UYohane
14:1 Intliziyo yenu mayingakhathazeki; kholwani kuThixo, nikholwe nakum.
14:2 Endlwini kaBawo zininzi iindawo zokuhlala; ukuba bekungenjalo, ngendabakho
ndikuxelele. Ndiyemka, ndiya kunilungisela indawo;
14:3 ukuba ke ndimkile ndaya kunilungisela indawo, ndiya kubuya ndize, ndamkele
kuwe kum; ukuze apho ndikhona mna, nibe khona nani.
14:4 Apho ke ndiya khona mna niyakwazi, nendlela niyayazi.
14:5 Uthi uTomas kuye, Nkosi, asazi apho uya khona; kwaye njani
siyayazi indlela?
14:6 Uthi uYesu kuye, Ndim indlela, ndim inyaniso, ndim ubomi;
Uza kuBawo engezi ngam.
14:7 Ukuba benindazile mna, ninge nimazile noBawo;
kungokunje niyamazi, nimbonile nokumbona.
14:8 Athi uFilipu kuye, Nkosi, sibonise uYihlo, kosanelisa.
14:9 Uthi uYesu kuye, Ndinaxesha lingakanana ndinani, ukanti ndinani
Akukandazi na, Filipu? Lowo undibonileyo mna umbonile uBawo;
utsho ngani na ke wena ukuthi, Sibonise uYihlo?
14:10 Akukholwa na ukuba mna ndikuye uBawo, abe ke uBawo ekum? i
Amazwi endiwathethayo mna kuni, andiwathethi ngokuphuma kum;
ehleli kum, nguye oyenzayo imisebenzi yakhe.
14:11 Kholwani ndim, ukuba mna ndikuye uBawo, nokuba uBawo ukum;
kholwani ndim ngenxa yayo yona imisebenzi leyo.
14:12 Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Lowo ukholwayo kum, uyenza imisebenzi yakhe.
ndiya kwenza naye; nemikhulu kunale uya kuyenza; ngokuba
Ndiya kuBawo.
14:13 Nento enithe nayicela egameni lam, ndoyenza yona uBawo
bazukiswe ngoNyana.
14:14 Ukuba nithe nacela into ngegama lam, ndoyenza mna.
14:15 Ukuba niyandithanda, yigcineni imithetho yam.
14:16 Mna ndiya kucela kuBawo, aze aninike omnye uMthetheleli;
ukuze ahlale nani ngonaphakade;
14:17 uMoya wenyaniso; elingenako ihlabathi ukumamkela, ngokuba likhona
animboniyo, ningamazi nokumazi; ngokuba ehleli khona
kunye nawe, kwaye uya kuba kuwe.
14:18 Andiyi kunishiya niziinkedama; ndiyeza kuni.
14:19 Liselilifutshane ixesha, ukuze ihlabathi lingabi sandibona; niyandibona nina;
ngokuba ndisidla ubomi mna, nani niya kudla ubomi.
14:20 Ngaloo mini niya kwazi nina ukuba ndikuye uBawo, nani nikum, nam ndikuye
wena.
14:21 Lowo unayo imithetho yam ayigcine, nguye ondithandayo;
Lowo ke undithandayo, uya kuthandwa nguBawo; nam ndiya kumthanda.
kwaye ndiya kuzibonakalalisa kuye.
14:22 Athi kuye uYuda, engenguye uSikariyoti, Nkosi, uya kwenza ngani na?
zibonakalise kuthi, ungazibonakalisi kulo ihlabathi?
14:23 Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye, Ukuba umntu uyandithanda, woligcina elam
Wothi ke uBawo amthande, size kuye, senze
indawo yethu yokuhlala naye.
14:24 Lowo ungandithandiyo akawagcini amazwi am;
asingowam, ngokaBawo owandithumayo.
14:25 Ezi zinto ndizithethile kuni ndisahleli nani.
14:26 Ke uMthetheleli, uMoya oyiNgcwele, aya kumthumela uBawo
igama lam uya kunifundisa zonke izinto, anizisele zonke izinto kuni
khumbulani konke endikuthethileyo kuni.
14:27 Ndishiya uxolo kuni; ndininika uxolo lwam; kungekhona njengehlabathi
ndiyapha, ndiyapha. Mayingakhathazeki intliziyo yenu, mayingakhathazeki;
yoyika.
14:28 Nivile ukuba ndithe mna kuni, Ndiyemka, ndibuye ndize kuni.
Ukuba benindithanda, ngenavuyayo kuba ndathi, Ndiya kuBawo;
ngokuba uBawo mkhulu kunam.
14:29 Ngoku ke ndinixelele kungekehli, xa kuthe kwehla
kudlula, nikholwe.
14:30 Andisayi kuba sathetha zinto zininzi nani, ngenxa yomthetheli weli hlabathi
Uza ke, akananto kum.
14:31 Ke, ukuze liqonde ihlabathi ukuba ndiyamthanda uBawo; nanjengoBawo
wandinika umthetho, ndenjenjalo. Vukani, simke apha.