NGOKUKAJOHANE 4

₁Kwathi ukuba iNkosi yazi ukuthi abaFarisi bezwile ukuba uJesu wenza abafundi, ebhapathiza abaningi kunoJohane,

₂ingani uJesu uqobo kabhapathizanga, kodwa kwakubhapathiza abafundi bakhe,

₃yamuka eJudiya, yaphindela eGalile.

₄Kwakuswelekile ukuba adabule iSamariya.

₅Khona wafika emzini waseSamariya ogama lawo yiSikhari, eduze nesiqinti uJakobe asinika uJosefa indodana yakhe.

₆Wawukhona lapho umthombo kaJakobe. Ngakho uJesu ekhathele ukuhamba wayesehlala ngasemthonjeni. Kwakungaba-yihora lesithupha.

₇Owesifazane waseSamariya weza ezokukha amanzi. UJesu wathi kuye: Ngiphuzise.

₈Ngokuba abafundi bakhe babehambile baya emzini beyothenga ukudla.

₉Khona owesifazane waseSamariya wathi kuye: Yini ukuba wena ongumJuda ucele ukuphuziswa yimi engingowesifazane waseSamariya na? Ngokuba abaJuda abadlelani namaSamariya.

₁₀UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: Uma ubusazi isipho sikaNkulunkulu nokuthi ngubani othi kuwe: Ngiphuzise, nga ucele kuye, yena nga ekunikile amanzi aphilayo.

₁₁Wathi kuye: Nkosi, awuphethe-lutho lokukha amanzi, umthombo ujulile; uwathathaphi, pho, lawomanzi aphilayo na?

₁₂Kanti wena umkhulu yini kunobaba uJakobe owasinika lomthombo, waphuza kuwo, yena kanye namadodana akhe nemihlambi yakhe, na?

₁₃Waphendula uJesu, wathi kuye: Yilowo nalowo ophuza lawamanzi uyakubuye ome;

₁₄kepha lowo oyakuphuza amanzi engiyakumnika wona kasayikoma naphakade; kepha amanzi engiyakumnika wona, phakathi kwakhe ayakuba-ngumthombo wamanzi aphuphumayo, kube-ngukuphila okuphakade.

₁₅Owesifazane wathi kuye: Nkosi, ngiphe lawomanzi ukuba ngingomi, ngingabe ngiseza ukukha lapha.

₁₆Wathi kuye: Hamba ubize indoda yakho, uze lapha.

₁₇Owesifazane waphendula wathi: Anginandoda. UJesu wathi kuye: Usho kahle ukuthi: Anginandoda;

₁₈ngokuba usuké waba-namadoda ayisihlanu; le onayo kalokhu akusiyo indoda yakho. Lokhu ukusho ngeqiniso.

₁₉Owesifazane wathi kuye: Nkosi, ngiyabona ukuthi ungumprofethi wena.

₂₀Okhokho bethu babekhulekela kulentaba; nina-ke nithi iseJerusalema indawo lapho kufanele kukhulekelwe khona.

₂₁UJesu wathi kuye: Sifazane, kholwa yimi, isikhathi siyeza, lapho ningasayikukhuleka kuBaba nakulentaba naseJerusalema.

₂₂Nina nikhuleka kweningakwaziyo, thina sikhuleka kwesikwaziyo; ngokuba insindiso ivela kubaJuda.

₂₃Kodwa isikhathi siyeza, sesikhona namanje, lapho abakhulekayo abaqinisileyo beyakukhuleka kuBaba ngomoya nangeqiniso; ngokuba uBaba ufuna abakhuleka kuye abanjalo.

₂₄UNkulunkulu unguMoya; abakhuleka kuye bafanele ukukhuleka ngomoya nangeqiniso.

₂₅Owesifazane wathi kuye: Ngiyazi ukuthi uMesiya uyeza, othiwa uKristu; nxa esefikile yena, uyakusitshela konke.

₂₆UJesu wathi: Nginguye mina engikhuluma nawe.

₂₇Ngaleyonkathi bafika abafundi bakhe; bamangala ngokuba ekhuluma nowesifazane; nokho akubangakho owathi: Ufunani na? noma: Ukhulumelani naye na?

₂₈Owesifazane wayeseshiya imbiza yakhe, waya emzini, wathi kubantu:

₂₉Wozani nibone umuntu ongitshelé konke engikwenzileyo; kungebe-nguye uKristu na?

₃₀Baphuma emzini, beza kuye.

₃₁Kusenjalo abafundi bamncenga bathi: Rabi, yidla.

₃₂Kepha wathi kubo: Nginokudla engikudlayo eningakwaziyo.

₃₃Base bekhuluma bodwa abafundi, bethi: Ukhona yini omlethele ukudla na?

₃₄UJesu wathi kubo: Ukudla kwami kungukwenza intando yongithumileyo, ngifeze umsebenzi wakhe.

₃₅Anisho yini ukuthi izinyanga zisezine kufike ukuvuna na? Bhekani, ngithi kini: Phakamisani amehlo enu, nibone ukuthi amasimu asemhlophe, aselungele ukuvunwa.

₃₆Ovunayo wamukeliswa umvuzo, abuthe isithelo kube-ngukuphila okuphakade ukuba ohlwanyelayo athokoze kanye novunayo.

₃₇Ngokuba kulokhu liqinisile izwi lokuthi: Omunye uyahlwanyela, omunye avune.

₃₈Mina nganithumela ukuvuna lokho eningakusebenzanga; abanye basebenzile, nina-ke ningene emsebenzini wabo.

₃₉AmaSamariya amaningi alowomuzi akholwa nguye ngezwi lowesifazane owafakaza ngokuthi: Ungitshelé konke engikwenzileyo.

₄₀Athé ukuba eze kuye amaSamariya, amncenga ukuba ahlale nawo; wahlala khona izinsuku ezimbili.

₄₁Bakholwa abaningi kakhulu futhi ngenxa yezwi lakhe.

₄₂Base bethi kowesifazane: Asisakholwa ngokulanda kwakho nje, ngokuba sesizizwele ngokwethu, siyazi ukuthi lo ngempela unguMsindisi wezwe.

₄₃Kepha emva kwezinsuku ezimbili waphuma lapho ukuya eGalile.

₄₄Ngokuba uJesu uqobo wafakaza ngokuthi umprofethi kaziswa ezweni lakubo.

₄₅Kuthe-ke ukuba afike eGalile, abaseGalile bamamukela beboné konke akwenzayo eJerusalema emkhosini; ngokuba nabo babezile emkhosini.

₄₆UJesu wayesephinda eza eKhana laseGalile, lapho enza khona amanzi abeyiwayini. Kwakukhona induna ethile yenkosi endodana yayo yayigula eKapernawume.

₄₇Yathi ukuba izwe ukuthi uJesu ufikile eGalile evela eJudiya, yaya kuye, yamncenga ukuba ehle aphulukise indodana yayo, ngokuba yayisizakufa.

₄₈Ngakho-ke uJesu wathi kuyo: Uma ningaboni izibonakaliso nezimangaliso, anisoze nakholwa.

₄₉Induna yenkosi yathi kuye: Nkosi, yehla engakafi umntanami.

₅₀Wathi kuyo uJesu: Hamba, indodana yakho iphilile. Lowomuntu wakholwa yizwi alishilo kuye uJesu, wahamba.

₅₁Kwathi esehla, izinceku zakhe zamhlangabeza, zathi umntanakhe uphilile.

₅₂Wayesezibuza isikhathi aqalé ngaso ukuba-ngcono; khona zathi kuye: Umkhuhlane umyekile izolo ngehora lesikhombisa.

₅₃Wayeseqonda uyise ukuthi yilona lelohora uJesu asho ngalo kuye ukuthi: Indodana yakho iphilile. Wakholwa yena nendlu yakhe yonke.

₅₄Leso siyisibonakaliso sesibili uJesu asenza efikile eGalile evela eJudiya.