Indlela Edabula iSamariya
Ekhathele emthonjeni kaJakobe, uJesu ucela owesifazane womSamariya amanzi okuphuza, asho iqiniso ngamadoda akhe amahlanu, amnikeze amanzi aba ngumthombo ngaphakathi kwakhe. UBaba ufuna abakhulekeli ngomoya nangeqiniso. Lonke idolobha lakhe liyakholwa; umfana obesefa uyaphila.
4 1Ngakho kwathi lapho uJesu esazi ukuthi abaFarisi sebezwile ukuthi wenza abafundi abaningi futhi ababhapathiza kunoJohane 2(nakuba uJesu ngokwakhe ayengabhapathizi, kodwa kwakungabafundi bakhe ababhapathizayo), 3washiya iJudiya wabuyela eGalile. 4Kwakufanele adabule iSamariya. 5Ngakho wafika edolobhaneni laseSamariya elibizwa ngokuthi iSikhari, eduze nensimu uJakobe ayinika indodana yakhe uJosefa. 6Umthombo kaJakobe wawulapho. UJesu, ekhathele uhambo, wahlala phansi emthonjeni—cishe sekuyimini enkulu. a a v6 Uma kubalwa kusukela ekuphumeni kwelanga, ihora lesithupha licishe libe yimini enkulu.
7Kwafika owesifazane waseSamariya ezokukha amanzi. UJesu wathi kuye: “Nginike ngiphuze.”
8(Ngokuba abafundi bakhe babeye edolobheni ukuyothenga ukudla.).
9Owesifazane ongumSamariya wathi: “Wena ungumJuda; kungani ucela kimi, owesifazane ongumSamariya, ukuphuza?” (AmaJuda awahlangani namaSamariya.).
10UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: “Ukuba ubuwazi isipho sikaBaba wethu, nokuthi ubani lona othi kuwe, ‘Nginike ngiphuze,’ ubuyakucela kuye, abekunike amanzi aphilayo.”
11Owesifazane wathi kuye: “Mnumzane, awunalutho lokukha, nomthombo ujulile. Pho uwathatha ngaphi la manzi aphilayo? 12Wena umkhulu kunobaba wethu uJakobe, owasinika lo mthombo, waphuza kuwo yena ngokwakhe, kanye namadodana akhe nemfuyo yakhe?”
13UJesu wathi kuye: “Wonke umuntu ophuza la manzi uyophinde ome futhi, 14kodwa noma ngubani ophuza amanzi engimnika wona akasoze aphinde ome; lawo manzi ayoba kuye umthombo wamanzi ompompozela ekuphileni okuphakade.”
15Owesifazane wathi kuye: “Mnumzane, nginike la manzi, ukuze ngingomi futhi ngingabe ngisaza lapha ukukha amanzi.”
16UJesu wathi kuye: “Hamba, ubize umyeni wakho, ubuyele lapha.”
17Owesifazane waphendula wathi: “Anginamyeni.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Ukhulume kahle ukuthi awunamyeni.
18Ngokuba ube nabayeni abahlanu, nendoda onayo manje akusiyo umyeni wakho. Ukhulume iqiniso.”
19Owesifazane wathi kuye: “Mnumzane, ngiyabona ukuthi ungumprofethi. 20Obaba bethu bakhonza kule ntaba, kodwa nina nithi eJerusalema yilapho abantu okufanele bakhonze khona.”
21UJesu wathi kuye: “Mame, ngikholwe: kuza ihora lapho niyokhonza khona uBaba kungasekho kule ntaba noma eJerusalema. 22Nina nikhonza eningakwazi; thina sikhonza esikwaziyo—ngokuba insindiso ivela kumaJuda. 23Kodwa kuza isikhathi, futhi sesifikile, lapho abakhonzi beqiniso beyokhonza uBaba ngomoya nangeqiniso—ngokuba uBaba ufuna abakhonzi abanjalo. 24UBaba ungumoya, futhi labo abamkhonzayo kufanele bakhonze ngomoya nangeqiniso.” b b v24 Kuyo yonke le ndima uJesu ufundisa ngokukhonza uBaba; Lowo onesimo esingumoya nguye kanye uBaba ofuna abakhonzi beqiniso.
25Owesifazane wathi kuye: “Ngiyazi ukuthi uMesiya—lowo obizwa ngokuthi uKhristu—uyeza. Lapho efika, uyosichazela konke.”
26UJesu wathi kuye: “Nginguye mina—lowo okhuluma nawe.”
27Kanye nalokho abafundi bakhe babuya, bemangala ukuthi wayekhuluma nowesifazane. Kodwa akekho owathi: “Ufunani?” noma: “Ukhulumelani naye?” 28Ngakho owesifazane washiya imbiza yakhe yamanzi wabuyela edolobheni wathi ebantwini: 29“Wozani, nibone umuntu ongitshele konke engake ngakwenza. Kungaba nguye yini uKhristu lo?” 30Baphuma edolobheni beza kuye.
31Kusenjalo abafundi bamncenga, bathi: “Rabi, yidla.”
32Kodwa wathi kubo: “Nginokudla kokudla eningakwazi nhlobo.”
33Ngakho abafundi bakhulumisana bodwa, bathi: “Kukhona yini omlethele okokudla?”
34UJesu wathi kubo: “Ukudla kwami ngukwenza intando yalowo ongithumileyo nokuqeda umsebenzi wakhe. 35Anisho yini ukuthi, ‘Kusasele izinyanga ezine, bese kufika ukuvuna’? Bhekani, ngithi kini: phakamisani amehlo enu, nibone amasimu—asemhlophe elungele ukuvunwa. 36Umvuni usethola umholo kakade, eqoqa isithelo sokuphila okuphakade, ukuze umtshali nomvuni bajabule kanyekanye. 37Ngokuba lapha sigcwaliseka isisho esithi: ‘Omunye uyatshala omunye avune.’ 38Nganithuma ukuba nivune lokho eningakusebenzelanga. Abanye basebenza, nina senangena emsebenzini wabo.”
ISamariya Iyakholwa
39AmaSamariya amaningi kulelo dolobha akholwa kuye ngenxa yobufakazi bowesifazane obuthi: “Ungitshele konke engake ngakwenza.” 40Kwathi amaSamariya efika kuye, amcela ukuba ahlale nawo; wahlala izinsuku ezimbili. 41Baningi nabanye abakholwa ngenxa yezwi lakhe. 42Bathi kowesifazane: “Manje asisakholwa ngenxa yalokho okushilo—sesizizwele thina ngokwethu, futhi siyazi ukuthi lo muntu unguMsindisi wezwe ngempela.”
Ukubuyela eGalile
43Emva kwalezo zinsuku ezimbili wasuka lapho waya eGalile. 44(Ngokuba uJesu ngokwakhe wayefakazile ukuthi umprofethi akanadumo edolobheni lakubo.). 45Kwathi efika eGalile, abaseGalile bamamukela, ngoba babekubonile konke akwenza eJerusalema emkhosini—nabo babeye emkhosini. 46Wabuye waya eKhana laseGalile, lapho ayephendule khona amanzi aba yiwayini. Indodana yesikhulu senkosi yayigula eKapernawume. 47Esezwile ukuthi uJesu ufikile evela eJudiya eza eGalile, waya kuye wamncenga ukuba ehle ayophulukisa indodana yakhe, eyayisizofa.
48Ngakho uJesu wathi kuye: “Ngaphandle kokuba nina nibone izibonakaliso nezimangaliso, anisoze nakholwa.”
49Isikhulu senkosi sathi kuye: “Mnumzane, yehla ingane yami ingakafi.”
50UJesu wathi kuye: “Hamba; indodana yakho izophila.” Lowo muntu wakholwa izwi uJesu alisho kuye, wahamba.
51Esehla, izinceku zakhe zamhlangabeza zamtshela ukuthi indodana yakhe iyaphila. 52Ngakho wazibuza ihora eqale ngalo ukuba ngcono, zona zathi: “Izolo ngehora lesikhombisa, umkhuhlane wamyeka.”
53Ngakho uyise waqaphela ukuthi kwakuyilelo hora uJesu athi ngalo kuye: “Indodana yakho izophila.” Wakholwa yena nendlu yakhe yonke.
54Lesi manje kwakuyisibonakaliso sesibili uJesu asenza lapho esefikile evela eJudiya eza eGalile.
