ULUKA 21:5-24

Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba abathile bayathetha ngayo itempile, ukuba ihonjiswe ngamatye amahle nangeminikelo, wathi, Ezi zinto nizibona nje, kuya kufika imihla ekungayi kusala litye phezu kwelitye, elingayi kuchithwa. Bambuza ke besithi, Mfundisi, ziya kubakho nini na ke ezi zinto? Úya kuba yintoni na nomqondiso, xa ngaba ezi zinto ziza kubakho? Wathi ke yena, Lumkani ningalahlekiswa; kuba baninzi abaya kuza egameni lam, besithi, banguye uKristu;• ewe, ixesha lisondele; ngoko musani ukubalandela. Xa nithe neva iimfazwe neziphithiphithi, musani ukunkwantya; kuba ezo zinto zimele ukuthi zihle kuqala; sona ke isiphelo asiyi kuba kwaoko. Wandula wathi kubo, Uhlanga luya kuvukelana nohlanga, nobukumkani buvukelane nobukumkani. Kuya kubakho iinyikima zomhlaba ezinkulu kwiindawo ngeendawo, neendlala, neendyikitya zokufa; kuya kubakho izinto ezoyikekayo, kwanemiqondiso emikhulu evela ezulwini. Ngaphambili ke kwazo zonke ezo zinto, baya kunísa izandla, banitshutshise, beninikela ezindlwini zesikhungu nasezintolongweni, nisiwe phambi kookumkani neerhuluneli ngenxa yegama lam. Oko ke kuya kuthi kube bubungqina kuni. Kumiseni ngoko ezintliziyweni zenu, ukuba ningàkucingi ngaphambili ukuziphendulela. Kuba mna ndiya kuninika umlomo nobulumko, abangayi kuba nako ukubuphikisa nokumelana nabo, bonke abanichasileyo. Ke kaloku niya kunikelwa nangabazali, nangabazalwana, nayimizalwane, nazizihlobo, kubekho nabababulalayo kuni; nithiywe ngabantu bonke ngenxa yegama lam. Akusayi kutshabalala nonwele olu entlokweni venu. Ekunyamezeleni kwenu, noyizuza imiphefumlo yenu. Xa nithe nayibona iYerusalem irhawulwe yimikhosi, yazini oko ukuba kusondele ukuphanza kwayo. Ngelo xa mabathi abakwelakwaYuda basabele ezintabeni, nabo baphakathi kwayo mabaphume bemke, nabo basemaphandleni mabangangeni kuyo. Ngokuba yimihla yempindezelo leyo, ukuze kuzaliseke konke okubhaliweyo. Yeha ke, abamithiyo nabanyisayo ngaloo mihla; kuba kuya kubakho ingxakeko enkulu phezu kwawo umhlaba, nengqumbo kwaba bantu; bawe ngohlangothi lwekrele, bathinjwe, basiwe kuzo zonke iintlanga, neYerusalem inyathelelwe phantsi ziintlanga, ade azaliseke amaxesha eentlanga.