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1. | Kwathi eseqedile amazwi akhe wonke endlebeni zabantu, wangena eKapenawume. |
2. | Njalo inceku yenduna yekhulu ethile, eyayiligugu kuyo, yayigula isizakufa. |
3. | Kwathi isizwile ngoJesu, yathuma kuye abadala bamaJuda, imcela, ukuze eze asilise inceku yayo. |
4. | Kwathi bona, sebefikile kuJesu, bamncenga kakhulu, besithi: Yona kufanele ukuthi uyenzele lokhu; |
5. | ngoba iyasithanda isizwe sakithi, njalo yiyo eyasakhela isinagoge. |
6. | UJesu wasehamba labo. Kwathi engasekhatshana lendlu, induna yekhulu yathuma abangane, isithi kuye: Nkosi, ungazikhathazi; ngoba kangifanele ukuthi ungene ngaphansi kophahla lwami; |
7. | yikho kangizibonanga ngifanele ukuza kuwe; kodwa khuluma ilizwi, 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 ikwenze. |
9. | Kwathi uJesu ezizwa lezizinto wamangala ngayo, watshibilika, wathi exukwini elimlandelayo: Ngithi kini, angitholanga ukholo olungaka ngitsho lakoIsrayeli. |
10. | Kwathi ababethunyiwe sebebuyele endlini bafica inceku eyayigula isisilile. |
11. | Kwasekusithi nge langa elilandelayo, waya emzini othiwa yiNayini; abafundi bakhe abanengi basebehamba laye, lexuku elikhulu. |
12. | Kwathi esesondela esangweni lomuzi, njalo khangela, wabona ofileyo ethwelwe kuphunywa, indodana engeyodwa kanina, futhi yena engumfelokazi; lexuku elikhulu lomuzi lalilaye. |
13. | INkosi imbona, yasisiba lesihelo ngaye, yathi kuye: Ungakhali. |
14. | Yasondela yathinta ithala; aba li thweleyo basebesima; yasisithi: Jaha, ngithi kuwe: Vuka ! |
15. | Ofileyo wasevuka wahlala waqala ukukhuluma. Yasimnika unina. |
16. | Ukwesaba kwasekubabamba bonke, basebemdumisa uNkulunkulu, besithi: Umprofethi omkhulu usevukile phakathi kwethu; lokuthi: UNkulunkulu uhambele abantu bakhe. |
17. | Le indumela ngaye yasiphumela kuyo yonke iJudiya, lakuso sonke isigaba esizingelezeleyo. |
18. | Abafundi bakaJohane basebembikela ngazo zonke lezizinto. |
19. | UJohane wasebizela kuye ababili abathile kubafundi bakhe wa ba thuma 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 ababi, labayiziphofu abanengi wabapha ukubona. |
22. | UJesu wasephendula wathi kubo: Hambani limtshele uJohane izinto elizibonileyo lelizizwileyo: Ukuthi iziphofu ziyabona, 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, abe mbethe 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 kwakho. |
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 uNkulunkulu, sebebhabhathiziwe ngobhabhathizo lukaJohane; |
30. | kodwa abaFarisi lezazumthetho balala icebo likaNkulunkulu 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 bonke. |
36. | Omunye wabaFarisi wasemcela ukuthi adle laye; esengenile endlini yomFarisi wahlala ekudleni. |
37. | Njalo khangela, owesifazana kulowomuzi, owayeyisoni, esekwazi ukuthi uJesu uhlezi ekudleni endlini yomFarisi, waletha umfuma we-alibasta* owamagcobo, |
38. | wasesima eceleni kwenyawo zakhe ngemva kwakhe ekhala, waqala ukuthambisa inyawo zakhe ngenyembezi, wa ze sula ngenwele zekhanda lakhe, wanga inyawo zakhe, wa zi gcoba ngamagcobo. |
39. | Kuthe umFarisi obemnxusile e ku bona wakhulumela ngaphakathi kwakhe wathi: Lo, uba ebengumprofethi, ngabe uyamazi ukuthi ungubani lokuthi unjani lo owesifazana omthintayo, ngoba uyisoni. |
40. | UJesu wasephendula wathi kuye: Simoni, ngilolutho olokulukhuluma lawe. Yena wasesithi: Khuluma, Mfundisi. |
41. | Kwakukhona ababili ababelezikwelede kumkweledisi othile; omunye wayelomlandu wabodenariyo* abangamakhulu amahlanu, lomunye abangamatshumi amahlanu. |
42. | Kwathi bengelakho okokuhlawula ngakho, wabaxolela bobabili. 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 kawu ngi nikanga; kodwa yena uzithambisile inyawo zami ngenyembezi zakhe, wa ze sula ngenwele zekhanda lakhe. |
45. | Kawunganganga; kodwa yena, lokhu ngingenile, kayekelanga ukwanga inyawo zami. |
46. | Ngamagcobo ikhanda lami kawuligcobanga; kodwa yena ugcobile inyawo zami ngamakha. |
47. | Ngenxa yalokhu, ngithi kuwe: Izono zakhe ezinengi zithethelelwe, ngoba uthandile kakhulu; kodwa lowo othethelelwa kancinyane, uthanda kancinyane. |
48. | Wasesithi kuye: Zithethelelwe izono zakho. |
49. | Ababehlezi laye ekudleni basebeqala ukukhulumisana bodwa besithi: Ngubani lo othethelela lezono? |
50. | Wasesithi kowesifazana: Ukholo lwakho lukusindisile; hamba ngokuthula. |
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