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| 1. | Wathi ephakamisa amehlo wabona abanothileyo bephosela iminikelo yabo esitsheni somnikelo. |
| 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 kaNkulunkulu, kodwa yena ebuyangeni bakhe uphosele konke alakho abephila ngakho. |
| 5. | Abanye besakhuluma ngethempeli, ukuthi liceciswe ngamatshe amahle langezipho, wathi: |
| 6. | Lezizinto elizibonayo, kuzafika insuku okungayikutshiywa ngazo ilitshe phezu kwelitshe, elingayikudilizelwa phansi. |
| 7. | Basebembuza, besithi: Mfundisi, pho lezizinto zizakuba nini? Lesibonakaliso siyini, lapho sekuzakwenzeka lezizinto? |
| 8. | Wasesithi: Qaphelani ukuthi lingaduhiswa; ngoba abanengi bazakuza ebizweni lami, besithi: Ngi nguye; futhi: Isikhathi sesisondele. Ngakho lingabalandeli. |
| 9. | Njalo nxa lisizwa ngezimpi langeziphithiphithi, lingethuki; ngoba lezizinto zimele ukuthi zenzeke kuqala, kodwa ukuphela kakuhle ku fik e. |
| 10. | Wasesithi kubo: Isizwe sizavukela isizwe, lombuso u vuk ele 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, ba li zingele, ba li nikele emasinagogeni lezintolongweni, ba li se phambi kwamakhosi lababusi, ngenxa yebizo lami. |
| 13. | Njalo lokhu kuzaphenduka kini kube yibufakazi. |
| 14. | Ngakho kubekeni enhliziyweni zenu ukuthi linganakani ngaphambili nge lizakuphendula; |
| 15. | ngoba mina ngizalinika umlomo lenhlakanipho, abangekuphike, bamelane lakho, 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 lenu. |
| 19. | Ekubekezeleni kwenu zuzani imiphefumulo yenu. |
| 20. | Kodwa nxa libona iJerusalema ihanqwe ngamabutho, yazini-ke ukuthi sekusondele ukuchitheka kwayo. |
| 21. | Ngalesosikhathi abaseJudiya kababalekele ezintabeni; labaphakathi kwayo baphume; labasemaphandleni bangangeni kuyo. |
| 22. | Ngoba lezi zinsuku zempindiselo, ukuze kugcwaliseke zonke izinto ezilotshiweyo. |
| 23. | Kodwa maye kwabakhulelweyo labamunyisayo ngalezonsuku! Ngoba kuzakuba khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu emhlabeni, lolaka kulesisizwe. |
| 24. | Njalo bazakuwa ngobukhali benkemba, bathunjelwe ezizweni zonke; leJerusalema inyathelelwe phansi ngabezizwe, kuze kugcwaliseke izikhathi zabezizwe. |
| 25. | Kuzakuba khona izibonakaliso elangeni lenyangeni lezinkanyezini; lemhlabeni usizi lwezizwe ngokudideka; kudume ulwandle lamagagasi, |
| 26. | abantu baphele amandla ngenxa yokwesaba langokubona lokho okuzayo emhlabeni; ngoba amandla amazulu azazanyazanyiswa. |
| 27. | Khona-ke bezayibona iNdodana yomuntu isiza eyezini ilamandla lenkazimulo enkulu. |
| 28. | Njalo nxa kuqala ukwenzeka lezizinto, manini liqonde njalo liphakamise amakhanda enu; ngoba kusondele ukukhululwa kwenu. |
| 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 adlule. |
| 34. | Njalo ziqapheleni, ukuthi inhliziyo zenu zingasindwa ngenxa yokuminza lokudakwa lokuphisekela izinto zalokhukusila, lalolosuku lulifikele lingananzelele; |
| 35. | ngoba luzafika njengomjibila phezu kwabo bonke abahlezi ebusweni bomhlaba wonke. |
| 36. | Ngakho lindani ngezikhathi zonke likhulekele ukuthi lifanele ukuphepha zonke lezizinto ezizakwenzeka, lokuma phambi kweNdodana yomuntu. |
| 37. | Njalo wayefundisa ethempelini emini; kodwa ebusuku wayephuma ayehlala entabeni ethiwa ngeyeMihlwathi. |
| 38. | Lekuseni kakhulu abantu bonke babesiza kuye ethempelini ukumuzwa. |
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