UMathewu 10
1 Wasebizela kuye abafundi bakhe abalitshumi lambili, wabanika amandla phezu kwabomoya abangcolileyo, ukuthi babakhuphe, lokuthi belaphe sonke isifo lobuthakathaka bonke.
So summoning His twelve disciples He gave them authority over unclean spirits so as to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every illness.
2 Njalo amabizo abaphostoli abalitshumi lambili yiwo la: Owokuqala nguSimoni othiwa nguPetro, loAndreya umfowabo; uJakobe okaZebediya, loJohane umfowabo;
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first Simon (the one called Peter) and Andrew his brother, James (the son of Zebedee) and John his brother,
3 uFiliphu, loBartolomewu; uTomasi, loMathewu umthelisi; uJakobe okaAlfewu, loLabewu othiwa njalo nguTadewu;
Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew (the tax collector), James (the son of Alphaeus) and Lebbaeus (who was surnamed Thaddeus),
4 uSimoni umKhanani, loJudasi Iskariyothi laye owamnikelayo.
Simon (the Canaanite) 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 out, and commanded them saying: “Do not go off into the road of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.
6 kodwa yanini ikakhulu ezimvini ezilahlekileyo zendlu kaIsrayeli.
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 Futhi ekuhambeni kwenu tshumayelani, lisithi: Umbuso wamazulu usondele.
And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of the heavens has come near.’
8 Silisani abagulayo, lihlambulule amalephero, livuse abafileyo, likhuphe amadimoni. Lemukeliswe ngesihle, phanini ngesihle.
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You have received free of charge, give free of charge.
9 Lingazithatheli igolide, loba isiliva, loba ithusi emixhakeni yenu,
Do not provide gold nor silver nor copper in your money belts,
10 loba isikhwama sendlela, loba izigqoko ezimbili, loba amanyathela, loba udondolo; ngoba isisebenzi sifanele ukudla kwaso.
nor a knapsack for the road, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; because the worker is worthy of his food.
11 Lakuwuphi umuzi kumbe umzana elingena kuwo, buzani ukuthi ngubani ofaneleyo kuwo; njalo lihlale khona, lize lisuke.
“In whatever city or village you may enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go out.
12 Njalo nxa lingena endlini, liyibingelele.
Upon entering the house, greet it;
13 Njalo uba indlu ifanele, ukuthula kwenu kakube phezu kwayo; kodwa uba ingafanele, ukuthula kwenu kakubuyele kini.
and should the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but should it not be worthy, let your peace return to you.
14 Njalo loba ngubani ongalemukeliyo kumbe ongalaleli amazwi enu, nxa liphuma kuleyondlu kumbe kulowomuzi, thintithani uthuli lwenyawo zenu.
And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, as you go out from that house or city shake off the dust from your feet.
15 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kuzakuba ngcono kulizwe leSodoma leleGomora ngosuku lwesigwebo, kulakulowomuzi.
Assuredly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of judgment than for that city!
16 Khangelani, mina ngiyalithuma njengezimvu phakathi kwezimpisi; ngakho hlakaniphani njengezinyoka, libe msulwa njengamajuba.
“Now then, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be prudent like snakes and innocent like doves.
17 Kodwa limukani abantu; ngoba bazalinikela emiphakathini, balitshaye ngesiswepu emasinagogeni abo;
But beware of the people, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.
18 njalo lizalethwa laphambi kwababusi lamakhosi ngenxa yami, kube yibufakazi kubo lakwabezizwe.
And you will be brought before governors and even kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the nations.
19 Kodwa nxa belinikela, lingakhathaleli ukuthi lizakhuluma njani kumbe into bani; ngoba lizanikwa ngalelohola lokho elizakukhuluma;
But whenever they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you will speak, for it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;
20 ngoba kakusini elikhulumayo, kodwa nguMoya kaYihlo okhuluma phakathi kwenu.
for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
21 Futhi umfowabo uzanikela umfowabo ekufeni, loyise umntwana; labantwana bazavukela abazali, bababulale.
“Furthermore, brother will hand over brother to death, and a father a child, and children will rise up against parents and put them to death.
22 Njalo lizazondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yebizo lami; kodwa ophikelelayo kuze kube sekupheleni, nguye ozasindiswa.
And you will be hated by all for my name's sake; but the one enduring to the end, he will be delivered.
23 Kodwa nxa belizingela kulo umuzi, balekelani komunye; ngoba ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kaliyikuqeda imizi yonke yakoIsrayeli, kuze kufike iNdodana yomuntu.
But whenever they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly I say to you, you will certainly not go through all the cities of Israel before the Son of the Man comes.
24 Umfundi kaphezu komfundisi, lenceku kayiphezu kwenkosi yayo.
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master.
25 Kumanele umfundi ukuthi abe njengomfundisi wakhe, lenceku njengenkosi yayo. Aluba bebizile umninindlu ngokuthi nguBhelezebhule, kakhulu kangakanani labo abendlu yakhe?
It is enough for a disciple that he become like his teacher, and a slave like his master. Since they have stigmatized the master of the house as Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
26 Ngakho lingabesabi; ngoba kakukho okufihliweyo, okungayikubonakaliswa; lokuthukuziweyo, okungayikwaziwa.
So do not fear them; because there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, and secret that will not be known.
27 Lokho engikutsho kini emnyameni, kukhulumeni ekukhanyeni; lalokho elikuzwa endlebeni, kumemezeleni phezu kwezindlu.
“What I tell you in the dark, say in the light; and what you hear in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
28 Njalo lingabesabi ababulala umzimba, kodwa bengelamandla okubulala umphefumulo; kodwa mesabeni kakhulu olamandla okubhubhisa kokubili umphefumulo lomzimba esihogweni. (Geenna g1067)
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear the One who is able to 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 copper coin? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father's will.
30 Kodwa lezenu inwele zekhanda zibaliwe zonke.
Why even the hairs of your head are all numbered!
31 Ngakho lingesabi; lina liyazidlula intaka ezinengi.
Therefore do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
32 Ngakho ngulowo lalowo ozangivuma phambi kwabantu, lami ngizamvuma phambi kukaBaba osemazulwini.
“Now then, everyone who will confess me before the people, I will also confess him before my Father who is in the heavens.
33 Kodwa loba ngubani ongiphika phambi kwabantu, lami ngizamphika phambi kukaBaba osemazulwini.
But whoever should deny me before the people, I will also deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.
34 Lingacabangi ukuthi ngize ukuletha ukuthula emhlabeni; angizanga ukuletha ukuthula, kodwa inkemba.
“Do not suppose that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
35 Ngoba ngize ukwehlukanisa umuntu loyise, lendodakazi lonina, lomalokazana loninazala;
For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
36 lezitha zomuntu ngabendlu yakhe.
and a man's enemies will be those of his own household.
37 Othanda uyise kumbe unina kulami kangifanele; lothanda indodana kumbe indodakazi kulami kangifanele;
“The one who is more devoted to father or mother than to me is not worthy of me, and the one who is more devoted to son or daughter than to me is not worthy of me;
38 longathathi isiphambano sakhe njalo angilandele, kangifanele.
and he who does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.
39 Lowo othola impilo yakhe uzalahlekelwa yiyo; lolahlekelwa yimpilo yakhe ngenxa yami uzayithola.
The one ‘finding’ his life will lose it, and the one ‘losing’ his life for my sake will find it.
40 Owemukela lina wemukela mina; lowemukela mina wemukela ongithumileyo.
“The one receiving you receives me, and the one receiving me receives the One who sent me.
41 Owemukela umprofethi ebizweni lomprofethi uzazuza umvuzo womprofethi; lowemukela olungileyo ebizweni lolungileyo uzazuza umvuzo wolungileyo.
The one receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
42 Njalo loba ngubani ozanathisa omunye walababancinyane inkezo nje yamanzi aqandayo ebizweni lomfundi, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kasoze alahlekelwa ngumvuzo wakhe.
And whoever should give so much as a cup of cold water to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, assuredly I say to you, he will certainly not lose his reward.”
