UJesu uchasisa umlayo wesabatha

6Kwasekusithia ngesabatha lesibili lakuqala edabula emasimini amabeleb, abafundi bakhe bakha izikhwebu, badla, bezihlikihla ngezandla. 2 Kodwa abathile babaFarisi bathi kubo: Lenzelani okungavunyelwa ukwenziwa ngensuku zesabathac? 3 UJesu wasebaphendula, wathi: Alifundanga lalokho yini, uDavida akwenzayo, mhla elambile yena lababelaye, 4 ukuthi wayangena njani endlini kaNkulunkulu, wathatha izinkwa zokubukiswa, wasesidla, wanika lalabo ababelaye; ezingavunyelwa ukudliwa ngaphandle kwabapristi bodwa? 5 Wasesithi kubo: INdodana yomuntu iyiNkosi leyesabathad.

UJesu usilisa ngesabatha

6 Kwasekusithi langelinye isabatha wangena esinagogeni, wafundisae; njalo kwakukhona umuntu lapho, osandla sakhe sokunene sasitshwabhenef. 7 Ababhali labaFarisi basebemqaphelag, ukuthi uzasilisa ngesabatha yini; ukuze bathole okokumbeka icala. 8 Kodwa wayazi imicabango yaboh, wathi kumuntu olesandla esitshwabheneyo: Sukuma, ume phakathi. Wasukuma-ke wema. 9 UJesu wasesithi kubo: Ngizalibuza ulutho: Kuvunyelwe yini ngamasabatha ukwenza okulungileyo kumbe ukwenza okubi? Ukusindisa impilo kumbe ukuchitha? 10 Wasebathalaza bonke, wathi kumuntu: Yelula isandla sakho. Wasesenza njalo. Isandla sakhe sasesisiliswa saphila njengesinyei. 11 Basebegcwala ubuhlanyaj; bakhulumisana omunye komunye, ukuthi bangamenzani uJesuk.

Ukukhethwa kwabaphostoli

12 Kwasekusithi ngalezonsuku waphuma waya entabeni ukuyakhulekal; wahlala ubusuku bonke ekukhulekeni kuNkulunkulum. 13 Kwathi sekusile, wabizela kuye abafundi bakhen; wakhetha kubo abalitshumi lambili, ababiza futhi ngokuthi ngabaphostolio; 14 uSimoni laye ambiza ngokuthi nguPetro, loAndreya umfowabo, uJakobe loJohane, uFiliphu loBartolomewu, 15 uMathewu loTomasi, uJakobe okaAlfewu, loSimoni owayethiwa ngumZelothip, 16 uJudasiq kaJakobe, loJudasi Iskariyothi, laye owaba ngumnikelir.

17 Wasesehla labo, wema esigcawini, lexuku labafundi bakhes, lexuku elikhulu labantu abavela kuyo yonke iJudiya leJerusalemat, langaselwandle lweTire leSidoniu, ababezile ukumuzwa, lokusiliswa ezifweni zabo; 18 lalabo ababekhathazwa ngomoya abangcolileyo, basebesiliswa. 19 Lexuku lonke ladinga ukumthintav; ngoba kwaphuma amandla kuye, asebasilisa bonkew.

Ababusiswayo labangabusiswayo

20 Yena wasephakamisela amehlo akhe kubafundi bakhe wathix: Libusisiwe, bayanga, ngoba umbuso kaNkulunkulu ungowenu. 21 Libusisiwe, lina elilambileyo khathesi, ngoba lizasuthiswa. Libusisiwe, lina elikhalayo khathesi, ngoba lizahlekay. 22 Libusisiwe, nxa abantu belizonda, njalo nxa belehlukanisa, belithuka, belahla ibizo lenu ngokungathi libi, ngenxa yeNdodana yomuntuz. 23 Thokozani ngalolosuku leqe ngokuthokozaa; ngoba khangelani, umvuzo wenu mkhulu ezulwini; ngoba oyise benza njalo kubaprofethi. 24 Kodwa maye kinib lina elinothileyoc! Ngoba seliyemukeled induduzo yenue. 25 Maye kini, lina elisuthiyo! Ngoba lizalambaf. Maye kini, lina elihlekayo khathesi! Ngoba lizalila, likhaleg. 26 Maye kini, nxa abantu bonke bekhuluma kuhle nganih! Ngoba oyise babesenza njalo kubaprofethi bamangai.

Ukuthanda izitha

27 Kodwa ngithi kini elizwayo: Thandani izitha zenu, lenze okuhle kwabalizondayoj, 28 libusise abaliqalekisayo, libakhulekele abaliphatha kubik. 29 Okutshaya esihlathini, mnike lesinyel; lokwemuka isembatho sakho, ungali lesigqoko sakho. 30 Kodwa mnike wonke ocela kuwe; lokwemuka okwakho, ungabuyi ukubize kuyem.

31 Njalo njengalokho lithanda ukuthi abantu benze kini, lani yenzani njalo kubon. 32 Njalo uba lithanda labo abalithandayoo, yikubongwa bani elilakho? Ngoba lezoni zithanda labo abazithandayop. 33 Njalo uba lisenza okuhle kulabo abenza okuhle kini, yikubongwa bani elilakho? Ngoba lezoni zenza okufananayoq. 34 Futhi uba liseboleka labo elithemba ukwemukela kubor, yikubongwa bani elilakho? Ngoba lezoni zeboleka izoni, ukuze zemukele izinto ezifananayo. 35 Kodwa thandani izitha zenus, lenze okuhle, leboleke, lingalindeli lutho olubuyiselwayot; lomvuzo wenu uzakuba mkhulu, njalo libe ngabantwanau boPhezukonkev; ngoba yena ulobubele kwabangabongiyo lababiw. 36 Ngakho banini lesihawux, njengoba laye uYihlo elesihawuy.

Ukwahlulela abanye

37 Lingahluleli, njalo alisoze lahlulelwez; lingalahli, njalo alisoze lilahlwe; thethelelani, njalo lizathethelelwaa; 38 phanini, lani lizaphiwab; isilinganiso esihle, sigqitshiwe sahlukuzwa, siphuphuma, bazalipha esifubenic. Ngoba ngalesosilinganiso elilinganisa ngaso lizalinganiselwa ngaso futhi.

39 Wasebatshela umfanekiso wokuthi: Kambe isiphofu singakhokhela isiphofu yini? Kabayikuwela bobabili emgodini yinid? 40 Umfundi kamkhulu kulomfundisi wakhee; kodwa wonke opheleleyo uzakuba njengomfundisi wakhef.

41 Njalo ukhangelelani ucezwana oluselihlweni lomfowenu, kodwa ungalunanzeleli ugodo olukwelakho ilihlo? 42 Kumbe ungatsho njani kumfowenu ukuthi: Mfowethu, kahle ngikhuphe ucezwana oluselihlweni lakho, wena ungaluboni ugodo oluselihlweni lakho? Mzenzisi, qala ukhuphe ugodo elihlweni lakho, khona-ke uzabona kuhle ukukhupha ucezwana oluselihlweni lomfowenug.

43 Ngoba kayisiso isihlahla esihle esithela isithelo esibi; futhi kayisiso isihlahla esibi esithela isithelo esihleh. 44 Ngoba yileso laleso isihlahla saziwa ngesaso isithelo. Ngoba kabaseli imikhiwa emeveni, futhi kakukhiwa isithelo sevini evikanenii. 45 Umuntu olungileyo uveza okulungileyo kokuligugu elilungileyo lenhliziyo yakhe, lomuntu omubi uveza okubi kokuligugu elibi lenhliziyo yakhej; ngoba umlomo wakhe ukhuluma ngokugcwala kwenhliziyok.

Umfanekiso wezindlu ezimbili

46 Kodwa lingibizelani ngokuthi: Nkosi, Nkosi, kodwa lingazenzi izinto engizitshoyol? 47 Wonke oza kimi awezwe amazwi ami njalo awenze, ngizalitshengisa ukuthi ufanana lobani; 48 ufanana lomuntu owakha indlu, wagebha watshonisa, wabeka isisekelo phezu kwedwala; kwathi ekufikeni kwempophoma, umfula watshaya kuleyondlu, kodwa wawungelamandla okuyinyikinya; ngoba yayisekelwe phezu kwedwalam. 49 Kodwa owezwayo njalo angawenzi unjengomuntu owakha indlu emhlabathini ingelasisekelon; umfula wayitshaya, njalo yahle yawa, futhi kwaba kukhulu ukudilika kwaleyondluo.