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12 Kwathi sekusele amalanga ayisithupha ukuthi kube liPhasika, uJesu wafika eBhethani lapho okwakuhlala khona uLazaro,+ indoda ayeyivuse kwabafileyo. 2 Bamenzela idili lantambama njalo uMatha nguye owayebalungisela ukudla.+ LoLazaro wayekhona kwababesidla laye. 3 UMariya wathatha amafutha anukelelayo ayingxenye yelitha,* inadi yoqobo edula kakhulu, wawathela enyaweni zikaJesu wasemesula ngenwele zakhe. Indlu yonke yanukelela.+ 4 Kodwa uJudasi Iskariyothi,+ omunye wabafundi bakhe owayesezamthengisa wathi: 5 “Kungani amafutha la anukelelayo engathengiswanga ngabodenariyu* abangu-300, imali yakhona yaphiwa abayanga?” 6 Lokhu wayengakukhulunyiswa yikuthi ulendaba labayanga kodwa wakutsho ngoba wayelisela futhi wayegcina ibhokisi lemali, ejayele ukutshontsha imali eyayifakwa kulo. 7 UJesu wathi: “Myekeleni akwenze lokhu ukuze alungiselele ilanga lokungcwatshwa kwami.+ 8 Abayanga lihlala lilabo+ kodwa mina alisoze lihlale lilami.”+
9 AmaJuda amanengi ezwa ukuthi uJesu wayekuleyondawo, asebuya lapho engalandanga yena kuphela kodwa ezobona loLazaro, lowo ayemvuse kwabafileyo.+ 10 Abaphristi abakhokhelayo babumba icebo lokuthi babulale laye uLazaro, 11 njengoba kunguye owayesenza ukuthi amaJuda amanengi abuye lapho futhi akholwe kuJesu.+
12 Ngelanga elilandelayo abantu abanengi ababebuye emkhosini bezwa ukuthi uJesu wayesiza eJerusalema. 13 Ngakho bathatha izingatsha zesihlahla selala baphuma besiyamhlangabeza, bememeza besithi: “Sicela umsindise! Ubusisiwe lowo oza ngebizo likaJehova.*+ Ibusisiwe iNkosi yako-Israyeli!”+ 14 UJesu wathi ethola idonkana wayigada wahlala phezu kwayo+ njengoba kubhaliwe ukuthi: 15 “Ungesabi ndodakazi yeZiyoni. Khangela! Inkosi yakho iza ihlezi phezu kwedonkana.”+ 16 Ekuqaliseni abafundi bakhe babengakuzwisisi lokhu kodwa uJesu wathi esekhazinyulisiwe,+ bakhumbula ukuthi okwakwenzakale kuye yikho kanye okwakubhaliwe mayelana laye.+
17 Abantu ababelaye lapho ebiza uLazaro ukuthi aphume ethuneni+ ngesikhathi emvusa kwabafileyo baqhubeka befakaza.+ 18 Lokhu ngokunye okwenza ukuthi abantu bamhlangabeze. Babezwile ukuthi wenze isimangaliso leso. 19 Yikho abaFarisi bakhuluma bodwa bathi: “Liyabona ukuthi aliyindawo ngento le. Khangelani! Umhlaba wonke usumlandela.”+
20 Phakathi kwalabo ababebuye emkhosini bezokhonza kwakulamaGrikhi. 21 AmaGrikhi la alanda uFiliphu+ owayedabuka eBhethisayida yeGalile athi: “Mnumzana, sicela ukubona uJesu.” 22 UFiliphu wasuka wayatshela u-Andreya, basebesiyatshela uJesu.
23 Kodwa uJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Isikhathi sokuthi iNdodana yomuntu ikhazinyuliswe sesifikile.+ 24 Ngiqinisile sibili ngithi kini, nxa uhlamvu lwengqoloyi lungazange luwele emhlabathini lufe, luhlala luluhlamvu olulodwa nje. Kodwa nxa lungafa+ luthela amabele amanengi. 25 Loba ngubani othanda impilo yakhe* uzayitshabalalisa, kodwa loba ngubani ozonda impilo yakhe*+ emhlabeni lo uzayilondoloza athole ukuphila okungapheliyo.+ 26 Nxa umuntu efuna ukuba yinceku yami, kangilandele. Lapho engikhona lenceku yami izakuba khonapho.+ Nxa umuntu efuna ukuba yinceku yami, uBaba uzamupha udumo. 27 Khathesi ngikhathazekile,+ pho ngithini? Baba ngisindisa kulelihora.+ Lanxa kunjalo, lokhu yikho okwenze ngafika kulelihora. 28 Baba khazimulisa ibizo lakho.” Kwasekuzwakala ilizwi+ livela ezulwini lisithi: “Ngilikhazimulisile futhi ngizaphinda ngilikhazimulise.”+
29 Abantu ababemi lapho balizwa ilizwi basebesithi kudume izulu. Abanye bathi: “Ingilosi ikhulume laye.” 30 UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Ilizwi leli lizwakele ukuze lincede lina, hatshi mina. 31 Khathesi umhlaba lo uyahlulelwa, umbusi womhlaba+ uzaxotshwa.+ 32 Kodwa nxa mina sengiphakanyisiwe emhlabeni,*+ ngizadonsela yonke imihlobo yabantu kimi.” 33 Wayesitsho lokhu ukuze atshengise ukuthi wayezakufa njani+ esikhathini esiseduze nje. 34 Abantu basebemphendula bathi: “Thina sezwa eMthethweni ukuthi uKhristu uzahlala kuze kube nini lanini.+ Manje kungani usithi iNdodana yomuntu kumele iphakanyiswe?*+ Ingubani leyo Ndodana yomuntu?” 35 UJesu wasesithi: “Ukukhanya kuzakuba kini okwesikhatshana nje. Hambani liseselokukhanya ukuze ubumnyama bungalikhuleli. Loba ngubani ohamba emnyameni kakwazi ukuthi uyangaphi.+ 36 Nxa ukukhanya liseselakho, tshengisani ukuthi liyakukholwa ukukhanya ukuze libe ngamadodana okukhanya.”+
UJesu wathi esekhulume lokhu wasuka kubo wabacatshela. 37 Lanxa wenza izimangaliso ezinengi phambi kwabo, babengamkholwa 38 ukuze kugcwaliseke ilizwi lomphrofethi u-Isaya owathi: “Jehova,* ngubani osekukholiwe lokho abakuzwa ngathi?*+ Ngubani osevezelwe ingalo kaJehova?”*+ 39 Okwakusenza bangakholwa yilokho okwaphinda kwatshiwo ngu-Isaya lapho esithi: 40 “Wenze ukuthi amehlo abo angaboni lokuthi inhliziyo zabo zibe lukhuni, ukuze bangaboni ngamehlo abo, bangazwisisi ngezinhliziyo zabo futhi bangaphenduki ngibasilise.”+ 41 U-Isaya watsho izinto lezi ngoba wayibona inkazimulo yakhe wasekhuluma ngaye.+ 42 Loba kunjalo, ngitsho lababusi abanengi bakholwa kuye+ kodwa abazange bakuvume lokhu ngenxa yabaFarisi. Babesenzela ukuthi bangaxotshwa esinagogeni+ 43 ngoba babethanda inkazimulo yabantu ukwedlula inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu.+
44 UJesu waphakamisa ilizwi wathi: “Loba ngubani okholwa kimi, kakholwa kimi kuphela kodwa ukholwa lakulowo ongithumileyo,+ 45 njalo loba ngubani obona mina ubona lalowo ongithumileyo.+ 46 Ngibuye ngiyikukhanya emhlabeni+ ukuze wonke umuntu okholwa kimi angaqhubeki esemnyameni.+ 47 Kodwa nxa umuntu esizwa amazwi ami ayekele ukuwagcina, angimahluleli ngoba angilandanga ukuzokwahlulela umhlaba, ngalanda ukuzowusindisa.+ 48 Ukhona ozakwahlulela loba ngubani ongelandaba lami longamukeli amazwi ami. Ilizwi engilikhulumileyo yilo elizamahlulela ngelanga lokucina 49 ngoba angikhulumi lokho engizicabangela khona. Kodwa uBaba ongithumileyo nguye ongitshele ukuthi* ngithini lokuthi ngifundiseni,+ 50 njalo ngiyakwazi ukuthi lokho angitshele khona kunika ukuphila okungapheliyo.+ Yikho loba yikuphi engikukhulumayo, ngikukhuluma njengoba nje uBaba engitshelile.”+