11 “UmFarisi wakhwesha wema yedvwa wathandaza watsi: ‘Ngiyakubonga, Nkulunkulu, kutsi mine angifanani nalabanye bantfu labatigebengu, nalabangakalungi, netiphingi, nanjengalomtselisi.
Dvumisani Simakadze, nine nonkhe tinceku taSimakadze, nine lenima nasebusuku endlini yaSimakadze.
nine lenikhonta endlini yaSimakadze nasemabaleni endlu yaNkulunkulu wetfu.
Banyenti bantfu labatishoko kutsi banelutsandvo sibili; kodvwa ngubani longatfola lowetsembeke ngempela?
Labanye bantfu bacabanga kutsi bona bahlantekile; kantsi bangcole kakhulu, abakahlantwa.
Naniphakamisa tandla tenu niteneka, nithandaza, ngiyakuwafihla emehlo ami kini; nome senenta imithandazo leminyenti kangakanani, ngingeke ngiyilalele. Tandla tenu tigcwele ingati;
Ngobe bangifuna onkhe emalanga, babonakala shangatsi banenshisekelo yekwati tindlela tami, kube shangatsi basive lesenta lokulungile, lesingakayishiyi imiyalo yaNkulunkulu waso. Babuta kimi tehlulelo leticotfo, babonakale shangatsi bashisekela kutsi Nkulunkulu asondzele kubo.
bese batsi: ‘Suka, ungasondzeli kimi, ngobe ngingcwele kakhulu kunawe!’ Bantfu labanjalo bayintfutfu emakhaleni ami, umlilo lohlala uvutsa lilanga lonkhe.
Baphi kantsi labonkulunkulu benu lenatentela bona? Abete phela, nangabe banganisindzisa nanisekuhluphekeni! Maye Juda, ninabonkulunkulu labanyenti ngangemadolobha enu.
wena utsi: ‘Angati lutfo; akangitfukutseleli.’ Kodvwa mine ngitakwehlulela, ngobe utsi: ‘Angikoni lutfo.’
Bantfu bami beta kuwe, njengobe bavame kwenta, bahlale embikwakho balalele emavi akho, kodvwa abawenti. Ngemilomo yabo bakhuluma kutsi batinikele, kodvwa tinhlitiyo tabo tibukhali, tifuna inzuzo lembi.
Babusi balamadolobha bawabusa ngekudizelwa, kanjalo nebaphristi bayatsengwa kuze bachaze bahumushe nemtsetfo, nebaphrofethi imibono netembulo tabo batichaza ngekudizelwa; noko basajinge bachoshe ngekutsi Simakadze unabo, batsi: “Kute lokutasehlela, ngobe Simakadze unatsi.”
Filiphu naBhatalomewu; Tomase naMatewu, umtselisi; Jakobe, umsa wa-Alfiyose, naThadiyosi;
Ngobe ngiyanitjela impela ngitsi: Ngaphandle kwekutsi kulunga kwenu kwendlule kwetati temtsetfo nekwebaFarisi, ningeke ningene embusweni welizulu.”
“Nanithandazako, ningalingisi batentisi; ngobe batsandza kuthandaza bemile emasinagogeni, nasemajikeni etitaladi, kuze batekubonwa bantfu. Ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Sebavele bawutfolile umvuzo wabo.
Ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi nanithandazako, nibobacolela leniphambene nabo, kuze kutsi neYihlo losezulwini anitsetselele tono tenu. [
tidla tindlu tebafelokati, bese titentisa ngekuthandaza imithandazo lemidze. Tiyakwemukela sijeziso lesikhulu.”
Kodvwa yena wesuka kubo, wachubeka libanga lelingaba ngangemjikijelo, waguca phansi wathandaza.
Bonkhe labetsembele ekwenteni lokufunwa ngumtsetfo bangephansi kwesicalekiso, ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “Bacalekisiwe bonkhe labangagcini konkhe lokubhaliwe emculwini wemtsetfo, kutsi bakwente.”
Ngatingela libandla ngekushisekela lokukhulu; ngekulunga lokusemtsetfweni bengingasoleki ndzawo.
Wena utsi: “Nginjingile, nginako konkhe, angidzingi lutfo.” Kodvwa awati kutsi ungumuntfu wenhlupheko, newekuhawukelwa, uphuyile, uyimphumphutse, ungcunu.