Emva kwalokho kwakukhona umkhosi wabaJuda; uJesu wakhuphukela eJerusalema.
Kukhona-ke eJerusalema ngasesangweni lezimvu ichibi elithiwa ngesiHeberu iBethesda, linemipheme eyisihlanu.
Kwakulele kuyo isixuku esikhulu sabagulayo, izimpumputhe, nezinyonga, nabashwabeneyo, belindele ukuzanyazanyiswa kwamanzi.
Ngokuba ingelosi yayiyehla ngezikhathi ezithile echibini, izamazamise amanzi;
Kwakukhona lapho umuntu othile owayesegule iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nesishiyagalombili.
UJesu embona elele, azi ukuthi wayesenesikhathi eside enjalo, wathi kuye: “Uyathanda ukusinda na?
Ogulayo wamphendula wathi: Nkosi, kangilamuntu ongangifaka echibini, nxa amanzi ezanyanyiswa;
UJesu wathi kuye: Sukuma, uthabathe uhlaka lwakho, uhambe.
Wahle wasinda umuntu, wathatha uhlaka lwakhe, wahamba.
Base bethi abaJuda kophulukisiwe: Kuyisabatha;
Wabaphendula wathi: Ongiphilisileyo, nguyena wathi kimi: Thatha uhlaka lwakho, uhambe.
Base bembuza bathi: “Ngubani lowo othe kuwe: ‘Thabatha uhlaka lwakho, uhambe?
Owaphulukisiweyo wayengazi ukuthi ungubani, ngokuba uJesu wayesesukile, kukhona isixuku kuleyo ndawo.
Ngasemuva uJesu wamfumana ethempelini, wathi kuye: “Bheka, ususindile;
Wamuka lowo muntu, watshela abaJuda ukuthi nguJesu omphilisileyo.
Ngalokho abaJuda bamzingela uJesu, badinga ukumbulala, ngokuba wakwenza lokho ngesabatha.
Kodwa uJesu wabaphendula wathi: UBaba uyasebenza kuze kube khathesi, lami ngiyasebenza.
Ngakho-ke amaJuda adinga kakhulu ukumbulala, ngoba wayengaphuli isabatha kuphela, kodwa wabuye wathi uNkulunkulu unguYise, ezenza olingana loNkulunkulu.
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