Johane 12
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Jesu ugcotjiswa ngemakha eBhetani
(Mat. 26:6-13; Mak. 14:3-9)
1 Kwatsi sekusele emalanga lasitfupha kufike lilanga leliPhasika, wefika Jesu eBhetani, lapho bekunaLazaro khona, lona lamvusa kulabafile. 2Base bamentela kudla khona lapho. Mata abephakela kudla, Lazaro angulomunye walababedla naJesu. 3 Mariya watsatsa emakha labedule kakhulu, entiwe ngenadi; abengaba nesisindvo semagremu langema-340, wagcobisa tinyawo taJesu, wabuye watesula ngetinwele takhe. Liphunga lelimnandzi lalamakha latsaphuka nayo yonkhe lendlu. 4Kepha Judasi Skariyothi, lomunye webafundzi bakhe, lona labetamtsengisa, watsi: 5“Yini lamakha angakatsengiswa ngemaLangeni langema-300, kwaphiwa labamphofu lemali?” 6 Abesho loku, hhayi ngobe abevelana netimphuya kodvwa ngobe abelisela, angumgcinisikhwama, eba loko bekufakwa esikhwameni.
7Kodvwa Jesu watsi: “Myekele, kuze atekuwalondvolotela lilanga lami lekungcwatjwa. 8 Labamphofu nihlala nabo ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi, kepha mine anihlali nami sonkhe sikhatsi.”
Benta licebo lekubulala Lazaro
9 Sicumbi lesikhulu semaJuda seva kutsi Jesu abeseBhetani; ngako-ke seta kuye, hhayi ngobe sasifuna kubona Jesu kuphela, kepha sasifuna kubona naLazaro labemvuse kulabafile. 10Kepha baphristi labakhulu benta emacebo ekubulala naLazaro; 11ngobe ngenca yekuvuswa kwakhe emaJuda lamanyenti abesabahlubukile akholwa kuJesu.
Jesu ungena eJerusalema ngeludvumo
(Mat. 21:1-11; Mak. 11:1-11; Luk. 19:28-40)
12 Ngelilanga lelilandzelako bantfu labanyenti babete eMkhosini weliPhasika, beva kutsi Jesu uyeta eJerusalema. 13 Batsatsa emagala etihlahla telisundvu, baya bamhlangabeta, bamemeta batsi: “Hosana! Ubusisiwe lotako egameni leNkhosi! Yebo, uyiNkhosi yaka-Israyeli!”
14Jesu wakhandza litfole lembongolo, waligibela, njengekusho kwemBhalo lotsi:
15 “Ungesabi, Ndvodzakati yaseSiyoni,
bheka iNkhosi yakho seyiyeta,
igibele litfole lembongolo.”
16 Bafundzi bakhe abazange bakucondzisise loko ngaleso sikhatsi, kodvwa kwatsi Jesu nasakhatimulisiwe, bakhumbula kutsi loko kwakubhaliwe ngaye nekutsi loko babekwentile kuye.
17Besifakazile leso sicuku lesasinaye ngesikhatsi abita Lazaro, kutsi akaphume ethuneni, amvusa kulabafile. 18Ngiko nje sicuku seta samhlangabeta, ngobe sase sivile kutsi Jesu wente lesibonakaliso. 19Ngako baFarisi bakhuluma bodvwana batsi: “Niyabona yini kutsi shangatsi asenti lutfo; live lonkhe liyamlandzela lomuntfu!”
EmaGriki afuna Jesu
20Bekukhona nemaGriki latsite emkhatsini walabo lababetewudvumisa kulowo mkhosi. 21 Wona-ke aya kuFiliphu waseBhethsayida laseGalile, afike atsi kuye: “Nkhosi, sicela kubona Jesu.”
22Filiphu wahamba wayawutjela Andreya, base baya bobabili kuyawutjela Jesu. 23 Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Sesifikile sikhatsi sekutsi iNdvodzana yeMuntfu ikhatimuliswe. 24Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Inhlanyelo yakolo nayiwela emhlabatsini ingete yafa, ihlala iyodvwa; kepha nayifa, itsela titselo letinyenti. 25 Lowo lotsandza kuphila kwakhe, uyawulahlekelwa ngiko; nalowo lotondza kuphila kwakhe kulelive, uyawukulondvolotela kuphila lokuphakadze. 26 Lowo losikhonti sami akangilandzele, lapho ngikhona khona mine nesisebenti sami siyawuba khona. Losikhonti sami uyawutuswa nguBabe.”
Jesu ukhuluma ngekufa kwakhe
27 “Manje inhlitiyo yami ilusizi. Ngitawutsini nje? Ngitsi: ‘Babe, ngisindzise kulomzuzu’? Cha, phela lapha emhlabeni ngetela lomzuzu. 28 Babe, dvumisa ligama lakho.”
Kusenjalo kwefika livi livela ezulwini litsi: “Sengilidvumisile, ngisetalidvumisa futsi.”
29Bantfu lababeme lapho baliva lelivi bacabanga batsi: “Belidvuma.” Labanye batsi: “Ingilosi ikhulume kuye.”
30 Kodvwa Jesu watsi kubo: “Lelivi alikakhulumi ngenca yami kodvwa ngenca yenu. 31 Manje sesikhatsi sekwehlulelwa kwalelive, nembusi walelive sewutawucitfwa. 32 Mine nase ngiphakanyisiwe emhlabeni, bonkhe bantfu ngitabadvonsa bete kimi.” 33Loko-ke wakusho akhombisa indlela labetawufa ngayo.
34 Lesicumbi samphendvula satsi: “Sivile emtsetfweni kutsi Khristu uyawuphila kuze kube phakadze. Kepha wena usho kanjani kutsi iNdvodzana yeMuntfu itawuphakanyiswa? Ngubani yona leNdvodzana yeMuntfu?”
35 Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Kukhanya kusetawuba nani kwesikhashana nje. Ngako hambani kusenekukhanya, kuze ningetikwehlelwa bumnyama, ngobe lohamba ebumnyameni akaboni lapho aya khona. 36Kholwani kukhanya nisenako, kuze nitewuba bantfwana bekukhanya.”
Kungakholwa kwemaJuda
Jesu watsi kube acedze lenkhulumo, wesuka kubo watifihla. 37Kepha nome abetentile tibonakaliso letinyenti kangako embikwabo, abazange bakholwe kuye, 38 kuze kugcwaliseke livi la-Isaya umphrofethi lelitsi:
“Nkhosi, ngubani lowakholwa
ngumbiko wetfu?
Yembulwa kubani ingalo yeNkhosi?”
39Ngako-ke abazange bakholwe, ngobe Isaya waphindze watsi:
40 “Nkulunkulu sewuphumphutsekise
emehlo abo,
netingcondvo tabo sewutivalile,
kuze emehlo abo angaboni,
netingcondvo tabo tingacondzisisi,
bangabe baseta kimi, kuze
ngitebaphilisa,
kusho iNkhosi.”
41 Isaya wakusho loko ngobe wabona inkhatimulo yeNkhosi, wase ukhuluma ngayo.
42 Noko-ke labanyenti ngisho nakutiphatsimandla bakholwa kuJesu, kodvwa ngenca yekwesaba baFarisi abazange bafakaze ngako, ngobe bebangahle bancunywe esinagogeni. 43 Babetsandza kakhulu kudvunyiswa bantfu kunekudvunyiswa nguNkulunkulu.
Kwehlulelwa ngelivi laJesu
44 Jesu wakhuluma ngelivi lelikhulu watsi: “Lowo lokholwa ngimi, akakholwa ngimi kodvwa ukholwa ngulowo longitfumile. 45 Lowo lobona mine, ubona lowo longitfumile. 46 Ngite ngikukhanya emhlabeni, kuze kutsi wonkhe lokholwa ngimi angahlali ebumnyameni. 47Umuntfu nakaweva emavi ami kepha angete awenta, angimehluleli; ngobe angiketeli kutakwehlulela live, kodvwa ngitele kutewulisindzisa. 48 Longalako, angawemukeli emavi ami, unemehluleli; livi lengilikhulumile liyawuba ngumehluleli wakhe ngemhla wekuphela. 49 Ngobe mine angikatikhulumeli ngekwami, kodvwa Babe, lokunguyena angitfumile, nguye longinike imiyalo yekutsi ngifanele ngitsini, ngikhulumeni. 50 Ngiyati kutsi imiyalo yakhe ikuphila lokuphakadze. Ngako-ke loko lengikushoko, ngikusho njengobe Babe angitjelile.”
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