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.
UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: INdodana ingenze lutho ngokwayo, kuphela lokho ebona uYise ekwenza;
Ngokuba uYise uyayithanda iNdodana, uyikhombisa konke akwenzayo yena; uyakuyikhombisa nemisebenzi emikhulu kunale ukuba nimangale.
Ngokuba njengalokhu uYise evusa abafileyo, abaphilise; ngokunjalo neNdodana iyabaphilisa labo ethanda ukubaphilisa.
Ngokuba uYise akahluleli muntu, kepha ukunikile iNdodana konke ukwahlulela;
ukuze bonke bahloniphe iNdodana, njengalokhu bedumisa uYise. Ongayihloniphi iNdodana akamhloniphi uYise oyithumileyo.
Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Ozwa izwi lami, akholwe ngongithumileyo, unokuphila okuphakade, akayi ekwahlulelweni; kodwa wedlulile ekufeni wangena ekuphileni.
Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Isikhathi siyeza, sesikhona namanje, lapho abafileyo beyakulizwa izwi leNdodana kaNkulunkulu, abezwayo bayakuphila.
Ngokuba njengalokhu uBaba enokuphila ngokwakhe; ngokunjalo uyiphile iNdodana ibe nokuphila kuyo;
Uyinikile amandla okwahlulela, ngokuba iyiNdodana yomuntu.
Ningamangali ngalokho, ngokuba ihora liyeza, lapho bonke abasemathuneni beyakulizwa izwi layo;
Futhi lizaphuma; abenze okuhle baphumele ekuvukeni kokuphila; lalabo abenze okubi, ekuvukeni kokulahlwa.
Mina ngingenze lutho ngokwami; ngoba kangifuni intando yami, kodwa intando kaBaba ongithumileyo.
Uma ngizifakazela mina, ubufakazi bami abuloqiniso.
Ukhona omunye ofakaza ngami; ngiyazi ukuthi ubufakazi afakaza ngami buqinisile.
Nathumela kuJohane, walifakazela iqiniso.
Kodwa mina kangibamukeli ubufakazi kumuntu, kodwa ngitsho lezizinto ukuze lina lisindiswe.
Yena wayeyisibani esivuthayo nesikhanyayo, nina-ke nathanda ukuthokoza isikhashana ekukhanyeni kwakhe.
Kepha mina nginobufakazi obukhulu kunobukaJohane, ngokuba imisebenzi uBaba anginike yona ukuba ngiyifeze, yona le misebenzi engiyenzayo, iyangifakazela ukuthi uBaba ungithumile.
Naye uBaba ongithumileyo ufakazile ngami. Anikaze nilizwe izwi lakhe, anisibonanga isimo sakhe.
Aninalo izwi lakhe elihlezi kini, ngokuba anikholwa nguyena amthumileyo.
Hlolani imibhalo; ngokuba nithi ninokuphila okuphakade kuyo; yiyona efakaza ngami.
Kodwa anithandi ukuza kimi, ukuze nibe nokuphila.
Angilamukeli udumo ebantwini;
Kepha ngiyanazi ukuthi aninalo uthando lukaNkulunkulu phakathi kwenu.
Mina ngize egameni likaBaba, kepha aningamukeli; uma kuza omunye ngelakhe igama, niyamamukela yena.
Ningakholwa kanjani nina enidumisa omunye komunye, ningaludingi udumo oluvela kuNkulunkulu yedwa na?
Ningacabangi ukuthi ngiyakunimangalela kuBaba; ukhona onimangalelayo, uMose enimethembayo.
Ngokuba uma benikholwa nguMose, beniyakukholwa yimi, ngokuba yena waloba ngami.
Kepha uma ningakholwa yimibhalo yakhe, niyakukholwa kanjani amazwi ami na?
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