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13 Nakaphuma ethempelini, omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, qala bona mahle kangangani amatje la nemakhiwo le!”+ 2 UJesu, wathi kuye: “Uyayibona imakhiwo emikhulu le? Akunalitje elizokutjhiywa phezu kwelinye lingagirizelwa phasi.”+
3 Asahlezi eNtabeni yama-Oliva aqalene nethempeli, uPitrosi, uJakopo, uJwanisi no-Andrisi bambuza ngemsitheleni bathi: 4 “Sitjela bona izintwezi zizokwenzeka nini nokuthi sizokuba yini isibonakaliso sokuphela kwazo?”+ 5 UJesu wathoma ukubatjela wathi: “Yelelani bona kungabi nomuntu onidurhisako.+ 6 Abanengi bazokuza ngegama lami, bathi, ‘Nginguye,’ badurhise abanengi. 7 Godu nanizwa ngezipi nemibiko yezipi, ningasabi; izintwezi kufuze zenzeke kodwana ukuphela kuzabe kungakafiki.+
8 “Isitjhaba sizokulwa nesitjhaba, umbuso ulwe nombuso;+ kuzokuba nokusikinyeka kwephasi eendaweni ngeendawo; kuzokuba nokutlhayela kokudla.+ Lokhu kuthoma kwemirhelo yokugandeleleka.+
9 “Kodwana nina, zitjhejeni. Abantu bazonisa emakhotho,+ nizokubetjhwa emasinagogeni,+ nijanyiswe phambi kwababusi namakhosi ngebanga lami bona kube bufakazi kibo.+ 10 Godu, iindaba ezimnandi kufuze zitjhunyayelwe kizo zoke iintjhaba qangi.+ 11 Nabanibambako bona banise ekhotho, ningatshwenyeki ngenizokutjho nanifika lapho; kodwana nanyana ngikuphi eninikelwa khona ngesikhatheso, kukhulumeni ngombana akusingini enikhulumako kodwana mmoya ocwengileko.+ 12 Ngalokho umuntu uzokuthengisa umfowabo bona abulawe, nobaba athengise umntwana nabantwana bazokuvukela ababelethi babangele bona babulawe.+ 13 Nizokuhloywa babantu boke ngebanga legama lami.+ Kodwana loyo okghodlhelele* bekwaba sekupheleni+ uzokusindiswa.+
14 “Nje-ke, nanibona into enyenyisako ebangela ukutjhabalala+ ijame lapha kungakafaneli khona (ofundako akalemuke), abaseJudiya ababalekele eentabeni.+ 15 Umuntu ophezu kwendlu angahliki namkha angene ngendlini ayokuthatha okuthileko ngendlinakhe 16 nomuntu osesimini angabuyeli emva ayokuthatha isambatho sakhe sangaphandle. 17 Maye! Ebafazini abasidisi nabamunyisako ngesikhatheso.+ 18 Hlalani nithandaza bona kungenzeki ebusika; 19 ngombana isikhatheso kuzokuba sikhathi sesizi+ elingakhenge khelibe khona, kusukela ekuthomeni kwendalo uZimu ayibumbileko bekube nje, nelingekhe libe khona godu.+ 20 Eqinisweni, ngathana uJehova akhenge awarhunyeze amalanga lawo, akunamuntu obekangasinda. Kodwana ngebanga labakhethiweko, uwarhunyezile amalanga lawo.+
21 “Nje-ke nangabe umuntu uthi kini, ‘Qalani! Nangu uKrestu,’ namkha ‘Nanguya,’ ningamkholwa.+ 22 Ngombana kuzokuvela aboKrestu bamala nabaphorofidi bamala,+ bazokwenza iimbonakaliso neemangaliso bona badurhise ngitjho nabakhethiweko nakukghonekako. 23 Yeke nina, yelelani.+ Nginitjele zoke izinto kusese ngaphambili.
24 “Kodwana emihleni leyo, ngemva kwesizelo, ilanga lizokufiphazwa, inyezi ayizukukhanya,+ 25 iinkwekwezi zizokuwa ezulwini namandla asezulwini azokusikinywa. 26 Bazokubona iNdodana yomuntu+ iza emafini inamandla amakhulu nephazimulo.+ 27 Izokuthumela iingilozi zibuthelele abakhethiweko bayo ndawonye bavela emagumbini amane wephasi, ukusukela emkhawulweni wephasi kuya emkhawulweni wezulu.+
28 “Nje-ke fundani emfanekisweni womuthi wamafeyi: Nawumila iimpande ezincani, utlhurha namakari, niyazi bona ihlobo selitjhidele.+ 29 Nani, nanibona izintwezi zenzeka, yazini ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu iseduze, isemnyango.+ 30 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, isizukulwanesi angekhe sidlule zingakenzeki zoke izintwezi.+ 31 Izulu nephasi kuzokudlula+ kodwana amezwami angekhe adlule.+
32 “Malungana nelangelo namkha i-iri akakho owaziko, ngitjho neengilozi ezulwini neNdodana kodwana nguBaba kwaphela owaziko.+ 33 Hlalani niqalile, hlalani niphapheme+ ngombana anisazi isikhathi esibekiweko.+ 34 Kufana nendoda ekhamba iye enarheni ekude itjhiye indlwayo. Ngaphambi kobana ikhambe, inikela iinsebenzi zayo ilungelo lokulawula,+ ngasinye emsebenzinaso bese iyala umlindisango bona ahlale aphapheme.+ 35 Ngalokho-ke, hlalani niqalile ngombana anazi bona umninindlu ubuya nini,+ kungaba ntambama namkha phakathi nobusuku namkha ngamathathakusa* namkha ekuseni,+ 36 Bona nakafika ningakalindeli, anganifumani nilele.+ 37 Kodwana lokho engikutjhoko kini, ngikutjho kibo boke: Hlalani niqalile.”+