UJohane
NgokukaLuka 21:1 Emva kwalokho uJesu wabuye wazibonakalisa kubafundi bakhe
ulwandle lwaseTiberiya; wazibonakalisa kanje.
21:2 Babendawonye oSimoni Petru, noTomase othiwa uDidimu, kanye
noNathanayeli waseKhana laseGalile, namadodana kaZebedewu, nabanye ababili base
abafundi bakhe.
21:3 USimoni Petru wathi kubo: Ngiya kodoba. Basebesithi kuye: Lathi
hamba nawe. Base bephuma, bangena emkhunjini masinyane; futhi
ngalobo busuku ababambanga lutho.
21:4 Kodwa sekusile, uJesu wema ogwini
abafundi babengazi ukuthi nguJesu.
21:5 Khona uJesu wathi kubo: Bantwana, aninakho ukudla na? Baphendula
yena, Cha.
21:6 Wathi kubo: Phonsa inetha ngakwesokunene somkhumbi, futhi
nizakuthola. Base bephonsa, kepha base behluleka ukudonsa
ngenxa yobuningi bezinhlanzi.
21:7 Ngakho lowo mfundi uJesu amthandayo wathi kuPetru: Nguye
Nkosi. USimoni Petru esezwile ukuthi yiNkosi, wabhinca ingubo yakhe
ijazi lomdobi, ngokuba wayenqunu, waziphonsa
ulwandle.
21:8 Abanye abafundi beza ngomkhumbi; ngoba babengekude
besuka emhlabathini, kodwa kungathi izingalo ezingamakhulu amabili,) bedonsa inetha
izinhlanzi.
21:9 Kwathi sebefikile emhlabathini, babona umlilo wamalahle khona.
nezinhlanzi phezu kwawo, nesinkwa.
21:10 UJesu wathi kubo: Lethani izinhlanzi enizibambe manje.
21:11 USimoni Petru wakhuphuka, walidonsela emhlabeni inetha ligcwele izinhlanzi ezinkulu
amakhulu namashumi ayisihlanu nantathu: futhi kubo bonke babe baningi, nokho babengekho
inetha lagqabuka.
21:12 UJesu wathi kubo: Wozani nidle. Futhi kakho kubafundi owaba lesibindi
mbuza ukuthi: Wena ungubani? besazi ukuthi yiNkosi.
21:13 UJesu wayesesondela, wathatha isinkwa, wabanika, nezinhlanzi ngokunjalo.
21:14 Lokhu sekungokwesithathu uJesu ezibonakalisa kubafundi bakhe.
emva kwalokho wavuka kwabafileyo.
21:15 Kwathi sebedlile, uJesu wathi kuSimoni Petru, Simoni kaJona,
uyangithanda kunalezi na? Wathi kuye: Yebo, Nkosi; wena
uyazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda. Wathi kuye: Dlisa amawundlu ami.
21:16 Wathi futhi kuye ngokwesibili: "Simoni kaJona, uyakuthanda."
mina? Wathi kuye: Yebo, Nkosi; uyazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda. Yena
wathi kuye: Dlisa izimvu zami.
21:17 Wathi kuye ngokwesithathu: Simoni kaJona, uyangithanda na?
UPetro wadabuka ngokuba wathi kuye ngokwesithathu: Uyakuthanda
mina? Wathi kuye: “Nkosi, wazi zonke izinto wena; uyazi wena
ukuthi ngiyakuthanda. UJesu wathi kuye: Dlisa izimvu zami.
21:18 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe: Usemusha, wawubhinca.
wahamba lapho uthanda khona, kepha nxa usumdala,
uyakwelula izandla zakho, omunye akubhince, futhi
ukuyise lapho ungathandi.
21:19 Wakukhuluma lokho, ekhombisa ukuthi hlobo luni lokufa ayeyokhazimulisa ngalo uNkulunkulu. Futhi nini
esekushilo lokho, wathi kuye: "Ngilandele."
21:20 Khona uPetru ephenduka, wabona umfundi uJesu amthandayo
okulandelayo; owancika esifubeni sakhe esidlweni, wathi: Nkosi!
ngubani okukhaphelayo na?
21:21 UPetro embona wathi kuJesu: Nkosi, lo uzakwenzani?
21:22 UJesu wathi kuye: Uba ngithanda ukuthi ahlale ngize ngifike, kuyini lokho?
kuwe? ngilandele.
21:23 Khona-ke leli zwi laphumela phakathi kwabazalwane, ukuthi lowo mfundi
wayengafanele afe: nokho uJesu akashongo kuye ukuthi: Kayikufa; kodwa, uma mina
uma engahlala ngize ngifike, kuyini kuwe lokho na?
21:24 Nguye lo umfundi ofakaza ngalezi zinto, futhi wabhala lezi
Siyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bakhe buqinisile.
NgokukaLuka 21:25 Kukhona nezinye izinto eziningi uJesu azenzayo, okuthi uma bezikhona
kufanele kulotshwe yilowo nalowo, ngithi ngisho nezwe ngokwalo lingakhona
aziqukethe izincwadi okufanele zibhalwe. Amen.