Kwathi ukuba basondele eJerusalema, sebefikile eBetfage ngaseNtabeni Yeminqumo, uJesu wathuma abafundi ababili, wathi kubo: “Hambani niye emzaneni obhekene nani, nizakufumana masinyane imbongolo ikhulekiwe nethole linayo; zithukululeni, nizilethe kimi. Uma umuntu esho utho kini, anothi: ‘INkosi iyazidinga;’ uyakuzithumela masinyane.”
Kepha lokho kwenzeka ukuba kugcwaliseke okwashiwo ngumprofethi othi:
“Yishoni kuyo indodakazi yaseSiyoni
ukuthi:
Bheka, iNkosi yakho iza kuwe,
imnene, ikhwele embongolweni,
yebo, etholeni,
inkonyane yesilwane esiboshelwayo.”
Abafundi bahamba, benza njengokuba uJesu ebatshelile, baletha imbongolo nethole, babeka izingubo zabo phezu kwazo, wahlala phezu kwazo. Iningi lesixuku lendlala izingubo zalo endleleni, kepha abanye bagawula amahlamvu emithini, bawendlala endleleni. Izixuku ezazihamba phambili nezazimlandela zamemeza zathi:
“Hosiyana kuyo iNdodana kaDavide!
Ubusisiwe ozayo egameni leNkosi.
Hosiyana kweliphezulu!”
Kwathi esangena eJerusalema, umuzi wonke wanyakaza, wathi: “Ngubani lo?”
Izixuku zathi: “Lo ungumprofethi, uJesu waseNazaretha laseGalile.”
UJesu wayesengena ethempelini, waxosha bonke abathengisayo nabathengayo ethempelini, wagumbuqela amatafula abashintshelana imali nezihlalo zabathengisa ngamajuba. Wathi kubo: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Indlu yami iyakubizwa ngokuthi indlu yokukhuleka,’ kepha nina niyenza ‘umhume wabaphangi.’ ”
Kwase kufika kuye izimpumputhe nezinyonga ethempelini, waziphulukisa. Kepha abapristi abakhulu nababhali, bebona izimangaliso azenzayo nabantwana bememeza ethempelini, bethi: “Hosiyana kuyo iNdodana kaDavide,” bacasuka, bathi kuye: “Uyakuzwa lokhu abakushoyo laba na?”
UJesu wathi kubo: “Yebo, anizange nifunde yini ukuthi: ‘Emlonyeni wezingane nowabancelayo uzilungisele indumiso,’ na?”
Wayesebashiya, waphuma emzini, waya eBethaniya, walala khona.
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