NgokukaJohane 5

5 ¹Emva kwalokho kwaba khona umkhosi wamaJuda, uJesu wenyukela eJerusalema. ²Eduze kweSango LeziMvu eJerusalema kukhona ichibi elinamavulandi amahlanu asibekelwe, elibizwa ngokuthi iBhethesda ngesi-Aramu. ^a a v2 IBhethesda lisho ‘indlu yobubele’ — igama elifanele indawo lapho uJesu aphilisa khona. ³Kuwo kwakulele isixuku sabagulayo—izimpumputhe, izinyonga, nabakhubazekile. ^b b v3 Imibhalo yakudala kunayo yonke ayinalo ivesi 4 lapha; amakhophi akamuva anezela: “Ngokuba ingelosi yayehla ngezikhathi ezithile iye echibini iwuvuse amanzi; noma ngubani owayengena kuqala emva kokuvuseleka kwamanzi wayephiliswa kunoma yisiphi isifo ayenaso.” ⁵Kwakukhona lapho umuntu owayegula iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nesishiyagalombili.

⁶UJesu embona elele khona futhi azi ukuthi wayesekhona isikhathi eside, wabuza wathi: “Uyafuna yini ukuphiliswa?”

⁷Umuntu ogulayo wamphendula wathi: “Nkosi, anginamuntu wokungifaka echibini lapho amanzi evuseleka—kuthi ngisahamba, omunye angene kuqala.”

⁸UJesu wathi kuye: “Vuka, uthathe ucansi lwakho, uhambe.”

⁹Masinyane lowo muntu waphila, waluthatha ucansi lwakhe, wahamba. Lolo suku kwakuyiSabatha.

¹⁰Ngakho amaJuda athi kulowo muntu ophilisiwe: “KuyiSabatha—awuvunyelwe ukuthwala ucansi lwakho.”

¹¹Wabaphendula wathi: “Umuntu ongiphilisile uthe kimi, ‘Thatha ucansi lwakho uhambe.’”

¹²Bambuza bathi: “Ngubani lowo muntu othe kuwe, ‘Luthathe uhambe’?”

¹³Kodwa umuntu ophilisiwe wayengazi ukuthi wayengubani, ngokuba uJesu wayenyelele waya esixukwini esasilapho.

¹⁴Kamuva uJesu wamfica ethempelini wathi: “Usuphilisiwe manje. Yeka ukona, funa kwehle kuwe okubi kunalokhu.”

¹⁵Umuntu wahamba watshela amaJuda ukuthi nguJesu owayemphilisile.

Bamphendukela

¹⁶Ngakho-ke amaJuda aqala ukuhlupha uJesu, ngoba wayenza lezi zinto ngeSabatha.

¹⁷Kodwa uJesu wabaphendula wathi: “uBaba usebenza kuze kube manje, nami ngiyasebenza.”

¹⁸Ngakho amaJuda afuna nakakhulu ukumbulala: akagcinanga ngokwephula iSabatha kuphela, kodwa wabiza uBaba wethu ngokuthi nguYise, ezenza olingana naye. ^c c v18 Abaholi bamaJuda bawezwa kahle amazwi kaJesu: lapho ethi uBaba wethu nguYise, wayethi ulingana noBaba wethu. Okusele kwalesi sahluko nguJesu evikela echaza lokho akusho.

¹⁹Ngakho uJesu wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: iNdodana ayikwazi ukwenza lutho ngokwayo, kodwa kuphela lokho eyibona uBaba ekwenza. Noma yini ayenzayo uBaba, iNdodana iyenza ngokunjalo.

²⁰“Ngokuba uBaba uyayithanda iNdodana, ayibonise konke akwenzayo; uyakuyibonisa imisebenzi emikhulu kunale, ukuze nimangale. ²¹Ngokuba njengoba uBaba evusa abafileyo ebapha ukuphila, kanjalo neNdodana iphana ukuphila kunoma ngubani eyamthandayo. ²²Ngokuba uBaba akahluleli muntu, kodwa unikele konke ukwahlulela eNdodaneni, ²³ukuze bonke bayihloniphe iNdodana njengoba behlonipha uBaba; ongayihloniphi iNdodana akamhloniphi uBaba oyithumileyo.

²⁴Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: ozwa izwi lami akholwe nguye ongithumileyo unokuphila okuphakade, ngeke eze ekwahlulelweni—usedlulile ekufeni waya ekuphileni. ²⁵Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini, kuyeza isikhathi, futhi sesifikile, lapho abafileyo beyakuzwa izwi leNdodana kaBaba wethu, nalabo abakuzwayo bayakuphila. ²⁶Ngokuba njengoba uBaba enokuphila kuye ngokwakhe, kanjalo uyinikile iNdodana ukuba nayo ibe nokuphila kuyo ngokwayo. ²⁷Futhi uyinikile igunya lokwahlulela, ngoba iyiNdodana yomuntu. ²⁸Ningamangali ngalokhu—kuyeza isikhathi lapho bonke abasemathuneni beyakuzwa izwi layo, ²⁹baphume—labo abenza okuhle, ekuvukeni kokuphila; labo abenza okubi, ekuvukeni kokwahlulelwa. ³⁰Anginakwenza lutho ngokwami. Ngiyahlulela njengoba ngizwa; ukwahlulela kwami kulungile, ngoba angifuni intando yami kodwa intando yalowo ongithumileyo.

Ofakazi beNdodana

³¹“Uma ngizifakazela mina ngokwami, ubufakazi bami abulona iqiniso. ³²Ukhona omunye ongifakazelayo, futhi ngiyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bakhe ngami buyiqiniso. ³³Nina nathuma izithunywa kuJohane, naye wafakazela iqiniso. ³⁴Akukhona ukuthi ngemukela ubufakazi obuvela kubantu, kodwa ngisho lezi zinto ukuze nisindiswe. ³⁵UJohane wayeyisibani esivuthayo nesikhanyayo, nina nathanda ukujabula isikhashana ekukhanyeni kwakhe. ³⁶Kodwa mina nginobufakazi obukhulu kunobukaJohane: imisebenzi uBaba anginika yona ukuba ngiyiqede—leyo misebenzi engiyenzayo—ifakazela ukuthi uBaba ungithumile. ³⁷NoBaba ongithumileyo yena uqobo ufakazile ngami. Anikaze nizwe izwi lakhe nanini, noma nibone isimo sakhe, ³⁸nezwi lakhe aninalo elihlala kini, ngoba anikholwa nguye amthumileyo.

³⁹Niyayihlola imiBhalo, nicabanga ukuthi kuyo ninokuphila okuphakade—kanti yona ngokwayo iyafakazela ngami, ⁴⁰kodwa niyenqaba ukuza kimi ukuze nibe nokuphila. ⁴¹Angemukeli udumo oluvela ebantwini, ⁴²kodwa ngiyanazi—ukuthi aninalo uthando lukaBaba wethu ngaphakathi kini. ⁴³Ngize egameni likaBaba, kodwa aningemukeli; uma omunye eza egameni lakhe siqu, niyakumemukela yena. ⁴⁴Ningakholwa kanjani, nina enemukela udumo komunye nomunye ningalufuni udumo oluvela kuNkulunkulu oyedwa?

⁴⁵Ningacabangi ukuthi ngiyakunimangalela kuBaba. UMose, enibeke ithemba lenu kuye, nguye onimangalelayo. ⁴⁶Ngokuba uma benikholwa nguMose, beniyakukholwa nayimi, ngoba wabhala ngami. ⁴⁷Kodwa uma ningakholwa yimibhalo yakhe, niyakukholwa kanjani ngamazwi ami?”