NgokukaLuka 14 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

14 ¹Ngelinye iSabatha, mhla eya kudla endlini yomunye wabaholi bamaFarisi, bamqapha ngokucophelela. ²Bheka, phambi kwakhe kwakukhona indoda eyayinomzimba ovuvukele ngamanzi.

³UJesu wathi ezazini zomthetho nakumaFarisi: “Kuvumelekile yini ukwelapha ngeSabatha, noma cha?”

⁴Kodwa bathula. Ngakho wayibamba leyo ndoda, wayelapha, wayimukisa.

⁵Wayesethi kubo: “Uma omunye wenu enendodana noma inkabi ewela emgodini ngosuku lweSabatha, ngeke yini ayikhiphe masinyane?”

⁶Abazange babe nampendulo yalokho.

⁷Ebona ukuthi izimenywa zazikhetha kanjani izindawo zokuhlonishwa, wazixoxela umfanekiso:

⁸“Uma umuntu ekumema edilini lomshado, ungahlali endaweni yokuhlonishwa, ngokuba kungenzeka ukuthi kumenywe isimenywa esihlonipheke kunawe. ⁹Khona lowo onimeme nobabili uyofika athi kuwe: ‘Mnike lo muntu indawo yakho,’ bese ngehlazo kumele uthathe indawo ephansi kakhulu. ¹⁰Kodwa lapho umenyiwe, hamba uyohlala endaweni ephansi kakhulu, ukuze kuthi lapho umninikhaya efika athi kuwe: ‘Mngane, khuphukela ngenhla.’ Khona uyohlonishwa phambi kwabo bonke abahlezi nawe etafuleni. ¹¹Ngokuba bonke abaziphakamisayo bayothotshiswa, kuthi abazithobayo baphakanyiswe.”

¹²Wayesethi kulowo owayemmemile: “Lapho wenza isidlo sasemini noma isidlo sakusihlwa, ungabameml abangane bakho noma abafowenu noma izihlobo zakho noma omakhelwane bakho abacebile. Uma wenze njalo, nabo bangakumema, ubuyekezwe. ¹³Kodwa lapho wenza idili, mema abampofu, abakhubazekile, abaqhugayo, izimpumputhe, ¹⁴uyobusiswa. Njengoba bengenayo indlela yokukubuyisela, uyobuyekezwa ekuvukeni kwabalungileyo.”

Idili LikaBaba

¹⁵Lapho omunye wababehlezi naye etafuleni ezwa lokhu, wathi kuye: “Ubusisiwe lowo oyokudla edilini embusweni kaBaba wethu!”

¹⁶UJesu waphendula: “Umuntu othile wayenza idili elikhulu, wamema izimenywa eziningi.

¹⁷“Kwathi lapho isikhathi sedili sesifikile, wathuma inceku yakhe ukuba iyotshela labo ababemenyiwe ukuthi: ‘Wozani, ngokuba konke sekulungile.’ ¹⁸Kodwa bonke baqala ukuzilandulela ngamunye ngamunye. Owokuqala wathi kuye: ‘Ngithenge insimu, kumele ngiyoyibona. Ngicela ungixolele.’

¹⁹Omunye wathi: ‘Ngithenge izipani ezinhlanu zezinkabi, ngisendleleni eya kuzizama. Ngicela ungixolele.’

²⁰Omunye futhi wathi: ‘Ngisanda kuthatha umfazi, ngakho ngeke ngize.’”

²¹Ngakho inceku yabuya yabikela inkosi yayo lokhu. Khona umninindlu wathukuthela wathi encekwini yakhe: ‘Phuma masinyane uye ezitaladini nasezindledlaneni zedolobha, ulethe abampofu, abakhubazekile, izimpumputhe, nabaqhugayo.’

²²“‘Nkosi,’ kwasho inceku, ‘lokho obukuyalile sekwenziwe, kodwa kusekhona indawo.’

²³Khona inkosi yathi encekwini: ‘Phuma uye ezindleleni nasezindledlaneni zasemaphandleni, ubacindezele ukuba bangene, ukuze indlu yami igcwale. ²⁴Ngokuba ngithi kini, akekho noyedwa kulabo ababemenyiwe oyolizwa idili lami.’”

Izindleko Zokulandela UJesu

²⁵Izixuku ezikhulu zazihamba naye, waphenduka kuzo wathi:

²⁶“Uma umuntu eza kimi engamzondi uyise nonina nomkakhe nabantwana nabafowabo nawodadewabo—yebo, ngisho nokuphila kwakhe—angeke abe ngumfundi wami. ^a a v26 Igama elithi “ukuzonda” lapha liwuhlobo lwesiHebheru lokukhuluma olusho ukuthanda okuncane kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa—uJesu akayali inzondo ngakumndeni, kodwa uthando ngaye oludlula konke okunye ukwethembeka. ²⁷Noma ngubani ongathwali isiphambano sakhe angilandele, angeke abe ngumfundi wami. ²⁸Ake sithi omunye wenu ufuna ukwakha umbhoshongo. Akayikuqala yini ahlale phansi abale izindleko, abone ukuthi unakho yini okwanele ukuwuqeda? ²⁹Funa kuthi, uma esebeke isisekelo ehluleke ukuqeda, bonke abakubonayo baqale ukumhleka usulu, ³⁰bethi: ‘Lo muntu waqala ukwakha wehluleka ukuqeda.’ ³¹Noma ake sithi inkosi isizolwa impi nenye inkosi. Ayiyikuqala yini ihlale phansi icabange ukuthi iyakwazi yini ngamadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi ukubhekana nalowo oza kuyo nezinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili? ³²Uma ingakwazi, iyothuma amanxusa kusekude omunye, icele imibandela yokuthula. ³³Ngokunjalo, noma ngubani kini ongadeli konke anakho angeke abe ngumfundi wami.

³⁴“Usawoti muhle, kodwa uma usuphelelwa ukubaba kwawo, ungenziwa kanjani ukuba ubabe futhi? ³⁵Awusalungele nhlabathi noma inqwaba yomquba, uyalahlwa phandle. Onezindlebe zokuzwa, akezwe.”