UYOHANE 13:1-17

UYOHANE 13:1-17 XHO96

Laliselisondele itheko *lePasika. UYesu ke wayesazi okokuba lifikile ixesha lokuba anduluke kweli hlabathi, aye kuYise. Wayesoloko ebathanda abo bangabakhe kweli hlabathi, wabathanda kwada kwaba sekugqibeleni. Ngokuhlwa uYesu nabafundi bakhe babesetafileni besitya. Umtyholi wayeselekufakile entliziyweni kaJudas, unyana kaSimon Sikariyoti, okokuba angcatshe uYesu. UYesu wayesazi ukuba uYise uzinikele ezandleni zakhe zonke izinto; esazi okokuba yena uvela kuThixo, kwaye uya kuThixo. Waza ke uYesu waphakama etafileni, wakhulula isambatho sakhe sangaphezulu, wabhinqa itawuli, wagalela amanzi ekomini, wahlamba iinyawo zabafundi bakhe, ezisula ngetawuli awayeyibhinqile. Akufika kuSimon Petros, yena wathi kuYesu: “Nkosi, uza kuhlamba nezam iinyawo?” Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “Okwangoku akukayazi into endiyenzayo, kodwa uza kube uyiqonde.” Wathi kuye uPetros: “Nokuba sekutheni, ngekhe zihlanjwe nguwe iinyawo zam.” UYesu wamphendula wathi: “Ukuba andithanga ndikuhlambe, awunabudlelane nam.” Waza uSimon Petros wathi kuye: “Nkosi, xa kunjalo, sukundihlamba iinyawo zodwa, selundihlamba izandla nentloko.” UYesu wathi kuye: “Oselehlambe umzimba, uswele kuphela okokuba ahlanjwe iinyawo, ukuze ahlambuluke wonke. Nani ke nihlambulukile, kodwa aninjalo nonke.” UYesu wayeselemazi lowo uza kumngcatsha, kungoko watshoyo ukuthi abahlambulukanga bonke. Akuba uYesu ezihlambile iinyawo zabo, ephinde wasinxiba isambatho sakhe sangaphezulu, waya kuhlala phantsi, wathi kubo: “Ngaba niyayiqonda na into endiyenzileyo? Nindibiza ngokuthi: ‘Mfundisi,’ okanye: ‘Nkosi’. Niyakholisa ukutsho, kuba kunjalo. Ke ngoko, ukuba mna endiyiNkosi noMfundisi wenu, ndithe ndahlamba iinyawo zenu, nani ke nimelwe kukuhlambana iinyawo. Ndinenzele umzekelo, ukuze nani nenze njengoko mna ndinibonisileyo. Ndithi kuni, inene, akukho sicaka singaphezu kwenkosi yaso, kungekho nothunyiweyo ongaphezulu kwalowo umthumileyo. Nivile ke. Hayi uyolo lwenu xa nithe nawulandela lo mzekelo.