Chapter 20
1 Kwathi ngenye imini, akubon’ ukuba uyabafundisa abantu etempileni, eshumayela iindaba ezilungileyo, wafikelwa ngababingeleli abakhulu nababhali, kunye namadoda amakhulu.
2 Bathetha kuye besithi, Sixelele; uzenza ngagunya lini na ezi zinto? Kanjalo ngubani na okunike eli gunya?
3 Waphendula ke wathi kubo, Nam ndiya kubuza kuni zwi-nye, ize nindixelele ke.
4 Ubhaptizo lukaYohane lwaluphuma emazulwini, lwaluphuma ebantwini, sini na?
5 Bacamanga ke bona bodwa, besithi, Ukuba sithe, Lwaphuma emazulwini, wothi, Ibiyini na phofu ukuba ningakholwa nguye?
6 Ukuba ke sithe, Lwaphuma ebantwini, bonke abantu bosigibisela ngamatye; kuba beyisekile ukuba uYohane ungumprofeti.
7 Baphendula ngokuthi, abazi ukuba lwaphuma phi na.
8 Wathi ke uYesu kubo, Nam ke andinixeleli ukuba ndizenza ngagunya lini na ezi zinto.
9 Ke kaloku waqala wathetha ebantwini lo mzekeliso: Umntu othile watyala isidiliya, waqeshisa ngaso kubalimi, wahambela kwelinye ilizwe umzuzu owaneleyo.
10 Wathi ngalo ixesha elifanelekileyo, wathuma umkhonzi kubalimi, ukuba bamnike esiqhameni sesidiliya. Basuka ke bona abalimi bamtyabula, bamndulula elambatha.
11 Waphinda wathuma omnye umkhonzi. Bamtyabula ke nalowo, bamhlazisa, bamndulula elambatha.
12 Waphinda wathuma nowesithathu. Bathi ke bona bamngxwelerha nalowo, bamkhupha.
13 Uthe ke umninisidiliya, Ndiya kuthini na? Ndiya kuthuma unyana wam oyintanda; mhlawumbi, bakumbona, bangamhlonela yena.
14 Bathe ke abalimi, bakumbona, bacamanga bodwa, besithi, Yindlalifa le; yizani siyibulale, ukuze ilifa libe lelethu.
15 Bamkhuphela ngaphandle kwesidiliya, bambulala. Uya kuthini na ke ngoko kubo umninisidiliya?
16 Uya kufika abatshabalalise abo balimi, asinikele bambi isidiliya eso. Bathe ke bakukuva oko, Mayingabikho loo nto!
17 Wondela ke kubo, wathi, Yintoni na phofu le ibhaliweyo: Ilitye abalicekisayo abakhi, Lelona laba yintloko yembombo?
18 Bonke abathe bawa phezu kweli litye, botyumka; ke bona elithe labawela, lobabetha bathi saa.
19 Baza ababingeleli abakhulu nababhali bafuna ukumsa izandla ngelo lixa; boyika abantu, kuba babesazi ukuba uwuthethe esingisele kubo lo mzekeliso.
20 Bamlalela, bathuma iintlola ezizenza amalungisa, ukuba zimbambise ngokuthetha, ukuze bamnikele elulawulweni nasegunyeni lerhuluneli.
21 Zambuza ke zisithi, Mfundisi, siyazi ukuba uthetha ufundise ngobulungisa, ungakhethi buso bamntu; usuka ufundise indlela kaThixo ngenene.
22 Kuvumelekile na ukuba simnike irhafu uKesare, akuvumelekile, sini na?
23 Ebuqondile kakuhle ubuqhetseba bazo, wathi kuzo, Nindilingelani na?
24 Ndiboniseni idenariyo. Inomfanekiso nombhalo kabani na? Ziphendule ke zathi, KaKesare.
25 Uthe ke yena kuzo, Nikelani kaloku izinto zikaKesare kuKesare; nezinto zikaThixo kuThixo.
26 Zakhohlwa ukumbambisa ngamazwi phambi kwabantu, zamangaliswa yimpendulo yakhe, zathi cwaka.
27 Kwafika ke kuye abathile bakubaSadusi, bona abo bakuphikayo ukuba kukho uvuko; bambuza,
28 besithi, Mfundisi, uMoses wasibhalela wathi, Ukuba ozalana nothile uthe wafa enomfazi, wafa ke lowo engenabantwana, maze ozalana naye amzeke umfazi lowo, amvelisele imbewu ozalana naye.
29 Ke bekukho abantu abasixhenxe bezalana; waza owokuqala wazeka umfazi, wafa engenabantwana.
30 Nowesibini wamzeka umfazi lowo, wafa naye engenabantwana.
31 Nowesithathu wamzeka; benjenjalo ke bosixhenxe, bafa bengashiyanga bantwana.
32 Emveni ke kwabo bonke, wafa naye umfazi lowo.
33 Eluvukweni ngoko, ungumfazi wawuphi na kubo? Kuba bosixhenxe bebenaye engumfazi.
34 Waphendula ke wathi kubo uYesu, Abeli phakade bayazeka, bayendiswa;
35 ke bona abo kuthiwe bafanele ukufika kwelo phakade, nakukuvuka kwabafileyo, abazeki, abendiswa;
36 kuba abasenakubuya bafe; kuba bengangezithunywa zezulu; kanjalo bangoonyana bakaThixo, bengabovuko njalo.
37 Ke kaloku, le ndawo yokuba abafileyo bayavuka, noMoses wayithi thupha kwindawo ethetha ngetyholo, xenikweni athi, INkosi inguThixo ka-Abraham, inguThixo kaIsake, inguThixo kaYakobi.
38 AkaThixo ke wabafileyo, ungowabaphilileyo; kuba bonke baphile ngaye.
39 Baphendula ke abathile bakubabhali, bathi, Mfundisi, utyaphile ukutsho.
40 Baye ke bengasenabuganga bakumbuza nento le.
41 Wathi ke kubo, Batsho ngani na ukuthi, uKristu ungunyana kaDavide?
42 Kanti noDavide yena ngokwakhe uthi encwadini yeeNdumiso, Yathi iNkosi eNkosini yam, Hlala ngasekunene kwam,
43 Ndide iintshaba zakho ndizenze isihlalo seenyawo zakho.
44 UDavide ngoko umbiza ngokuthi, Nkosi; aze abe ke ngunyana wakhe ngani na?
45 Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba bayeva bonke abantu, wathi kubafundi bakhe,
46 Balumkeleni ababhali, abathandayo ukuhamba ngeengubo ezinde, bathande imibuliso ezindaweni zembutho, nezihlalo zobukhulu ezindlwini zesikhungu, nezilili zobukhulu ezidlweni;
47 abadla izindlu zabahlolokazi, baze ngokunyhwalaza bathandaze uzungu. Abo baya kwamkela ugwebo olugqithiseleyo.