UYohane 8 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

8 ¹Kodwa uYesu waya eNtabeni yeMinquma.

²Ekuseni kakhulu wabuyela etempileni; bonke abantu beza kuye, waza wahlala phantsi wabafundisa. ³Ababhali nabaFarisi bazisa umfazi obanjwe ekrexeza, bammisa phakathi. ⁴Bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, lo mfazi ubanjwe esakrexeza. ⁵Ke phofu emthethweni, uMoses wasiyalela ukuba sibagibisele ngamatye abafazi abanjalo. Ngoko wena uthini na?” ⁶Oku bakutshoyo babezama ukumvavanya, befuna isizathu sokummangalela. Kodwa uYesu wagoba wabhala emhlabeni ngomnwe wakhe.

⁷Bakuqhubeka bembuza, waphakama wathi kubo: “Lowo kuni ongenasono, makaqale ukumgibisela ngelitye.”

⁸Waphinda wagoba wabhala emhlabeni.

⁹Bakukuva oku, baphuma ngamnye ngamnye, beqala ngabadala, wade uYesu wasala yedwa nalo mfazi wayemi apho.

¹⁰UYesu waphakama wathi kuye: “Mfazi, baphi na? Akukho namnye na okugwebileyo?”

¹¹Wathi yena: “Akukho namnye, Nkosi.” Wathi uYesu: “Nam andikugwebi. Hamba, ukususela ngoku musa ukuphinda wone.”

Ndilukhanya Lwehlabathi

¹²UYesu waphinda wathetha kubo: “Ndilukhanya lwehlabathi. Lowo undilandelayo akasoze ahambe ebumnyameni, kodwa uya kuba nokukhanya kobomi.”

¹³Ngoko abaFarisi bathi kuye: “Uzingqinela ngokwakho; ubungqina bakho abuyonyaniso.”

¹⁴Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Nokuba ndizingqinela, ubungqina bam buyinyaniso, kuba ndiyazi apho ndivela khona nalapho ndiya khona; kodwa nina anazi apho ndivela khona nalapho ndiya khona. ¹⁵Nina nigweba ngokwenyama; mna andigwebi mntu. ¹⁶Nokuba ndiyagweba, umgwebo wam uyinyaniso, kuba andigwebi ndedwa, kodwa ndinoBawo owandithumayo. ¹⁷Emthethweni wenu kubhaliwe ukuba ubungqina babantu ababini buyinyaniso. ¹⁸Ndiyazingqinela, kwaye noBawo owandithumayo uyandingqinela.”

¹⁹Babuza bathi: “Uphi na uYihlo?” Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Anindazi mna, noBawo animazi. Ukuba beniyandazi, beniya kumazi noBawo.”

²⁰Wawathetha la mazwi efundisa etempileni, kwingxowa-mali; akubangakho namnye owambambayo—kuba ilixa lakhe lalingekafiki.

²¹Ngoko waphinda wathi kubo: “Ndiyemka. Niya kundifuna nife esonweni senu. Apho ndiya khona, aninako ukuza.”

Ovela Ezantsi, Ovela Entla

²²Ngoko amaYuda athi: “Ingaba uza kuzibulala, kuba esithi, ‘Aninako ukuza apho ndiya khona’?”

²³Wathi kubo: “Nina nivela ezantsi; mna ndivela entla. Nina ningabeli hlabathi; mna andingoweli hlabathi. ²⁴Ndinixelele ukuba niya kufa ezonweni zenu; ukuba anikholwa ukuba NDINGUYE, niya kufa ezonweni zenu.” ^a a v24 UYesu uzibanga igama likaThixo. Ithi “NDINGUYE” yindlela uBawo wethu awazichaza ngayo kuMoses etyholweni elivuthayo (Eksodus 3:14). Isihlwele sakuqonda oku kamva kwesi sahluko, saza sazama ukumgibisela ngamatye ngenxa yokunyelisa (ivesi 59).

²⁵Ngoko bathi kuye: “Phofu ungubani na wena?” Wathi uYesu kubo: “Kanye oko bendikuthetha kwasekuqaleni.

²⁶Ndinezinto ezininzi endinokuzithetha nokunigweba ngazo, kodwa Lowo wandithumayo unyanisile; endakuvayo kuye, ndikuxelela ihlabathi.”

²⁷Abazange baqonde ukuba wayethetha kubo ngoBawo.

²⁸Ngoko uYesu wathi kubo: “Xa niya kumphakamisa uNyana woLuntu, niya kwandula ukwazi ukuba NDINGUYE, nokuba andenzi nto ngokwam, kodwa ndithetha ezi zinto njengoko uBawo wandifundisayo. ²⁹Lowo wandithumayo unam; akandishiyanga ndedwa, kuba ndisoloko ndisenza oko kumkholisayo.”

Hlalani Elizwini Lam

³⁰Esathetha ezi zinto, abaninzi bakholwa kuye.

³¹Wandula ke uYesu wathi kumaYuda awayekholwa kuye: “Ukuba nihlala elizwini lam, ningabafundi bam ngenene, ³²niya kuyazi inyaniso, ize inyaniso inikhulule.”

³³Bamphendula bathi: “Thina siyinzala ka-Abraham, asizange sibe ngamakhoboka namnye. Ungatsho njani ukuba, ‘Niya kukhululeka’?”

³⁴Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo: “Inene, inene, ndithi kuni: wonke umntu owenza isono ulikhoboka lesono. ³⁵Ikhoboka alihlali endlwini ngonaphakade; unyana uhlala ngonaphakade. ³⁶Ngoko ke ukuba uNyana enikhulula, niya kukhululeka ngokwenene. ³⁷Ndiyazi ukuba niyinzala ka-Abraham; kodwa nifuna ukundibulala kuba ilizwi lam alinandawo kuni. ³⁸Mna ndithetha oko ndikubonileyo kuBawo, nani nenza oko nikuvileyo kuyihlo.”

³⁹Baphendula bathi: “Ubawo wethu ngu-Abraham.” Wathi uYesu: “Ukuba beningabantwana baka-Abraham, ngeniyenza imisebenzi awayenzayo u-Abraham, ⁴⁰kodwa ngoku nifuna ukundibulala—mna mntu onixelele inyaniso endayiva kuBawo. U-Abraham akazange akwenze oku. ⁴¹Nina nenza imisebenzi kayihlo.” Bathi kuye: “Thina asizalwanga ngobuhenyu. SinoBawo omnye—nguThixo ngokwakhe.”

⁴²Wathi uYesu kubo: “Ukuba uThixo ebenguBawo wenu, ngenindithanda, kuba ndivela kuThixo yaye ndilapha. Andizizelanga ngokwam—nguye owandithumayo. ⁴³Yini na ukuba ningayiqondi intetho yam? Kungenxa yokuba aninako ukuliva ilizwi lam. ⁴⁴Nina ningabakayihlo, uMtyholi, yaye nifuna ukwenza iminqweno yakhe. Yena wayengumbulali kwasekuqaleni, engemi enyanisweni, kuba kungekho nyaniso kuye. Xa ethetha ubuxoki, uthetha ngokohlobo lwakhe, kuba engumxoki noyise wobuxoki. ^b b v44 UYesu uyabhenca ngegama ubuxoki obusisiseko base-Eden. Inyoka eyaxelela uEva ukuba uBawo wethu wayemthintela okulungileyo—inyoka eyayimgatyile uBawo ngokwakhe—nguye umxoki wokuqala, uyise wabo bonke ubuxoki obuzoba uBawo wethu ngokungathi ukude. Abo bamgatyayo uNyana banaloo yise, hayi u-Abraham, hayi uThixo. ⁴⁵Kodwa kuba ndithetha inyaniso, anindikholelwa. ⁴⁶Ngubani na kuni ondityholayo ngesono? Ukuba ndithetha inyaniso, yini na ukuba ningandikholelwa? ⁴⁷Lowo ovela kuBawo wethu uyawaphulaphula amazwi akhe; nina anivi kuba ningaveli kuBawo wethu.”

⁴⁸Aphendula amaYuda athi: “Asinyanisi na xa sisithi ungumSamariya yaye unedemon?”

⁴⁹Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Mna andinayo idemon, kodwa ndihlonela uBawo, kanti nina niyandidelela. ⁵⁰Kodwa mna andifuni uzuko lwam; uBawo wethu uyalufuna, kwaye uyagweba. ⁵¹Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, ukuba umntu ulondoloza ilizwi lam, akasoze akubone ukufa.”

⁵²Athi kuye amaYuda: “Ngoku siyazi ukuba unedemon. U-Abraham wafa, kwanabaprofeti bafa, kodwa wena uthi, ‘Lowo ulondoloza ilizwi lam akasoze akuve ukufa.’ ⁵³Ingaba wena umkhulu kunobawo wethu u-Abraham, owafayo? Nabaprofeti bafa! Uzenza bani na wena?”

⁵⁴Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Ukuba ndizizukisa ngokwam, uzuko lwam alunto yanto. NguBawo ondizukisayo, lo nithi ngaye, ‘NguThixo wethu.’ ⁵⁵Animazi nina, kodwa mna ndiyamazi. Ukuba bendisithi andimazi, bendiya kuba ngumxoki njenganina. Kodwa ndiyamazi yaye ndiyalondoloza ilizwi lakhe. ⁵⁶Uyihlo u-Abraham wavuyiswa kukuba uya kuyibona imini yam. Wayibona waza wavuya.”

⁵⁷Ngoko amaYuda athi kuye: “Awukabi namashumi amahlanu eminyaka ubudala, kanti umbonile u-Abraham?”

⁵⁸Wathi uYesu kubo: “Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, phambi kokuba u-Abraham abekho, NDIKHO.” ^c c v58 Ithi “NDIKHO” ivakalisa igama likaThixo awalinika uMoses (Eksodus 3:14)—kukuzibanga ukuba unguThixo, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba baphakamise amatye.

⁵⁹Ngoko bacholela amatye ukuze bamgibisele, kodwa uYesu wazifihla waza waphuma etempileni.