UYohane 15 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

15 ¹“Ndim umdiliya oyinyani, yaye uBawo ngumlimi. ²Lonke isebe elikum elingathwali siqhamo, uyalisusa; lonke isebe elithwala isiqhamo, uyalithena, ukuze lithwale iziqhamo ngakumbi. ³Sele nihlambulukile ngenxa yelizwi endilithethileyo kuni. ⁴Hlalani kum, nam ndihlale kuni. Njengokuba isebe lingenako ukuthwala isiqhamo ngokwalo, ngaphandle kokuba lihlale emdiliyeni, ngokunjalo nani aninako ngaphandle kokuba nihlale kum. ⁵Ndim umdiliya, nina ningamasebe. Osukuba ehlala kum, nam ndihlale kuye, uthwala isiqhamo esininzi, kuba ngaphandle kwam aninako ukwenza nto. ⁶Lowo ongahlali kum ulahlwa phandle njengesebe, abune; amasebe ayabuthwa, aphoswe emlilweni, atshiswe. ⁷Ukuba nihlala kum, namazwi am ehlala kuni, celani nokuba yintoni na eniyifunayo, niya kukwenzelwa oko. ⁸UBawo uzukiswa ngale ndlela: ukuba nithwale isiqhamo esininzi, nibonakale ningabafundi bam.

⁹“Njengokuba uBawo endithandile, nam ndinithandile ngokunjalo. Hlalani eluthandweni lwam. ¹⁰Ukuba niyayigcina imiyalelo yam, niya kuhlala eluthandweni lwam, njengokuba nam ndiyigcinile imiyalelo kaBawo, ndihlala eluthandweni lwakhe. ¹¹Ndinixelele ezi zinto ukuze uvuyo lwam lube kuni, novuyo lwenu luzaliseke.

¹²“Nguwo lo umyalelo wam: thandanani njengokuba ndinithandile. ¹³Akukho mntu unothando olukhulu kunolu: ukuncama ubomi bakhe ngenxa yabahlobo bakhe. ¹⁴Nina ningabahlobo bam ukuba niyakwenza oko ndiniyalela kona. ¹⁵Andisanibizi ngokuthi nizizicaka—isicaka asazi into eyenziwa yinkosi yaso. Ndinibiza ngokuthi ningabahlobo, kuba ndinazisile zonke izinto endaziva kuBawo. ^a a v15 UYesu ususa abafundi ekubeni zizicaka ababe ngabahlobo ngokwabelana ngako konke akuvileyo kuYise — yiyo le injongo yentliziyo kaBawo wethu kumfundi ngamnye, ubuhlobo ngoNyana. ¹⁶Anindinyulanga—ndim oninyulileyo, ndanimisa ukuba nihambe, nithwale isiqhamo esihlalayo, ukuze nokuba yintoni na eniyicela kuBawo egameni lam, aninike yona. ¹⁷Nguwo lo umyalelo wam kuni: thandanani.

Xa Ihlabathi Linithiya

¹⁸“Ukuba ihlabathi liyanithiya, yazini ukuba landithiya mna kuqala. ¹⁹Ukuba beningabehlabathi, ihlabathi beliya kunithanda njengabalo. Kodwa aningabehlabathi; endaweni yoko, ndininyule ehlabathini, ngoko ke ihlabathi liyanithiya. ²⁰Khumbulani endanixelela kona: isicaka asimkhulu kunenkosi yaso. Ukuba banditshutshisa mna, baya kunitshutshisa nani; ukuba baligcina ilizwi lam, baya kuligcina nelenu. ²¹Kodwa baya kunenzela zonke ezi zinto ngenxa yegama lam, kuba bengamazi lowo wandithumayo. ²²Ukuba bendingezanga ndathetha nabo, ngebengenasono; kodwa ngoku abanasizathu sokuzithethelela ngesono sabo. ²³Lowo undithiyayo uyamthiya noBawo kananjalo. ²⁴Ukuba bendingenzanga phakathi kwabo imisebenzi engazange yenziwe mntu wumbi, ngebengenasono. Kodwa ngoku babonile, bathiya mna kwakunye noBawo. ²⁵Kodwa oku kwenzeka ukuze kuzaliseke oko kubhaliweyo emthethweni wabo: ‘Bandithiya ngaphandle kwesizathu.’

²⁶“Xa efika uMncedi, endiya kunithumela yena evela kuBawo—uMoya wenyaniso ophuma kuBawo—uya kundingqinela. ^b b v26 UMncedi athembisa ngaye uYesu nguMoya oyiNgcwele — othunyelwa nguYesu evela kuBawo, obizwa apha ngokuthi “uMoya wenyaniso” kuba ekhokelela abafundi kuko konke akutyhilileyo uYesu.

²⁷“Nani nimele ningqine, kuba beninam kwasekuqaleni.”