UMATEWU 18 - IsiNdebele 2012 Translation

Omkhulu embusweni kaZimu

¹ Ngesikhatheso abafundi beza kuJesu babuza bathi: “Ngubani omkhulu embusweni wezulu na?”

² UJesu wabiza umntwana, wamjamisa phakathi kwabo,

³ wathi: “Ngiqinisile ngiyanitjela bona ngaphandle kobanyana niphenduke nibe njengabantwana, angekhe nangena embusweni wezulu.

⁴ Ngalokho-ke nanyana ngubani ozithoba njengomntwana lo uzakuba ngongomkhulu embusweni wezulu.

⁵ Naloyo owamukela umntwana onjengalo ebizweni lami, wamukela mina.

⁶ Kodwana nanyana ngubani obangela omunye wabancanaba abakholwa kimi bona one, kuzakuba ngcono kuye kobana abotjhelelwe ilitje lokugaya entanyeni bese acwiliswe ekuzikeni kwelwandle.

⁷ “Maye kilo iphasi ngebanga leenkhubekiso! Iinkhubekiso zizakulokhu zivela, kodwana maye emuntwini eziza ngaye!

⁸ “Nangabe isandla sakho namkha inyawo lakho liyakukhuba, liqunte ulilahle. Kungcono ukungena ekuphileni uyingunwana namkha usirhurhubi kunobana ube nezandla zombili namkha iinyawo zombili kodwana uphoselwe emlilweni wesiphelani.

⁹ Nangabe ilihlo lakho liyakukhuba, ligobhodlhe ulilahle! Kulula kuwe ukungena ekuphileni nelihlo elilodwa, kunobanyana ube namehlo amabili, kodwana uphoselwe ngemlilweni wesirhogo.

Umfanekiso ngemvu elahlekileko

¹⁰ “Qinisekani bonyana aninyazi ngitjho namunye wabancancanaba. Ngambala ngiyanitjela bona iingilozi zabo ezulwini zihlala njalo ziphambi kwakaBaba ezulwini,

¹¹ ngombana iNdodana yoMuntu ize ukusindisa abalahlekileko.

¹² “Uthini umbono wenu na? Nakube umuntu unezimvu ezilikhulu, kuthi eyodwa idurhe, akazukutjhiya ezimatjhumi alithoba nethoba emibundwini ayokufuna edurhileko na?

¹³ Kuthi angayifumana, ngiqinisile ngiyanitjela wehlelwa lithabo elikhulu ngemvu eyodwa leyo kunalezo ezimatjhumi alithoba nethoba ezingazange zidurhe.

¹⁴ Ngokunjalo-ke noYihlo ezulwini akathandi bona kudurhe ngitjho noyedwa wabancancanaba.

Umfo okonako

¹⁵ “Nakube umfowenu uyakona, khamba uyombonisa iphoswakhe, kube phakathi kwenu kwaphela. Nakube uyakulalela, uzabe umzuzile umfowenu.

¹⁶ Kodwana nakube uyakhunyalala, thatha munye namkha babili abantu bakhambe nawe ukuze yoke indaba iqiniswe ngabofakazi ababili namkha abathathu.

¹⁷ Nakube nabo akabalaleli, bikela ibandla. Nakube nebandlelo akafuni ukulilalela, khona-ke mphathe njengomrhedeni namkha umthelisi.”

¹⁸ “Ngiqinisile ngiyanitjela bona nanyana yini eniyibopha ephasini izakubotjhwa nezulwini nenikuthukululako ephasini kuzakuthukululwa nezulwini.

¹⁹ “Godu ngiqinisile ngiyanitjela bona nangabe ababili benu ephasini bavumelana ngananyana yini eniyikhombelako, uBaba osezulwini uzanenzela yona.

²⁰ Ngambala lapho ababili namkha abathathu bahlangene khona ngebizo lami, nami ngilapho nabo.”

Umfanekiso ngenceku enganasirhawu

²¹ Nje-ke uPitrosi weza kuJesu wambuza wathi: “Kosi, ngimlibalele kangaki umfowethu naphikelele ukungona na? Kghani bekube kalikhomba?”

²² UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Awa, ingasi bekube kalikhomba, kodwana kube ngokubuyelelwe amatjhumi alikhomba nakhomba.

²³ Ngalokho-ke umbuso wezulu ufana nekosi eyafuna ukulungisa iimali neenceku zayo.

²⁴ Kwathi lokha nayithoma ukubala, kwalethwa kiyo indoda ebegade ikoloda ikosi leyo iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi zamatalende.

²⁵ Njengombana beyingakghoni ukukhokha isikolodo sayo, ikosi yathi ayithengiswe, yona, umkayo, abantwabayo nakho koke enakho ukuze kukhokhelwe isikolodweso.

²⁶ Inceku yawa ngamadolo phambi kwekosi leyo, yarabhela yathi, ‘Akhese ungibekezelele, ngizakukhokhela koke.’

²⁷ Ikosi yayizwela ubuhlungu, yasula isikolodo sayo, yayitjhaphulula bona ikhambe.

²⁸ “Kodwana kwathi lokha inceku leyo nayiphumako, yahlangana nesinye seensebenzi esisebenza nayo ebegade siyikoloda ikhulu labodenariyu. Yasibamba ngomphimbo, yasikhahlameza yathi, ‘Khokha isikolodo sakho ongibamba sona!’

²⁹ “Isisebenzeso saguqa phasi sayirabhela sathi, ‘Yewungibekezelele, ngizakukhokhela!’

³⁰ Kodwana yabhala; ebangeni lalokho yenza bona isisebenzeso sidlhunywe ngesikhungweni bekube kumhlana sikhokha isikolodweso.

³¹ Kwathi bona ezinye iinsebenzi zibone okwenzakeleko, zadana khulu zaya ekosini zayitjela koke okwenzakeleko.

³² Yeke ikosi yayo yayibiza yathi: ‘Wena sikhohlakali senceku! Ngesule soke isikolodo sakho ngombana ungirabhele bonyana ngikulibalele sona.

³³ Alo, bewungakameli ukuba nesirhawu esisebenzini esisebenza nawe njengombana nami ngibe nesirhawu kuwe na?’

³⁴ Ikosi yayo yathukuthela beyayinikelela ezandleni zabaphathisikhungo kobana bayihlunguphaze beyikhokhe koke ekukolodako.

³⁵ “Ngiyo-ke indlela le uBaba osezulwini azokuphatha ngayo omunye nomunye wenu naningalibaleli abafowenu ngeenhliziyo zenu zoke.”