NgokukaJohane 20

20 ¹Ekuseni kakhulu ngosuku lokuqala lwesonto, kusemnyama, uMariya Magdalena wafika ethuneni wabona itshe lisusiwe kulo. ²Ngakho wagijima weza kuSimoni Phetro nakomunye umfundi, lowo uJesu ayemthanda, wabatshela wathi: “Bayithathile iNkosi ethuneni, futhi asazi lapho beyibeke khona.”

³Ngakho uPhetro nomunye umfundi baphuma baya ethuneni. ⁴Bagijima bobabili, kodwa omunye umfundi wagijima ngokushesha kunoPhetro, wafika ethuneni kuqala. ⁵Wakhothama, wabona izindwangu zelineni zilele khona, kodwa akangenanga. ⁶USimoni Phetro, emlandela, wafika wangena ethuneni, wabona izindwangu zelineni zilele khona, ⁷nendwangu eyayisekhanda lakhe, ingalele nezindwangu zelineni kodwa isongwe yodwa, ibekwe endaweni eyodwa. ⁸Umfundi omunye, owayefike kuqala ethuneni, wabe esengena naye; wabona wakholwa. ⁹Ngokuba babengakaqondi umBhalo othi kumele avuke kwabafileyo.

¹⁰Ngakho abafundi babuyela emizini yabo. ¹¹Kodwa uMariya wema ngaphandle kwethuna, ekhala. Esakhala, wakhothama walunguza ethuneni.

UBaba Wami NoBaba Wenu

¹²Wabona izingelosi ezimbili zembethe okumhlophe, zihlezi lapho kwakulele khona isidumbu sikaJesu, enye ngasekhanda, enye ngasezinyaweni. ¹³Zambuza zathi: “Mame, ukhalelani na?” Waphendula wathi: “Bayithathile iNkosi yami, futhi angazi lapho beyibeke khona.”

¹⁴Eshilo lokhu, waphenduka wabona uJesu emi lapho, engazi ukuthi nguJesu.

¹⁵UJesu wathi kuye: “Mame, ukhalelani na? Ufuna bani na?” Ecabanga ukuthi ungumlimi wengadi, wathi: “Nkosi, uma umsusile, ngitshele lapho umbeke khona, ngizomthatha.”

¹⁶UJesu wathi kuye: “Mariya.” Waphenduka wathi kuye ngesi-Aramu: “Raboni!” (okungukuthi Mfundisi).

¹⁷UJesu wathi kuye: “Ungabambeleli kimi, ngokuba angikenyukeli kuBaba. Kodwa yiya kubafowethu uthi kubo, ‘Ngenyukela kuBaba wami nakuBaba wenu.’” ^a a v17 UJesu usho ngokucophelela ukuthi “uBaba wami noBaba wenu” — hhayi nje “uBaba wethu” — ngokuba ubuNdodana bakhe bungunaphakade, kanti obethu buyisipho sokubuyiswa asivulela sona ngokuvuka kwakhe kwabafileyo.

¹⁸UMariya Magdalena wahamba watshela abafundi wathi: “Ngiyibonile iNkosi,” nokuthi ubekhulume lezi zinto kuye.

Ukuthula Makube Nani

¹⁹Ngalobo busuku, ngosuku lokuqala lwesonto, iminyango ikhiyiwe lapho kwakukhona abafundi, ngokwesaba abaholi bamaJuda, uJesu wafika wema phakathi kwabo wathi: “Ukuthula makube nani.”

²⁰Eseshilo lokhu, wababonisa izandla zakhe nohlangothi lwakhe. Abafundi bajabula bebona iNkosi.

²¹UJesu waphinda wathi kubo: “Ukuthula makube nani. Njengoba uBaba engithumile, nami nginithuma kanjalo.” ²²Eseshilo lokhu, wabaphefumulela wathi kubo: “Yamukelani uMoya oNgcwele. ²³Uma nithethelela izono zanoma ubani, zithethelelwe; uma nigodla intethelelo kunoma ubani, igodliwe.”

UThomase Wayengekho Nabo

²⁴UThomase, omunye kwabayishumi nambili, obizwa ngokuthi uWele, wayengekho nabo mhla kufika uJesu. ²⁵Abanye abafundi babelokhu bemtshela bethi: “Siyibonile iNkosi!” Kodwa wathi kubo: “Uma ngingaboni izimpawu zezipikili ezandleni zakhe, ngibeke umunwe wami endaweni yezipikili, ngifake nesandla sami ohlangothini lwakhe, angisoze ngakholwa.”

²⁶Emva kwezinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili, abafundi bakhe babesendlini futhi, uThomase enabo. Nakuba iminyango yayikhiyiwe, uJesu wafika wema phakathi kwabo wathi: “Ukuthula makube nani.” ²⁷Wayesethi kuThomase: “Faka umunwe wakho lapha, ubone izandla zami. Yelula isandla sakho, usifake ohlangothini lwami. Yeka ukungabaza—kholwa.”

²⁸UThomase waphendula wathi kuye: “Nkosi yami noBaba wami!”

²⁹UJesu wathi kuye: “Ukholiwe ngoba ungibonile na? Babusisiwe labo abangabonanga, kodwa bakholwa.”

Kungani Lokhu Kwabhalwa

³⁰UJesu wenza nezinye izibonakaliso eziningi phambi kwabafundi bakhe, ezingabhalwanga kule ncwadi. ³¹Kodwa lezi zibhaliwe ukuze nikholwe ukuthi uJesu unguKhristu, iNdodana kaBaba wethu, nokuthi ngokukholwa nibe nokuphila egameni lakhe.