¹ Wayesekhuluma nakubafundi bakhe , ethi: Kwakukhona umuntu othile oyisicebi, owayenomphathi; yena wamangalelwa kuye ngokuthi uchitha impahla yakhe. ² Wambiza, wathi kuye : Kuyini lokhu engikuzwa ngawe na ? Landa ngobuphathi bakho, ngokuba ungebe usaba ngumphathi. ³ Wayesethi umphathi phakathi kwakhe : Ngizakwenze njani , lokhu inkosi yami ingaphuca ubuphathi? Anginamandla okulima, nginamahloni ukunxiba. ⁴ Ngiyakwazi engiyakukwenza ukuba bangamukele ezindlini zabo , nxa ngikhishwa ebuphathini. ⁵ Wababiza ngabanye abanamacala enkosini yakhe , wathi kowokuqala : Unecala elingakanani enkosini yami na? ⁶ Wathi: Amabhati ayikhulu amafutha . Wayesethi kuye : Thatha incwadi yakho, usheshe uhlale phansi, ulobe amashumi ayisihlanu. ⁷ Khona wathi komunye : Wena-ke unecala elingakanani na ? Wathi: Izilinganiso eziyikhulu zikakolweni . Wathi kuye : Thatha incwadi yakho , ulobe amashumi ayisishiyagalombili. ⁸ Inkosi yambabaza umphathi ongalungile ngokuthi wenze ngokuhlakanipha, ngokuba abantwana balesi sikhathi bahlakaniphile esizukulwaneni sabo kunabantwana bokukhanya. ⁹ Nami ngithi kini : Zenzeleni nina abahlobo ngokukaMamona ongalungile , ukuze kuthi, nxa kuphelile, banamukele ezindlini eziphakade. ¹⁰ Othembekile kokuncinyane uthembekile nakokukhulu ; ongalungile kokuncinyane kalungile nakokukhulu. ¹¹ Ngakho uma beningathembeki kokukaMamona ongalungile , ubani oyakuniphathisa okuyikhonakhona na? ¹² Futhi uma beningathembeki kokomunye, ubani oyakuninika okungokwenu na? ¹³ Akukho nceku engakhonza amakhosi amabili , ngokuba kokunye iyakuzonda enye , ithande enye , noma ibambelele kwenye , iyeyise enye . Ningeze nakhonza uNkulunkulu noMamona. ¹⁴ AbaFarisi ababethanda imali bakuzwa konke lokho, bamklolodela. ¹⁵ Wayesethi kubo : Nina ningabazishaya abalungileyo emehlweni abantu ; kepha uNkulunkulu uyazazi izinhliziyo zenu , ngokuba lokho okuphakemeyo phakathi kwabantu kuyisinengiso emehlweni kaNkulunkulu. ¹⁶ Umthetho nabaprofethi kwakukhona kwaze kwa fika uJohane ; kusukela kuleso sikhathi ivangeli lombuso kaNkulunkulu liyashunyayelwa , wonke umuntu uphika ngokufuzula kuwo. ¹⁷ Kepha kulula ukuba kudlule izulu nomhlaba kunokuba kuwe ibalana elilodwa lomthetho. Ukuhlalisana kwabaganeneyo (Math. 19:3; Mark. 10:1) ¹⁸ Yilowo nalowo olahla umkakhe , aganwe ngomunye, uyaphinga; noganwa ngolahliwe yindoda uyaphinga. Isicebi noLazaru ¹⁹ Kwakukhona umuntu othile onothileyo , owayegqoka ezibubende nezelineni elihle, ezijabulisa imihla ngemihla etamasa. ²⁰ Kwakukhona fut hi ompofu othile , nguLazaru igama lakhe , owayelahliwe ngasesangweni lakhe egcwele izilonda, ²¹ enxanela ukusuthiswa ngemvuthuluka ewa etafuleni lesicebi ; yebo, kweza nezinja, zamkhotha izilonda. ²² Kwase kuthi wafa ompofu , wathwalwa yizingelosi, wasiwa esifubeni sika- Abrahama; nesicebi safa, sembelwa. ²³ SesiseHayidese saphakamisa amehlo aso , sisebuhlungwini, sambona u - Abrahama ekude, noLazaru esesifubeni sakhe. ²⁴ Samemeza sathi : Baba Abrahama , ngihawukele, uthume uLazaru , agcobhoze isihloko somunwe wakhe ema nzini, aphozise ulimi lwami , ngokuba ngiyahlushwa kuleli langabi. ²⁵ Kepha u -Abrahama wathi : Ndodana, khumbula ukuba wamukela okuhle kwakho usesekuphileni noLazaru kanjalo okubi ; kodwa manje uyaduduzwa yena lapha, wena uyahlushwa. ²⁶ Nangaphezu kwakho konke lokho kubekiwe umhosha omkhulu phakathi kwethu nani ukuba abafuna ukusuka lapha baye kini bangekwenze , nabalapho bangaweleli kithi. ²⁷ Sase sithi: Njalo ngiyakucela, baba, ukuba umthumele endlini kababa, ²⁸ ngokuba nginabafowethu abayisihlanu , ukuze afakaze kubo, bangezi nabo kule ndawo yobuhlungu. ²⁹ Kepha u-Abrahama wathi: BanoMose nabaprofethi; mabezwe bona. ³⁰ Sathi-ke: Qha, baba Abrahama, kodwa uma kusuka umuntu kwabafileyo , aye kubo, bayakuphenduka. ³¹ Kepha wathi kuso : U ma bengalaleli uMose nabaprofe thi, kabayikuvunyiswa, noma kuvuka umuntu kwabafileyo.