uMateyu 24:1-28

Ephumile uYesu, wemka etempileni; bathe abafundi bakhe beza kumbonisa izakhiwo zetempile. Wathi kubo uYesu, Niyazibona na zonke ezi zinto? Inene, ndithi kuni, Akusayi kusala apha ilitye phezu kwelitye, elingayi kuchithwa. Ke kaloku, akubon’ ukuba uhleli eNtabeni yemiNquma, beza kuye abafundi bebodwa, bathi, Sixelele ukuba ziya kubakho nini na ezo zinto; uya kuba yini na umqondiso wokufika kwakho, nowokupheliswa kwephakade eli? Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo, Lumkani ningalahlekiswa mntu. Kuba baninzi abaya kuza egameni lam, besithi, banguye uKristu; balahlekise abantu abaninzi. Niya kuthi ke nive iimfazwe namarhe eemfazwe; lumkani ningabi navuso, kuba zonke ezo zinto zimele ukuhla; kanti kona ukuphela akukabikho. Kuba uhlanga luya kuvukelana nohlanga, nobukumkani buvukelane nobukumkani; kuya kubakho iindlala, neendyikitya zokufa, nezinyikimo zomhlaba kwiindawo ngeendawo. Zonke ke ezo zinto zikukuqaleka kwenimba. Ngelo xesha baya kuninikela ekubandezelweni, banibulale; niya kuthiywa ziintlanga zonke ngenxa yegama lam. Ngelo xesha baninzi abaya kukhutyekiswa, bangcatshane, bathiyane. Kwaye kuya kuvela abaprofeti ababuxoki babe baninzi, balahlekise abantu abaninzi. Nangenxa yokwanda kokuchasa umthetho, luya kuphola uthando lwabaninzi. Ke onyamezeleyo kwada kwaba sekupheleni, lowo uya kusindiswa. Zaye ezi ndaba zilungileyo zobukumkani ziya kuvakaliswa kulo elimiweyo liphela, zibe bubungqina kuzo zonke iintlanga; kwandule ke kufike ukuphela. Xa nithe nalibona isikizi lesiphanziso, ekuthethwe ngalo ngoDaniyeli umprofeti, limi endaweni engcwele (lowo ulesayo makaqiqe); Ngelo xa mabathi abakwelakwaYuda basabele ezintabeni; Ophezu kwendlu makangehli aye kuthabatha into endlwini yakhe; nosentsimini makangabuyeli emva aye kuthabatha iingubo zakhe. Yeha ke, abamithiyo nabanyisayo ngaloo mihla! Thandazani ke, ukuba intsabo yenu ingabi sebusika nangesabatha. Kuba ngelo xesha kuya kubakho imbandezelo enkulu, ekungazanga kubekho injalo kwasekuqalekeni kwehlabathi, kwada kwaba kalokunje, ekungasayi kubuye kubekho injalo. Kanjalo ukuba ibingayi kuthi loo mihla inqanyulelwe, bekungayi kubakho nyama isindayo; ngenxa ke yabanyuliweyo, loo mihla iya kunqanyulelwa. Ngelo xa ke, ukuba ubani uthe kuni, Nanku apha uKristu, nokuba uthe, Nankuya phaya; musani ukukholwa yiyo. Kuya kuvela ooKristu ababuxoki, nabaprofeti ababuxoki, benze imiqondiso emikhulu nezimanga; ngokokude, ukuba bekunokwenzeka, balahlekise nabanyuliweyo. Yabonani, ndinixelele ngenxa engaphambili. Ukuba ngoko bathi kuni, Nanko entlango, musani ukuphuma niye. Musani ukuphuma; nanko emagumbini afihlakeleyo; musani ukukholwa yiyo. Kuba kwanjengokuba umbane uthi uphume empumalanga, ubonakale kude kuse entshonalanga; koba njalo nokufika koNyana woMntu. Kuba apho sukuba sikhona isidumbu, aya kuhlanganisana khona amaxhalanga.