UYohane 16 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

16 ¹“Ndinixelele konke oku ukuze ningakhubeki. ²Baya kunigxotha ezindlwini zezikhungu; kodwa liyeza ilixa apho nabani na onibulalayo aya kucinga ukuba wenzela uThixo inkonzo. ³Baya kukwenza oku ngenxa yokuba bengamazanga uBawo, nam bengandazi. ⁴Kodwa oku ndinixelele kona ukuze xa lifika ilixa labo, nikhumbule ukuba ndanixelela. Andizange ndinixelele oku ekuqaleni, kuba bendinani.

⁵“Kodwa ngoku ndiya kulowo wandithumayo, yaye akukho namnye kuni ondibuzayo, esithi: ‘Uya phi na?’ ⁶Endaweni yoko, ngenxa yokuba ndithethe ezi zinto kuni, intliziyo yenu izele lusizi. ⁷Ndinixelela inyaniso: ukuhamba kwam kokulungele nina. Ukuba andihambi, uMncedi, uMoya oyiNgcwele, akayi kuza kuni. Kodwa ukuba ndiyahamba, ndiya kumthumela kuni. ⁸Yaye xa efika, uya kubonisa ihlabathi ityala lalo ngesono, nangobulungisa, nangomgwebo: ⁹ngokuphathelele isono, kuba bengakholwa kum; ¹⁰ngokuphathelele ubulungisa, kuba ndisiya kuBawo yaye ningasayi kundibona; ¹¹ngokuphathelele umgwebo, kuba umlawuli weli hlabathi sele egwetyiwe.

¹²“Ndisenazo izinto ezininzi endifuna ukunixelela zona, kodwa aninako ukuzithwala ngoku. ¹³Kodwa xa efika yena, uMoya wenyaniso, uya kunikhokelela kuyo yonke inyaniso. Akayi kuthetha ngokwakhe, koko uya kuthetha konke akuvayo, aze anixelele ngoko kuzayo. ¹⁴Yena uya kundizukisa, kuba uya kuthabatha oko kukokwam aze akuxelele kuni. ¹⁵Konke anako uBawo kokwam; kungoko nditshilo ukuba uthabatha koko kukokwam aze anixelele.

¹⁶“Kungekudala ningasayi kundibona; waze kwakhona kungekudala nindibone.”

Usizi Lwenu Luya Kuguquka Lube Luvuyo

¹⁷Ngoko abanye babafundi bakhe babuzana besithi: “Uthetha ukuthini na xa esithi: ‘Emva kwethutyana ningasayi kundibona, waze emva kwethutyana nindibone,’ nangokuthi, ‘Kuba ndisiya kuBawo’?” ¹⁸Ngoko baqhubeka besithi: “Uthetha ukuthini na xa esithi, ‘ithutyana’? Asikwazi akuthethayo.”

¹⁹UYesu wayesazi ukuba babefuna ukumbuza, ngoko wathi kubo: “Ngaba nibuzana ngoko bendikutsho xa bendisithi, ‘Emva kwethutyana ningasayi kundibona, waze emva kwethutyana nindibone’?

²⁰“Inene, inene, ndithi kuni: niya kulila nenze isijwili, kodwa ihlabathi liya kuvuya. Niya kuba lusizi, kodwa usizi lwenu luya kuguquka lube luvuyo. ²¹Umfazi ozalayo unentlungu kuba lifikile ilixa lakhe; kodwa akuba ezele, uyayilibala inimba, ngenxa yovuyo lokuba kuzelwe umntu ehlabathini. ²²Ngoko nani ninosizi ngoku, kodwa ndiya kuphinda ndinibone, ize intliziyo yenu ivuye, yaye akukho namnye oya kuluthabatha uvuyo lwenu kuni.

²³Ngaloo mini aniyi kundibuza nto. Inene, inene, ndithi kuni: nantoni na eniyicela kuBawo egameni lam, uya kuninika yona. ²⁴Kude kube ngoku anikaceli nto egameni lam. Celani, nize nifumane, ukuze uvuyo lwenu luzaliseke.

²⁵Ezi zinto ndinixelele zona ngemizekeliso. Liyeza ilixa apho ndingasayi kuthetha ngemizekeliso, kodwa ndinixelele ngokucacileyo ngoBawo. ²⁶Ngaloo mini niya kucela egameni lam, yaye andithi kuni ndiya kunicelela kuBawo; ²⁷kuba uBawo ngokwakhe uyanithanda, ngenxa yokuba nindithandile yaye nikholiwe ukuba ndaphuma kuBawo wethu. ^a a v27 UYesu uxelela abafundi ukuba uBawo ngokwakhe uyabathanda — kungekhona ekude, kungekhona ngoYesu njengomlamli ongathandiyo. Uthando lwabo ngoYesu nokholo lwabo ekuzeni kwakhe evela kuBawo lubabeke ngaphakathi kothando lukaBawo ngokwakhe. ²⁸Ndaphuma kuBawo ndangena ehlabathini; kwakhona, ndiyalishiya ihlabathi, ndisiya kuBawo.”

²⁹Abafundi bakhe bathi: “Ngoku uthetha ngokucacileyo, akusebenzisi namnye umzekeliso! ³⁰“Ngoku siyazi ukuba wazi konke, yaye akudingi mntu ukuba akubuze imibuzo; ngoko siyakholwa ukuba uphume kuBawo wethu.”

³¹UYesu waphendula wathi: “Ngaba niyakholwa ngoku?

³²“Khangelani, liyeza ilixa—sele lifikile—apho niya kuchithachithwa, elowo aye kowabo, nindishiye ndedwa. Kanti andindedwa; uBawo unam. ³³Ezi zinto ndinixelele zona ukuze nibe noxolo kum. Ehlabathini niya kuhlangabezana nenkathazo, kodwa yomelelani—mna ndilweyisile ihlabathi.”