UYohane 5 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

5 ¹Emva koku kwabakho umthendeleko wamaYuda, waza uYesu wenyuka waya eJerusalem. ²Ngasesangweni leeGusha eJerusalem kukho ichibi elinamavaranda amahlanu agqunyiweyo, elibizwa ngesiArameya ngokuba yiBhetesda. ^a a v2 IBhetesda ithetha ‘indlu yenceba’ — igama elifanelekileyo kwindawo apho uYesu waphilisa khona. ³Kuwo kwakulele isihlwele sabagulayo—iimfama, iziqhwala, nabafe umzimba. ^b b v3 Imibhalo-ngqangi yakudala ayinavesi yesi-4 apha; iikopi zamva zongeza oku: “Kuba isithunywa sezulu sasisihla ngamaxesha athile sehlele echibini, siwuzamazamise amanzi; othe wangena kuqala emva kokuzanyazanyiswa kwamanzi wayephiliswa nakweliphi na igulo awayenalo.” ⁵Kwakukho indoda ethile apho eyayigula iminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesibhozo.

⁶Akuyibona uYesu ilele apho, esazi ukuba sekulithuba elide ikho, wabuza wathi: “Uyafuna na ukuphiliswa?”

⁷Lowo ugulayo waphendula wathi: “Nkosi, andinamntu wokundifaka echibini xa amanzi ezanyazanyiswa—ngelixa ndisaya, kungene omnye kuqala.”

⁸Wathi kuye uYesu: “Vuka, uthabathe ukhukho lwakho, uhambe.”

⁹Ngoko nangoko yaphila loo ndoda, yathabatha ukhukho lwayo, yahamba. Ke loo mini yayiyiSabatha.

¹⁰Ngoko amaYuda athi kuloo ndoda iphilisiweyo: “YiSabatha namhlanje—awuvumelekanga ukuthwala ukhukho lwakho.”

¹¹Yabaphendula yathi: “Lowo undiphilisileyo uthe kum: ‘Thabatha ukhukho lwakho uhambe.’”

¹²Ayibuza athi: “Ngubani na loo mntu othe kuwe: ‘Luthabathe uhambe’?”

¹³Kodwa yona indoda ephilisiweyo yayingazi ukuba ngubani na, kuba uYesu wayeshwampuzile wangena esihlweleni esasilapho.

¹⁴Kamva uYesu wayifumana etempileni wathi: “Uphilile ngoku. Yeka ukona, hleze kwenzeke into embi ngakumbi kuwe.”

¹⁵Yemka loo ndoda yaya kuxelela amaYuda ukuba nguYesu owayiphilisileyo.

Bajika Bachasana Naye

¹⁶Ngenxa yoko amaYuda aqala ukumtshutshisa uYesu, kuba wayezenza ezi zinto ngeSabatha.

¹⁷Kodwa uYesu wawaphendula wathi: “UBawo usebenza kude kube ngoku, nam ndiyasebenza.”

¹⁸Ngoko amaYuda azabalaza ngakumbi ukumbulala: kaloku wayengayophulanga nje kuphela iSabatha, kodwa wambiza noBawo wethu ngokuba nguYise wakhe, ezenza alingane naye. ^c c v18 Iinkokeli zamaYuda zawava kakuhle amazwi kaYesu: xa wayesithi uBawo wethu nguYise wakhe, wayezibanga elingana noBawo wethu. Yonke intsalela yesi sahluko nguYesu ethethelela echaza elo bango.

¹⁹Ngoko uYesu wathi kubo: “Inene, inene, ndithi kuni: uNyana akanakwenza nto ngokwakhe, koko kuphela oko akubona uBawo ekwenza. Konke akwenzayo uBawo, noNyana ukwenza kwangokunjalo.

²⁰“Kuba uBawo uyamthanda uNyana, aze ambonise konke akwenzayo; uya kumbonisa imisebenzi emikhulu kunale, ukuze nimangaliswe. ²¹Kuba njengokuba uBawo evusa abafileyo ebanika ubomi, ngokunjalo noNyana ubanika ubomi abo abathandayo. ²²Kuba uBawo akagwebi mntu, koko unikele lonke ugwebo kuNyana, ²³ukuze bonke bamhloniphe uNyana njengokuba bemhlonipha uBawo; lowo ungamhloniphiyo uNyana akamhloniphi uBawo owamthumayo.

²⁴Inene, inene, ndithi kuni: lowo ulivayo ilizwi lam akholwe kulowo wandithumayo unobomi obungenasiphelo, akayi kungena egwebeni—usuke wagqitha ekufeni waya ebomini. ²⁵Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, liyeza ilixa, yaye selifikile ngoku, lokuba abafileyo balive ilizwi loNyana kaBawo wethu, baze abo baliveyo baphile. ²⁶Kuba njengokuba uBawo enobomi ngokwakhe, wamnika uNyana ukuba naye abe nobomi ngokwakhe. ²⁷Yaye umnikile igunya lokuphumeza ugwebo, ngokuba enguNyana woLuntu. ²⁸Musani ukumangaliswa yile nto—liyeza ilixa lokuba bonke abasemangcwabeni balive ilizwi lakhe, ²⁹baze baphume—abo benza okulungileyo, baye kuvuko lobomi; abo benza okubi, baye kuvuko lokugwetywa. ³⁰Ngokwam andinakwenza nto. Ndigweba njengoko ndisiva; ugwebo lwam lulungile, kuba andifuni kuthanda kwam, koko ndifuna ukuthanda kwalowo wandithumayo.

Amangqina oNyana

³¹“Ukuba ndizingqinela ngokwam, ubungqina bam abuyonyani. ³²Ukho omnye ondingqinelayo, yaye ndiyazi ukuba ubungqina bakhe ngam buyinyani. ³³Nina nathumela abathunywa kuYohane, waza wayingqinela inyaniso. ³⁴Kungekhona ukuba ndiyabamkela ubungqina bomntu, kodwa ndizitsho ezi zinto ukuze nisindiswe. ³⁵UYohane wayesisibane esivuthayo nesikhanyayo, naza nona navuma ukugcoba okwethutyana ekukhanyeni kwakhe. ³⁶Kodwa mna ndinobungqina obungaphezu kobukaYohane: imisebenzi andinike yona uBawo ukuba ndiyigqibezele—le misebenzi kanye ndiyenzayo—ingqina ukuba uBawo undithumile. ³⁷NoBawo owandithumayo uzingqinele ngokwakhe ngam. Anizange nilive ilizwi lakhe nokubona isimo sakhe, ³⁸yaye anilinalo ilizwi lakhe lihleli kuni, kuba ningakholwa kulowo amthumileyo.

³⁹Niyazigocagoca iziBhalo, nicinga ukuba zinobomi obungenasiphelo—kanti zona ngokwazo zingqina ngam, ⁴⁰ukanti nina niyala ukuza kum ukuze nibe nobomi. ⁴¹Andilwamkeli uzuko oluvela ebantwini, ⁴²kodwa ndiyanazi—ukuba aninalo uthando lukaBawo wethu ngaphakathi kuni. ⁴³Mna ndize egameni likaBawo, kodwa anindamkeli; ukuba kuza omnye egameni lakhe siqu, niya kumamkela. ⁴⁴Ningakholwa njani na, nina namkela uzuko komnye nomnye, ningalufuni uzuko oluvela kuThixo yedwa?

⁴⁵Musani ukucinga ukuba ndiya kunimangalela kuBawo. UMoses enithembele kuye, nguye onimangalelayo. ⁴⁶Kuba ukuba benikholwa nguMoses, ngenikholwa nam, kuba yena wabhala ngam. ⁴⁷Kodwa ukuba anikholwa yimibhalo yakhe, niya kuwakholwa njani na amazwi am?”