UYohane 14 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

14 ¹“Mazingakhathazeki iintliziyo zenu. Kholwani kuBawo wethu; kholwani nakum. ²Endlwini kaBawo kukho amagumbi amaninzi. Ukuba bekungenjalo, ngendininxelele na ukuba ndiya kunilungiselela indawo? ³Ukuba ke ndiyahamba ndinilungiselele indawo, ndiya kubuya ndinithabathele kum, ukuze apho ndikhoyo nibe khona nani. ⁴Yaye niyayazi indlela eya apho ndiya khona.”

⁵Wathi uTomas kuye: “Nkosi, asikwazi apho uya khona—singayazi njani na indlela?”

⁶Wathi uYesu kuye: “Ndim indlela, nenyaniso, nobomi. Akukho mntu ozayo kuBawo engadlulanga ngam. ⁷Ukuba beniyandazi, ngenimazi noBawo. Ukususela ngoku niyamazi, kananjalo nimbonile.”

⁸Wathi uFilipu kuye: “Nkosi, sibonise uBawo, kuze kusanele oko.”

⁹Wathi uYesu: “Filipu, ndonke eli xesha ndinani, kananjalo awundazi? Lowo undibonileyo umbonile uBawo. Ungatsho njani ukuthi, ‘Sibonise uBawo’? ¹⁰Akukholwa na ukuba ndikuBawo, noBawo ekum? Amazwi endiwathetha kuni asiwawam—uBawo ohlala kum nguye owenza imisebenzi yakhe. ¹¹Kholwani kum: ndikuBawo, uBawo ekum—okanye ke kholwani ngenxa yemisebenzi ngokwayo. ¹²Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, lowo ukholwayo kum uya kuyenza imisebenzi endiyenzayo, kwaye uya kwenza nemisebenzi emikhulu kunayo, ngokuba ndisiya kuBawo. ¹³Nantoni na eniyicelayo egameni lam, ndiya kuyenza, ukuze uBawo azukiswe kuNyana. ¹⁴Ukuba nicela nantoni na kum egameni lam, ndiya kuyenza.

Ukuba Niyandithanda

¹⁵“Ukuba niyandithanda, niya kuyigcina imithetho yam. ¹⁶Kwaye ndiya kucela kuBawo, aze aninike omnye uMncedi, uMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuba abe nani ngonaphakade, ^a a v16 UYesu umbiza lo Mncedi ngokuba nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwindinyana 26—iFHB ilithwala eli gama ngaphambili ukuze abafundi badibane noMoya ngegama lakhe ukususela kwisithembiso sokuqala. ¹⁷uMoya wenyaniso, ihlabathi elingenakumamkela, kuba lingamboni kwaye lingamazi. Kodwa nina niyamazi, kuba uhlala nani yaye uya kuba phakathi kwenu. ¹⁸Andiyi kunishiya niziinkedama; ndiya kuza kuni. ^b b v18 UYesu weza ukuzisa iinkedama ekhaya—le ndinyana ichaza umongo wesizathu sokuza kwakhe. ¹⁹Kungekudala ihlabathi aliyi kuphinda lindibone, kodwa nina niya kundibona. Ngenxa yokuba ndiphila, nani niya kuphila. ²⁰Ngaloo mini niya kwazi: ndikuBawo, nina nikum, nam ndikuni. ²¹Lowo unemithetho yam aze ayigcine nguye ondithandayo, kwaye uBawo uya kumthanda lowo undithandayo. Nam ndiya kumthanda, ndizibonakalise kuye.”

²²Wabuza uYudas, kungekhona uSikariyoti, wathi: “Nkosi, kutheni uza kuzibonakalisa kuthi, ungabonakalisi ehlabathini na?”

²³Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Nabani na ondithandayo uya kuligcina ilizwi lam, kwaye uBawo uya kumthanda loo mntu, size kuye senze ikhaya lethu kuye. ^c c v23 UBawo olungiselela amagumbi endlwini yakhe ngenxa yethu kwindinyana 2 wenza ikhaya lakhe kwabo bamthandayo uYesu—zombini iindlela zobudlelwane obusenyongweni kwisahluko esinye. ²⁴Lowo ongandithandiyo akawagcini amazwi am. Yaye ilizwi enilivayo asilelam kodwa lelikaBawo owandithumayo.

²⁵Ezi zinto ndizithethile kuni ngoxa ndisekho nani. ²⁶Kodwa uMncedi, uMoya oyiNgcwele, lowo uBawo aya kumthuma egameni lam, uya kunifundisa izinto zonke aze aninkumbuze konke endikuxelele kuni.

²⁷Uxolo ndinishiya nalo; uxolo lwam ndininika lona. Andininiki njengokunika kwehlabathi. Mazingakhathazeki iintliziyo zenu, zingoyiki. ²⁸Nindivile ndisithi kuni, ‘Ndiyemka, ndibuyele kuni.’ Ukuba beniyandithanda, ngenivuyile, ngokuba ndisiya kuBawo, kuba uBawo mkhulu kunam. ^d d v28 UYesu uthetha apha ngendawo yakhe ekuthunyweni nguBawo—uNyana ezithoba kumsebenzi kaBawo—kungekhona ngabona buntu buncinane. UBawo noNyana bamnye (10:30); uNyana umbeka uYise owamthumayo. ²⁹Yaye ngoku ndinixelele ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke, ukuze xa kusenzeka nikholwe. ³⁰Andiyi kuphinda ndithethe nani kakhulu—umlawuli weli hlabathi uyeza. Akanamandla phezu kwam, ³¹kodwa ndenza kanye njengoko uBawo endiyalele, ukuze ihlabathi lazi ukuba ndiyamthanda uBawo. Vukani, masimke apha.”