UYohane
13:1 Ke kaloku, phambi komthendeleko wepasika, esazi uYesu ukuba lilixa lakhe
weza ukuze emke kweli hlabathi, aye kuYise, ephethe
wabathanda abakhe abasehlabathini, wabathanda kwada kwasekupheleni.
13:2 Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba isidlo sangokuhlwa, eselewufake uMtyholi entliziyweni kaYudas
uSikariyoti, okaSimon, ukuba amngcatshe;
13:3 UYesu esazi ukuba uYise uzinikele zonke izinto ezandleni zakhe
okokuba waphuma kuThixo, waya kuThixo;
13:4 usuka esidlweni, azibeke phantsi iingubo zakhe; wathatha itawuli.
wazibhinqisa.
13:5 wagalela amanzi esityeni sokuhlambela, waqala wahlamba
iinyawo zabafundi, nokuzisula ngetawuli abeyibhinqile
bhinqa.
13:6 Uza ngoko kuSimon Petros; athi ke uPetros kuye, Nkosi, uyakwenza na?
Ndihlambe iinyawo zam?
13:7 Waphendula uYesu, wathi kuye, Endikwenzayo mna akukwazi wena okwangoku; kodwa
uya kwazi emva koku.
13:8 Athi uPetros kuye, Akusayi kuzihlamba iinyawo zam, naphakade. Wamphendula uYesu wathi,
Ukuba andithanga ndikuhlambe, akunasabelo nam.
13:9 Athi uSimon Petros kuye, Nkosi, mazingabi ziinyawo zam zodwa, mazibe zizandla ke ezo
nentloko yam.
13:10 Uthi uYesu kuye, Kulowo uhlanjiweyo akusafuneki nto, selikukuhlanjwa kweenyawo zodwa;
uhlambulukile kwaphela; nani nihlambulukile, kodwa aninjalo nonke.
13:11 Kuba ebemazi lowo umngcatshayo; Wathi ke yena, Ani nonke nina
icocekile.
13:12 Ngoko, xeshikweni ebezihlambile iinyawo zabo, wazithabatha iingubo zakhe, wahlala phantsi
Wabuya wahlala phantsi, wathi kubo, Niyayazi na into endiyenzileyo kuni?
13:13 Nina ukundibiza nithi ndinguMfundisi, nithi ndiyiNkosi; kuba ndinjalo.
13:14 Ngoko ke, ukuba ndizihlambile iinyawo zenu mna, ndiyiNkosi, ndinguMfundisi; nimelwe kukwenjenjalo
Hlambanani iinyawo.
13:15 Kuba ndininike umzekelo, ukuze nenze, njengoko ndenze ngako mna kuni
wena.
13:16 Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Akukho mkhonzi umkhulu kunowakhe
nkosi; nalowo uthunyiweyo mkhulu kunalowo umthumileyo.
13:17 Ukuba niyazazi ezi zinto, ninoyolo ukuba nithi nizenze.
13:18 Andithethi ngani nonke; ndiyabazi abo mna ndibanyulileyo;
sizaliseke isibhalo esithi, Lowo udla isonka nam, uphakamisile
isithende sakhe ngakum.
13:19 Ndiqala kwangoku ukunixelela kungekehli, ukuze, xa kuthe kwehla, nibe nako
kholwani ukuba ndinguye.
13:20 Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Lowo wamkela endithe ndamthuma.
wamkela mna; nalowo wamkela mna, wamkela owandithumayo.
13:21 Ezithethile uYesu ezi zinto, wakhathazeka emoyeni wakhe, wangqina, wathi
wathi, Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, omnye kuni aba uya kundingcatsha.
13:22 Baye ngoko abafundi bekhangelana, bethingaza ukuba uthetha bani na.
13:23 Ke kaloku, bekwayame esifubeni sikaYesu omnye umfundi wakhe, lowo nguYesu
ethandwayo.
13:24 Unqwala ngoko uSimon Petros kulowo, ukuba abuze ukuba angaba ngubani na
yiba ngulowo wayethetha ngaye.
13:25 Ayamile ke yena esifubeni sikaYesu, uthi kuye, Nkosi, ngubani na?
13:26 Waphendula uYesu wathi, Ngulowo ndiya kumnika iqhekeza, xa ndithe ndathi nkxu;
yona. Elithi nkxu iqhekeza, walinika uYuda Sikariyoti, umthetheli
unyana kaSimon.
13:27 Waza emveni kweqhekeza elo, wangena uSathana kuye lowo. Wathi ngoko uYesu kuye, Lo
uya kwenza, yenza ngokukhawuleza.
13:28 Ke kaloku, bekungekho namnye, kwababehleli naye esithebeni, ubesazi ukuba utsho ngani na kuye.
13:29 Kuba abathile, ekubeni ingxowa ibikuYuda, bebeba uYesu utsho
kuye, Thenga ezo zinto sizifunela umthendeleko; okanye,
ukuze awanike into amahlwempu.
13:30 Elithabathile ngoko yena iqhekeza, waphuma kwaoko; kwaye ke kusebusuku.
13:31 Xeshikweni ngoko aphumileyo, wathi uYesu, Kukalokunje uNyana woMntu
uzukisiwe, naye uThixo uzukisiwe kuye.
13:32 Ukuba ke uThixo uzukisiwe kuye, noThixo uya kumzukisa kuye ngokwakhe, athi nakuye ngokwakhe.
ziya kumzukisa kwaoko.
13:33 Bantwana bam, liselilifutshane ixesha lokuba ndibe nani. Niya kundifuna: kwaye
njengokuba sendithe kumaYuda, Apho ndiya khona mna, aninako ukufika nina; ke ngoku ndithi
wena.
13:34 Ndiniwisela umthetho omtsha, wokuba nithandane; njengoko ndenze ngako
unithandile, ukuze nani nithandane.
13:35 Ngayo le nto baya kwazi bonke, ukuba ningabafundi bam, ukuba nithe nathandana
komnye.
13:36 Wathi uSimon Petros kuye, Nkosi, uya ngaphi na? Wamphendula uYesu wathi,
Apho ndiya khona, aninako ukundilandela ngoku; uya kundilandela wena
emva koko.
13:37 Wathi uPetros kuye, Nkosi, kungani na ukuba ndingabi nako ukukulandela ngoku? Ndiya kulala phantsi
Ubomi bam ngenxa yakho.
13:38 Wamphendula uYesu wathi, Wowuncamela mna na umphefumlo wakho? Inene,
Inene, ndithi kuwe, Ayisayi kulila inkuku, ungekakhanyeli
mna kathathu.