UYohane
4:1 Yakwazi ngoko iNkosi ukuba abaFarisi bavile ukuba uYesu wenza
babhaptiza abafundi abaninzi kunoYohane;
4:2 (Nakuba uYesu ngokwakhe engabhaptizanga, kwakubhaptiza abafundi bakhe),
4:3 yalishiya yona elakwaYuda, yabuya yaya kwelaseGalili.
4:4 Wayemelwe kukuthi ke alicande kwelaseSamariya.
4:5 Wafika ke emzini welakwaSamari, ekuthiwa yiSikare, kufuphi nalo
umhlaba awathi uYakobi wawunika uYosefu unyana wakhe.
4:6 Ke kaloku belilapho iqula likaYakobi. Ediniwe ke ngoko uYesu
Wahlala ngolo hlobo emthonjeni. Ke kaloku kwakumalunga nelixa lesithandathu.
4:7 Kufika intokazi yelamaSamariya, isiza kukha amanzi, athi uYesu kuyo.
Ndiphe ndisele.
4:8 Kuba abafundi bakhe bebemke baya kuthenga ukudla kuwo umzi.
4:9 Ithi ngoko intokazi engumSamariyakazi kuye, Yini na ukuba ube wena?
MYuda, ucela kum into eselwayo, ndingumSamariyakazi nje? kuba amaYuda anayo
wayengenabudlelane namaSamariya.
4:10 Waphendula uYesu wathi kuyo, Ukuba ubusazi isipho sikaThixo, nokuba ubusazi
ngubani na lo uthi kuwe, Ndiphe ndisele; ngewubuze wena
yena ubengakunika amanzi aphilileyo kuwe.
4:11 Ithi intokazi kuye, Nkosi, akunanto yakutsala;
uwazuza phi na ke amanzi aphilileyo lawo?
4:12 Wena ungaba umkhulu yini na kunobawo wethu uYakobi, owasinikayo iqula?
Wasela kuyo yena, nabantwana bakhe, nemfuyo yakhe?
4:13 Waphendula uYesu wathi kuyo, Bonke abasela kula manzi woba
ukunxanwa kwakhona:
4:14 ke yena othe wasela kuwo amanzi, endiya kumpha wona mna naphakade;
unxano; ke amanzi, endiya kumpha wona, aba liqula kuye
amanzi ampompozela ebomini obungunaphakade.
4:15 Ithi intokazi kuye, Nkosi, ndiphe loo manzi, ukuze ndinganxanwa;
ningezi nokuza kukha apha.
4:16 Athi uYesu kuyo, Hamba uye kubiza indoda yakho, uze apha.
4:17 Yaphendula intokazi yathi, Andinandoda. Wathi uYesu kuye,
Ulungisile ukuthi, Andinandoda;
4:18 kuba ubunamadoda amahlanu; onayo ngoku asingowakho
umyeni: kuloo nto uthethe inyaniso.
4:19 Ithi intokazi kuye, Nkosi, ndiyabona ukuba ungumprofeti wena.
4:20 Oobawo bethu babenqula kule ntaba; nina nithi, eYerusalem
yindawo apho abantu bafanele banqule khona.
4:21 Athi uYesu kuye, Ntokazindini, kholwa ndim, ukuba kuza ilixa eniya kuthi ngalo
nokuba kule ntaba, naseYerusalem, animnquli uBawo.
4:22 Nina ninqula eningakwaziyo; thina sinqula esikwaziyo; ngokuba usindiso lona
yamaYuda.
4:23 Kodwa kuza ilixa, nangoku selikho, xa abanquli abayinyaniso baya kunqula
uBawo ngoMoya nangenyaniso; kuba uBawo ufuna abanjalo
niqubude kuye.
4:24 UThixo unguMoya; abo ke bamnqulayo bamelwe kukumnqula ngoMoya
nangenyaniso.
4:25 Ithi intokazi kuye, Ndiyazi ukuba uMesiya uyeza, lowo ubizwayo
UKristu: xa athe wafika, uya kusityela izinto zonke.
4:26 Athi uYesu kuyo, Mna ndithethayo nawe ndinguye.
4:27 Kwathi kwangoko bafika abafundi bakhe, bamangaliswa kukuba athethe nabo
noko ke akubangakho namnye owathi. Ufuna ntoni na? okanye, Yini na ukuba uthethe nawe?
yena?
4:28 Yawushiya ngoko umphanda wayo intokazi, yemka yaya ekhaya, yemka
Athi emadodeni.
4:29 Yizani, nibone umntu ondixelele izinto zonke endakha ndazenza;
nguKristu?
4:30 Baphuma ke ekhaya, baye besiza kuye.
4:31 Ke kaloku, kweso sithuba abafundi babemthandaza, besithi, Rabhi, yidla.
4:32 Uthe ke yena kubo, Mna ndinokudla endikudlayo, eningakwaziyo nina.
4:33 Bathetha bodwa ngoko abafundi, besithi, Ingaba kukho omzisileyo na?
Kufuneka sitye?
4:34 Athi uYesu kubo, Okwam ukudla kukuba ndenze ukuthanda kowandithumayo;
nokuwugqiba umsebenzi wakhe.
4:35 Anitsho na nina, ukuthi, Kusele iinyanga ezine, kuvunwe? Khangela,
Ndithi kuni, Waphakamiseni amehlo enu, niwakhangele amasimi; ngokuba bona
imhlophe sele izakuvunwa.
4:36 Novunayo wamkela umvuzo, abuthele iziqhamo ebomini
naphakade: ukuze nalowo uhlwayelayo avuye, nalowo uvunayo
kunye.
4:37 Kuba likule nto ilizwi eliyinyaniso, eli lithi, Omnye uyahlwayela, nomnye avune.
4:38 Mna ndanithuma ukuvuna oko ningabulalekanga kuko nina;
babulaleka, naza nangena ekubulalekeni kwabo.
4:39 Ke kaloku, kwakholwa kuye into eninzi yamaSamariya kuloo mzi ngenxa yelizwi elo
ngomfazi owangqinayo, wathi, Undityele izinto zonke endakha ndazenza.
4:40 Akufika ngoko kuye amaSamariya, amcela ukuba eze kuye;
Wahlala nabo; wahlala khona iintsuku zambini.
4:41 Into eninzi yakholwa ngakumbi ngenxa yelizwi lakhe.
4:42 Bathi ke kumfazi, Asisakholwa ngenxa yokuthetha kwakho
sizivele thina ngokwethu, sazi ukuba lo nguye uKristu okwenyaniso;
uMsindisi wehlabathi.
4:43 Ke kaloku, emveni kwemihla emibini leyo, waphuma khona, wemka waya kwelaseGalili.
4:44 Kuba uYesu ngokwakhe wangqina, ukuba umprofeti akanambeko kowabo
ilizwe.
4:45 Xenikweni ngoko wafikayo kwelaseGalili, bamamkela abaseGalili ababenaye
Wazibona zonke izinto awazenzayo eYerusalem emthendelekweni;
waya emthendelekweni.
4:46 Wabuya ngoko weza uYesu eKana yelaseGalili, apho amanzi ebewenze iwayini.
Kwaye kukho igosa lakomkhulu elithile, elinyana wayesifa eKapernahum.
4:47 Yakuva ke ukuba uYesu uphumile kwaYuda, wafika kwelaseGalili, yahamba
kuye, wambongoza ukuba ehle amphilise unyana wakhe;
kuba wayesele eza kufa.
4:48 Wathi ngoko uYesu kulo, Ukuba anithanga nibone imiqondiso nemimangaliso, anisayi kuze niyibone
kholwani.
4:49 Lithi kuye igosa lakomkhulu, Nkosi, yihla, engekabhubhi umntwana wam.
4:50 Athi uYesu kuyo, Hamba uhambe; unyana wakho uhleli. Yakholwa ke indoda
Ilizwi awalithethayo uYesu kuye, wemka ke.
4:51 Ke kaloku, akubon’ ukuba usesihla, izicaka zakhe zamhlangabeza, zambikela.
besithi, Uhleli unyana wakho.
4:52 Wabuza ngoko kuzo ilixa aqale ukuchacha ngalo; Bathi ke bona
wathi kuye, Izolo, ngelixa lesixhenxe, yamyeka icesina.
4:53 Wazi ngoko uyise, ukuba bekukwangelo lixa abethe ngalo uYesu
Wathi kuye, Unyana wakho uhleli; wakholwa yena, nendlu yakhe iphela.
4:54 Lo mqondiso ke wesibini wawenza uYesu, ekuphumeni kwakhe kuye
kwelakwaYuda ukuya kwelaseGalili.