Umatewu 21:5-23 Ibhayibhile (XHO96)

5. “Yithini kwisixeko saseZiyon:‘Khangela, uKumkani wakho uza kuwe,elulamile, ekhwele idonki,ekhwele inkonyane, ithole lento ebotshwayo.’ ”

6. Baya ke abo bafundi, benza njengoko uYesu wayebayalele,

7. beza nayo idonki nenkonyane yayo, baza babeka izambatho zabo phezu kwayo, uYesu wakhwela.

8. Isihlwele esikhulu sabantu sazandlala izambatho zaso endleleni. Abanye baqhuzula amasebe emithini, bawandlala endleleni.

9. Izihlwele ezazihamba phambi koYesu nezazimlandela zazidanduluka zisithi: “Camagu! Nyana kaDavide! Makabongwe lo uzayo egameni leNkosi! Sithi: ‘Bayethe!’ kuPhezukonke!”

10. Akungena uYesu eJerusalem, isixeko sonke saphithizela, sisithi: “Ngubani na lo?”

11. Izihlwele zathi: “Lo *ngumshumayeli uYesu waseNazarete eGalili.”

12. UYesu wangena *endlwini kaThixo, waza wabakhupha abathengayo nabathengisayo, wathi neetafile zabatshintshi bemali nezihlalo zabathengisa ngamahobe wazibhukuqa;

13. waza wathi kubo: “*EziBhalweni uThixo uthi: ‘Indlu yam yindlu yokuthandaza.’ Ke nina niyenze umqolomba wezihange.”

14. Beza kuye ke endlwini kaThixo apho abaziimfama nabaziziqhwala, waza wabaphilisa.

15. Bona ababingeleli abaziintloko nabachazi-mthetho bahlabeka bakuyibona imimangaliso ayenzayo, bebona nabantwana endlwini kaThixo bekhwaza besithi: “Camagu! Nyana kaDavide!”

16. Baza ke bathi kuYesu: “Uyayiva na le nto bayithethayo aba?”UYesu wathi kubo: “Ewe. Aniyifundanga na eziBhalweni indawo ethi: ‘Wênza ukuba udunyiswe ngabantwana naziintsana.’”

17. Wabashiya, waphuma esixekweni, waya eBhetani, walala khona.

18. Ngentsasa elandelayo, xa wayebuyela esixekweni, walamba.

19. Wathi ebone umkhiwane ngasendleleni, waya kuwo, kodwa akafumana siqhamo, yaba ngamagqabi kuphela. Wathi kuwo: “Makungaze kubekho siqhamo kuwe naphakade.” Waza woma kwangoko umkhiwane lowo.

20. Bekubonile oku, abafundi bakaYesu bamangaliswa, bathi: “Kutheni ukuba usuke wome ngokukhawuleza kangaka lo mkhiwane?”

21. Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo: “Ndithi kuni, inene, ukuba niyakholwa, ningathandabuzi, niya kuba nako ukuyenza le nto ndiyenzé kulo mkhiwane, ngaphezu koko nibe nokuthi nakule ntaba: ‘Funquka, uphoseke elwandle,’ ize yenzeke loo nto.

22. Konke enikucelayo ngomthandazo nikholwa, nokwamkela.”

23. UYesu wangena endlwini kaThixo wafundisa. Beza kuye ababingeleli abaziintloko namadoda amakhulu, bathi: “Ezi zinto uzenza ngagunya lini? Ngubani okunike eli gunya?”

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