Luke 21
1 He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
Wathi ephakamisa amehlo wabona abanothileyo bephosela iminikelo yabo esitsheni somnikelo.
2 He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.
Wabona lomfelokazi othile ongumyanga ephosela khona inhlamvana ezincane ezimbili zemali.
3 He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,
Wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lumfelokazi ongumyanga uphosele okwedlula okwabo bonke;
4 for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”
ngoba bonke laba baphosele kokunengi kwabo eminikelweni kaNkulunkulu, kodwa yena ebuyangeni bakhe uphosele konke alakho abephila ngakho.
5 As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
Abanye besakhuluma ngethempeli, ukuthi liceciswe ngamatshe amahle langezipho, wathi:
6 “As for these things which you see, the days will come in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”
Lezizinto elizibonayo, kuzafika insuku okungayikutshiywa ngazo ilitshe phezu kwelitshe, elingayikudilizelwa phansi.
7 They asked him, “Rabbi, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?”
Basebembuza, besithi: Mfundisi, pho lezizinto zizakuba nini? Lesibonakaliso siyini, lapho sekuzakwenzeka lezizinto?
8 He said, “Watch out that you don’t get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore don’t follow them.
Wasesithi: Qaphelani ukuthi lingaduhiswa; ngoba abanengi bazakuza ebizweni lami, besithi: Nginguye; futhi: Isikhathi sesisondele. Ngakho lingabalandeli.
9 When you hear of wars and disturbances, don’t be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won’t come immediately.”
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 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors 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 will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
Kodwa ngaphambi kwakho konke lokhu bazalibamba ngezandla zabo, balizingele, balinikele emasinagogeni lezintolongweni, balise phambi kwamakhosi lababusi, ngenxa yebizo lami.
13 It will turn out as a testimony for you.
Njalo lokhu kuzaphenduka kini kube yibufakazi.
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to 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 to contradict.
ngoba mina ngizalinika umlomo lenhlakanipho, abangekuphike, bamelane lakho, bonke abayizitha zenu.
16 You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.
Njalo lizanikelwa langabazali labafowenu lezihlobo labangane, njalo bazabulala abanye benu.
17 You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.
Njalo lizazondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yebizo lami.
18 And not a hair of your head will perish.
Kodwa kakuyikulahleka ngitsho unwele lwekhanda lenu.
19 “By your endurance you will win your lives.
Ekubekezeleni kwenu zuzani imiphefumulo yenu.
20 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.
Kodwa nxa libona iJerusalema ihanqwe ngamabutho, yazini-ke ukuthi sekusondele ukuchitheka kwayo.
21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the middle of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.
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 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath to this people.
Kodwa maye kwabakhulelweyo labamunyisayo ngalezonsuku! Ngoba kuzakuba khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu emhlabeni, lolaka kulesisizwe.
24 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled 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 “There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
Kuzakuba khona izibonakaliso elangeni lenyangeni lezinkanyezini; lemhlabeni usizi lwezizwe ngokudideka; kudume ulwandle lamagagasi,
26 men fainting for fear and for expectation of the 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 Then they will 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 But when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.”
Njalo nxa kuqala ukwenzeka lezizinto, manini liqonde njalo liphakamise amakhanda enu; ngoba kusondele ukukhululwa kwenu.
29 He told them a parable. “See the fig tree and all the trees.
Wasebatshela umfanekiso: Khangelani umkhiwa lazo zonke izihlahla;
30 When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
nxa sezihluma, liyazibonela lani likwazi ukuthi ihlobo selisondele.
31 Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that God’s Kingdom is near.
Ngokunjalo lani, nxa libona lezizinto zisenzeka, yazini ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu useduze.
32 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesisizukulwana asisoze sidlule, kuze kwenzeke zonke izinto.
33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
Kuzadlula izulu lomhlaba, kodwa amazwi ami kawasoze adlule.
34 “So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
Njalo ziqapheleni, ukuthi inhliziyo zenu zingasindwa ngenxa yokuminza lokudakwa lokuphisekela izinto zalokhukusila, lalolosuku lulifikele lingananzelele;
35 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
ngoba luzafika njengomjibila phezu kwabo bonke abahlezi ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
36 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Ngakho lindani ngezikhathi zonke likhulekele ukuthi lifanele ukuphepha zonke lezizinto ezizakwenzeka, lokuma phambi kweNdodana yomuntu.
37 Every day Yeshua was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
Njalo wayefundisa ethempelini emini; kodwa ebusuku wayephuma ayehlala entabeni ethiwa ngeyeMihlwathi.
38 All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.
Lekuseni kakhulu abantu bonke babesiza kuye ethempelini ukumuzwa.
