ULukha 17
1 Wasesithi kubafundi: Kakungeke kwenzeke ukuthi kungaveli izikhubekiso; kodwa maye kulowo ezivela ngaye!
AND Jeshu said to his disciples, It cannot be that offences should not come, but woe to him by whom they shall come.
2 Kungaba ngcono kuye ukuthi ilitshe lokuchola elikhulu ligaxwe entanyeni yakhe, abesephoselwa olwandle, kulokuthi akhubekise abe munye kulaba abancinyane.
It were better for him that an ass-millstone were hanged on his neck, and he be cast into the sea. Woe (to him) who shall offend one of these little ones!
3 Zinanzeleleni lina. Njalo nxa umfowenu ekona, mkhuze; futhi nxa ephenduka, mthethelele.
Take heed to yourselves; if thy brother transgress, reprove him, and if he repent, forgive him.
4 Njalo loba ekona kuze kube kasikhombisa ngosuku, abesebuya kuwe kasikhombisa ngosuku, esithi: Ngiyaphenduka; uzamthethelela.
And if seven times in the day he shall trespass against thee, and seven times in the day return to thee and say, I repent, forgive him.
5 Abaphostoli basebesithi eNkosini: Yandisa kithi ukholo.
And the apostles said unto our Lord, Increase to us faith.
6 INkosi yasisithi: Uba lilokholo olungangohlamvu lwemasitedi, belingatsho kulesisihlahla somabhulosi ukuthi: Quphuka, ugxumekeke olwandle; futhi besizalilalela.
He saith to them, If you had faith as a grain of mustard, you should say to this mulberry tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea, and it would obey you.
7 Kodwa nguwuphi kini olenceku elimayo kumbe eyelusayo, ohle athi kiyo ingena ivela ensimini: Sondela, uhlale ekudleni?
Which of you, having a servant who leadeth a yoke (of oxen) or who tendeth the flock, and when he cometh from the field, saith to him at once, Pass on and recline thyself?
8 Kodwa kazukutsho yini kuyo ukuthi: Lungisa engingakudla, uzibhince ungincedise, ngize ngidle nginathe; njalo emva kwalokhu udle unathe wena?
but (rather) saith to him, Prepare me something that I may sup, and gird thy loins, serve me until I have eaten and drunk, and afterwards thou also shalt eat and drink.
9 Uyayibonga yini leyonceku, ngoba yenze izinto ezilayiweyo? Angicabangi.
Does that servant receive thanks because he hath done what was required of him? I consider not.
10 Kunjalo-ke lani, nxa selikwenzile konke elikulayiweyo, kalibokuthi: Sizinceku ezingasizi lutho, ngoba senze lokhu ebesifanele ukukwenza.
Thus also you, when you have done all those things which are required of you, have said, We are unprofitable servants, because what we were obligated to do, (that) have we done.
11 Kwasekusithi esahamba esiya eJerusalema, yena wadabula phakathi laphakathi kweSamariya leGalili.
AND it was that as Jeshu was going to Urishlem, he passed among the Shomroyee from Galila.
12 Esangena emzaneni othile, amadoda alitshumi alobulephero amhlangabeza, ema khatshana;
And as he drew near to enter a certain village, there met him ten men, lepers, and they stood from afar,
13 wona asephakamisa ilizwi, esithi: Jesu, Nkosi, sihawukele!
and lifted up their voice and said, Our Lord Jeshu, have mercy upon us!
14 Futhi kuthe ewabona wathi kuwo: Hambani liyeziveza kubapristi. Kwasekusithi ekusukeni kwawo, ahlanjululwa.
And when he saw them, he said to them, Go show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, they were cleansed.
15 Futhi omunye wawo, esebonile ukuthi usilisiwe, wabuyela, edumisa uNkulunkulu ngelizwi elikhulu;
Then one of them, when he saw that he was cleansed, returned to him, and with a high voice glorified Aloha.
16 wasesiwa ngobuso enyaweni zakhe, embonga; njalo yena wayengumSamariya.
And he fell upon his face before the feet of Jeshu, and thanked him. And, behold, this was a Shomroya.
17 Kodwa uJesu waphendula wathi: Kakuhlanjululwanga yini abalitshumi? Bangaphi pho abayisificamunwemunye?
And Jeshu answered and said, Were not they who were cleansed ten? Where are the nine?
18 Akuficakalanga ababuya ukunika uNkulunkulu udumo, ngaphandle kwalo owezizweni.
None have separated to come (and) give praise to Aloha, but this, who is from a strange people.
19 Wasesithi kuye: Sukuma uhambe; ukholo lwakho lukusindisile.
And he said to him, Arise, go; thy faith hath saved thee.
20 Kwathi ebuzwa ngabaFarisi, ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu uzakuza nini, wasebaphendula wathi: Umbuso kaNkulunkulu kawuzi ngokukhanyayo;
AND when Jeshu was questioned from the Pharishee, When cometh the kingdom of Aloha? he answered and said to them, The kingdom of Aloha cometh not with watchings:
21 njalo kabayikutsho ukuthi: Khangelani nanku, kumbe: Khangelani nankuya. Ngoba khangelani, umbuso kaNkulunkulu uphakathi kwenu.
nor say they, Behold, it is here! and, Behold, it is there! for the kingdom of Aloha is within you.
22 Wasesithi kubafundi: Kuzafika insuku lapho elizafisa ukubona lube lunye lwezinsuku zeNdodana yomuntu, kodwa kaliyikulubona.
And he said to his disciples, The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see.
23 Njalo bazakuthi kini: Khangelani nangu, kumbe: Khangelani nanguya; lingayi, njalo lingalandeli.
And if they say to you, Behold here, and, Behold there, go not.
24 Ngoba njengombane ophazimayo ukhanyisa kusukela kokunye ukucina ngaphansi kwezulu kusiya kokunye ukucina ngaphansi kwezulu, izakuba njalo leNdodana yomuntu osukwini lwayo.
For as the lightning lighteneth from heaven, and illuminateth all beneath the heaven, so shall be the Son of man in his day.
25 Kodwa kuqala imele ihlupheke izinto ezinengi njalo ilahlwe yilesisizukulwana.
But first it will be that he shall suffer many (things), and be rejected of this generation.
26 Futhi njengoba kwenzeka ensukwini zikaNowa, kuzakuba njalo lensukwini zeNdodana yomuntu.
And as it was in the days of Nuch, so will it be in the days of the Son of man;
27 Babesidla, benatha, bethatha, besendiswa, kwaze kwaba lusuku uNowa angena ngalo emkhunjini, kwasekufika uzamcolo, wababhubhisa bonke.
when they ate and drank and took wives and gave to husbands, until the day when Nuch entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed every one.
28 Ngokufananayo futhi njengoba kwenzeka ensukwini zikaLothi; babesidla, benatha, bethenga, bethengisa, behlanyela, besakha;
So also as it was in the days of Lut; they ate and drank, and bought and sold, and planted and builded;
29 kodwa ngosuku uLothi aphuma ngalo eSodoma, kwana umlilo lesibabule kuvela ezulwini, kwababhubhisa bonke;
but in the day that Lut went forth from Sadum, the Lord rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 kuzakuba njalo ngosuku ezakwembulwa ngalo iNdodana yomuntu.
Thus will it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed.
31 Ngalolosuku, lowo ophezu kophahla lwendlu, lempahla zakhe zisendlini, angehli ukuyazithatha; losensimini ngokunjalo angabuyeli ezintweni ezisemuva.
In that day, he who is on the roof and his garments in the house, let him not go down and take them. And he who is in the field, let him not turn his back.
32 Khumbulani umkaLothi.
Remember the wife of Lut.
33 Loba ngubani odinga ukusindisa impilo yakhe izamlahlekela; kodwa loba ngubani olahlekelwa yiyo uzayilondoloza.
Whoever willeth to save his life shall lose it, and whoever is willing to lose his life shall save it.
34 Ngithi kini: Ngalobobusuku kuzakuba khona ababili embhedeni munye; omunye uzasuswa, lomunye atshiywe.
I tell you, that in that night two shall be in one bed; the one shall be taken and the other left.
35 Kuzakuba khona abesifazana ababili bechola ndawonye; omunye uzasuswa, lomunye atshiywe.
Two shall be grinding together, one shall be taken and the other left.
36 Kuzakuba khona ababili ensimini; omunye uzasuswa, lomunye atshiywe.
Two shall be in the field, one shall be taken and the other left.
37 Basebephendula bathi kuye: Ngaphi, Nkosi? Wasesithi kubo: Lapho okukhona isidumbu, kulapho amanqe azabuthana khona.
They answered and said to him, Where, our Lord? He saith to them, Where the body is, there will be assembled the eagles.
