Luke 21
1 And he looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
Wathi ephakamisa amehlo wabona abanothileyo bephosela iminikelo yabo esitsheni somnikelo.
2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
Wabona lomfelokazi othile ongumyanga ephosela khona inhlamvana ezincane ezimbili zemali.
3 And he said, In truth I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.
Wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lumfelokazi ongumyanga uphosele okwedlula okwabo bonke;
4 For all these out of their abundance cast in to the offerings; but she out of her penury cast in all the living that she had.
ngoba bonke laba baphosele kokunengi kwabo eminikelweni kaNkulunkulu, kodwa yena ebuyangeni bakhe uphosele konke alakho abephila ngakho.
5 And as some were saying of the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones, and sacred gifts, he said,
Abanye besakhuluma ngethempeli, ukuthi liceciswe ngamatshe amahle langezipho, wathi:
6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be throw down.
Lezizinto elizibonayo, kuzafika insuku okungayikutshiywa ngazo ilitshe phezu kwelitshe, elingayikudilizelwa phansi.
7 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when then will these things be? and what will be the sign when these things are about to come to pass?
Basebembuza, besithi: Mfundisi, pho lezizinto zizakuba nini? Lesibonakaliso siyini, lapho sekuzakwenzeka lezizinto?
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, I am He, and the time is at hand. Go not after them.
Wasesithi: Qaphelani ukuthi lingaduhiswa; ngoba abanengi bazakuza ebizweni lami, besithi: Nginguye; futhi: Isikhathi sesisondele. Ngakho lingabalandeli.
9 And when ye hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified; for these things must first come to pass; but not immediately is the end.
Njalo nxa lisizwa ngezimpi langeziphithiphithi, lingethuki; ngoba lezizinto zimele ukuthi zenzeke kuqala, kodwa ukuphela kakuhle kufike.
10 Then he said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
Wasesithi kubo: Isizwe sizavukela isizwe, lombuso uvukele umbuso;
11 and there will be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
njalo kuzakuba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu indawo ngendawo lezindlala labomatshayabhuqe bezifo; kube khona lezinto ezesabekayo lezibonakaliso ezinkulu ezivela ezulwini.
12 But before all these things they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and into prisons, and bringing you before kings and governors on account of my name.
Kodwa ngaphambi kwakho konke lokhu bazalibamba ngezandla zabo, balizingele, balinikele emasinagogeni lezintolongweni, balise phambi kwamakhosi lababusi, ngenxa yebizo lami.
13 It will turn out to you an opportunity for bearing testimony.
Njalo lokhu kuzaphenduka kini kube yibufakazi.
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate l beforehand what ye shall answer.
Ngakho kubekeni enhliziyweni zenu ukuthi linganakani ngaphambili ngelizakuphendula;
15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or gainsay.
ngoba mina ngizalinika umlomo lenhlakanipho, abangekuphike, bamelane lakho, bonke abayizitha zenu.
16 And ye will be delivered up both by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends; and some of you will they put to death.
Njalo lizanikelwa langabazali labafowenu lezihlobo labangane, njalo bazabulala abanye benu.
17 And ye will be hated by all on account of my name.
Njalo lizazondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yebizo lami.
18 But not a hair of your head will be lost.
Kodwa kakuyikulahleka ngitsho unwele lwekhanda lenu.
19 By your constancy secure your lives.
Ekubekezeleni kwenu zuzani imiphefumulo yenu.
20 But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.
Kodwa nxa libona iJerusalema ihanqwe ngamabutho, yazini-ke ukuthi sekusondele ukuchitheka kwayo.
21 Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let those who are within the city go out of it, and let not those in the open country enter it.
Ngalesosikhathi abaseJudiya kababalekele ezintabeni; labaphakathi kwayo baphume; labasemaphandleni bangangeni kuyo.
22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Ngoba lezi zinsuku zempindiselo, ukuze kugcwaliseke zonke izinto ezilotshiweyo.
23 But woe to the women with child, and to those having children at the breast, in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people;
Kodwa maye kwabakhulelweyo labamunyisayo ngalezonsuku! Ngoba kuzakuba khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu emhlabeni, lolaka kulesisizwe.
24 and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led away captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the gentiles, until the times of the gentiles are fulfilled.
Njalo bazakuwa ngobukhali benkemba, bathunjelwe ezizweni zonke; leJerusalema inyathelelwe phansi ngabezizwe, kuze kugcwaliseke izikhathi zabezizwe.
25 And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth distress of nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and waves;
Kuzakuba khona izibonakaliso elangeni lenyangeni lezinkanyezini; lemhlabeni usizi lwezizwe ngokudideka; kudume ulwandle lamagagasi,
26 men's hearts failing them from fear, and from looking for those things which are coming on the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
abantu baphele amandla ngenxa yokwesaba langokulindela lokho okuzayo emhlabeni; ngoba amandla amazulu azazanyazanyiswa.
27 And then will they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Khona-ke bezayibona iNdodana yomuntu isiza eyezini ilamandla lenkazimulo enkulu.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Njalo nxa kuqala ukwenzeka lezizinto, manini liqonde njalo liphakamise amakhanda enu; ngoba kusondele ukukhululwa kwenu.
29 And he spoke to them a parable: Behold the fig-tree and all the trees;
Wasebatshela umfanekiso: Khangelani umkhiwa lazo zonke izihlahla;
30 when they have already shot forth, ye see it, and know of yourselves that summer is now nigh at hand.
nxa sezihluma, liyazibonela lani likwazi ukuthi ihlobo selisondele.
31 So also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Ngokunjalo lani, nxa libona lezizinto zisenzeka, yazini ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu useduze.
32 Truly do I say to you, that this generation will not pass away, till all shall have taken place.
Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesisizukulwana asisoze sidlule, kuze kwenzeke zonke izinto.
33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Kuzadlula izulu lomhlaba, kodwa amazwi ami kawasoze adlule.
34 But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares.
Njalo ziqapheleni, ukuthi inhliziyo zenu zingasindwa ngenxa yokuminza lokudakwa lokuphisekela izinto zalokhukusila, lalolosuku lulifikele lingananzelele;
35 For as a snare will it come on all that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
ngoba luzafika njengomjibila phezu kwabo bonke abahlezi ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
36 But watch at all times, and pray that ye may be able to escape all the things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Ngakho lindani ngezikhathi zonke likhulekele ukuthi lifanele ukuphepha zonke lezizinto ezizakwenzeka, lokuma phambi kweNdodana yomuntu.
37 And during the daytime he was teaching in the temple; but at night he went out, and lodged in the mount called the Mount of Olives.
Njalo wayefundisa ethempelini emini; kodwa ebusuku wayephuma ayehlala entabeni ethiwa ngeyeMihlwathi.
38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.
Lekuseni kakhulu abantu bonke babesiza kuye ethempelini ukumuzwa.
