1 Kwathi, esendaweni ethile ethandaza, akupheza, wathi othile wakubafundi bakhe kuye, Nkosi, sifundise ukuthandaza, kwanjengoko uYohane wabafundisayo abafundi bakhe.
2 Uthe ke yena kubo, Xa sukuba nithandaza, yithini, Bawo wethu osemazulwini, malingcwaliswe igama lakho. Mabufike ubukumkani bakho. Makwenziwe ukuthanda kwakho nasemhlabeni, njengokuba kusenziwa emazulwini.
3 Siphe imihla yonke isonka sethu semihla ngemihla, usixolele izono zethu;
4 kuba nathi sibaxolela bonke abanamatyala kuthi. Ungasingenisi ekulingweni; sihlangule enkohlakalweni.
5 Wathi kubo, Nguwuphi na kuni ongathi, enomhlobo, aze aye kuye phakathi kobusuku, athi kuye, Sihlobo, ndiboleke izonka zibe zithathu;
6 kuba ke umhlobo wam uphambukele kum eseluhambeni, ndaye ndingenanto ke ndingayibeka phambi kwakhe;
7 aze asuke lowo ungaphakathi aphendule athi, Musa ukundaphula; seluvaliwe ucango, nabantwana bam basesililini nam; andinako ukuvuka ndikunike?
8 Ndithi kuni, Nokuba akayi kuvuka amnike, ngakuba engumhlobo wakhe, noko ngenxa yozingiso lwakhe olungenantloni wovuka, amnike inani alisweleyo.
9 Nam ndithi kuni, Celani, nophiwa; funani, nofumana; nkqonkqozani, novulelwa.
10 Kuba wonke umntu ocelayo, uyazuza; nalowo ufunayo, uyafumana; nalowo unkqonkqozayo, uya kuvulelwa.
11 Nguwuphi na ke uyise kuni oya kuthi, unyana akucela isonka, amnike ilitye; athi akucela intlanzi, amnike inyoka endaweni yentlanzi?
12 Athi, ukuba uthe wacela iqanda, amnike unomadudwane?
13 Ukuba ke ngoko nina, ningendawo nje, niyakwazi ukubapha abantwana benu izipho ezilungileyo, wobeka phi na ke yena uYihlo wasemazulwini, ukugqithisela ukubapha uMoya oyiNgcwele abo bamcelayo?
14 Wayekhupha idemon, yaye ke isisidenge. Kwathi ke yakuphuma idemon, sathetha isidenge, zamangaliswa izihlwele.
15 Kodwa abathile kubo bathi, Uzikhupha iidemon ngoBhelezebhule, umphathi weedemon.
16 Baye ke bambi bemlinga, befuna kuye umqondiso ophuma emazulwini.
17 Ke kaloku yena, ezazi izicamango zabo, wathi kubo, Bonke ubukumkani obahlulelene bodwa, buyaphanza; nendlu eyahlulelene nendlu, iyawa.
18 Ukuba ke noSathana wahlulelene yedwa, bothini na ukuma ubukumkani bakhe? Ngokuba nithi, ndizikhupha iidemon ngoBhelezebhule.
19 Ke ukuba mna ndizikhupha iidemon ngoBhelezebhule, bazikhupha ngabani na oonyana benu? Baya kuba ngabagwebi benu bona ngenxa yoko.
20 Ke ukuba ndizikhupha iidemon ngomnwe kaThixo, ngoko bunifikele kanti ubukumkani bukaThixo.
21 Xa lithi igorha lixhobe tu, lilinde ibhotwe lalo, impahla yalo ihlala inqabile;
22 kodwa xa lithe elinamandla kunalo lalifikela, laleyisa, lilihlutha sonke isikrweqe salo elabe likholose ngaso, liwabe amaxhoba alo.
23 Lowo ungengakum, uchasene nam; nalowo ungandibuthisiyo, uyachithachitha.
24 Xa umoya ongcolileyo uthe waphuma emntwini, ucanda ezindaweni ezingenamanzi, ufuna ukuphumla; uze wakuba ungakufumani, usuke uthi, Ndiya kubuyela endlwini yam, endaphuma kuyo.
25 Uthi wakufika, uyifumane itshayelwe, ivathisiwe.
26 Wandule ukuya kuthabatha abanye oomoya abasixhenxe abangendawo kunawo, bangene ke bahlale khona; lize ikamva laloo mntu libe libi kunesiqalo.
27 Ke kaloku kwathi, ekuzithetheni kwakhe ezi zinto, intokazi ethile yaliphakamisa izwi layo esihlweleni eso, yathi kuye, Sinoyolo isizalo esakubambayo, nambele owawanyayo.
28 Uthe ke yena, Yithi kanye, Banoyolo abo balivayo ilizwi likaThixo baligcine.
29 Ke kaloku, zakubon’ ukuba ziqukene iindimbane, waqala ukuthi, Esi sizukulwana singendawo, singxamele umqondiso; ukanti asiyi kunikwa mqondiso, ingenguwo umqondiso kaYona umprofeti.
30 Kuba, njengokuba uYona waba ngumqondiso kwabaseNineve, uya kuba kwanjalo uNyana woMntu kwesi sizukulwana.
31 Ukumkanikazi waseZantsi uya kusuka eme ngomgwebo namadoda esi sizukulwana, awagwebe; ngokuba wavela eziphelweni zomhlaba, esiza kuva ubulumko bukaSolomon; ukanti ke omkhulu kunoSolomon nanku apha.
32 Amadoda aseNineve aya kusuka eme ngomgwebo nesi sizukulwana, asigwebe; kuba aguquka wona ngomemezo lukaYona; ukanti ke omkhulu kunoYona nanku apha.
33 Akukho ke uthi, esibanekile isibane, asibeke endaweni efihlakeleyo, nokuba kuphantsi kwesitya; usibeka esiphathweni saso, ukuze abo bangenayo bakubone ukukhanya.
34 Isibane somzimba liliso. Xa sukuba iliso lakho lingenakumbi, umzimba wakho uphela uyakhanyiseleka; xa lithe lakhohlakala, nomzimba wakho ububumnyama.
35 Ngoko xunela ekuthini ukukhanya okukuwe kungabi bubumnyama.
36 Ukuba ngoko umzimba wakho uphela ukhanyiselekile, ungenandawo imnyama, uya kukhanyiseleka uphela, njengaxenikweni sithe isibane sakukhanyisela ngokudangazela kwaso.
37 Ke kaloku, akuba ethethile, umFarisi othile wayemcela ukuba aye komulela kuye. Ungenile ke wahlala phantsi.
38 Uthe ke akubona oku, umFarisi wamangaliswa kukuba engathanga kuqala ahlambe, phambi kokuba adle.
39 Yathi ke iNkosi kuye, Kaloku nina baFarisi nihlambulula umphandle wendebe nesitya, ukanti wona umbilini wenu uzele kukuphanga nokungendawo.
40 Basweli-kuqonda, owakwenzayo okungaphandle akakwenzanga na nokungaphakathi?
41 Kanye ke izinto ezingaphakathi, lizani ngazo; niyabona, zosuka zonke izinto zihlambuluke kuni.
42 Yeha, nina baFarisi! Ngokuba ninikela izishumi zetyeleba nezenxina nezemifuno yonke, nize nidlule kuwo umgwebo nokuthanda uThixo; ezi ndawo ke benimelwe kukuthi nizenze, nithi neziya ningazishiyi.
43 Yeha, nina baFarisi! Ngokuba nithanda isihlalo sobukhulu ezindlwini zesikhungu, nemibuliso ezindaweni zembutho.
44 Yeha, nina babhali, baFarisi, bahanahanisindini! Ngokuba ninjengamangcwaba angabonakaliyo, abathi nabantu abahamba phezu kwawo, bangawazi.
45 Waphendula ke othile wakubaqondisi-mthetho, wathi kuye, Mfundisi, uzithetha nje ezo zinto, usiphatha kakubi nathi.
46 Uthe ke yena, Yeha, nani baqondisimthetho! Ngokuba abantu nibathwalisa imithwalo enzima, nibe nina ngokwenu ningayichukumisi imithwalo leyo nangamnye umnwe wenu.
47 Yeha, nina! Ngokuba niyawakha amangcwaba abaprofeti, babe ke ooyihlo bebabulele.
48 Kambe niyayingqinela niyithakazela imisebenzi yooyihlo; ngokuba bona okunene bababulala, niyawakha ke nina amangcwaba abo.
49 Ngenxa yoko nobulumko bukaThixo bathi, Ndiya kubathumela abaprofeti nabapostile; kubo abo ke baya kuyibulala inxenye, bayitshutshise inxenye;
50 ukuze limenywe kwesi sizukulwana igazi labo bonke abaprofeti elaphalazwayo, kuseloko lasekwayo ihlabathi;
51 lithabathela egazini lika-Abheli, lide lizise egazini likaZekariya, owatshabalalela phakathi kwesibingelelo nendawo eyingcwele. Ewe, ndithi kuni, liya kumenywa kwesi sizukulwana.
52 Yeha nina, baqondisi-mthetho! Ngokuba nasisusa isitshixo sokwazi; nina anangena, nabangenayo nabalela.
53 Ke kaloku, akubon’ ukuba uyazithetha ezi zinto kubo, baqala ababhali nabaFarisi ukuba nenqala enkulu, nokumcofa ngemibuzo emininzi,
54 bemlalele, befuna ukunqakula into ephuma emlonyeni wakhe, ukuze bammangalele.