UYohane
15:1 Mna ndingumdiliya wenyaniso, umlimi wawo ke nguBawo.
15:2 Onke amasebe akum angathwali siqhamo, uyawasusa, nawo onke
Isebe elithwala isiqhamo, uyalithena, ukuze livelise okungaphezulu
iziqhamo.
15:3 Nina nihlambulukile, ngenxa yelizwi endilithethileyo kuni.
15:4 Hlalani kum, mna ndihlale kuni. Njengokuba isebe lingenako ukuthwala isiqhamo ngokwalo;
ngaphandle kokuba alihlali emdiliyeni; aninako kwakhona, ukuba anihlalanga kum.
15:5 Umdiliya ndim, nina ningamasebe; lowo uhleli kum, ndibe mna ndihleli kuye.
lowo uthwala isiqhamo esininzi; ngokuba, ningekum, aninakwenza nto.
15:6 Ukuba umntu uthe akahlala kum, ulahlelwa phandle njengesebe, ome;
bazibuthe abantu, baziphose emlilweni, zitshiswe.
15:7 Ukuba nithe nahlala kum, namazwi am ahlala kuni, nocela into enisukuba niyithanda;
mayenziwe ke kuni.
15:8 Uzukiswa uBawo ngale nto, yokuba nithwale isiqhamo esininzi; niya kuba njalo nani
abafundi bam.
15:9 Njengoko uBawo wandithandayo, nam ndanithanda; hlalani ke kum
uthando.
15:10 Ukuba nithi niyigcine imithetho yam, hlalani eluthandweni lwam; njengokuba ndenze ngako
wayigcina imithetho kaBawo, wahlala eluthandweni lwakhe.
15:11 Ezi zinto ndizithethile kuni, ukuze uvuyo lwam luhlale kuni.
luthi uvuyo lwenu luzaliseke.
15:12 Nguwo lo umthetho wam, wokuba nithandane, njengoko ndanithandayo nina.
15:13 Akukho namnye unalo uthando olungaphezu kolu, lokuba ubomi bakhe abuncamele yena
bahlobo.
15:14 Nizizihlobo zam nina, ukuba nithi nikwenze konke endinimisela khona mna.
15:15 Kungoku ke andinibizi ukuba ningabakhonzi; kuba umkhonzi akakwazi okwakhe
Inkosi iyayenza; ke mna ndithe nizizihlobo; kuzo zonke izinto endinazo
ndivile ngoBawo, ndinazisile.
15:16 Asinini enanyula mna;
nihambe nixakathe isiqhamo, size isiqhamo senu sihlale;
Zonke izinto enithe nazicela kuBawo egameni lam, woninika.
15:17 Ndiniwisela lo mthetho wokuba nithandane.
15:18 Ukuba ihlabathi linithiyile, yazini ukuba lindithiye kuqala kunani.
15:19 Ukuba beningabehlabathi, ihlabathi linge likuthanda okwalo;
aningabehlabathi, ndaninyulayo mna ke naphuma kulo ihlabathi
linithiyile ihlabathi.
15:20 Likhumbuleni ilizwi endalithethayo mna kuni, elithi, Akukho mkhonzi umkhulu kuno
inkosi yakhe. Ukuba banditshutshisile mna, bonitshutshisa nani; ukuba
ilizwi lam baligcinile, nelenu baya kuligcina.
15:21 Ke ezi zinto zonke baya kuzenza kuni ngenxa yegama lam, ngokuba
abamazi owandithumayo.
15:22 Ukuba bendingezanga ndathetha kubo, ngebengabanga nasono; kungoku ke
abanasikhuselo sesono sabo.
15:23 Lowo undithiyileyo mna uthiye noBawo.
15:24 Ukuba bendingenzanga phakathi kwabo imisebenzi engenziwanga mntu wumbi, bangáyenza bona;
bandibonile ke ngoku; bandithiyile mna nowam
Utata.
15:25 Oku kuyenzeka ukuze lizaliseke ilizwi elikhoyo
kubhaliwe emthethweni wabo, kwathiwa, Bandithiya ngelize.
15:26 Ke kaloku, akufika uMthetheleli, endiya kumthumela kuni evela kuye
Bawo, nkqu uMoya wenyaniso, ophuma kuBawo, yena
iya kungqina ngam.
15:27 Nani ke niya kungqina, ngokuba beninam nivela kuni
ukuqala.