IVangeli Elabhalwa NguLukha 13:1-35

  • Phendukani ukuze lingatshabalali (1-5)

  • Umzekeliso wesihlahla somkhiwa esingatheliyo (6-9)

  • Usilisa owesifazana ogogekileyo ngeSabatha (10-17)

  • Umzekeliso wentanga yemastadi lowemvubelo (18-21)

  • Zama ngamandla ukungena ngomnyango omncane (22-30)

  • UHerodi “ikhanka leliyana” (31-33)

  • UJesu ukhalela iJerusalema (34, 35)

13  Ngalesosikhathi abanye ababelapho bamtshela ngabantu beGalile ababebulewe nguPhilathu ngesikhathi benikela imihlatshelo yabo. 2  UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Licabanga ukuthi amaGalile lawo ehlelwa yizinto lezo ngoba ayelezono ezimbi kulezabantu bonke beGalile? 3  Hatshi, ngilitshela ukuthi lonke lizatshabalala njengabo nxa lingaphendukanga.+ 4  Kumbe licabanga ukuthi abangu-18 abafayo baze bawelwe ngumphotshongo weSilowami babelezono ezinkulu kulezabantu bonke beJerusalema? 5  Hatshi, ngilitshela ukuthi lonke lizatshabalala njengabo nxa lingaphendukanga.” 6  Wabatshela umzekeliso wathi: “Kulomuntu owayelesihlahla somkhiwa ensimini yakhe yamagilebisi. Wahamba wayadinga izithelo kuso kodwa wathola singazalanga.+ 7  Ngakho wathi kulowo owayekhangela insimu, ‘Lo sekungumnyaka wesithathu ngizodinga izithelo esihlahleni lesi kodwa ngingatholi lutho. Sigamule! Kanti siyabe sigcinelwani sona siqeda indawo?’ 8  Yena waphendula wathi, ‘Nkosi siyekele okomnyaka owodwa ngiqale ngigebhe emaceleni aso ngithele umquba. 9  Nxa singathela izithelo kuyabe kukuhle, kodwa kungehlula usungasigamula.’”+ 10  Ngelinye ilanga kuliSabatha wayefundisa kwenye isinagogi. 11  Kwakulowesifazana owayeledimoni elaselimgulise okweminyaka engu-18 njalo wayehlala ekhotheme, esehluleka ukuma aqonde. 12  UJesu wathi embona wathi kuye: “Dadewethu, ususilisiwe emkhuhlaneni wakho.”+ 13  Wasembeka izandla, wahle wama waqonda waqalisa ukukhazimulisa uNkulunkulu. 14  Umphathi wesinagogi wacaphuka ebona uJesu eselapha ngeSabatha, wasesithi ebantwini: “Kulamalanga ayisithupha okusebenza,+ libobuya lizokwelatshwa ngalawo malanga, lingabuyi ngeSabatha.”+ 15  Kodwa iNkosi yamphendula yathi: “Bazenzisi,+ ukhona yini phakathi kwenu ongayivuleliyo inkunzi yakhe kumbe ubabhemi wakhe ngelanga leSabatha ayemnathisa?+ 16  Bekungamelanga yini owesifazana lo oyindodakazi ka-Abrahama obesehlukuluzwe nguSathane okweminyaka engu-18 akhululwe ngelanga leSabatha?” 17  Wathi esekutshilo lokhu, bonke ababemphikisa baba lenhloni kodwa abantu bonke bathokoza ngenxa yazo zonke izimangaliso ayezenza.+ 18  Wasesithi: “UMbuso kaNkulunkulu unjengani? Ngingawufanisa lani? 19  Unjengentanga yemastadi eyathathwa ngumuntu wayihlanyela ensimini yakhe, yakhula yaba yisihlahla, inyoni zasezihlala ezingatsheni zaso.”+ 20  Waphinda wathi: “Ngingawufanisa lani uMbuso kaNkulunkulu? 21  Unjengemvubelo eyathathwa ngowesifazana wayihlanganisa lefulawa enengi,* inhlama yonke yaze yakhukhumala.”+ 22  Wahamba engena idolobho ngedolobho lesigaba ngesigaba efundisa njalo waqhubeka ngohambo lwakhe lokuya eJerusalema. 23  Enye indoda yathi kuye: “Nkosi, balutshwana yini abazasindiswa?” Yena wathi kubo: 24  “Zamani ngamandla wonke ukungena ngomnyango omncane+ ngoba ngilitshela ukuthi abanengi bazafuna ukungena kodwa abasoze benelise. 25  Nxa umnikazi wendlu angasukuma akhiye umnyango, lizakuma phandle liqoqode lisithi, ‘Nkosi sivulele.’+ Kodwa yena uzakuthi kini: ‘Angikwazi ukuthi lingabangaphi.’ 26  Lina beselisithi, ‘Sasisidla sinatha lawe njalo wawufundisa emigwaqweni yethu emikhulu.’+ 27  Kodwa uzakuthi kini, ‘Angikwazi ukuthi lingabangaphi. Sukani phansi kwami lonke lina elenza okungalunganga!’ 28  Yikho lapho elizakhala khona litshayanise amazinyo, selibona u-Abrahama lo-Isaka loJakhobe kanye labo bonke abaphrofethi beseMbusweni kaNkulunkulu, kodwa lina seliphoselwe ngaphandle.+ 29  Abantu bazabuya bevela empumalanga, lentshonalanga, lenyakatho kanye leningizimu futhi bazahlala etafuleni eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu. 30  Kulabokucina abazakuba ngabokuqala, labokuqala abazakuba ngabokucina.”+ 31  Ngalesosikhathi walandwa ngabanye abaFarisi bafika bathi kuye: “Suka lapha uhambe ngoba uHerodi ufuna ukukubulala.” 32  Yena wathi kubo: “Hambani liyetshela ikhanka leliyana ukuthi ngithe: ‘Lalela, lamuhla lakusasa ngizabe ngikhipha amadimoni ngiselapha labagulayo, kodwa ngizabe sengiqedile ngelanga lesithathu.’ 33  Kungasenani ngizaqhubeka ngohambo lwami lamuhla lakusasa laphambi kwakusasa ngoba akwenzeki ukuthi umphrofethi abulawelwe ngaphandle kweJerusalema.+ 34  Jerusalema, Jerusalema, mbulali wabaphrofethi! Wena obakhanda ngamatshe labo abathunywe kuwe.+ Kunini ngifuna ukubuthela abantwabakho ndawonye njengesikhukhukazi sibuthela amatsiyane aso ngaphansi kwamaphiko aso! Kodwa wena awuvumanga.+ 35  Khangelani manje! Indlu yenu isideliwe yatshiyelwa lina.+ Ngilitshela ukuthi alisoze langibona futhi lize lithi: ‘Ubusisiwe lowo oza ngebizo likaJehova!’”*+

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