NgokukaJohane 14

14 ¹“Izinhliziyo zenu mazingakhathazeki. Kholwani kuBaba wethu; kholwani nakimi. ²Endlini kaBaba wami kunamakamelo amaningi. Ukuba bekungenjalo, ngabe nginitshelile yini ukuthi ngiyohamba ngiyonilungisela indawo? ³Uma ngihamba ngiyonilungisela indawo, ngizobuya ngizonithatha nize kimi, ukuze lapho ngikhona nani nibe khona. ⁴Futhi niyayazi indlela eya lapho ngiya khona.”

⁵UThomase wathi kuye: “Nkosi, asazi lapho uya khona—singayazi kanjani indlela?”

⁶UJesu wathi kuye: “Mina ngiyindlela, neqiniso, nokuphila. Akekho oza kuBaba ngaphandle kwami. ⁷Ukuba beningazi, ngabe senimazi noBaba wami. Kusukela manje, niyamazi futhi senimbonile.”

⁸UFiliphu wathi kuye: “Nkosi, sibonise uBaba, lokho kuzakwanela kithi.”

⁹UJesu wathi: “Filiphu, sekuyisikhathi eside kangaka nginani, awukangazi na? Lowo ongibonile uBaba umbonile. Ungasho kanjani ukuthi, ‘Sibonise uBaba’? ¹⁰Awukholwa yini ukuthi ngikuBaba, noBaba ukimi? Amazwi engiwakhuluma kini akusiwo awami—uBaba ohlala kimi wenza imisebenzi yakhe. ¹¹Ngikholweni: ngikuBaba, noBaba ukimi—kungenjalo kholwani ngenxa yemisebenzi ngokwayo. ¹²Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini, lowo okholwa kimi uyoyenza imisebenzi engiyenzayo, ayenze nemikhulu kunayo, ngokuba ngiya kuBaba. ¹³Noma yini eniyicelayo egameni lami, ngizoyenza, ukuze uBaba akhazimuliswe eNdodaneni. ¹⁴Uma ningicela utho egameni lami, ngizolwenza.

Uma Ningithanda

¹⁵“Uma ningithanda, niyakuyigcina imiyalo yami. ¹⁶Ngizakucela kuBaba, yena uzakuninika omunye uMsizi, uMoya oNgcwele, ukuba abe nani kuze kube phakade, ^a a v16 UJesu umbiza lo Msizi ngokuthi uMoya oNgcwele evesini 26 — iFHB ihambisa phambili leli gama ukuze abafundi bahlangane noMoya ngegama kusukela esithembisweni sokuqala. ¹⁷uMoya weqiniso, izwe elingeke limamukele, ngokuba alimboni futhi alimazi. Kodwa nina niyamazi, ngokuba uhlala nani futhi uyakuba kini. ¹⁸Angiyikunishiya niyizintandane; ngizakuza kini. ^b b v18 UJesu weza ukuzolanda izintandane azilethe ekhaya — leli vesi lisho inhliziyo yesizathu sokuza kwakhe. ¹⁹Kungakabi kude izwe aliyikuphinde lingibone, kodwa nina niyakungibona. Ngokuba mina ngiyaphila, nani niyakuphila. ²⁰Ngalolo suku niyakwazi ukuthi: mina ngikuBaba wami, nina nikimi, nami ngikini. ²¹Lowo onemiyalo yami ayigcine nguye ongithandayo, noBaba wami uyakumthanda lowo ongithandayo. Nami ngiyakumthanda, ngizibonakalise kuye.”

²²UJuda, ongesiye u-Iskariyothe, wabuza wathi: “Nkosi, kungani uzakuzibonakalisa kithi, ungazibonakalisi ezweni?”

²³UJesu waphendula wathi: “Umuntu ongithandayo uyakuligcina izwi lami, noBaba wami uyakumthanda lowo muntu, thina sizakuza kuye senze ikhaya lethu kuye. ^c c v23 UBaba olungisa amakamelo endlini yakhe ngenxa yethu evesini 2 wenza ikhaya lakhe kulabo abathanda uJesu — zombili izindlela zobudlelwano obuseduze esahlukweni esisodwa. ²⁴Ongangithandiyo akawagcini amazwi ami. Izwi enilizwayo akusilo elami kodwa ngelikaBaba ongithumileyo.

²⁵Ngizikhulumile lezi zinto kini ngisesenani. ²⁶Kodwa uMsizi, uMoya oNgcwele, uBaba azakumthuma egameni lami, uyakunifundisa konke, anikhumbuze konke engakusho kini.

²⁷Ukuthula ngikushiya kini; ukuthula kwami ngikunika nina. Angikuniki njengokunika kwezwe. Izinhliziyo zenu mazingakhathazeki, zingesabi. ²⁸Nizwile ngithi kini, ‘Ngiyahamba, futhi ngibuyela kini.’ Ukuba beningithanda, ngabe nithokozile, ngokuba ngiya kuBaba, ngokuba uBaba mkhulu kunami. ^d d v28 UJesu ukhuluma lapha ngendawo yakhe ekuthumeni kukaBaba — iNdodana ezithoba emsebenzini kaBaba — hhayi ngemvelo encane. UBaba neNdodana bamunye (10:30); iNdodana iyamhlonipha uBaba oyithumileyo. ²⁹Manje senginitshelile kungakenzeki, ukuze lapho kwenzeka nikholwe. ³⁰Angisayikukhuluma nani kakhulu—umbusi waleli zwe uyeza. Akanalutho kimi, ³¹kodwa ngenza khona kanye njengoba uBaba engiyalile, ukuze izwe lazi ukuthi ngiyamthanda uBaba. Vukani, asisuke lapha.”