UYohane
12:1 UYesu ngoko, kwiintsuku ezintandathu eziphambi kwayo ipasika, weza eBhetani, apho uLazarouLazaro
lowo wayefile, awamvusayo kwabafileyo.
12:2 Bamenzela isidlo khona; waye uMarta elungiselela; ke uLazaro engomnye wabo
abo babehleli naye etafileni.
12:3 Wathabatha ke uMariya iponti yamafutha aqholiweyo enadusi engangxengelelweyo, exabiso, likhulu;
wathambisa iinyawo zikaYesu, wazisula iinyawo zakhe ngeenwele zakhe;
yazala indlu livumba lamafutha aqholiweyo.
12:4 Athi ngoko omnye wakubafundi bakhe, uYuda Sikariyoti, okaSimon, lowo
kufuneka amngcatshe,
12:5 Bekungani na ukuba la mafutha aqholiweyo angathengiswanga ngeedenariyo ezimakhulu mathathu, zinikwe abantu
amahlwempu?
12:6 Watsho ke, kungengakuba ebekhathalele mahlwempu; kodwa ngenxa yokuba waye
isela, yaphatha ingxowa, yaphatha oko zifakwe kuyo.
12:7 Wathi ngoko uYesu, Myeke;
igcinwe le.
12:8 Kuba amahlwempu nihleli ninawo; ke mna anihleli ninam.
12:9 Yathi ngoko indimbane enkulu yakumaYuda yakwazi ukuba ulapho, yeza
kungengenxa kaYesu yedwa, kusenzela ukuba babone noLazaro, lowo abefudula naye
wayevukile kwabafileyo.
12:10 Ke kaloku ababingeleli abakhulu babhunga ukuba bambulale noLazaro
ukufa;
12:11 ngokuba ngenxa yakhe abaninzi bamaYuda bemka, bakholwa
kuYesu.
12:12 Ngengomso, into eninzi yabantu ebebeze emthendelekweni, yakuva
ukuba uYesu uza eYerusalem,
12:13 Yathabatha amasebe esundu, yaphuma yaya kumkhawulela, yadanduluka.
Hosana: Makabongwe uKumkani wakwaSirayeli, lowo uzayo egameni leNkosi
Nkosi.
12:14 Uthe ke uYesu, elifumene iesile, wahlala phezu kwalo; njengoko kubhaliwe kwathiwa,
12:15 Musa ukoyika, ntombi inguZiyon; yabona, uKumkani wakho uza, ekhwele e-esileni.
ithole.
12:16 Ezi zinto abaziqondanga abafundi bakhe ukuqala;
wazukiswa, bandula ukukhumbula ukuba ezi zinto zibhaliwe ngazo
naye, nokuba bamenzele ezo zinto.
12:17 Yaye ngoko indimbane leyo, ibe inaye oko wambizayo uLazaro ukuba aphume endlwini yakhe
engcwabeni, wamvusa kwabafileyo, wanikela ubungqina.
12:18 Ngenxa yoko indimbane yamhlangabeza; ngokuba yayivile ukuba unaye
wenze lo mmangaliso.
12:19 Bathe ngoko abaFarisi phakathi kwabo, Niyabona na kodwa ukuba ninjani na
akuncedi nto? nalo ihlabathi lilandela yena.
12:20 Ke kaloku, kukho amaGrike athile kwababenyukile, beza kunqula emlanjeni
umthendeleko:
12:21 Wona ngoko eza kuFilipu waseBhetesayida yelaseGalili,
bemcela besithi, Nkosi, singa simbone uYesu.
12:22 Ufika uFilipu axelele uAndreya; bathi kanjalo ooAndreya noFilipu
UYesu.
12:23 Wabaphendula ke uYesu esithi, Lifikile ilixa lokuba uNyana woMntu
ifanele ukuzukiswa.
12:24 Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Ngaphandle kokuba ukhozo lwengqolowa luwele entsimini.
Ke ukuba yafa, yona ivelisa okuninzi
iziqhamo.
12:25 Lowo uwuthandayo umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; nalowo uwuthiyileyo umphefumlo wakhe kuwo
eli hlabathi liya kuligcina ebomini obungunaphakade.
12:26 Ukuba ubani uthi andikhonze, makandilandele; apho ndikhona mna, yoba lapho
ukuba umntu uthi andikhonze, uBawo wombeka.
12:27 Kungokunje umphefumlo wam ukhathazekile; ndithini na? Bawo, ndisindise koku
kodwa kungenxa yoko le nto ndizele leli lixa.
12:28 Bawo, lizukise igama lakho. Kwabakho nezwi eliphuma ezulwini, lisithi, Mna
balizukisile, baya kubuya ndilizukise.
12:29 Ibe ngoko indimbane emi khona yakuva yatsho
zaduduma; abanye bathi, Kuthethe isithunywa sezulu kuye.
12:30 Waphendula uYesu wathi, Eli lizwi alibangakho ngenxa yam; libekho ngenxa yenu
ngenxa.
12:31 Kungoku ukugwetywa kwalo eli hlabathi; kungoku umphathi walo eli hlabathi
khuphela ngaphandle.
12:32 Mna ke, ukuba ndithe ndaphakanyiswa emhlabeni, ndiya kubatsalela bonke kum.
12:33 Wakutsho ke oku, eqondisa ukuba kukufa kuni na abeza kufa ngako.
12:34 Samphendula isihlwele, sathi, Thina sivile emthethweni, ukuba uKristu
uhleli ngonaphakade; utsho ngani na wena ukuthi, UNyana woMntu umelwe kukuthi aphakanyiswe?
Ungubani na lo Nyana woMntu?
12:35 Uthe ngoko uYesu kubo, Liselilifutshane ixesha lokuba ukhanyiso lube nani.
Hambani ngoxa nisenokhanyiso, hleze ubumnyama bunifikele;
uhamba ebumnyameni akazi apho aya khona.
12:36 Ngoxa nisenokhanyiso, kholwani kulo ukhanyiso, ukuze nibe ngabantwana
yokukhanya. Ezi zinto wazithetha uYesu, wemka, wazimela
ukusuka kubo.
12:37 Ke kaloku, nakuba wayenze imiqondiso engaka phambi kwabo, bakholwa noko
hayi kuye:
12:38 ukuze ilizwi likaIsaya umprofeti lizaliseke awalithethayo
Yathi, Nkosi, ngubani na okholiweyo ludaba lwethu? nengalo kabani
iNkosi ityhiliwe?
12:39 Babengenako ngoko ukukholwa, ngokuba uIsaya ebuye wathi,
12:40 Uwamfamekisile amehlo abo, Uyiqaqadekisile intliziyo yabo; ukuba bafanele
ningaboni ngamehlo, ningaqiqi ngentliziyo, nibe
baguqukile, ndibaphilise.
12:41 Ezi zinto wazithetha uIsaya, oko wabubonayo ubuqaqawuli bakhe, wathetha ngaye.
12:42 Noko ke nakubo abaphathi into eninzi yakholwa kuye; kodwa
ngenxa yabaFarisi babengamvumanga, ukuze bangabi njalo
akhutshwe esikhungwini;
12:43 kuba babethanda uzuko oluvela ebantwini, ngaphezu kozuko oluvela kuThixo.
12:44 Wadanduluka uYesu wathi, Lowo ukholwayo kum, akakholwa kum, ukholwa kum;
phezu kowandithumayo.
12:45 Lowo undibonayo, ubona owandithumayo.
12:46 Mna, lukhanyiso, ndifikile ehlabathini, ukuze bonke abakholwayo kum, babe
ungahlali ebumnyameni.
12:47 Nokuba umntu uthe weva amazwi la am, akakholwa, mna andimgwebi;
eze kuligweba ihlabathi, uze kulisindisa ihlabathi.
12:48 Lowo undigibayo, angawamkeli amazwi am, unaye lowo ugwebayo;
Ilizwi endilithethileyo lilo eliya kumgweba ekupheleni
usuku.
12:49 Ngokuba mna andithethanga okuphuma kum; owandithumayo, uBawo ngokwakhe
Ndingumthetho, into endiya kuyithetha, nento endiya kuyithetha.
12:50 Ndiyazi nokwazi ukuba umthetho wakhe lowo bubomi obungunaphakade;
ke ngoko, njengoko uBawo ethe kum, ndenjenjalo ukuthetha.