ULukha 21
1 Wathi ephakamisa amehlo wabona abanothileyo bephosela iminikelo yabo esitsheni somnikelo.
He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
2 Wabona lomfelokazi othile ongumyanga ephosela khona inhlamvana ezincane ezimbili zemali.
He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.
3 Wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lumfelokazi ongumyanga uphosele okwedlula okwabo bonke;
He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,
4 ngoba bonke laba baphosele kokunengi kwabo eminikelweni kaNkulunkulu, kodwa yena ebuyangeni bakhe uphosele konke alakho abephila ngakho.
for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”
5 Abanye besakhuluma ngethempeli, ukuthi liceciswe ngamatshe amahle langezipho, wathi:
As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
6 Lezizinto elizibonayo, kuzafika insuku okungayikutshiywa ngazo ilitshe phezu kwelitshe, elingayikudilizelwa phansi.
“As for these things which you see, the days will come in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”
7 Basebembuza, besithi: Mfundisi, pho lezizinto zizakuba nini? Lesibonakaliso siyini, lapho sekuzakwenzeka lezizinto?
They asked him, “Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?”
8 Wasesithi: Qaphelani ukuthi lingaduhiswa; ngoba abanengi bazakuza ebizweni lami, besithi: Nginguye; futhi: Isikhathi sesisondele. Ngakho lingabalandeli.
He said, “Watch out that you do not get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore do not follow them.
9 Njalo nxa lisizwa ngezimpi langeziphithiphithi, lingethuki; ngoba lezizinto zimele ukuthi zenzeke kuqala, kodwa ukuphela kakuhle kufike.
When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end will not come immediately.”
10 Wasesithi kubo: Isizwe sizavukela isizwe, lombuso uvukele umbuso;
Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
11 njalo kuzakuba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu indawo ngendawo lezindlala labomatshayabhuqe bezifo; kube khona lezinto ezesabekayo lezibonakaliso ezinkulu ezivela ezulwini.
There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
12 Kodwa ngaphambi kwakho konke lokhu bazalibamba ngezandla zabo, balizingele, balinikele emasinagogeni lezintolongweni, balise phambi kwamakhosi lababusi, ngenxa yebizo lami.
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
13 Njalo lokhu kuzaphenduka kini kube yibufakazi.
It will turn out as a testimony for you.
14 Ngakho kubekeni enhliziyweni zenu ukuthi linganakani ngaphambili ngelizakuphendula;
Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer,
15 ngoba mina ngizalinika umlomo lenhlakanipho, abangekuphike, bamelane lakho, bonke abayizitha zenu.
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
16 Njalo lizanikelwa langabazali labafowenu lezihlobo labangane, njalo bazabulala abanye benu.
You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.
17 Njalo lizazondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yebizo lami.
You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.
18 Kodwa kakuyikulahleka ngitsho unwele lwekhanda lenu.
And not a hair of your head will perish.
19 Ekubekezeleni kwenu zuzani imiphefumulo yenu.
“By your endurance you will win your lives.
20 Kodwa nxa libona iJerusalema ihanqwe ngamabutho, yazini-ke ukuthi sekusondele ukuchitheka kwayo.
“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.
21 Ngalesosikhathi abaseJudiya kababalekele ezintabeni; labaphakathi kwayo baphume; labasemaphandleni bangangeni kuyo.
Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the middle of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.
22 Ngoba lezi zinsuku zempindiselo, ukuze kugcwaliseke zonke izinto ezilotshiweyo.
For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23 Kodwa maye kwabakhulelweyo labamunyisayo ngalezonsuku! Ngoba kuzakuba khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu emhlabeni, lolaka kulesisizwe.
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath to this people.
24 Njalo bazakuwa ngobukhali benkemba, bathunjelwe ezizweni zonke; leJerusalema inyathelelwe phansi ngabezizwe, kuze kugcwaliseke izikhathi zabezizwe.
They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
25 Kuzakuba khona izibonakaliso elangeni lenyangeni lezinkanyezini; lemhlabeni usizi lwezizwe ngokudideka; kudume ulwandle lamagagasi,
“There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
26 abantu baphele amandla ngenxa yokwesaba langokulindela lokho okuzayo emhlabeni; ngoba amandla amazulu azazanyazanyiswa.
men fainting for fear and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
27 Khona-ke bezayibona iNdodana yomuntu isiza eyezini ilamandla lenkazimulo enkulu.
Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 Njalo nxa kuqala ukwenzeka lezizinto, manini liqonde njalo liphakamise amakhanda enu; ngoba kusondele ukukhululwa kwenu.
But when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.”
29 Wasebatshela umfanekiso: Khangelani umkhiwa lazo zonke izihlahla;
He told them a parable. “See the fig tree and all the trees.
30 nxa sezihluma, liyazibonela lani likwazi ukuthi ihlobo selisondele.
When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
31 Ngokunjalo lani, nxa libona lezizinto zisenzeka, yazini ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu useduze.
Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that God’s Kingdom is near.
32 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesisizukulwana asisoze sidlule, kuze kwenzeke zonke izinto.
Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
33 Kuzadlula izulu lomhlaba, kodwa amazwi ami kawasoze adlule.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
34 Njalo ziqapheleni, ukuthi inhliziyo zenu zingasindwa ngenxa yokuminza lokudakwa lokuphisekela izinto zalokhukusila, lalolosuku lulifikele lingananzelele;
“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
35 ngoba luzafika njengomjibila phezu kwabo bonke abahlezi ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
36 Ngakho lindani ngezikhathi zonke likhulekele ukuthi lifanele ukuphepha zonke lezizinto ezizakwenzeka, lokuma phambi kweNdodana yomuntu.
Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
37 Njalo wayefundisa ethempelini emini; kodwa ebusuku wayephuma ayehlala entabeni ethiwa ngeyeMihlwathi.
Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
38 Lekuseni kakhulu abantu bonke babesiza kuye ethempelini ukumuzwa.
All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.
