Luke 14

UJesu usilisa efundisa endlini yomFarisi

1Kwasekusithi ekungeneni kwakhe ngesabatha endlini yomunye wabakhulu kubaFarisi ukuthi adle isinkwa ^a, bona basebemqaphela ^b. 2Njalo khangela, kwakukhona umuntu othile phambi kwakhe owayelombizankulu. 3UJesu wasephendula ^c wakhuluma lezazumthetho labaFarisi ^d, wathi: Kuvunyelwe yini ukusilisa ngesabatha ^e? 4Kodwa bathula. Wasembamba wamsilisa wamyekela ukuthi ahambe. 5Wasebaphendula esithi ^f: Nguwuphi kini ongathi elobabhemi kumbe inkabi yakhe ewele emgodini, futhi angahle ayikhuphe ngosuku lwesabatha ^g? 6Abasazange babuyisele impendulo kuye ngalezizinto ^h.

7Wasekhuluma umfanekiso kubo abanxusiweyo ⁱ, ebona ukuthi bakhetha njani ^j izihlalo zabahloniphekayo ^k, wathi kubo: 8Nxa unxusiwe ngumuntu emtshadweni ^l, ungahlali esihlalweni sabahloniphekayo ^m; hlezi kukhona omkhulu kulawe onxusiweyo nguye, 9futhi okunxusileyo wena laye eze athi kuwe: Mxekele lo; khona uzaqala ukuhlala endaweni esekucineni usulenhloni ⁿ. 10Kodwa nxa unxusiwe, hamba uhlale endaweni esekucineni ^o; ukuze, nxa efika okunxusileyo, athi kuwe: Mngane, yenyukela ngaphezulu; khona kuzakuba ludumo kuwe phambi kwabo abahlezi ekudleni lawe ^p. 11Ngoba wonke oziphakamisayo uzathotshiswa, lozithobayo uzaphakanyiswa ^q.

12Wasesithi lakulowo owayemnxusile: Nxa usenza ukudla kwemini loba ukudla kwantambama, unganxusi abangane bakho, loba abafowenu, loba izihlobo zakho, loba omakhelwane abanothileyo; hlezi labo babuye bakunxuse, futhi ukwenananiswa kwenziwe kuwe ^r. 13Kodwa nxa usenza idili ^s, nxusa abayanga, izilima, iziqhuli, iziphofu; 14njalo uzabusiswa, ngoba abalalutho lokukwenanisa ^t; ngoba uzakwenaniselwa ^u ekuvukeni kwabalungileyo ^v.

Umfanekiso wedili lomtshado

15Kwathi omunye kwababehlezi laye ekudleni esezwile lezizinto wathi kuye: Ubusisiwe lowo ozakudla isinkwa embusweni kaNkulunkulu ^w.

16Kodwa wathi kuye: Umuntu othile wenza ukudla kwantambama okukhulu, wanxusa abanengi ^x. 17Ngesikhathi sokudla kwantambama wasethuma inceku yakhe ukuthi ithi kwabanxusiweyo: Wozani, ngoba sekulungisiwe konke. 18Kodwa bonke baqala omunye lomunye ukuzixolisela ^y. Owokuqala wathi kuye: Ngithenge insimu, ngimele ukuhamba ngiyeyibona; ngiyakuncenga, akungixolisele ^z. 19Lomunye wathi: Sengithenge izipane ezinhlanu zenkabi, ngiya ukuzilinga; ngiyakuncenga, akungixolisele. 20Lomunye wathi: Sengithethe umfazi, ngakho ngingeze ngeza ^aa. 21Isibuyile leyonceku yayibikela lezizinto inkosi yayo. Wasethukuthela umninindlu wathi encekwini yakhe: Phuma ngokuphangisa uye emigwaqweni lendleleni zomuzi, ulethe abayanga lezilima leziqhuli leziphofu ubangenise lapha ^ab. 22Inceku yasisithi: Nkosi, sekwenziwe njengokulaya kwakho, njalo indawo isesekhona. 23Yasisithi inkosi encekwini: Phuma uye ezindleleni lezintangweni ubacindezele bangene, ukuze igcwaliswe indlu yami ^ac. 24Ngoba ngithi kini: Kakho kulamadoda ayenxusiwe ozakuzwa ukudla kwami kwantambama ^ad.

Abafundi bakaJesu abaqotho

25Kwakuhamba laye amaxuku amanengi; wasetshibilika wathi kuwo: 26Uba umuntu esiza kimi ^ae, futhi engazondi uyise, lonina, lomkakhe, labantwana, labafowabo, labodadewabo ^af, yebo ngitsho leyakhe impilo, angebe ngumfundi wami ^ag. 27Njalo loba ngubani ^ah ongathwali isiphambano sakhe angilandele, angebe ngumfundi wami ^ai.

28Ngoba nguwuphi kini, othi efuna ukwakha umphotshongo, ongaqali ahlale phansi, abale indleko, ukuthi ulakho yini okokuqedisa? 29Ukuze hlezi, kuthi esebekile isisekelo kodwa angabi lamandla okuqeda, bonke abakubonayo baqale ukumhleka, 30besithi: Lumuntu waqala ukwakha, kodwa kabanga lamandla okuqeda ^aj. 31Loba yiyiphi inkosi ezakuya empini imelene lenye inkosi engaqali ihlale phansi inakane ngokuthi ilamandla yini ngenkulungwane ezilitshumi okuhlangabezana laleyo ^ak eza ilenkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili ukumelana layo ^al? 32Kodwa uba kungenjalo, ingathi isekhatshana leyo, ithume amanxusa icele okokuthula. 33Ngakho kunjalo wonke kini ongadeli konke alakho, angeke aba ngumfundi wami ^am.

34Itshwayi lihle ^an; kodwa uba itshwayi seliduma, lizavuselelwa ngani ^{ao , ap}? 35Kalifanele lamhlabathi ledundulu lomquba ^aq; kodwa liyalahlwa ngaphandle ^ar. Olendlebe zokuzwa, akezwe ^as.