bo­za.

Umthe­lo ka­Ke­sa­ri

19 Aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­bha­li ba­se­be­di­nga uku­mba­mba nge­za­ndla nga­le­lo­ho­la, ko­dwa be­sa­ba aba­ntu; ngo­ba ba­qe­di­si­sa uku­thi wa­ye­khu­lu­ma lu­mfa­ne­ki­so eme­la­ne la­bom.

20 Ba­se­bemqa­phe­lan, be­thu­mao inhlo­lip, eza­zi­tsha­ya ezi­lu­ngi­le­yo, uku­ze ba­mba­mbe eku­khu­lu­me­niq, uku­ze ba­mni­ke­le egu­nye­ni le­ma­ndle­nir ombu­sis.

21 Ba­mbu­za-ke, be­si­thi: Mfu­ndi­si, si­ya­zi uku­thi we­na ukhu­lu­ma ufu­ndi­se ngo­ku­qo­ndi­le­yo, ka­we­mu­ke­li bu­so, ko­dwa ufu­ndi­sa indle­la ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­qi­ni­sot.

22 Si­vu­nye­lwe yi­ni uku­the­la ku­Ke­sa­ri, ku­mbe ha­tshiu?

23 Ko­dwa wa­bu­bo­na ubu­qi­li ba­bov, wa­thi ku­bo: Li­ngi­li­nge­la­ni?

24 Ngi­tshe­ngi­sa­ni ude­na­ri­yo*; ulo­mfa­ne­ki­so lo­mbha­lo ka­ba­ni? Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la be­si­thi: Oka­Ke­sa­ri.

25 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Nga­kho ni­ka­ni uKe­sa­ri oku­ka­Ke­sa­ri, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu oku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

26 Ba­se­be­se­hlu­le­ka uku­mba­mba nge­li­zwi la­khe pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu; ba­se­be­ma­nga­li­swa yi­mpe­ndu­lo ya­khe, ba­thu­law.

Uku­vu­ka kwa­ba­fi­le­yo

27 Kwa­se­ku­si­za ku­ye aba­thi­le ba­ba­Sa­du­si, aba­phi­ka be­si­thi ka­ku­kho uku­vu­ka kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, ba­mbu­za,

28 be­si­thi: Mfu­ndi­si, uMo­zi­si wa­si­bha­le­la uku­thi: Uba ku­si­fa umfo­wa­bo wo­mu­ntu elo­mka­khe, lo abe­se­si­fa enge­la­mntwa­na, umfo­wa­bo ka­mtha­the umfa­zi, abe­se­mvu­se­la inza­lo umfo­wa­box.

29 Nga­kho kwa­ku­le­ze­la­ma­ni ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa; owo­ku­qa­la wa­se­tha­tha umfa­zi, wa­fa enge­la­mntwa­na;

30 lo­we­si­bi­li wa­mtha­tha umfa­zi, la­ye lo wa­fa enge­la­mntwa­na;

31 lo­we­si­tha­thu wa­mtha­tha. Kwa­ba nja­lo-ke la­kwa­ba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa; aba­tshi­ya­nga aba­ntwa­na, ba­fa.

32 Eku­ci­ne­ni kwa­bo bo­nke kwa­fa lo­mfa­zi.

33 Nga­kho eku­vu­ke­ni kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, uza­fi­ka abe ngu­mka­ba­ni ku­bo? Ngo­ba aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­be­la­ye engu­mka­bo.

34 UJe­su wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Aba­ntwa­na ba­lu­mhla­ba ba­ya­tha­tha, be­ndi­swe;

35 ko­dwa la­bo oku­za­thi­wa ba­fa­ne­le uku­zu­za lo­wo­mhla­ba lo­ku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­yo ka­ba­tha­tha­ni, ka­be­ndi­sway;

36 ngo­ba be­nge­la­ku­phi­nda ba­fe; ngo­ba ba­nje­nge­zi­ngi­lo­si, nja­lo ba­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, be­nga­ba­ntwa­na bo­ku­vu­kaz.

37 Ko­dwa uku­thi aba­fi­le­yo ba­ya­vu­swa, lo­Mo­zi­si wa­ku­tshe­ngi­sa esi­hla­hle­nia, la­pho eyi­bi­za iNko­si ngo­ku­thi ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaA­bra­ha­ma lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sa­ka lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­Ja­ko­beb.

38 Fu­thi ka­yi­su­ye uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba­fi­le­yo, ko­dwa owa­ba­phi­la­yo; ngo­ba bo­nke ba­phi­le­la ye­nac.

39 Aba­thi­le ba­ba­bha­li ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: Mfu­ndi­si, ukhu­lu­me ku­hled.

40 Nja­lo ka­ba­ba­nga le­si­bi­ndi so­ku­phi­nda ba­mbu­ze ulu­thoe.

UKri­stu lo­se­ndo lwa­khe

41 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ba­tsho nja­ni uku­thi uKri­stu uyi­Ndo­da­na ka­Da­vi­daf?

42 Ngo­ba uDa­vi­da uqo­bo lwa­khe uthi encwa­di­ni ye­zi­Hla­be­le­lo: INko­si ya­thi eNko­si­ni ya­mi: Hla­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­mi,

43 ngi­ze nge­nze izi­tha za­kho zi­be yi­se­na­be­lo se­nya­wo za­khog.

44 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da umbi­za ngo­ku­thi yi­Nko­si, pho uyi­ndo­da­na ya­khe nja­ni?

UJe­su uso­la aba­bha­li

45 Kwa­thi be­sa­la­le­le aba­ntu bo­nke, wa­thi ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe:

46 Xwa­ya­ni aba­bha­li aba­tha­nda uku­ha­mba be­mbe­the ize­mba­tho ezi­nde, nja­lo be­tha­nda uku­bi­nge­le­lwa emi­da­nge­nih, le­zi­hla­lo ezi­qa­ka­the­ki­le­yo ema­si­na­go­ge­niij, le­zi­hla­lo za­ba­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yo ezi­la­ye­lwe­ni;

47 aba­dla izi­ndlu za­ba­fe­lo­ka­zi, be­khu­le­ka isi­kha­thi esi­de ngo­ku­ze­nzi­sa. La­ba ba­za­kwe­mu­ke­la uku­la­hlwa oku­khu­lukl.

Umni­ke­lo wo­mfe­lo­ka­zi

21Wa­thi epha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo wa­bo­na aba­no­thi­le­yoa be­pho­se­la imi­ni­ke­lo ya­bo esi­tshe­ni so­mni­ke­lob.

2 Wa­bo­na lo­mfe­lo­ka­zi othi­le ongu­mya­nga epho­se­la kho­na inhla­mva­na ezi­nca­ne ezi­mbi­li ze­ma­li.

3 Wa­thi: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Lu­mfe­lo­ka­zi ongu­mya­nga upho­se­le okwe­dlu­la okwa­bo bo­nke;

4 ngo­ba bo­nke la­ba ba­pho­se­le ko­ku­ne­ngi kwa­bo emi­ni­ke­lwe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc, ko­dwa ye­na ebu­ya­nge­ni ba­khe upho­se­le ko­nke ala­kho abe­phi­la nga­kho.

UJe­su ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­chi­thwa kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma la­ngo­ku­phe­la kwe­si­kha­thi

5 Aba­nye be­sa­khu­lu­ma nge­the­mpe­li, uku­thi li­ce­ci­swe nga­ma­tshe ama­hled la­nge­zi­pho, wa­thi:

6 Le­zi­zi­nto eli­zi­bo­na­yo, ku­za­fi­ka insu­ku oku­nga­yi­ku­tshi­ywa nga­zo ili­tshe phe­zu kwe­li­tshe, eli­nga­yi­ku­di­li­ze­lwa pha­nsie.

7 Ba­se­be­mbu­za, be­si­thi: Mfu­ndi­si, pho le­zi­zi­nto zi­za­ku­ba ni­ni? Le­si­bo­na­ka­li­so si­yi­ni, la­pho se­ku­za­kwe­nze­ka le­zi­zi­nto?

8 Wa­se­si­thi: Qa­phe­la­ni uku­thi li­nga­du­hi­swa; ngo­ba aba­ne­ngi ba­za­ku­za ebi­zwe­ni la­mif, be­si­thi: Ngingu­yeg; fu­thi: Isi­kha­thi se­si­so­nde­le. Nga­kho li­nga­ba­la­nde­lih.

9 Nja­lo nxa li­si­zwa nge­zi­mpi la­nge­zi­phi­thi­phi­thii, li­nge­thu­kij; ngo­ba le­zi­zi­nto zi­me­le uku­thi ze­nze­ke ku­qa­la, ko­dwa uku­phe­la ka­ku­hle kufi­kek.

10 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Isi­zwe si­za­vu­ke­la isi­zwe, lo­mbu­so uvu­ke­le umbu­so;

11 nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba kho­na uku­za­ma­za­ma ko­mhla­ba oku­khu­lu inda­wo nge­nda­wo le­zi­ndla­la la­bo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe be­zi­fo; ku­be kho­na le­zi­nto eze­sa­be­ka­yo le­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so ezi­nku­lu ezi­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni.

12 Ko­dwa nga­pha­mbi kwa­kho ko­nke lo­khu ba­za­li­ba­mba nge­za­ndla za­bo, bali­zi­nge­lel, bali­ni­ke­le ema­si­na­go­ge­ni le­zi­nto­lo­ngwe­ni, bali­se pha­mbi kwa­ma­kho­si la­ba­bu­si, nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­mim.

13 Nja­lo lo­khu ku­za­phe­ndu­ka ki­ni ku­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zin.

14 Nga­kho ku­be­ke­ni enhli­zi­ywe­ni ze­nuo uku­thi li­nga­na­ka­ni nga­pha­mbi­li nge­li­za­ku­phe­ndu­lap;

15 ngo­ba mi­na ngi­za­li­ni­ka umlo­mo le­nhla­ka­ni­pho, aba­nge­ku­phi­ke, ba­me­la­ne la­khoq, bo­nke aba­yi­zi­tha ze­nu.

16 Nja­lo li­za­ni­ke­lwa la­nga­ba­za­li la­ba­fo­we­nu le­zi­hlo­bo la­ba­nga­ne, nja­lo ba­za­bu­la­la aba­nye be­nu.

17 Nja­lo li­za­zo­ndwa yi­bo bo­nke nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­mi.

18 Ko­dwa ka­ku­yi­ku­la­hle­ka ngi­tsho unwe­le lwe­kha­nda le­nur.

19 Eku­be­ke­ze­le­ni kwe­nus zu­za­ni imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­nut.

20 Ko­dwa nxa li­bo­na iJe­ru­sa­le­ma iha­nqwe nga­ma­bu­thou, ya­zi­ni-ke uku­thi se­ku­so­nde­le uku­chi­the­ka kwa­yov.

21 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi aba­se­Ju­di­ya ka­ba­ba­le­ke­le ezi­nta­be­ni; la­ba­pha­ka­thi kwa­yo ba­phu­me; la­ba­se­ma­pha­ndle­niw ba­nga­nge­ni ku­yox.

22 Ngo­ba le­zi zi­nsu­ku ze­mpi­ndi­se­loy, uku­ze ku­gcwa­li­se­ke zo­nke izi­nto ezi­lo­tshi­we­yoz.

23 Ko­dwa ma­ye kwa­ba­khu­le­lwe­yo la­ba­mu­nyi­sa­yo nga­le­zo­nsu­ku! Ngo­ba ku­za­ku­ba kho­na uku­hlu­phe­ka oku­khu­lu emhla­be­ni, lo­la­ka ku­le­si­si­zwea.

24 Nja­lo ba­za­ku­wa ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, ba­thu­nje­lwe ezi­zwe­ni zo­nkeb; le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma inya­the­le­lwe pha­nsi nga­be­zi­zwec, ku­ze ku­gcwa­li­se­ke izi­kha­thi za­be­zi­zwed.

25 Ku­za­ku­ba kho­na izi­bo­na­ka­li­so ela­nge­ni le­nya­nge­ni le­zi­nka­nye­zi­ni; le­mhla­be­ni usi­zi lwe­zi­zwe ngo­ku­di­de­kae; ku­du­me ulwa­ndle la­ma­ga­ga­si,

26 aba­ntu ba­phe­le ama­ndla nge­nxa yo­kwe­sa­ba la­ngo­ku­bo­na lo­kho oku­za­yo emhla­be­ni; ngo­ba ama­ndla ama­zu­lu aza­za­nya­za­nyi­swaf.

27 Kho­na-ke be­za­yi­bo­na iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu isi­za eye­zi­ni ila­ma­ndla le­nka­zi­mu­lo enku­lu.

28 Nja­lo nxa ku­qa­la ukwe­nze­ka le­zi­zi­nto, ma­ni­ni li­qo­nde nja­lo li­pha­ka­mi­se ama­kha­nda enug; ngo­ba ku­so­nde­le uku­khu­lu­lwa kwe­nuh.

29 Wa­se­ba­tshe­la umfa­ne­ki­so: Kha­nge­la­ni umkhi­wa la­zo zo­nke izi­hla­hla;

30 nxa se­zi­hlu­ma, li­ya­zi­bo­ne­la la­ni li­kwa­zi uku­thi ihlo­bo se­li­so­nde­le.

31 Ngo­ku­nja­lo la­ni, nxa li­bo­na le­zi­zi­nto zi­se­nze­ka, ya­zi­ni uku­thi umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu use­du­ze.

32 Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ki­ni: Le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­na asi­so­ze si­dlu­le, ku­ze kwe­nze­ke zo­nke izi­nto.

33 Ku­za­dlu­la izu­lu lo­mhla­ba, ko­dwa ama­zwi ami ka­wa­so­ze adlu­lei.

34 Nja­lo zi­qa­phe­le­nij, uku­thi inhli­zi­yo ze­nu zi­nga­si­ndwa nge­nxa yo­ku­mi­nza lo­ku­da­kwak lo­ku­phi­se­ke­la izi­nto za­lo­khu­ku­si­lal, la­lo­lo­su­ku lu­li­fi­ke­le li­nga­na­nze­le­lem;

35 ngo­ba lu­za­fi­ka nje­ngo­mji­bi­la phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­hle­zi ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba wo­nken.

36 Nga­kho li­nda­ni nge­zi­kha­thi zo­nkeo li­khu­le­ke­lep uku­thi li­fa­ne­le uku­phe­pha zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto ezi­za­kwe­nze­kaq, lo­ku­ma pha­mbi kwe­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntur.

37 Nja­lo wa­ye­fu­ndi­sas ethe­mpe­li­ni emi­nit; ko­dwa ebu­su­ku wa­ye­phu­ma aye­hla­lau enta­be­ni ethi­wa nge­ye­Mi­hlwa­thiv.

38 Le­ku­se­ni ka­khu­lu aba­ntu bo­nke ba­be­si­za ku­yew ethe­mpe­li­ni uku­mu­zwax.

Uku­mni­ke­la ku­ka­Ju­da­si

22Kwa­se­ku­so­nde­la umkho­si we­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo, othi­wa li­pha­si­kaa.

2 Aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­bha­li ba­se­be­di­nga uku­thi ba­nga­mbu­la­la nja­ni; ngo­ba ba­be­se­sa­ba aba­ntu.

3 USa­tha­neb wa­se­nge­na ku­Ju­da­si othi­wa nguI­ska­ri­yo­thic, owa­ye­ngo­we­na­ni la­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

4 Wa­se­su­ka wa­ya­khu­lu­ma la­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu le­zi­ndu­na ngo­ku­thi anga­mni­ke­la nja­ni ku­bod.

5 Ba­se­be­tho­ko­za, ba­se­be­vu­me­la­na uku­mni­ka ima­li.

6 Ye­na wa­se­vu­ma, nja­lo wa­di­nga ithu­ba eli­hle lo­ku­mni­ke­la ku­bo li­nge­kho ixu­ku1.

Uku­mi­swa kwe­si­dlo esi­ngcwe­le

7 Lwa­se­lu­fi­ka usu­ku lwe­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo, okwa­ku­me­le ku­hla­tshwe nga­lo ipha­si­kae.

8 Wa­se­thu­ma uPe­tro lo­Jo­ha­ne, esi­thi: Ha­mba­ni liye­si­lu­ngi­se­la ipha­si­ka, uku­ze si­dle.

9 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Utha­nda uku­thi si­lu­ngi­se nga­phi?

10 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Kha­nge­la­ni, ku­za­ku­thi se­li­nge­ni­le emzi­ni, umu­ntu uza­hla­nga­na la­ni ethwe­le imbi­za ya­ma­nzi; li­mla­nde­le endli­ni aza­nge­na ku­yo.

11 Be­se­li­si­thi ku­mni­ni­ndlu: Uthi uMfu­ndi­si ku­we: Inga­phi indlu ye­zi­ha­mbi, la­pho engi­nga­dle­la kho­na ipha­si­ka la­ba­fu­ndi ba­mi?

12 Ye­na-ke uza­li­tshe­ngi­sa indlu enku­lu ephe­zu­lu eye­ndle­lwe­yo; li­lu­ngi­se kho­na.

13 Ba­ha­mba-ke ba­fi­ca nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­khe ku­bo; ba­se­be­lu­ngi­sa ipha­si­kaf.

14 Kwa­thi se­li­fi­ki­le iho­la, wa­hla­la pha­nsig, la­ba­pho­sto­li aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li be­la­yeh.

15 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ngo­ku­nxwa­ne­la ngi­nxwa­ne­le uku­dla la­ni le­li­pha­si­ka ngi­nga­ka­hlu­phe­ki;

16 ngo­ba ngi­thi ki­ni: Ka­ngi­so­ze ngi­dle fu­thi ku­lo, li­ze li­gcwa­li­se­kei embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj.

17 Wa­se­tha­tha inke­zo, ese­bo­ngi­le wa­thik: Tha­tha­ni lo­khu, be­se­li­sa­be­la­na;

18 ngo­ba ngi­thi ki­ni: Ka­ngi­so­ze ngi­na­the okwe­si­the­lo se­vi­ni, ku­ze ku­fi­ke umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul.

19 Wa­se­tha­tha isi­nkwam, ese­bo­ngi­len wasi­hle­phu­na, wa­ba­ni­ka, esi­thi: Lo­khu ku­ngu­mzi­mba wa­mi, owa­ni­ke­le­lwa li­na; lo­khu kwe­nze­ni uku­ngi­khu­mbu­lao.

20 Ngo­ku­nja­lo le­nke­zo emva ko­ku­dla, esi­thi: Inke­zo le iyi­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­tsha ega­zi­ni la­mi, eli­chi­the­lwa li­na.

21 Ko­dwa kha­nge­la­ni, isa­ndla so­ngi­ni­ke­la­yo si­la­mi eta­fu­le­nip.

22 Ngo­ba isi­bi­li iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu iha­mbaq nje­ngo­ku­mi­si­we­yor; ko­dwa ma­ye ku­lo­wo­mu­ntu eni­ke­lwa ngu­ye!

23 Bo­na ba­se­be­qa­la uku­bu­za­na uku­thi ka­mbe ngu­ba­ni ku­bo oza­kwe­nza lo­khos.

Ubu­khu­lu obu­qo­tho

24 Kwa­ve­la lo­ku­phi­ki­sa­na pha­ka­thi kwa­bot oko­ku­thi ngu­wu­phi ku­bo onga­thi­wa ngo­mkhu­luu.

25 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bov: Ama­kho­si abe­zi­zwe azi­bu­sa ngo­bu­lu­khu­ni, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­zo zi­thi­wa nga­ba­si­zi.

26 Ko­dwa li­na ka­ku­nga­bi nja­lo; ko­dwa omkhu­lu pha­ka­thi kwe­nuw ka­be nje­ngo­mnci­nya­nex, lo­ngu­mkho­khe­li nje­ngo­se­be­nza­yo.

27 Ngo­ba ngu­wu­phi omkhu­luy, lo­wo ohle­zi­yo eku­dle­ni ku­mbe lo­wo ose­be­nza­yoz? Ka­yi­si­lo­wo yi­ni ohle­zi eku­dle­ni? Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­pha­ka­thi kwe­nu nje­nga­ye ose­be­nza­yoa.

28 Li­na-ke li­yi­bo aba­be­hle­zi la­mi ezi­li­ngwe­ni za­mib;

29 nja­lo mi­na ngi­li­mi­se­lec umbu­so, nje­ngo­ba uBa­ba engi­mi­se­led,

30 uku­thi li­dle li­na­the eta­fu­le­ni la­mi embu­swe­ni wa­mie, li­hla­le ezi­hla­lwe­ni zo­bu­kho­si, li­se­hlu­le­la izi­zwe ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li za­koI­sra­ye­lif.

Uku­xwa­yi­swa ku­ka­Pe­tro

31 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Si­mo­ni, Si­mo­ni, kha­nge­la, uSa­tha­ne uli­fu­ni­si­si­leg, uku­ze ali­hlu­ngu­le nje­nga­ma­be­leh;

32 ko­dwa mi­na ngi­ku­khu­le­ke­lei, uku­ze ukho­lo lwa­kho lu­nga­phe­li; we­na-ke nxa usu­phe­ndu­ki­lej uqi­ni­se aba­za­lwa­ne ba­khok.

33 Ko­dwa wa­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, le­nto­lo­ngwe­nil le­ku­fe­ni ngi­lu­nge­le uku­ya kho­na la­wem.

34 Ko­dwa ye­na wa­thi: Ngi­ya­ku­tshe­la, Pe­tro, iqhu­de ka­li­yi­ku­kha­la la­mu­hla, unga­ka­phi­ki ka­tha­thu uku­thi uya­nga­zin.

35 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Mhla ngi­li­thu­mao li­nge­la­mxha­ka le­si­khwa­map la­ma­nya­the­laq, la­swe­la yi­ni ulu­tho? Ba­se­be­si­thi: Ka­ku­la­lu­tho.

36 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ko­dwa kha­the­si lo­wo olo­mxha­ka kawu­tha­the, ngo­ku­nja­lo le­si­khwa­mar; la­lo­wo onge­la­kho, athe­ngi­se ise­mba­tho sa­khe, athe­nge inke­mba.

37 Ngo­ba ngi­thi ki­ni, ku­sa­me­le ku­gcwa­li­se­ke ki­mi lo­khu oku­lo­tshi­we­yo, uku­thi: Wa­ba­lwa ka­nye le­zo­nis; ngo­ba la­le­zi­zi­nto ezi­qo­nda­ne la­mi zi­le­si­phe­thot.

38 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Nko­si, kha­nge­la, na­nzi inke­mba ezi­mbi­li. Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Kwa­ne­le.

EGe­tse­ma­ne

39 Wa­se­phu­mau wa­ya enta­be­ni ye­Mi­hlwa­thiv nje­ngo­kwe­jwa­ye­law; la­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe ba­mla­nde­la.

40 Ese­fi­ki­le ku­le­yo­nda­wo, wa­thi ku­box: Khu­le­ka­ni uku­thi li­nga­nge­ni eku­li­ngwe­niy.

41 Ye­na wa­se­mo­nyu­ka ku­bo oku­nga­ba li­ba­nga lo­ku­pho­sa ili­tshe, wa­gu­qa pha­nsi nga­ma­do­lo wa­khu­le­kaz,

42 esi­thi: Ba­ba, uba utha­nda, su­sa li­nke­zo ki­mi; ko­dwa-ke ku­nge­nzi­wa inta­ndo ya­mi, ko­dwa eya­kho.

43 Kwa­bo­na­ka­la ku­ye ingi­lo­si eve­la ezu­lwi­ni imqi­ni­saa.

44 Ese­se­si­zi­ni olu­nzi­ma, wa­khu­le­ka ka­khu­lub. Nja­lo izi­thu­ku­thu­ku za­khe za­ba nje­nga­ma­tho­nsi ega­zi za­we­la emhla­ba­thi­ni.

45 Ese­su­ku­mi­le emkhu­le­kwe­ni, we­za ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe, wa­ba­fi­ca be­le­le nge­nxa yo­ku­da­bu­ka,

46 wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­la­le­le­ni? Vu­ka­ni li­khu­le­ke, uku­ze li­nga­nge­ni eku­li­ngwe­nic.

Uku­bo­tshwa ku­ka­Je­su

47 Kwa­thi esa­khu­lu­mad, kha­nge­la, ixu­ku, la­lo­wo oku­thi­wa ngu­Ju­da­si, omu­nye wa­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, eha­mba pha­mbi kwa­bo, wa­se­so­nde­la ku­Je­su uku­ma­nga.

48 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­thi ku­ye: Ju­da­si, uya­yi­ni­ke­la yi­ni iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ngo­ku­ya­nga?

49 Kwa­thi la­bo aba­be­nga­ku­ye se­be­bo­na oku­za­kwe­nze­ka ba­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, si­ga­dle yi­ni nge­nke­mbae?

50 Omu­nye wa­bo wa­se­ga­dla ince­ku yo­mpri­sti omkhu­lu, wa­qu­ma indle­be ya­yo yo­ku­ne­ne.

51 Ko­dwa uJe­su wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ye­ke­la­ni ku­ze ku­be yi­lo­khu. Wa­se­thi­nta indle­be ya­yo, wa­yi­si­li­saf.

52 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu le­zi­ndu­na ze­the­mpe­li la­ba­da­la aba­be­ze ku­yeg: Li­phu­me nje­ngo­ku­ya­me­la­na lo­mpha­ngi yi­ni li­le­zi­nke­mba le­zi­ndu­ku?

53 Nxa be­ngi­la­ni insu­ku nge­nsu­ku ethe­mpe­li­ni, ka­le­lu­la­nga iza­ndla uku­me­la­na la­mi; ko­dwa le­li li­ho­la le­nuh, la­ma­ndla obu­mnya­mai.

UPe­tro ula­ndu­la uJe­su

54 Se­be­mba­mbi­le bamqhu­ba, ba­mu­sa endli­ni yo­mpri­sti omkhu­luj. UPe­tro wa­se­la­nde­la ekha­tsha­nak.

55 Se­be­ba­si­le umli­lol pha­ka­thi kwe­gu­mam, se­be­hle­zi pha­nsi nda­wo­nye, uPe­tro wa­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

56 Ko­dwa ince­ku­ka­zi ethi­le imbo­na ehle­zi emli­lwe­ni, ya­mjo­lo­ze­lan, ya­thi: Lu­mu­ntu la­ye ube la­ye.

57 Ko­dwa wa­mphi­ka, wa­thi: Ma­ma, ka­ngi­ma­zi.

58 Emva kwe­si­kha­tsha­na omu­nyeo wa­se­mbo­na wa­thip: La­we ungo­mu­nye wa­bo. Ko­dwa uPe­tro wa­thi: Ndo­da, ka­ngi­suye.

59 Se­ku­nga­ba kwe­dlu­le iho­la eli­lo­dwa, omu­nye wa­qi­ni­sa, esi­thi: Isi­bi­li la­ye ube la­ye; ngo­ba fu­thi ungu­mGa­li­li.

60 Ko­dwa uPe­tro wa­thi: Ndo­da, ka­nga­zi uku­thi uthi­ni. Nja­lo kho­no­kho esa­khu­lu­ma la­kha­la iqhu­de.

61 INko­si ya­si­phe­ndu­ka ya­mkha­nge­la uPe­troq. UPe­tro wa­se­li­khu­mbu­la ili­zwi le­Nko­si, uku­thi ya­khu­lu­ma nja­ni ku­ye isi­thi: Iqhu­de li­nga­ka­kha­li, uza­ngi­phi­ka ka­tha­thur.

62 UPe­tro wa­se­phu­ma pha­ndle wa­kha­la ngo­ku­ba­ba­yo.

UJe­su upha­thwa ku­bi

63 La­ma­do­da aye­mba­mbi­le uJe­sus amklo­lo­de­la, amtsha­yat.

64 Ame­mbe­sa, amtsha­ya ubu­so, ase­mbu­za, esi­thi: Pro­fe­tha! Ngu­ba­ni oku­tsha­yi­le­yo?

65 Akhu­lu­ma le­zi­nye izi­nto ezi­ne­ngi ku­ye ehla­mba­zau.

UJe­su upha­mbi kwa­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu

66 Kwa­thi se­ku­si­lev, aba­da­la ba­ba­ntu ba­bu­tha­na, la­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­bha­liw, ba­se­be­mu­sa empha­ka­thi­ni wa­box, ba­thi:

67 Uba ungu­Kri­stu, si­tshe­le. Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Uba ngi­li­tshe­la, ka­li­so­ze li­kho­lwe;

68 nja­lo uba la­mi ngi­li­bu­za, ka­li­so­ze li­ngi­phe­ndu­le, lo­ba lingi­khu­lu­ley.

69 Ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si iNdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu iza­hla­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­ma­ndla ka­Nku­lu­nku­luz.

70 Ba­se­be­si­thi bo­nke: Ka­nti uyi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua? Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ku­tsho li­na uku­thi ngi­yi­yob.

71 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Pho si­sa­fu­ne­la­ni ubu­fa­ka­zi? Ngo­ba se­si­zi­zwe­le uqo­bo lwe­thu emlo­nye­ni wa­khe.

UJe­su upha­mbi ku­ka­Pi­la­tu

23Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma ixu­ku la­bo lo­nke, la­mu­sa ku­Pi­la­tua.

2 Ba­qa­la uku­mma­nga­le­la, be­si­thi: Si­mfi­ci­le lo edu­hi­sa isi­zweb, esa­le­la uku­the­la cku­Ke­sa­rid, esi­thi ngu­ye ongu­Kri­stu iNko­sie.

3 UPi­la­tu wa­se­mbu­zaf, wa­thi: We­na uyi­Nko­si ya­ma­Ju­da yi­nig? Wa­se­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Uya­tsho we­na.

4 Wa­se­si­thi uPi­la­tu ku­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu le­ma­xu­kwi­ni: Ka­ngi­tho­li ca­la ku­lu­mu­ntuh.

5 Ko­dwa ba­qi­ni­sa, be­si­thi: Udu­nga aba­ntu, efu­ndi­sa ku­yo yo­nke iJu­di­yai, eqa­laj eGa­li­li ku­ze ku­fi­ke la­phak.

UJe­su upha­mbi ku­ka­He­ro­di

6 La­pho uPi­la­tu esi­zwa ku­thi­wa iGa­li­li wa­bu­za uku­thi lu­mu­ntu ungu­mGa­li­li yi­ni.

7 Kwa­thi ese­zwi­le uku­thi ungo­wo­mbu­so ka­He­ro­dil, wa­mthu­me­la ku­He­ro­di, owa­ye­kho­na la­ye eJe­ru­sa­le­ma nga­le­zo­nsu­kum.

8 Kwa­thi uHe­ro­di embo­na uJe­su wa­tho­ko­za ka­khu­lu; ngo­ba wa­ye­ka­de etha­nda uku­mbo­nan, ngo­ba wa­ye­zwi­le oku­ne­ngi nga­ye; wa­ye­the­mba uku­thi uza­bo­na isi­bo­na­ka­li­so esi­thi­le si­se­nzi­wa ngu­yeo.

9 Wa­mbu­za nga­ma­zwi ama­ne­ngi; ko­dwa ye­na ka­mphe­ndu­la­nga lu­tho.

10 Aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­bha­li ba­be­mi, be­mma­nga­le­la nga­ma­ndlap.

11 UHe­ro­di la­ma­bu­tho akheq ba­mya­ngi­sar, bamklo­lo­de­las, ba­se­be­mgqo­ki­sat ise­mba­tho esi­kha­zi­mu­la­you, ba­mbu­yi­se­la ku­Pi­la­tuv.

12 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku uHe­ro­di ka­nye lo­Pi­la­tu ba­ba nga­ba­nga­ne omu­nye ko­mu­nyew; ngo­ba nga­pha­mbi kwa­lo­khu ba­be­lo­bu­tha pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

Uku­la­hlwa ku­ka­Je­su lo­ku­khu­lu­lwa ku­ka­Ba­ra­ba­si

13 UPi­la­tu wa­se­bi­ze­la nda­wo­nye aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­bu­si la­ba­ntu,

14 wa­thi ku­bo: Li­mle­thi­le ki­mi lu­mu­ntux, ngo­ku­nga­thi ungo­du­hi­sa aba­ntuy; nja­lo kha­nge­la­ni, mi­na ngi­mhlo­li­le pha­mbi kwe­nuz, ko­dwa ka­ngi­tho­la­nga ca­la ku­lu­mu­ntu nga­le­zo­zi­nto eli­mma­nga­le­la nga­zoa;

15 ha­tshi ngi­tsho lo­He­ro­di; ngo­ba ngi­li­thu­me­ze ku­ye, nja­lo kha­nge­la­ni, ka­ku­la­lu­tho olu­fa­ne­le uku­fa olwe­nzi­we ngu­yeb.

16 Nga­kho ngi­za­mtsha­ya ngimkhu­lu­lec.

17 Kwa­ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi aba­khu­lu­le­le abe mu­nye ngo­mkho­sid.

18 Ba­me­me­za bo­nke ka­nye­ka­nye be­si­thi: Msu­se lo, usi­khu­lu­le­le uBa­ra­ba­sie

19 (o­wa­ye­pho­se­lwe ento­lo­ngwe­ni nge­nxa yo­mvu­ke­la othi­le owe­nze­ka pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi la­nge­nxa yo­ku­bu­la­laf).

20 Nga­kho uPi­la­tu wa­bu­ya wa­khu­lu­ma la­bo, efu­na uku­mkhu­lu­la uJe­su.

21 Ko­dwa ba­me­me­za, be­si­thi: Be­the­la, mbe­the­le!

22 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo ngo­kwe­si­tha­thu: Ngo­ba lo enze bu­bi ba­nig? Ka­ngi­tho­la­nga ku­ye ica­la afa­ne­le uku­fa nga­lo; nga­kho ngi­zamtsha­ya ngi­mkhu­lu­leh.

23 Ko­dwa ba­qi­ni­sa nga­ma­zwi ama­khu­lu, be­fu­na uku­thi abe­the­lwe; la­ma­zwi abo la­wa­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu aphu­me­le­la.

24 UPi­la­tu wa­se­qu­ma uku­thi kwe­nzi­we isi­ce­lo sa­bo.

25 Wa­se­ba­khu­lu­le­la lo­wo aba­be­mce­li­le owa­ye­pho­se­lwe ento­lo­ngwe­ni nge­nxa yo­mvu­ke­la lo­ku­bu­la­lai; ko­dwa uJe­su wa­mni­ke­la enta­ndwe­ni ya­boj.

UJe­su esi­pha­mba­nwe­ni

26 Kwa­thi se­be­mqhu­ba, ba­ba­mba uSi­mo­ni othi­le umKu­re­ne owa­ye­ve­la ema­pha­ndle­ni, ba­me­the­sa isi­pha­mba­no, uku­thi asi­thwa­le nge­mva ku­ka­Je­suk.

27 La­se­li­mla­nde­la ixu­ku eli­khu­lu la­ba­ntu, la­be­si­fa­za­na la­bo aba­be­kha­la be­mli­le­lal.

28 Ko­dwa uJe­su ephe­ndu­ke­la ku­bo wa­thi: Ma­do­da­ka­zi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, li­nga­ngi­kha­le­li mi­na, ko­dwa zi­kha­le­le­ni li­na la­ba­ntwa­na be­num,

29 ngo­ba kha­nge­la­ni, zi­ye­za insu­ku aba­za­ku­tsho nga­zo uku­thi: Zi­bu­si­si­we inyu­mba, le­zi­za­lo ezi­nga­za­la­nga, la­ma­be­le anga­mu­nyi­sa­ngan.

30 Kho­na be­za­qa­li­sa uku­thi ezi­nta­be­ni: We­la­ni phe­zu kwe­thu; le­ma­qa­qe­ni: Si­si­be­ke­le­nio.

31 Ngo­ba uba be­se­nza le­zi­zi­nto esi­hla­hle­ni esi­ma­nzip, ku­za­kwe­nza­ka­la­ni kwe­so­mi­le­yoq?

32 Kwa­qhu­tshwa la­ba­nye abe­nzi bo­bu­bi aba­bi­lir, uku­thi ba­bu­la­we ka­nye la­yes.

33 Se­be­fi­ki­le enda­we­ni ethi­wa lu­Kha­kha­yi, ba­mbe­the­la kho­nat, la­be­nzi bo­bu­bi, omu­nye nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne, lo­mu­nye nga­kwe­so­kho­hlou.

34 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi: Ba­bav, ba­the­the­le­lew; ngo­ba ka­ba­kwa­zi aba­kwe­nza­yox. Nja­lo ba­be­la­na ize­mba­tho za­khe, be­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­say.

35 La­ba­ntu be­ma ba­bu­ke­laz. La­ba­bu­si ka­nye la­boa bamklo­lo­de­la, be­si­thi: Wa­si­ndi­sa aba­nye, ka­zi­si­ndi­se ye­na, uba ye­na engu­Kri­stub, okhe­thi­we­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc.

36 La­be­bu­tho ba­mklo­lo­de­lad, be­za ku­ye ba­mni­ka ivi­ni­gae,

37 be­si­thi: Uba we­na uyi­Nko­si ya­ma­Ju­da, zi­si­ndi­se we­naf.

38 Kwa­ku­kho­na lo­mbha­lo nga­phe­zu kwa­kheg ku­lo­tshi­we nga­ma­ba­la esi­Gri­ki la­nge­si­Ro­mah la­nge­si­He­bhe­ruij othi: LO UYI­NKO­SI YA­MA­JU­DAk.

39 Lo­mu­nye wa­be­nzi bo­bu­bi aba­be­le­ngi­si­wel wa­mthu­kam, esi­thi: Uba we­na ungu­Kri­stu, zi­si­ndi­se we­na la­thin.

40 Ko­dwa omu­nye wa­phe­ndu­la emkhu­za, esi­thi: We­na ka­wu­me­sa­bi yi­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu, lo­khu la­we uku­lo­khu­ku­la­hlwa?

41 Thi­na ka­mbe ku­si­lu­nge­le, ngo­ba se­mu­ke­la oku­li­nge­ne ukwe­nza kwe­thu; ko­dwa lo ke­nza­nga lu­tho olu­nga­fa­ne­la­ngao.

42 Wa­se­si­thi ku­Je­su: Ungi­khu­mbu­le, Nko­si, la­pha ufi­ka embu­swe­ni wa­khop.

43 UJe­su wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­qi­ni­si­le ngi­thi ku­we: La­mu­hla uza­ku­ba la­mi ePa­ra­di­seq.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Je­su

44 Kwa­ku­nga­ba li­ho­la le­si­thu­pha*, kwa­ba kho­na ubu­mnya­ma phe­zu ko­mhla­ba wo­nke kwa­ze kwa­ba li­ho­la le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye*,

45 fu­thi ila­nga la­li­fi­pha­zi­wer, le­ve­yi­li le­the­mpe­li la­da­tshu­lwa pha­ka­this.

46 UJe­su wa­se­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu esi­thit: Ba­bau, eza­ndle­ni za­khov ngi­be­ka umo­ya wa­miw; ese­tshi­lo lo­khu wa­phe­fu­mu­la oko­ku­ci­nax.

47 Kwa­thi indu­na ye­khu­lu isi­bo­ni­le okwe­nze­ki­le­yoy, ya­mdu­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­luz, isi­thi: Isi­bi­li lu­mu­ntu ube­lu­ngi­le.

48 La­ma­xu­ku wo­nke aye­bu­the­ne uku­bu­ke­la lo­kho, se­be­bo­ni­le izi­nto eze­nze­ki­le­yo, ba­bu­ye­la be­zi­tsha­ya izi­fu­baa.

49 Bo­nke aba­za­na la­yeb, la­be­si­fa­za­na aba­be­mla­nde­la be­ve­la eGa­li­lic, be­ma kha­tsha­na, be­bo­na le­zi­zi­nto.

Uku­ngcwa­tshwa ku­ka­Je­su

50 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, indo­da ethi­wa ngu­Jo­se­fad, ilu­nga lo­mpha­ka­thie, indo­da elu­ngi­le­yo eqo­thof;

51 ye­na wa­ye­nga­vu­me­la­na­nga le­ce­bo le­se­nzo sa­bo; wa­ye­ve­la eA­ri­ma­thi­ya umu­zi wa­ma­Ju­da, la­ye ngo­kwa­kheg wa­ye­li­nde­le umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh;

52 lo­wo wa­su­ka wa­ya ku­Pi­la­tu wa­ce­la isi­du­mbu si­ka­Je­su.

53 Wa­se­se­thu­la wa­si­go­qe­la nge­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo, wa­si­be­ka engcwa­be­ni ela­li­gu­jwe edwa­le­ni, la­pho okwa­ku­nga­za­nga ku­be­kwe kho­na umu­ntui.

54 Kwa­ku­lu­su­ku lwa­ma­lu­ngi­se­le­lo, le­sa­ba­thaj la­se­li­so­nde­lak.

55 La­be­si­fa­za­na, aba­be­ze la­ye be­ve­la eGa­li­lil, ba­la­nde­la, ba­li­bo­na ingcwa­ba, lo­ku­thi isi­du­mbu si­be­kwe nja­nim.

56 Ba­se­be­bu­ye­la emu­va ba­lu­ngi­sa ama­kha la­ma­gco­bon. Nge­sa­ba­tha ba­se­be­phu­mu­la nje­ngo­ko­mla­yoo.

Uku­vu­ka ku­ka­Je­su

24Ko­dwa ngosu­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­vi­kia, ema­da­bu­ka­ku­sa, ba­ya engcwa­be­nib, be­phe­the ama­kha aba­be­wa­lu­ngi­si­le, la­ba­nye aba­be­la­boc.

2 Ba­fi­ca ili­tshe li­gi­qi­we la­su­swa engcwa­be­nid.

3 Ku­the be­nge­na ka­ba­si­tho­la­nga isi­du­mbu se­Nko­si uJe­su.

4 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­di­de­ki­le ka­khu­lu nga­lo­khue, fu­thi kha­nge­la, ama­do­daf ama­bi­lig ema la­boh embe­the ize­mba­tho ezi­cwa­zi­mu­la­yoi;

5 nja­lo be­se­sa­ba, ba­kho­tha­mi­sa ubu­so emhla­ba­thi­ni, athi ku­bo: Li­di­nge­la­ni ophi­la­yo kwa­ba­fi­le­yo?

6 Ka­kho la­pha, ko­dwa uvu­ki­le; khu­mbu­la­ni uku­thi wa­khu­lu­ma nja­ni ki­ni, ese­se­Ga­li­lij,

7 esi­thi: INdo­da­na yo­mu­ntu ime­le uku­ni­ke­lwa eza­ndle­ni za­ba­ntu aba­yi­zo­ni, ibe­the­lwek, ibu­ye ivu­ke ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thul.

8 Ba­se­be­wa­khu­mbu­la ama­zwi akhem.

9 Se­be­bu­yi­le be­ve­la engcwa­be­nin, ba­bi­ka ko­nke lo­khu kwa­ba­li­tshu­mi la­nye la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­nye.

10 Kwa­ku­ngu­Ma­ri­ya Ma­ga­da­le­nao lo­Jo­wa­nap lo­Ma­ri­ya uni­na ka­Ja­ko­beq, la­ba­nye aba­be­ka­nye la­bor, aba­tshe­la aba­pho­sto­li le­zi­zi­ntos.

11 Ko­dwa ama­zwi abo akha­nya ki­bo nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma oku­yi­ze, fu­thi ka­ba­ze ba­wa­kho­lwat.

12 Ko­dwa uPe­tro wa­su­ku­ma wa­gi­ji­me­la engcwa­be­niu, wa­kho­tha­ma wa­lu­ngu­zav wa­bo­na ama­le­mbu aco­le­ki­le­yo ebe­ki­we ewo­dwa; wa­su­ka, ema­nge­le nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­khe ngo­kwe­nze­ki­le­yow.

Aba­fu­ndi aba­ya eE­ma­wu­si

13 Fu­thi kha­nge­la, nga­lo­na lo­lo­su­ku aba­bi­li ba­bo ba­be­ha­mba be­si­ya emza­ne­ni, obi­zo la­wo yiE­ma­wu­six, onga­ma­sta­di­yu* anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha ku­su­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­may.

14 Nja­lo bo­na ba­be­khu­lu­mi­sa­na nga­zo zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto eze­nze­ki­le­yo.

15 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­bu­za­na, uJe­su uqo­bo wa­so­nde­la wa­ha­mba ka­nye la­boz,

16 ko­dwa ame­hlo abo aye­ba­nji­we uku­ze ba­nga­ma­zia.

17 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Nga­ma­zwi ba­ni la eli­khu­lu­mi­sa­na nga­wo li­ha­mba, li­da­ni­leb?

18 Omu­nye, obi­zo la­khe li­ngu­Kle­yo­phac, wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: We­na ngu­we we­dwa isi­ha­mbi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, nja­lo esi­nga­zi­yo yi­ni izi­nto eze­nze­ki­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­yo ku­le­zi­nsu­ku?

19 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Yi­zi­nto ba­ni? Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Ezi­ma­ye­la­na lo­Je­su we­Na­za­re­tha, obe­yi­ndo­da umpro­fe­thid ola­ma­ndla nge­se­nzo la­nge­li­zwi pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­ba­ntu bo­nkee;

20 lo­ku­thi aba­pri­sti aba­khu­luf la­ba­bu­si be­thu ba­mni­ke­la nja­ni eku­la­hlwe­ni ko­ku­fa, ba­mbe­the­lag.

21 Ko­dwa thi­na be­si­the­mba uku­thi ngu­ye obe­za­khu­lu­la uI­sra­ye­lih. Ko­dwa-ke phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke lo­khu la­mu­hla lu­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu se­lo­khu le­zi­zi­nto ze­nza­ke­le.

22 Ko­dwa nja­lo abe­si­fa­za­na aba­thi­le aba­nga­ki­thi ba­si­ma­nga­li­si­lei, aba­be­se­ngcwa­be­ni eku­se­ni ka­khu­luj;

23 ku­the be­nga­si­tho­li isi­du­mbu sa­khek, ba­bu­ya be­si­thi ba­bo­ne lo­mbo­no we­zi­ngi­lo­sil, ezi­the uya­phi­lam.

24 La­ba­thi­le abe­be­la­thi ba­ya engcwa­be­ni, ba­fi­ca ku­nja­lo nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­be­si­fa­za­na la­bo; ko­dwa ye­na ka­ba­mbo­na­ngan.

25 Ye­na wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: O li­na eli­nge­la­ku­qe­di­si­sa eli­le­nhli­zi­yo ezi­vi­la­phe­la uku­kho­lwa ko­nke lo­kho aba­pro­fe­thi aba­li­tshe­la kho­na!

26 UKri­stu ube­nga­me­le yi­ni uku­thi ahlu­phe­ke nga­le­zi­zi­nto, abe­se­nge­na ebu­kho­si­ni ba­kheo?

27 Ese­su­se­lap ku­Mo­zi­siq la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­pro­fe­thir, wa­ba­cha­si­se­la emi­bha­lwe­ni yo­nke izi­nto ezi­qo­nde­ne la­yes.

28 Ba­se­be­so­nde­la emza­ne­ni aba­be­si­ya ku­wo; ye­na wa­se­se­nza anga­thi uye­dlu­lat.

29 Ko­dwa ba­mci­nde­ze­la, be­si­thi: Hla­la la­thi, ngo­ba se­ku­za­ku­hlwau, le­la­nga se­li­tsho­ni­lev. Wa­nge­na-ke uku­ze ahla­le la­bo.

30 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ehle­zi eku­dle­ni la­bo, wa­tha­tha isi­nkwa wasi­bu­si­sa, wasi­hle­phu­na wa­ba­ni­kaw.

31 Ame­hlo abo ase­vu­le­kax, ba­se­be­ma­zi; wa­se­nya­ma­la­la esu­ka eme­hlwe­ni aboy.

32 Ba­se­be­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­si­thi: Ka­mbe inhli­zi­yo ze­thu be­zi­nga­vu­thi yi­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­thuz, la­pho ekhu­lu­ma la­thi endle­le­ni, la­la­pho esi­vu­le­la imi­bha­loa?

33 Ba­se­be­su­ku­ma nga­le­lo­ho­la, ba­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ba­fi­ca aba­li­tshu­mi la­nye be­bu­the­ne nda­wo­nyeb la­la­bo aba­be­la­boc,

34 be­si­thi: Isi­bi­li iNko­si ivu­ki­le, ibo­nwe ngu­Si­mo­nid.

35 Ba­se­be­la­ndi­sa okwenze­ki­le­yo endle­le­ni, lo­ku­thi ya­zi­wa nja­ni yi­bo eku­hle­phu­ne­ni isi­nkwae.

Uku­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ku­ka­Je­su ku­ba­fu­ndi ba­khe

36 Be­sa­khu­lu­ma le­zi­zi­ntofg, uJe­su uqo­bo we­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­bo, wa­thi ku­bo: Uku­thu­la ka­ku­be ki­nihi.

37 Ko­dwa ba­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo be­sa­baj be­ca­ba­nga uku­thi ba­bo­na umo­yak.

38 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­kha­tha­ze­ke­la­ni, nja­lo ku­vu­ke­la­ni imi­ca­ba­ngo enhli­zi­ywe­ni ze­nul?

39 Kha­nge­la­ni iza­ndla za­mi le­nya­wo za­mi, uku­thi yi­mi uqo­bo; ngi­ba­mba­ni li­bo­nem, ngo­ba umo­ya ka­wu­la­nya­ma la­ma­tha­mbo, nje­ngo­ba li­ngi­bo­na ngi­la­khon.

40 Ese­ku­tshi­lo lo­kho wa­ba­tshe­ngi­sa iza­ndla le­nya­wo za­kheo.

41 Ko­dwa be­lo­khu be­nga­kho­lwap nge­nxa ye­nto­ko­zo be­ma­nga­laq, wa­thi ku­bo: Li­la­lo ulu­tho lo­ku­dla la­pha yi­nir?

42 Ba­mni­ka iqa­tha le­nhla­nzi eyo­si­we­yo, lo­hla­nga lwe­nyo­sis.

43 Wa­seku­tha­tha waku­dla pha­mbi kwa­bot.

44 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Yi­la ama­zwi, enga­wa­khu­lu­ma ki­ni ngi­se­se­la­ni oku­thiu, ku­me­le uku­thi ku­gcwa­li­se­kev ko­nke okwa­bha­lwa nga­mi emla­ywe­ni ka­Mo­zi­siw la­ba­pro­fe­thix le­zi­Hla­be­le­loy.

45 Wa­se­vu­la ingqo­ndo ya­bo, uku­ze ba­qe­di­si­se imi­bha­loz;

46 wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ku­lo­tshi­we ka­nje, nja­lo uKri­stu ku­me­le ahlu­phe­ke ka­njea, nja­lo avu­ke kwa­ba­fi­le­yo ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thub,

47 nja­lo ku­tshu­nya­ye­lwe ebi­zwe­ni la­khe uku­phe­ndu­ka lo­the­the­le­lo lwe­zo­noc ezi­zwe­ni zo­nked, ku­qa­lwa eJe­ru­sa­le­mae.

48 Li­na-ke li­nga­ba­fa­ka­zi ba­le­zi­zi­ntof.

49 Fu­thi kha­nge­la­ni, mi­na ngi­ya­thu­me­la ki­ni isi­the­mbi­so si­ka­Ba­ba; ko­dwa li­na hla­la­ni emzi­ni we­Je­ru­sa­le­mag, li­ze le­mba­thi­sweh ama­ndla ave­la phe­zu­lui.

Ukwe­nyu­ka ku­ka­Je­su

50 Wa­se­ba­kho­khe­la ephu­ma pha­ndle ba­ze ba­fi­ka eBe­tha­ni; epha­ka­mi­sa iza­ndla za­khe wa­ba­bu­si­saj.

51 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi esa­ba­bu­si­sa, we­hlu­ka­na la­bo, we­nyu­ki­se­lwa ezu­lwi­nik.

52 Ba­se­be­mkho­nzal, ba­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mam be­le­nto­ko­zo enku­lun;

53 ba­qhu­be­ka be­se­the­mpe­li­nio, be­bo­nga be­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lup. Ame­ni.