John 12

¹kuseyizinsuku eziyisithupha ngaphambi kwePhasika, uJesu wafika eBethaniya, lapho wayekhona uLazaru uJesu amvusa kwabafileyo.

²Base bemenzela ukudla khona; uMarta wayephaka, kepha uLazaru wayengomunye wababehlezi ekudleni naye.

³UMariya wayesethatha ilitra lamafutha enadi lodwa elinenani elikhulu, wagcoba izinyawo zikaJesu, wesula izinyawo zakhe ngezinwele zakhe; indlu yagcwala iphunga lamafutha.

⁴Kepha uJuda Iskariyothe, omunye wabafundi bakhe obezakumkhaphela, wathi:

⁵“Yini ukuba lawa mafutha engathengiswanga ngawodenariyu abangamakhulu amathathu, kwaphiwa abampofu, na?”

⁶Washo lokho kungengokuba ekhathalele abampofu, kepha ngokuba eyisela, ephethe isikhwama, eba okufakwa kuso.

⁷Ngakho uJesu wathi: “Myeke ukuba awalondolozele usuku lokumbelwa kwami.

⁸Ngokuba abampofu ninabo njalo, kepha mina aninami njalo.”

⁹Ngakho isixuku esikhulu sabaJuda sezwa ukuthi ulapho. Beza-ke kungengenxa kaJesu kuphela, kepha nokuba babone uLazaru abemvusile kwabafileyo.

¹⁰Kepha abapristi abakhulu benza icebo lokuba babulale noLazaru,

¹¹ngokuba ngenxa yakhe abaningi babaJuda bamuka bakholwa nguJesu.

¹²Ngangomuso abantu abaningi abafike emkhosini sebezwile ukuthi uJesu uyeza eJerusalema,

¹³bathatha amahlamvu esundu, baphuma ukumhlangabeza. Bamemeza bathi: “Hosiyana! Ubusisiwe ozayo egameni leNkosi, yebo, iNkosi ka-Israyeli.”

¹⁴UJesu esefumene imbongolo entsha wakhwela kuyo njengokulotshiwe ukuthi:

¹⁵“Ungesabi, ndodakazi yaseSiyoni; bheka, iNkosi yakho iza, ikhwele etholeni lembongolo.”

¹⁶Lokho abafundi bakhe abakuqondanga ekuqaleni; kodwa esekhazimulisiwe uJesu, base bekhumbula ukuthi kulotshiwe lokho ngaye nokuthi babekwenzile lokho kuye.

¹⁷Ngakho safakaza isixuku esasinaye, lapho ebiza uLazaru aphume ethuneni, emvusa kwabafileyo.

¹⁸Ngenxa yalokho isixuku saya samhlangabeza, ngokuba sase sizwile ukuthi wayesenzile leso sibonakaliso.

¹⁹Ngakho abaFarisi bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: “Niyabona ukuthi anisizi lutho; bheka, izwe lonke liyamlandela.”

²⁰Kwakukhona amaGreki athile phakathi kwababenyuka ukuba bakhuleke emkhosini.

²¹Lawo-ke aya kuFiliphu waseBetsayida laseGalile, acela kuye, athi: “Nkosi, sithanda ukubona uJesu.”

²²UFiliphu weza wamtshela u-Andreya. Weza u-Andreya noFiliphu, basho kuJesu.

²³UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: “Sesifikile isikhathi sokuba ikhazimuliswe iNdodana yomuntu.

²⁴Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Uma inhlamvu kakolweni iwela emhlabathini ingafi, ihlala yodwa; kepha uma ifa, ithela izithelo eziningi.

²⁵Lowo othanda ukuphila kwakhe ulahlekelwa yikho, nozonda ukuphila kwakhe kuleli zwe uyakukulondela ukuphila okuphakade.

²⁶Uma umuntu engikhonza, akangilandele; nalapha ngikhona mina, soba khona nesikhonzi sami. Uma umuntu engikhonza, uBaba uyakumazisa lowo.

²⁷“Kalokhu umphefumulo wami ulusizi, ngizakuthini na? Baba, ngisindise kulo mzuzu. Kodwa ngenxa yalokhu ngize kulo mzuzu.

²⁸Baba, khazimulisa igama lakho.” Kwase kufika izwi livela ezulwini, lithi: “Ngilikhazimulisile, ngobuye ngilikhazimulise.”

²⁹Ngakho abantu ababemi bezwa bathi: “Beliduma;” abanye bathi: “Ingelosi ikhulume kuye.”

³⁰UJesu waphendula wathi: “Leli zwi alizanga ngenxa yami kepha ngenxa yenu.

³¹Kalokhu kungukwahlulelwa kwaleli zwe; kalokhu umbusi waleli zwe uzakuxoshwa.

³²Mina, nxa ngiphakanyiswa emhlabeni, ngiyakubadonsela kimi bonke.”

³³Lokho-ke wakusho efanekisa ukufa okumfanele afe ngakho.

³⁴Ngakho isixuku samphendula sathi: “Sizwile emthethweni ukuthi uKristu uyakuma phakade; usho kanjani wena ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu imelwe ukuphakanyiswa na? Ingubani le Ndodana yomuntu na?”

³⁵Wayesethi kubo uJesu: “Kuseyisikhashana ukukhanya kukhona kini. Hambani nise nokukhanya, ukuze ubumnyama bunganehleli. Ohamba ebumnyameni akazi ukuthi uya ngaphi.

³⁶Nise nokukhanya kholwani ngukukhanya, ukuze nibe ngabantwana bokukhanya.” Washo lokho uJesu, wamuka, wasithela kubo.

³⁷Kepha noma ebezenzile izibonakaliso ezingaka phambi kwabo, abakholwanga nguye

³⁸ukuba izwi lika-Isaya umprofethi ligcwaliseke, alikhuluma lokuthi: “Nkosi, ngubani owakholwa ngukushumayela kwethu na? Ingalo yeNkosi yambulelwa bani na?”

³⁹Ngalokho babengekholwe, ngokuba u-Isaya washo futhi ukuthi:

⁴⁰“Uphuphuthekisile amehlo abo, wayenza lukhuni inhliziyo yabo, funa babone ngamehlo, baqonde ngenhliziyo, baphenduke, ngibaphulukise.”

⁴¹U-Isaya wakusho lokho, ngokuba ebona inkazimulo yakhe, ekhuluma ngaye.

⁴²Nokho abaningi nasezikhulwini bakholwa nguye, kodwa ngenxa yabaFarisi abakuvumanga, funa bakhishwe esinagogeni;

⁴³ngokuba babethanda udumo lwabantu kunodumo lukaNkulunkulu.

⁴⁴Khona uJesu wamemeza wathi: “Okholwa yimi kakholwa yimi kepha ngongithumileyo.

⁴⁵Obona mina ubona ongithumileyo.

⁴⁶Ngize ezweni ngingukukhanya ukuba yilowo nalowo okholwa yimi angahlali ebumnyameni.

⁴⁷“Uma umuntu ezwa amazwi ami engawalondi, lowo angimahluleli mina, ngokuba angizanga ukuba ngahlulele izwe, kepha ukuba ngisindise izwe.

⁴⁸Ongalayo engawamukeli amazwi ami unomahlulelayo; izwi engalikhulumayo yilona eliyakumahlulela ngosuku lokugcina.

⁴⁹Ngokuba mina angikhulumanga ngokwami, kodwa uBaba ongithumileyo nguye onginike umyalo wokuba ngizakuthini, ngikhulumeni.

⁵⁰Ngiyazi ukuthi umyalo wakhe ungukuphila okuphakade. Ngakho-ke lokho engikukhulumayo ngikukhuluma njengalokho uBaba angitshela khona.”