Ngokuya NgoJwanisi
10 “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini nanyana ngubani ongangeni ngomnyango esibayeni sezimvu kodwana eqe ngenye indlela, ulisela begodu umdlelezeli.+ 2 Kodwana ongena ngomnyango, ungumelusi wezimvu.+ 3 Umlindisango uyamvulela+ nezimvu ziyalilalela ilizwi lakhe.+ Ubiza izimvu zakhe ngamagama, azirholele ngaphandle. 4 Nasele azikhuphele ngaphandle zoke, ukhamba phambi kwazo nezimvu ziyamlandela ngombana ziyalazi ilizwi lakhe. 5 Angeze zalandela umuntu ezingamaziko, zizombalekela ngombana azilazi ilizwi lomuntu loyo.” 6 UJesu wabatjela umfanekiso lo, akhenge bakuzwisise ebekabatjela khona.
7 Yeke uJesu wathi godu: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, ngimnyango wezimvu.+ 8 Boke labo abeze bazenza mina, bamasela nabadlelezeli kodwana izimvu akhenge zibalalele. 9 Mina ngimnyango nanyana ngubani ongena ngami uzokusindiswa, uzakungena aphume afumane amadlelo.+ 10 Isela lizela ukuzokweba, ukubulala nokutjhabalalisa kwaphela.+ Mina ngizele bona zifumane ukuphila begodu zibe nakho kube kunengi. 11 Ngingumelusi omuhle;+ umelusi omuhle udela ukuphila kwakhe* ngebanga lezimvu.+ 12 Umuntu oqatjhiweko, ongasingumelusi nongasimnikazi wezimvu, ubona ipisi iza, atjhiye izimvu abaleke bese ipisi iyazibhudungela ziphadlhalale 13 ngombana uqatjhiwe begodu akanandaba nezimvu. 14 Ngingumelusi omuhle. Ngiyazazi izimvu zami nazo ziyangazi+ 15 njengombana uBaba+ angazi nami ngiyamazi uBaba; ngidela ukuphila kwami ngebanga lezimvu.+
16 “Nginezinye izimvu ezingasizo zesibayesi+ nazo kufuze ngizingenise, zizolilalela ilizwi lami begodu zizokuba mhlambi munye nomelusi munye.+ 17 Kungebangelo uBaba angithanda+ ngombana ngidela ukuphila kwami+ bona ngikufumane godu. 18 Akunamuntu ongithathela kona kodwana ngikudela ngokuzithandela. Nginamandla wokukudela begodu nginamandla wokukufumana godu.+ Lo myalo engiwufumene kuBaba.”
19 Godu kwaba nokwahlukana hlangana kwamaJuda+ ngebanga lamezwi la. 20 Amanengi wawo bewathi: “Unedimoni begodu uyahlanya. Nimlalelelani?” 21 Abanye bathi: “La akusimamezwi womuntu onedimoni. Kghani idimoni lingakghona ukuvula amehlo weemphofu?”
22 Ngesikhatheso eJerusalema kwaba nomNyanya wokuHlanjululwa kwethempeli. Bekusebusika, 23 uJesu bekakhamba ethempelini emathurini kaSolomoni.+ 24 Yeke amaJuda ambungelela athi kuye: “Uzosenza sizibuze bekube kunini? Nangabe unguKrestu, sitjela ngokunqophileko.” 25 UJesu wathi kiwo: “Nginitjelile kodwana anikholwa. Imisebenzi engiyenza egameni lakaBaba, iyangifakazela.+ 26 Kodwana anikholwa ngombana anisizizimvu zami.+ 27 Izimvu zami ziyalilalela ilizwi lami, ngiyazazi begodu ziyangilandela.+ 28 Ngizinikela ukuphila okungapheliko,+ angeze zatjhatjalaliswa begodu akunamuntu ongazihluthula esandleni sami.+ 29 Lokho uBaba anginikele khona kukhulu kunazo zoke ezinye izinto begodu akunamuntu ongazihluthula esandleni sakaBaba.+ 30 Mina noBaba simunye.”*+
31 Godu amaJuda adobha amatje bona amkghadlhe ngawo. 32 UJesu wathi kiwo: “Nginitjengise imisebenzi eminengi emihle evela kuBaba. Ngimuphi wemisebenzi le eningikghadlhela wona?” 33 AmaJuda athi kuye: “Asikukghadlheli umsebenzi omuhle owenzako kodwana ukuhlambalaza+ ngombana wena nanyana umumuntu, uzenza uzimu.” 34 UJesu wathi: “Akukatlolwa na emThethwenenu ukuthi, ‘Ngithe: “Nibozimu”’?*+ 35 UZimu nakabize labo abalahlwa lilizwi lakhe ngokuthi ‘bozimu’+ nje-ke umtlolo angekhe wenziwa waba lilize 36 nithi kimi, mina uBaba amcwengisileko wamthumela ephasini, ‘Uyahlambalaza’ ngombana ngithe, ‘NgiyiNdodana kaZimu’?+ 37 Nangabe angenzi imisebenzi kaBaba, musani ukungikholwa. 38 Kodwana nangabe ngiyayenza, ngitjho nanyana ningangikholwa, kholwani imisebenzi,+ bona nazi begodu niragele phambili nazi ukuthi uBaba umunye nami nokuthi mina ngimunye noBaba.”+ 39 Yeke balinga ukumbamba godu kodwana wabaleka azange bamfumane.
40 Godu wayamela ngaphetjheya kweJordani endaweni lapha uJwanisi bekabhabhadisela khona kokuthoma,+ wahlala khona. 41 Abantu abanengi beza kuye bathi: “UJwanisi akhenge enze isibonakaliso nasinye kodwana koke uJwanisi akukhulumileko ngomuntu lo kuliqiniso.”+ 42 Abanengi bakholwa kuye lapho.