Luka 20:1-40

Kwathi ngolunye lwalezo zinsuku efundisa abantu ethempelini, eshumayela ivangeli, kwafika kuye abapristi abakhulu nababhali kanye namalunga; Bakhuluma kuye, bathi: “Sitshele, lezi zinto uzenza ngagunya lini na? kumbe ngubani okunike leligunya? Wasephendula wathi kubo: Lami ngizalibuza ilizwi libe linye; futhi ungiphendule: Ubhapathizo lukaJohane lwaluvela ezulwini noma kubantu na? Basebekhulumisana bodwa, besithi: Uba sisithi: Ezulwini; uzakuthi: Pho, anikholwanga nguye ngani na? Kepha uma sithi: Kubantu; abantu bonke bazosikhanda ngamatshe, ngokuba bakholiwe ukuthi uJohane ungumprofethi. Base bephendula ngokuthi abazi lapho livela khona. UJesu wathi kubo: “Nami anginitsheli ukuthi ngenza lokhu ngagunya lini. Waseqala ukukhuluma ebantwini lumfanekiso; Umuntu othile watshala isivini, wasiqashisa kubalimi, waya ezweni elikude isikhathi eside. Ngesikhathi esifaneleyo wathuma inceku kubalimi, ukuthi bamnike ezithelweni zesivini; kodwa abalimi bayitshaya, bayimukisa ze. Wabuye wathuma enye inceku; nayo bayishaya, bayiphatha kabi, bayimukisa ze. Wabuye wathuma neyesithathu; nayo bayilimaza, bayikhiphela ngaphandle. Wasesithi umninisivini: Ngizakwenzani? Ngiyakuthuma indodana yami ethandekayo; mhlawumbe bayoyihlonipha, lapho beyibona. Kodwa kwathi abalimi beyibona bakhulumisana besithi: Lo uyindlalifa; wozani siyibulale, ukuze ilifa libe ngelethu. Base beyikhiphela ngaphandle kwesivini, bayibulala. Uzakwenzani-ke umninisivini? Uzakuza, ababhubhise laba balimi, isivini asinike abanye. Sebezwile bathi: Kakube njalo. Wababheka wathi: “Pho, kuyini lokhu okulotshiweyo ukuthi: “Itshe abalinqabayo abakhi lona laba yinhloko yegumbi? Loba ngubani ozakuwa phezu kwalelotshe uzaphahlazwa; kodwa lowo eliwela phezu kwakhe lizamcola. Abapristi abakhulu nababhali bafuna ukumbamba ngaso leso sikhathi; besaba abantu, ngokuba baqonda ukuthi uwukhulume lo mfanekiso ngabo. Basebemqaphela, bathuma izinhloli ezizenza abalungileyo ukuze babambe amazwi akhe, ukuze bamnikele emandleni lakulandleni wombusi. Bambuza-ke, bathi: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi ukhuluma ufundise kahle, awukhethi buso bamuntu, kodwa ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngeqiniso; Kuvunyelwe yini kithi ukuthela kuKesari, noma qha? Kodwa ebazi ubuqili babo wathi kubo: Lingilingelani? Ngikhombiseni udenariyu. Inomfanekiso nombhalo kabani? Baphendula bathi: KaKesari. Wathi kubo: “Ngakho-ke nikani uKesari okukaKesari, noNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu. Abakwazanga ukubamba amazwi akhe phambi kwabantu; bamangala ngokuphendula kwakhe, bathula. Kwase kufika kuye abathile kubaSadusi, abaphika ukuthi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo; bambuza. Bathi: “Mfundisi, uMose wasilobela ukuthi: “Uma kufa umfowabo womuntu enomfazi, kepha engenabantwana, umfowabo makamthathe umkakhe, amvusele umfowabo inzalo. Kwakukhona izelamani eziyisikhombisa; owokuqala wathatha umfazi, wafa engenabantwana. Nowesibili wamthatha, wafa engenamntwana; Nowesithathu wamthatha; kanjalo-ke abayisikhombisa, bafa bengashiyanga mntwana. Ekugcineni kwabo bonke nowesifazane wafa. Ngakho-ke ekuvukeni uyakuba ngumkabani kubo na? ngokuba abayisikhombisa babe naye engumkabo. UJesu waphendula wathi kubo: Abantwana balumhlaba bayathatha, bayendiswa; Kodwa labo okuthiwa bafanele ukuthola lelolizwe lokuvuka kwabafileyo kabathathani, kabendiswa; futhi kabasayikufa, ngoba banjengezingilosi; futhi bangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, bengabantwana bokuvuka. Kepha ukuthi abafileyo bayavuswa, noMose wakubonakalisa esihlahleni, lapho eyibiza iNkosi ngokuthi uNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama, noNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe. Ngokuba kasiye uNkulunkulu wabafileyo, kodwa owabaphilayo, ngokuba bonke baphilela yena. Abanye bababhali basebephendula bathi: Mfundisi, ukhulume kuhle. Emva kwalokho ababanga nasibindi sokumbuza nokumbuza.