Matthew 24 (NDE)

1UJesu wathi esuka ethempelini esehamba abafundi bakhe beza kuye bathi kake ananzelele izakhiwo zalo.As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.

2Wathi, “Liyazibona na zonke lezizinto? Ngilitshela iqiniso ukuthi akulalitshe lapha elizasala liphezu kwelinye; wonke azabhidlizwa.”“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

3Kwathi uJesu ehlezi eNtabeni yama-Oliva abafundi bakhe beza kuye ngasese bathi, “Sitshele, kuzakwenzakala nini lokhu na, njalo kuzakuba lesibonakaliso bani sokuza kwakho lokuphela kwesikhathi na?”While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

4UJesu waphendula wathi, “Qaphelani ukuze lingakhohliswa muntu.Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

5Ngoba abanengi bazakuza ngebizo lami besithi, ‘NginguKhristu,’ bakhohlise abanengi.For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

6Lizakuzwa ngezimpi lamahungahunga azo, kodwa lingaze lethuka. Izinto ezinjalo zizakwenzeka, kodwa ukucina kulokhu kuseza.You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

7Isizwe sizavukela isizwe, lombuso uvukele umbuso. Kuzakuba lendlala lokuzamazama komhlaba ezindaweni ezitshiyeneyo.Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

8Konke lokhu kuyikuqalisa kobuhlungu bokuhelelwa.All these are the beginning of birth pains.

9Lapho lizanikelwa ukuba lihlutshwe njalo libulawe, futhi lizazondwa yizizwe zonke ngenxa yami.Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

10Ngalesosikhathi abanengi bazadela ukukholwa banikelane njalo bazondane,At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

11kuvele abaphrofethi bamanga abanengi abazakhohlisa abantu abanengi.and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.

12Ngenxa yokwanda kobubi, uthando lwabanengi luzaphola,Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

13kodwa lowo oma aqine kuze kube sekupheleni uzasindiswa.But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

14Njalo lelivangeli lombuso lizatshunyayelwa kuwo wonke umhlaba njengobufakazi kuzozonke izizwe, besekufika ukuphela.And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

15Nxa libona kumi endaweni engcwele ‘amanyala aletha incithakalo,’ okwakhulunywa ngomphrofethi uDanyeli, ofundayo kezwisise.So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

16Lapho-ke akuthi labo abaseJudiya babalekele ezintabeni.then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

17Akungabikhona osophahleni lwendlu ozakwehla phansi ukuyathatha ulutho endlini.Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

18Lowo osemasimini kangabuyeli ngekhaya ukuyathatha ijazi lakhe.And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

19Yeka ubulukhuni obuzakuba khona ngalezonsuku kwabesifazane abakhulelweyo labangabadlezane!How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

20Khulekelani ukuba ukuphaphatheka kwenu kungabi sebusika loba ngeSabatha.Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.

21Ngoba ngalesosikhathi kuzakuba lokuhlupheka okukhulu, okungazange kube khona kulokhu kwadabuka umhlaba kuze kube manje, njalo kakusoze kube khona futhi.For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

22Aluba lezinsuku bezingaphungulwanga, kakho obezaphepha, kodwa ngenxa yabakhethiweyo lezinsuku zizaphungulwa.If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

23Nxa ngalesosikhathi omunye esithi kini, ‘Khangela, nangu uKhristu!’ loba ‘Ulaphaya!’ lingakukholwa lokho.At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

24Ngoba oKhristu bamanga labaphrofethi bamanga bazavela benze izibonakaliso lezimangaliso ezinkulu ukukhohlisa kanye labakhethiweyo, nxa lokho kungenzeka.For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

25Zwanini, sengihle ngalitshela mandulo kwesikhathi.See, I have told you in advance.

26Ngakho-ke, nxa umuntu elitshela esithi, ‘Nanguyana, laphayana egangeni,’ lingayi khona loba athi, ‘Nangu lapha ezindlini ezingaphakathi,’ lingaze lakukholwa lokho.So if they tell you, ‘There He is, in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Here He is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

27Ngoba njengombane osuka empumalanga uhle ubonakale lasentshonalanga, kuzakuba njalo ukufika kweNdodana yoMuntu.For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

28Lapho okulesidumbu khona kulapho amanqe abuthana khona.Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

29Masinyane ngemva kokuhlupheka kwalezonsuku, ‘ilanga lizafiphala lenyanga kayiyikukhanya; izinkanyezi zizakuwa esibhakabhakeni, izisekelo zasezulwini zizazanyazanyiswa.’Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

30Kulesosikhathi isibonakaliso seNdodana yoMuntu sizavela emkhathini, kuthi zonke izizwe zomhlaba zilile. Zizabona iNdodana yoMuntu isiza ngamayezi esibhakabhakeni, ilamandla lobukhosi obukhulu.At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31Njalo izathumela izingilosi zayo zitshaya icilongo ngomsindo omkhulu, beseziqoqa abakhethiweyo bayo emagumbini womane omhlaba, kusukela ngapha kwamazulu kusiya ngale kwawo.And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32Manje-ke, fundani lesisifundo esihlahleni somkhiwa: Amahlumela aso angaqalisa ukuba buthakathaka lamahlamvu aso ahlume, lihle lazi ukuthi ihlobo selisondele.Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.

33Kanjalo-ke, nxa lingabona zonke lezizinto, lazi ukuthi sekusondele, khonapho emnyango.So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.

34Ngilitshela iqiniso, lesisizukulwane kasiyikudlula zize zenzakale zonke lezizinto.Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

35Izulu lomhlaba kuzedlula, kodwa amazwi ami kawayikwedlula lanini.”Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

36“Kodwa kakho olwaziyo lolosuku lehola, loba izingilosi zasezulwini, kumbe iNdodana, kodwa uBaba kuphela.No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

37Njengoba kwakunjalo ensukwini zikaNowa, kuzakuba njalo ekufikeni kweNdodana yoMuntu.As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

38Ngoba ensukwini ezandulela uzamcolo, abantu babesidla, benatha, bethatha njalo besenda, kwaze kwafika usuku uNowa angena ngalo emkhunjini;For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

39futhi babengazi lutho ngalokho okwakuzakwenzeka uzamcolo waze wafika wabatshabalalisa. Kuzakuba njalo ekufikeni kweNdodana yoMuntu.And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

40Kuzakuthi amadoda emabili esensimini, eyodwa izathathwa, eyinye isale.Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

41Kuzakuthi abesifazane bebabili bechola ngembokodo, oyedwa uzathathwa omunye asale.Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

42Ngakho, lindani ngoba kalikwazi ukuthi iNkosi yenu izafika ngaluphi usuku.Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

43Kodwa zwisisani lokhu: Kube umninindlu wayekwazile ukuthi isela lizafika ngasiphi isikhathi sobusuku ngabe walinda kaze avumela ukuthi indlu yakhe igqekezwe.But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

44Ngakho lani hlalani lilindile, ngoba iNdodana yoMuntu izafika ngesikhathi leso elizabe lingayikhumbuleli sona.For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

45Ngubani kambe oyinceku ethembekileyo lehlakaniphileyo umninimuzi ayibeke esikhundleni sokukhangela izisebenzi zalapha ekhaya ukuthi azinike ukudla kwazo ngesikhathi esifaneleyo?Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

46Kuzakuba kuhle kuleyo nceku inkosi ezayifica isenza njalo ekuphendukeni kwayo.Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

47Ngilitshela iqiniso, izakumbeka ukuthi aphathe yonke impahla yayo.Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

48Kodwa cabanga mhlawumbe inceku leyo ikhohlakele njalo ingazitshela ithi, ‘Inkosi yami isesekhatshana ukubuya,’But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

49ibisiqalisa ukutshaya ezinye izinceku njalo lokudla inatha lezidakwa.And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

50Inkosi yaleyonceku izabuya ngosuku engacatshangelwa khona langesikhathi inceku engasaziyo.The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.

51Izayiqumaquma, iyiphe indawo kanye labazenzisi, lapho okuzakuba khona ukukhala lokugedla kwamazinyo.”Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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