Umnikelo womfelokazi

21Wathi ephakamisa amehlo wabona abanothileyoa bephosela iminikelo yabo esitsheni somnikelob. 2 Wabona lomfelokazi othile ongumyanga ephosela khona inhlamvana ezincane ezimbili zemali. 3 Wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lumfelokazi ongumyanga uphosele okwedlula okwabo bonke; 4 ngoba bonke laba baphosele kokunengi kwabo eminikelweni kaNkulunkuluc, kodwa yena ebuyangeni bakhe uphosele konke alakho abephila ngakho.

UJesu ukhuluma ngokuchithwa kweJerusalema langokuphela kwesikhathi

5 Abanye besakhuluma ngethempeli, ukuthi liceciswe ngamatshe amahled langezipho, wathi: 6 Lezizinto elizibonayo, kuzafika insuku okungayikutshiywa ngazo ilitshe phezu kwelitshe, elingayikudilizelwa phansie.

7 Basebembuza, besithi: Mfundisi, pho lezizinto zizakuba nini? Lesibonakaliso siyini, lapho sekuzakwenzeka lezizinto? 8 Wasesithi: Qaphelani ukuthi lingaduhiswa; ngoba abanengi bazakuza ebizweni lamif, besithi: Nginguyeg; futhi: Isikhathi sesisondele. Ngakho lingabalandelih. 9 Njalo nxa lisizwa ngezimpi langeziphithiphithii, lingethukij; ngoba lezizinto zimele ukuthi zenzeke kuqala, kodwa ukuphela kakuhle kufikek.

10 Wasesithi kubo: Isizwe sizavukela isizwe, lombuso uvukele umbuso; 11 njalo kuzakuba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu indawo ngendawo lezindlala labomatshayabhuqe bezifo; kube khona lezinto ezesabekayo lezibonakaliso ezinkulu ezivela ezulwini.

12 Kodwa ngaphambi kwakho konke lokhu bazalibamba ngezandla zabo, balizingelel, balinikele emasinagogeni lezintolongweni, balise phambi kwamakhosi lababusi, ngenxa yebizo lamim. 13 Njalo lokhu kuzaphenduka kini kube yibufakazin. 14 Ngakho kubekeni enhliziyweni zenuo ukuthi linganakani ngaphambili ngelizakuphendulap; 15 ngoba mina ngizalinika umlomo lenhlakanipho, abangekuphike, bamelane lakhoq, bonke abayizitha zenu. 16 Njalo lizanikelwa langabazali labafowenu lezihlobo labangane, njalo bazabulala abanye benu. 17 Njalo lizazondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yebizo lami. 18 Kodwa kakuyikulahleka ngitsho unwele lwekhanda lenur. 19 Ekubekezeleni kwenus zuzani imiphefumulo yenut.

20 Kodwa nxa libona iJerusalema ihanqwe ngamabuthou, yazini-ke ukuthi sekusondele ukuchitheka kwayov. 21 Ngalesosikhathi abaseJudiya kababalekele ezintabeni; labaphakathi kwayo baphume; labasemaphandleniw bangangeni kuyox. 22 Ngoba lezi zinsuku zempindiseloy, ukuze kugcwaliseke zonke izinto ezilotshiweyoz. 23 Kodwa maye kwabakhulelweyo labamunyisayo ngalezonsuku! Ngoba kuzakuba khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu emhlabeni, lolaka kulesisizwea. 24 Njalo bazakuwa ngobukhali benkemba, bathunjelwe ezizweni zonkeb; leJerusalema inyathelelwe phansi ngabezizwec, kuze kugcwaliseke izikhathi zabezizwed.

25 Kuzakuba khona izibonakaliso elangeni lenyangeni lezinkanyezini; lemhlabeni usizi lwezizwe ngokudidekae; kudume ulwandle lamagagasi, 26 abantu baphele amandla ngenxa yokwesaba langokulindela lokho okuzayo emhlabeni; ngoba amandla amazulu azazanyazanyiswaf. 27 Khona-ke bezayibona iNdodana yomuntu isiza eyezini ilamandla lenkazimulo enkulu. 28 Njalo nxa kuqala ukwenzeka lezizinto, manini liqonde njalo liphakamise amakhanda enug; ngoba kusondele ukukhululwa kwenuh.

29 Wasebatshela umfanekiso: Khangelani umkhiwa lazo zonke izihlahla; 30 nxa sezihluma, liyazibonela lani likwazi ukuthi ihlobo selisondele. 31 Ngokunjalo lani, nxa libona lezizinto zisenzeka, yazini ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu useduze. 32 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesisizukulwana asisoze sidlule, kuze kwenzeke zonke izinto. 33 Kuzadlula izulu lomhlaba, kodwa amazwi ami kawasoze adlulei.

34 Njalo ziqaphelenij, ukuthi inhliziyo zenu zingasindwa ngenxa yokuminza lokudakwak lokuphisekela izinto zalokhukusilal, lalolosuku lulifikele lingananzelelem; 35 ngoba luzafika njengomjibila phezu kwabo bonke abahlezi ebusweni bomhlaba wonken. 36 Ngakho lindani ngezikhathi zonkeo likhulekelep ukuthi lifanele ukuphepha zonke lezizinto ezizakwenzekaq, lokuma phambi kweNdodana yomuntur.

37 Njalo wayefundisas ethempelini eminit; kodwa ebusuku wayephuma ayehlalau entabeni ethiwa ngeyeMihlwathiv. 38 Lekuseni kakhulu abantu bonke babesiza kuyew ethempelini ukumuzwax.