Ngaselwandle lwaseTiberiya
Sebebuyele ekudobeni bengabambi lutho, bakhipha izinhlanzi eziyikhulu namashumi amahlanu nantathu ngezwi lomfokazi, bese bethola ukudla kwasekuseni sekuvele kuphekwa. Eduze komunye umlilo wamalahle uJesu ubuza uPhethro kathathu ukuthi uyamthanda yini, umnika izimvu ukuba azeluse, futhi umtshela ngokucacile: ngilandele.
21 1Emva kwalokho uJesu waphinda wazibonakalisa kubafundi ngaselwandle lwaseTiberiya; wazibonakalisa kanje. 2KwakukhonauSimon uPhethro, noThomase othiwa nguWele, noNathanayeli waseKhana laseGalile, namadodana kaZebediya, nabanye abafundi ababili, bendawonye. 3USimon uPhethro wathi kubo: “Ngiyadoba.” Bathi kuye: “Nathi sihamba nawe.” Baphuma bangena esikebheni, kodwa ngalobo busuku ababambanga lutho.
4Sekusa uJesu wema ogwini, kodwa abafundi abazange bazi ukuthi kwakunguJesu.
5UJesu wathi kubo: “Bantwana, ninazo yini izinhlanzi?” Bamphendula bathi: “Cha.”
6Wathi kubo: “Phonsani inetha ngakwesokudla sesikebhe, nizozithola izinhlanzi.” Baliphonsa, abaphinde bakwazi ukulidonsa ngenxa yobuningi bezinhlanzi.
7Lowo mfundi uJesu amthandayo wathi kuPhethro: “YiNkosi!” Ethe uSimon uPhethro ezwa ukuthi yiNkosi, wagqoka ingubo yakhe, ngokuba wayeyikhumulile ngenxa yomsebenzi, waziphonsa elwandle. 8Abanye abafundi beza ngesikebhe, bedonsa inetha eligcwele izinhlanzi, ngokuba babengekho kude nogwi, kwakungaba ngamamitha ayikhulu nje. 9Kuthe bafika ogwini, babona umlilo wamalahle, kukhona izinhlanzi phezu kwawo, nesinkwa.
10UJesu wathi kubo: “Letha ezinye zezinhlanzi enizibambe khona manje.”
11USimon uPhethro wakhwela, walidonsela ogwini inetha, ligcwele izinhlanzi ezinkulu ezingama-153; naphezu kobuningi bazo, inetha alidabukanga.
12UJesu wathi kubo: “Wozani nidle ukudla kwasekuseni.” Akekho kubafundi owaba nesibindi sokumbuza ukuthi: “Ungubani wena?” ngokuba babazi ukuthi yiNkosi.
13UJesu weza, wathabatha isinkwa, wabanika, kanjalo nezinhlanzi. 14Lokhu kwase kungokwesithathu uJesu ezibonakalisa kubafundi, selokhu avuswa kwabafileyo.
15Sebedlile ukudla kwasekuseni, uJesu wabuza uSimon uPhethro wathi: “Simon, ndodana kaJohane, uyangithanda yini ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, ukwedlula laba?” Waphendula: “Yebo, Nkosi, uyazi ukuthi ngikuthanda njengomngane.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Yondla amawundlu ami.”
16Okwesibili uJesu wabuza: “Simon, ndodana kaJohane, uyangithanda yini ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho?” Waphendula: “Yebo, Nkosi, uyazi ukuthi ngikuthanda njengomngane.” UJesu wathi: “Alusa izimvu zami.”
17Okwesithathu uJesu wathi kuye: “Simon, ndodana kaJohane, uyangithanda yini njengomngane?” UPhethro wezwa ubuhlungu ngokuba uJesu wambuza okwesithathu ukuthi: “Uyangithanda yini njengomngane?” wathi: “Nkosi, wazi konke; uyazi ukuthi ngikuthanda njengomngane.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Yondla izimvu zami.”
18“Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe: ngesikhathi usemusha, wawuzembathisa uye lapho uthanda khona; kodwa uma usumdala, uyakwelula izandla zakho, omunye akwembathise, akuyise lapho ungathandi ukuya khona.” 19UJesu washo lokhu ukuze abonise ukuthi uPhethro wayezokhazimulisa uBaba wethu ngokufa okunjani. Wayesethi kuye: “Ngilandele.”
20UPhethro waphenduka, wabona lowo mfundi uJesu amthandayo elandela, yena lowo owayencike kuJesu ngesikhathi sokudla, wabuza: “Nkosi, ngubani ozakukhaphela?” 21Ethe uPhethro embona, wathi kuJesu: “Nkosi, kuthiwani ngalo muntu?”
22UJesu wathi kuye: “Uma ngithanda ukuba ahlale aze ngifike, lokho kukuthinta ngani wena? Wena ngilandele.” 23Ngakho leli zwi lanwela phakathi kwabazalwane ukuthi lo mfundi wayengeke afe. Kanti uJesu akashongo kuye ukuthi wayengeke afe, kodwa wathi: “Uma ngithanda ukuba ahlale aze ngifike, lokho kukuthinta ngani?”
24Nguye lo mfundi ofakazela lezi zinto nowazibhalayo; siyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bakhe buyiqiniso. 25Kukhona nezinye izinto eziningi uJesu azenzayo. Uma zonke bezingabhalwa phansi ngayinye, angicabangi ukuthi izwe uqobo belingayithwala imiqulu ebingabhalwa. a a v25 Yisifengqi senhloso sokubonisa ubukhulu balokho uJesu akwenzayo, hhayi isilinganiso sangempela.
