UYOHANE 10:22-42

Ke kaloku, kwabakho umthendeleko wokuhlaziywa kwetempile eYerusalem; kwaye kusebusika. Waye ehambahamba uYesu etempileni, evarandeni• kaSolomon. Amngqonga ngoko amaYuda, athi kuye, Koda kube nini na usiphongomisile? Ukuba unguye uKristu,• sixelele ngokuphandle. Wawaphendula uYesu wathi, Ndinixelele, noko anikholwa; imisebenzi endiyenzayo mna egameni likaBawo, yona iyangqina ngam. Nina anikholwa, kuba aningabo abezimvu zam; njengoko ndanixelelayo. Ezam izimvu ziyaliva ilizwi lam, ndibe nam ndizazi, zindilandela; mna ndizinika ubomi obungunaphakade; azisayi kutshabalala naphakade; akukho namnye uya kuzihlutha esandleni sam. UBawo, ondinike zona, ungaphezu kwabo bonke; akukho bani unako ukuzihlutha esandleni sikaBawo. Mna noBawo sibanye. Abuya ngoko amaYuda achola amatye ukuba amxulube. Wawaphendula uYesu wathi, Mininzi imisebenzi emihle endanibonisayo, ivela kuBawo; nindixuluba ngenxa yawuphi na umsebenzi kuyo? Amphendula amaYuda esithi, Asikuxulubeli msebenzi mhle, sikuxuluba ngokuba unyelisa; nangokuba wena usithi, ùngumntu nje, usuke uzenze uThixo. Uwaphendule uYesu wathi, Akubhaliwe na emthethweni wenu, kwathiwa, Mna ndithe ningoothixo? Ukuba úthe bona bangoothixo, eleza kubo ilizwi likaThixo (sibe isibhalo singenakwaphulwa), nitsho na nina ngaye lowo uYise wamngcwalisayo, wamthuma ehlabathini, ukuthi, Ùyanyelisa; ngokuba ndithe, NdinguNyana kaThixo? Ukuba andiyenzi imisebenzi kaBawo, musani ukukholwa ndim. Ke ukuba ndiyayenza, nokuba anikholwa ndim, kholwani yiyo yona imisebenzi; ukuze nazi, nikholwe, ukuba uBawo ukum, nam ndikuye. Abuya ngoko afuna ukumbamba; waphuluka ezandleni zawo. Wabuya wemka, waya phesheya kweYordan, kwindawo abebhaptizela kuyo uYohane kuqala; wahlala khona. Kweza babaninzi kuye, bathi, UYohane okunene akenzanga namnye umqondiso; kodwa ke zonke izinto, awazithethayo uYohane ngaye lo, zaziyinene. Bathi abaninzi bakholwa kuye khona apho.