UYOHANE 16:16-33

“Kwakufutshanenje anisayi kuba sandibona, kuthi kwakufutshane emva koko niphinde nindibone.” Ke ngoko abanye kubafundi bathi omnye komnye: “Ngaba uthetha ukuthini xa athi kuthi kwakufutshanenje asisayi kuba sambona, kuthi kwakufutshane emva koko siphinde simbone, ekwathi kwayena uyemka esiya kuYise?” Babuzana ke besithi: “Ngaba uthetha ukuthini na xa athi ‘kwakufutshanenje’? Asiyiqondi into ayithethayo.” UYesu wayesazi okokuba bafuna ukumbuza, waza wathi kubo: “Niyabuzana na ngale nto yokuba ndithe kwakufutshane anisayi kuba sandibona, kuthi kwakufutshane emva koko niphinde nindibone? Ndithi kuni, inene, niya kulila nenze isijwili, kodwa ihlabathi lona liya kuvuya. Niya kuxhalaba, kodwa ukuxhalaba kwenu kojika kube luvuyo. Umfazi uba sezintlungwini lakufika ixesha lokuba azale. Kodwa akuba emzele umntwana akabi sazikhumbula ezo ntlungu, kuphela nje uba novuyo kuba kuzelwe umntu ehlabathini. Ngokukwanjalo nani nixhalabile ngoku, kodwa ndophinda ndinibone, nize ke nivuye ngovuyo ekungekho bani unako ukuluhlutha kuni. “Ngaloo mini aniyi kuba sandibuza nto. Ndithi kuni, inene, zonke izinto enithe nazicela kuBawo ngegama lam, woninika. Kude kube ngoku anikaceli nto ngegama lam. Celani ke; niya kuphiwa, luze uvuyo lwenu lugqibelele.” “Ezi zinto ndizithethe kuni ngezafobe, kodwa liyeza ixesha endingayi kuba santsonkotha ngalo; ndiya kuthetha nani ngokucacileyo ngoBawo. Yakufika loo mini, niya kucela ngegama lam. Kungoko ndingatsho ukuthi iya kuba ndim onicelelayo kuBawo. Kaloku uBawo ngokwakhe uyanithanda, kuba nithe nandithanda mna, nakholwa ukuba ndivela kuThixo. Ndaphuma kuBawo, ndeza ehlabathini. Ngoku ke ndiyemka ehlabathini; ndiya kuBawo.” Baza bathi kuye abafundi bakhe: “Uyabona, ngoku uthetha ngokuphandle ungasantsonkothi ngezafobe. Ngoku ke siyaqonda ukuba wena uyazazi zonke izinto. Akusafuneki nganto ukuba ugocagocwe. Ke siyakholwa kukuba wena uvela kuThixo.” Wabaphendula uYesu wathi: “Niyakholwa na ngoku? Niyabona, kuza ixesha, kwaye selifikile, lokuba nichithakale nonke, elowo agoduke, ndize ndisale ndedwa. Noko ke andindedwa, kuba uBawo unam. Ndinixelele ezi zinto ukuze nibe noxolo, kuba nimanyene nam. Ehlabathini niya kubandezeleka; kodwa musani ukuxhalaba, kuba mna ndiloyisile ihlabathi.”