“Ndodana yomuntu, izakhamuzi ezindaweni ezichithakele kwa-Israyeli, zithi: ‘U-Abhrahama wayeyedwa, wadla ifa lezwe, kodwa thina sibaningi, siliphiwe lona libe yifa lethu.’
Mathewu 3:9 - IsiZulu 2020 Ningacabangi ukuthi nizakuthi phakathi kwenu: ‘Sinobaba u-Abhrahama,’ ngokuba ngithi kini: uNkulunkulu angamvusela abantwana u-Abhrahama kulawa matshe. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Ningacabangi ukuba ningasho phakathi kwenu ukuthi: ‘Sinobaba u-Abrahama;’ ngokuba ngithi kini: UNkulunkulu angamvusela u-Abrahama abantwana kulawa matshe. Baasraak Zulu New Testament Bible Ningacabangi ukusho phakathi kwenu ukuthi: ‘Sinobaba u-Abrahama;’ ngokuba ngithi kini: UNkulunkulu angamvusela u-Abrahama abantwana kulawa matshe. Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Ningacabangi ukusho phakathi kwenu ukuthi: ‘Sinobaba u-Abrahama;’ ngokuba ngithi kini: UNkulunkulu angamvusela u-Abrahama abantwana kulawa matshe. |
“Ndodana yomuntu, izakhamuzi ezindaweni ezichithakele kwa-Israyeli, zithi: ‘U-Abhrahama wayeyedwa, wadla ifa lezwe, kodwa thina sibaningi, siliphiwe lona libe yifa lethu.’
Ngokuba ngaphakathi enhliziyweni yomuntu kuvela imicabango emibi: ubufebe, ukweba, ukubulala,
Wazindla wathi: ‘Ngizokwenzenjani, ngokuba anginandawo engizofaka kuyo isivuno sami na?’
Samemeza sathi: ‘Baba Abhrahama, ngihawukele, uthume uLazaru, ukuba agcobhoze isihloko somunwe wakhe emanzini, apholise ulimi lwami, ngokuba ngisezinhlungwini ezinzima kabi kuleli langabi.’
Ngakho-ke vezani izithelo ezifanele ukuphenduka, ningaqali nithi ngaphakathi kwenu: ‘Sinobaba u-Abhrahama,’ ngokuba ngithi kini: uNkulunkulu unamandla okuvusela u-Abhrahama abantwana kulawa matshe.
Kepha uJesu eyazi imidlinzo yabo, waphendula, wathi kubo: “Nidlinzelani ezinhliziyweni zenu na?
Kepha lapho umFarisi owayemmemile ekubona lokhu, wadlinza wathi: “Lo muntu ukuba ubengumphrofethi, ngabe wazile ukuthi ngubani futhi uluhlobo luni lo wesifazane omthintayo, ngokuba uyisoni.”
Bamphendula, bathi: “Thina singabolibo luka-Abhrahama, asikaze sibe yizigqila zamuntu. Usho kanjani ukuthi: ‘Nizakuba ngabakhululekileyo’ na?”
Ngiyazi ukuthi ningabolibo luka-Abhrahama, kodwa nifuna ukungibulala, ngokuba izwi lami alinandawo kini.
Ngabe wena umkhulu yini kunobaba u-Abhrahama owafa na? Nabaphrofethi bafa. Pho wena uzenza bani na?”
“Madoda, bazalwane, madodana olibo luka-Abhrahama, nalabo phakathi kwenu abesaba uNkulunkulu; izwi lale nsindiso lithunyelwe kithi.
USimeyoni usechazile ukuthi kwaba kanjani kwasekuqaleni ukuba uNkulunkulu aziqokele kwabezizwe isizwe esibizwa ngegama lakhe.