Isikhathi Sakhe Asikakafiki
EMkhosini wamaDokodo uJesu ufundisa obala, ethi imfundiso ngekaBaba wakhe, hhayi eyakhe, kanti abaholi bafuna indlela yokumbulala nesixuku siphikisana ngokuthi uvelaphi. Ubiza abomileyo ukuba baphuze. Onogada babuya bengaphethe lutho.
7 1Emva kwalokhu, uJesu wazulazula eGalile, engafuni ukuya eJudiya ngoba abaholi bamaJuda khona babefuna ithuba lokumbulala. 2Kodwa uMkhosi wamaDokodo wamaJuda wawusondele. a a v2 UMkhosi wamaDokodo wawuwumkhosi wasekwindla owawuhlala isonto lonke, lapho u-Israyeli ayehlala emadokodeni esikhashana, ekhumbula iminyaka yasehlane. 3Abafowabo bathi kuye: “Suka lapha uye eJudiya, ukuze nabafundi bakho babone imisebenzi oyenzayo. 4Akekho ofuna ukwaziwa obala ofihla lokho akwenzayo. Uma wenza lezi zinto, zibonakalise ezweni.” 5Ngokuba ngisho nabafowabo babengakholwa kuye.
6UJesu wathi kubo: “Isikhathi sami asikakafiki, kodwa kini noma yisiphi isikhathi silungile.
7“Izwe alinakunizonda nina, kodwa liyangizonda mina, ngokuba ngifakazela ukuthi imisebenzi yalo mibi. 8Nina khuphukelani emkhosini; mina angikhuphukeli kulo mkhosi, ngokuba isikhathi sami asikakafiki ngokugcwele.”
9Esekushilo lokhu, wasala eGalile. 10Emva kokuba abafowabo sebekhuphukele emkhosini, naye wakhuphuka—kungabobala, kodwa ngasese.
11Ngakho abaholi bamaJuda babemfuna emkhosini bebuza bethi: “Uphi yena?” 12Kwaba khona ukukhonona okuningi ngaye phakathi kwezixuku: abanye bathi: “Muhle,” abanye bathi: “Cha, udukisa isixuku.” 13Nokho akekho owakhuluma ngaye obala, ngokwesaba abaholi bamaJuda. 14Sekuphakathi komkhosi, uJesu wakhuphukela ethempelini waqala ukufundisa.
15Abaholi bamaJuda bamangala bathi: “Lo muntu uyazi kanjani kangaka engafundanga na?”
16UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Imfundiso yami akusiyo eyami—ivela kongithumileyo. 17Lowo ofuna ukwenza intando kaBaba wethu uyakwazi ukuthi imfundiso yami ivela kuBaba yini noma ngikhuluma ngokwami. 18Okhuluma ngokwakhe ufuna udumo lwakhe, kodwa ofuna udumo lwalowo omthumileyo uqinisile, akukho manga kuye. 19UMose akaninikanga umthetho na? Kanti akekho noyedwa kini owugcinayo umthetho. Nizamelani ukungibulala na?”
20Isixuku saphendula sathi: “Unedemoni! Ngubani ozama ukukubulala na?”
21UJesu waphendula wathi: “Ngenze umsebenzi owodwa, nonke nimangele.
22“UMose waninika ukusoka—hhayi ukuthi kuvela kuMose, kodwa kobokhokho—futhi niyamsoka umuntu ngeSabatha. 23Uma umuntu esokwa ngeSabatha ukuze umthetho kaMose ungephulwa, nithukuthelelani kimi ngokwenza umuntu aphile ngokupheleleyo ngeSabatha na? 24Yekani ukwahlulela ngokubukeka, kodwa yahlulelani ngokwahlulela okulungileyo.”
Uvelaphi?
25Khona abanye abaseJerusalema bathi: “Akusiye lo muntu abafuna ukumbulala na? 26Kanti ukhuluma obala, abasho lutho kuye. Kungenzeka yini ukuba ababusi bazi ngempela ukuthi lo nguKhristu? 27Kodwa thina siyakwazi lapho lo muntu avela khona. Lapho uKhristu efika, akekho oyokwazi lapho avela khona.”
28Khona uJesu, efundisa ethempelini, wamemeza wathi: “Niyangazi, niyazi nalapho ngivela khona. Kanti angizange ngize ngokwami—ongithumileyo uqinisile, nina animazi. 29Mina ngiyamazi, ngokuba ngivela kuye, futhi nguye ongithumileyo.”
30Ngakho bazama ukumbamba, kodwa akekho owambamba, ngokuba ihora lakhe lalingakafiki. 31Kodwa abaningi esixukwini bakholwa kuye, bebuza bethi: “Lapho uKhristu efika, uyokwenza izibonakaliso ezingaphezu kwalezi lo muntu azenzileyo na?” 32AbaFarisi bezwa isixuku sikhonona lezi zinto ngaye, ngakho abapristi abakhulu nabaFarisi bathuma abalindi bethempeli ukuba bambambe.
33UJesu wathi: “Ngiselokhu nginani isikhashana nje, bese ngiya kulowo ongithumileyo. 34Niyongifuna ningangitholi; aninakuza lapho ngikhona.”
35Ngakho abaholi bamaJuda babuzana bathi: “Uhlosa ukuyaphi lapho singayikumthola khona? Uhlosa ukuya kubantu bakithi abahlakazekileyo phakathi kwamaGreki afundise amaGreki na? 36Usho ukuthini uma ethi: ‘Niyongifuna, kodwa ningangitholi,’ nokuthi ‘Lapho ngikhona, aninakuza’?”
37Ngosuku lokugcina, olukhulu lomkhosi, uJesu wema wamemeza wathi: “Uma umuntu omile, makeze kimi aphuze. 38Okholwa kimi, njengokuba umBhalo washo, kuyogeleza imifula yamanzi aphilayo iphuma enhliziyweni yakhe.”
39Washo lokhu ngoMoya oNgcwele, ababeyakuwamukela labo abakholwa kuye; uMoya wawungakanikezwa, ngokuba uJesu wayengakakhazimuliswa.
40Lapho bezwa la mazwi, abanye besixuku bathi: “Lo nguMprofethi ngempela.” 41Abanye bathi: “Lo nguKhristu.” Kodwa abanye babuza bathi: “UKhristu angavela kanjani eGalile? 42UmBhalo awushongo yini ukuthi uKhristu uvela enzalweni kaDavide naseBetlehema, emzaneni kaDavide na?” 43Ngakho isixuku sahlukana ngaye. 44Abanye babo babefuna ukumbamba, kodwa akekho owambeka isandla.
45Ngakho abalindi bethempeli babuyela kubapristi abakhulu nakubaFarisi, bona bathi: “Animlethanga ngani na?”
46Abalindi baphendula bathi: “Akekho owake wakhuluma njengalo muntu.”
47AbaFarisi baphendula bathi: “Nani nidukisiwe na?” 48“Ukhona yini kubabusi noma kubaFarisi okholwe kuye? 49Kodwa lesi sixuku, esingazi lutho ngomthetho—siqalekisiwe.”
50UNikodemu, owayeye kuJesu ngaphambili futhi owayengomunye wabo, wathi kubo: 51“Umthetho wethu uyamlahla yini umuntu ungakaqali ukumuzwa nokwazi ukuthi wenzani na?”
52Baphendula bathi: “Nawe uvela eGalile yini? Cwaninga, ubone: akukho mprofethi ovela eGalile.”
53Khona bonke baya emakhaya abo. b b v53 Le ndaba ayikho emibhalweni yakuqala kaJohane, futhi amakhophi akamuva ayibeka ezindaweni eziningi ezehlukene. Inyatheliswe lapha, lapho isiko lazinza khona, njengakumaBhayibheli amaningi anamuhla.
