UYohane
16:1 Ezi zinto ndizithethile kuni, ukuze ningakhutyekiswa.
16:2 Baya kunikhupha ezindlwini zesikhungu; ewe, kuza ilixa lokuba
onibulalayo woba ukhonza uThixo.
16:3 Ezo zinto baya kuzenza kuni, ngokuba bengamazanga uYehova
Bawo, nam.
16:4 Ezi zinto ndizithethile kuni, ukuze, xa lithe lafika ilixa, nibe nako
khumbulani ukuba mna ndandinixelele. Ezi zinto ke andizithethanga kuni
ngokuba bendinani.
16:5 Ngoku ke ndiyemka, ndiya kowandithumayo; akukho namnye kuni undibuzayo;
Uya phi na?
16:6 Ngokuba ke ezi zinto ndizithethile kuni, iintlungu zinizalisile
intliziyo.
16:7 Noko ke mna ndinixelela inyaniso; kunilungele ukuba ndimke
kuba, ndingemkanga, uMthetheleli akayi kuza kuni; kodwa ukuba
ndiyemka, ndiya kumthumela kuni.
16:8 Efikile ke, uya kulohlwaya ihlabathi lidane ngenxa yesono, nangenxa yesono
ubulungisa, nomgwebo;
16:9 ngenxa yesono, ngokokuba bengakholwa kum;
16:10 ngenxa yobulungisa, ngokokuba ndisiya kuBawo, ize ningabi sandibona;
16:11 ngenxa yomgwebo, ngokokuba umphathi weli hlabathi egwetyiwe.
16:12 Ndisenezinto ezininzi zokuthetha kuni, kodwa aninako ukuzithwala ngoku.
16:13 Xa ke athe wafika yena uMoya wenyaniso, uya kunikhokelela kuni
yonke inyaniso: kuba engayi kuthetha okuphuma kuye; kodwa nantoni na asukuba ethanda ukuyenza
yivani, wothetha yena, anibikele izinto ezizayo.
16:14 Yena uya kundizukisa; ngokuba eya kwamkela kokukokwam, aze abonakale
kuwe.
16:15 Zonke ezo zinto anazo uBawo zezam;
uya kuthabatha kokukokwam, anibikele ke.
16:16 Selilixesha elifutshane, ize ningandiboni; kubuye kube lixesha elifutshane, nibuye nindibone
niya kundibona nina, ngokuba mna ndisiya kuBawo.
16:17 Ithe ngoko inxenye yakubafundi bakhe phakathi kwayo, Yintoni na le ayithethayo?
athi kuthi, Liselilixesha elifutshane, nibuye ningandiboni;
Selilixesha elifutshane, nibuye nindibone; nokuthi, Mna ndiya kuBawo?
16:18 Babesithi ngoko, Yintoni na le ayithethayo, athi, Lixesha elifutshane? thina
akakwazi ukuyithetha into ayithethayo.
16:19 Ke kaloku, esazi uYesu ukuba babethanda ukumbuza, wathi kubo.
Ngaba nibuzana ngale nto yokuba ndithe: 'Selilixesha elifutshane, nibuye nina.'
Aniyi kundibona; kubuye kube lixesha elifutshane, nibuye nindibone?
16:20 Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, niya kulila nenze isijwili;
Ihlabathi liya kuvuya; niya kuxhalaba nina, kodwa niya kuxhalaba
yajika yaba luvuyo.
16:21 Umfazi xa aza kuzala, uyaxhalaba, ngokuba ilixa lakhe lifikile;
uthe ke akuzala umntwana, akabi sakhumbula
imbandezelo, ngenxa yovuyo lokuba kuzelwe umntu ehlabathini.
16:22 Nani ke ngoko nixhalabile ngokunje; kodwa ndobuya ndinibone, nina nibenu
iya kuvuya intliziyo yenu, novuyo lwenu akukho namnye uya kuluhlutha kuni.
16:23 Nangaloo mini aniyi kundibuza nto. Inene, inene, ndithi kuni,
Zonke izinto enithe nazicela kuBawo egameni lam, woninika.
16:24 Kude kwaba ngokunje, anikaceli nto egameni lam; celani, niya kwamkela;
ukuze uvuyo lwenu luzaliseke.
16:25 Ezi zinto ndizithethile kuni ngokuntsonkotha;
xa ndingabi sathetha kuni ngokuntsonkotha, ndonibonisa
ngokucacileyo ngoBawo.
16:26 Ngaloo mini niya kucela egameni lam; anditsho kuni ukuthi, ndiyathanda
nithandazele kuBawo.
16:27 kuba uBawo ngokwakhe uyanithanda;
bakholwa ukuba ndaphuma kuThixo.
16:28 Ndaphuma kuBawo, ndeza ehlabathini; ndibuya ndimke
ihlabathi, niye kuBawo.
16:29 Bathi kuye abafundi bakhe, Uyabona, ngoku uthetha ngokusekuhleni, uthetha kakuhle
akukho saci.
16:30 Ngoku siyazi, ukuba uyazazi zonke izinto, akusafuneki kuwe ukuba ube nako
wobuza umntu; ngaloo nto siyakholwa ukuba waphuma kuThixo.
16:31 Wabaphendula uYesu wathi, Niyakholwa na ngoku?
16:32 Yabonani, kuza ilixa, nakaloku lifikile, lokuba nichithwe;
elowo aye kowabo, andishiye ndedwa; ukanti andindedwa.
ngokuba uBawo unam.
16:33 Ezi zinto ndizithethile kuni, ukuze nibe noxolo kum. Kwi
Ehlabathini niya kuba nembandezelo; kodwa yomelelani; Ndine
loyisa ihlabathi.