Luk 18 | Ndebele | STEP | Wasebatshela lomfanekiso esenzela ukuthi bafanele ukukhuleka isikhathi sonke , njalo bengadinwa ,

1 Wasebatshela lomfanekiso esenzela ukuthi bafanele ukukhuleka isikhathi sonke ^a, njalo bengadinwa ^b, 2 wathi: Kwakukhona emzini othile umahluleli othile, owayengesabi uNkulunkulu, njalo engahloniphi muntu ^c; 3 kwakukhona futhi kulowomuzi umfelokazi othile, njalo wayefika kuye, esithi: Ngiphindiselele esitheni sami. 4 Kodwa kavumanga okwesikhathi; kodwa emva kwalezizinto wathi ngaphakathi kwakhe: Lanxa ngingamesabi uNkulunkulu, ngingahloniphi muntu ^d, 5 kodwa ngoba lumfelokazi engikhathaza, ngizamphindiselela ^e, hlezi angaze ekucineni angidinise ^f. 6 INkosi yasisithi: Zwanini umahluleli ongalunganga akutshoyo ^g. 7 Kanti uNkulunkulu ^h kayikwenza impindiselo ⁱ yabakhethiweyo bakhe abakhalayo kuye emini lebusuku ^j, lanxa ebekezela ngabo ^k? 8 Ngiyalitshela ukuthi uzahle enze ^l impindiselo yabo ^m. Kodwa-ke nxa iNdodana yomuntu ifika, izathola ukholo yini emhlabeni?

UmFarisi lomthelisi ethempelini

9 Wasekhuluma lumfanekiso lakwabathile ⁿ ababezithemba ^o ukuthi balungile, futhi bedelela abanye, wathi: 10 Abantu ababili benyukela ethempelini ukuyakhuleka; omunye engumFarisi ^p, lomunye engumthelisi ^q. 11 UmFarisi wema wazikhulekela kanje wathi: Nkulunkulu, ngiyakubonga ukuthi kanginjengabanye abantu ^r, abaphangi, abangalunganga, izifebe, loba lanjengalumthelisi ^s. 12 Ngizila ukudla kabili ngeviki ^t, nginikela okwetshumi ^u kwakho konke engikuzuzayo ^v. 13 Kodwa umthelisi emi khatshana ^w wayengathandi lokuphakamisela amehlo ezulwini ^x, kodwa watshaya isifuba sakhe, esithi: Nkulunkulu, ngihawukele mina soni ^y. 14 Ngithi kini: Lo wehlela endlini yakhe ^z elungisisiwe kulalowayana ^aa; ngoba wonke oziphakamisayo uzathotshiswa, kodwa ozithobayo uzaphakanyiswa ^ab.

Ukubusiswa kwabantwana abancane

15 Basebeletha kuye lensane, ukuze azibambe; kodwa abafundi bekubona babakhuza. 16 Kodwa uJesu wazibizela kuye wathi: Vumelani abantwana abancane beze kimi, lingabenqabeli, ngoba umbuso kaNkulunkulu ungowabanje ^ac. 17 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Loba ngubani ongemukeli umbuso kaNkulunkulu njengomntwana omncane, kasoze angene kuwo ^ad.

Ijaha elinothileyo

18 Umbusi ^ae othile ^af wasembuza, esithi: Mfundisi olungileyo, ngenzeni ukuze ngidle ilifa lempilo elaphakade? 19 Kodwa uJesu wathi kuye: Ungibizelani ngokuthi olungileyo? Kakho olungileyo, ngaphandle koyedwa, uNkulunkulu ^ag. 20 Uyayazi imilayo ethi: Ungafebi, ungabulali, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, hlonipha uyihlo lonyoko ^ah. 21 Yena wasesithi: Konke lokhu ngikugcinile kusukela ebutsheni bami. 22 Kodwa uJesu esizwa lezizinto wathi kuye: Usaswele ulutho olulodwa; thengisa konke olakho, wabele abayanga, njalo uzakuba lempahla eligugu ezulwini; njalo uze lapha ungilandele. 23 Kodwa yena esizwa lezizinto wadana kakhulu; ngoba wayenothile kakhulu.

24 Kwathi uJesu ebona ukuthi usedane kakhulu wathi: Abalenotho bazangena ngokulukhuni kangakanani embusweni kaNkulunkulu. 25 Ngoba kulula ukuthi ikamela lingene ngentunja yenalithi, kulokuthi umuntu onothileyo angene embusweni kaNkulunkulu. 26 Abakuzwayo basebesithi: Pho kungasindiswa bani? 27 Kodwa yena wathi: Izinto ezingenzekiyo ebantwini ziyenzeka kuNkulunkulu ^ai.

Umvuzo wokuzidela

28 UPetro wasesithi: Khangela, thina sitshiye konke, sakulandela. 29 Wasesithi kubo: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kakho umuntu otshiye indlu, kumbe abazali, kumbe abafowabo, kumbe umkakhe, kumbe abantwana, ngenxa yombuso kaNkulunkulu, 30 ongayikwemukela okuphindwe kanengi ^aj kulesisikhathi, lesikhathini esizayo impilo elaphakade ^ak.

UJesu ukhuluma ngokuhlupheka kwakhe

31 Wasezithathela abalitshumi lambili, wathi kubo: Khangelani, senyukela eJerusalema ^al, futhi konke okulotshiweyo ngabaprofethi ngeNdodana yomuntu kuzagcwaliseka ^am. 32 Ngoba izanikelwa kwabezizwe, iyangiswe ^an, ithukwe ^ao, ikhafulelwe ngamathe ^ap, 33 bayitshaye ngesiswepu bayibulale; njalo ngosuku lwesithathu izabuya ivuke. 34 Kodwa bona kabaqedisisanga lutho ngalezizinto ^aq, lalinkulumo yayifihlakele kubo, njalo kabaziqedisisanga izinto ezazitshiwo ^ar.

Ukusiliswa kwesiphofu

35 Kwasekusithi esesondela ^as eJeriko ^at, isiphofu esithile sasihlezi eceleni kwendlela ^au siphanza; 36 sathi sisizwa ixuku lisedlula, sabuza ukuthi kuyini lokho ^av. 37 Basebesitshela bathi: UJesu weNazaretha uyedlula. 38 Sasesimemeza, sisithi: Jesu, Ndodana kaDavida, ngihawukela! 39 Ababehamba phambili basebesikhuza ukuthi sithule; kodwa samemeza kakhulukazi, sisithi: Ndodana kaDavida, ngihawukele ^aw! 40 UJesu wema-ke walaya ukuthi silethwe kuye; sathi sesisondele wasibuza, 41 esithi: Ufuna ukuthi ngikwenzeleni? Sasesisithi: Nkosi, ukuthi ngibuye ngibone. 42 UJesu wasesithi kuso: Buya ubone! Ukholo lwakho lukusindisile ^ax. 43 Njalo sahle sabuya sabona, samlandela, sidumisa uNkulunkulu ^ay; labantu bonke bekubona badumisa uNkulunkulu ^az.