Ke kaloku, kwangaloo mini waphuma uYesu endlwini, waya wahlala ngaselwandle. Kwahlanganisana kuye abantu abaninzi, wada yena wangena emkhombeni, wahlala phantsi; zathi zonke izihlwele zema elunxwemeni.
Wathetha kubo iindawo ezininzi ngemizekeliso, esithi, Yabonani, umhlwayeli waphuma waya kuhlwayela. Ekuhlwayeleni kwakhe inxalenye yeenkozo yawa ngasendleleni, zeza iintaka zayidla zayigqiba. Ezinye ke zawa ezindaweni ezilulwalwa, apho bezingenamhlaba mninzi; zaphuma ke kwaoko, ngenxa yokuba bezingenabunzulu bamhlaba; zathi ke lakuphuma ilanga zatsha, zaza ngenxa yokuba zingenangcambu zoma kwaphela. Ezinye ke zawa emithaneni enameva, yaza imithana enameva yakhula yaziminxa. Ezinye ke zawa kuwo wona umhlaba omhle, zanika iziqhamo, olunye lwanika ikhulu, olunye amashumi amathandathu, nolunye amashumi amathathu. Lowo uneendlebe zokuva makeve.
Beza abafundi bathi kuye, Kungani na ukuba uthethe kubo ngemizekeliso? Waphendula ke wathi kubo, Kungokuba nikuphiwe nina ukuzazi iimfihlelo zobukumkani bamazulu, babe ke bona bengakuphiwanga. Kuba osukuba enako, yena uya kuphiwa, aze abe nako ngokugqithiseleyo; kodwa osukuba engenako, uya kuhluthwa kwanoko anako. Ngenxa yoko ndithetha nabo ngemizekeliso; ngokuba bebona nje bengaboni, besiva nje bengeva, bengaqondi nokuqonda. Sizalisekele kubo ke isiprofeto sikaIsaya esithi,
Ukuva niya kuva, ningakhe niqonde;
Nithi nibona nje nibone, ningakhe niqiqe;
Kuba intliziyo yaba bantu ithe fithi kukutyeba,
Beva ngeendlebe ezithe nkqi,
Bayawacima namehlo abo;
Hleze babone ngamehlo,
Beve ngeendlebe,
Baqonde ngentliziyo,
Bajike,
Ndibaphilise.
(UIsaya 6:910)
Kodwa nina, anethamsanqa amehlo enu, ngokuba ebona; neendlebe zenu, ngokuba zisiva. Kuba ndithi kuni, Inene, baninzi abaprofeti nabantu abangamalungisa, abanqweneláyo ukuzibona izinto enizibonayo àbazibona; nokuziva izinto enizivayo, àbaziva.
Nina ngoko wuveni umzekeliso womhlwayeli: akubon' ukuba ubani uyaliva ilizwi lobukumkani, engaliqondi, uyafika ongendawo, akuhluthe okuhlwayelwe entliziyweni yakhe; lo nguye lowo wahlwayelwa ngasendleleni. Lowo ke uhlwayelwa ezindaweni ezilulwalwa, ngulo ulivayo ilizwi, alamkele kwaoko ngovuyo; abe ke engenangcambu ngaphakathi kwakhe, eme umzuzwana kodwa; uthi ke kwakuhla imbandezelo nokuba yintshutshiso ngenxa yelizwi, akhutyekiswe kwaoko. Lowo ke uhlwayelwe emithaneni enameva, ngulo ulivayo ilizwi, lithi ke ixhala leli phakade, nokulukuhla kobutyebi, kuliminxe ilizwi, lisuke lingabi nasiqhamo. Lowo ke uhlwayelwe kuwo umhlaba omhle, ngulo ulivayo ilizwi aliqonde; othi yena okunene axakathe iziqhamo; omnye ke enze ikhulu, omnye amashumi amathandathu, nomnye amashumi amathathu.
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