UYohane 10 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

10 ¹“Inene, inene, ndithi kuni: lowo ungangeni esibayeni sezimvu ngesango, kodwa akhwele ngenye indlela, ulisela nomphangi. ²Kodwa lowo ungena ngesango ngumalusi wezimvu. ³Umgcini-sango uyamvulela, zize izimvu zilive ilizwi lakhe. Uzibiza izimvu zakhe ngamagama, azikhuphele phandle. ⁴Akuba ezikhuphele phandle zonke ezakhe, uhamba phambi kwazo, zize izimvu zimlandele kuba zilazi ilizwi lakhe. ⁵Azisayi kulandela mntu wasemzini naphakade—ziya kumbaleka, kuba zingalazi ilizwi labantu basemzini.”

⁶UYesu wabalisela lo mzekeliso, kodwa abazange baqonde ukuba uthetha ukuthini na.

⁷Ngako oko uYesu waphinda wathi: “Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, ndilisango lezimvu.

⁸“Bonke abafika phambi kwam ngamasela nabaphangi, kodwa izimvu azizange zibaphulaphule. ⁹Ndilisango; lowo ungena ngam uya kusindiswa, angene aphume, afumane idlelo. ¹⁰Isela lifika kuphela ukuba libe, libulale, litshabalalise. Ndize ukuze zibe nobomi, zibe nabo ngokugcweleyo.

¹¹“Ndingumalusi olungileyo. Umalusi olungileyo ubeka phantsi ubomi bakhe ngenxa yezimvu. ^a a v11 UYesu uthabatha isikhundla somalusi uBawo wethu awayesivethe phezu koSirayeli, asenze esakhe — uMalusi owenza into angayi kuyenza umqeshwa: ukubeka phantsi ubomi bakhe ngenxa yezimvu. ¹²Umqeshwa, ongengomalusi, izimvu azizozakhe. Uthi akubona ingcuka isiza, azishiye izimvu abaleke—ize ingcuka izihlwithe, izichithachithe. ¹³Lo mntu uyabaleka kuba engumqeshwa, engazikhathalele izimvu.

¹⁴“Ndingumalusi olungileyo. Ndiyazazi ezam, zize ezam zindazi, ¹⁵njengokuba uBawo endazi, nam ndimazi uBawo, ndize ndibeke phantsi ubomi bam ngenxa yezimvu. ¹⁶Ndinazo nezinye izimvu ezingezizo ezesi sibaya; ndimelwe kukuzikhokela nazo, zize zilive ilizwi lam. Ziya kuba ngumhlambi omnye, umalusi omnye. ¹⁷Yiyo loo nto uBawo endithandayo: ndibeka phantsi ubomi bam ukuze ndiphinde ndibuthabathe. ¹⁸Akukho bani uthi awuthabathe kum, kodwa ndiwubeka phantsi ngokwam. Ndinegunya lokuwubeka phantsi, nelokuphinda ndiwuthabathe. Lo myalelo ndiwamkele kuBawo.”

¹⁹La mazwi aphinda abangela ukwahlukana phakathi kwamaYuda. ²⁰Baninzi kubo abathi: “Uphethwe lidemon, uyaphambana. Nimphulaphulelani na?” ²¹Kodwa abanye bathi: “La asingomazwi omntu ophethwe lidemon. Idemon linako na ukuvula amehlo eemfama?”

Umthendeleko Wokungcwaliswa

²²Kwafika ke uMthendeleko Wokungcwaliswa eJerusalem. Yayibusika, ^b b v22 UMthendeleko Wokungcwaliswa (iHanukkah) wawubhiyozela ukuphinda kungcwaliswa kwetempile; uwela ebusika, kwaye awukho phakathi kwemithendeleko eyayalelwa kuMthetho kaMoses. ²³waye uYesu ehamba etempileni, kwiVaranda kaSolomon. ²⁴AmaYuda amngqonga athi: “Koda kube nini usishiya sithandabuza? Ukuba unguKrestu, sixelele ngokucacileyo.”

²⁵Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Ndanixelela, anikholwa. Imisebenzi endiyenzayo egameni likaBawo iyangqinela ngam, ²⁶kodwa anikholwa, kuba ningezizo izimvu zam. ²⁷Izimvu zam ziyaliphulaphula ilizwi lam; ndiyazazi, zize zindilandele. ²⁸Ndizinika ubomi obungenasiphelo, zaye azisayi kutshabalala naphakade, kungabikho bani uzihlwithayo esandleni sam. ²⁹UBawo, ozinike mna, mkhulu kunabo bonke; akukho bani unako ukuzihlwitha esandleni sikaBawo. ³⁰Mna noBawo sibanye.” ^c c v30 UYesu ubanga ubunye noYise — iiPersona ezahlukeneyo ezabelana ngobukho obunye. Isihlwele sikuva njengonyeliso, size sifune amatye (ivesi 33).

³¹Aphinda amaYuda acholachola amatye okuze amgibisele ngawo.

³²Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Ndinibonise imisebenzi emininzi emihle evela kuBawo. Nguwuphi kule misebenzi enindigibiselela ngamatye ngenxa yawo?”

³³“Asikugibiseli ngamatye ngenxa yomsebenzi omhle,” atsho, “koko ngenxa yonyeliso, kuba wena, ungumntu nje, uzenza uThixo.”

³⁴Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Akubhalwanga na eMthethweni wenu ukuthi: ‘Ndathi, ningoothixo’? ^d d v34 UYesu ucaphula iNdumiso 82, apho abagwebi bakwaSirayeli babizwa ngokuba “ngoothixo” ngenxa yokuba ilizwi likaThixo lafika kubo—kungekhona ukubanga ukuba bakho oothixo abaninzi, koko kuyingxoxo ephuma kwiZibhalo zabo. ³⁵Ukuba wababiza ‘ngoothixo,’ abo lafika kubo ilizwi likaBawo—kwaye iZibhalo azinakwaphulwa, ³⁶kuthekani ngalowo uBawo wamahlula bucala waza wamthuma ehlabathini? Yini na ukuba nindityhole ngonyeliso ngokuthi, ‘NdinguNyana kaBawo wethu’?

³⁷“Ukuba andiyenzi imisebenzi kaBawo, ningakholwa kum. ³⁸Kodwa ukuba ndiyayenza, nokuba anikholwa kum, kholwani yimisebenzi, ukuze nazi niqhubeke nisazi ukuba uBawo ukum, nam ndikuBawo.”

³⁹Aphinda azama ukumbamba, kodwa waphuluka ezandleni zawo.

⁴⁰Wandula ke uYesu wabuyela phesheya kweYordan, kwindawo apho wayeqale khona ukubhaptiza uYohane, wahlala khona. ⁴¹Baninzi abeza kuye, besithi: “UYohane akenzanga mqondiso, kodwa konke awakuthethayo uYohane ngalo mntu kwakuyinyani.” ⁴²Yaye kuloo ndawo baninzi abakholwa kuye.