Bawo, Lifikile Ixesha
UYesu uthandaza ngokuphandle phambi kwabo. Uxelela uBawo wakhe ukuba umsebenzi ugqityiwe, acele ukuba la madoda agcinwe egameni likaBawo wakhe akhuselwe kongendawo, aze athandazele bonke abaya kukholwa kamva, ukuze babe banye.
17 1Akuba etshilo oku, uYesu waphakamisela amehlo akhe ezulwini wathi: “Bawo, lifikile ixesha. Mzukise uNyana wakho, ukuze uNyana akuzukise, a a v1 UYohane 17 ngowona mthandazo mde obhaliweyo kaYesu awuthandaza kuBawo — owathethwa ngobusuku obungaphambi komnqamlezo, evula intliziyo yakhe kuLowo ambiza ngokuba nguBawo, uBawo oyiNgcwele, noBawo olungileyo. 2ekubeni umnike igunya phezu kwabo bonke abantu, ukuze anike ubomi obungenasiphelo kubo bonke abo umnike bona. 3Ubomi obungenasiphelo bubu: ukuba bakwazi wena, wena wedwa onguBawo oyinyaniso, noYesu Krestu omthumileyo. 4Ndikuzukisile emhlabeni, ndiwugqibile umsebenzi obundinike wona ukuba ndiwenze. 5Bawo, ndizukise ngoku kunye nawe, ngozuko endandinalo kunye nawe ihlabathi lingekabikho.
6Ndilityhilile igama lakho kubo abo wandinika bona bephuma ehlabathini. Babengabakho; wandinika bona, baye baligcina ilizwi lakho. 7Ngoku bayazi ukuba konke oko undinike kona kuvela kuwe, 8kuba ndibanike amazwi owandinika wona; bawamkele, baqonda ngokwenene ukuba ndaphuma kuwe, bakholwa ukuba undithumile. 9Ndithandazela bona, kungekhona ihlabathi, kodwa abo wandinika bona, kuba bengabakho. 10Konke okungokwam kungokwakho, nokungokwakho kungokwam, yaye ndizukisiwe kubo. 11Andisekho ehlabathini, kodwa bona basesehlabathini, ndize kuwe. Bawo oyiNgcwele, bagcine egameni lakho, igama owandinika lona, ukuze babe banye njengokuba thina sibanye. 12Ngoxa ndandinabo, ndandibagcina egameni lakho owandinika lona. Ndabalondoloza—akwabikho namnye olahlekileyo ngaphandle konyana wentshabalalo, ukuze kuzaliseke isiBhalo. b b v12 “Unyana wentshabalalo” sisibizo sikaYudas Sikariyoti, lowo wamngcatshayo uYesu. 13Ngoku ndize kuwe, yaye ezi zinto ndizithetha ndisesehlabathini, ukuze babe novuyo lwam oluzeleyo ngaphakathi kubo. 14Ndibanike ilizwi lakho; ihlabathi libathiyile, kuba bengengabehlabathi, kanye njengokuba nam ndingengowehlabathi. 15Andiceli ukuba ubasuse ehlabathini, kodwa ukuba ubalondoloze kongendawo. 16Bona abangabehlabathi, kanye njengokuba nam ndingengowehlabathi. 17Bangcwalise ngenyaniso; ilizwi lakho liyinyaniso. 18Njengokuba undithumile ehlabathini, nam ndibathumile ehlabathini. 19Ngenxa yabo ndiyazingcwalisa, ukuze nabo bangcwaliswe enyanisweni.
20Andithandazeli aba bodwa, kodwa nabo baya kukholwa kum ngelizwi labo. 21Bawo, mababe banye bonke, njengokuba wena ukum, nam ndikuwe, ukuze nabo babe kuthi, lize ihlabathi likholwe ukuba undithumile. 22Uzuko ondinike lona, ndibanike lona, ukuze babe banye njengokuba thina sibanye. 23Mna ndikubo, nawe ukum, ukuze benziwe banye ngokupheleleyo, ukuze ihlabathi lazi ukuba undithumile, nokuba ubathandile njengokuba undithandile. 24Bawo, ndifuna abo wandinika bona babe nam apho ndikhona, ukuze balubone uzuko lwam, ondinike lona ngenxa yokuba wandithanda ihlabathi lingekadalwa. 25Bawo olungileyo—ihlabathi alikwazi, kodwa mna ndiyakwazi, yaye aba bayazi ukuba undithumile. 26Ndilazisile igama lakho kubo, yaye ndiya kuqhubeka ndilazisa, ukuze uthando ondithande ngalo lube kubo, nam ndibe kubo.”