Sekwedlule lokho, uJesu wabuye wazibonakalisa kubafundi bakhe ngasolwandle iThibheriya. Wazibonakalisa kanje: kwakukhona lapho uSimoni Phethro, uThomase okuthiwa nguDidimu, uNathanayeli waseKhana eGalile, amadodana kaZebedewu, nabanye abafundi bakhe ababili. USimoni Phethro wathi kubo: “Ngisayodoba.”
Bathi kuye: “Nathi sihamba nawe.”
Bahamba, bangena esikebheni; kodwa ngalobo busuku ababambanga lutho. Kuthe sekusa, uJesu wabonakala emi ogwini, kodwa abafundi babengazi ukuthi nguYena.
UJesu wathi kubo: “Bantwana, aninakho yini ukudla na?”
Bamphendula bathi: “Qha.”
Wayesethi kubo: “Phonsani inetha ngakwesokunene sesikebhe, nizakubamba.”
Base beliphonsa, kodwa behluleka ukulidonsa ngenxa yobuningi bezinhlanzi.
Ngakho-ke lowo mfundi uJesu amthandayo wathi kuPhethro: “YiNkosi.”
USimoni Phethro, ekuzwa ukuthi yiNkosi, wagqoka, ngokuba wayehamba ze, waziphonsa olwandle. Kepha abanye abafundi beza ngesikebhe bedonsa inetha elinezinhlanzi, ngokuba babengekude nogu, kungaba yibanga elingamakhubhithi angama-200. Kuthe sebephumele emhlabathini, babona umlilo wamalahle, nezinhlanzi zibekwe kuwo, nesinkwa.
UJesu wathi kubo: “Lethani izinhlanzi kwenizibambe manje.”
USimoni Phethro wasuka, walihudulela emhlabathini inetha. Laligcwele izinhlanzi ezinkulu eziyi-153. Nakuba izinhlanzi zaziziningi kangako, nokho inetha alidabukanga. UJesu wathi kubo: “Wozani nizokudla.”
Kepha akekho kubafundi owaba nesibindi sokumbuza, athi: “Ungubani Wena na?”
Kwabacacela ukuthi yiNkosi. UJesu weza, wathatha isinkwa, wabapha, nangezinhlanzi wenza kanjalo. Lokhu kwase kungokwesithathu uJesu ebonakaliswa kubafundi, esevukile kwabafileyo.
Kwathi sebeqedile, uJesu wathi kuSimoni Phethro: “Simoni kaJona, uyangithanda kunalaba na?”
UPhethro wathi kuye: “Yebo, Nkosi, uyazi Wena ukuthi ngiyakuthanda.”
UJesu wathi kuye: “Yipha amawundlu ami.”
Wabuye wathi kuye okwesibili: “Simoni kaJona, uyangithanda na?”
UPhethro wathi kuye: “Yebo, Nkosi, uyazi Wena ukuthi ngiyakuthanda.”
UJesu wathi kuye: “Yalusa izimvu zami.”
UJesu wathi kuye okwesithathu: “Simoni kaJona, uyangithanda na?”
UPhethro wadabuka, ngokuba wathi kuye ngokwesithathu: “Uyangithanda na?”
Wathi kuJesu: “Nkosi, Wena wazi konke, uyazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda.”
UJesu wathi kuye: “Yondla izimvu zami. Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: usemusha wawugqoka, uhambe lapho uthanda khona, kodwa uma usumdala, uyakwelula izandla zakho, omunye akugqokise, futhi akuyise lapho ungathandi khona. Lokho wakusho ekhombisa ukufa azakumdumisa ngakho uNkulunkulu.”
Esekushilo lokho wathi: “Ngilandele.”
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