UYohane
7:1 Emveni kwezi zinto, wayehamba uYesu kwelaseGalili, kuba ebengathandi ukuhamba
ngenxa yokuba amaYuda ebefuna ukumbulala.
7:2 Ke kaloku, wawukufuphi umthendeleko wamaYuda weminquba.
7:3 Bathi ngoko kuye abazalwana bakhe, Gqitha apha, uye kwelakwaYuda;
ukuze nabafundi bakho bayibone imisebenzi yakho oyenzayo.
7:4 Kuba akukho namnye wenza into emfihlekweni, ingenguye ngokwakhe
efuna ukwaziwa ekuhleni. Ukuba uyazenza ezi zinto, zibonakalise kuye
ihlabathi.
7:5 Kuba nabazalwana bakhe bebengakholwa kuye.
7:6 Wathi ngoko uYesu kubo, Ixesha lam alikabikho, ke elenu ixesha lifikile
uhlale ulungile.
7:7 Ihlabathi alinakunithiya nina; mna ke liyandithiya, ngokuba mna ndingqina ngalo;
ukuba imisebenzi yayo ingendawo.
7:8 Nyukani nina, niye kulo mthendeleko; mna andikanyuki, ndiye kulo mthendeleko;
ayikazali.
7:9 Akuba ke ezithethile ezi zinto kubo, wahlala kwelaseGalili.
7:10 Ke, bakuba benyukile abazalwana bakhe, wenyuka naye, waya emthendelekweni.
kungekhona ekuhleni, kodwa kwaba emfihlekweni.
7:11 Ayemfuna ngoko amaYuda emthendelekweni, esithi, Uphi na yena?
7:12 Kwaye kukho ukukrokra okukhulu ngaye ebantwini;
bathi, Ulungile; abanye ke bathi, Hayi; ke yena ulahlekisa abantu.
7:13 Noko ke bekungekho namnye ubethetha ngaye ngokusekuhleni, ngenxa yokoyika amaYuda.
7:14 Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba sekuphakathi komthendeleko, wenyuka uYesu waya etempileni
wafundiswa.
7:15 Amangaliswa amaYuda, esithi, Lo wazi ngani na iincwadi?
zange wafunda?
7:16 Waphendula uYesu, wathi, Eyam imfundiso asiyam, yeyam
undithumile.
7:17 Ukuba kukho othi afune ukukwenza ukuthanda kwakhe, woyazi imfundiso le
nokuba ndithetha okukokwam, nokuba ndivela kuThixo.
7:18 Lowo uthetha okwakhe, ufuna olulolwakhe uzuko;
uzuko lwakhe owamthumayo, luyinene lona, akukho kungalungisi
yena.
7:19 Umthetho aniwunikelwanga na nguMoses? Kanti ke akukho namnye kuni uwugcinayo umthetho; Ngoba
nifuna ukundibulala?
7:20 Saphendula isihlwele sathi, Unedemone, ofuna ukubulala
wena?
7:21 Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo, Ndenze umsebenzi wamnye, nani nonke;
mangaliswa.
7:22 UMoses uninike ulwaluko ngenxa yoku; (kungekhona ngenxa yokuba iphuma kuMoses,
Kusuka kooyise. Niyalùsa nangoMhla wokuPhumla.
7:23 Ukuba umntu uyaluswa ngesabatha, oko kukuthi, umthetho kaMoses
akufunekanga yaphulwe; Nindiqumbele na, ngokuba ndenze umntu?
yonke into ngesabatha?
7:24 Musani ukugweba ngokwembonakalo; gwebani ngomgwebo olungisayo.
7:25 Babesithi ngoko abathile kwabaseYerusalem, Asinguye na lo bamfunayo?
ukubulala?
7:26 Niyabona, uthetha ngokuphandle, abathethi nto kuye; Yenza i
Kambe ke bona na abaphathi, ukuba lo nguye uKristu* okwenyaniso?
7:27 Thina siyamazi lo apho avela khona; xa sukuba ke uKristu esiza, akukho namnye
uyamazi apho avela khona.
7:28 Wadanduluka ke uYesu, efundisa etempileni, wathi, Nina niyandazi;
niyakwazi ke apho ndivela khona; andizanga ngokwam, ndize ngowandithumayo
Ndiyinene eningamaziyo nina.
7:29 Mna ke ndiyamazi; ngokuba ndivela kuye, waye yena endithumile.
7:30 Babefuna ngoko ukumbamba; kodwa akubangakho namnye umsa izandla, ngokuba ngowakhe
lalingekafiki ilixa.
7:31 Ke kaloku, into eninzi esihlweleni yakholwa kuye;
Uya kwenza imiqondiso emininzi na kunale ayenzileyo lo?
7:32 AbaFarisi beva abantu bezikrokrela ezi zinto ngaye;
Baza abaFarisi nababingeleli abakhulu bathuma amadindala, ukuba ambambe.
7:33 Wathi ngoko uYesu kubo, Liselilixesha elifutshane endinani, ndize emva koko
yiya kowandithumayo.
7:34 Niya kundifuna, ningandifumani; nithi apho ndikhona mna, nibe khona nina
akanakuza.
7:35 Athi ngoko amaYuda phakathi kwawo, Uza kuya phi na lo, ukuze siye thina
andimfumani? uya kuya kwiintsali phakathi kweentlanga, aye
abafundise iintlanga?
7:36 Liyintoni na eli lizwi alithethileyo, lithi, Niya kundifuna, nize nibe nako?
nithi apho ndikhona mna, ningabi nakufika nina?
7:37 Ke kaloku, ngomhla wokugqibela, ongowona mkhulu womthendeleko, wema uYesu, wadanduluka esithi,
besithi, Ukuba kukho othi anxanwe, makeze kum asele.
7:38 Lowo ukholwayo kum, njengoko satshoyo isibhalo, ephuma esiswini sakhe
iya kumpompoza imilambo yamanzi aphilileyo.
7:39 Oku wakutsho ke ngaye uMoya, ababefanele abakholwayo kuye
yamkelani; kuba uMoya oyiNgcwele ebengekamkelwa; ngokuba uYesu wayenjalo
engekazukiswa.)
7:40 Yaye ngoko into eninzi esihlweleni, yakuliva ilizwi elo, isithi, Ngaye
inyaniso lo nguMprofeti.
7:41 Abanye ke bathi, Lo nguye uKristu. Abanye ke bathi, uKristu uya kuphuma na?
eGalili?
7:42 Asitsho na isibhalo ukuthi, UKristu uphuma embewini kaDavide;
nakwidolophu yaseBhetelehem, apho akhoyo uDavide?
7:43 Ke ngoko sathi qheke kubini isihlwele ngenxa yakhe.
7:44 Inxenye ke kubo yayithanda ukumbamba; kodwa akubangakho namnye umsa izandla.
7:45 Afika ngoko amadindala kubabingeleli abakhulu nakubaFarisi; bathi
wathi kubo, Yini na ukuba ningezi naye?
7:46 Aphendula amadindala athi, Akuzanga kuthethe mntu njengoko athetha ngako lo mntu.
7:47 Baphendula ke bona abaFarisi, bathi, Ningaba nilahlekisiwe nani na?
7:48 Kubaphathi nakubaFarisi kungaba kukho mntu ukholiweyo kuye yini na?
7:49 Baqalekisiwe aba bantu bangawaziyo umthetho;
7:50 Athi kubo uNikodemo (lowo wezayo kuYesu ebusuku, engomnye wabo).
bona,)
7:51 Umthetho wethu uyamgweba yini na umntu, ukuba ungathanga uve kuye, uqonde into ayenzayo?
7:52 Baphendula bathi kuye, Ungaba ungowaseGalili nawe na? Khangela, kwaye
Khangela, kuba akuveli mprofeti kwelaseGalili.
7:53 Walowo ke waya kweyakhe indlu.