UJohane
12:1 Khona uJesu ezinsukwini eziyisithupha ngaphambi kwePhasika wafika eBethaniya, lapho uLazaru
owayefile, amvusa kwabafileyo.
12:2 Bamenzela khona isidlo sakusihlwa; uMarta wayekhonza; kepha uLazaru wayengomunye wabo
ababehlezi laye ekudleni.
12:3 Khona-ke uMariya wathatha iphawundi lamafutha enadi lodwa elinenani elikhulu, futhi
wagcoba izinyawo zikaJesu, wesula izinyawo zakhe ngezinwele zakhe;
indlu yagcwala iphunga lamafutha.
12:4 Khona-ke omunye wabafundi bakhe, uJuda Iskariyothe, indodana kaSimoni, okuyinto
kufanele amkhaphele,
12:5 Kungani lawa mafutha engathengiswanga ngabodenariyo* abangamakhulu amathathu, baphiwa amatshe
mpofu?
12:6 Wakusho lokhu, kungesikho ukuthi wayekhathalela abampofu; kodwa ngoba waye
isela, laphatha isikhwama, lathwala okwakufakwe kuso.
12:7 Khona-ke uJesu wathi: “Myekeni;
ugcine lokhu.
12:8 Ngokuba abampofu ninabo njalo; kepha mina aninami njalo.
12:9 Ngakho-ke isixuku esikhulu sabaJuda sazi ukuthi ulapho, futhi beza
kungeyisikho ngenxa kaJesu kuphela, kodwa ukuze babone loLazaru ayenguye
wayevukile kwabafileyo.
12:10 Kodwa abapristi abakhulu bacebisana ukuze babulale noLazaru
ukufa;
NgokukaLuka 12:11 ngokuba ngenxa yakhe abaningi babaJuda bamuka bakholwa
kuJesu.
12:12 Ngangomuso isixuku esikhulu ababeze emkhosini sebezwile
ukuthi uJesu wayeza eJerusalema,
12:13 Yathatha amagatsha esundu, yaphuma ukumhlangabeza, yamemeza.
Hosana: Ibusisiwe iNkosi yakwa-Israyeli ezayo egameni leNkosi
Nkosi.
12:14 Kwathi uJesu ethola ithole likababhemi, wahlala phezu kwalo; njengoba kulotshiwe,
12:15 Ungesabi, ndodakazi yaseSiyoni; bheka, iNkosi yakho iza, ihlezi phezu kwembongolo.
ithole.
12:16 Lezi zinto abafundi bakhe abazange baziqonde ekuqaleni, kodwa lapho uJesu
esekhazinyulisiwe, base bekhumbula ukuthi kulotshiwe lezi zinto
kuye, nokuthi babenze lezo zinto kuye.
12:17 Ngakho isixuku esasinaye lapho ebiza uLazaru aphume kwakhe
ethuneni, wamvusa kwabafileyo, wafakaza.
12:18 Ngenxa yalokhu, isixuku samhlangabeza, ngoba bezwa ukuthi wayenakho
wenze lesi simangaliso.
12:19 Ngakho abaFarisi bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: Niyabona ukuthi ninjani
akuphumelelanga lutho? bheka, umhlaba uyamlandela.
NgokukaLuka 12:20 Kwakukhona amaGreki athile phakathi kwababekhuphukele ukukhuleka endaweni
idili:
12:21 Khona-ke laba beza kuFiliphu waseBetsayida laseGalile.
bamncenga, bathi: Nkosi, sithanda ukubona uJesu.
12:22 UFiliphu wafika watshela u-Andreya, futhi u-Andreya noFiliphu babika
uJesu.
12:23 UJesu wabaphendula, wathi: "Ihora selifikile, lapho iNdodana yomuntu
kufanele ikhazinyuliswe.
12:24 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Ngaphandle kokuthi uhlamvu lukakolweni luwele esihlahleni.
umhlabathi, ufa, uhlala wodwa; kepha uma ufa, uthela okuningi
izithelo.
12:25 Lowo othanda ukuphila kwakhe uyolahlekelwa yikho; lalowo ozonda ukuphila kwakhe
lomhlaba uzawulondoloza kuze kube yimpilo elaphakade.
12:26 Uma umuntu engikhonza, makangilandele; nalapho ngikhona, kuyakuba khona futhi
yiba yinceku yami; uma umuntu engikhonza, uBaba uyakumdumisa yena.
12:27 Manje umphefumulo wami ukhathazekile; futhi ngizothini? Baba, ngisindise kulokhu
kodwa ngenxa yalokhu ngize kulelihola.
12:28 Baba, khazimulisa igama lakho. Kwavela izwi ezulwini, lithi: Mina
ngilikhazimulisile, futhi ngizaphinda ngilikhazimulise.
12:29 Ngakho abantu, ababemi khona futhi ukuzwa, bathi
laduma; abanye bathi: Ingelosi yakhuluma kuye.
12:30 UJesu waphendula wathi: Leli zwi alivelanga ngenxa yami, kodwa ngenxa yenu
ngenxa.
12:31 Manje kukhona ukwahlulelwa kwaleli zwe
khipha.
12:32 Futhi mina, uma ngiphakanyiswa emhlabeni, ngiyodonsela bonke abantu kimi.
12:33 Wakusho lokhu efanekisa ukufa okungakanani ayezakufa.
12:34 Isixuku samphendula sathi: "Sizwile emthethweni ukuthi uKristu."
uhlala phakade; usho kanjani ukuthi: INdodana yomuntu imelwe ukuphakanyiswa na?
ingubani le Ndodana yomuntu na?
12:35 Khona uJesu wathi kubo: Kuseyisikhashana ukukhanya kukini.
Hambani nisenokukhanya, funa ubumnyama bunifikele;
uhamba ebumnyameni akazi lapho eya khona.
12:36 Nakuba nisenokukhanya, kholwani ukukhanya, ukuze nibe ngabantwana
yokukhanya. UJesu wakhuluma lokho, wamuka, wacasha
kusuka kubo.
12:37 Kodwa nakuba wayenze izimangaliso ezingaka phambi kwabo, nokho bakholwa
hhayi kuye:
12:38 ukuze kugcwaliseke izwi lika-Isaya umprofethi, alisho
yathi: Nkosi, ngubani owakholwa umbiko wethu? futhi kubani onengalo ka
iNkosi yambuliwe?
12:39 Ngakho kabakholwanga, ngoba uIsaya waphinda wathi:
12:40 Uphuphuthekisile amehlo abo, wayenza lukhuni inhliziyo yabo; ukuthi kufanele
bangaboni ngamehlo abo, bangaqedisisi ngenhliziyo, babe
baphenduke, ngibaphulukise.
12:41 Lezi zinto wakusho u-Isaya, lapho ebona inkazimulo yakhe, futhi wakhuluma ngaye.
12:42 Nokho abaningi nababusi bakholwa kuye; kodwa
ngenxa yabaFarisi kabavumanga, hlezi kube njalo
akhishwe esinagogeni;
12:43 Ngoba babethanda udumo lwabantu ngaphezu kodumo lukaNkulunkulu.
12:44 UJesu wamemeza wathi: Okholwa kimi, akakholwa kimi, kodwa
kuye ongithumileyo.
12:45 Futhi obona mina ubona ongithumileyo.
12:46 Mina ngize njengokukhanya emhlabeni, ukuze yilowo nalowo okholwa yimi abe
ungahlali ebumnyameni.
12:47 Futhi uma umuntu ezwa amazwi ami, futhi angawakholwa, mina angimahluleli
kazelanga ukwahlulela umhlaba, kodwa ukusindisa umhlaba.
12:48 Lowo ongalayo, futhi angawamukeli amazwi ami, kukhona owahlulelayo
kuye: izwi engilikhulumile, yilo eliyomahlulela ekugcineni
usuku.
12:49 Ngokuba angikhulumanga ngokwami; kodwa uBaba ongithumileyo unginikile
kimi umyalo, lokho engiyakukukhuluma, nalokho okufanele ngikukhulume.
12:50 Futhi ngiyazi ukuthi umyalo wakhe ungukuphila okuphakade: noma yini engiyikhulumayo
ngakho-ke, njengoba uBaba eshilo kimi, ngikhuluma kanjalo.