NgokukaJohane 8

Isahluko 8.

8 ¹Kodwa uJesu waya eNtabeni Yeminqumo.

²Ekuseni kakhulu wabuya futhi ethempelini; bonke abantu beza kuye, wahlala phansi wabafundisa. ³Ababhali nabaFarisi baletha owesifazane obanjwe ephinga, bammisa phakathi. ⁴Bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, lo wesifazane ubanjwe esaphinga. ⁵Manje eMthethweni, uMose wasiyala ukuba sibakhande ngamatshe abesifazane abanjalo. Pho wena uthini? ⁶Bakusho lokhu bemlinga, befuna isizathu sokummangalela. Kodwa uJesu wakhothama phansi wabhala emhlabathini ngomunwe wakhe.”

⁷Kwathi belokhu bembuza, wasukuma wathi kubo: “Noma ngubani phakathi kwenu ongenasono, makabe ngowokuqala ukumjikijela ngetshe.”

⁸Wabe esekhothama phansi futhi wabhala emhlabathini.

⁹Sebekuzwa lokhu, baphuma ngabanye ngabanye, kuqala ngabadala, kwaze kwasala uJesu yedwa, nowesifazane emi khona lapho.

¹⁰UJesu wasukuma wathi kuye: “Mfazi, baphi na? Akekho yini okulahlile?”

¹¹Wathi: “Akekho, Nkosi.” UJesu wathi: “Nami angikulahli. Hamba, kusukela manje ungaphinde wone.”

Mina Ngiwukukhanya Kwezwe

¹²UJesu wakhuluma kubo futhi: “Mina ngiwukukhanya kwezwe. Lowo ongilandelayo akasoze ahambe ebumnyameni kodwa uyoba nokukhanya kokuphila.”

¹³Ngakho abaFarisi bathi kuye: “Uyazifakazela wena ngokwakho; ubufakazi bakho abulona iqiniso.”

¹⁴UJesu waphendula wathi: “Noma ngizifakazela ngokwami, ubufakazi bami buyiqiniso, ngokuba ngiyazi lapho ngivela khona nalapho ngiya khona; kodwa nina anazi lapho ngivela khona noma lapho ngiya khona. ¹⁵Nina nahlulela ngokwenyama; mina angahluleli muntu. ¹⁶Noma ngahlulela, ukwahlulela kwami kuyiqiniso, ngokuba angahluleli ngedwa, kodwa yimi noBaba ongithumileyo. ¹⁷EMthethweni wenu kulotshiwe ukuthi ubufakazi babantu ababili buyiqiniso. ¹⁸Ngiyazifakazela ngokwami, noBaba ongithumileyo uyangifakazela.”

¹⁹Babuza bathi: “Uphi uYihlo?” UJesu waphendula wathi: “Aningazi mina noBaba. Uma beningazi mina, beniyokwazi noBaba.”

²⁰Wakusho lokhu efundisa ethempelini, lapho kubekwa khona iminikelo; akekho owambamba—isikhathi sakhe sasingakafiki.

²¹Ngakho wabuye wathi kubo: “Ngiyahamba. Niyongifuna bese nifa esonweni senu. Lapho ngiya khona, ningekwazi ukuza.”

Okuvela Phansi, Okuvela Phezulu

²²Ngakho amaJuda athi: “Kambe uzozibulala yini, njengoba ethi, ‘Ningekwazi ukuza lapho ngiya khona’?”

²³Wathi kubo: “Nina ningabaphansi; mina ngingowaphezulu. Nina ningabaleli zwe; mina angisiye owaleli zwe. ²⁴Nganitshela ukuthi niyokufa ezonweni zenu; uma ningakholwa ukuthi NGINGUYE, niyokufa ezonweni zenu.” ^a a v24 UJesu uzibizela igama likaNkulunkulu. Elithi ‘NGINGUYE’ yindlela uBaba wethu azibonakalisa ngayo kuMose esihlahleni esivuthayo (u-Eksodusi 3:14). Isixuku saqonda lesi simangalo kamuva kulesi sahluko, sazama ukumkhanda ngamatshe ngenxa yokuhlambalaza (ivesi 59).

²⁵Ngakho bathi kuye: “Kahle-hle wena ungubani?” UJesu wathi kubo: “Yilokho kanye engikade ngikusho kwasekuqaleni.

²⁶Nginokuningi engingakusho nengingakwahlulela ngani, kodwa yena ongithumileyo uyiqiniso; lokho engikuzwe kuye, ngikutshela izwe.”

²⁷Abazange baqonde ukuthi ubekhuluma kubo ngoBaba.

²⁸Ngakho uJesu wathi kubo: “Nxa seniyiphakamisile iNdodana yomuntu, khona niyokwazi ukuthi NGINGUYE, nokuthi angenzi lutho ngokwami, kodwa ngikhuluma lezi zinto njengoba uBaba engifundisile. ²⁹Yena ongithumileyo unami; akangishiyanga ngedwa, ngokuba ngihlala ngenza okumthokozisayo.”

Hlalani Ezwini Lami

³⁰Esasho lezi zinto, abaningi bakholwa kuye.

³¹UJesu wabe esethi kumaJuda ayekholwe nguye: “Uma nihlala ezwini lami, ningabafundi bami ngempela, ³²niyolazi iqiniso, neqiniso liyonikhulula.”

³³Bamphendula bathi: “Siyinzalo ka-Abhrahama, asikaze sibe yizigqila zamuntu. Ungasho kanjani ukuthi, ‘Niyokukhululeka’?”

³⁴UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: wonke owona njalo uyisigqila sesono. ³⁵Isigqila asihlali endlini kuze kube phakade; indodana ihlala kuze kube phakade. ³⁶Ngakho uma iNdodana inikhulula, niyokhululeka ngempela. ³⁷Ngiyazi ukuthi niyinzalo ka-Abhrahama; kepha nifuna ukungibulala ngokuba izwi lami alinandawo kini. ³⁸Ngikhuluma lokho engikubonile kuBaba, nani nenza lokho enikuzwe kuyihlo.”

³⁹Baphendula bathi: “U-Abhrahama ungubaba wethu.” UJesu wathi: “Uma beningabantwana baka-Abhrahama, beniyokwenza imisebenzi ayenza u-Abhrahama, ⁴⁰kodwa manje nifuna ukungibulala—umuntu onitshele iqiniso engilizwe kuBaba. U-Abhrahama akakwenzanga lokhu. ⁴¹Nina nenza imisebenzi kayihlo.” Bathi kuye: “Thina asizalwanga ebufebeni. SinoBaba oyedwa—uNkulunkulu uqobo lwakhe.”

⁴²UJesu wathi kubo: “Uma uNkulunkulu ebenguYihlo, beniyongithanda, ngokuba ngivela kuNkulunkulu, futhi ngilapha. Angizizelanga ngokwami—nguye ongithumileyo. ⁴³Kungani ningakuqondi ukukhuluma kwami? Kungoba anikwazi ukukumela ukuzwa izwi lami. ⁴⁴Nina ningabakayihlo uSathane, futhi nifuna ukwenza izifiso zakhe. Wayengumbulali kwasekuqaleni, engami eqinisweni, ngokuba akukho qiniso kuye. Lapho eqamba amanga, ukhuluma ngokwemvelo yakhe, ngokuba ungumqambimanga noyise wamanga. ^b b v44 UJesu uwadalula ngegama amanga ayisisekelo ase-Edeni. Inyoka eyatshela u-Eva ukuthi uBaba wethu wayemgodlela okuhle — inyoka eyayimlahlile uBaba uqobo — ingumqambimanga wokuqala, uyise wawo wonke amanga enza uBaba wethu abonakale ekude. Labo abayilahlayo iNdodana babelana ngalowo yise, hhayi u-Abhrahama, hhayi uNkulunkulu. ⁴⁵Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi ngikhuluma iqiniso, aningikholwa. ⁴⁶Ngubani phakathi kwenu ongibeka icala ngesono? Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, kungani ningangikholwa? ⁴⁷Lowo ongokaBaba wethu uyawezwa amazwi akhe; nina anizwa ngokuba anisibo abakaBaba wethu.”

⁴⁸AmaJuda aphendula athi: “Asiqinisile yini ekutheni sithi ungumSamariya nokuthi unedemoni?”

⁴⁹UJesu waphendula wathi: “Mina anginademoni, kodwa ngihlonipha uBaba, kanti nina niyangidelela. ⁵⁰Kodwa mina angizifuneli udumo lwami; uBaba wethu uyalufuna, futhi uyahlulela. ⁵¹Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini, uma umuntu egcina izwi lami, akasoze akubone ukufa.”

⁵²AmaJuda athi kuye: “Manje sesiyazi ukuthi unedemoni. U-Abhrahama wafa, kanjalo nabaprofethi, kanti wena uthi, ‘Lowo ogcina izwi lami akasoze akuzwe ukufa.’ ⁵³Wena umkhulu yini kunobaba wethu u-Abhrahama, owafayo? Nabaprofethi bafa! Uthi ungubani?”

⁵⁴UJesu waphendula wathi: “Uma ngizidumisa mina, udumo lwami aluyilutho. NguBaba ongidumisayo, enithi ngaye, ‘UnguNkulunkulu wethu.’ ⁵⁵Animazi, kodwa mina ngiyamazi. Uma ngingathi angimazi, bengiyoba ngumqambimanga njengani. Kodwa ngiyamazi futhi ngigcina izwi lakhe. ⁵⁶Uyihlo u-Abhrahama wathokoza ngokuthi uyobona usuku lwami. Walubona wajabula.”

⁵⁷Ngakho amaJuda athi kuye: “Awukabi neminyaka engamashumi amahlanu, kanti usumbonile u-Abhrahama?”

⁵⁸UJesu wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini, ngaphambi kokuba u-Abhrahama abe khona, mina NGINGUYE.” ^c c v58 Elithi ‘NGINGUYE’ likhumbuza igama likaNkulunkulu kuMose (u-Eksodusi 3:14) — isimangalo sokuba unguNkulunkulu, okuyisona sizathu sokuba baphuthume amatshe.

⁵⁹Ngakho bacosha amatshe ukuba bamjikijele ngawo, kodwa uJesu wazifihla, waphuma ethempelini.