UMathewu 10
1 Wasebizela kuye abafundi bakhe abalitshumi lambili, wabanika amandla phezu kwabomoya abangcolileyo, ukuthi babakhuphe, lokuthi belaphe sonke isifo lobuthakathaka bonke.
And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities.
2 Njalo amabizo abaphostoli abalitshumi lambili yiwo la: Owokuqala nguSimoni othiwa nguPetro, loAndreya umfowabo; uJakobe okaZebediya, loJohane umfowabo;
And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
3 uFiliphu, loBartolomewu; uTomasi, loMathewu umthelisi; uJakobe okaAlfewu, loLabewu othiwa njalo nguTadewu;
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,
4 uSimoni umKhanani, loJudasi Iskariyothi laye owamnikelayo.
Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5 Laba abalitshumi lambili uJesu wabathuma, wabalaya, esithi: Lingahambi ngendlela yabezizwe, lingangeni emzini wamaSamariya;
These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.
6 kodwa yanini ikakhulu ezimvini ezilahlekileyo zendlu kaIsrayeli.
But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 Futhi ekuhambeni kwenu tshumayelani, lisithi: Umbuso wamazulu usondele.
And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 Silisani abagulayo, lihlambulule amalephero, livuse abafileyo, likhuphe amadimoni. Lemukeliswe ngesihle, phanini ngesihle.
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give.
9 Lingazithatheli igolide, loba isiliva, loba ithusi emixhakeni yenu,
Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses:
10 loba isikhwama sendlela, loba izigqoko ezimbili, loba amanyathela, loba udondolo; ngoba isisebenzi sifanele ukudla kwaso.
Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat.
11 Lakuwuphi umuzi kumbe umzana elingena kuwo, buzani ukuthi ngubani ofaneleyo kuwo; njalo lihlale khona, lize lisuke.
And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till you go thence.
12 Njalo nxa lingena endlini, liyibingelele.
And when you come into the house, salute it, saying: Peace be to this house.
13 Njalo uba indlu ifanele, ukuthula kwenu kakube phezu kwayo; kodwa uba ingafanele, ukuthula kwenu kakubuyele kini.
And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.
14 Njalo loba ngubani ongalemukeliyo kumbe ongalaleli amazwi enu, nxa liphuma kuleyondlu kumbe kulowomuzi, thintithani uthuli lwenyawo zenu.
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words: going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet.
15 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kuzakuba ngcono kulizwe leSodoma leleGomora ngosuku lwesigwebo, kulakulowomuzi.
Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
16 Khangelani, mina ngiyalithuma njengezimvu phakathi kwezimpisi; ngakho hlakaniphani njengezinyoka, libe msulwa njengamajuba.
Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.
17 Kodwa limukani abantu; ngoba bazalinikela emiphakathini, balitshaye ngesiswepu emasinagogeni abo;
But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
18 njalo lizalethwa laphambi kwababusi lamakhosi ngenxa yami, kube yibufakazi kubo lakwabezizwe.
And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:
19 Kodwa nxa belinikela, lingakhathaleli ukuthi lizakhuluma njani kumbe into bani; ngoba lizanikwa ngalelohola lokho elizakukhuluma;
But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak.
20 ngoba kakusini elikhulumayo, kodwa nguMoya kaYihlo okhuluma phakathi kwenu.
For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
21 Futhi umfowabo uzanikela umfowabo ekufeni, loyise umntwana; labantwana bazavukela abazali, bababulale.
The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death.
22 Njalo lizazondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yebizo lami; kodwa ophikelelayo kuze kube sekupheleni, nguye ozasindiswa.
And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.
23 Kodwa nxa belizingela kulo umuzi, balekelani komunye; ngoba ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kaliyikuqeda imizi yonke yakoIsrayeli, kuze kufike iNdodana yomuntu.
And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.
24 Umfundi kaphezu komfundisi, lenceku kayiphezu kwenkosi yayo.
The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.
25 Kumanele umfundi ukuthi abe njengomfundisi wakhe, lenceku njengenkosi yayo. Aluba bebizile umninindlu ngokuthi nguBhelezebhule, kakhulu kangakanani labo abendlu yakhe?
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?
26 Ngakho lingabesabi; ngoba kakukho okufihliweyo, okungayikubonakaliswa; lokuthukuziweyo, okungayikwaziwa.
Therefore fear them not. For nothing is covered that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known.
27 Lokho engikutsho kini emnyameni, kukhulumeni ekukhanyeni; lalokho elikuzwa endlebeni, kumemezeleni phezu kwezindlu.
That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.
28 Njalo lingabesabi ababulala umzimba, kodwa bengelamandla okubulala umphefumulo; kodwa mesabeni kakhulu olamandla okubhubhisa kokubili umphefumulo lomzimba esihogweni. (Geenna g1067)
And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell. (Geenna g1067)
29 Kazithengiswa yini intaka ezimbili ngendibilitshi? Kodwa kakuyikuwa emhlabathini lanye yazo, ngaphandle kukaYihlo.
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.
30 Kodwa lezenu inwele zekhanda zibaliwe zonke.
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Ngakho lingesabi; lina liyazidlula intaka ezinengi.
Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.
32 Ngakho ngulowo lalowo ozangivuma phambi kwabantu, lami ngizamvuma phambi kukaBaba osemazulwini.
Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
33 Kodwa loba ngubani ongiphika phambi kwabantu, lami ngizamphika phambi kukaBaba osemazulwini.
But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
34 Lingacabangi ukuthi ngize ukuletha ukuthula emhlabeni; angizanga ukuletha ukuthula, kodwa inkemba.
Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.
35 Ngoba ngize ukwehlukanisa umuntu loyise, lendodakazi lonina, lomalokazana loninazala;
For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 lezitha zomuntu ngabendlu yakhe.
And as a man’s enemies shall be they of his own household.
37 Othanda uyise kumbe unina kulami kangifanele; lothanda indodana kumbe indodakazi kulami kangifanele;
He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.
38 longathathi isiphambano sakhe njalo angilandele, kangifanele.
And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.
39 Lowo othola impilo yakhe uzalahlekelwa yiyo; lolahlekelwa yimpilo yakhe ngenxa yami uzayithola.
He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.
40 Owemukela lina wemukela mina; lowemukela mina wemukela ongithumileyo.
He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.
41 Owemukela umprofethi ebizweni lomprofethi uzazuza umvuzo womprofethi; lowemukela olungileyo ebizweni lolungileyo uzazuza umvuzo wolungileyo.
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man.
42 Njalo loba ngubani ozanathisa omunye walababancinyane inkezo nje yamanzi aqandayo ebizweni lomfundi, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kasoze alahlekelwa ngumvuzo wakhe.
And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
