1 Ngelo xesha abafundi bakaYesu beza kuye, babuza besithi: “Nguwuphi oyena mkhulu kwabalawulwa nguThixo?”
2 UYesu wabizela umntwana kuye, wammisa phambi kwabo,
3 wathi: “Ndithi kuni, inene, ukuba anithanga nijike nibe njengabantwana, anisoze nifikelele kumgangatho wabalawulwa nguThixo.
4 Oyena mkhulu kwabalawulwa nguThixoOkanye “oyena mkhulu ebukumkanini bezulu” ngulowo uzithobayo abe njengalo mntwana.
5 Othe egameni lam wamkela nokuba mnye onje, wamkela mna.”
6 “Othe wakhubekisa nokuba mnye waba bancinane bakholwayo kum, ngekumlungele kanye ukuba agangxwe ilitye lokusila entanyeni, antywiliselwe enzonzobileni yolwandle.
7 Hayi ihlabathi ngezikhubekiso! Azinakungezi izinto ezibakhubekisayo abantu, kodwa hayi loo mntu kuza ngaye ukukhubeka!
8 “Ukuba ke isandla sakho, nokuba lunyawo lwakho, luyakukhubekisa, lunqumle, ululahle. Kulunge kanye ukuba ungene ebomini usisilima okanye usisiqhwala, kunokuba uthi, unezandla zozibini, okanye uneenyawo zombini, uphoswe emlilweni wangonaphakade.
9 Nokuba ke iliso lakho lithe lakukhubekisa, likhuphe, ulilahle. Kulunge kanye ukuba ungene ebomini unaliso linye, kunokuba uthi, unamehlo amabini, uphoswe esihogweni somlilo.”
10 “Lumkani, ningadeli namnye waba bancinane. Ndithi kuni, izithunywa zabo ezulwini zihlala ziphambi koBawo osezulwini. [
11 Kaloku *uNyana woLuntu weza kusindisa abo balahlekileyo.]
12 “Nithini ke nina? Ukuba ubani unekhulu leegusha, kuze kulahleke ibe nye kuzo, akayi kuzishiya na edlelweni ezo zimashumi alithoba anethoba, aye kufuna leyo ilahlekileyo?
13 Ukuba ke uthe wayifumana, ndithi kuni, inene, uyavuya kukuyifumana leyo ngaphezu kokuba evuya zezinye ezimashumi alithoba anesithoba ezingalahlekanga.
14 Kwangokunjalo naye uYihlo osezulwini akafuni kulahleke nokuba abe mnye kwaba bancinane.”
15 “Ukuba uwenu uthe wona, yiya uthethe naye ninodwa. Ukuba úthe wakuva, woba umzuzile uwenu.
16 Ke ukuba úthe akeva, yiya kuye uhamba nomnye umntu, nokuba babini, ukuze loo ngxoxo ibe namangqina amabini okanye amathathu.
17 Ukuba úthe akabeva nâba, xelela ibandla. Ukuba ke úthe akaliva ibandla, kuwe makabe njengâbo ungenabudlelane nabo mpela.
18 “Ndithi kuni, inene, konke enithe nakubopha emhlabeni, kuya kubotshwa nasezulwini; nako konke enithe nakukhulula emhlabeni, kuya kukhululwa nasezulwini.
19 “Kananjalo ndithi kuni, ukuba ababini kuni bathe bavana emhlabeni nangayiphi na indawo abanesicelo ngayo, baya kuyenzelwa nguBawo osezulwini;
20 kuba apho bathe bahlangana khona egameni lam ababini nokuba ngabathathu, nam ndikho phakathi kwabo.”
21 Weza uPetros kuYesu, wabuza esithi: “Nkosi, koda kube kangaphi na uwethu endona ndimxolela? Ngaba koba kasixhenxe na?”
22 UYesu wathi kuye: “Hayi, akuyi kuba kasixhenxe, kuya kuba ngamashumi asixhenxe aphindwe kasixhenxe.
23 Kaloku ukulawula kukaThixo kunokufaniswa nokumkani owafuna ukuphicotha amatyala ezicaka zakhe.
24 Zisukanje kwaziswa kuye isicaka esinetyala elikhulu lemali.
25 Esi sicaka sasingenanto yakulihlawula eli tyala, yaza ke inkosi yayalela ngelithi makuthengiswe ngaso, nomfazi waso, nabantwana baso, babe ngamakhoboka, kuthengiswe nangako konke esinako, kuhlawulwe eli tyala.
26 Eso sicaka ke sawa ngamadolo phambi kokumkani, sambongoza sisithi: ‘Nkosi yam, khawundinyamezele; ndokuhlawula konke.’
27 Yavelana naso inkosi, yasixolela elo tyala, yasikhulula.
28 “Kwathi siphumanje eso sicaka, sadibana nomnye osisicaka kunye naso, owayesibamba imalana engephi, sambamba, samkrwitsha, sisithi: ‘Khupha imali yam!’
29 Sawa phantsi isicaka eso, sasibongoza esinye, sisithi: ‘Khawundimele; ndoyihlawula yonke.’
30 Asivumanga, saya sasiphosa entolongweni esinye, lide libe lihlawulekile elo tyala.
31 Zathi ke ezinye izicaka, zikubonile okwenzekileyo, zakhathazeka kakhulu, zaya kuxelela inkosi yazo konke okwenzekileyo.
32 Yaza inkosi yasibiza eso sicaka senze loo nto, yathi kuso: ‘Sicakandini esikhohlakeleyo, ndâkuxolela lonke elaa tyala wakundibongoza;
33 ubungamelwe na kukuba ube nenceba nawe kosisicaka kunye nawe, njengokuba nam ndikwenzele inceba?’
34 Yacaphuka inkosi yaso, yasithumela entolongweni ukuba sohlwaywe de silihlawule lonke ityala laso.
35 Uya kwenjenjalo ke nakuni uBawo osezulwini, ukuba anithanga nonke ngabanye nawaxolela ngokupheleleyo amawenu iziphoso zawo.”