Luke 20

¹ngolunye lwezinsuku lezo esafundisa abantu ethempelini, eshumayela ivangeli, abapristi abakhulu nababhali bekanye namalunga bamvukela.

²Bakhuluma, bathi kuye: “Sitshele ukuthi lokhu ukwenza ngagunya lini, nokuba ngubani okunike leli gunya na?”

³Waphendula, wathi kubo: “Nami ngizakunibuza izwi, nize ningitshele.

⁴Ukubhapathiza kukaJohane kwavela ezulwini noma kubantu na?”

⁵Bazindlisana bodwa, bathi: “Uma sithi: ‘Ezulwini,’ uzakuthi: ‘Anikholwanga nguye ngani na?’

⁶Kepha uma sithi: ‘Kubantu,’ abantu bonke bazakusikhanda ngamatshe, ngokuba bakholiwe ukuthi uJohane ungumprofethi.”

⁷Base bephendula ukuthi abazi lapho evela khona.

⁸UJesu wayesethi kubo: “Nami-ke anginitsheli ukuthi ngenza lokhu ngagunya lini.”

⁹Wayeseqala ukulandisa lo mfanekiso, ethi kubantu: “Umuntu watshala isivini, wasiqashisa kubalimi, waya kwelinye izwe isikhathi eside.

¹⁰Ngenkathi efaneleyo wayesethumela inceku kubalimi ukuba bamnike ezithelweni zesivini; kepha abalimi bayishaya, bayimukisa ze.

¹¹Waphinda wathuma enye inceku; naleyo bayishaya, bayidumaza, bayimukisa ze.

¹²Wayesephinda ethuma neyesithathu; nalena bayilimaza, bayiphonsa ngaphandle.

¹³“Khona wathi umninisivini: ‘Ngizakwenze njani na? Ngizakuthuma indodana yami ethandekayo; mhlawumbe lena bazakuyazisa.’

¹⁴“Kepha abalimi beyibona bakhulumisana bathi: ‘Lo uyindlalifa; masiyibulale ukuba ifa libe ngelethu.’

¹⁵Bayiphonsa ngaphandle kwesivini, bayibulala; ngakho-ke umninisivini uzakwenze njani kubo na?

¹⁶Uzakuza, ababhubhise labo balimi, isivini asinike abanye.” Bekuzwa bathi: “Qha, makungabi njalo.”

¹⁷Kepha wababheka, wathi: “Yini, pho, lokhu okulotshiweyo ukuthi: “ ‘Itshe abalinqabayo abakhi lona laba yinhloko yegumbi’?

¹⁸“Yilowo nalowo owayo phezu kwalelo tshe uyakuphohlozwa, kepha lowo eliyakuwela phezu kwakhe liyakumcolisa.”

¹⁹Ababhali nabapristi bafuna ukumbamba khona lapho, kepha besaba abantu, ngokuba bazi ukuthi uwukhulumile lo mfanekiso ngabo.

²⁰Bamqaphela, bathuma izinhloli ezizishaya abalungileyo ukuba bamhile ngezwi lakhe, baze bamkhaphele emandleni nasegunyeni lombusi wezwe.

²¹Bambuza-ke bathi: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi ukhuluma, ufundisa ngokuqondileyo, awukhethi buso bamuntu, kepha ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngokuqinisileyo.

²²Sivunyelwe ukuthela kuKesari noma qha?”

²³Kepha eqonda ubuqili babo wathi kubo:

²⁴“Ngiboniseni udenariyu; unomfanekiso nombhalo kabani?” Bathi: “OkaKesari.”

²⁵Wayesethi kubo: “Ngakho-ke nikani uKesari okukaKesari noNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu.”

²⁶Abaze baba namandla ukumhila ngezwi lakhe phambi kwabantu; bamangala ngokuphendula kwakhe, bathula.

²⁷Kwase kufika kuye abathile babaSadusi abathi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo;

²⁸bambuza bathi: “Mfundisi, uMose wasilobela ukuthi, uma kufa umfowabo womuntu enomfazi kepha engenamntwana, umfowabo makamthathe umkakhe, amvusele umfowabo inzalo.

²⁹Kwakukhona izelamani eziyisikhombisa; owokuqala wathatha umfazi; wafa engenamntwana,

³⁰nowesibili;

³¹nowesithathu wamthatha; kanjalo-ke abayisikhombisa; bafa bengashiyanga bantwana.

³²Ukugcina wafa nomfazi.

³³Ngakho-ke ekuvukeni owesifazane uyakuba ngumfazi wamuphi kubo, lokhu abayisikhombisa babe naye engumkabo.”

³⁴UJesu wathi kubo: “Abantwana bale nkathi bayaganwa, bayendiswa.

³⁵Kepha labo abazakuthiwa bafanele ukufinyelela kuleyo nkathi nasekuvukeni kwabafileyo kabaganwa, kabendiswa;

³⁶ngokuba bangebuye bafe, banjengezingelosi; bangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu bengabantwana bokuvuka.

³⁷Kepha ukuthi bayavuswa abafileyo, noMose wakubonakalisa esihlahleni, lapho eyibiza iNkosi ngokuthi uNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama, noNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe.

³⁸UNkulunkulu kasiye owabafileyo kodwa owabaphilayo, ngokuba bonke baphila kuye.”

³⁹Abathile bababhali baphendula bathi: “Mfundisi, ukhulume kahle.”

⁴⁰Ngokuba babengasenasibindi sokumbuza lutho.

⁴¹Wayesethi kubo: “Basho kanjani ukuthi uKristu uyindodana kaDavide na?

⁴²lokhu uDavide uqobo uthi eNcwadini yamaHubo: “ ‘INkosi yathi eNkosini yami: “Hlala ngakwesokunene sami,

⁴³ngize ngibeke izitha zakho zibe yisenabelo sezinyawo zakho.” ’

⁴⁴“Ngakho uDavide umbiza ngokuthi iNkosi; pho, uyindodana yakhe kanjani na?”

⁴⁵Besalalele abantu bonke, wathi kubafundi bakhe:

⁴⁶“Xwayani ababhali abafuna ukuhamba bembethe izingubo ezinde, bethanda ukubingelelwa ezigcawini nokuhlala phambili emasinagogeni nasezindaweni ezingenhla ekudleni,

⁴⁷abadla izindlu zabafelokazi, bekhuleka isikhathi eside ngokuzenzisa; laba bayakwamukeliswa ukulahlwa okukhulu.”