Luke 20
1 Kwathi ngolunye lwalezo zinsuku efundisa abantu ethempelini, eshumayela ivangeli, kwafika kuye abapristi abakhulu nababhali kanye namalunga;
2 Bakhuluma kuye, bathi: “Sitshele, lezi zinto uzenza ngagunya lini na? kumbe ngubani okunike leligunya?
3 Wasephendula wathi kubo: Lami ngizalibuza ilizwi libe linye; futhi ungiphendule:
4 Ubhapathizo lukaJohane lwaluvela ezulwini noma kubantu na?
5 Basebekhulumisana bodwa, besithi: Uba sisithi: Ezulwini; uzakuthi: Pho, anikholwanga nguye ngani na?
6 Kepha uma sithi: Kubantu; abantu bonke bazosikhanda ngamatshe, ngokuba bakholiwe ukuthi uJohane ungumprofethi.
7 Base bephendula ngokuthi abazi lapho livela khona.
8 UJesu wathi kubo: “Nami anginitsheli ukuthi ngenza lokhu ngagunya lini.
9 Waseqala ukukhuluma ebantwini lumfanekiso; Umuntu othile watshala isivini, wasiqashisa kubalimi, waya ezweni elikude isikhathi eside.
10 Ngesikhathi esifaneleyo wathuma inceku kubalimi, ukuthi bamnike ezithelweni zesivini; kodwa abalimi bayitshaya, bayimukisa ze.
11 Wabuye wathuma enye inceku; nayo bayishaya, bayiphatha kabi, bayimukisa ze.
12 Wabuye wathuma neyesithathu; nayo bayilimaza, bayikhiphela ngaphandle.
13 Wasesithi umninisivini: Ngizakwenzani? Ngiyakuthuma indodana yami ethandekayo; mhlawumbe bayoyihlonipha, lapho beyibona.
14 Kodwa kwathi abalimi beyibona bakhulumisana besithi: Lo uyindlalifa; wozani siyibulale, ukuze ilifa libe ngelethu.
15 Base beyikhiphela ngaphandle kwesivini, bayibulala. Uzakwenzani-ke umninisivini?
16 Uzakuza, ababhubhise laba balimi, isivini asinike abanye. Sebezwile bathi: Kakube njalo.
17 Wababheka wathi: “Pho, kuyini lokhu okulotshiweyo ukuthi: “Itshe abalinqabayo abakhi lona laba yinhloko yegumbi?
18 Loba ngubani ozakuwa phezu kwalelotshe uzaphahlazwa; kodwa lowo eliwela phezu kwakhe lizamcola.
19 Abapristi abakhulu nababhali bafuna ukumbamba ngaso leso sikhathi; besaba abantu, ngokuba baqonda ukuthi uwukhulume lo mfanekiso ngabo.
20 Basebemqaphela, bathuma izinhloli ezizenza abalungileyo ukuze babambe amazwi akhe, ukuze bamnikele emandleni lakulandleni wombusi.
21 Bambuza-ke, bathi: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi ukhuluma ufundise kahle, awukhethi buso bamuntu, kodwa ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngeqiniso;
22 Kuvunyelwe yini kithi ukuthela kuKesari, noma qha?
23 Kodwa ebazi ubuqili babo wathi kubo: Lingilingelani?
24 Ngikhombiseni udenariyu. Inomfanekiso nombhalo kabani? Baphendula bathi: KaKesari.
25 Wathi kubo: “Ngakho-ke nikani uKesari okukaKesari, noNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu.
26 Abakwazanga ukubamba amazwi akhe phambi kwabantu; bamangala ngokuphendula kwakhe, bathula.
27 Kwase kufika kuye abathile kubaSadusi, abaphika ukuthi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo; bambuza.
28 bathi: “Mfundisi, uMose wasilobela ukuthi: “Uma kufa umfowabo womuntu enomfazi, kepha engenabantwana, umfowabo makamthathe umkakhe, amvusele umfowabo inzalo.
29 Kwakukhona izelamani eziyisikhombisa; owokuqala wathatha umfazi, wafa engenabantwana.
30 Nowesibili wamthatha, wafa engenamntwana;
31 Nowesithathu wamthatha; kanjalo-ke abayisikhombisa, bafa bengashiyanga mntwana.
32 Ekugcineni kwabo bonke nowesifazane wafa.
33 Ngakho-ke ekuvukeni uyakuba ngumkabani kubo na? ngokuba abayisikhombisa babe naye engumkabo.
34 UJesu waphendula wathi kubo: Abantwana balumhlaba bayathatha, bayendiswa;
35 Kodwa labo okuthiwa bafanele ukuthola lelolizwe lokuvuka kwabafileyo kabathathani, kabendiswa;
36 futhi kabasayikufa, ngoba banjengezingilosi; futhi bangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, bengabantwana bokuvuka.
37 Kepha ukuthi abafileyo bayavuswa, noMose wakubonakalisa esihlahleni, lapho eyibiza iNkosi ngokuthi uNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama, noNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe.
38 Ngokuba kasiye uNkulunkulu wabafileyo, kodwa owabaphilayo, ngokuba bonke baphilela yena.
39 Abanye bababhali basebephendula bathi: Mfundisi, ukhulume kuhle.
40 Emva kwalokho ababanga nasibindi sokumbuza nokumbuza.
41 Wasesithi kubo: Batsho njani ukuthi uKristu uyindodana kaDavida?
42 UDavida uqobo lwakhe uthi egwalweni lwamaHubo: INkosi yathi eNkosini yami: Hlala ngakwesokunene sami;
43 ngize ngenze izitha zakho zibe yisenabelo senyawo zakho.
44 Ngakho uDavide umbiza ngokuthi iNkosi, pho uyindodana yakhe kanjani na?
45 Kwathi sezilalele ixuku lonke wathi kubafundi bakhe.
46 Xwayani ababhali, abathanda ukuhamba bembethe izingubo ezinde, nokubingelelwa ezigcawini, nezihlalo eziphakeme emasinagogeni, nezihlalo eziphambili ekudleni;
47 abadla izindlu zabafelokazi, nangokuzenzisa benza imithandazo emide; labo bayakwamukeliswa ukulahlwa okukhulu.