NgokukaLuka 16 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Luka 16

¹ Wayesethi nakubafundi bakhe: “Kwakukhona umuntu othile onothileyo owayenomphathi; yona yabekwa icala lokuthi ichithe impahla yayo.

² Wambiza wathi kuye: “Kuyini lokhu engikuzwa ngawe na? landisa ngobuphathi bakho; ngoba ungabe usaba ngumphathi.

³ Wasesithi umphathi phakathi kwakhe: Ngizakwenzani? ngokuba inkosi yami ingaphuca ubuphathi; ukuncenga nginamahloni.

⁴ Sengikwazi engizakwenza, ukuze, nxa ngikhutshwa ebuphathini, bangamukele ezindlini zabo.

⁵ Wababizela kuye bonke abanamacala enkosini yakhe, wathi kowokuqala: ‘Unecala elingakanani enkosini yami na?

⁶ Wasesithi: Izilinganiso eziyikhulu zamafutha. Wathi kuye: Thatha incwadi yakho, uhlale phansi masinyane, ulobe amashumi ayisihlanu.

⁷ Wasesithi komunye: Wena-ke unecala elingakanani? Wathi: Izilinganiso eziyikhulu zikakolweni. Wathi kuye: Thatha incwadi yakho, ulobe amashumi ayisishiyagalombili.

⁸ Inkosi yamtusa umphathi ongalungile, ngokuba wenze ngokuhlakanipha; ngokuba abantwana balesi sikhathi bahlakaniphile esizukulwaneni sabo kunabantwana bokukhanya.

⁹ Nami ngithi kini: Zenzeleni nina abangane ngoMamona ongalungile; ukuze kuthi, nxa niphela, banamukele ezindlini eziphakade.

¹⁰ Othembekile kokuncinyane uthembekile nakokukhulu, nongalungile kokuncane kakhulu akalungile nakokukhulu.

¹¹ Ngakho-ke uma ningathembekanga kokukaMamona ongalungile, ngubani oyakuniphathisa okuqinisileyo na?

¹² Njalo uba lingathembekanga kokukomunye, ngubani ozalinika okungokwakho?

¹³ Ayikho inceku engakhonza amakhosi amabili, ngokuba iyakuzonda enye, ithande enye; noma ibambelele kwenye, idelele enye. Anikwazi ukukhonza uNkulunkulu noMamona.

¹⁴ NabaFarisi abahahayo bezwa konke lokho, bamklolodela.

¹⁵ Wathi kubo: “Nina ningabazishaya abalungileyo phambi kwabantu; kepha uNkulunkulu uyazazi izinhliziyo zenu, ngokuba lokho okuphakeme phakathi kwabantu kuyisinengiso emehlweni kaNkulunkulu.

¹⁶ Umthetho nabaprofethi kwakukhona kwaze kwafika uJohane; kusukela ngaleso sikhathi umbuso kaNkulunkulu uyashunyayelwa, wonke umuntu ufukamela kuwo.

¹⁷ Kepha kulula ukuba kudlule izulu nomhlaba kunokuba kuphele ichashana elilodwa lomlayo.

¹⁸ “Yilowo nalowo olahla umkakhe, aganwe ngomunye, uyaphinga;

¹⁹ Kwakukhona umuntu othile onothileyo, owayegqoka ezibubende nezelineni elicolekileyo, ezijabulisa imihla ngemihla etamasa.

²⁰ Kwakukhona isinxibi esithile, nguLazaru, esasibekwe esangweni laso sigcwele izilonda;

²¹ Ifisa ukusuthiswa ngemvuthuluka ewa etafuleni lesicebi, phezu kwalokho kwafika nezinja zayikhotha izilonda zaso.

²² Kwasekusithi wafa ompofu, wathwalwa yizingilosi esifubeni sikaAbrahama;

²³ Esihogweni saphakamisa amehlo aso, sisebuhlungwini, sabona u-Abrahama ekude, noLazaru esesifubeni sakhe.

²⁴ Samemeza sathi: ‘Baba Abrahama, ngihawukele, uthume uLazaru, agcobhoze isihloko somunwe wakhe emanzini, aphozise ulimi lwami; ngoba ngiyahlushwa kulelilangabi.

²⁵ Kepha u-Abrahama wathi: “Ndodana, khumbula ukuthi wamukela okuhle kwakho usesekuphileni, noLazaru ngokunjalo nokubi;

²⁶ Futhi phezu kwakho konke lokhu phakathi kwethu lani kubekiwe umhosha omkhulu, ukuze abafuna ukuwela besuka lapha besiya kini bangabi; futhi abanakuwelela kithi abafuna ukuvela khona.

²⁷ Wasesithi: Ngakho ngiyakucela, baba, ukuthi umthume endlini kababa;

²⁸ Ngokuba nginabafowethu abayisihlanu; ukuze afakaze kubo, hlezi nabo beze kulendawo yokuhlupheka.

²⁹ U-Abrahama wathi kuye: “BanoMose nabaprofethi; mabezwe.

³⁰ Sathi: ‘Qha, baba Abrahama, kepha uma omunye kwabafileyo eya kubo, bayakuphenduka.

³¹ Wasesithi kuso: Uba bengalaleli uMozisi labaprofethi, kabayikuvunyiswa, loba kuvuka omunye kwabafileyo.