Umbusi othile wayesembuza, ethi: “Mfundisi omuhle, ngiyakwenzenjani ukuze ngidle ifa lokuphila okuphakade na?”
Kepha uJesu wathi kuye: “Ungibizelani ngokuthi ngimuhle na? Akekho omuhle, kuphela, uNkulunkulu. Uyayazi imiyalelo ethi: ‘Ungaphingi, ungabulali, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, hlonipha uyihlo nonyoko.’ ”
Kepha yena wathi: “Konke lokho ngikugcinile kusukela ebusheni bami.”
Esekuzwile lokho, uJesu wathi kuye: “Kunye kuphela okusakusalele: thengisa ngakho konke onakho, uphe abampofu, khona-ke uzakuba nengcebo ezulwini, bese uza, ungilandele.”
Kuthe ekuzwa lokho, waphatheka kabi, ngokuba wayecebe kakhulu. UJesu embona ukuthi ulimele kakhulu, wathi: “Kulukhuni kuyitshe kwabanothileyo ukuba bangene embusweni kaNkulunkulu. Kulula ukuba ikameli lingene ngembobo yosungulo, kunokuba onothileyo angene embusweni kaNkulunkulu.”
Abakuzwayo lokho base bethi: “Pho kuyakusindiswa bani na?”
Kepha uJesu wathi kubo: “Okungenzeki kubantu, kungenzeka kuNkulunkulu.”
UPhethro wayesethi: “Thina sishiye okungokwethu, sakulandela.”
UJesu wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: akukho muntu oshiye indlu, noma umkakhe, noma abafowabo, noma abazali, noma abantwana, ngenxa yombuso kaNkulunkulu, ongayukukwamukeliswa okuphindwe kaningi kulesi sikhathi, esikhathini esizayo, ukuphila okuphakade.”
Wabasondeza kuye abali-12, wathi kubo: “Lalelani, sikhuphukela eJerusalema; konke okulotshwe ngabaphrofethi maqondana neNdodana yomuntu, kuzakugcwaliseka. Izakukhashelwa kwabezizwe, iklolodelwe, iphathwe kabi, ikhafulelwe ngamathe, bayishaye, bayibulale; kodwa ngosuku lwesithathu, izakuvuka.”
Kepha abakuqondanga lokho; leli lizwi laliyimpicabadala kubo, abakuqondanga lokho akushoyo.
Kwathi esesondela eJerikho, impumputhe ethile yayihleli ngasendleleni inqiba. Kuthe lapho izwa isixuku sidlula ngakuyo, yabuza yathi: “Ngabe kuyini lokhu na?”
Base beyitshela bathi: “NguJesu waseNazaretha owedlulayo.”
Yayisimemeza ithi: “Jesu, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele!”
Ababehamba ngaphambili bayikhuza ukuba ithule, kodwa kwayilapho isho kakhulu ngengila, ithi: “Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele!”
UJesu wema, wabayala ukuba bayilethe kuye. Kuthe isisondele wayibuza wathi: “Ufuna ukuba ngikwenzeleni na?”
Yathi: “Nkosi, ukuba ngibuye ngibone.”
UJesu wathi kuyo: “Bona! Ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile.”
Yayisibona khona manjalo, yamlandela imdumisa uNkulunkulu, nabantu bonke bekubona lokho bamdumisa uNkulunkulu.
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