NgokukaJohane 13:1-38
13 Njengoba ayazi ngaphambi komkhosi wePhasika ukuthi ihora lakhe lase lifikile + lokuba ahambe kuleli zwe aye kuYise, + uJesu ebathandile abakhe abasezweni, wabathanda kwaze kwaba sekupheleni. +
2 Isidlo sakusihlwa sasisaqhubeka, uDeveli wayesekufakile enhliziyweni kaJuda Iskariyothe, + indodana kaSimoni, ukuba amkhaphele. +
3 Ngakho uJesu azi ukuthi uYise wayenikele zonke izinto ezandleni zakhe nokuthi wayevela kuNkulunkulu futhi wayeya kuNkulunkulu, +
4 wasukuma esidlweni sakusihlwa wabeka eceleni izingubo zakhe zangaphandle. Wathatha ithawula, walibhinca okhalweni. +
5 Ngemva kwalokho wafaka amanzi endishini yokugeza waqala ukugeza izinyawo zabafundi, wazesula ngethawula ayelibhincile.
6 Wafika kuSimoni Petru. Yena wathi kuye: “Nkosi, wena ungigeza izinyawo?”
7 UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Lokhu engikwenzayo awukuqondi manje, kodwa uzokuqonda ngemva kwalezi zinto.”
8 UPetru wathi kuye: “Ngokuqinisekile awusoze wangigeza izinyawo.” UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Ngaphandle kokuba ngikugeze, + awunasabelo nami.”
9 USimoni Petru wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ungangigezi izinyawo kuphela, kodwa nezandla nekhanda.”
10 UJesu wathi kuye: “Ogezile akadingi okungaphezu kokuba agezwe izinyawo, kodwa umzimba wakhe wonke uhlanzekile. Nina nihlanzekile, kodwa hhayi nonke.”
11 Ngoba wayemazi umuntu omkhaphelayo. + Yingakho athi: “Anihlanzekile nonke.”
12 Lapho esezigezile izinyawo zabo futhi esegqoke izingubo zakhe zangaphandle, waphinde wahlala etafuleni, wayesethi kubo: “Niyakuqonda yini lokhu engikwenze kini?
13 Ningibiza ngokuthi ‘Mfundisi,’ nangokuthi ‘Nkosi,’ futhi niqinisile, ngoba ngiyikho. +
14 Ngakho-ke, uma mina, iNkosi noMfundisi, nginigeze izinyawo, + nani kufanele* nigezane izinyawo. +
15 Ngoba nginibekela isibonelo, sokuthi njengoba nje ngenzile kini, nani nenze kanjalo. +
16 Ngiqinisile impela ngithi kini, inceku ayinkulu kunenkosi yayo, nalowo othunyiwe akamkhulu kunalowo omthumile.
17 Uma nizazi lezi zinto, niyajabula uma nizenza. +
18 Angikhulumi ngani nonke; ngiyabazi engibakhethile. Kodwa lokhu kwenzeke ukuze lo mbhalo ugcwaliseke: + ‘Lowo owayedla isinkwa sami ungiphendukele.’ *+
19 Kusukela manje kuqhubeke, nginitshela ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke, ukuze kuthi lapho kwenzeka, nikholwe ukuthi nginguye. +
20 Ngiqinisile impela ngithi kini, lowo owamukela noma ubani engimthumayo uyangamukela nami, + nalowo ongamukelayo, wamukela naLowo ongithumile.” +
21 Ngemva kokusho lezi zinto, uJesu wakhathazeka emoyeni, futhi wafakaza wathi: “Ngiqinisile impela ngithi kini, omunye kini uzongikhaphela.” +
22 Abafundi babhekana bodwa, bedidekile ukuthi ukhuluma ngobani. +
23 Omunye wabafundi, lowo uJesu ayemthanda, + wayehlezi eduze* kukaJesu.
24 Ngakho-ke uSimoni Petru wakhomba lona ngekhanda wathi kuye: “Sitshele ukuthi ukhuluma ngobani.”
25 Ngakho yena wancika esifubeni sikaJesu wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ngubani?” +
26 UJesu waphendula wathi: “Yilowo engizomnika lolu cezu lwesinkwa engilugcobhozayo.” + Ngakho, ngemva kokugcobhoza isinkwa, wasithatha wasinika uJuda, indodana kaSimoni Iskariyothe.
27 Ngemva kokuba uJuda eseluthathile ucezu lwesinkwa, uSathane wangena kuye. + Ngakho uJesu wathi kuye: “Lokho okwenzayo, kwenze masinyane.”
28 Nokho, akekho noyedwa kulabo ababehlezi etafuleni owazi ukuthi kungani esho lokhu kuye.
29 Eqinisweni, abanye babecabanga ukuthi, njengoba uJuda ayephatha ibhokisi lemali, + uJesu wayemtshela ukuthi, “Thenga izinto esizidingela umkhosi,” noma ukuthi kwakufanele anike abampofu okuthile.
30 Ngakho, ngemva kokwamukela ucezu lwesinkwa, waphuma masinyane. Kwakusebusuku. +
31 Lapho esephumile, uJesu wathi: “Manje iNdodana yomuntu iyakhazinyuliswa, + noNkulunkulu uyakhazinyuliswa ngayo.
32 UNkulunkulu uzoyikhazimulisa ngokwakhe, + futhi uzoyikhazimulisa masinyane.
33 Bantwanyana, ngisenani okwesikhashana. Nizongifuna; futhi njengoba nje ngasho kumaJuda ngithi, ‘Lapho ngiya khona anikwazi ukuza,’ + ngiyakusho nakini manje.
34 Ngininika umyalo omusha, wokuba nithandane; njengoba nje nami nginithandile, + ukuba nani nithandane. +
35 Bonke bayokwazi ngalokhu ukuthi ningabafundi bami—uma nithandana.” +
36 USimoni Petru wathi kuye: “Nkosi, uyaphi?” UJesu waphendula: “Lapho ngiya khona awukwazi ukungilandela okwamanje, kodwa uyolandela kamuva.” +
37 UPetru wathi kuye: “Nkosi, kungani ngingenakukwazi ukukulandela manje? Ngizodela ukuphila kwami ngenxa yakho.” +
38 UJesu waphendula: “Uzodela ukuphila kwakho ngenxa yami? Ngiqinisile impela ngithi kuwe, ngaphambi kokuba iqhude likhale, uzongiphika kathathu.” +
Imibhalo yaphansi
^ Noma, “nani nibophekile ukuba.”
^ NgesiHebheru, “ungiphakamisele isithende sakhe.”
^ NgesiGreki, “esifubeni.”
