‏ Matthew 12

UJesu uchasisa umlayo wesabatha

1Ngalesosikhathi uJesu wadabula emasimini amabele ngesabatha; njalo abafundi bakhe babelambile ^a, baqala ukukha izikhwebu, badla ^b. 2Kodwa abaFarisi bekubona bathi kuye: Khangela, abafundi bakho benza okungavunyelwanga ukwenziwa ngesabatha ^c. 3Kodwa wathi kubo: Kalifundanga yini uDavida akwenzayo ^d, mhla elambile yena lababelaye; 4ukuthi wangena njani endlini kaNkulunkulu, wadla izinkwa zokubukiswa, ayengavunyelwa ukuzidla, ngitsho lababelaye ^e, ngaphandle kwabapristi bodwa ^f? 5Ingabe kalifundanga yini emlayweni, ukuthi ngamasabatha abapristi bayalona isabatha ethempelini, bangabi lacala ^g? 6Kodwa ngithi kini: Kukhona lapha omkhulu kulethempeli ^h. 7Kodwa aluba belisazi ukuthi kutshoni ukuthi ⁱ: Ngifisa isihawu hatshi umhlatshelo, ngabe kalibalahlanga abangelacala. 8Ngoba iNdodana yomuntu iyiNkosi leyesabatha ^j.

UJesu usilisa ngesabatha

9Futhi wasuka lapho wangena esinagogeni labo; 10njalo khangela, kwakukhona umuntu olesandla esitshwabheneyo ^k; basebembuza besithi: Kuvunyelwe yini ukusilisa ngamasabatha? ukuze bambeke icala. 11Kodwa wathi kubo: Nguwuphi umuntu phakathi kwenu, elemvu eyodwa, futhi uba yona iwele emgodini ngesabatha, ongayikuyibamba ayikhuphule ^l? 12Umuntu uyedlula-ke kangakanani imvu ^m! Ngakho kuvunyelwe ukwenza okuhle ngamasabatha. 13Wasesithi kumuntu: Yelula isandla sakho. Waseselula, sasesisiliswa saphila njengesinye.

Inceku ekhethiweyo

14Basebephuma abaFarisi becebisana ngaye, ukuthi bangambulala njani ⁿ. 15Kodwa uJesu esekwazi wasuka lapho ^o; amaxuku amakhulu asemlandela, wasebasilisa bonke ^p. 16Wasebalayisisa ukuthi bangamvezi ^q; 17ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa nguIsaya umprofethi, ukuthi: 18Khangela, inceku yami engiyikhethileyo; othandekayo wami ^r othokoza ngaye umphefumulo wami; ngizabeka uMoya wami phezu kwakhe, njalo uzatshumayela ukwahlulela kwabezizwe. 19Kayikubangisa, kayikumemeza, njalo kakho ozalizwa ilizwi lakhe ezindleleni. 20Umhlanga ofecekileyo kayikuwephula, lentambo yesibane ethunqayo kayikuyicitsha, aze aphumelelise ukwahlulela ^s ekunqobeni ^t. 21Lezizwe zizathemba ebizweni lakhe ^u.

Isono sokuhlambaza

22Kwasekulethwa kuye ongenwe lidimoni, eyisiphofu lesimungulu; wasemsilisa, kwaze kwathi isiphofu esiyisimungulu sakhuluma njalo sabona ^v. 23Asemangala amaxuku wonke athi ^w: Lo kayisiyo yini iNdodana kaDavida ^x? 24Kodwa abaFarisi sebezwile bathi: Lumuntu kakhuphi amadimoni, ngaphandle ngoBhelezebhule inkosi yamadimoni ^y. 25Kodwa uJesu, eseyazi imicabango yabo, wathi kubo ^z: Wonke umbuso owehlukene umelene lawo ngokwawo uyachitheka; lawo wonke umuzi kumbe indlu eyehlukene imelene layo ngokwayo ingeze yema. 26Njalo uba uSathane ekhupha uSathane, wehlukene emelene laye ngokwakhe; pho umbuso wakhe uzakuma njani ^aa? 27Futhi uba mina ngikhupha amadimoni ngoBhelezebhule, amadodana enu akhupha ngobani? Ngakho wona azakuba ngabagwebi benu ^ab. 28Kodwa uba mina ngikhupha amadimoni ngoMoya kaNkulunkulu, umbuso kaNkulunkulu usufikile kini ^ac. 29Kumbe umuntu angangena njani endlini yesiqhwaga aphange impahla yaso, ngaphandle kokuthi asibophe kuqala isiqhwaga ^ad? Abesephanga-ke indlu yaso ^ae. 30Ongelami, umelene lami, longabuthi lami, uyachithiza ^af.

31Ngakho ngithi kini: Abantu bazathethelelwa sonke isono lokuhlambaza ^ag; kodwa ukuhlambaza uMoya kakuyikuthethelelwa abantu ^ah. 32Lalowo okhuluma ilizwi elimelana leNdodana yomuntu ^ai, uzathethelelwa ^aj; kodwa lowo okhuluma emelana loMoya oyiNgcwele, kayikuthethelelwa, kungeyisikho kulesisikhathi loba kwesizayo.

33Loba yenzani isihlahla sibe ngesilungileyo, lesithelo saso sibe ngesilungileyo, kumbe lenze isihlahla sibe sibi, lesithelo saso sibe sibi ^ak, ngoba isihlahla saziwa ngesithelo ^al. 34Nzalo yezinyoka, lingakhuluma njani izinto ezinhle, libabi ^am? Ngoba umlomo ukhuluma ngokugcwala kwenhliziyo. 35Umuntu olungileyo ukhupha izinto ezilungileyo kokuligugu elilungileyo lenhliziyo; lomuntu omubi ukhupha izinto ezimbi kokuligugu elibi ^an. 36Kodwa ngithi kini: Lonke ilizwi eliyize abalikhulumayo abantu, bazaziphendulela ngalo ngosuku lokwahlulela. 37Ngoba ngamazwi akho uzalungisiswa, langamazwi akho uzalahlwa ^ao.

Abafuna isibonakaliso

38Abanye bababhali labaFarisi basebephendula, bathi: Mfundisi, sifuna ukubona isibonakaliso esivela kuwe ^ap. 39Kodwa waphendula wathi kubo: Isizukulwana esibi ^aq lesifebayo sidinga isibonakaliso; kodwa kasiyikunikwa isibonakaliso, ngaphandle kwesibonakaliso sikaJona umprofethi ^ar. 40Ngoba njengalokhu uJona waba sesiswini sensikabayitshiye insuku ezintathu lobusuku obuthathu, ngokunjalo iNdodana yomuntu izakuba semathunjini omhlaba insuku ezintathu lobusuku obuthathu ^as. 41Amadoda eNineve ^at azasukuma ekugwetshweni kanye lalesisizukulwana ^au, asilahle ^av; ngoba aphenduka ngokutshumayela kukaJona ^aw; njalo khangelani, omkhulu kuloJona ulapha ^ax. 42Indlovukazi yeningizimu izasukuma ekugwetshweni kanye lalesisizukulwana ^ay, isilahle; ngoba yavela emikhawulweni yomhlaba ukuzakuzwa inhlakanipho kaSolomoni ^az; njalo khangelani, omkhulu kuloSolomoni ulapha ^ba.

Ukuphenduka okungaphelelanga

43Kodwa nxa umoya ongcolileyo esephumile emuntwini ^bb, uyahamba adabule indawo ezomileyo, edinga ukuphumula, kodwa engakutholi. 44Abesesithi: Ngizabuyela endlini yami engaphuma kuyo; njalo esefikile ayifice ize, ithanyelwe ^bc, njalo ilungisiwe. 45Abesehamba athathe kanye laye abanye omoya abayisikhombisa ababi kulaye uqobo, besebengena bahlale khona ^bd; njalo ukucina kwalowomuntu kube kubi kulokuqala. Kuzakuba njalo lakulesisizukulwana esibi ^be.

Izihlobo zikaJesu eziyizo

46Kwathi esakhuluma emaxukwini, khangela, unina ^bf labafowabo bema ngaphandle, bedinga ukukhuluma laye. 47Omunye wasesithi kuye: Khangela, unyoko labafowenu bemi phandle, bedinga ukukhuluma lawe. 48Kodwa waphendula wathi komtshelileyo: Ngubani umama? Labafowethu ngobani? 49Waseselulela isandla sakhe kubafundi bakhe wathi: Khangelani, umama labafowethu ^bg. 50Ngoba loba ngubani owenza intando ^bh kaBaba osemazulwini, nguye ongumfowethu lodadewethu lomama ^bi.