UJohane
4:1 Ngakho-ke lapho iNkosi yazi ukuthi abaFarisi babezwile ukuthi uJesu wenze
babhapathiza abafundi abaningi kunoJohane;
4:2 Nakuba uJesu ngokwakhe engabhapathizanganga, kodwa abafundi bakhe.
4:3 Wasuka eJudiya, wabuye wamuka waya eGalile.
4:4 Kwakudingeka adabule eSamariya.
4:5 Khona wafika emzini waseSamariya othiwa iSikhari, eduze nedolobha
isiqephu sezwe uJakobe asinika uJosefa indodana yakhe.
4:6 Manje umthombo kaJakobe wawulapho. Ngakho-ke uJesu ekhathele neyakhe
uhambo, wahlala kanjalo emthonjeni: futhi kwakungaba ihora lesithupha.
4:7 Kwafika owesifazane waseSamariya ukuzokha amanzi; uJesu wathi kuye.
Ngiphuzise.
4:8 (Ngokuba abafundi bakhe babehambile baya emzini ukuyothenga ukudla.)
4:9 Khona-ke owesifazane waseSamariya wathi kuye: "Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi,
MJuda, ubuza kimi okunathwayo, ngingowesifazane waseSamariya na? ngoba amaJuda anawo
engadlelani namaSamariya.
4:10 UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: Ukube ubusazi isipho sikaNkulunkulu, futhi
ngubani othi kuwe: Ngiphuzise; ngabe ubuze
ngaye, ubeyakukunika amanzi aphilayo.
4:11 Owesifazana wathi kuye: Nkosi, kawulalutho lokudonsa;
uwathathephi lawo manzi aphilayo na?
4:12 Wena umkhulu yini kunobaba wethu uJakobe, owasinika umthombo, futhi
waphuza kuyo yena, nabantwana bakhe, nezinkomo zakhe?
4:13 UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: Yilowo nalowo ophuza lawa manzi uya
ukoma futhi:
4:14 Kodwa yilowo nalowo ophuza amanzi engiyakumnika wona akasoze
ukoma; kodwa amanzi engizamnika wona azakuba ngumthombo kuye
amanzi aphuphumayo abe ngukuphila okuphakade.
4:15 Owesifazana wathi kuye: Nkosi, ngiphe lawomanzi, ukuze ngingomi.
futhi ningezi lapha ukuzokha.
4:16 UJesu wathi kuye: Hamba ubize indoda yakho, uze lapha.
4:17 Owesifazana waphendula wathi: Kangilandoda. UJesu wathi kuye.
Usho kahle ukuthi: Anginandoda;
4:18 Ngoba ubunamadoda amahlanu; laye olaye khathesi kayisuye wakho
myeni: kulokho ushilo ngeqiniso.
4:19 Owesifazane wathi kuye: "Nkosi, ngiyabona ukuthi ungumprofethi wena."
4:20 Okhokho bethu babekhonza kule ntaba; nithi eJerusalema
yindawo lapho abantu okufanele bakhonze khona.
4:21 UJesu wathi kuye: "Sifazane, kholwa yimi, isikhathi siyeza, lapho niyokukhumbula."
nikhuleka kuBaba nakulentaba noma eJerusalema.
4:22 Nina nikhuleka eningakwaziyo;
lamaJuda.
4:23 Kepha isikhathi siyeza, sesikhona namanje, lapho abakhulekeli beqiniso beyakukhuleka
uBaba ngomoya nangeqiniso, ngokuba uBaba ufuna abanjalo
umkhonze.
4:24 UNkulunkulu unguMoya, futhi abakhuleka kuye bafanele ukukhuleka ngomoya
futhi eqinisweni.
4:25 Owesifazane wathi kuye: Ngiyazi ukuthi uMesiya uyeza, okuthiwa
UKristu: nxa esefikile, uzakusitshela konke.
4:26 UJesu wathi kuye: Mina engikhuluma kuwe nginguye.
NgokukaLuka 4:27 Kwathi emva kwalokho beza abafundi bakhe, bamangala ngokuthi ekhuluma nabo
kodwa kakho owathi: Ufunani? noma: Ukhulumelani na?
yena?
4:28 Owesifazane wayeseshiya imbiza yakhe, waya emzini, futhi
wathi emadodeni.
4:29 Wozani nibone umuntu, ongitshele konke engakwenzayo;
uKristu?
4:30 Baphuma emzini, beza kuye.
4:31 Kusenjalo abafundi bakhe bamncenga, besithi: Rabi, yidla.
4:32 Kodwa wathi kubo: Mina nginokudla engikudlayo eningakwaziyo.
4:33 Ngakho-ke abafundi bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: "Kanti ukhona omlethileyo."
kufanele sidle?
4:34 UJesu wathi kubo: Ukudla kwami kungukwenza intando yongithumileyo.
nokuqeda umsebenzi wakhe.
4:35 Anisho yini ukuthi izinyanga zisene, kufike ukuvuna? bheka,
Ngithi kini: Phakamisani amehlo enu, nibuke amasimu; ngoba bona
amhlophe asezovunwa.
4:36 Ovunayo uyakwamukela umvuzo, abuthe isithelo ekuphileni
okuphakade: ukuze ohlwanyelayo athokoze novunayo
ndawonye.
4:37 Futhi kulokhu liyiqiniso leli zwi: Omunye uyahlwanyela, futhi omunye uyavuna.
4:38 Mina nginithumele ukuvuna lokho eningasebenzanga kukho;
bakhandlekile, seningenile emsebenzini wabo.
4:39 Futhi abaningi kumaSamariya kulowo muzi bakholwa kuye ngezwi
ngowesifazane owafakaza wathi, Wangitshela konke engakwenzayo.
4:40 Ngakho lapho amaSamariya efika kuye, amncenga ukuba amsize
wahlala nabo; wahlala khona izinsuku ezimbili.
4:41 Futhi abaningi abengeziwe bakholwa ngenxa yezwi lakhe.
4:42 Basebesithi kowesifazana: Kasisakholwa ngenxa yelizwi lakho;
sizizwile ngokwethu, siyazi ukuthi lo unguKristu ngempela;
uMsindisi womhlaba.
4:43 Kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezimbili wamuka lapho, waya eGalile.
4:44 Ngoba uJesu ngokwakhe wafakaza, ukuthi umprofethi akanalo udumo ngokwakhe
izwe.
4:45 Kwathi esefikile eGalile, abaseGalile bamamukela, benaye
wabona konke akwenzayo eJerusalema emkhosini, ngokuba nabo
waya emkhosini.
4:46 Ngakho uJesu wabuye weza eKhana laseGalile, lapho enza khona amanzi aba yiwayini.
Kwakukhona induna ethile, indodana yayo yayigula eKapernawume.
4:47 Lapho ezwa ukuthi uJesu ufikile eGalile evela eJudiya, wahamba
kuye, wamncenga ukuba ehle, asilise indodana yakhe;
ngoba wayesezakufa.
4:48 Khona-ke uJesu wathi kuye: "Ngaphandle kokuba nibone izibonakaliso nezimangaliso, anisoze."
kholwani.
4:49 Isikhulu sathi kuye: "Nkosi, yehla engakafi umntwana wami."
4:50 UJesu wathi kuye: Hamba; indodana yakho iyaphila. Yakholwa indoda
izwi uJesu alishilo kuye, wamuka.
4:51 Kwathi esehla, izinceku zakhe zamhlangabeza, zamtshela.
esithi: Indodana yakho iyaphila.
4:52 Wayesebabuza ihora aqala ukululama ngalo. Base bethi
wathi kuye: Izolo ngehola lesikhombisa umkhuhlane umyekele.
4:53 Ngakho uyise wazi ukuthi kwakungalelo hora uJesu asho ngalo
wathi kuye: “Indodana yakho iyaphila.” Wakholwa yena nendlu yakhe yonke.
4:54 Lesi yisimangaliso sesibili uJesu asenzayo, esephumile kubo
eJudiya eGalile.