Umfanekiso womphathi ongalunganga

16Wasekhuluma futhi kubafundi bakhe esithi: Kwakukhona umuntu othile onothileyo, owayelomphathia; lalo wayemangalelwe kuye njengochitha impahla yakhe. 2 Wasembiza wathi kuye: Kuyini lokhu engikuzwayo ngawe? Landisa ngobuphathi bakho; ngoba ungebe usaba ngumphathi. 3 Umphathi wasesithi ngaphakathi kwakheb: Ngizakwenzani, lokhu inkosi yami isingemuka ubuphathi? Kangilamandla okugebha, ngilenhloni zokuphanza. 4 Ngiyakwazi engizakwenza, ukuze nxa sengikhutshiwe ebuphathini, bangemukele ezindlini zaboc. 5 Wasebabizela kuye ngamunye abalemilandu enkosini yakhe, wathi kowokuqala: Ulomlandu ongakanani enkosini yami? 6 Wasesithi yena: Izilinganiso ezilikhulu zamagcobo. Wasesithi kuye: Thatha incwadi yakho, uhlale phansi ubhale masinya amatshumi amahlanud. 7 Wasesithi komunye: Wena-ke ulomlandu ongakanani? Wasesithi: Izilinganiso ezilikhulu zamabele. Wasesithi kuye: Thatha incwadi yakho, ubhale amatshumi ayisificaminwembilie. 8 Inkosi yasimbabaza umphathif ongalungangag ngokuthi wenze ngokuhlakanipha; ngoba abantwana balesisikhathi bahlakaniphile esizukulwaneni saboh kulabantwana bokukhanyai. 9 Lami ngithi kini: Zenzeleni lina abanganej ngoMamona*k ongalungangal, ukuze kuthi, nxa selehlulekile, balemukele ezindlini eziphakadem.

10 Othembekileyo kokuncinyanyana uthembekile lakokukhulu, longathembekanga kokuncinyanyana kathembekanga lakokukhulun. 11 Ngakho uba lingathembekanga kuMamona ongalunganga, ngubani ozaliphathisa into eqotho? 12 Futhi uba lingathembekanga kokomunye, ngubani ozalinika okungokwenu?

13 Kayikho inceku engakhonza amakhosi amabilio; ngoba izazonda enye, ibisithanda enye; kumbe izabambelela kwenye, kodwa ibisidelela enye. Lingekhonze uNkulunkulu loMamonap.

Ukusolwa kwabaFarisi

14 Njalo labaFarisi ababethanda imali bazizwa zonke lezizintoq, basebemklolodelar. 15 Kodwa wathi kubo: Lina yini elizilungisisayo phambi kwabantus, kodwa uNkulunkulu uyazazi inhliziyo zenut; ngoba lokho okuphakanyiswayo phakathi kwabantu kuyisinengiso phambi kukaNkulunkuluu.

16 Umlayo labaprofethi kukhona kuze kube nguJohane; kusukela lapho ivangeli lombuso kaNkulunkulu liyatshunyayelwav, njalo wonke uyafohlela kuwow. 17 Kodwa kulula ukuthi kudlule izulu lomhlaba, kulokuthi kuwe ichatshana elilodwa lomlayox.

18 Wonke owala umkakhe athathe omunye uyafeba; njalo wonke othatha owaliwe yindoda uyafebay.

Umfanekiso wesinothi loLazaro

19 Kwakukhona umuntu othile onothileyo, owayegqoka eziyibubendez lamalembu acolekileyo kakhulua, ephila ngokuthokoza etamasa insuku zonkeb. 20 Kwakukhona futhi umyanga othile othiwa nguLazaroc, owayebekiwed esangweni lakhe egcwele izilondae, 21 wafisa ukusuthiswaf ngemvuthuluka eziwayo etafuleni lesinothig; kanti lezinja zazisiza zikhothe izilonda zakhe. 22 Kwasekusithi ongumyanga wafa, wathwalelwa zingilosih esifubeni sikaAbrahamai; lesinothi laso safa, sangcwatshwa. 23 Sisesihogwenij saphakamisa amehlo asok, sisebuhlungwinil, sabona uAbrahama ekhatshana, loLazaro esesifubeni sakhem. 24 Sona sasesimemeza sisithi: Baba Abrahama, ngihawukelan, uthume uLazaro, ukuze acwilise isihloko somunwe wakhe emanzini, apholise ulimi lwamio; ngoba ngiyahluphekap kakhulu kulelilangabiq. 25 Kodwa uAbrahama wathi: Ndodana, khumbula ukuthi wemukela okuhler kwakho empilweni yakhos, loLazaro ngokunjalo okubi; kodwa khathesi uyaduduzwat, njalo wena uyahlupheka. 26 Langaphezu kwakho konke lokhu, kubekiwe phakathi kwethu lani igebe elikhulu, ukuze kuthi abafuna ukuchapha besuka ngapha beze ngakini bangekwenze, labangapho bangechaphele ngakithi. 27 Sasesisithi: Ngakho ngiyakuncenga, baba, ukuthi umthume endlini kababa, 28 ngoba ngilabafowethu abahlanu, ukuze abaxwayiseu, hlezi labo beze kulindawo yokuhluphekav. 29 UAbrahama wathi: BaloMozisi labaprofethi; kabezwe bonaw. 30 Sona sasesisithi: Hatshi bo, baba Abrahamax; kodwa uba omunye kwabafileyo esiya kubo, bazaphenduka. 31 Kodwa wathi kuso: Uba bengalaleliy uMozisi labaprofethiz, bangeke bavunyiswe lakho, loba kuvuka omunye kwabafileyoa.