UYohane
8:1 UYesu ke yena waya eNtabeni yemiNquma.
8:2 Uthe kwakusa, wabuya weza etempileni, enabo bonke
beza kuye abantu; wahlala phantsi, wabafundisa.
8:3 Ababhali nabaFarisi bazisa ke kuye umfazi obanjwe
ukukrexeza; bammisa ke esazulwini.
8:4 bathi kuye, Mfundisi, lo mfazi wabanjwa ekrexeza, kanye ngaloo mini
isenzo.
8:5 Ke kaloku, emthethweni uMoses wasimisela umthetho, ukuba abanjalo mabagityiselwe ngamatye;
utsho?
8:6 Bakutsho ke oko, bemlinga, ukuze babe nokummangalela. Kodwa
UYesu ethobe phantsi, wabhala ngomnwe emhlabeni, ngokungathi kunjalo
akaziva.
8:7 Uthe ke bakumana bembuza, waphakama, wathi kubo
kubo, Ongenasono kuni makaqale amgibisele ngelitye
yena.
8:8 Wabuya wathoba, wabhala emhlabeni.
8:9 Bathe ke bona bakuva, besohlwaywa naluvalo lwabo, bahamba
bekhupha ngabanye, beqalela kwabakhulu, besa kwabokugqibela, noYesu
Wasala yedwa, waye umfazi emi phakathi.
8:10 Ephakamile ke uYesu, akabona mntu kwakuphela ngumfazi lowo;
Wathi kuye, Mfazindini, baphi na abo bamangaleli bakho? akukho bani ugwebayo
wena?
8:11 Wathi ke yena, Noko amnye, Nkosi. Wathi ke uYesu kuyo, Nam andigwebi
hamba, ungabi sona.
8:12 Wabuya ngoko uYesu wathetha kubo, esithi, Ndim ukhanyiselo lwehlabathi;
lowo undilandelayo akasayi kuhamba ebumnyameni;
ukukhanya kobomi.
8:13 Bathe ngoko abaFarisi kuye, Wena uyazingqinela;
Ubungqina bakho abunyanisekanga.
8:14 Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo, Nokuba ndithi ndizingqinele mna ngokwam
buyinene ubungqina bam; ngokuba ndiyazi apho ndavela khona, nalapho ndiya khona; kodwa nina
andazi apho ndivela khona, nalapho ndiya khona.
8:15 Nina nigweba ngokwenyama; mna andigwebi mntu.
8:16 nokuba ke ndithe ndagweba, umgwebo wam uyinene; ngokuba andindedwa, ndim
uBawo owandithumayo.
8:17 Nasemthethweni wenu ke kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Ubungqina babantu ababini buyinene.
8:18 Mna ndingulowo uzingqinelayo, noBawo owandithumayo
uyangqina ngam.
8:19 Bathi ngoko kuye, Uphi na uYihlo? Waphendula uYesu wathi, Nani
endazi mna, kwanoBawo; ukuba benindazile mna, ninge nindazi owam
UBawo naye.
8:20 Loo mazwi wawathetha uYesu ngasemkhumbini wokulondoloza imali, efundisa etempileni;
akubangakho namnye umsa izandla; ngokuba belingekafiki ilixa lakhe.
8:21 Wabuya wathi uYesu kubo, Ndiyemka mna; niya kundifuna, nindifune ke
apho ndiya khona mna, aninako ukufika nina.
8:22 Ayesithi ngoko amaYuda, Angaba uya kuzibulala na? ngokuba athi, Apho ndiya khona
hambani, aninako ukuza.
8:23 Wathi kuwo, Nina ningabangaphantsi; mna ndingowaphezulu;
eli hlabathi; mna andingoweli hlabathi.
8:24 Ndatsho ngoko kuni ukuthi, Niya kufela ezonweni zenu;
musani ukukholwa ukuba ndinguye, niya kufela ezonweni zenu.
8:25 Bathi ngoko kuye, Ungubani na? Athi kubo uYesu, Ngokuhlwa
endiyithethileyo kuni kwasekuqaleni.
8:26 Ndineendawo ezininzi zokuthetha nokugweba ngani; kodwa lowo wandithumayo ukho
yinyani; mna ke ndithetha ehlabathini izinto endazivayo kuye.
8:27 Akaqondanga ukuba ebethetha ngoYise kuwo.
8:28 Wathi ngoko uYesu kuwo, Xa nithe namphakamisa uNyana woMntu, kwaoko
nazi na ukuba ndinguye, nokuba andenzi nto ngokwam; kodwa njengam
Undifundisile uBawo, ndizithetha ezi zinto;
8:29 Lowo wandithumayo unam; uBawo akandishiyanga ndedwa; kuba mna
nihlala nisenza izinto ezikholekileyo kuye.
8:30 Akubon' ukuba uyazithetha ezi zinto, bakholwa kuye, baba baninzi.
8:31 Wathi ngoko uYesu kuloo maYuda akholiweyo kuye, Ukuba nithe nahlala nina
Ilizwi lam, ngoko ningabafundi bam inyaniso;
8:32 Naniya kuyazi inyaniso, yaye inyaniso iya kunikhulula.
8:33 Amphendula athi, Thina siyimbewu ka-Abraham; asizanga sibe ngamakhoboka akhe
utsho ngani na ukuthi, Niya kukhululwa?
8:34 Wawaphendula uYesu wathi, Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Nabani na
owenza isono ngumkhonzi wesono.
8:35 Ikhoboka ke alihlali endlwini ngonaphakade; ngunyana ohleliyo
ngonaphakade.
8:36 Ngoko ukuba uNyana uthe wanikhulula, noba nikhululekile inene.
8:37 Ndiyazi ukuba niyimbewu ka-Abraham; ke nifuna ukundibulala, ngokuba ndingowam
ilizwi alinandawo kuni.
8:38 Mna ndithetha endikubonileyo kuBawo;
ndikubonile noyihlo.
8:39 Aphendula athi kuye, Ubawo nguAbraham. Athi uYesu kubo
Bathi kubo, Ukuba beningabantwana baka-Abraham, ninge niyenza imisebenzi ka-Abraham.
8:40 Kaloku ke, nifuna ukubulala mna, mntu unixelele inyaniso;
nivile ke kuThixo; akakwenzanga oko uAbraham.
8:41 Nina nenza imisebenzi yooyihlo. Bathi ngoko kuye, Asizalwanga thina
uhenyuzo; mnye uBawo wethu, uThixo.
8:42 Uthe ke uYesu kuwo, Ukuba uThixo ebenguYihlo, ninge nindithanda;
waphuma evela kuThixo; andizizelanga ngokwam, nguye owandithumayo
mna.
8:43 Kungani na ukuba ningayiqondi intetho yam? nangokuba ningenakuliva ilizwi lam.
8:44 Nina ningaboyihlo uMtyholi, neenkanuko zoyihlo niyathanda
yenza. Yena waye esisibulala-mntu kwasekuqaleni, akemi enyanisweni.
ngokuba akukho nyaniso kuye. Xa sukuba ethetha ubuxoki, uthetha ngako
ngokuba ulixoki, noyise walo.
8:45 Mna ke, ngokuba ndithetha inyaniso, anikholwa ndim.
8:46 Ngubani na kuni ondohlwayayo ngenxa yesono? Ukuba ke ndithetha inyaniso, kungani na ukuba ningàtsho?
Ndikholelwe?
8:47 Lowo ungokaThixo, uyaweva amazwi kaThixo;
ngokuba aningabakaThixo.
8:48 Aphendula ke ngoko amaYuda, athi kuye, Asilungisi thina ukuthi, Unyanisile
Ngaba ungumSamariyakazi, kwaye unedemon?
8:49 Waphendula uYesu wathi, Andinademon mna; ndibeka uBawo, nani ke nenjenjalo
ndihlaze.
8:50 Mna ke andifuni luzuko lwam; ukho lowo ufunayo, ugwebayo.
8:51 Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Ukuba umntu uthe waligcina ilizwi lam, akasayi kuze aphile.
bona ukufa.
8:52 Athi ngoko amaYuda kuye, Kukalokunje, siyazi ukuba unedemon. UAbraham
ufile, nabaprofeti; uthi ke wena, Ukuba umntu uthe waligcina ilizwi lam, woba nguye
soze beve kufa naphakade.
8:53 Wena ungaba umkhulu yini na kunobawo wethu uAbraham, yena wafayo? kwaye i
Abaprofeti bafa; uzenza bani na?
8:54 Waphendula uYesu wathi, Ukuba mna ndithi ndizizukise, uzuko lwam alungebi nto;
Bawo ondizukisayo; enithi nguThixo wenu;
8:55 Kanti animazanga; ke mna ndiyamazi; nokuba ndithe, ndazi
Musani ukuba yena, ndiya kuba lixoki njengani; ndiyamazi, ndigcine owakhe
esithi.
8:56 UAbraham, uyihlo, wagcobela ukuwubona umhla wam, wawubona, wavuya.
8:57 Athi ngoko amaYuda kuye, Ungekabi naminyaka imashumi mahlanu, ungekabi naminyaka imashumi mahlanu
umbonile uAbraham?
8:58 Wathi kuwo uYesu, Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Ephambi koAbraham
yaba, ndinguye.
8:59 Ngoko achola amatye ukuba amgibisele; wazimela ke uYesu, wemka
waphuma etempileni, wacanda phakathi kwabo, wenjenjalo ukudlula.