Luke 1818LukeThe journey to JerusalemNdebele Bible

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1. 1NDEUJesu wasetshela abafundi bakhe umzekeliso ukubatshengisa ukuthi kumele bakhuleke kokuphela bangadinwa.BSBBSB: Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
2. 2NDEWathi, “Kwelinye idolobho kwakulomahluli owayengamesabi uNkulunkulu njalo engakhathaleli muntu.BSBBSB: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
3. 3NDEKwakukhona umfelokazi kulelodolobho owayehlezi esiza kuye kokuphela emncenga esithi, ‘Akungincede ngalowo engixabana laye.’BSBBSB: And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
4. 4NDEOkwesikhathi eside umahluli wayesala. Kodwa wacina esithi, ‘Loba ngingamesabi uNkulunkulu njalo ngingakhathali ngomuntu,BSBBSB: For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
5. 5NDEkodwa ngenxa yokuthi umfelokazi lo usengijinge kakhulu sengizamlungisela ukuthi angaze abuya anginenge ngoba elokhu engilanda!’ ”BSBBSB: yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Otherwise, she will wear me out with her perpetual requests.’”
6. 6NDENjalo iNkosi yasisithi, “Likuzwisise lokho okutshiwo ngumahluli ongalunganga.BSBBSB: And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.
7. 7NDEKambe uNkulunkulu kayikubalwela yini abakhethiweyo bakhe, abakhuleka kuye imini lobusuku? Uzabe elokhu ebanina yini?BSBBSB: Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?
8. 8NDENgiyalitshela, uzabalwela, njalo masinyane. Kodwa, nxa iNdodana yoMuntu isifika, izakufumana ukukholwa emhlabeni na?”BSBBSB: I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
9. 9NDEKulabo ababezethemba ngokulunga kwabo beseyisa abanye, uJesu wakhuluma umzekeliso lo wathi:BSBBSB: To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
10. 10NDE“Amadoda amabili aya ethempelini ukuyakhuleka, omunye engumFarisi njalo omunye engumthelisi.BSBBSB: “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11. 11NDEUmFarisi wasukuma wakhuleka ngalokho ayeyikho khona wathi: ‘Nkulunkulu, ngiyakubonga ukuthi kanginjengabanye abantu, izigebenga, izixhwali, izifebe njalo kangifani lomthelisi lo.BSBBSB: The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
12. 12NDENgizila kabili ngeviki njalo nginikela okwetshumi okwenzuzo yami yonke.’BSBBSB: I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
13. 13NDEKodwa umthelisi wema bucwadlana laye. Wesaba lokukhangela ezulwini kodwa wazehlisa kakhulu wathi, ‘Nkulunkulu, woba lesihawu kimi, ngiyisoni.’BSBBSB: But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
14. 14NDENgiyalitshela ukuthi indoda le, hatshi leyana enye, yabuyela ekhaya isilungisiwe phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Ngoba lowo oziphakamisayo uzakwehliswa, lozehlisayo uzaphakanyiswa.”BSBBSB: I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
15. 15NDEAbantu njalo babeletha abantwana kuJesu ukuthi ababeke izandla. Abafundi bonela ukukubona lokhu babakhuza.BSBBSB: Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked those who brought them.
16. 16NDEKodwa uJesu wabizela kuye abantwana wathi, “Yekelani abantwana beze kimi, lingabavimbeli ngoba umbuso kaNkulunkulu ungowabanjengalaba.BSBBSB: But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
17. 17NDENgiqinisile ngithi kini, lowo ongayikwemukela umbuso kaNkulunkulu njengomntwana omncane kayikungena kuwo.”BSBBSB: Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
18. 18NDEUmbusi othile wambuza wathi, “Mfundisi olungileyo, ngingenzani ukuze ngizuze ilifa lokuphila kwaphakade na?”BSBBSB: Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
19. 19NDEUJesu waphendula wathi, “Ungibizelani ngokuthi ngilungile na? Kakho olungileyo ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu kuphela.BSBBSB: “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.
20. 20NDEUyayazi imilayo: ‘Ungafebi, ungabulali muntu, ungebi, ungaphi ubufakazi bamanga, hlonipha uyihlo lonyoko.’”BSBBSB: You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
21. 21NDEWathi umbusi, “Yonke le ngiyigcine kusukela ebutsheni bami.”BSBBSB: “All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.
22. 22NDEUJesu esekuzwile lokho wathi kuye, “Usasilele into eyodwa. Thengisa konke olakho uphe abampofu, lapho-ke inotho yakho izakuba sezulwini. Ubusubuya ungilandele.”BSBBSB: On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
23. 23NDEWathi esezwe lokhu wadana kakhulu ngoba wayeyindoda eyayinothe kakhulu.BSBBSB: But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.
24. 24NDEUJesu wamkhangela wathi, “Koba nzima kakhulu ukuthi isinothi singene embusweni kaNkulunkulu!BSBBSB: Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
25. 25NDENgempela kulula ukuthi ikamela lingene embotsheni yenalithi kulokuthi umuntu onothileyo awungene umbuso kaNkulunkulu.”BSBBSB: Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
26. 26NDELabo abakuzwayo lokho babuza bathi, “Ngubani pho ongasindiswa?”BSBBSB: Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
27. 27NDEUJesu waphendula wathi, “Lokho okungenzekiyo emandleni abantu kuyenzakala kwakaNkulunkulu.”BSBBSB: But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
28. 28NDEUPhethro wathi kuye, “Sesadela konke esasilakho sakulandela!”BSBBSB: “Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”
29. 29NDEUJesu wathi kubo, “Ngilitshela iqiniso ukuthi kakho osetshiye ikhaya loba umfazi kumbe abafowabo loba abazali kumbe abantwana ngenxa yombuso kaNkulunkuluBSBBSB: “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
30. 30NDEozakwehluleka ukuzuza ngokuphindwe kanengi esikhathini samanje lesikhathini esizayo, ukuphila okungapheliyo.”BSBBSB: will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”
31. 31NDEUJesu wasebizela abalitshumi lambili eceleni wabatshela wathi, “Sesisiya eJerusalema lapho konke okulotshwe ngabaphrofethi ngeNdodana yoMuntu sekusiya gcwaliseka.BSBBSB: Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
32. 32NDEIzanikelwa kwabeZizwe. Bazayihoza, bayithuke, bayikhafulele, bayibhule njalo bayibulale.BSBBSB: He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.
33. 33NDENgosuku lwesithathu izavuka.”BSBBSB: They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”
34. 34NDEAbafundi kabazange bakuzwisise konke lokhu. Ingcazelo yakho yayifihlakele kubo yikho kabazanga ukuthi wayekhuluma ngani.BSBBSB: But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
35. 35NDEUJesu esebanga eJerikho kwakulendoda eyisiphofu eyisiceli ihlezi eceleni kwendlela icela.BSBBSB: As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.
36. 36NDEYathi isizwa kudlula ixuku labantu yabuza ukuthi kuyini okwakusenzakala.BSBBSB: When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
37. 37NDEBayitshela bathi, “UJesu waseNazaretha uyedlula khonapha.”BSBBSB: “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.
38. 38NDEYamemeza yathi, “Jesu, Ndodana kaDavida, ake ungihawukele!”BSBBSB: So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
39. 39NDELabo ababehamba phambili bayikhuza bathi kayithule, kodwa yona yasimemeza ngamandla yathi, “Ndodana kaDavida ake ungihawukele!”BSBBSB: Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
40. 40NDEUJesu wema wathi indoda leyo ilethwe kuye. Isifikile uJesu wayibuza wathi,BSBBSB: Jesus stopped and directed that the man be brought to Him. When he had come near, Jesus asked him,
41. 41NDE“Ufuna ukuthi ngikwenzeleni?” Yaphendula yathi, “Nkosi, ngifuna ukuthi ngibone.”BSBBSB: “What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”
42. 42NDEUJesu wathi kuyo, “Kuzuze-ke ukubona; ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile.”BSBBSB: “Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”
43. 43NDEMasinyane yahle yabona, yasimlandela uJesu idumisa uNkulunkulu. Kwathi bonke abantu bekubona lokho, labo bamdumisa uNkulunkulu.BSBBSB: Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.