uYohane 15:1-17

uYohane 15:1-17 CXB24

Mna ndingumdiliya wenyaniso, umlimi wawo ke nguBawo. Amasebe onke akum angavelisi siqhamo, uyawasusa; Nina nihlambulukile, ngenxa yelizwi endilithethileyo kuni. Hlalani kum, mna ndihlale kuni. Njengokuba isebe lingenako ukuthwala isiqhamo ngokwalo, lingahlalanga emdiliyeni; aninako ukuphinda nina, ukuba anihlalanga kum. Umdiliya ndim, nina ningamasebe; lowo uhleli kum, ndibe mna ndihleli kuye, yena uthwala isiqhamo esininzi; ngokuba, ningekum, aninakwenza nto. Ukuba umntu uthe akahlala kum, ulahlelwa phandle njengesebe, ome; bazibuthe abantu, baziphose emlilweni, zitshiswe. Ukuba nithe nahlala kum, namazwi am ahlala kuni, nocela into enisukuba niyithanda, niyenzelwe. Uzukiswa uBawo ngale nto, yokuba nithwale isiqhamo esininzi; niya kuba ngabafundi bam ngokunjalo. Njengoko uBawo wandithandayo, nam ndanithanda; hlalani ke eluthandweni lwam. Ukuba nithi niyigcine imithetho yam, hlalani eluthandweni lwam; njengokuba mna ndayigcinayo imithetho kaBawo, ndahlala eluthandweni lwakhe. Ezi zinto ndizithethile kuni, ukuze uvuyo lwam luhlale kuni, luthi novuyo lwenu luzaliseke. Nguwo lo umthetho wam, wokuba nithandane, njengoko ndanithandayo nina. Akukho namnye unalo uthando olungaphezu kolu, lokuba ubomi bakhe abuncamele izihlobo zakhe. Nizizihlobo zam nina, ukuba nithi nikwenze konke endinimisela khona mna. Ngoku ke andinibize ngokuba ningabakhonzi; ngokuba umkhonzi akakwazi okwenziwa yinkosi yakhe; ke mna ndithe nizizihlobo; ngokuba zonke izinto endaziva kuBawo, ndanazisa zona. Aninyula mna; ndim owanyula nina, ndanimisela ukuba nihambe nithwale isiqhamo, size nesiqhamo senu sihlale; ukuze oko enithe nakucela kuBawo egameni lam, aninike. Ndiniwisela lo mthetho wokuba nithandane.