Indlela Edlula eSamariya
Ediniwe equleni likaYakobi, uYesu ucela umfazi waseSamariya ukuba amphe amanzi okusela, akhankanye inyaniso ngamadoda akhe amahlanu, aze anikezele amanzi aba ngumthombo ngaphakathi kuye. UBawo ufuna abanquli abanqula ngomoya nangenyaniso. Idolophu yakhe iyakholwa iphela; inkwenkwe esifayo iyaphila.
4 1Ngoko ke uYesu wathi akuqonda ukuba abaFarisi bevile ukuba wayesenza nokubhaptiza abafundi abaninzi ngaphezu kukaYohane, 2(nangona uYesu ngokwakhe wayengabhaptizi, kodwa kwakubhaptiza abafundi bakhe), 3wemka kwelaseYuda, wabuyela eGalili. 4Kwakufuneka ke adlule kwelaseSamariya. 5Wafika ke kwidolophu yaseSamariya ekuthiwa yiSikare, kufuphi nentsimi awayinika uYakobi uYosefu unyana wakhe. 6Yayikhona apho iqula likaYakobi. UYesu, ediniwe luhambo, wahlala phantsi ngasequleni—malunga nemini enkulu. a a v6 Xa kubalwa ukususela ekuphumeni kwelanga, ilixa lesithandathu limalunga nemini enkulu.
7Kweza umfazi waseSamariya ukuza kukha amanzi. UYesu wathi kuye: “Ndiphe ndisele.”
8(Kaloku abafundi bakhe babeye edolophini ukuya kuthenga ukutya.)
9Umfazi waseSamariya wathi: “Wena ungumYuda; kutheni ucela amanzi okusela kum, mna mfazi waseSamariya?” (Kaloku amaYuda akananto yakwenza namaSamariya.)
10UYesu waphendula wathi kuye: “Ukuba ubusazi isipho sikaBawo wethu, nokuba ngubani lo ukucelayo esithi, ‘Ndiphe ndisele,’ ngewumcelile wena, waza yena wakunika amanzi aphilayo.”
11Umfazi wathi kuye: “Mnumzana, akunanto yakukha ngayo, nequla linzulu. Uwafumana phi ke la manzi aphilayo? 12Ingaba wena umkhulu kunobawo wethu uYakobi, owasinika eli qula, wasela kulo naye, kunye noonyana bakhe nemfuyo yakhe?”
13UYesu wathi kuye: “Wonke umntu osela kula manzi uya kubuya anxanwe, 14kodwa osela amanzi endiya kumnika wona akasayi kuze aphinde anxanwe; loo manzi aya kuba kuye ngumthombo wamanzi ompompozela ebomini obungenasiphelo.”
15Umfazi wathi kuye: “Mnumzana, ndiphe la manzi, ukuze ndingaphinde ndinxanwe okanye ndize apha kukha amanzi.”
16UYesu wathi kuye: “Hamba, uye kubiza umyeni wakho, ubuye uze apha.”
17Umfazi waphendula wathi: “Andinamyeni.” UYesu wathi kuye: “Utsho kakuhle ukuthi awunamyeni.
18Kaloku ube namadoda amahlanu, yaye le ndoda unayo ngoku ayinguye umyeni wakho. Uthethe inyaniso.”
19Umfazi wathi kuye: “Mnumzana, ndiyabona ukuba wena ungumprofeti. 20Oobawo bethu banqula kule ntaba, kodwa nina nithi iYerusalem yindawo apho abantu bamele banqule khona.”
21UYesu wathi kuye: “Mfazi, ndikholelwe: liyeza ixesha eningayi kumnqula ngalo uBawo kule ntaba naseYerusalem. 22Nina ninqula into eningayaziyo; thina sinqula into esiyaziyo—kuba usindiso luvela kumaYuda. 23Kodwa liyeza ixesha, kananjalo seliko ngoku, apho abanquli benyaniso baya kumnqula uBawo ngomoya nangenyaniso—kuba uBawo ufuna abanquli abanjalo. 24UBawo ungumoya, yaye abo bamnqulayo bamele bamnqule ngomoya nangenyaniso.” b b v24 Kuyo yonke le ndima uYesu ufundisa ngonqulo lukaBawo; Lowo ubunjalo bakhe bungumoya nguye kanye uBawo ofuna abanquli benyaniso.
25Umfazi wathi kuye: “Ndiyazi ukuba uMesiya—lowo kuthiwa nguKrestu—uyeza. Xa efika, uya kusixelela zonke izinto.”
26UYesu wathi kuye: “Ndinguye—lo uthetha nawe.”
27Kuthe kanye ngelo xesha babuya abafundi bakhe, bemangaliswa kukuba wayethetha nomfazi. Kodwa akubangakho namnye owathi: “Ufuna ntoni?” okanye: “Kutheni uthetha naye?” 28Umfazi ke wayishiya ingqayi yakhe yamanzi, wabuyela edolophini, wathi ebantwini: 29“Yizani, nibone indoda endixelele zonke izinto endakha ndazenza. Ingaba lo akanguye na uKrestu?” 30Baphuma edolophini, besiza kuye.
31Ngelo thuba abafundi babemcenga, besithi: “Rabhi, yidla.”
32Kodwa yena wathi kubo: “Mna ndinokutya endikudlayo eningazi nto ngako.”
33Ngoko abafundi bathetha bodwa besithi: “Ingaba ukho umntu omphathele into yokudla?”
34UYesu wathi kubo: “Ukutya kwam kukwenza ukuthanda kwalowo wandithumayo nokugqiba umsebenzi wakhe. 35Anitsho na ukuthi, ‘Kusekho iinyanga ezine, kwandule kufike ukuvuna’? Khangelani, ndithi kuni: phakamisani amehlo enu, nibone amasimi—amhlophe, selelungele ukuvunwa. 36Umvuni sele efumana umvuzo, ebutha isiqhamo sobomi obungenasiphelo, ukuze umhlwayeli nomvuni bavuyisane kunye. 37Kaloku apha eli lizwi liyinyaniso: ‘Omnye uyahlwayela, omnye avune.’ 38Ndanithuma ukuba nivune into eningasebenzelanga yona. Abanye basebenza, yaye nina ningene emsebenzini wabo.”
ISamariya Iyakholwa
39AmaSamariya amaninzi akuloo dolophu akholwa kuye ngenxa yobungqina bomfazi obusithi: “Undixelele zonke izinto endakha ndazenza.” 40Akufika kuye amaSamariya, amcela ukuba ahlale nawo; wahlala iintsuku ezimbini. 41Baza abaninzi ngakumbi bakholwa ngenxa yelizwi lakhe. 42Bathi kumfazi: “Asisekholwa ngenxa yoko ukutshoyo wena—siziwele ngokwethu, saye siyazi ukuba le ndoda ngenene inguMsindisi wehlabathi.”
Ukubuyela eGalili
43Emva kweentsuku ezimbini wemka apho, waya eGalili. 44(Kaloku uYesu ngokwakhe wayengqinile ukuba umprofeti akahlonitshwa kwelakowabo.) 45Akufika eGalili, abantu baseGalili bamamkela, kuba babezibonile zonke izinto awazenzayo eYerusalem ngethuba lomthendeleko—kuba nabo babeye kuloo mthendeleko. 46Waphinda waya eKana yaseGalili, apho wayeguqule khona amanzi aba yiwayini. Kwakukho igosa lasebukhosini onyana walo wayegula eKapernahum. 47Akuva ukuba uYesu uvela kwelaseYuda efikile eGalili, waya kuye wamcenga ukuba ehle aye kuphilisa unyana wakhe, owayesele eza kufa.
48Ngoko uYesu wathi kuye: “Ukuba anithanga nibone imiqondiso nemimangaliso, anisayi kuze nikholwe.”
49Igosa lasebukhosini lathi kuye: “Mnumzana, yihla phambi kokuba afe umntwana wam.”
50UYesu wathi kuye: “Hamba; unyana wakho uya kuphila.” Le ndoda yalikholelwa ilizwi awalithethayo uYesu, yemka.
51Xa wayesehla, izicaka zakhe zamkhawulela, zamxelela ukuba unyana wakhe uyaphila. 52Wazibuza ke ilixa aqale ngalo ukuchacha, zathi: “Izolo ngelixa lesixhenxe umkhuhlane umshiyile.”
53Wazi ke uyise ukuba lelo lixa awathi ngalo uYesu kuye: “Unyana wakho uya kuphila.” Wakholwa yena nendlu yakhe yonke.
54Lo ke yayingowesibini umqondiso awawenzayo uYesu akubuya kwelaseYuda esiya eGalili.
