Luke 21
1 And He looked up and saw the rich people bringing their gifts to the treasury:
Wathi ephakamisa amehlo wabona abanothileyo bephosela iminikelo yabo esitsheni somnikelo.
2 and He saw also a poor widow throwing in two mites.
Wabona lomfelokazi othile ongumyanga ephosela khona inhlamvana ezincane ezimbili zemali.
3 And He said, Verily I tell you, this poor widow hath put in more than they all.
Wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lumfelokazi ongumyanga uphosele okwedlula okwabo bonke;
4 For all these have out of their abundance contributed to the offerings of God: but she out of her penury hath given all she had.
ngoba bonke laba baphosele kokunengi kwabo eminikelweni kaNkulunkulu, kodwa yena ebuyangeni bakhe uphosele konke alakho abephila ngakho.
5 And as some were speaking of the temple; how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts, He said, As for these things which ye see,
Abanye besakhuluma ngethempeli, ukuthi liceciswe ngamatshe amahle langezipho, wathi:
6 the days will come, in which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be demolished.
Lezizinto elizibonayo, kuzafika insuku okungayikutshiywa ngazo ilitshe phezu kwelitshe, elingayikudilizelwa phansi.
7 And they asked Him, saying, Master, when shall these things be? And what will be the sign when these things shall 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 shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and the time is near: but do not therefore go after them.
Wasesithi: Qaphelani ukuthi lingaduhiswa; ngoba abanengi bazakuza ebizweni lami, besithi: Nginguye; futhi: Isikhathi sesisondele. Ngakho lingabalandeli.
9 And when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these must first happen; but the end will not be directly.
Njalo nxa lisizwa ngezimpi langeziphithiphithi, lingethuki; ngoba lezizinto zimele ukuthi zenzeke kuqala, kodwa ukuphela kakuhle kufike.
10 Then said He unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
Wasesithi kubo: Isizwe sizavukela isizwe, lombuso uvukele umbuso;
11 and there will be great earthquakes in several places, and famines, and pestilences, and fearful sights and great prodigies 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 hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers 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 but it shall be for a testimony to you.
Njalo lokhu kuzaphenduka kini kube yibufakazi.
14 Fix it therefore in your hearts not to premeditate a defence: for I will give you a mouth and wisdom,
Ngakho kubekeni enhliziyweni zenu ukuthi linganakani ngaphambili ngelizakuphendula;
15 which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict nor withstand.
ngoba mina ngizalinika umlomo lenhlakanipho, abangekuphike, bamelane lakho, bonke abayizitha zenu.
16 But ye shall be betrayed even by parents, and brethren, and kindred and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death:
Njalo lizanikelwa langabazali labafowenu lezihlobo labangane, njalo bazabulala abanye benu.
17 and ye will be hated by all men for my sake.
Njalo lizazondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yebizo lami.
18 But not an hair of your head shall perish.
Kodwa kakuyikulahleka ngitsho unwele lwekhanda lenu.
19 In your patience therefore possess your souls.
Ekubekezeleni kwenu zuzani imiphefumulo yenu.
20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem surrounded with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh: then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains,
Kodwa nxa libona iJerusalema ihanqwe ngamabutho, yazini-ke ukuthi sekusondele ukuchitheka kwayo.
21 and those that are in the midst of it, depart; and let not them that are in the countries enter into 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 wo to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days; for there shall 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 shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trampled down by the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles too shall be fulfilled.
Njalo bazakuwa ngobukhali benkemba, bathunjelwe ezizweni zonke; leJerusalema inyathelelwe phansi ngabezizwe, kuze kugcwaliseke izikhathi zabezizwe.
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity, the sea and the waves roring:
Kuzakuba khona izibonakaliso elangeni lenyangeni lezinkanyezini; lemhlabeni usizi lwezizwe ngokudideka; kudume ulwandle lamagagasi,
26 and men ready to die for fear and apprehension of the things that are coming upon the land; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
abantu baphele amandla ngenxa yokwesaba langokulindela lokho okuzayo emhlabeni; ngoba amandla amazulu azazanyazanyiswa.
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming, as on a cloud, with power and great glory.
Khona-ke bezayibona iNdodana yomuntu isiza eyezini ilamandla lenkazimulo enkulu.
28 But when these things begin to come to pass, look upwards 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 spake a parable to them, Behold the fig-tree,
Wasebatshela umfanekiso: Khangelani umkhiwa lazo zonke izihlahla;
30 and all the trees, when they shoot out, ye see and know of yourselves that summer is now near:
nxa sezihluma, liyazibonela lani likwazi ukuthi ihlobo selisondele.
31 so likewise know ye, when ye see these things coming to pass, that the kingdom of God is at hand.
Ngokunjalo lani, nxa libona lezizinto zisenzeka, yazini ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu useduze.
32 Verily I tell you, this generation shall not pass away till all be accomplished.
Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesisizukulwana asisoze sidlule, kuze kwenzeke zonke izinto.
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Kuzadlula izulu lomhlaba, kodwa amazwi ami kawasoze adlule.
34 Take heed to yourselves, least at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares of life, and so that day should come upon you unawares:
Njalo ziqapheleni, ukuthi inhliziyo zenu zingasindwa ngenxa yokuminza lokudakwa lokuphisekela izinto zalokhukusila, lalolosuku lulifikele lingananzelele;
35 for as a snare shall it come upon all that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
ngoba luzafika njengomjibila phezu kwabo bonke abahlezi ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
36 Watch therefore and be constant in prayer, that ye may be counted worthy to escape all these things, which shall 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 Thus He was by day teaching in the temple; and at night He retired to 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.
