UJesu uzibonakalisa ebafundini abalikhomba
1Ngemva kwalokho, uJesu wazibonakalisa godu ebafundini bakhe elwandle leThibheriyasi. Wazibonakalisa ngendlela le: 2USimoni Pitrosi, uTomasi obizwa bona nguDidumosi noNathaniyeli ovela eKana eseGalile, amadodana kaZebediya nabanye abafundi bebandawonye. 3USimoni Pitrosi wathi kibo: “Ngisayokuthiya iinhlambi.”
Baphendula bathi: “Sizokukhamba nawe.” Nje-ke bakhamba ngomkhumbi, kodwana ubusukobo akhange babambe ilitho. 4Kuthe sekusile, uJesu wajama eligwini, kodwana abafundi azange balemuke bona nguJesu. 5Yeke wababuza wathi: “Bantwana bakwethu, anikabambi ilitho na?”
Bamphendula bathi: “Awa.”
6Wathi kibo: “Phoselani inede yenu ngesigomeni somkhumbi nizakubamba.” Yeke bayiphosela, babhalelwa kuyidosa ngebanga lobunengi beenhlambi.
7Nje-ke umfundi ogade athandwa nguJesu wathi kuPitrosi: “YiKosi!” Kwathi uPitrosi bona ezwe bonyana yiKosi, wambatha isambatho sakhe ngombana gade selahlubule, weqela ngemanzini. 8Abanye abafundi beza ngomkhumbi, badosa inede ezele iinhlambi ngombana bebangasikude neligu, bekungaba mamitha amatjhumi alithoba. 9Kwathi bona bafike eligwini, babona lapho umlilo wamalahle kukhona phezu kwawo ihlambi nesikwa. 10UJesu wathi kibo: “Lethani ezinye zeenhlambi enisanda ukuzibamba.”
11USimoni Pitrosi wakhwela wadosela inede eligwini izele iinhlambi ezikulu ebegade zilikhulu namatjhumi amahlanu nantathu sezizoke; ngitjho nanyana gade zizinengi kangako, inede azange irathuke. 12UJesu wathi kibo: “Yizani nizokugoma.” Akakho noyedwa wabafundi owakhe walokotha ukumbuza bona: “Ungubani na?” Gade basazi bona yiKosi. 13Yeke uJesu wabandamela kibo wafese wathatha isikwa wabanikela, wenza njalo godu nangeenhlambi.
14Lokhu-ke gade sele ingekwesithathu uJesu azibonakalisa ebafundini bakhe ngemva kobana selavukile kabafileko.
UJesu noPitrosi
15Ngemva kobana sebadlile, uJesu wathi kuSimoni Pitrosi: “Simoni msa kaJwanisi, mbala ungithanda ukudlula laba na?”
Yena wathi: “Iye, Kosi, uyazi bona ngiyakuthanda.”
UJesu wathi kuye: “Yondla iimvana zami.” 16Godu uJesu wathi kuye: “Simoni msa kaJwanisi, mbala uyangithanda na?”
Waphendula wathi: “Iye, Kosi, uyazi bona ngiyakuthanda.”
UJesu wathi kuye: “Lusa izimvu zami.” 17Kwesithathu wathi kuye: “Simoni msa kaJwanisi, uyangithanda na?”
UPitrosi wadabuka ngombana uJesu wambuza kwesithathu asithi: “Uyangithanda na?” Yeke wathi kuJesu: “Kosi, wazi koke; uyazi bona ngiyakuthanda!”
UJesu wathi kuye: “Yondla izimvu zami. 18Kwamambala ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Nawusemutjha bephele ubhince uye nanyana kukuphi lapha uthanda khona. Kodwana nasele uluphele, uzakuthabulula izandla zakho omunye akwembese akuse lapha ungafuni ukuya khona.” 19Ngokutjho lokhu, uJesu bekatjengisa indlela uPitrosi azakufa ngayo alethe iphazimulo kuZimu. Yeke uJesu wathi kuye: “Ngilandela!”
UJesu nomfundi ogade amthanda
20UPitrosi watjhuguluka wabona umfundi ogade athandwa nguJesu abalandela. Lo ngiloyo ebekazigudle ngoJesu ngephasika nowabuza wathi: “Kosi, ngubani ozokuthengisa na?” 21Kwathi bona uPitrosi ambone, wabuza wathi: “Kosi, uthini ngaye na?”
22UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Nangifuna bona aphile kufikela mhlana ngibuyako, kukutshwenya ngani lokho na? Wena ngilandela!”
23Yeke iindaba zarhatjheka hlangana nabalandeli bakaJesu bona umfundi lo angekhe afa. Kodwana uJesu akhange atjho bona akazukufa, kwaphela wathi: “Nangifuna bona aphile kufikela mhlana ngibuyako, kukutshwenya ngani lokho?”
24Nguye umfundi lo owafakaza ngezintwezi, bewazitlola phasi; begodu siyazi bona ubufakazi bakhe buliqiniso.
Isiphetho
25Zinengi ezinye izinto uJesu azenzako. Ngathana bezitlolwe ngazinye, ngitjho nephasi loke belingekhe lakghona ukulonda iincwadi ebezingatlolwa.
