UJohane
14:1 Inhliziyo yenu mayingakhathazeki; kholwani nguNkulunkulu, nikholwe nayimi.
14:2 Endlini kaBaba kukhona izindawo zokuhlala eziningi;
Ngikutshelile. ngiya ukunilungisela indawo.
14:3 Futhi uma ngihamba ngiyonilungisela indawo, Ngizobuya futhi, futhi ngamukele
kuwe kimi; ukuze lapho ngikhona, libe khona lani.
14:4 Futhi lapho ngiya khona niyakwazi, futhi niyayazi indlela.
14:5 UTomase wathi kuye: “Nkosi, asazi lapho uya khona; futhi kanjani
siyayazi indlela?
14:6 UJesu wathi kuye: Mina ngiyindlela, neqiniso, nokuphila;
uza kuBaba, kodwa ngami.
14:7 Uma beningazile mina, beniyakumazi noBaba;
kusukela manje niyamazi, futhi nimbonile.
14:8 UFiliphu wathi kuye, Nkosi, sibonise uYihlo, futhi kusanele.
14:9 UJesu wathi kuye: "Isikhathi eside kangaka nginani, kodwa ngisenayo
Filiphu, awungazi na? ongibonile mina umbonile uBaba;
usho kanjani-ke ukuthi: Sibonise uYihlo na?
14:10 Awukholwa yini ukuthi mina ngikuBaba, noBaba ukimi? i
amazwi engiwakhuluma kini angiwakhulumi ngokwami, kodwa uBaba lawo
ohlala kimi, wenza imisebenzi.
14:11 Kholwani yimi ukuthi ngikuBaba, noBaba ukimi;
kholwani yimi ngenxa yayo kanye imisebenzi.
14:12 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Okholwa yimi, imisebenzi engiyenzayo.
nami uyakuyenza futhi; nemikhulu kunale uyakuyenza; ngoba
ngiya kuBaba.
14:13 Futhi noma yini eniyakukucela egameni lami, lokho ngizokwenza, ukuthi uBaba
khazimuliswe eNdodaneni.
14:14 Uma nicela utho egameni lami, ngolwenza.
14:15 Uma ningithanda, gcina imiyalo yami.
14:16 Futhi ngiyakucela kuBaba, futhi uyoninika omunye uMduduzi.
ukuze ahlale lani phakade;
14:17 Ngisho uMoya weqiniso; izwe elingemamukele, ngokuba lona
kalimboni, lingamazi, kodwa lina liyamazi; ngoba uhlezi
nawe, futhi uyakuba kini.
14:18 Angiyikunishiya niyizintandane;
14:19 Kuseyisikhashana izwe lingasangiboni; kodwa niyangibona;
ngoba ngiphila mina, lani lizaphila.
14:20 Ngalolo suku niyakukwazi nina ukuthi ngikuBaba, nani nikimi, nami ngikuye
wena.
14:21 Lowo onemiyalo yami futhi ayigcine, nguye ongithandayo.
ongithandayo uyakuthandwa nguBaba, nami ngiyakumthanda;
futhi ngizozibonakalisa kuye.
14:22 UJudasi, ongesiye u-Iskariyothe, wathi kuye:
zibonakalise kithi, futhi hhayi ezweni?
14:23 UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: Uba umuntu engithanda, uzangilondoloza
amazwi: noBaba uyakumthanda, futhi siyakuza kuye, futhi senze
indawo yethu naye.
14:24 Lowo ongangithandiyo akagcini amazwi ami, futhi izwi enilizwayo
kayisiyo eyami, kodwa ekaBaba ongithumileyo.
14:25 Lezi zinto ngizikhulume kini, njengoba ngisenawe.
14:26 Kodwa uMduduzi, onguMoya oNgcwele, uBaba azomthumela
igama lami, uyakunifundisa zonke izinto, futhi alethe zonke izinto kini
isikhumbuzo, konke engikushilo kini.
14:27 Ukuthula ngikushiya kini, ukuthula kwami ngininika khona, kungabi njengezwe
ngiyapha, ngiyaninika nina. Inhliziyo yenu mayingakhathazeki, futhi mayingakhathazeki
yesabani.
14:28 Nizwile ukuthi ngithe kini: Ngiyahamba, futhi ngibuye ngize kini.
Uma beningithanda, beniyakujabula, ngokuba ngithé: Ngiya kuBaba;
ngoba uBaba mkhulu kunami.
14:29 Futhi manje nginitshelile kungakenzeki, ukuthi, lapho sekufike
dlula, nikholwe.
14:30 Kusukela manje angisayikukhuluma okuningi nani, ngoba umbusi waleli zwe
uyeza, njalo kalalutho kimi.
14:31 Kodwa ukuze izwe lazi ukuthi ngiyamthanda uBaba; lanjengoBaba
wanginika umyalo, ngenza njalo. Sukumani, sisuke lapha.