NgokukaJohane 16
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Isigcino senkulumo kaJesu. Ukuhlupheka okuzayo
1“Lokho ngikukhulume kini ukuba ningakhubeki. 2 Bayakunikhipha emasinagogeni,* yebo, siyeza isikhathi sokuba lowo onibulalayo uyakuthi ukhonza uNkulunkulu. 3 Lokhu-ke bayakukwenza ngokuba bengamazanga uBaba nami; 4 kepha lokho ngikukhulume kini, ukuze kuthi, nxa kufika leso sikhathi, nikhumbule ukuthi nganitshela khona; anginitshelanga lokho kwasekuqaleni, ngokuba benginani.
Umsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele
5 “Manje ngiyamuka, ngiya kongithumileyo; akakho kinina ongibuza ukuthi: ‘Uya ngaphi na?’ 6Kepha ngokuba ngikhulume lokho kini, inhliziyo yenu igcwele usizi. 7 Kodwa mina nginitshela iqiniso lokuthi kunilungele ukuba ngimuke; ngokuba uma ngingamuki, uMduduzi kayikuza kini; kepha uma ngimuka, ngiyakumthumela kini. 8Lapho esefikile yena, uyakuqondisa izwe ngesono, nangokulunga, nangokwahlulela: 9ngesono, ngokuba bengakholwa yimi; 10 ngokulunga, ngokuba ngiya kuBaba, ningabe nisangibona; 11 ngokwahlulela, ngokuba umbusi waleli zwe wahlulelwe.
12 “Ngise nokuningi okokunitshela, kodwa ningekuthwale manje. 13 Kepha nxa esefikile yena, uMoya weqiniso, uzakuniholela kulo lonke iqiniso; ngokuba akayikukhuluma ngokwakhe, kodwa lokho akuzwayo uyakukukhuluma, anibikele okuzayo. 14Uyakungikhazimulisa, ngokuba uyakuthatha kokwami anibikele khona. 15 Konke uBaba anakho kungokwami; ngalokho-ke ngithe uyakuthatha kokwami, anibikele.
Ukumuka nokubuya kukaJesu
16 “Kusezakuba yisikhashana ningabe nisangibona, kubuye kube yisikhashana ningibone, ngokuba ngiya kuBaba.”
17 Ngakho abanye kubo abafundi bakhe base bekhuluma bodwa, bethi: “Kuyini lokho akushoyo kithi ukuthi: ‘Kusezakuba yisikhashana ningabe nisangibona, kubuye kube yisikhashana ningibone,’ nokuthi: ‘Ngokuba ngiya kuBaba,’ na?” 18Bathi: “Kuyini lokho akushoyo ukuthi: ‘Yisikhashana,’ na? Asazi ukuba uthini.”
19UJesu wazi ukuthi bebethanda ukumbuza, wathi kubo: “Niyabuzana ngalokho engikushiloyo ukuthi: ‘Kusezakuba yisikhashana ningabe nisangibona kubuye kube yisikhashana ningibone,’ na? 20 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Niyakukhala nilile nina, kepha izwe liyakujabula; niyakuba lusizi nina, kepha usizi lwenu luyakuphendulwa lube ngukuthokoza. 21Owesifazane, nxa esabeletha, ulusizi, ngokuba sifikile isikhathi sakhe; kepha nxa esembelethile umntwana, akabe esakhumbula ubuhlungu ngenxa yentokozo yokuba kuzelwe umuntu ezweni. 22 Nani-ke nilusizi manje, kepha ngiyakubuye nginibone, inhliziyo yenu ithokoze; intokozo yenu akakho onganamuka yona. 23 Ngalolo suku aniyikubuza lutho kimi. Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lokhu eniyakukucela kuBaba egameni lami uyakuninika khona. 24 Kuze kube kalokhu anicelanga lutho egameni lami. Celani, niyakwamukeliswa ukuba intokozo yenu igcwale.
25 “Ngikhulume lokho kini ngemifanekiso; isikhathi siyeza, lapho ngingasayikukhuluma ngemifanekiso; kodwa ngiyakunitshela ngoBaba ngokusobala. 26Ngalelo langa niyakucela egameni lami; angisho kini ukuthi ngiyakunicelela mina kuBaba; 27 ngokuba uBaba uqobo uyanithanda, ngokuba ningithandile nina, nakholwa ukuthi mina ngavela kuNkulunkulu. 28Ngavela kuBaba, ngeza ezweni; ngiyalishiya futhi izwe, ngibuyela kuBaba.”
29Abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: “Bheka, manje usukhuluma ngokusobala, awusakhulumi mfanekiso. 30 Kalokhu siyazi ukuthi wazi konke, awudingi ukuba umuntu akubuze; ngalokho siyakholwa ukuba wavela kuNkulunkulu.”
31UJesu waphendula wathi: “Seniyakholwa manje na? 32 Bhekani, isikhathi siyeza, yebo, sesifikile sokuba nihlakazeke, yilowo nalowo aye kokwakhe, ningishiye ngingedwa; nokho angingedwa, lokhu uBaba unami.
33 “Lokho ngikukhulume kini ukuba nibe nokuthula kimi. Ezweni niyakuba lusizi, kepha yimani isibindi, mina ngilinqobile izwe.”
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