Chapter 19
1 Waye engene uYesu, ecanda eYeriko.
2 Kwakho ndoda ibizwa ngegama elinguZakeyu; yaye yona iyintloko yababuthi berhafu; yaye isisityebi yona.
3 Yayifuna ukumbona uYesu, ukuba ngubani na; ayaba nako ngenxa yendimbane, ngokuba ngesithomo yayimfutshane.
4 Yagidima ngaphambili, yakhwela kumthombe ukuze imbone; ngokuba ebeza kudlula ngapho.
5 Akufika kuloo ndawo, wakhangela phezulu uYesu, wayibona, wathi kuyo, Zakeyu, khawuleza uhle; kuba namhlanje ndimelwe kukuhlala endlwini yakho.
6 Wakhawuleza ke, wehla, wamamkela ngobubele, evuya.
7 Baye bonke, bakuyibona loo nto, bekrokra, besithi, Ungene waya kulala kwindoda engumoni.
8 Wema ke uZakeyu, wathi kuyo iNkosi, Uyabona, isiqingatha sempahla yam, Nkosi, ndisinika amahlwempu; nokuba ndidle into kabani ngokumtyhola, ndimbuyisela kane.
9 Uthe ke uYesu kuye, Namhlanje kufike usindiso kule ndlu, ngokokuba naye engunyana ka-Abraham;
10 kuba uNyana woMntu weza kufuna nokusindisa oko kulahlekileyo.
11 Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba bayaziva ezi zinto, uqokele wathetha umzekeliso, ngenxa yokuba ebekufuphi eYerusalem, nangokuba babesiba ubukumkani bukaThixo buza kubonakala kwangoko.
12 Wathi ngoko, Umntu othile olinene wahambela ezweni elikude, eya kuzamkelela ubukumkani, aze abuye.
13 Ubabizile ke abakhonzi bakhe abalishumi, wabanika iimina zalishumi, wathi kubo, Rhwebani, ndide ndifike.
14 Ke abemi bomzi wakhe babemthiyile, bathuma izigidimi emva kwakhe, besithi, Asithandi ukuba lo abe ngukumkani phezu kwethu.
15 Kwathi, akuba ebuyile, ebamkele ubukumkani, wathi, mababizelwe kuye abo bakhonzi abebanike imali leyo, ukuze azi ukuba unantsi urhwebe ntoni na.
16 Wavela ke owokuqala esithi, Nkosi, imina yakho izele iimina zalishumi.
17 Uthe kuye, Hee ke, mkhonzi ulungileyo; ngokuba waba nokuthembeka entweni encinanana, yiba negunya kwimizi elishumi.
18 Weza nowesibini, esithi, Nkosi, imina yakho yenze iimina zantlanu.
19 Uthe ke nakulowo, Nawe yiba phezu kwemizi emihlanu
20 Weza nomnye esithi, Nkosi, nantsi imina yakho endibe ndinayo, ndiyibeke eqhiyeni;
21 kuba ndibe ndikoyika wena, ngokuba ungumntu obungqabangqaba, uthabatha into ongayibekanga, uvune into ongayihlwayelanga.
22 Athi ke kuye, Ndiya kukugweba ngokuphuma emlonyeni wakho, mkhonzindini ungendawo; ubusazi nje ukuba mna ndingumntu obungqabangqaba, othabatha into angayibekanga, avune into angayihlwayelanga;
23 ibiyini na phofu, ukuba ungayibeki imali yam ebhankini, ndaza mna ekufikeni ndaba ndiyibize inenzala?
24 Wathi kwababemi ngakhona, Mhlutheni imina leyo, niyinike lowo uneemina ezilishumi.
25 Bathi ke kuye, Nkosi, uneemina ezilishumi.
26 Kuba ndithi kuni, Wonke umntu onako uya kunikwa; ongenako ke, uya kuhluthwa kwanoko anako.
27 Ke zona ezo ntshaba zam zazingathandanga ukuba ndibe ngukumkani phezu kwazo, ziziseni apha, nizincinithe phambi kwam.
28 Waye, akuba ezithethile ezi zinto, ehamba ngaphambili, enyuka esiya eYerusalem.
29 Kwathi, akusondela eBhetefage naseBhetani, esingise entabeni ekuthiwa yeyemiNquma, wesusa bababini kubafundi bakhe,
30 wathi, Hambani niye emzaneni lo ukhangelene nani; nothi, nakungena kuwo, nifumane ithole le-esile libotshelelwe, ekungazanga kuhlale namnye umntu phezu kwalo; likhululeni nilizise.
31 Nokuba ubani uyanibuza, esithi, Yini na ukuba nilikhulule? nothi ukuthetha kuye, Liyafuneka eNkosini.
32 Basuka ke baya abo babethunyiwe, bafumana kunjengoko abekutshilo kubo.
33 Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba bayalikhulula ithole, bathi abaninilo kubo, Nilikhululelani na ithole?
34 Bathi ke bona, Liyafuneka eNkosini.
35 Balizisa kuYesu, baphosa iingubo zabo phezu kwethole elo, bamkhwelisa uYesu.
36 Akubon’ ukuba uyahamba ke, bamana bezandlala iingubo zabo endleleni.
37 Ke kaloku, akubon’ ukuba selesondele ekuhleni kwayo iNtaba yemiNquma, yaqala yonke inkitha yabafundi yavuya, yadumisa uThixo ngezwi elikhulu, ngayo yonke imisebenzi yamandla abayibonayo;
38 besithi, Makabongwe lo Kumkani uzayo egameni leNkosi; uxolo emazulwini, uzuko enyangweni.
39 Abathile kubaFarisi esihlweleni apho bathi kuye, Mfundisi, bakhalimele abafundi bakho.
40 Waphendula wathi kubo, Ndithi kuni, kungathi kuthe cwaka aba, kunkqangaze amatye la.
41 Akusondela, wawubona umzi, wawulilela,
42 esithi, Akwaba ubusazi nawe lo kwangayo yona le mini yakho, izinto ezizezoxolo lwakho! Ke kungoku zifihliwe emehlweni akho.
43 Ngokuba uya kufikelwa yimihla, eziya kuthi iintshaba zakho zikubiyele ngodonga, zikungqinge, zikuxine ngeenxa zonke,
44 zikukhahlele phantsi wena, nabantwana bakho phakathi, kwakho; zingashiyi nelitye phezu kwelitye phakathi kwakho, ngenxa enokuba ungalazanga ixesha lokuvelelwa kwakho.
45 Waza, eye kungena etempileni, waqala ukubakhupha abo babethengisa kuyo, nababethenga;
46 esithi kubo, Kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Indlu yam yindlu yokuthandaza; ke nina niyenze umqolomba wezihange.
47 Wayefundisa imihla ngemihla etempileni apho. Baye ke ababingeleli abakhulu nababhali, kwanabaziintloko zabantu, befuna ukumtshabalalisa.
48 Baye ke bengafumani nto bangayenzayo; kuba bonke abantu babenamathele kuye, bemphulaphula.