Luke 18
1 UJesu wayesebalandisa umzekeliso, ebafundisa ukuthi kufanele bakhuleke njalo, bangadangali.
2 Wathi: “Emzini othile kwakukhona umehluleli othile owayengamesabi uNkulunkulu, futhi engenandaba namuntu.
3 Kulowo muzi kwakukhona futhi umfelokazi owayelokhu egqigqa, ethi kuye: ‘Ngenzele ubulungiswa maqondana nomelene nami.’
4 “Kwaba yisikhathi eside umehluleli engathandi. Kepha kamuva wadlinza, wathi: ‘Nakuba ngingamesabi uNkulunkulu, futhi ngingenandaba namuntu,
5 kodwa-ke ngokuba lo mfelokazi ulokhu engibelesele, ngizakumenzela ubulungiswa, funa ekugcineni angicasule.’ ”
6 INkosi yayisithi: “Lalelani-ke ukuthi wathini umehluleli okhohlakeleyo.
7 UNkulunkulu akayukubenzela yini ubulungiswa abakhethiweyo bakhe, abakhala kuye imini nobusuku, ababekezelele na?
8 Ngithi kini: uyakubenzela ubulungiswa ngokushesha. Ngabe iNdodana yomuntu iyokufumana yini ukukholwa emhlabeni mhla ifika na?”
9 UJesu wakhuluma nabanye ababezigabisa ngokuthi balungile, bedelela abanye; wabatshela lo mzekeliso, wathi:
10 “Abantu ababili benyukela ethempelini ukuyokhuleka, omunye engumFarisi, omunye engumthelisi.
11 UmFarisi wema, wakhuleka wathi: ‘Nkulunkulu, ngiyakubonga ngokuba ngingenjengabo abanye abantu: izigebengu, izikhohlakali, iziphingi, nanjengalo mthelisi.
12 Ngizila ukudla kabili ngeviki, nginikela ngokweshumi kwakho konke engikutholayo.’
13 “Kepha umthelisi wema kude engafuni ngisho nokuphakamisela amehlo akhe ngasezulwini, kodwa wazithoba ezisola, ethi: ‘Nkulunkulu, ngihawukele mina soni.’
14 “Ngithi kini: lo wabuyela ekhaya elungisisiwe kunomFarisi. Ngokuba yilowo nalowo oziphakamisayo, uzakuthotshiswa; kodwa ozithobayo, uzakuphakanyiswa.”
15 Baletha futhi kuJesu abantwana ukuba abaphathe; kodwa abafundi bekubona lokho, babakhuza.
16 Kepha uJesu wababiza, ethi: “Vumelani abantwana beze kimi, ningabenqabeli, ngokuba umbuso kaNkulunkulu ungowabanje.
17 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: yilowo nalowo ongawemukeli umbuso kaNkulunkulu njengomntwana, kasoze angena kuwo.”
18 Umbusi othile wayesembuza, ethi: “Mfundisi omuhle, ngiyakwenzenjani ukuze ngidle ifa lokuphila okuphakade na?”
19 Kepha uJesu wathi kuye: “Ungibizelani ngokuthi ngimuhle na? Akekho omuhle, kuphela, uNkulunkulu.
20 Uyayazi imiyalelo ethi: ‘Ungaphingi, ungabulali, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, hlonipha uyihlo nonyoko.’ ”
21 Kepha yena wathi: “Konke lokho ngikugcinile kusukela ebusheni bami.”
22 Esekuzwile lokho, uJesu wathi kuye: “Kunye kuphela okusakusalele: thengisa ngakho konke onakho, uphe abampofu, khona-ke uzakuba nengcebo ezulwini, bese uza, ungilandele.”
23 Kuthe ekuzwa lokho, waphatheka kabi, ngokuba wayecebe kakhulu.
24 UJesu embona ukuthi ulimele kakhulu, wathi: “Kulukhuni kuyitshe kwabanothileyo ukuba bangene embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
25 Kulula ukuba ikameli lingene ngembobo yosungulo, kunokuba onothileyo angene embusweni kaNkulunkulu.”
26 Abakuzwayo lokho base bethi: “Pho kuyakusindiswa bani na?”
27 Kepha uJesu wathi kubo: “Okungenzeki kubantu, kungenzeka kuNkulunkulu.”
28 UPhethro wayesethi: “Thina sishiye okungokwethu, sakulandela.”
29 UJesu wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: akukho muntu oshiye indlu, noma umkakhe, noma abafowabo, noma abazali, noma abantwana, ngenxa yombuso kaNkulunkulu,
30 ongayukukwamukeliswa okuphindwe kaningi kulesi sikhathi, esikhathini esizayo, ukuphila okuphakade.”
31 Wabasondeza kuye abali-12, wathi kubo: “Lalelani, sikhuphukela eJerusalema; konke okulotshwe ngabaphrofethi maqondana neNdodana yomuntu, kuzakugcwaliseka.
32 Izakukhashelwa kwabezizwe, iklolodelwe, iphathwe kabi, ikhafulelwe ngamathe,
33 bayishaye, bayibulale; kodwa ngosuku lwesithathu, izakuvuka.”
34 Kepha abakuqondanga lokho; leli lizwi laliyimpicabadala kubo, abakuqondanga lokho akushoyo.
35 Kwathi esesondela eJerikho, impumputhe ethile yayihleli ngasendleleni inqiba.
36 Kuthe lapho izwa isixuku sidlula ngakuyo, yabuza yathi: “Ngabe kuyini lokhu na?”
37 Base beyitshela bathi: “NguJesu waseNazaretha owedlulayo.”
38 Yayisimemeza ithi: “Jesu, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele!”
39 Ababehamba ngaphambili bayikhuza ukuba ithule, kodwa kwayilapho isho kakhulu ngengila, ithi: “Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele!”
40 UJesu wema, wabayala ukuba bayilethe kuye. Kuthe isisondele wayibuza wathi:
41 “Ufuna ukuba ngikwenzeleni na?” Yathi: “Nkosi, ukuba ngibuye ngibone.”
42 UJesu wathi kuyo: “Bona! Ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile.”
43 Yayisibona khona manjalo, yamlandela imdumisa uNkulunkulu, nabantu bonke bekubona lokho bamdumisa uNkulunkulu.