UYOHANE 16
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1“Ndinixelele ezi zinto ukuze ningahlehli elukholweni. 2Niya kusikwa *ezindlwini zesikhungo; ewe, kuya kufika ixesha lokuba bonke abanibulalayo bacinge ukuba bakhonza uThixo ngokwenjenjalo. 3Ezo zinto baya kuzenza kuni, kuba bengamazanga uBawo, bengandazanga nam. 4Ndinixelela ezi zinto ukuze kuthi, lakufika ixesha lokuba ezi zinto bazenze, nikhumbule okokuba ndandinixelele.”
Umsebenzi kaMoya oyiNgcwele
“Ekuqaleni andinixelelanga ezi zinto, kuba bendikunye nani. 5Kodwa ngoku ndiyemka, ndiya kulowo undithumileyo. Akukho namnye kuni undibuzayo ukuba ndiya phi na, 6kuba iintliziyo zenu zizaliswe bubuhlungu kukundiva ndinixelela ezi zinto. 7Kodwa ndinixelela inyaniso; kunilungele ukuba ndimke. Ukuba andithanga ndemka, akayi kuza kuni uMmeli; kodwa ukuba ndithe ndemka, ndiya kumthumela kuni. 8Uya kuthi ke akufika ababonise abantu beli hlabathi into esiyiyo isono sabo, into obuyiyo ubulungisa babo, nento okuyiyo ukugwetywa: 9isono esi kukuba bengakholwa kum; 10ubulungisa obu kukuba ndisiya kuBawo, nize ningabi sandibona; 11umgwebo lo kukuba selegwetyiwe umphathi weli hlabathi.
12“Ziseninzi izinto endinokuzithetha nani, kodwa zinganixaka okwangoku. 13Xa ke athe wafika yena uMoya wenyaniso, uya kunikhokelela kuyo yonke inyaniso. Akayi kuthetha ngegunya elilelakhe, koko uya kuthetha izinto azivileyo, anichazele izinto ezizayo. 14Yena uya kundenzela iwonga, kuba izinto anichazela zona ziya kuba zezivela kum. 15Isizathu sokuba nditsho ukuthi izinto anichazela zona ziya kuba zezivela kum kukuba zonke izinto ezizezikaBawo zikwazezam.”
Ukuxhala okujika kube luvuyo
16“Kwakufutshanenje anisayi kuba sandibona, kuthi kwakufutshane emva koko niphinde nindibone.”
17Ke ngoko abanye kubafundi bathi omnye komnye: “Ngaba uthetha ukuthini xa athi kuthi kwakufutshanenje asisayi kuba sambona, kuthi kwakufutshane emva koko siphinde simbone, ekwathi kwayena uyemka esiya kuYise?” 18Babuzana ke besithi: “Ngaba uthetha ukuthini na xa athi ‘kwakufutshanenje’? Asiyiqondi into ayithethayo.”
19UYesu wayesazi okokuba bafuna ukumbuza, waza wathi kubo: “Niyabuzana na ngale nto yokuba ndithe kwakufutshane anisayi kuba sandibona, kuthi kwakufutshane emva koko niphinde nindibone? 20Ndithi kuni, inene, niya kulila nenze isijwili, kodwa ihlabathi lona liya kuvuya. Niya kuxhalaba, kodwa ukuxhalaba kwenu kojika kube luvuyo. 21Umfazi uba sezintlungwini lakufika ixesha lokuba azale. Kodwa akuba emzele umntwana akabi sazikhumbula ezo ntlungu, kuphela nje uba novuyo kuba kuzelwe umntu ehlabathini. 22Ngokukwanjalo nani nixhalabile ngoku, kodwa ndophinda ndinibone, nize ke nivuye ngovuyo ekungekho bani unako ukuluhlutha kuni.
23“Ngaloo mini aniyi kuba sandibuza nto. Ndithi kuni, inene, zonke izinto enithe nazicela kuBawo ngegama lam, woninika. 24Kude kube ngoku anikaceli nto ngegama lam. Celani ke; niya kuphiwa, luze uvuyo lwenu lugqibelele.”
Ukoyiswa kwehlabathi
25“Ezi zinto ndizithethe kuni ngezafobe, kodwa liyeza ixesha endingayi kuba santsonkotha ngalo; ndiya kuthetha nani ngokucacileyo ngoBawo. 26Yakufika loo mini, niya kucela ngegama lam. Kungoko ndingatsho ukuthi iya kuba ndim onicelelayo kuBawo. 27Kaloku uBawo ngokwakhe uyanithanda, kuba nithe nandithanda mna, nakholwa ukuba ndivela kuThixo. 28Ndaphuma kuBawo, ndeza ehlabathini. Ngoku ke ndiyemka ehlabathini; ndiya kuBawo.”
29Baza bathi kuye abafundi bakhe: “Uyabona, ngoku uthetha ngokuphandle ungasantsonkothi ngezafobe. 30Ngoku ke siyaqonda ukuba wena uyazazi zonke izinto. Akusafuneki nganto ukuba ugocagocwe. Ke siyakholwa kukuba wena uvela kuThixo.”
31Wabaphendula uYesu wathi: “Niyakholwa na ngoku? 32Niyabona, kuza ixesha, kwaye selifikile, lokuba nichithakale nonke, elowo agoduke, ndize ndisale ndedwa. Noko ke andindedwa, kuba uBawo unam. 33Ndinixelele ezi zinto ukuze nibe noxolo, kuba nimanyene nam. Ehlabathini niya kubandezeleka; kodwa musani ukuxhalaba, kuba mna ndiloyisile ihlabathi.”
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