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| 1. | Ngoba umbuso wamazulu ufanana lomuntu ongumninindlu, owaphuma ekuseni kakhulu ukuqatsha izisebenzi ziye esivinini sakhe; |
| 2. | esevumelene lezisebenzi ngodenariyo* ngosuku, wazithuma esivinini sakhe. |
| 3. | Wasephuma sekungaba lihola lesithathu*, wabona abanye bemi emdangeni bengenzi lutho; |
| 4. | lakulabo wathi: Yanini lani esivinini; njalo loba yini efaneleyo ngizalinika yona. Bahamba-ke. |
| 5. | Wabuya waphuma sekungaba lihola lesithupha* langelesificamunwemunye, wenza njalo. |
| 6. | Kwathi sekungaba lihola letshumi* lanye waphuma, wathola abanye bemi bengenzi lutho, wathi kubo: Limeleni lapha usuku lonke lingenzi lutho? |
| 7. | Bathi kuye: Ngoba akulamuntu osiqatshileyo. Wathi kubo: Yanini lani esivinini, njalo lizakwemukela lokho okufaneleyo. |
| 8. | Kwathi sekuntambama umninisivini wathi enduneni yakhe: Biza izisebenzi, uzibhadale iholo, uqale ngezokucina kuze kube ngezokuqala. |
| 9. | Kuthe befika aba qatshwa ngehola letshumi lanye ngulowo lalowo wemukela udenariyo. |
| 10. | Njalo sebezile abokuqala bacabanga ukuthi bazakwemukela okungaphezulu; kodwa labo bemukela udenariyo ngamunye. |
| 11. | Kwathi be ye mukela bamsola umninindlu, |
| 12. | besithi: Labo abokucina basebenze ihola elilodwa, kodwa ubalinganise lathi esithwele ubunzima bosuku lokutshisa. |
| 13. | Kodwa ephendula wathi komunye wabo: Mngane, angikoni; kanti kawuvumelananga lami ngodenariyo? |
| 14. | Thatha okwakho uhambe; ngiyathanda ukumnika lowokucina njengawe. |
| 15. | Kumbe angivunyelwa yini ukwenza engikuthandayo ngezinto zami? Loba ilihlo lakho libi yini, ngoba mina ngilungile? |
| 16. | Kunjalo-ke abokucina bazakuba ngabokuqala, labokuqala ngabokucina; ngoba banengi ababiziweyo, kodwa balutshwana abakhethiweyo. |
| 17. | Kwathi uJesu esesenyukela eJerusalema wathatha abalitshumi lambili bebodwa besendleleni, wathi kubo: |
| 18. | Khangelani, senyukela eJerusalema, njalo iNdodana yomuntu izanikelwa kubapristi abakhulu lakubabhali; besebeyilahlela ukufa, |
| 19. | bayinikele kwabezizwe ukuthi ba yi yangise ba yi tshaye ngesiswepu ba yi bethele; njalo ngosuku lwesithathu izabuya ivuke. |
| 20. | Kwasekusiza kuye unina wamadodana kaZebediya kanye lamadodana akhe, waguqa wacela ulutho kuye. |
| 21. | Wasesithi kuye: Ufunani? Wathi kuye: Tshono ukuthi la amadodana ami amabili ahlale, enye ngakwesokunene sakho, lenye ngakwesokhohlo, embusweni wakho. |
| 22. | Kodwa uJesu waphendula wathi: Kalikwazi elikucelayo. Linganatha yini inkezo engizayinatha mina, njalo libhabhathizwe ngobhabhathizo engibhabhathizwa ngalo mina? Bathi kuye: Singa kwenza. |
| 23. | Wasesithi kubo: Ngeqiniso lizayinatha inkezo yami, libhabhathizwe ngobhabhathizo mina engizabhabhathizwa ngalo; kodwa ukuhlala ngakwesokunene sami langakwesokhohlo sami, kayisikho okwami ukuphana ngakho, kodwa kungo kwalabo abakulungiselweyo nguBaba. |
| 24. | Kwathi sebezwile abalitshumi, bathukuthela ngezelamani ezimbili. |
| 25. | Kodwa uJesu wababizela kuye wathi: Liyazi ukuthi ababusi bezizwe bayazibusa ngobulukhuni, lezikhulu zisebenzisa amandla phezu kwazo. |
| 26. | Kodwa akuyikuba njalo phakathi kwenu; kodwa loba ngubani othanda ukuba ngomkhulu phakathi kwenu kabe yisisebenzi senu; |
| 27. | njalo loba ngubani othanda ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwenu kabe yisisebenzi senu; |
| 28. | njengalokhu iNdodana yomuntu kayizanga ukukhonzwa, kodwa ukukhonza, lokunika impilo yayo ibe lihlawulo labanengi. |
| 29. | Kwathi bephuma eJeriko, ixuku elikhulu lamlandela. |
| 30. | Njalo khangela, iziphofu ezimbili zihlezi endleleni, sezizwile ukuthi uJesu uyadlula, zamemeza, zathi: Sihawukele, Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavida ! |
| 31. | Ixuku laselizikhuza ukuthi zithule, kodwa zamemeza kakhulu, zisithi: Sihawukele, Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavida ! |
| 32. | UJesu wasesima wazibiza, wathi: Lifuna ukuthi ngilenzeleni? |
| 33. | Zathi kuye: Nkosi, ukuthi amehlo ethu avuleke. |
| 34. | UJesu esesiba lesihelo wathinta amehlo azo; njalo amehlo azo ahle emukela ukubona, zasezimlandela. |
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