UJesu uyindlela eya kuBaba
1“Iinhliziyo zenu azingakhathazeki. Kholwani kuZimu, nikholwe nakimi. 2Kukhona iinkumba ezinengi ekhaya lakaBaba, nakube bekungasi njalo, ngabe nginitjelile. Nje-ke ngiyakhamba ngiyonilungisela indawo. 3Nasele ngikhambile nginilungisele indawo, ngizakubuya ngizonithatha, khona nizakuba lapho ngikhona. 4Niyayazi indlela enqophe endaweni lapha ngiya khona.”
5UTomasi wathi kuye: “Kosi, asazi lapha uya khona, alo-ke singayazi njani indlela eya lapho na?”
6UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Mina ngiyindlela, iqiniso nokuphila; akakho noyedwa ozakuya kuBaba ngaphandle kwami. 7Nakube beningazi mina benizamazi noBaba; kusukela khona gadesi niyamazi, begodu nimbonile.”
8UFlebhe wathi kuye: “Kosi, sibonisa uBaba lokho kuzabe kusanele.”
9UJesu waphendula wathi: “Isikhathi eside benginani Flebhe, utjho bona awungazi na? Loyo ongibonileko, ubone uBaba. Utjho njani bona, ‘Sikhombisa uBaba’ na? 10Awukholwa bona ngikuBaba noBaba ukimi na? Amezwi engiwakhuluma kini akusiwo engizikhulumela wona ngokwami. Kodwana nguBaba ohlezi kimi owenza umsebenzakhe. 11Ngikholwani nangithi ngikuBaba noBaba ukimi. Nakungasinjalo, kholwani imisebenzi engiyenzako ngokwayo. 12Kwamambala ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Loyo okholwa kimi, uzakwenza lokho engikwenzako. Iye, uzakwenza ngitjho izinto ezikulu kunalezi ngombana ngiya kuBaba. 13Ngizakwenza koke enikubawako ngebizo lami ukuze uBaba aphazimuliswe ngeNdodana. 14Nanibawa nanyana yini ngebizo lami, ngizayenza.”
Isithembiso ngoMoya oCwengileko
15“Naningithandako, nizakulonda imiyalwami. 16Ngizakubawa uBaba, uzanipha omunye uMsizi, ozokuhlala nani nini nanini; 17ngitjho uMoya weqiniso, iphasi engekhe lamamukela ngombana lingamboni befuthi lingamazi. Kodwana nina niyamazi ngombana uhlala nani begodu ukini.
18“Angekhe nginitjhiye niziintandani, ngizakuza kini. 19Kungakabi sikhathi eside, iphasi angekhe lisangibona, kodwana nina nizangibona ngombana mina ngiyaphila nani niyokuphila. 20Mhlokho, nizakulemuka bona ngikuBaba nani nikimi, nami ngikini.
21“Loyo owamukela imiyalwami ayenze, ngongithandako-ke loyo. Ongithandako uzakuthandwa nguBaba, nami ngizamthanda bengizibonakalise kuye.”
22UJudasi, (ingasi uJudasi Iskariyodi), wathi: “Kosi, kubayini unqophe ukuzibonakalisa kithi ingasi ephasini na?”
23UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Loyo ongithandako uzakuhlonipha ifundiswami. UBaba uzamthanda, begodu sizakuza kuye sihlale naye. 24Ongangithandiko akahloniphi ifundiswami. Ilizwi enilizwilekweli akusilo lami, kodwana ngelakaBaba ongithumileko.
25“Ngikhulume koke lokho ngisesenani. 26UMsizi, uMoya oCwengileko, uBaba azamthumela ngebizo lami, uzanifundisa yoke into anikhumbuze koke enginitjele khona.
27“Ukuthula ngikutjhiya nani. Ukuthula kwami ngininikela khona. Angininikeli khona njengombana iphasi lisenza. Ningavumeli iinhliziyo zenu zitshwenyeke begodu ningesabi. 28Ningizwile ngisithi kini, ‘Ngiyakhamba kodwana ngizakubuya kini.’ Ngathana beningithanda, benizokuthaba bona ngiya kuBaba ngombana uBaba mkhulu kunami. 29Nginitjelile lokhu ngaphambi kobana kwenzeke, khona kuzakuthi nakwenzekako, nikholwe. 30Angisakwazi ukukhuluma nani isikhathi eside ngombana umbusi wephaseli selasiza. Akanawo amandla kimi. 31Kodwana iphasi lifanele ukwazi bona ngiyamthanda uBaba nokobana ngenza poro njengombana uBaba angiyalile.
“Sikimani, sikhambeni lapha.”
