Luke 7
1 Kwathi eseqedile amazwi akhe zonke ezindlebeni zabantu, wangena eKapernawume.
2 Kepha inceku yenduna yekhulu ethile ethandekayo kuyo yayigula, isizakufa.
3 Kwathi isizwile ngoJesu, yathuma kuye amalunga abaJuda, imcela ukuthi eze asilise inceku yayo.
4 Esefikile kuJesu amncenga masinyane, esithi: Ufanele ukuthi amenzele lokhu;
5 Ngokuba uyasithanda isizwe sakithi, wasakhela nesinagoge.
6 Khona uJesu wahamba nabo. Esengasekude nendlu, induna yekhulu yathuma kuye abangani, bathi kuye: “Nkosi, ungazihluphi, ngokuba angifanele ukuba ungene phansi kophahla lwami;
7 Ngakho angizibonanga ukuthi ngifanele ukuza kuwe, kodwa yisho ngezwi, khona inceku yami iyakusinda.
8 Ngokuba nami ngingumuntu ophansi kwegunya, nginamasosha phansi kwami, ngithi kwelinye: ‘Hamba,’ lihambe; futhi kwenye: Woza, futhi uyeza; nasencekwini yami, Yenza lokhu, ikwenze.
9 Kwathi uJesu ekuzwa lokho wamangala ngayo, waphenduka, wathi ezixukwini ezazimlandela: Ngithi kini: Angitholanga ukholo olungaka nakwaIsrayeli.
10 Ababethunyiwe sebebuyela endlini bafica inceku isisindile.
11 Kwathi ngangomuso waya emzini othiwa iNayini; abaningi babafundi bakhe bahamba naye nesixuku esikhulu.
12 Esesondela ngasesangweni lomuzi, bheka, kwakukhona ofileyo ekhishelwa phandle, indodana eyodwa kanina, yena engumfelokazi, nabantu abaningi bomuzi babe naye.
13 Yathi iNkosi imbona, yamhawukela, yathi kuye: “Ungakhali.
14 Wasesondela wathinta uhlaka; abaluthweleyo bema. Yathi: Nsizwa, ngithi kuwe: Vuka.
15 Ofileyo wavuka wahlala, waqala ukukhuluma. Wamnikela kunina.
16 Ukwesaba kwehlela phezu kwabo bonke, bamdumisa uNkulunkulu, bathi: “Kuvele umprofethi omkhulu phakathi kwethu; nokuthi, UNkulunkulu ubahambele abantu bakhe.
17 Leli zindaba ngaye laphumela kulo lonke iJudiya nakulo lonke izwe langakhona.
18 Abafundi bakaJohane bamtshela ngazo zonke lezizinto.
19 UJohane esebizele kuye ababili kubafundi bakhe, wabathuma kuJesu ukuthi: “Wena unguye ozayo na? noma sifuna omunye?
20 Kwathi efika kuye amadoda athi: UJohane uMbhabhathizi usithumile kuwe esithi: Wena unguye ozayo yini? noma sifuna omunye?
21 Ngaleso sikhathi waphulukisa abaningi ezifweni zabo, nasezifweni, nasemoyeni ababi; nezimpumputhe eziningi wazipha ukubona.
22 UJesu waphendula wathi kubo: “Hambani nimtshele uJohane lokho enikubonile nenikuzwile; ukuthi izimpumputhe ziyabona, izinyonga ziyahamba, abanochoko bayahlanjululwa, izithulu ziyezwa, abafileyo bayavuswa, abampofu bayashunyayelwa ivangeli.
23 Futhi ubusisiwe ongayikukhubeka ngami.
24 Zathi sezimukile izithunywa zikaJohane, waqala ukukhuluma ezixukwini ngoJohane, wathi: “Naphumela ukuyobonani ehlane na? Umhlanga unyakaziswa ngumoya na?
25 Kodwa naphumela ukuyabonani na? Umuntu owembethe ingubo ethambileyo na? Bhekani, abembethe eziwubukhazikhazi, bephila kamnandi, basezindlini zamakhosi.
26 Kodwa naphumela ukuyabonani na? Umprofethi? Yebo, ngithi kini, nodlula umprofethi.
27 Nguye okulotshwe ngaye ukuthi: “Bheka, ngiyathuma isithunywa sami phambi kobuso bakho, esiyakulungisa indlela yakho phambi kwakho.
28 Ngokuba ngithi kini: Kwabazelwe ngabesifazane akakho umprofethi omkhulu kunoJohane uMbhapathizi, kepha omncinyane embusweni kaNkulunkulu mkhulu kunaye.
29 Nabo bonke abantu abamuzwayo nabathelisi bathi uNkulunkulu ulungile, bebhapathizwa ngobhapathizo lukaJohane.
30 Kepha abaFarisi nezazimthetho bala icebo likaNkulunkulu eliqondene nabo, bengabhapathizwa nguye.
31 Yathi iNkosi: Pho abantu balesi sizukulwane ngiyakubafanisa nani na? futhi bafana nani?
32 Bafana nabantwana abahlezi esigcawini, bememezana bethi: “Sinishayele imitshingo, kepha anisinanga; sililile kini, kodwa anikhalanga.
33 Ngokuba uJohane uMbhapathizi wafika engadli sinkwa, engaphuzi wayini; nithi: ‘Unedemoni.’
34 INdodana yomuntu ifikile idla, inatha; nithi: ‘Bhekani, umuntu oyisiminzi nesiphuzi, umngane wabathelisi nezoni.
35 Kodwa ukuhlakanipha kulungisiswa ngabantwana bakho bonke.
36 Omunye wabaFarisi wamcela ukuthi adle laye. Wangena endlini yomFarisi, wahlala ekudleni.
37 Bheka, owesifazane emzini, oyisoni, ekwazi ukuthi uJesu uhlezi ekudleni endlini yomFarisi, waletha umfuma wealabhaste wamafutha.
38 Wema ngasezinyaweni zakhe emva kwakhe ekhala, waqala ukugeza izinyawo zakhe ngezinyembezi, wazesula ngezinwele zekhanda lakhe, wanga izinyawo zakhe, wazigcoba ngamafutha.
39 Kwathi ekubona lokho umFarisi owayembizile, wakhuluma phakathi kwakhe, wathi: “Lona, ukuba ubengumprofethi, ngabe uyazi ukuthi ungubani nokuthi unjani owesifazane omthintayo, ngokuba uyisoni.
40 UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: Simoni, ngilelizwi kuwe. Wathi: “Khuluma, Mfundisi.
41 Kwakukhona umtshelekisi othile owayenezikweletu ezimbili;
42 Kwathi bengenanto yokukhokha, wabathethelela bobabili. Ngitshele-ke, yimuphi kubo oyakumthanda kakhulu na?
43 USimoni waphendula wathi: Ngithi ngulowo amthethelela kakhulu. Wathi kuye: Wahlulele kahle.
44 Wayesephendukela kowesifazane, wathi kuSimoni: Uyambona lona wesifazane? Ngingene endlini yakho, awunginikanga amanzi ezinyawo zami, kepha yena uzigezile izinyawo zami ngezinyembezi, wazesula ngezinwele zekhanda lakhe.
45 Awunganganga, kepha lona wesifazane, selokhu ngingenile, akayekanga ukwanga izinyawo zami.
46 Ikhanda lami awuligcobanga ngamafutha, kepha lona wesifazane ugcobe izinyawo zami ngamafutha.
47 Ngakho-ke ngithi kuwe: Izono zakhe eziningi zithethelelwe; ngokuba wayethanda kakhulu, kepha othethelelwa okuncane, uthanda kancane.
48 Wathi kuye: “Izono zakho zithethelelwe.
49 Labo ababehlezi naye ekudleni baqala ukukhuluma bodwa, bathi: “Ngubani lo othethelela nezono na?
50 Wathi kowesifazane: “Ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile; hamba ngokuthula.