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.