UDavide wathi kuJonathani : Bheka, kusasa iyakwethwasa inyanga ; angifanele ukuphu tha ukuhlala nenkosi ekudleni , kepha ngivumele ukuba ngihambe, ngicashe endle kuze kube sosukwini lwesithathu ngakusihlwa.

UDavide wacasha masinyane endle ; isethwasile inyanga , inkosi yahlala ekudleni ukuba idle.

Kwathi ngangomuso emva kokwethwasa kwenyanga ngolwesibili indawo kaDavide yayiyize ; uSawule wathi kuJonathani indodana yakhe : Indodana kaJese ayifikanga ngani ekudleni nayizolo nanamuhla na?

Lapho uhlezi ekudleni nombusi, qonda nokuqonda ophambi kwakho,

Kepha ngithi kini : Abaningi bayakuza bevela empumalanga nasentshonalanga, bahlale ekudleni no -Abrahama no -Isaka noJakobe embusweni wezulu,

Kwathi ehlezi ekudleni endlini , bheka, kwafika abaningi abathelisi nezoni , bahlala badla noJesu nabafundi bakhe.

Inkosi yadabuka, kepha ngenxa yezifungo zayo nangenxa yababehlezi nayo ekudleni yayaleza ukuba inikwe,

Lezo zinceku zaphuma , zaya ezindleleni , zabutha bonke ezabafumanayo , ababi nabahle; indlu yomshado yagcwala abahleziyo ekudleni.

Kuthe inkosi ingena ukubona abahleziyo ekudleni, yabona khona umuntu obengayembethe ingubo yomshado;

Bathanda izindawo ezingenhla ekudleni nezihla lo eziphambili emasinagogeni,

kwafika kuye owesifazane ephethe umfuma we -alabaste wamafutha anenani elikhulu, wawathela ekhanda lakhe ehlezi ekudleni.

Kwathi sekuhlwile, wayehlezi ekudleni nabafundi abayishumi nambili.

Kwathi ehlezi ekudleni endlini yakhe , abathelisi abaningi nezoni bahlala noJesu nabafundi bakhe; ngokuba babe baningi, bamlandela.

Inkosi yadabuka kakhulu , kepha ngenxa yezifungo nangenxa yababehlezi nayo ekudleni ayithandanga ukuyilandulela.

nezihlalo eziphambili emasinagogeni, nezindawo ezingenhla ekudleni,

Kwathi eseBethaniya endlini kaSimoni owayenochoko , ehlezi ekudleni , kwafika owesifazane ephe the umfuma we -alabaste wamafutha enadi lodwa elibiza kakhulu; wachoboza umfuma wathela amafutha ekhanda lakhe.

Sebehlezi ekudleni, uJesu wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Omunye kini, odla nami, uzakungikhaphela.

Ngasemuva wabonakala kwabayishumi nanye behlezi ekudleni , wabasola ngokungakholwa kwabo nangobulukhuni benhliziyo yabo , ngokuba bengakholwanga yilabo abambonileyo esevukile.

ULevi wamenzela isidlo esikhulu endlini yakhe ; kwakukhona isixuku esikhulu sabathelisi nabanye ababehlezi nabo ekudleni.

Omunye wabaFarisi wammema ukuba adle naye ; esengene endlini yomFarisi wahlala ekudleni.

Bheka, kwakukhona emzini owesifazane oyisoni ; wathi esazi ukuthi uhlezi ekudleni endlini yomFarisi, weza nomfuma wamafutha,

Ababehlezi naye ekudleni baqala ukusho phakathi kwabo ukuthi : Ngubani lo othethelela nezono na?

Esakhuluma, umFarisi wammema ukuba adle naye ; wangena, wahlala ekudleni.

Zibusisiwe lezo zinceku okuyakuthi inkosi , nxa ifika , izifumane zilindile ; ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Iyakuzibopha ukhalo, izihlalise ekudleni, ize izikhonze.

Bayakufika bevela empumalanga , nasentshonalanga, nasenyakatho, naseningizimu, bahlale ekudleni embusweni kaNkulunkulu.

Kepha nxa umenyiwe , hamba uhlale endaweni esenzansi ukuba , nxa efika okumemileyo, athi kuwe: Mhlobo, yenyukela enhla; khona uyakuba nodumo phambi kwabo bonke abahlezi nawe ekudleni.

Esezwile lokho omunye wababehlezi naye ekudleni , wathi kuye: Ubusisiwe lowo oyakudla isinkwa embusweni kaNkulunkulu.

Xwayani ababhali abafuna ukuhamba bembethe izingubo ezinde, bethanda ukubingelelwa ezigcawini nokuhlala phambili emasinagogeni nasezindaweni ezingenhla ekudleni,

Ngokuba ngumuphi omkhulu , ohlezi ekudleni noma okhonzayo , na? Akusiye ohlezi ekudleni na ? Kepha mina ngiphakathi kwenu njengokhonzayo.

Kwathi esehlezi nabo ekudleni , wathabatha isinkwa , wabonga, wasihlephula, wabanika.

Base bemenzela ukudla khona ; uMarta wayephaka , kepha uLazaru wayengomunye wababehlezi ekudleni naye.

wasuka ekudleni , wabeka izingubo zakhe , wathabatha indwangu , wakhwica.

Kwakuhlezi ekudleni omunye wabafundi bakhe uJesu amthandayo, encike esifubeni sikaJesu.

Kepha akabakho kwababehlezi ekudleni owayekwazi lokho ukuthi ukusho ngani kuye.

UPetru ephenduka wabona umfundi uJesu amthandayo elandela , oyena futhi wayencike esifubeni sakhe ekudleni , nowathi: Nkosi, ngubani ozakukukhaphela na?

Ngokuba uma umuntu ekubona wena onokwazi uhlezi ekudleni ethempelini lesithombe, unembeza walowo osebuthakathaka akayikududeka yini, aze adle okuhlatshelwe isithombe, na?

ngokuba ekudleni kwenu yilowo nalowo uthatha okwakhe ukudla ngaphambili, omunye alambe, omunye adakwe.