ULuka Chapter 21

1. Ke kaloku akubheka, wazibona izityebi, ziphosa iminikelo yazo emkhumbini wokulondoloza imali.

2. Wabona ke mhlolokazi uthile ulihlwempu, ephosa apho iimalanana ezimbini.

3. Wathi, Inyaniso ndithi kuni, Lo mhlolokazi usweleyo uphose ngaphezu kwabo bonke;

4. kuba bonke aba baphose eminikelweni kaThixo, bethabatha kwintabalala yabo; ukanti lo, ekusweleni kwakhe, uphose yonke impilo abenayo.

5. Ke kaloku, kwakubon’ ukuba abathile bayathetha ngayo itempile, ukuba ihonjiswe ngamatye amahle nangeminikelo, wathi,

6. Ezi zinto nizibona nje, kuya kufika imihla ekungayi kusala litye phezu kwelitye, elingayi kuchithwa.

7. Bambuza ke besithi, Mfundisi, ziya kubakho nini na ke ezi zinto? Uya kuba yintoni na nomqondiso, xa ngaba ezi zinto ziza kubakho?

8. Wathi ke yena, Lumkani ningalahlekiswa; kuba baninzi abaya kuza egameni lam, besithi, banguye uKristu; ewe, ixesha lisondele; ngoko musani ukubalandela.

9. Xa nithe neva iimfazwe neziphithiphithi, musani ukunkwantya; kuba ezo zinto zimele ukuthi zihle kuqala; sona ke isiphelo asiyi kuba kwaoko.

10. Wandula wathi kubo, Uhlanga luya kuvukelana nohlanga, nobukumkani buvukelane nobukumkani.

11. Kuya kubakho iinyikima zomhlaba ezinkulu kwiindawo ngeendawo, neendlala, neendyikitya zokufa; kuya kubakho izinto ezoyikekayo, kwanemiqondiso emikhulu evela ezulwini.

12. Ngaphambili ke kwazo zonke ezo zinto, baya kunisa izandla, banitshutshise, beninikela ezindlwini zesikhungu nasezintolongweni, nisiwe phambi kookumkani neerhuluneli ngenxa yegama lam.

13. Oko ke kuya kuthi kube bubungqina kuni.

14. Kumiseni ngoko ezintliziyweni zenu, ukuba ningakucingi ngaphambili ukuziphendulela.

15. Kuba mna ndiya kuninika umlomo nobulumko, abangayi kuba nako ukubuphikisa nokumelana nabo, bonke abanichasileyo.

16. Ke kaloku niya kunikelwa nangabazali, nangabazalwana, nayimizalwane, nazizihlobo, kubekho nabababulalayo kuni;

17. nithiywe ngabantu bonke ngenxa yegama lam.

18. Akusayi kutshabalala nonwele olu entlokweni yenu.

19. Ekunyamezeleni kwenu, noyizuza imiphefumlo yenu.

20. Xa nithe nayibona iYerusalem irhawulwe yimikhosi, yazini oko ukuba kusondele ukuphanza kwayo.

21. Ngelo xa mabathi abakwelakwaYuda basabele ezintabeni, nabo baphakathi kwayo mabaphume bemke, nabo basemaphandleni mabangangeni kuyo.

22. Ngokuba yimihla yempindezelo leyo, ukuze kuzaliseke konke okubhaliweyo.

23. Yeha ke, abamithiyo nabanyisayo ngaloo mihla; kuba kuya kubakho ingxakeko enkulu phezu kwawo umhlaba, nengqumbo kwaba bantu;

24. bawe ngohlangothi lwekrele, bathinjwe, basiwe kuzo zonke iintlanga, neYerusalem inyathelelwe phantsi ziintlanga, ade azaliseke amaxesha eentlanga.

25. Kuya kubakho imiqondiso elangeni nasenyangeni nasezinkwenkwezini; nasemhlabeni kubekho ukuxinezeleka kweentlanga, zithingaza; lugquma ulwandle namaza;

26. abantu besifa kukoyika nakukulindela izinto ezilizelayo elimiweyo; kuba amandla ezulu aya kuzanyazanyiswa.

27. Baya kwandula ke ukumbona uNyana woMntu, esiza ngelifu, enamandla nobuqaqawuli obukhulu.

28. Ke kaloku, zakubon’ ukuba ezi zinto ziyaqala ukuhla, sukani nime, niziphakamise iintloko zenu, ngenxa yokuba iyasondela inkululeko yenu.

29. Wathetha umzekeliso kubo, wathi, Wukhangeleni umkhiwane nemithi yonke;

30. xa iselithe yavelisa amagqabi, niyabona nazi ngokwenu ukuba ihlobo selikufuphi.

31. Kwangokunjalo nani, xa nithe nazibona ezi zinto zisihla, yazini ukuba bukufuphi ubukumkani bukaThixo.

32. Inene ndithi kuni, Asiyi kukha sidlule esi sizukulwana, zide zihle zonke ezi zinto.

33. Liya kudlula izulu nehlabathi; ke wona amazwi am akasayi kudlula.

34. Zilumkeleni ke, hleze zisindwe iintliziyo zenu kukuzingxala, nakukunxila, nangamaxhala obu bomi, ize loo mini inifikele ngebhaqo.

35. Kuba iya kubazela njengomgibe bonke abahleliyo phezu kwehlabathi lonke.

36. Phaphani ngoko, amaxesha onke nikhunga, ukuze kuthiwe nikufanele ukuzisaba zonke ezo zinto ziza kuhla, nokumiswa phambi koNyana woMntu.

37. Ke kaloku, emini ebefundisa etempileni; athi ngobusuku aphume, ayekulala entabeni ekuthiwa yeyemiNquma.

38. Bonke ke abantu babesiza kuye kwakusasa etempileni, ukuba beve ukuthetha kwakhe.