UYohane 12 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

12 ¹Kwiintsuku ezintandathu phambi kwePasika, uYesu wafika eBhethani, apho wayehlala khona uLazaro, lowo uYesu wayemvuse ekufeni. ²Khona apho bamenzela isidlo; uMarta wayephaka ukutya, uLazaro wayengomnye wabo babehleli etafileni kunye naye. ³UMariya wathabatha malunga nephayinti yesiqholo senadusi ecocekileyo, exabiso liphezulu, waza wathambisa iinyawo zikaYesu, wandula wazisula iinyawo zakhe ngeenwele zakhe. Indlu yazala livumba lesiqholo.

⁴Kodwa uYudas Sikariyoti, omnye wabafundi bakhe, lowo wayeza kumngcatsha, wathi: ⁵“Kutheni na esi siqholo singathengiswanga ngemali elingana nomvuzo wonyaka, yaza yanikwa amahlwempu?” ⁶Oku wakuthetha kungekuba ekhathalela amahlwempu, kodwa ngenxa yokuba wayelisela, egcina ingxowa yemali, ethabatha oko kwakufakwa kuyo.

⁷Wathi ke uYesu: “Myekeni. Esi siqholo usigcinele usuku lokungcwatywa kwam. ⁸Amahlwempu niya kuhlala ninawo phakathi kwenu, kodwa mna aniyi kuhlala ninam.”

⁹Isihlwele esikhulu samaYuda sava ukuba uYesu ulapho, saza seza, kungekuphela ngenxa yakhe, kodwa ukuze sibone noLazaro, lowo wayemvuse kwabafileyo. ¹⁰Ngoko ke ababingeleli abaziintloko bacebe ukumbulala noLazaro, ¹¹kuba ngenxa yakhe amaYuda amaninzi ayemka aye kukholwa kuYesu.

Ukumkani Uyeza Ekhwele

¹²Ngengomso, isihlwele esikhulu esasize emthendelekweni sava ukuba uYesu uyeza eJerusalem. ¹³Sathabatha amasebe esundu saphuma saya kumkhawulela, sidanduluka sisithi: “Hosana! Usikelelekile lowo uzayo egameni likaBawo wethu—uKumkani kaSirayeli!” ^a a v13 UHosana uthetha ukuthi “Sindisa ngoku!” — sisikhalo sesihlwele esivela kwiNdumiso 118 njengoko samkela uYesu njengoKumkani obekudala elindelwe.

¹⁴UYesu wafumana ithole le-esile wakhwela kulo, kanye njengoko kubhaliwe: ¹⁵“Musa ukoyika, ntombi yaseZiyon; khangela, ukumkani wakho uyeza, ehleli phezu kwenkonyana ye-esile.” ¹⁶Abafundi bakhe abazange baziqonde ezi zinto ekuqaleni; kodwa xa uYesu wayesezukisiwe, bakhumbula ukuba ezi zinto zazibhaliwe ngaye, nokuba babezenzile ezi zinto kuye. ¹⁷Isihlwele esasinaye xa wabiza uLazaro engcwabeni waza wamvusa kwabafileyo, saqhubeka singqina. ¹⁸Isihlwele saya kumkhawulela kuba sasivile ukuba wenze lo mqondiso. ¹⁹Ngoko abaFarisi bathetha omnye nomnye: “Niyabona, anizuzi lutho—ihlabathi liphela limlandele.”

AmaGrike Afuna uYesu

²⁰Kwakukho amanye amaGrike phakathi kwabo babenyuke baya kunqula emthendelekweni. ²¹Lawa eza kuFilipu, owaseBhetsayida kwelaseGalili, aza amcela: “Mnumzana, sifuna ukubona uYesu.” ²²UFilipu waya waxelela uAndreya; baza uAndreya noFilipu baya baxelela uYesu.

²³UYesu waphendula wathi kubo: “Lifikile ilixa lokuba uNyana woLuntu azukiswe. ²⁴Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, ngaphandle kokuba inkozo yengqolowa iwele emhlabeni ife, ihlala yodwa; kodwa ukuba iyafa, ivelisa isiqhamo esininzi. ²⁵Lowo uthanda ubomi bakhe uyabulahlekelwa; lowo uthiya ubomi bakhe kweli hlabathi uyabugcinela ubomi obungenasiphelo. ²⁶Nabani na ondikhonzayo makandilandele, ukuze umkhonzi wam abekho apho ndikhona. Nabani na ondikhonzayo, uBawo wam uya kumbeka.”

²⁷“Ngoku umphefumlo wam ukhathazekile. Ndithini na—‘Bawo, ndisindise kweli lixa’? Kodwa kungenxa yoku ndeza kweli lixa. Bawo, zukisa igama lakho.”

²⁸Kwaza kweza izwi livela ezulwini: “Ndilizukisile, ndophinda ndilizukise.”

²⁹Isihlwele esasimi apho saliva, saza sathi kudume izulu; abanye bathi kuthethe ingelosi kuye.

³⁰UYesu wathi: “Eli zwi lize ngenxa yenu, hayi ngenxa yam. ³¹Ngoku kukho umgwebo weli hlabathi; ngoku umlawuli weli hlabathi uya kukhutshwa ngaphandle. ³²Ke mna, xa ndiphakanyisiwe emhlabeni, ndiya kubatsalela bonke abantu kum.”

³³Oku wakuthetha ukubonisa ukuba uza kufa ngokufa kolu hlobo.

³⁴Isihlwele saphendula sathi: “Sivile emthethweni ukuba uKrestu uhlala ngonaphakade. Ungatsho njani ukuba uNyana woLuntu umele aphakanyiswe? Ungubani na lo Nyana woLuntu?”

³⁵Ngoko uYesu wathi: “Ukukhanya kuseninani okwethutyana nje. Hambani lo gama ninokukhanya, ukuze ubumnyama bungenihluthi. Lowo uhamba ebumnyameni akazi apho aya khona. ³⁶Lo gama ninokukhanya, kholwani kukukhanya, ukuze nibe ngabantwana bokukhanya.” Akuba etshilo, uYesu wemka waza wazimela kubo.

Hambani Lo Gama Nisenokukhanya

³⁷Nangona wayenze imiqondiso emininzi kangaka phambi kwabo, babesala ukukholwa kuye,

³⁸ukuze lizaliseke ilizwi lomprofeti u-Isaya, awalithethayo: “Bawo, ngubani na okholwe sisigidimi sethu? Ingalo kaBawo wethu ityhilelwe bani na?”

³⁹Kungenxa yoku bengakwazanga ukukholwa, kuba u-Isaya waphinda wathi:

⁴⁰“Uwenze amfama amehlo abo, wayenza lukhuni intliziyo yabo, ukuze bangaboni ngamehlo abo, bangaqondi ngentliziyo yabo, bangaguquki— ndize ndibaphilise.”

⁴¹U-Isaya wazithetha ezi zinto kuba wabona ubuqaqawuli bukaYesu, waza wathetha ngaye. ^b b v41 UYohane usixelela ngokucacileyo: xa u-Isaya wabona itrone etempileni, neeserafi zidanduluka zisithi “Ngcwele, ngcwele, ngcwele,” wayebona ubuqaqawuli bukaYesu. ⁴²Noko ke, abaninzi kwanakubalawuli bakholwa kuye, kodwa abazange bakuvume oku ngenxa yabaFarisi, ukuze bangagxothwa esinagogeni, ⁴³kuba babethanda uzuko oluvela ebantwini ngaphezu kozuko oluvela kuBawo wethu.

⁴⁴UYesu wadanduluka wathi: “Lowo ukholwa kum akakholwa kum ndedwa, kodwa nakulowo wandithumayo. ⁴⁵Yaye lowo undibonayo ubona lowo wandithumayo. ⁴⁶Mna ndize ehlabathini njengokukhanya, ukuze kungabikho namnye okholwa kum ohlala ebumnyameni. ⁴⁷Ukuba ubani uyawava amazwi am, angawagcini, andimgwebi—andizanga kugweba ihlabathi, kodwa ndize kusindisa ihlabathi. ⁴⁸Lowo undilahlayo, angawamkeli amazwi am, selenomgwebi: ilizwi endilithethileyo liya kumgweba ngomhla wokugqibela. ⁴⁹Andithethanga ngokwam; kodwa uBawo owandithumayo nguye ngokwakhe owandiwisela umthetho wokuba mandithini na, ndithethe njani na. ⁵⁰Ndiyazi ukuba umyalelo wakhe bubomi obungenasiphelo, ngoko ke ndithetha kuphela oko uBawo andixelele ukuba mandikuthethe.”