UYohane
21:1 Emva koko waphinda uYesu wazibonakalalisa kubafundi bakhe apho
ulwandle lwaseTibheriya; wazibonakalisa ngale ndlela.
21:2 Babendawonye uSimon Petros, noTomas okuthiwa nguDidimo, no
uNataniyeli waseKana yelaseGalili, noonyana bakaZebhedi, nabanye ababini
abafundi bakhe.
21:3 Athi uSimon Petros kubo, Ndiya kubambisa iintlanzi. Bathi ke bona kuye, Nathi
hamba nawe. Baphuma, bangena emkhombeni kwaoko; kwaye
ngobo busuku ababamba nto.
21:4 Ke kaloku, kwakuba sekusile, wema uYesu elunxwemeni;
Abafundi bebengazi ukuba nguYesu.
21:5 Athi ngoko uYesu kubo, Bantwana, aninanto idliwayo na? Baphendula
kuye, hayi.
21:6 Wathi ke yena kubo, Wuphoseni umnatha ngecala lasekunene lomkhombe, niwuphose
niya kufumana. Bajula, ababa saba nako ukutsala
ngenxa yenkitha yeentlanzi.
21:7 Athi ngoko loo mfundi ubethandwa nguYesu kuPetros, Nguye
Nkosi. Uthe ngoko uSimon Petros, akuva ukuba yiNkosi, wabhinqa ingubo yakhe
ingubo yomlobi (kuba ebeze), waziphosa phakathi
ulwandle.
21:8 Beza ke abanye abafundi ngomkhonjana; kuba bebengekude
ukusuka emhlabeni, kodwa ngathi amakhulu amabini eekubhite,) bewurhuqa umnatha ngayo
iintlanzi.
21:9 Bakuba befikile ngoko emhlabeni, babona umlilo wamalahle uvutha
kwabekwa phezu kwawo intlanzi, kwanesonka.
21:10 Athi kubo uYesu, Zisani kwezo ntlanzi nizibambise ngokunje.
21:11 Wenyuka ke uSimon Petros, wawutsalela emhlabeni umnatha, uzele ziintlanzi ezinkulu
belikhulu elinamanci mahlanu anesithathu;
waqhawuka umnatha.
21:12 Athi kubo uYesu, Yizani nidle. Akubangakho namnye ke kubafundi waba nabuganga bakucinga
buza kuye, Ungubani na? besazi nje ukuba yiyo iNkosi.
21:13 Uza ke uYesu, asithabathe isonka, abanike, ayenjenjalo nentlanzi.
21:14 Oku sekukokwesithathu ezibonakalalisa uYesu kubafundi bakhe.
emveni koko wavuka kwabafileyo.
21:15 Bathi ke bakomula, uthi uYesu kuSimon Petros, uSimon kaYona,
uyandithanda na ngaphezu kwaba? Athi kuye, Ewe, Nkosi; wena
uyazi ukuba ndiyakuthanda. Athi kuye, Dlisa amatakane am.
21:16 Aphinde athi kuye okwesibini, Simon kaYona, uyakuthanda
mna? Athi kuye, Ewe, Nkosi; uyaqonda wena ukuba ndiyakuthanda. Yena
athi kuye, Dlisa izimvu zam.
21:17 Athi kuye okwesithathu, Simon kaYona, uyandithanda na?
Waba buhlungu uPetros, kuba ethe kuye okwesithathu, Ndiyakuthanda
mna? Wathi kuye, Nkosi, uyazazi zonke izinto wena; uyazi wena
ukuba ndiyakuthanda. Athi uYesu kuye, Dlisa izimvu zam.
21:18 Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe, Oko ubusemtsha ubuzibhinqisa.
wahamba apho uthanda khona; kodwa xa uthe waluphala,
uya kuzolula izandla zakho, ubhinqiswe ngomnye, kwaye
kukuse apho ungathandiyo.
21:19 Wakutsho ke oku, eqondisa ukuba kukufa kuni na abeya kuzukisa uThixo ngako. Kwaye nini
Akutsho wathi kuye, Ndilandele.
21:20 Ejikile ke uPetros, umbone umfundi obethandwa nguYesu
okulandelayo; owayama esifubeni sakhe esidlweni, wathi, Nkosi,
ngubani na okungcatshayo?
21:21 UPetros akumbona lowo, uthi kuYesu, Nkosi, lo uya kwenza ntoni na?
21:22 Athi uYesu kuye, Ukuba ndithi ndithande ukuba yena ahlale ndide ndifike, iyini na loo nto?
kuwe? ndilandele wena.
21:23 Laphuma ngoko eli lizwi, laya kubazalwana, ukuba loo mfundi lowo
ebengafanele kufa; noko uYesu akatshongo kuye ukuthi, Akayi kufa; kodwa, ukuba mna
Ukuba yena uthe wahlala ndide ndifike, iyini na loo nto kuwe?
21:24 Nguye lo umfundi ongqinayo ngezi zinto, wazibhala ezi zinto;
Siyazi ke ukuba ubungqina bakhe buyinene.
21:25 Kukho ke nezinye izinto ezininzi awazenzayo uYesu, abanokuthi, ukuba bathe bazenza
Ukuba kubhalwe bonke ngabanye, ndithi nehlabathi ngokwalo libe nako
aziqulathanga iincwadi ekufanele zibhalwe. Amen.