UYohane
17:1 Ezi zinto wazithetha uYesu, wawaphakamisa amehlo akhe wakhangela ezulwini, wathi,
Bawo, lifikile ilixa; mzukise uNyana wakho, ukuze noNyana wakho amzukise
wena:
17:2 njengokuba wamnika igunya phezu kwenyama yonke, ukuze amnike ongunaphakade
ubomi kubo bonke omnike bona.
17:3 Bubo ke obu ubomi obungunaphakade, ukuba mabakwazi, wena ukuphela koThixo oyinyaniso;
noYesu Kristu omthumileyo.
17:4 Mna ndikuzukisile emhlabeni, ndiwufezile umsebenzi obuwuthethile
undinike ukuba ndenze.
17:5 Ndizukise ke ngoku, wena Bawo, kuwe ngokwakho, ngozuko;
ebendinawe lingekabikho ihlabathi.
17:6 Ndilibonakalisile igama lakho kubo abantu obundinike bona, bephuma kubo;
babengabakho, wabanika mna; ewe, bagcine eyakho
ilizwi.
17:7 Ngoku baqondile, ukuba zonke izinto ondinike zona ziphuma kuyo
wena.
17:8 Ngokuba amazwi ondinike wona, ndiwanike bona; kwaye banayo
zamkele, ndazi okunene ukuba ndiphume kuwe, nazo;
nikholiwe ukuba wena wandithuma.
17:9 Mna ndicelela bona; andiceleli lona ihlabathi, ndicelela abo unabo
ndinikiwe; ngokuba bengabakho.
17:10 Zonke ezam zezakho, zibe ezakho zizezam; Ndizukisiwe ke kubo.
17:11 Andisekhona ehlabathini, ke bona basesehlabathini;
yiza kuwe. Bawo Ongcwele, bagcine ngegama lakho abo obathandayo
wandinika ukuba babe banye, njengokuba sibanye.
17:12 Oko bendinabo ehlabathini mna, bendibalondolozele egameni lakho;
undinikile mna, ndigcinile, akukho namnye kubo ulahlekileyo, ingenguye unyana kaYe
intshabalalo; ukuze isibhalo sizaliseke.
17:13 Ngoku ke ndiza kuwe; nezi zinto ndizithetha ehlabathini, ukuze bona
ukuze uvuyo lwam luzaliseke kubo.
17:14 Mna ndibanike ilizwi lakho; laza ihlabathi labathiya, ngokuba bona
abangabo abehlabathi, njengokuba nam ndingenguye owehlabathi.
17:15 Andiceli ukuba ubasuse ehlabathini, ndicela ukuba wena
Ubagcine ebubini.
17:16 Abangabo abehlabathi, njengokuba nam ndingenguye owehlabathi.
17:17 Bangcwalise ngayo inyaniso yakho; ilizwi lakho liyinyaniso.
17:18 Njengokuba wandithuma ehlabathini, nam ndibathume bona
Umhlaba.
17:19 Kwaye ngenxa yabo ndiyazingcwalisa mna, ukuze nabo babe
singcwaliswe ngayo inyaniso.
17:20 Andiceleli ke aba bodwa, ndicelela nabo baya kukholwa kubo
nam ngelizwi labo;
17:21 ukuze bonke babe banye; njengokuba wena, Bawo, ukum, mna ndikuwe;
ukuze nabo babe banye kuthi; ukuze ihlabathi likholwe ukuba wena
undithumile.
17:22 Uzuko owandinika lona, ndilunike bona; ukuze babe
Sibanye, njengokuba thina sibanye.
17:23 mna ndikubo, wena ukum, ukuze babe ngabazalisekileyo ntweni-nye; kwaye
ukuze liqonde ihlabathi ukuba wena undithumile, wabathanda, njengoko
undithandile.
17:24 Bawo, ndithanda ukuba nabo abo undinike bona, babe nam, apho babe nam
Ndingu; ukuze balubone uzuko lwam ondinike lona;
wandithanda kwaphambi kokusekwa kwehlabathi.
17:25 Bawo olilungisa, ihlabathi lona alikwazanga, ke mna ndikwazile
Bazi wena, naba bathe bazi ukuba wena undithumile.
17:26 ndabazisa igama lakho, ndandiya kubazisa;
uthando ondithande ngalo lube kubo, nam ndibe kubo.