Luke 14
1 Kwathi ngesabatha engena endlini yomunye wabaphathi babaFarisi ukuba adle isinkwa, bona bamqaphela.
2 Bheka, kwakukhona phambi kwakhe indoda ethile eyayinochoko.
3 UJesu waphendula wakhuluma kuzo izazimthetho nabaFarisi, wathi: Kuvunyelwe yini ukuphulukisa ngesabatha na?
4 Basebethula. Wamthatha, wamphulukisa, wamkhulula;
5 Wabaphendula wathi: “Ngumuphi kini ongathi imbongolo noma inkabi iwele emgodini, angayikhiphi masinyane ngosuku lwesabatha na?
6 Abazange besamphendula ngalezo zinto.
7 Wayesebatshela umfanekiso kwabamenyiweyo, ebona ukuthi babekhetha izindlu eziphambili; ethi kubo.
8 Nxa umenywe ngumuntu emshadweni, ungahlali esigcawini; hlezi omunye ohloniphekayo kulawe abizwe nguye;
9 beseza okumemileyo laye, athi kuwe: Khipha lo; bese uqala ukuhlala endaweni ephansi ngokunamahloni.
10 Kodwa nxa umenyiwe, hamba uhlale endaweni esekucineni; ukuze kuthi nxa efika okumemileyo athi kuwe: Mngane, yenyukela enhla;
11 Ngokuba yilowo nalowo oziphakamisayo uyakuthotshiswa; lalowo ozithobayo uzaphakanyiswa.
12 Wayesethi nakumemileyo: “Nxa usenza isidlo sakusihlwa noma sakusihlwa, ungabizi abangane bakho, nabafowenu, noma izihlobo zakho, noma omakhelwane bakho abanothile; funa nabo babuye bakumeme, kube nembuyiselo kuwe.
13 Kepha nxa wenza idili, mema abampofu, nezinyonga, nezinyonga, nezimpumputhe;
14 Wena uyakubusiswa; ngokuba abanakukubuyisela, ngokuba uyakuvuzwa ekuvukeni kwabalungileyo.
15 Kwathi omunye wababehlezi naye ekudleni esizwa lezizinto, wathi kuye: Ubusisiwe odla isinkwa embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
16 Wasesithi kuye: Umuntu othile wenza idili elikhulu, wamema abanengi;
17 Wathuma inceku yakhe ngesikhathi sokudla ukuba ithi kwabamenyiweyo: Wozani; ngoba konke sekulungile.
18 Basebeqala ukuzilandulela bonke nganhliziyonye. Owokuqala wathi kuye: Ngithenge isiqephu sensimu, ngimelwe ukuyosibona;
19 “Omunye wathi: ‘Ngithenge izinkabi ezingaba yisihlanu, ngisaya ukuzivivinya; ngicela ungixolele.
20 Lomunye wathi: Ngithethe umfazi, ngakho ngingeze.
21 Yafika leyo nceku, yabikela inkosi yayo lokho. Khona umninindlu wathukuthela, wathi encekwini yakhe: Phuma masinyane, uye emigwaqweni nasemigwaqweni yomuzi, ungenise lapha abampofu, nezilima, nezinyonga, nezimpumputhe.
22 Inceku yasisithi: Nkosi, sekwenziwe njengokulaya kwakho, kodwa indawo isekhona.
23 Yathi inkosi encekwini: ‘Phuma uye ezindleleni nasezintangweni, ubacindezele ukuba bangene, ukuze igcwale indlu yami.
24 Ngoba ngithi kini: Kakho kulawomadoda abemenyiwe ozakuzwa ukudla kwami kwakusihlwa.
25 Kwasekuhamba laye amaxuku amakhulu, wasetshibilika wathi kuwo.
26 Uma umuntu eza kimi, engazondi uyise, nonina, nomkakhe, nabantwana, nabafowabo, nawodadewabo, yebo, nokuphila kwakhe futhi, angebe ngumfundi wami.
27 Nalowo ongathwali isiphambano sakhe, angilandele, angebe ngumfundi wami.
28 Ngoba ngumuphi kini othi efuna ukwakha umbhoshongo, angahlali phansi kuqala, abale izindleko, ukuthi unakho ukuwuqeda na?
29 Hleze, esesibekile isisekelo, engakwazi ukusiqeda, bonke abakubonayo baqale ukumhleka usulu;
30 besithi: Lomuntu waqala ukwakha, kodwa kabanga lamandla okuqeda.
31 Noma iyiphi inkosi, ethi iyakulwa nenye inkosi, ingahlali phansi kuqala, ibuze ukuthi inamandla yini ngezinkulungwane eziyishumi ukuhlangabeza oza kuyo enezinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili na?
32 Uma kungenjalo, esekude lowo, uthuma amanxusa, acele imibandela yokuthula.
33 Kanjalo-ke, noma ubani kini ongashiyi konke anakho, angebe ngumfundi wami.
34 Usawoti muhle, kepha uma usawoti edumele, ubusawoti bovuzwa ngani na?
35 Awuwulungele umhlabathi, noma umquba; kodwa abantu bayawukhipha. Onezindlebe zokuzwa makezwe.