¹ Wabalandisa umfanekiso wokuthi bamelwe ukukhuleka njalo, bangadangali. ² Wathi: Kwakukhona emzini othile umahluleli othile owayengamesabi uNkulunkulu, enganaki muntu. ³ Kulowo muzi kwakukhona futhi umfelokazi owayelokhu efika kuye , ethi: Ngizwele esitheni sami. ⁴ Kwaba yisikhathi engavumi ; kepha ngasemuva wathi phakathi kwakhe : Nakuba ngingamesabi uNkulunkulu, nginganaki muntu, ⁵ nokho-ke ngokuba lo mfelokazi engikhathaza njalo , ngiyakumzwela, funa angizuke ngokufika njalonjalo. ⁶ Yayisithi iNkosi: Yizwani okushiwo ngumahluleli ongalungile. ⁷ UNkulunkulu kayikubezwela yini abakhethiweyo bakhe abakhala kuye imini nobusuku, ababekezelele, na? ⁸ Ngithi kini: Uzakubezwela masinyane. Nokho nxa ifika iNdodana yomuntu , imbala iyakufumana ukukholwa emhlabeni na? UmFarisi nomthelisi ethempelini ⁹ Wayesekhuluma kwabathile ababezethemba ukuthi balungi le, bedelela abanye, ebalandisa lo mfanekiso ngokuthi: ¹⁰ Abantu ababili benyukela ethempelini beya kukhuleka , omunye engumFarisi, omunye engumthelisi. ¹¹ UmFarisi wema wazikhulekela ngokuthi : Nkulunkulu, ngiyakubonga ngokuba ngingenjengabanye abantu : izigcwelegcwele, abangalungile, iziphingi, nanjengalo mthelisi. ¹² Ngizila ukudla kabili ngeviki , nginikela okweshumi kukho konke enginakho. ¹³ Kepha umthelisi emi kude wayengafuni nakuphakamisela amehlo akhe ngasezulwini, kodwa washaya isifuba sakhe , ethi: Nkulunkulu, ngihawukele mina soni. ¹⁴ Ngithi kini: Lo wehlela endlini yakhe elungisisiwe kunomunye . Ngokuba yilowo nalowo oziphakamisayo uzakuthotshiswa , kodwa ozithob ayo uzakuphakanyiswa. Ukubusiswa kwabantwana (Math. 19:13; Mark. 10:13) ¹⁵ Baletha kuye nabant wanyana ukuba abaphathe ; kepha abafundi bekubona babakhuza. ¹⁶ Kodwa uJesu wababizela kuye , wathi: Vumelani abantwana beze kimi , ningabenqabeli, ngokuba umbuso kaNkulunkulu ungowabanjalo. ¹⁷ Ngiqinisile ngithi kini : Yilowo nalowo ongamukeli umbuso kaNkulunku lu njengomntwana kasoze angena kuwo. Insizwa enothileyo (Math. 19:16; Mark. 10:17) ¹⁸ Umbusi othile wayesembuza ethi : Mfundisi omuhle, ngiyakwenzani ukuba ngidle ifa lokuphila okuphakade na? ¹⁹ Kepha uJesu wathi kuye : Ungibizelani ngokuthi ngimuhle na ? Kakho omuhle, munye kuphela, uNkulunkulu. ²⁰ Uyayazi imiyalelo ukuthi : U ngaphingi, ungabulali, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, yazisa uyihlo nonyoko. ²¹ Kepha wathi: Konke lokho ngikugcinile kwasebusheni bami. ²² UJesu ekuzwa lokho wathi kuye : Usasilalelwe into inye : thengisa ngakho konke onakho , wabele abampofu , khona uzakuba negugu ezulwini ; uze ungilandele. ²³ Kuthe ekuzwa lokho, wadabuka impela, ngokuba wayenothile kakhulu. ²⁴ UJesu embona wathi : Kulukhuni kangakanani kwaba nomnotho ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu. ²⁵ Kulula ukuba ikamela lingene ngentunja yosungulo kunokuba onothileyo angene embusweni kaNkulunkulu. ²⁶ Abezwayo base bethi: Pho, kungasindiswa bani na? ²⁷ Kepha wathi: Okungenzeki kubantu kungenzeka kuNkulunkulu. Umvuzo wokuzidela (Math. 19:27; Mark. 10:28) ²⁸ Wayesethi uPetru: Bheka, thina sishiye okwethu, sakulandela. ²⁹ Wathi kubo : Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Akukho muntu oshiye indlu , noma umkakhe, noma abafowabo, noma abazali, noma abantwana ngenxa yombuso kaNkulunkulu, ³⁰ ongayikwamukeliswa okuphindwe kani ngi kulesi sikhathi nasenkathini ezayo ukuphila okuphakade. UJesu ukhuluma ngokuhlupheka kwakhe (Math. 20:17; Mark. 10:32) ³¹ Wayesebasondeza kuye abayishumi nambili , wathi kubo : Bhekani, sikhuphukela eJerusalema ; konke okulotshwe ngabaprofethi ngeNdodana yomuntu kuyakugcwaliseka. ³² Ngokuba izakukhashelwa kwabezizwe, iklolodelwe, idunyazwe, ikhafulelwe ngamathe, ³³ bayishaye, bayibulale; kepha ngosuku lwesithathu izakuvuka. ³⁴ Kepha bona kabaqondanga lutho lwalokho ; lelo zwi lalifihlakele kubo , abakuqondanga obekushiwo. ³⁵ Kwathi esesondela eJeriko , impumputhe ethile yayihlezi ngasendleleni inxiba. ³⁶ Isizwa isixuku sidlula, yabuza ukuthi: Kuyini lokhu? ³⁷ Base beyitshela ukuthi: Kudlula uJesu waseNazaretha. ³⁸ Yayisimemeza ithi: Jesu, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele! ³⁹ Ababehamba phambili bayikhuza ukuba ithule kepha kwayikhona imemeza kakhulu yona, ithi: Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele! ⁴⁰ Wema-ke uJesu, wayala ukuba ilethwe kuye. Isisondele, wayibuza wathi: ⁴¹ Ufuna ukuba ngikwenzeleni na? Yathi: Nkosi, ukuba ngibone. ⁴² UJesu wathi kuyo: Bona! Ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile. ⁴³ Yayisibona khona lapho , yamlandela imdumisa uNkulunkulu , nabantu bonke bekubona bamnika uNkulunkulu indumiso.