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| 1. | Kwathi-ke sebesondele eJerusalema, sebefikile eBetfage entabeni yeMihlwathi, khona uJesu wathuma abafundi ababili, |
| 2. | wathi kubo: Hambani liye emzaneni okhangelene lani, lizahle libone ubabhemi ekhulekiwe, lethole lilaye; li ba khulule, li ba lethe kimi. |
| 3. | Futhi uba umuntu ekhuluma ulutho kini, lizakuthi: INkosi iyabaswela; njalo uzahle abathumele. |
| 4. | Njalo konke lokhu kwenzeka, ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngumprofethi, ukuthi: |
| 5. | Tshelani indodakazi yeSiyoni ukuthi: Khangela, iNkosi yakho iyeza kuwe, imnene igade ubabhemi, lethole inkonyana yenyamazana yokuthwala. |
| 6. | Abafundi bahamba-ke, benza njengalokhu uJesu wayebalayile, |
| 7. | baletha ubabhemi lethole, babeka izembatho zabo phezu kwabo, ba m hlalisa phezu kwazo. |
| 8. | Lenengi lexuku lendlala ezalo izembatho endleleni; labanye bagamula ingatsha zezihlahla, ba z endlala endleleni. |
| 9. | Lamaxuku ayehamba phambili lababelandela bamemeza, besithi: Hosana* kuyo iNdodana kaDavida ! Ubusisiwe ozayo ebizweni leNkosi. Hosana kweliphezulu ! |
| 10. | Esengenile eJerusalema umuzi wonke wanyakazela usithi: Ngubani lo? |
| 11. | Amaxuku asesithi: Lo nguJesu umprofethi, oweNazaretha yeGalili. |
| 12. | UJesu wasengena ethempelini likaNkulunkulu, wabaxotsha bonke ababethengisa lababethenga ethempelini, wasegenqula amatafula ababentshintshelana imali, lezihlalo zalabo ababethengisa amajuba. |
| 13. | Wasesithi kubo: Kulotshiwe ukuthi: Indlu yami izabizwa ngokuthi yindlu yomkhuleko; kodwa lina liyenze ubhalu lwabaphangi. |
| 14. | Kwasekufika kuye iziphofu leziqhuli ethempelini; wasezisilisa. |
| 15. | Kodwa abapristi abakhulu lababhali sebebonile izimangaliso azenzayo, labantwana bememeza ethempelini, besithi: Hosana eNdodaneni kaDavida ! bathukuthela, |
| 16. | basebesithi kuye: Uyakuzwa lokhu yini abakutshoyo laba? UJesu wasesithi kubo: Yebo; alikaze lifunde yini ukuthi: Emlonyeni wezingane lowabamunyayo uphelelise indumiso? |
| 17. | Wasebatshiya waphuma phandle komuzi esiya eBethani, walala khona. |
| 18. | Kwathi ebuyela emzini ekuseni, walamba; |
| 19. | kwathi ebona umkhiwa othile endleleni, wasondela kuwo, kodwa katholanga lutho kuwo ngaphandle kwamahlamvu wodwa; wathi kuwo: Kakungabe kusavela isithelo kuwe lanini. Njalo umkhiwa wahle wabuna. |
| 20. | Kwathi bebona lokhu abafundi bakhe bamangala, besithi: Umkhiwa uhle wabuna njani? |
| 21. | UJesu wasephendula wathi kubo: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Uba lilokholo, lingathandabuzi, kaliyikwenza lokhu okomkhiwa kuphela, kodwa loba lisithi lakulintaba: Qutshunwa uphoselwe olwandle, kuzakwenzeka. |
| 22. | Njalo konke loba kuyini elikucelayo emkhulekweni, likholwa, lizakwemukela. |
| 23. | Kwathi esengenile ethempelini, abapristi abakhulu labadala besizwe basondela kuye esafundisa, bathi: Izinto lezi uzenza ngaliphi igunya? Njalo ngubani okunike leligunya? |
| 24. | UJesu wasephendula wathi kubo: Lami ngizalibuza umbuzo ube munye; uba lingitshela lokhu, lami ngizalitshela ukuthi ngenza lezizinto ngaliphi igunya: |
| 25. | Ubhabhathizo lukaJohane lwavela ngaphi? Ezulwini kumbe ebantwini? Basebezindlisana, besithi: Uba sisithi: Ezulwini, uzakuthi kithi: Pho kalikholwanga kuye ngani? |
| 26. | Kodwa uba sisithi: Ebantwini, siyesaba ixuku; ngoba bonke bamphatha uJohane njengomprofethi. |
| 27. | Basebemphendula uJesu bathi: Kasazi. Wasesithi kubo: Lami kangilitsheli ukuthi ngenza lezizinto ngaliphi igunya. |
| 28. | Kanti licabangani? Umuntu wayelamadodana amabili; waya kweyokuqala wathi: Mntana mi, hamba, uyesebenza lamuhla esivinini sami. |
| 29. | Kodwa yaphendula yathi: Angifuni. Kodwa emva kwalokho yaphenduka, yahamba. |
| 30. | Wasesiya kweyesibili watsho ngokunjalo. Yona-ke yaphendula yathi: Ngiya hamba, nkosi. Kodwa kayiyanga. |
| 31. | Yiyiphi kulawo amabili eyenza intando kayise? Bathi kuye: Eyokuqala. UJesu wathi kubo: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Abathelisi lezifebe bayangena embusweni kaNkulunkulu phambi kwenu. |
| 32. | Ngoba uJohane wafika kini ngendlela yokulunga, kalikholwanga kuye; kodwa abathelisi lezifebe bakholwa kuye; kodwa lina seli ku bonile kaliphendukanga emva kwalokho ukuthi likholwe kuye. |
| 33. | Zwanini omunye umfanekiso. Kwakukhona umuntu othile ongumninimuzi, owahlanyela isivini, wasibiyela ngothango, wagebha isikhamelo kuso, wakha umphotshongo, wasiqatshisa kubalimi, waya kwelinye ilizwe. |
| 34. | Kwathi sekusondele isikhathi sezithelo, wathuma inceku zakhe kubalimi, ukuze zemukele izithelo zakhe. |
| 35. | Abalimi basebezibamba inceku zakhe, enye bayitshaya, lenye bayibulala, lenye bayikhanda ngamatshe. |
| 36. | Wabuya wathuma ezinye inceku ezinengi kulezokuqala; basebesenza njalo kulezo. |
| 37. | Ekucineni wasethuma indodana yakhe kubo, esithi: Bazayihlonipha indodana yami. |
| 38. | Kodwa abalimi sebeyibonile indodana bakhulumisana besithi: Le yindlalifa; wozani, siyibulale, njalo sibambe ilifa layo. |
| 39. | Basebeyibamba ba yi phosela ngaphandle kwesivini, ba yi bulala. |
| 40. | Ngakho mhla kufika umninisivini, uzabenzani abalimi labo? |
| 41. | Bathi kuye: Uzababhubhisa kakubi labo ababi, njalo uzaqatshisa isivini kwabanye abalimi, abazamnika izithelo ngezikhathi zazo. |
| 42. | UJesu wathi kubo: Alikaze lifunde yini emibhalweni ukuthi: Ilitshe abakhi abalalayo, yilo eseliyinhloko yengonsi; lokhu yikwenza kweNkosi; njalo kuyamangalisa emehlweni ethu? |
| 43. | Ngakho ngithi kini: Lizakwemukwa umbuso kaNkulunkulu, unikwe isizwe esithela izithelo zawo. |
| 44. | Lalowo owela phezu kwalelilitshe uzaphahlazwa; kodwa loba ngubani eliwela phezu kwakhe lizamchoboza. |
| 45. | Kwathi abapristi abakhulu labaFarisi sebezwile imifanekiso yakhe bazi ukuthi ubekhuluma ngabo. |
| 46. | Kwathi sebedinga ukumbamba besaba amaxuku, ngoba ayemphatha njengomprofethi. |
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