Luke 13
1 Kwakukhona ngaleso sikhathi abathile abamtshela ngabaseGalile igazi labo uPilatu ayelixubanise nemihlatshelo yabo.
2 UJesu waphendula wathi kubo: “Nithi labo baseGalile babeyizoni kunabaseGalile bonke ngokuba behlushwe ngalezi zinto na?
3 Ngithi kini: Qha, kepha uma ningaphenduki, niyakubhubha ngokunjalo nonke.
4 Nalabo abayishumi nesishiyagalombili owawela phezu kwabo umbhoshongo waseSilowama, wababulala, nithi bona babeyizoni kunabo bonke abantu abakhileyo eJerusalema na?
5 Ngithi kini: Qha, kepha uma ningaphenduki, niyakubhubha ngokunjalo nonke.
6 Wasekhuluma lomfanekiso; Umuntu othile wayenomkhiwane utshalwe esivinini sakhe; weza wadinga isithelo kuwo, kodwa akasitholanga.
7 Wayesethi kuso isisebenzi sesivini: ‘Bheka, sekuyiminyaka emithathu ngiza ngifuna isithelo kulo mkhiwane, ngingasifumani; uwuthelelelani umhlabathi?
8 Yaphendula yathi kuye: “Nkosi, wuyeke nangalo nyaka, ngize ngimbe emaceleni awo, ngithele umquba;
9 Uma uthela isithelo, kuhle; uma kungenjalo, wowugawula emva kwalokho.
10 Wayefundisa kwelinye lamasinagoge ngesabatha.
11 Bheka, kwakukhona owesifazane onomoya wobuthakathaka iminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili, eqhothile engakwazi nokusukuma.
12 Kwathi uJesu embona, wambiza, wathi kuye: Mame, ukhululiwe ebuthakathakeni bakho.
13 Wasebeka izandla phezu kwakhe; njalo wahle waqonda, wadumisa uNkulunkulu.
14 Umphathi wesinagoge waphendula ngokuthukuthela, ngokuba uJesu esilisa ngesabatha, wathi kubantu: Zikhona izinsuku eziyisithupha okufanele kusetshenzwe ngazo; ngakho wozani ngazo, niphulukiswe, kungabi ngesabatha. usuku.
15 INkosi yasiphendula yathi kuye: Mzenzisi, ngulowo lalowo wenu kayithukululi yini ngesabatha inkabi yakhe kumbe imbongolo yakhe esibayeni, ayiyise ukuyiphuzisa?
16 Nalo wesifazane oyindodakazi ka-Abrahama, uSathane ambophile, bheka, le minyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili bekungafanele yini akhululwe kulesi sibophelelo ngosuku lwesabatha na?
17 Eseshilo lokho, bajabha bonke ababemelene naye;
18 Wasesithi: Umbuso kaNkulunkulu ufana lani? futhi ngiyakulifanisa nani?
19 Unjengohlamvu lwesinaphi, aluthatha umuntu, waluphonsa ensimini yakhe; yamila, yaba ngumuthi omkhulu; izinyoni zezulu zahlala emagatsheni awo.
20 Wabuye wathi: “Ngingawufanisa nani umbuso kaNkulunkulu na?
21 Ufana nemvubelo, ayithatha owesifazane, wayifaka ezilinganisweni ezintathu zempuphu, kwaze kwabila konke.
22 Wasedabula imizi lemizana efundisa, elibangise eJerusalema.
23 Omunye wasesithi kuye: Nkosi, balutshwana abasindiswayo yini? Wathi kubo.
24 Phikelelani ukungena ngesango elincane; ngokuba ngithi kini: Abaningi bayakufuna ukungena, kodwa bahluleke.
25 Nxa umninindlu esesukumile wavala umnyango, seliqala ukuma ngaphandle lokungqongqotha emnyango, lisithi: Nkosi, Nkosi, sivulele; uyakuphendula athi kini: Anginazi lapho nivela khona;
26 Khona niyakuqala ukuthi: ‘Sadla, saphuza phambi kwakho, wafundisa emigwaqweni yakithi.’
27 Kodwa uzakuthi: Ngithi kini: Kangilazi lapho elivela khona; sukani kimi nina nonke benzi bokubi.
28 Lapho kuyakuba khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo, nxa senibona o-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe, nabaprofethi bonke embusweni kaNkulunkulu, kepha nina nikhishelwe ngaphandle.
29 Bayakuza bevela empumalanga, nasentshonalanga, nasenyakatho, naseningizimu, bahlale ekudleni embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
30 Bhekani, bakhona abokugcina abayakuba ngabokuqala, kukhona abokuqala abayakuba ngabokugcina.
31 Ngalolo suku kwafika abaFarisi abathile, bathi kuye: “Phuma, umuke lapha, ngokuba uHerode ufuna ukukubulala.
32 Wathi kubo: “Hambani niyitshele leyo mpungushe ukuthi: ‘Bheka, ngikhipha amademoni, ngiphulukisa abantu namuhla nakusasa, kuthi ngosuku lwesithathu ngipheleliswe.
33 Nokho ngimelwe ukuhamba namuhla nakusasa nangomuso, ngokuba akunakwenzeka ukuba umprofethi abhubhe ngaphandle kweJerusalema.
34 Jerusalema, Jerusalema, wena obulala abaprofethi, okhanda ngamatshe abathunywe kuwe! Bengithanda kangakanani ukubuthela ndawonye abantwana bakho njengesikhukhukazi sibuthela amazinyane aso ngaphansi kwamaphiko aso, kodwa anivumanga!
35 Bhekani, indlu yenu isisala nani; ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Aniyikungibona, kuze kufike isikhathi eniyakusho ngaso ukuthi: ‘Ubusisiwe ozayo egameni leNkosi.’