UYOHANE 6:1-21

Kwathi emva koko uYesu waya ngaphesheya koLwandle lwaseGalili, olo lukwabizwa ngokuba luLwandle lwaseTibheriya. Wayelandelwe sisihlwele esikhulu, kuba abantu babeyibonile imiqondiso awayenzayo ngokuphilisa abagulayo. UYesu wenyuka endulini, waza wahlala phantsi nabafundi bakhe. Lalisondela itheko lamaJuda ekuthiwa yiPasika. Kwathi uYesu akukhangela, wabona isihlwele esikhulu sisiza kuye, waza wathi kuFilipu: “Ngaba sinokusithenga phi na isonka esaneleyo sokutyisa le ndimbane?” Esitsho nje, wayevavanya uFilipu, kuba yena wayekwazi oko aza kukwenza. Waphendula uFilipu, wathi: “Ngathi nesonka samakhulu amabini eerandi asingekhe sanele okokuba wonke okhoyo afumane iqhekezana.” Omnye wabafundi bakaYesu, uAndreya, umntakwabo-Simon Petros, wathi kuye: “Kukho inkwenkwana apha enezonka ezihlanu zerhasi, neentlanzi ezimbini; kodwa kuyintoni na oko kule nginginya yabantu?” Waza uYesu wathi: “Bahlaliseni phantsi abantu.” Kwakukho ibala elikhulu elinengca apho, baza bahlala phantsi. Inani lamadoda lalikumawaka amahlanu. Wazithatha ke uYesu ezo zonka, wabulela kuThixo, wababela abantu ababehleli phantsi. Wenjenjalo nakwiintlanzi, baza batya banela. Bakuhlutha abantu, uYesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Qokelelani okuseleyo. Makungabikho nentwana emoshakalayo.” Bawaqokelela ke amaqhekeza aseleyo ezo zonka zihlanu zerhasi, kwazala iingobozi ezilishumi elinambini. Bakuwubona abantu lo mqondiso uYesu awenzileyo, bathi: “Ngenene, kuthe kanti nguye lo *umshumayeli obekade elindelwe!” Waqonda uYesu okokuba bazimisele ukuza kumthatha bamenze ukumkani, waza wemka, waya entabeni eyedwa. Kwathi kwakuhlwa abafundi bakaYesu behla baya elwandle, bakhwela isikhitshana, baluwela ulwandle, besiya eKapernahum. Nangona kwakusebusuku uYesu wayengekho kubo. Amanzi olwandle ayesilwa, kuba kwakuvuthuza umoya. Kwathi, bakuba begqibe iikhilomitha ezintlanu okanye ezintandathu bebheqa isikhitshana, babona nanko uYesu ehamba phezu kwamanzi olwandle, esondela. Boyika ke, kodwa uYesu wathi kubo: “Ndim; sanukoyika.” Bamamkela ke esikhitshaneni, kwathi kwangoko isikhitshana safika kuloo ndawo babesiya kuyo.